All India Sevens Football is a seven-a-side versionofassociation football played in India, typically on a smaller field than a full-size football pitch. Professional sevens football is predominantly popular in Kerala and Tamil Nadu especially in the Malabar regions, and in other parts of South India.[1] The matches in Sevens tournaments are often played to fully packed stadiums.[2] All India sevens players have more technical ability than elevens players and games can be physical.[3] In All India Sevens Football, new clubs cannot be formed and existing clubs can be sold Sevens tournaments have also attracted players from other parts of India,[4] as well as international players including some from Africa.[5] Matches are held from November to June ( June to October suspended during the monsoon break).[6]The Sevens' Football Association (SFA) organizes around 50+ All India Sevens tournaments among different clubs across South India
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| Clubs | 31 permanent registered clubs and 4 temporary registered clubs |
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| Team members | 7 per side |
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| Country or region | South India |
| Olympic | NoItalic text |
| Paralympic | No |
Several footballers from South India, including India internationals / ISL such as I. M. Vijayan,[9] Ashique Kuruniyan, VP Suhair, Mashoor Shareef, CK Vineeth, Zakeer Manuppa, Mohammed Rafi, Asif Kottayil and Anas Edathodika, credit their experiences in Sevens tournaments for helping them improve their footballing skills and develop their passion for the sport.[10][7]
The All India Sevens football is a 60 minute game with two halves of 30 minutes each. The maximum number of substitutions that can be made in a match is three, A club can register 6 foreign players and 10 domestic players. Three foreign players can play simultaneously. Two unsigned guest players can be fielded. Clubs spend between one lakh (Rs. 1,00,000) to seven lakh to sign one player, the leading team, Al Madeena Cherpulassery, spent around one crore (Rs. 1,00,00,000) for the 2022-23 season alone. The marketing potential of the All India Sevens is endless, so clubs have no difficult to get sponsorship.
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