A timeline of FIFA suspension on All India Football Federation

The
supension
of
AIFF
has
put
into
doubt,
the
country’s
prospects
of
hosting
the
Under-17
FIFA
Women’s
World
Cup,
scheduled
to
be
held
from
from
October
11
to
30.

It
all
started
to
go
from
bad
to
worse
as
controversial
former
AIFF
president
Praful
Patel,
whose
third
term
in
office
ended
in
December
2020,
stayed
in
office
citing
a
pending
Supreme
Court
case.

FIFA
suspends
All
India
Football
Federation;
U-17
Women’s
World
Cup
in
doubt

The
case
that
was
pending
since
2017,
allowed
him
to
extend
his
term
while
refusing
to
hold
elections
till
the
issue
of
a
new
constitution
was
settled
by
the
top
court.

With

PTI
inputs,

myKhel.com
looks
at
a
timeline
of
events
which
lead
to
the
FIFA
ban
on
AIFF.

#May
18:
Supreme
Court
verdict
forces
AIFF
chief
Praful
Patel
and
his
executive
committee
to
step
down.
SC
also
appoints
a
three-member
Committee
of
Administrators
(CoA)
headed
by
former
top
court
judge
AR
Dave,
former
CEC
SY
Quraishi
and
ex-Indian
football
team
captain
Bhaskar
Ganguly.

#May
23:
Praful
Patel
requests
FIFA
chief
Gianni
Infantino
to
not
impose
a
ban
on
the
country
after
the
sports
body
was
placed
under
a
Committee
of
Administrators.

#May
29:
The
CoA
member
Quraishi
says
a
newly-elected
body
of
the
AIFF
should
be
in
place
by
September
end
and
a
modified
constitution
will
be
submitted
to
the
SC
by
July
15.

#June
11:
The
CoA
and
members
of
some
affiliated
units
meet
to
discuss
the
way
forward
on
holding
the
long-pending
elections
of
the
national
federation
at
the
earliest
under
a
new
constitution
adhering
to
the
national
sports
code,
FIFA
and
AFC
Statutes.

#June
21:
First
round
of
talks
between
the
visiting
FIFA-AFC
team
and
CoA
running
the
affairs
of
Indian
football
goes
off
well.

#June
22:
The
AIFF
member
units
meet
the
visiting
FIFA-AFC
team
and
informed
them
that
the
Supreme
Court
intervention
in
the
national
sports
body
was
out
of
necessity.

#June
23:
The
visiting
FIFA-AFC
team
sets
deadlines
to
clean
up
the
mess,
asks
the
stakeholders
to
get
the
constitution
approved
by
July
31
and
conduct
elections
by
September
15.

#July
13:
The
CoA
sends
final
draft
constitution
of
AIFF
to
FIFA.

#July
16:
The
CoA
submits
AIFF
draft
constitution
to
Supreme
Court
for
its
approval.

#July
18:
AIFF
state
units
expressed
unhappiness
over
several
provisions
in
the
final
draft
constitution,
prepared
by
the
CoA,
but
say
willing
to
find
middle
ground.

#July
21:
Supreme
court
endorses
the
need
to
expedite
the
elections
to
the
AIFF.

#July
26:
FIFA
recommends
AIFF
to
have
25
per
cent
eminent
player
representation
in
its
Executive
Committee
as
co-opted
members
instead
of
the
50
percent
stipulated
in
the
draft
constitution
by
CoA.

#July
28:
A
SC
bench
of
Justices
DY
Chandrachud
and
Surya
Kant
say
it
will
hear
the
modalities
for
holding
the
elections
on
August
3.

#August
3:
SC
directs
AIFF
executive
committee
to
to
expeditiously
hold
elections
as
per
the
schedule
proposed
by
the
CoA,
which
is
currently
running
the
affairs
of
the
national
federation.
.

#August
5:
Supreme
Court
approves
the
COA
time-line
for
AIFF
elections,
polls
to
be
held
on
August
28
and
the
poll
process
will
start
on
August
13.

#August
6:
FIFA
threatens
to
suspend
the
AIFF
and
strip
of
its
right
to
host
the
Women’s
U-17
World
Cup
in
October
due
to
a
third
party
influence.

#August
7:
The
CoA
assures
FIFA
that
its
is
on
course
to
set
the
AIFF.

#August
10:
The
CoA
files
a
contempt
petition
against
ousted
AIFF
president
Praful
Patel
for
interfering
with
the
proceedings
of
the
Supreme
Court.

#August
11:
SC
warns
the
state
units
of
exercising
its
authority”
if
ousted
AIFF
chief
Patel
attends
its
meetings
and
interferes
with
the
administration
of
justice.

#August
13:
AIFF
includes
36
’eminent’ players,
including
Bhaichung
Bhutia
and
IM
Vijayan,
in
the
list
of
voters
comprising
the
electoral
college
for
the
general’s
body
elections,
which
are
to
be
held
on
August
28.

#August
15:
FIFA
suspends
AIFF
due
to
undue
influence
from
third
parties
and
says
the
U-17
Women’s
World
Cup
“cannot
currently
be
held
in
India
as
planned.