The Explainer: A timeline of FIFA suspension and its possible implications on Indian football

The
supension
of
AIFF
has
put
into
doubt,
the
country’s
prospects
of
hosting
the
Under-17
Women’s
World
Cup.

The
FIFA
event
is
scheduled
to
be
held
from
from
October
11
to
30.

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

With

Agency
inputs,

myKhel.com
looks
at
a
timeline
of
events
which
forced
FIFA
to
suspend
AIFF
and
the
possible
implications
it
will
have
on
Indian
football
in
the
near
future.

#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:
Patel
requests
FIFA
chief
Gianni
Infantino
to
not
impose
a
ban
on
the
country
after
the
sports
body
was
placed
under
a
CoA.

#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
Supreme
Court
(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
Asian
Football
Confederation
(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
SC
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,
but
say
willing
to
find
middle
ground.

#July
21:
The
SC
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
per
cent
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:
The
SC
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
it
is
on
course
to
set
the
AIFF.

#August
10:
The
CoA
files
a
contempt
petition
against
Patel
for
interfering
with
the
proceedings
of
the
SC.

#August
11:
SC
warns
the
state
units
of
exercising
its
authority
if
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.

#The
women’s
U-17
World
Cup
will
not
be
held
in
India
till
the
ban
is
in
place.

#No
Indian
team
can
participate
in
international
competitions
or
friendlies.

#ATK
Mohun
Bagan’s
chance
to
take
part
in
the
inter-zonal
semifinals
of
the
AFC
Cup
in
September
looks
doubtful
for
now.

#Gokulam
Kerala
will
not
be
able
to
represent
India
in
next
week’s
Asian
Women’s
Club
Championships.

#India’s
international
friendlies
against
Singapore
and
Vietnam
scheduled
for
next
month
stands
cancelled.