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AIFF Media Team
NEW DELHI: The results of the AFC and the National Club License applications for the 2019-20 season has been announced on Thursday, October 10, 2019, after AIFF’s Club Licensing Committee – First Instance Body (CLC-FIB) met in New Delhi to decide on the club licensing applications.
In the 2019-20 season of the Indian Club Licensing system, a record number (19) of clubs applied for AFC and National Licenses. The list of Clubs who applied for these licenses are Aizawl FC, NEROCA FC, NorthEast United FC, Minerva Punjab FC, Real Kashmir FC, ATK, Mohun Bagan, Quess East Bengal FC, Jamshedpur FC, Odisha FC (erstwhile Delhi Dynamos FC), Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC, Chennai City FC, Gokulam Kerala FC, Kerala Blasters FC, FC Goa, Churchill Brothers, FC Pune City and Mumbai City FC.
The aforementioned Club Licensing Committee – First Instance Body (CLC-FIB) unanimously decided the following :-
Clubs who have been GRANTED both AFC & National License for the 2019-20 season but WITH SANCTIONS: Chennai City FC, Chennaiyin FC, Bengaluru FC, Jamshedpur FC, FC Goa and ATK.
Clubs' whose application for both AFC & National License for the 2019-20 season have been REJECTED: Aizawl FC, NEROCA FC, NorthEast United FC, Minerva Punjab FC, Mohun Bagan, Quess East Bengal FC, Odisha FC (erstwhile Delhi Dynamos FC), Gokulam Kerala FC, Kerala Blasters FC, Churchill Brothers, FC Pune City and Mumbai City FC
The clubs' whose application for AFC & National License for the 2019-20 season have been Rejected, or the License has been Granted with Sanctions, have 7 business days from today (October 10, 2019) to file an Appeal or seek an exemption (for National Club competitions only).
A short brief on the Indian Club Licensing Regulations 2019-20: