India Play Football is a platform connecting football participation, competition, player identity and the people who help the sport grow.
A platform. Not just a season.
India Play Football is built around grassroots football: creating more meaningful ways to discover the game, participate, compete, build a football identity and keep moving forward.
Season 1 is the current flagship competition, not the boundary of IPF. The wider platform connects players, parents, institutions, academies, clubs, football professionals, communities and partners.
THE MASTER IDEA
Built around grassroots football. Designed to grow with the game.
BUILT TO GROW
A new generation every season. More history every year.
The 18–21 focus belongs to Season 1, not to the limits of IPF. Future seasons can introduce fresh eligible players while teams, records, stories and alumni journeys continue to grow.
New players. New stories. One growing football platform.
FOUNDER · INDIA PLAY FOOTBALL
Harshit Mhatre
Founder, India Play Football Founder & CEO, Liongaze Media Services LLP
Harshit conceived and built India Play Football and leads the platform across property development, Season 1, commercial development, media, content, partnerships and overall execution oversight.
SEASON 1 DELIVERY
Aakash Malvankar
Football & Competition Execution Lead — IPF Season 1
Football Operations · Competition Execution · Player Networks · Matchday Coordination
Aakash has been brought into Season 1 as a specialist football and competition execution lead, supporting player networks, academies, clubs, football operations and matchday delivery within the wider IPF execution structure.
THE WIDER EXECUTION ECOSYSTEM
One property lead. Specialists across every function.
IPF is founder-led, specialist-executed and centrally accountable. Specialist appointments, production partners and matchday teams are confirmed function by function as Season 1 moves into delivery. India Play Football is operated by Liongaze Media Services LLP.