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IPF Campus
Structured football participation for junior colleges and institutions, built around active supervised engagement.
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India Play Football · IPF
More ways into football.
More ways into football.
More ways forward.
India Play Football is a football participation and opportunity platform designed to connect people with clearer routes to play, compete, develop, work, collaborate and grow through the game.
Current flagship · Mumbai Founding Season 2026–27Competition U6–U20November 2026–February 2027
Start with what you need
One platform. A clear route for every football visitor.
IPF is broad by design, but every route has a defined status. See what is open now, what is accepting interest, and where the platform can grow next.
EOI OPEN
I want to play
U6–U20 Founding Competition, including the Open Player route for players who do not yet have a participating team.
EOI OPENI represent a team
Academies, clubs and independent teams can register interest while retaining their identity, coach and development credit.
ENQUIRIES OPENI represent an institution
Schools, colleges and institutions can explore IPF Campus, School Football Challenge and structured participation programmes.
JOIN THE NETWORKI want to stay in football
21+ players and football professionals can register interest in future playing, work and ecosystem opportunities.
ENQUIRIES OPENI want to partner
Brands, football organisations and specialist partners can explore sponsorship, programme execution and football-business services.
The IPF framework
Discover → Play → Develop → Compete → Progress.
The current competition is one product inside a wider football platform. The framework keeps every IPF programme connected to participation and meaningful next steps.
01
Discover
Schools, colleges and accessible football experiences.
02
Play
Team entry, Open Player access and future adult formats.
03
Develop
Recognition, learning and specialist development experiences.
04
Compete
Structured football with clear standards and operations.
05
Progress
Stronger football opportunities and continued participation.
Current flagship · Founding Competition 2026–27
One competition. Two ways in.
A professionally organised multi-week competition for academy teams, clubs, independent teams and individual players. U6–U20 describes the current competition, not the limit of India Play Football.
U6–U208 current competition categories
Nov–Febstructured multi-week season
2 Ways Inteam + individual player entry
Have a team?
Academies, clubs & independent teams
Keep your identity, coach and development credit. IPF adds an organised competition environment around your work.
Register team interest →Need a team?
IPF Open Player Programme
Players can enter through the individual route. For minors, a parent or guardian submits the interest; players aged 18+ can submit for themselves.
Register player interest →The IPF Football Network
The platform does not end when one competition category does.
Players aged 21+ and people who work in football can join the wider IPF network. These are interest pathways that help IPF understand demand and build relevant future opportunities.
21+ PLAYER INTEREST
Stay connected to the game.
Share where you play, your experience and the future football formats that interest you, including open-age, community or other relevant opportunities.
Join the football networkWORK IN FOOTBALL
Football needs an ecosystem around every match.
Coaches, referees, managers, analysts, medical professionals, media creators and matchday operators can register future interest.
Register professional interestIPF programmes
Participation and development beyond competition.
Each programme has a specific role in the football journey without turning IPF into a competing daily coaching academy.
Institution interest open
School Football Challenge
An accessible school format designed to introduce the game, build participation and understand future football demand.
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Founding Season pathway
IPF Future Stars
A planned development and recognition experience for selected older-category competition participants.
Explore Future Stars →For organisations
Use football to achieve something real.
IPF works with brands, football organisations and institutions through focused commercial, strategic and execution relationships. Detailed service capabilities sit on the Business & Partnerships page, away from the core player journey.
PartnershipsSponsorship, strategic relationships, category ownership and measurable football engagement.
Football Programme ExecutionLocal participation, academy, institution and community delivery for organisations with football objectives.
Football Business ServicesSports communications, content, production, activations and athlete-brand support where relevant.
Governance & standards
Opportunity only matters if the platform can be trusted.
Competition integrity, safeguarding, adult/guardian consent, data privacy, medical readiness and academy neutrality sit underneath the football experience.
Competition IntegrityClear eligibility, regulations, results and disciplinary processes.
Player SafeguardingAppropriate adult oversight and defined safeguarding responsibility.
Consent by AgeGuardian-led participation for minors; self-consent for adults.
Data PrivacyPurpose-led collection and protected participant information.
Medical ReadinessMatchday medical, emergency and incident-response planning.
Academy NeutralityCompetition and opportunity without taking development credit from academies.
Football Today
Connected to football in India and around the world.
An automatically updated external headline feed covering Indian football, major global developments and youth & grassroots football. IPF does not republish full articles.
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Leadership & accountability
Founder-led. Built for specialist football execution.
IPF combines founder-level accountability with specialist football, competition, safeguarding, medical and operational roles as the platform grows.
Harshit Mhatre
Founder & League Commissioner
Leads IPF's vision, strategy, partnerships, brand, communication and overall platform development, bringing professional experience across media, entertainment, events and large-scale property execution.