[10] It also sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Senior Women's National Football Championship.

In its formative years, the only Indian representative in the English dominated executive committee was Kalicharan Mitra from the Sovabazar Club.

[12] By vigorously promoting the game in Bengal, the IFA became undivided India's premier football body in the early decades of the 20th century.

Lindsay of Dalhousie AC, and Watson of Calcutta FC, the IFA was established in 1893.

After years of numerous conferences and meetings, the IFA along with other five regional football associations broke their mutual deadlock to form the AIFF in 1937.