[4][5][6] It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the sports national governing body.

The WIFA sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Senior Women's National Football Championship.

[7] Justice Russel became president of the WIFA while P. R. Cadell became vice-president,[8] and the objective of was to improve the sport of football in the Bombay state, and in the present-day Maharashtra.

The first thing they decided to do was renovate Mumbai's only national football stadium, the Cooperage Ground.

All 36 district of Maharashtra are affiliated with the Western India Football Association.