Asian Premier Futsal Championship

The Asian Premier Futsal Championship is a multinational franchise-based futsal league conceptualised by Indian entrepreneurs under the entity of Premier Futsal Management Pvt. Ltd. It was founded by Abhinandan Balasubramanian, Dinesh Raj and Nithyashree Subban, backed by business magnate Xavier Britto and his wife, philanthropist Vimala Britto.

Asian Premier Futsal Championship
Organising bodyFutsal Association of India
Founded5 April 2016
CountryIndia (originally)
Number of teams16 (proposed)
Current championsMumbai Warriors
TV partnersSony SIX
Sony ESPN
Sony Aath
Websitepremierfutsal.com

Games

Each playing team consists of three international futsal players, one international marquee football player and one Indian futsal player. Every squad is allowed a maximum of twelve players.

Premier Futsal conducted a Scout talent hunt programme across eight cities called Launchpad to scout and select Indian players. The programme combed through 2500 participants per city to shortlist five regional players for each team.[1] Mumbai 5's won the inaugural Premier Futsal by defeating Kochi 5's in the penalty shootout.

Management team

Brand ambassadors

Indian cricket team batsman Virat Kohli has joined the Premier Futsal as its brand ambassador.[5]

Premier Futsal attracted a lot of fans when they signed the one of the best futsal players in the world, Alessandro Rosa Vieira, popularly known as Falcão.[6]

On 12 May 2016, Virat Kohli along with Falcão facilitated the launch of the nationwide talent hunt to select 40 players who will represent their respective cities in the first season of Premier Futsal.[7]

Anthem

The Premier Futsal anthem Naam Hai Futsal had its tunes set by two-time Academy Award winner A.R.Rahman with vocals also provided by Karthik, Lady Kash and Virat Kohli.

Previous Teams
Team City Owner Marquee Head coach
Kolkata 5's Kolkata, West Bengal Grassroot Entertainment Pvt. Ltd Hernán Crespo Christian Roldan
Chennai Singhams Chennai, Tamil Nadu The Hindu Falcão Falcão
Bengaluru Royals Bengaluru, Karnataka Puneeth Rajkumar[8] Paul Scholes Juan Jose Bernal Cierre
Telugu Tigers Hyderabad, Telangana Rana Daggubati Esa Mohammed and Jonaid Bin Tajuddin Al Mohammed Deco
Kerala Cobras Kochi, Kerala ES Entertainment Míchel Salgado Sergio Sapo
Mumbai Warriors Mumbai, Maharashtra DC Design Ryan Giggs Ney Pereira
Delhi Dragons New Delhi Ronaldinho
Goa's Goa Cafu

Results

By season
Season Date Winner Score Runners–up Venue Player of the tournament Semi-finalists
2016 July 24 Mumbai 1(3)–1(2) Kerala Peddem Sports Complex, Mapusa, Goa Chaguinha
2017 October 1 Mumbai 3-2 Delhi Al Wasl Indoor Stadium, Dubai Ronaldinho

Telecast

Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd. acquired exclusive rights to broadcast Premier Futsal. As part of the agreement, all Premier Futsal matches will be televised live on Sony SIX, Sony ESPN and Sony Aath. Matches will also be available to live stream on Sony LIV.[9]

In Indonesia, all Premier Futsal matches also broadcast live on nonton.com (2016 only)[10] and Super Soccer TV (from 2017).[11]

See also

References
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  5. "Virat Kohli joins Premier Futsal football league as brand ambassador". The Indian Express. 11 April 2016.
  6. "Pelé of futsal in India: Premier Futsal signs Brazilian star Falcao for inaugural season". Hindustan Times. 12 May 2016.
  7. "Virat Kohli launches Premier Futsal League's nationwide talent hunt". Hindustan Times. 12 May 2016.
  8. https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/pti-stories/actor-rajkumar-buys-bengaluru-franchise-of-premier-futsal-116071101065_1.html
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  10. Indonesia, Nonton.com - Website video stream terbesar di. "Premier Futsal League 2016". Nonton.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  11. "Super Soccer TV on Instagram: "Premier Futsal 2017 kali ini spesial, selain bintang dunia Ronaldinho, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Deco, Hernan Crespo, dan Michael Salgado.…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
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