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vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Sikkim Football Association</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sikkim_Football_Association.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/Sikkim_Football_Association.svg/200px-Sikkim_Football_Association.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/Sikkim_Football_Association.svg/300px-Sikkim_Football_Association.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/Sikkim_Football_Association.svg/400px-Sikkim_Football_Association.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data category"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_the_Government_of_Sikkim.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Government_of_Sikkim.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_the_Government_of_Sikkim.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Government_of_Sikkim.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_the_Government_of_Sikkim.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Government_of_Sikkim.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3189" data-file-height="2126" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Membership</th><td class="infobox-data">6 district association</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">SFA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1976<span class="noprint">; 48 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1976</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">All India Football Federation</a> (AIFF)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Paljor_Stadium" title="Paljor Stadium">Paljor Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gangtok" title="Gangtok">Gangtok</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Menla Ethenpa</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Secretary</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Phurba Sherpa</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Official website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sikkimfootball.in/">sikkimfootball<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Sikkim Football Association</b> (<b>SFA</b>) is one of the 36 <a href="/wiki/Indian_state_football_associations" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian state football associations">Indian state football associations</a> that are affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">All India Football Federation</a> (AIFF), based out of <a href="/wiki/Gangtok" title="Gangtok">Gangtok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It sends state teams for <a href="/wiki/Santosh_Trophy" title="Santosh Trophy">Santosh Trophy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Senior_Women%27s_National_Football_Championship" title="Senior Women's National Football Championship">Senior Women's National Football Championship</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_Football_Association&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sikkim Football Association was formed in the year 1976, while previously it was known as the <i>Gangtok Football and Sporting Association</i>. Sikkim football dates back with first local team, Kumar Sporting Club.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The association started <a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Gold_Cup" title="Sikkim Gold Cup">Sikkim Gold Cup</a> in 1979 with the help of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sikkim" title="Government of Sikkim">Sikkim government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As interest in football in Sikkim went down due to the lack of organizing, former <a href="/wiki/India_national_football_team" title="India national football team">India football team</a> captain <a href="/wiki/Baichung_Bhutia" class="mw-redirect" title="Baichung Bhutia">Baichung Bhutia</a>, who was born in Sikkim, founded the club <a href="/wiki/United_Sikkim_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="United Sikkim F.C.">United Sikkim</a>. It became the main player source for <a href="/wiki/Sikkim_football_team" title="Sikkim football team">Sikkim football team</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_teams">State teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_Football_Association&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: State teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output 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href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_under-15_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sikkim under-15 football team (page does not exist)">Sikkim under-15 football team</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_under-13_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sikkim under-13 football team (page does not exist)">Sikkim under-13 football team</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women">Women</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_Football_Association&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Women"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_women%27s_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikkim women's football team">Sikkim women's football team</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_women%27s_under-19_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sikkim women's under-19 football team (page does not exist)">Sikkim women's under-19 football team</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_women%27s_under-17_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sikkim women's under-17 football team (page does not exist)">Sikkim women's under-17 football team</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Affiliated_district_associations">Affiliated district associations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_Football_Association&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Affiliated district associations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All 6 district of Sikkim are affiliated with the <b>Sikkim Football Association</b>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No.</th> <th>Association</th> <th>District </th> <th>President </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Gangtok District Football Association</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gangtok_district" title="Gangtok district">Gangtok</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Mangan District Football Association</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mangan_district" title="Mangan district">Mangan</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Pakyong District Football Association</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pakyong_district" title="Pakyong district">Pakyong</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Soreng District Football Association</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Soreng_district" title="Soreng district">Soreng</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Namchi District Football Association</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Namchi_district" title="Namchi district">Namchi</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Gyalshing District Football Association</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gyalshing_district" title="Gyalshing district">Gyalshing</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_Football_Association&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club_level">Club level</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_Football_Association&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Club level"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's"><span id="Men.27s"></span>Men's</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_Football_Association&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Men's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Premier_Division_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikkim Premier Division League">SFA "A" Division S-League</a></li> <li>SFA "B" Division</li> <li>SFA "C" Division</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Premier_League" title="Sikkim Premier League">Sikkim Premier League</a><sup id="cite_ref-spl_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spl-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Women's"><span id="Women.27s"></span>Women's</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_Football_Association&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Women's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Women%27s_Super_League" title="Sikkim Women's Super League">Sikkim Women's Super League</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sikkim_Football_League_pyramid">Sikkim Football League pyramid</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_Football_Association&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sikkim Football League pyramid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Tier </th> <th>Division </th> <th>Promotion & relegation </th></tr> <tr> <th>1<br /><sub>(Level 5 on Indian football <a href="/wiki/Indian_football_league_system" title="Indian football league system">pyramid</a>)</sub> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Premier_Division_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikkim Premier Division League">SFA "A" Division S-League</a> </td> <td>8 teams, bottom relegates to "B"-Division<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2<br /><sub>(Level 6 on Indian football <a href="/wiki/Indian_football_league_system" title="Indian football league system">pyramid</a>)</sub> </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=SFA_%22B%22_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SFA "B" Division (page does not exist)">SFA "B" Division</a> </td> <td>top 2 teams promotes to "A" Division, bottom 2 relegate to "C"-Division<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3<br /><sub>(Level 7 on Indian football <a href="/wiki/Indian_football_league_system" title="Indian football league system">pyramid</a>)</sub> </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=SFA_%22C%22_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SFA "C" Division (page does not exist)">SFA "C" Division</a> </td> <td>top 2 teams promote to "B" Division<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_Football_Association&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_India" title="Football in India">Football in India</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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