Premier Futsal

Premier Futsal
Founded 5 April 2016
Country India India
Number of teams 6
Current champions Mumbai Warriors (2 titles)
Most championships Mumbai Warriors (2 titles)
TV partners Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
Sony Aath
Website premierfutsal.com
2018 Premier Futsal

Premier Futsal is a multi-national Futsal league conceptualised by Indian entrepreneurs under the entity Premier Futsal Management Pvt. Ltd. It was founded by Indian entrepreneurs Abhinandan Balasubramanian, Dinesh Raj and Nithyashree Subban, backed by business magnate Xavier Britto and his wife, philanthropist Vimala Britto.

It is accepted by AFC.

Games

This franchise-based league takes place across Chennai and Goa in India from July 15 to July 24, 2016.

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 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

  • Xavier Britto - Chairman & investor of Premier Futsal, Founder & Chairman of Estell group of hotels & Kerry Indev Logistics. [2] & Indev Logistics[3]
  • Dinesh Raj - Managing Director of Premier Futsal, Guinness World Record holder for creating the India’s largest human national flag.
  • Abhinandan - CEO of Premier Futsal, Founder of AltFlo & ChefHost[4]
  • Nithyashree Subban - Director of Finance & Strategy , Premier futsal.
  • Vimala Britto - Director of Premier Futsal, Correspondent - Britto Group of Colleges, Founder & Chairperson - Seek Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation.

Brand ambassadors

Indian cricket team batsman Virat Kohli has joined the Premier Futsal football league 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 provided by A.R.Rahman, Karthik, Lady Kash, Virat Kohli.

Teams

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.[8]

In Indonesia, all Premier Futsal matches also broadcast live on nonton.com (2016 only)[9] and Super Soccer TV (from 2017).[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Football's T20 moment". Financial Express. 17 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Esthell Group Launches Rs 50-crore Esthell Village Resort at Thirukazhukundram". Businesswire India. 23 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Indev Logistics to launch coastal shipping services". Hindu Business Line. 18 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "ChefHost brings bespoke professional cuisine to your dinner party". Venture Burn. 21 October 2014.
  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. ↑ "Sony Pictures to broadcast Premier Futsal matches live". Business Line. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  9. ↑ Indonesia, Nonton.com - Website video stream terbesar di. "Premier Futsal League 2016". Nonton.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  10. ↑ "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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