On the eve of its 30th Anniversary, Kuwait Indian Football Federation Kuwait (KIFF) held their Annual General Body Meeting on 23rd August 2013 at the Royale Terrace Hall Salmiya and Mr. Fidelis Fernandes was elected unopposed as the President for season 2013-2014.
This is the 5th consecutive term for Mr. Fidelis Fernandes as the President of KIFF and once again the members of the federation unanimously reaffirmed its trust in Mr. Fernandes to carry out its activities successfully among the Indian Expatriate community in the State of Kuwait. The house also elected unopposed Mr. Derrick Gomindes as its Vice-President and Mr. Kevin Vaz as the Sports Secretary for the 2nd consecutive term respectively. In addition the members also elected Mr. Shyam Kumar as the Treasurer, Mr. Agnelo D’Cunha as the General Secretary and Mr. Joe Pereira, Mr. Salvador Dias, Mr. Domnick Pereira and Mr. Joseph Gomes as Executive Members of the Managing Committee of KIFF for season 2013-2014. The elections were supervised by KIFF’s founder member Mr. V.K. Vohra.
The house also elected Mr. Xavier Furtado and Amaldo Fernandes as Auditors. The Advisory Committee members are Mr. V.K. Vohra, Mr. Raymond D’Sa, Mr. Lawrence Pinto and Mr. Tony Corriea. The Technical Committee comprises of Mr. Demin D’Cruz, Mr. Lawrence Pinto, Mr. Raymond D’Sa and Mr. Milagres Pereira. All the elected members are affiliated to KIFF registered affiliates for the season 2013-2014.
The Federation has 16 registered affiliates for season 2013-2014 comprising of AVC Overseas Sports and Cultural Association Kuwait (AVC), Curtorcares United, DHL Football Club (DHL), Don Bosco Oratory (DBO), F.C Sparx , Goan Overseas Association Kuwait (Goa Maroons), Indian Strikers Football Club, Kerala Challengers, Kuwait Goan Association (KGA), Malabar United, Real Betalbatim Football Club, Santos United, Skynet Raiders, , United Friends Club (UFC), United Goan Center (UG), YRC Rising Stars.
Kuwait Indian Football Federation (KIFF) is registered with Indian Embassy in Kuwait and the only Indian expatriate federation in the entire Middle East region which has registered players of Indian nationality on its rooster and following most of the FIFA laws of the game and supplemented by some of its own to make the sport exciting.
It has been informed at the AGM that the new season of 2013-2014 will tentatively start in the month of September 2013 and the exact dates, format and venue will be announced in due course.