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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Poona District Football Association <br/>Pune District Football Association<br />
| logo = PDFA - Poona District Football Association.png<br />
| logo_size = 150px<br />
| abbreviation = PDFA <br />
| formation = {{start date and age|1972}}<br />
| region_served = [[Pune]], [[western India]]<br />
| leader_title = President<br />
| leader_name = Dr Vishwajeet Kadam<br />
| main_organ = <br />
| parent_organisation = [[All India Football Federation]]<br />
| affiliations = [[Western India Football Association]]<br />
| website = {{URL|https://pdfa.co.in/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Poona Football Association''' ('''PDFA''') is an organisation that governs the [[association football|football]] in and around the Indian city of [[Pune]]. It is a member of the [[Western India Football Association]], which is affiliated to the [[All India Football Federation]] (AIFF). The PDFA organises [[Pune Football League]], overlooking promotion and development of football in the district of [[Pune district|Pune]].<br />
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The '''TRNA INDIA Pune Football League''' is an organized competitions overseen by the '''Poona District Football Association''' in [[Pune district|Pune District]] of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-this-fifa-season-poona-district-football-association-gets-a-football-ground-1995473 This FIFA season, Poona District Football Association gets a football ground] ''DNA India''. Retrieved 9 October 2021.</ref> It follows a ladder-based structure and includes four divisions with over 100 teams.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Football Association Profile - Pune District Football Association, Pune, India {{!}} SoccerTrac.com|url=https://soccertrac.com/organization_controller/view_organization_profile/40#|access-date=2021-08-07|website=soccertrac.com}}</ref> The league encompasses teams from various locations across Pune District, the city of [[Pune]], spanning from [[Pimpri-Chinchwad]] to [[Hadapsar]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Editor |title=PDFA League Pune: Giantz ‘A', Ghorpadi Tamil United begin Super-8 with wins |url=https://www.punekarnews.in/pdfa-league-pune-giantz-a-ghorpadi-tamil-united-begin-super-8-with-wins/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Punekar News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Football, eh!? 212 clubs aboard the Pune District Football Association jamboree |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/football-eh-212-clubs-aboard-the-pdfa-jamboree/story-ZHQWcIoq70ae94KTbeidrM.html |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== History==<br />
The Poona District Football Association came into inception from the year 1972 with motive of promoting, developing and popularising the game of football at grass root level. It was heard that football lovers like Robert Gabriell, Benjamin Fernandes and many more contributed in running the association for years in the Poona region and this continued till we formally launched to form the Poona District Football Association in the most concrete manner from the year 2006 under the Leadership of President – Dr. Vishwajeet Kadam. At present there are more that 230+ teams & nearly 5000+ players registers with PDFA, which is spread across 4 divisions of Boys’ Teams ( Super Division, First Division, Second Division and Third division Teams ), Women's Division Teams and Under age group teams. These 230+ teams play Pune District football league. The total of more than 1000 matches are conducted year round.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PDFA About |url=https://pdfa.co.in/about}}</ref><br />
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==Competitions==<br />
* Men's competitions <br />
**[[PFL Super Division]]<br />
**[[PFL Division One]]<br />
**[[PFL Division Two]]<br />
**[[PFL Division Three]]<br />
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== Football grounds==<br />
* [[Pune District Football Association Stadium]]<br />
* [[Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex]]<br />
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== See also==<br />
[[Pune Football League]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://www.pdfa.co.in/ Official Website] - Official website<br />
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== References==<br />
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{{Football in Maharashtra}}<br />
{{Sports leagues of India}}<br />
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