The All India (AIFF) Football Federation (AIFF) asked the Federation and Indian Super League (ISL) clubs to discuss team concerns about the uncertainty surrounding the upcoming season of the country’s highest football league.
This step comes after the AIFF wrote all 11 Isl clubs last week and urged the Supreme Court urgently. The court will currently hear a case related to the AFF Constitution and clubs believe that permanent uncertainty about the future of Isl must be addressed at the highest level.
In their letter, the clubs warned that they would have “no possibility to look for a judicial solution independently” if the AIFF did not work at their request.
On Wednesday on Wednesday AIFF confirmed that he received a letter of clubs on the evening of 8 August and replied on August 13. “The AIFF asked the legal councils of clubs and the Federation to meet on this matter to discuss this matter and decide on another event,” the Federation published on the social media.
Standoff intensified after the Limited Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), the Isl organizers, on 11 July announced that the 2025-26 season was “suspended” in 2010 due to uncertainty about the renewal of the main rights agreement (MRA) signed with AIFF in 2010.
The AIFF proposed in September to introduce the Super Cup to provide competing matches for clubs, but the Isl teams instead became clarity in the future of the league. The FSDL pause has already had serious consequences – three clubs either stopped the first team’s operations or suspended salaries for players and employees.
With the livelihood and competitive structure of Indian football at stake, the upcoming meeting between the legal councils of both parties will be carefully monitored, as it could shape the immediate future of the most important football competition in the country.
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
August 13, 2025
