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Tajikistan joins AFC Kick Off development program

Xinhua, May 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tajikistan's Football Federation (TFF) and the National Football League joined the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)'s Kick Off development program, the TFF said Wednesday.

The AFC Head of Development Stuart Larman, Development Officer Yogesh Desai and Nodar Akhalkatsi, the FIFA Assistant Development Officer for Central Asia, arrived in Dushanbe as part of the AFC's Kick Off development program.

The delegation held talks with staff of the National Football League and the TFF first vice-president Hurshed Mirzoev to discuss development and cooperation issues.

The AFC and FIFA representatives also reviewed the position of football club in Tajikistan.

Kick Off is a development program which focuses on strengthening the club and league management of AFC's Member Associations through tailor-made, self-sustainable remedies.

The program provides club development, club licensing and marketing services to assist the league and clubs in Tajikistan. Endi