Shillong, May 22: The Shillong Sports Association’s football season will begin on 2nd June with the start of the U-20 Fourth Division 2025.
Twenty-nine clubs have completed the registration process and they have been divided into six groups of five, except for Group F, which has four teams.
Matches will be of 80 minutes’ duration and will all be held at the SSA Stadium at First Ground, Polo.
The top two teams from each group will progress to the next round, which will see four groups of three teams each. From here, the best two teams from each group will qualify for the knockout stage, with quarterfinals followed by semifinals and final.
Age screening has been completed. Last year each club was allowed to sign a handful of above-20-year-old players but this is not the case this season.
The four teams that reach the semifinals will be promoted to the Third Division in 2026. In another change, the team with the lowest number of points from each group will be barred from taking part in the U-20 Fourth Division next year.
(TSR file photo)
