Welcome to the website of the Youth Football Club, Rurka Kalan, Punjab, India.

There are two aspects to football at YFC Rurka Kalan.

1. Amateur Club Team - The first aspect is its amateur team that currently competes in the Punjab State League. This team is entirely comprised of local village youths that tend to their farms as a full time occupation but come together to play in the football season. Results for the YFC for the YFC in the Punjab 2nd Division 2007-2008 can be viewed at the following link on Indianfootball.com, India’s leading football site - http://www.indianfootball.com/local/pssd2007-08.html. The Youth Football Club, Rurka Kalan, narrowly missed being promoted to the Punjab Super Division for the 2007 season.

YFC Rurka Kalan Punjab League 2007

2.  Youth & Community Development - The second aspect of the YFC is it focus on the youth development. This is where the YFC team of 40 volunteers spend most of their time and effort.  Focus on youth development is split between 25 cadets that reside full time at the YFC Sports Hostel.  All expenses for the 3 full time coaches, meals, accommodation at the hostel, football kit etc are borne by the YFC.  The other aspect of youth development is the day trainees that come in form the rest of village of Rurka Kalan and some neighboring villages.

 A team of 3 full time coaches (including Jitender Sharma, formerly of the Chandigarh Football Academy) are in charge of training the children.

Training routines and sessions are divided between the children based on the age group that they fall into.