The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has announced its intention to arrange friendly matches for the Indian national team on official FIFA Match Days to improve the position in the FIFA World Ranking.
The official match days are part of the official annual calender scheduled by football’s world governing body FIFA. The FIFA Calender includes various tournaments, qualifiers, etc. for all age groups and of course dates for friendly and international matches.
Football clubs around the globe are obliged to release a player for a game on these official match days, if called-up for national duty by a FIFA member association.
The last FIFA Match Day for the year 2012 was November 14 and India was scheduled to play Yemen on that day. But Yemen pulled pulled out of the fixture as reported earlier.
Therefore I would like to present you an overview of the upcoming official FIFA Match Days 2013 for friendly matches and international matches.
FIFA MATCH DAYS 2013
Friendly Match DaysFebruary 6, 2013June 4, 2013August 14, 2013
International Match DaysMarch 22-26, 2013June 7-11, 2013June 14-18, 2013September 6-10, 2013October 11-15. 2013November 15-19, 2013
Friendly Match Day = Date for friendly matchesInternational Match Days = Date for qualifiers, friendly matches, etc.
