New Executive Committee elected

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Sridhar Kotagiri

Elected President of the Andhra Pradesh Football Association on 11 October 2026.

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Results declared: 15 members elected to the Executive Committee

The Electoral Officer declared all 15 candidates duly elected under the APFA constitution.

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List of contesting candidates published

The final list of candidates contesting each of the 15 posts.

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APFA Elections 2026 notified

Justice G. Shyam Prasad (Retd.) appointed to supervise and conduct the election.

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About the election

What this election decides

The election filled all 15 seats on the APFA Executive Committee, the body that runs the association.

Under Article 23 of the APFA constitution, the committee is a President, three Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer and ten members. At least two of the ten must be Sportspersons of Outstanding Merit (SOM) and two must come from the State Players' Association (SPA).

At least four of the fifteen must be women, including one Vice-President, one SOM and one SPA representative.

Tally of 15 Executive Committee seats: one group of five office bearers and two groups of five members
5

office bearers

10

committee members

4+

seats held by women

Where the election stands

The election is notified 15 candidates confirmed The new committee is elected

  1. Notification25 September 2026
  2. Candidates8 and 9 October 2026
  3. ResultsDeclared 11 October 2026

Form 12, 11 October 2026

The elected committee

Declared duly elected by the Electoral Officer under the APFA constitution, as recorded in Form 12.

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Office bearers

  • PresidentSridhar KotagiriElected
  • Vice-PresidentGuttikonda Vamsi KiranElected
  • Vice-PresidentRadhika Reddy TanguturuElected
  • Vice-PresidentJ. V. Anil KumarElected
  • TreasurerYeleswarapu Neeladri Venkata KumarElected

Executive Committee members

  • MemberKummara Kranthi KumarElected
  • MemberGottapu Siva Sankara Pavan KumarElected
  • MemberMylapalli AtchyutambaElected
  • MemberGuda SarithaElected
  • MemberMuni Venkata Sravan Sai KumarElected
  • MemberBapanapalli Uma SankarElected
  • MemberA. ReddappaElected
    SOM
  • MemberMekala Anjali DeviElected
    SOM
  • MemberBandela ChakravarthyElected
    SPA
  • MemberDummeda MounikaElected
    SPA
SOM
Sportsperson of Outstanding Merit, as designated under AIFF rules
SPA
Representative of the State Players' Association

Who votes

The electoral college

24district associations
2voters each

The district football associations listed in the annexure to the election notification, subject to finalisation by the Electoral Officer.

24 associations
  • VisakhapatnamVisakha District Football Alliance & Welfare Association
  • West GodavariFootball Association of West Godavari District
  • East GodavariEast Godavari District Football Association
  • VizianagaramVizianagaram District Football Association
  • KrishnaKrishna District Football Association
  • NelloreThe Nellore District Football Association
  • SrikakulamThe Association of Srikakulam District Football
  • PrakasamFootball Association of Prakasam District
  • TirupatiDistrict Football Association of Tirupati
  • YSR KadapaYSR Kadapa District Football Association
  • KurnoolKurnool District Football Association
  • GunturFootball Association Guntur District
  • ASRASR District Football Association, Kunavaram
  • ChittoorChittoor District Football Association
  • EluruEluru District Football Association
  • KonaseemaKonaseema District Football Association
  • ManyamManyam District Football Association
  • KakinadaKakinada District Football Association
  • AnakapalliAnakapalli District Football Association
  • PalnaduPalnadu District Football Association
  • BapatlaBapatla District Football Association
  • NTRNTR District Football Association
  • Sri Sathya SaiSri Sathya Sai District Football Association
  • AnnamayyaDistrict Football Association of Annamayya

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State Players' Association

How players earn a seat

Two of the ten committee seats are reserved for the State Players' Association, and at least one of them must go to a woman. Any player aged 18 or over can join the SPA by meeting one of these four conditions.

  • Senior state team

    Represented Andhra Pradesh at senior level, men's or women's, at least once.

  • Age-group football

    Played five or more age-group matches for Andhra Pradesh.

  • State Women's League

    Played at least 13 matches for an Andhra Pradesh club in the State Women's League.

  • National players' body

    Eligible for membership of the AIFF National Players' Association.

The full rules for the State Players' Association are set out in the APFA constitution (PDF).