Teams from Colaba to Dharavi, Churchgate to Vasai, VT to Navi Mumbai and Bandra to Ambarnath have registered in huge numbers. Cutting across barriers of economic disparity, caste, creed and religion, football teams have come together at 16 zones across the demographic spread of the city over four weekends to indulge themselves in the world's most popular game_Football.

The action on the first weekend beginning February 22 kicks off at the Thakur Ground, Kandivli, the PWD Ground at Malwani, Malad and the St. Andrew's Ground, Bandra.

This will be followed by the tournament at the Bhavan's College ground, Andheri on February 25 and 26. The following weekend (February 29 to March 2) will see action shifting to Navi Mumbai, Chembur, Mulund, Vikhroli-Ghatkopar and Dadar-Matunga and to Saki Naka, Andheri on March 6 and 7.

March 7 to 9 will see football action in the zones of Sion-Dharavi, Mazgaon-Byculla, Mumbai Central to Worli, which will also cover areas like Colaba, Kalbadei, Girgaum and Mahim, and the zone of Thane-Ambarnath.

115 teams will be seen in action in Bandra, while 115 teams will play in Kandivli, with the Malad zone seeing 62 teams in action. The Andheri zone has attracted a mammoth 149 teams. These teams are divided into the four age categories of under-10, under-14, under-18 among boys and under-16 among girls.

The winner from each category will advance into the city finals, which will be played at the Police Ground, Ghatkopar on March 14 to 16, 2008.

The Mumbai FC Junior Champs will also be the launch pad for talented footballers to fulfil their potential of going ahead and playing for reputed clubs and their country as talent scouts will pick them for future intensified football training under the tutelage of Mumbai FC's reputed coaches.

Every participant will be given a certificate, while there will be a man of the match award for each match, which will be a certificate, a memento and a free entry ticket to Esselworld. The winners of the zonal finals in all categories will get a cash award of Rs 5,000, while the winners of the city finals will get a cash award of Rs 25,000, besides a goody bag with a replica of the Mumbai FC T-shirt, a sipper and other gifts.