India women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India men's national football team.

India
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Blue Tigresses
AssociationAll India Football Federation (AIFF)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachSantosh Kashyap
CaptainAshalata Devi
Most capsAshalata Devi (103)
Top scorerBala Devi (49)
FIFA codeIND
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 69 Decrease 1 (13 December 2024)[1]
Highest49[2] (December 2013)
Lowest69[2] (December 2024)
First international
As India S:
 India S 2–0  Hong Kong
(Calicut, India; 12 January 1980)
As India:
 India 5–0 Singapore 
(Hong Kong; 7 June 1981)
Biggest win
 India 18–0 Bhutan 
(Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; 13 December 2010)
Biggest defeat
 China 16–0 India 
(Bangkok, Thailand; 11 December 1998)
Women's Asian Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1980)
Best resultRunners-up (1980 and 1983)
SAFF Women's Championship
Appearances6 (first in 2010)
Best resultChampions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019)
Medal record
Women's Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 1980 India
Silver medal – second place 1983 Thailand
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Hong Kong
SAFF Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Bangladesh
Gold medal – first place 2012 Sri Lanka
Gold medal – first place 2014 Pakistan
Gold medal – first place 2016 India
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nepal
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati & Shillong Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu & Pokhara Team

The India women's national football team represents India at women's international football competitions and is governed by the All India Football Federation. Under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and governed in Asia by the AFC. India is also part of the South Asian Football Federation. The team was one of the best in Asia in the mid-1970s to early 1980s, when they became runners-up in the 1979 and the 1983 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

The Indian women's national team is yet to participate in the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Olympic Games. The present ranking of the team according to the FIFA Women's World Rankings is 66, the 13th-best team in Asia.

History

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Golden years (1975–1991)

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Football for women in Asia started later compared to their male counterparts. The seed of women's football in India was planted in the early 1970s. The first manager was Sushil Bhattacharya, in 1975[3][4] and from 1975 until 1991, the administration of the game was in the hands of the Women's Football Federation of India (WFFI), which comes under the Asian Ladies' Football Confederation (ALFC) that had recognition from neither FIFA nor AFC. Both organizations continuously tried to dissuade Asian countries from sending teams to these tournaments, for which the first few editions of AFC Women's Asian Cup seen very few teams. Thus, the 1980 featured two Indian teams (India N & India S), Western Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia.[5] India did well enough in all these tournaments under Sushil Bhattacharya. In the next edition of 1981 India achieved third position, defeated by Thailand, and became runners-up in the 1983, edition losing to Thailand again. This was the best chapter for the Indian women team in the Asian platform as since 1983 the performance declined along with mismanagement in the federation. The game was administered by WFFI from 1975 until the early 1990s, when they were absorbed into the AIFF.[6]

Decline (1991–2009)

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The AIFF did very less to lift the women's football from their meager condition. It was the time when FIFA conceptualized and organised FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 and International Olympic Committee started the women's competition at 1996 Summer Olympics. Time and again, the AIFF officials stated that lifting the standard of women's football to the level of their Asian counterparts was their chief aim. The AIFF failed to sponsor the team's first foreign trip in 1997 to Germany before the Asian Championships. Eventually, the trip was made possibly with the help of the German Football Association and NRI's living in Germany.[7]

1998 Asian Games was first participation for the national team. They were defeated by Chinese Taipei 1–13, before facing the biggest defeat in the history by China PR with an embarrassing scoreline of 0–16.[8]

The women's game reached a new low in June 2009 when FIFA delisted the side from its world rankings, for being out of action for more than 18 months.[9] From 1991 to 2010 the performance of the Indian team was very poor, participating in just 5 editions.

Resurgence (2010–2021)

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After 2009 sanction by FIFA, the AIFF started to better the condition of the national team and women's football, which led to commencing SAFF Women's Championship and also including women's football in the South Asian Games. The women's team resumed playing on 29 January 2010 after nearly a year-long hiatus.[10] Indian team earn massive success in SAFF competitions, winning the SAFF Women's Championship four times in a row without losing a single game. Additionally, they won two gold medals at South Asian Games.[11]

They participated in the qualifiers for the 2012 Summer Olympics in March 2011. In their first match India has beaten group hosts Bangladesh 3–0. In the second round India played Uzbekistan, where they tied the first match 1–1, but lost the second leg 1–5.[12]

India participated for the second time at the Asian games in 2014, but the condition was not better than the previous participation, 16 years back in 1998. Though India defeated Maldives easily with 15–0 score, a similar fate was faced by them in the next two matches, being defeated by South Korea and Thailand with the same score of 0–10.[13]

In August 2018, Indian women national team was invited to participate in Cotif Tournament where clubs and national and autonomous teams participate every year since 1984, held at Valencia, Spain. 2018 Cotif was 35th Anniversary of the tournament.[14] At this tournament they faced 3 Spanish club teams and Morocco. First lost to Fundación Albacete, 1–4, then to Levante UD, 0–5, then the Moroccan side defeated India with a score 5–1, but on the last match India played with maturity, though lost to Madrid CFF with 0–1 score.

In November 2018, India qualified to the second round of 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the first time since the qualifying tournament started for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[15][16]

For preparation of 2020 Olympics 2nd round qualifiers India played two matches each against Hong Kong and Indonesia winning all four of them 5–2 & 1–0 against Hong Kong and 3–0 & 2–0 against Indonesia respectively.[17][18] Following these matches India played at the 2019 Gold Cup organised at home, where they won their first match against Iran by 1–0 but lost next two matches to Nepal and Myanmar by 1–2 and 0–2 respectively and failed to reach the final.[19][20][21]

2022 Asian Cup withdrawal and decline

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In 2022 India lost a match at the SAFF Championship for the first time.[22] They lost against Bangladesh 0–3 in the group stage.[23] The team also lost the semifinal against Nepal 0–1. Thus failing to win the SAFF title for the first time ever.[24]

Results and fixtures

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Main articles: Indian women's national football team results (2020–present) and India women's national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void or postponed   Fixtures

2024

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21 February 2024 Turkish Women's Cup India  4–3  Estonia Alanya, Turkey
13:30 UTC+5:30
Report
Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex
Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)
24 February 2024 Turkish Women's Cup India  2–0  Hong Kong Alanya, Turkey
19:00 UTC+5:30
Report Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex
Referee: Melek Dakan (Turkey)
27 February 2024 Turkish Women's Cup Kosovo  1–0  India Alanya, Turkey
13:30 UTC+5:30 Memeti 90+2' Report Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex
Referee: Gamze Durmuş (Turkey)
31 May Friendly Uzbekistan  3–0  India Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:30 UTC+5
Report Stadium: Milliy Stadium
Attendance: 67
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
4 June Friendly Uzbekistan  0–0  India Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 UTC+5 Report Stadium: Milliy Stadium
Attendance: 64
9 July Friendly Myanmar  2–1  India Yangon, Myanmar
--:-- UTC+6:30
Report
Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
12 July Friendly Myanmar  1–1  India Yangon, Myanmar
--:-- UTC+6:30 Win Theingi Tun 50' Report Pyari Xaxa 48' Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
17 October 2024 SAFF W GS Pakistan  2–5  India Kathmandu, Nepal
 Report
Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
Attendance: 452
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
23 October 2024 SAFF W GS India  1–3  Bangladesh Kathmandu, Nepal
17:30
Report
  • Afeida Khandaker 19'
  • Tohura 29', 42'
 Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
Attendance: 251
Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)
27 October 2024 SAFF W SF Nepal    1–1
(4–2 p)		  India Kathmandu, Nepal
18:30
Report
Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
Attendance: 18,009
Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)
Penalties
30 December Friendly India  v  Maldives Bengaluru, India
15:30 Stadium: Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence

2025

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2 January Friendly India  v  Maldives Bengaluru, India
15:30 Stadium: Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence

Coaching staff

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As of 16 September 2024[25]
Position Name
Head coach India Santosh Kashyap
Assistant coach India Priya P. V.
Goalkeeper coach India Lourembam Ronibala Chanu
Team manager India Thongam Tababi Devi
Physiotherapist India Disha Patil
India Reshmi Pillai
Masseuse India Kajol Kamble
Media officer India Sruti Chakraborty

Manager history

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As of 27 October 2024, after the match against  Nepal.
Name Years Played Won Draw Lost Win %
India Sushil Bhattacharya 1975 – – – – –
India J. Krishnaswamy 1980 5 2 2 1 40
unknown 1981 5 3 1 1 60
unknown 1983 6 4 0 2 66.67
unknown 1986 2 1 0 1 50
India I. Arumainayagam[26] 1994 3 0 0 3 0
unknown 1995 3 0 0 3 0
unknown 1997 3 2 0 1 66.67
India S. Arumainayagam[27] 1998 3 0 0 3 0
India Harjinder Singh[28] 1999 4 1 0 3 25
India P. K. Kabui[29] 2001 4 1 0 3 25
India Moirangthem Ratankumar Singh[30] 2003 3 1 0 2 33.33
India Harjinder Singh[31] 2005−2007 7 1 0 6 14.29
India Sapam Premkanta Singh[32] 2007 2 1 0 1 50
India Mohammad Shahid Jabbar 2009–2012 21 18 1 2 85.71
India Anadi Barua 2013 5 2 1 2 40
India Tarun Roy 2014 8 6 0 2 75
India Sajid Dar 2015–2017 15 8 3 4 53.33
India Maymol Rocky 2017–2021 33 18 5 10 54.55
Sweden Thomas Dennerby 2021–2023 21 7 3 11 33.33
India Suren Chettri (interim) 2022 4 2 0 2 50
India Langam Chaoba Devi 2024 7 2 2 3 28.57
India Santosh Kashyap 2024– 3 1 1 1 33.33
Total 167 81 19 67 48.5

Note: Only FIFA A matches considered.

Players

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Current squad

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The following 23 players were called up for 2024 SAFF Women's Championship in October 2024.[33]

Caps and goals are correct as of 27 October 2024, after the match against  Nepal.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Elangbam Panthoi Chanu (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28) 18 0 India East Bengal
13 1GK Maibam Linthoingambi Devi (1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 25) 9 0 India Kickstart
23 1GK Payal Basude (2003-09-30) 30 September 2003 (age 21) 1 0 India Gokulam Kerala
4 2DF Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (Captain) (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 31) 100 6 India East Bengal
17 2DF Dalima Chhibber (1997-08-30) 30 August 1997 (age 27) 54 2 India Kickstart
18 2DF Sanju Yadav (1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 27) 54 11 India Kickstart
5 2DF Hemam Shilky Devi (2005-11-23) 23 November 2005 (age 19) 16 1 India Gokulam Kerala
3 2DF Juli Kishan (1999-05-08) 8 May 1999 (age 25) 8 0 India Odisha
14 2DF Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu (1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 25) 38 3 India Assam Rifles
12 2DF Aruna Bag (2003-04-27) 27 April 2003 (age 21) 6 0 India Kickstart
2 2DF Wangkhem Linthoingambi Devi (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 29) 8 0 India Kickstart
9 4FW Anju Tamang (1995-12-22) 22 December 1995 (age 28) 63 14 India East Bengal
8 3MF Sangita Basfore (1996-07-12) 12 July 1996 (age 28) 60 4 India SSB Women
6 3MF Naorem Priyangka Devi (2003-04-09) 9 April 2003 (age 21) 12 2 India East Bengal
19 3MF Karthika Angamuthu (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 13 0 India East Bengal
7 3MF Soumya Guguloth (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 23) 31 5 India East Bengal
10 4FW Bala Devi (Vice-Captain) (1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 34) 59 49 India Sreebhumi
11 4FW Grace Dangmei (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28) 80 22 India Kickstart
16 4FW Manisha Kalyan (2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 23) 39 10 Greece PAOK
20 4FW Sandhiya Ranganathan (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 26) 43 10 India East Bengal
21 4FW Jyoti Chouhan (1999-07-06) 6 July 1999 (age 25) 7 1 India Gokulam Kerala
22 4FW Karishma Shirvoikar (2001-08-04) 4 August 2001 (age 23) 10 0 India Kickstart
15 4FW Rimpa Haldar (2005-02-06) 6 February 2005 (age 19) 2 0 India Sreebhumi

Recent call-ups

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The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past twelve months, but are not part of the current squad.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Shreya Hooda (1999-05-25) 25 May 1999 (age 25) 12 0 India Odisha  Myanmar, July 2024
GK Sowmiya Narayanasamy (2000-07-25) 25 July 2000 (age 24) 3 0 India Gokulam Kerala 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers
GK Anshika (2003-02-22) 22 February 2003 (age 21) 0 0 India Odisha NT camp, February 2024
GK Moirangthem Monalisha Devi (2006-07-03) 3 July 2006 (age 18) 0 0 India Sreebhumi NT camp, October 2024
DF Ngangbam Sweety Devi (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 25) 57 1 India East Bengal NT camp, October 2024
DF Manisa Panna (1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 33) 31 0 India Nita 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers
DF Ritu Rani (1997-05-25) 25 May 1997 (age 27) 14 0 India Kickstart 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers
DF Jabamani Tudu (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 24) 26 1 India Nita NT camp, October 2024
DF Mamta (1997-06-23) 23 June 1997 (age 27) 0 0 India HOPS NT camp, February 2024
DF Thounaojam Kritina Devi (2003-02-10) 10 February 2003 (age 21) 0 0 India Gokulam Kerala NT camp, February 2024
DF Astam Oraon (2005-02-05) 5 February 2005 (age 19) 7 0 India East Bengal  Uzbekistan, February 2024
DF Yumlembam Pakpi Devi (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 22) 0 0 India Kickstart NT camp, October 2024
MF Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi (1999-12-02) 2 December 1999 (age 25) 38 12 India Gokulam Kerala NT camp, October 2024
MF Neha Sillay (2006-05-19) 19 May 2006 (age 18) 0 0 India Odisha  Myanmar, July 2024
MF Mousumi Murmu (2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 (age 19) 1 0 India Sreebhumi NT camp, October 2024
MF Indumathi Kathiresan (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 (age 30) 57 17 India Odisha 2024 Turkish Women's Cup
MF Pavithra Murugesan (2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 22) 0 0 India Gokulam Kerala NT camp, February 2024
MF Aveka Singh (2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 20) 0 0 United States UC Irvine Anteaters NT camp, October 2023
MF Kaviya Pakkirisamy (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21) 0 0 India Sethu  Uzbekistan, February 2024
MF Anjana Thapa 0 0 India Pink Panthers FC NT camp, October 2024
FW Lynda Kom (2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 19) 0 0 India Odisha  Myanmar, July 2024
FW Pyari Xaxa (1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 (age 27) 28 10 India Odisha  Myanmar, July 2024
FW Kajol D'Souza (2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 18) 0 0 India Odisha  Myanmar, July 2024
FW Renu Gour (2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 (age 23) 21 4 India Kickstart 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers

INJ Withdrew due to injury
PRE Preliminary squad / standby
RET Retired from the national team
SUS Serving suspension
WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Previous squads

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Records

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See also: Category:India women's international footballers
As of 23 October 2024
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Captains

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Tenure Incumbent Reserve captains Tournaments Ref
1980 Chitra Gangadharan Yolanda D'Souza 1980 AFC Women's Championship [34][35]
1981 Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar 1981 AFC Women's Championship
1981 Women's World Invitational Tournament 		[36]
1981–1983 Shanti Mullick 1983 AFC Women's Championship
1994–1997 unknown
1998–2001 Maria Rebello Thongam Tababi Devi 1998 Asian Games
2001 AFC Women's Championship
1999 Langam Chaoba Devi 1999 AFC Women's Championship [37]
2003
2007
2011–2016 		Oinam Bembem Devi Sradhanjali Samantaray,
Madhu Kumari, Sujata Kar,
Sasmita Mallik, Tuli Goon,
Romi Devi, Bala Devi 		2003 AFC Women's Championship
2012 SAFF Women's Championship
2014 Asian Games
2014 SAFF Women's Championship
2016 South Asian Games
2005 Sradhanjali Samantaray
2007 Sujata Kar [38]
2010 Wangkhem Robita Devi 2010 South Asian Games
2010 Thongam Tababi Devi 2010 SAFF Women's Championship [39]
2013 Tuli Goon
2016–2018 Bala Devi 2016 SAFF Women's Championship [40][41]
2018–present Loitongbam Ashalata Devi Aditi Chauhan, Sangita Basfore,
Indumathi Kathiresan,
Dalima Chhibber, Grace Dangmei
Bala Devi 		2019 SAFF Women's Championship
2019 South Asian Games
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2022 SAFF Women's Championship
2024 SAFF Women's Championship

Competitive record

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FIFA Women's World Cup

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FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Did not enter
Sweden 1995
United States 1999 Did not qualify
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011 Did not enter
Canada 2015 Did not qualify
France 2019
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 Withdrew from qualification
Brazil 2027 To be determined
Total 0/9 - - - - - - - -
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

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Summer Olympics record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA GD
United States 1996
to Greece 2004		 Did not enter
China 2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
United States 2028 To be determined
Australia 2032
Total 0/8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AFC Women's Asian Cup

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
At 1979 AFC Asia Cup India placed two teams, India Senior(India S) and India Novice(India N), other version called as India North and India South.

Asian Games

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  • DNP: did not participate
  • DNQ: did not qualify
Bold Positions show best finish in the tournaments.

SAFF Women's Championship

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India has won the SAFF Women's Championship five times in a row.[43]

SAFF Women's Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Bangladesh 2010 Winners 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 5 0 0 40 0 +40
Sri Lanka 2012 Winners 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 5 0 0 33 1 +32
Pakistan 2014 Winners 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 5 0 0 36 1 +35
India 2016 Winners 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 3 1 0 11 3 +8
Nepal 2019 Winners 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 4 0 0 18 1 +17
Nepal 2022 Semi-final 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 2 0 2 12 4 +8
Nepal 2024 Semi-final 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1
Total 7/7 5 Titles 30 25 2 3 157 16 +141

South Asian Games

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India has won the South Asian Games three times.

South Asian Games record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA GD
Bangladesh 2010 Winners 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 5 0 0 29 2 +27
India 2016 Winners 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 3 2 0 14 1 +13
Nepal 2019 Winners 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 4 0 0 14 0 +14
Total 3/3 3 Titles 14 12 2 0 57 3 +54

Red border indicates, India had hosted the games.

Other tournaments

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Other Tournaments
World Invitational Tournament Gold Cup Turkish Women's Cup Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino
  • Taiwan 1981: 12th place

Honours

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Continental

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Regional

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FIFA World Ranking

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As of 4 December 2023[45]

  Best Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Ranking    Worst Mover  

India's FIFA World Ranking History
Rank Year Games
Played 		Won Lost Drawn Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
65 2023 12 2 3 7 60 Increase 1 65 Decrease 4
61 2022 2 2 0 0 56 Increase 3 61 Decrease 4
55 2021 12 3 9 0 55 Increase 2 57 Decrease 4
53 2020 0 0 0 0 53 Increase 2 55 Decrease 2
57 2019 27 17 6 4 57 Increase 6 63 Decrease 1
62 2018 3 1 1 1 59 Increase 1 62 Decrease 3
57 2017 7 4 0 3 56 Increase 4 60 Decrease 4
54 2016 7 4 3 0 54 Increase 3 58 Decrease 1
57 2015 2 1 0 1 55 Steady 57 Decrease 2
53 2014 8 6 0 2 50 Increase 1 53 Decrease 3
49 2013 5 2 1 2 49 Increase 1 51 Steady
52 2012 5 5 0 0 52 Increase 2 54 Decrease 1
53 2011 6 3 1 2 53 Increase 1 54 Decrease 2
56 2010 10 10 0 0 55 Steady 56 Decrease 5
50 2009 0 0 0 0 50 Increase 2 50 Decrease 2
52 2008 0 0 0 0 52 Increase 2 55 Steady
56 2007 4 1 0 3 55 Increase 2 57 Decrease 1
55 2006 0 0 0 0 55 Increase 1 56 Decrease 1
56 2005 3 1 0 2 56 Increase 2 58 Decrease 1
58 2004 0 0 0 0 58 Steady 58 Decrease 1
57 2003 3 1 0 2 56 Steady 57 Decrease 3

See also

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