India women's national football team

India
Nickname(s)	The Blue Tigresses
Association	All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Thomas Dennerby
Captain	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi
Most caps	Oinam Bembem Devi (85)
Top scorer	Bala Devi (52)[1][2]
FIFA code	IND
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	61 (24 March 2023)[3]
Highest	49[4] (December 2013)
Lowest	63[4] (March 2019)
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
Appearances	9 (first in 1980)
Best result	Runners-up (1980 and 1983)
SAFF Women's Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 2010)
Best result	Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019)
Medal record
Women's Asian Cup
SAFF Women's Championship
South Asian Games

The India women's national football team is controlled by the All India Football Federation and represents India at women's international football competitions. 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 61, the 10th-best team in Asia.

History

Golden years (1975–1991)

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[5][6] 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 (Asian Football Confederation). 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 other unofficial tournaments seen very few teams to participate and thus the 1980 Calicut edition of Asian Championship featured two Indian teams (India N & India S), Western Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia.[7] India did well enough in all these unofficial tournaments under Sushil Bhattacharya and India S become runners-up at Calicut. In the next edition of 1981 India achieved third position, defeated by Thailand and again 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 and failing to promote the games at all level in every state of India. The game was administered by WFFI from 1975 until the early 1990s, when they were absorbed into the AIFF as despite their impressive display at the Asian level, women's football in India went into the state of gloom by the end of the eighties due to the previous federation failure of promoting the women's football to the level it had deserved.[8]

Decline (1991–2009)

But the AIFF too 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 but they never backed up their words with actions. AIFF was treating women's football as an extra burden was a fact which was hidden from no one but it became evident when they 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.[9]

1998 Asian Games was first participation for the national team but came out to be nightmare as they defeated by Chinese Taipei with a score line of 1–13 in the second match and again on the 3rd match they faced the biggest defeat in the history by China PR with an embarrassing scoreline of 0–16.[10]

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.[11] From 1991 to 2010 the performance of the Indian team was very poor, participating in just 5 editions of Asian Championships, 2003 as their last participation in which they faced a repeated embarrassing defeat with 0–12 scoreline from China PR. FIFA Women's World Cup and Olympics participation is yet be a reality for the Indian team.

2010–present

After 2009 sanction by FIFA, the AIFF started to put their minds in place 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.[12] Indian team earn massive success in SAFF competitions. Winning the SAFF Women's Championship four times in row without losing a single game. Additionally they won two gold medals at South Asian Games.

On 17 December 2014, AIFF Secretary Kushal Das stated that the goal for women's football from 2014 to 2017 was to increase the ranking of the India senior team to the top 40s and the top 8 in Asia, start a professional women's league by 2015, and to qualify for both the U19 and U16 versions of the AFC championships.[13] which is now far from reality as India is 60th by FIFA World Rankings and 13th among the Asian countries and yet to qualify for AFC Women's Asian Cup since 2003, FIFA Women's World Cup and Olympic Games.

They participated in the qualifiers for the 2012 Olympics in March 2011. In their first match they beat rivals and group hosts Bangladesh 3–0. In the second round India Women played Uzbekistan where they tied the first match 1–1 but lost the second leg 1–5 and were officially knocked out. Again for Rio 2016 Olympics they participated in the AFC qualifiers, first match was a win defeating Sri Lanka with score 4–1 then shocking defeat from Myanmar with a score line 0–7 which led the way out from the qualifiers.

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, but a similar fate of Maldives was faced by them in the next two matches where they were defeated by both South Korea and Thailand with the same score of 0–10.

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 Women's 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]

Team image

Nicknames

The India women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "The Blue Tigresses".

Media coverage

There is no television coverage for the team currently, while some of the games are streamed online on Facebook Live or YouTube.

Results and fixtures

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 Voided or postponed Fixture

‡ represents FIFA non "A" international, points will not be considered for FIFA ranking.

2022

22 June U-23 Tri-nation series‡	Sweden U23	1–0	India	Ängelholm, Sweden
22:30 UTC+2	Vickius 90+8'	Report		Stadium: Ängelholms IP

25 June U-23 Tri-nation series‡	United States U23	4–1	India	Helsingborg, Sweden
22:30 UTC+2	Bright 9' Nighswonger 47' Enge 74' Cook 85'	Report	Xaxa 8'	Stadium: Laröds IP

7 September 2022 SAFF W GS	India	3–0	Pakistan	Kathmandu, Nepal
13:00 UTC+5:45	Khan 21' (o.g.) Grace 23' Soumya 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Yapa Y.A. Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka)

10 September 2022 SAFF W GS	Maldives	0–9	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
17:30 UTC+5:45		Report	Tamang 24', 45+2', 85', 88' Priyangka 42' Grace 53', 86' Guguloth 55' Kashmina 84'	Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Attendance: 180 Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

13 September 2022 SAFF W GS	India	0–3	Bangladesh	Kathmandu, Nepal
17:30 UTC+5:45		Report	Shopna 12', 52' Sarkar 22'	Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Attendance: 279 Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)

16 September 2022 SAFF W SF	Nepal	1−0	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
17:30 UTC+5:45	Rashmi 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Attendance: 7253 Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)

2023

28 January Hybrid friendly	India U-20	1–2	India	Chennai, India
	Apurna Narzary	Report	Dangmei Roja	Stadium: SSN Ground

15 February Friendly	India	2–2	Nepal	Chennai, India
19:30 UTC+5:30	Guguloth 56' Indumathi 68'	Report	Bhandari 90' (pen.), 90+2'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Alamgir Sarker (Bangladesh)

18 February Friendly	India	0–0	Nepal	Chennai, India
19:30 UTC+5:30		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Alamgir Sarker (Bangladesh)

19 March Friendly	Jordan	2–1	India	Amman, Jordan
18:30 UTC+5:30	Jbarah 8' Al-Jamaeen 12'	Report	Renu 74'	Stadium: Petra Stadium

22 March Friendly	Jordan	0–0	India	Amman, Jordan
18:30 UTC+5:30		Report		Stadium: Petra Stadium

28 March Friendly	Uzbekistan	3–2	India	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:30 UTC+5:30	Khabibullaeva 7' Karachik 23' Zaripova 90+2'	Report	Dangmei 22' Indumathi 61'	Stadium: Pakhtakor Central Stadium

4 April 2023 (2023-04-04) 2024 Olympic Qualifiers Round 1	Kyrgyzstan	0–5	India	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00 UTC+6		Report	Tamang 6', 42' Guguloth 45+3' Shilky Devi 61' Renu 63'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 354 Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

7 April 2023 (2023-04-07) 2024 Olympic Qualifiers Round 1	India	4–0	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00 UTC+6	Sandhiya 18', 56' Tamang 24' Renu 85'	Report		Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

July Gold Cup	India	v	TBD	TBA, India
				Stadium: TBA

July Gold Cup	India	v	TBD	TBA, India
				Stadium: TBA

July Gold Cup	India	v	TBD	TBA, India
				Stadium: TBA

TBD October 2024 Olympic Qualifiers Round 2	TBD	v	India	TBA, TBA
				Stadium: TBA

TBD October 2024 Olympic Qualifiers Round 2	India	v	TBD	TBA, TBA
				Stadium: TBA

TBD October 2024 Olympic Qualifiers Round 2	TBD	v	India	TBA, TBA
				Stadium: TBA

Official Fixtures and Results – The-AIFF.com
Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current personnel

As of 16 March 2023

Position	Name
Head Coach	Thomas Dennerby
Assistant Coach	Maymol Rocky
Assistant Coach	Kalpana Dass
Goalkeeping coach	Lourebam Ronibala Chanu
Team Manager	Shalak Sanjay Patade
Physiotherapist	Sadhvi Sumant Koyande
Masseuse	Kajol Yuvraj Kamble
Video Analyst	Kumar Chandran

Manager history

As of 7 April 2023, after the match against Kyrgyzstan.

Name	Years	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Win %
Sushil Bhattacharya	1975	–	–	–	–	–
J. Krishnaswamy	1980	6	3	2	1	50
unknown	1981	5	3	1	1	60
unknown	1983	6	4	0	2	66.67
unknown	1986	2	1	0	1	50
I. Arumainayagam[22]	1994	3	0	0	3	0
unknown	1995	3	0	0	3	0
unknown	1997	3	2	0	1	66.67
S. Arumainayagam[23]	1998	3	0	0	3	0
Harjinder Singh[24]	1999	4	1	0	3	25
P. K. Kabui[25]	2001	4	1	0	3	25
Moirangthem Ratankumar Singh[26]	2003	5	1	0	4	20
Harjinder Singh[27]	2005−07	7	1	0	6	14.29
Sapam Premkanta Singh[28]	2007	2	1	0	1	50
Mohammad Shahid Jabbar	2010–12	21	18	1	2	85.71
Anadi Barua	2013	5	2	1	2	40
Tarun Roy	2014	8	6	0	2	75
Sajid Dar	2015–17	15	8	3	4	53.33
Maymol Rocky	2017–21	33	18	5	10	54.55
Thomas Dennerby	2021–	16	7	3	6	43.75
Suren Chettri (interim)	2022	4	2	0	2	50
Totals		155	79	16	60	50.97

Note: Only FIFA A matches considered.

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers–Round 1.[29]

Caps and goals are correct as of 7 April 2023, after the match against Kyrgyzstan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
21	1GK	Sowmiya Narayansamy	(2000-07-25) 25 July 2000	2	0	Gokulam Kerala
19	1GK	Shreya Hooda	(1999-05-25) 25 May 1999	5	0	Odisha
1	1GK	Elangbam Panthoi Chanu	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996	9	0	Eastern Sporting Union

4	2DF	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (Captain)	(1993-07-03) 3 July 1993	81	4	Gokulam Kerala
2	2DF	Ngangbam Sweety Devi	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999	52	1	Odisha
22	2DF	Ritu Rani	(1997-05-25) 25 May 1997	11	0	Mumbai Knights
14	2DF	Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu	(1999-03-10) 10 March 1999	28	3	Gokulam Kerala
16	2DF	Michel Margaret Castanha	(1992-12-23) 23 December 1992	7	0	Gokulam Kerala
17	2DF	Dalima Chhibber	(1997-08-30) 30 August 1997	46	2	Kickstart
3	2DF	Manisa Panna	(1991-04-20) 20 April 1991	31	1	Odisha
5	2DF	Juli Kishan	(1999-05-08) 8 May 1999	5	0	Odisha

6	2DF	Hemam Shilky Devi	(2005-11-23) 23 November 2005	6	1	Gokulam Kerala
9	3MF	Anju Tamang	(1995-12-22) 22 December 1995	48	12	Odisha
12	3MF	Indumathi Kathiresan (Vice Captain)	(1994-06-05) 5 June 1994	50	15	Gokulam Kerala
8	3MF	Sangita Basfore	(1996-07-12) 12 July 1996	45	3	SSB Women
20	3MF	Karthika Angamuthu	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	9	0	Odisha

11	4FW	Grace Dangmei	(1996-02-05) 5 February 1996	69	20	Gokulam Kerala
7	4FW	Soumya Guguloth	(2001-01-18) 18 January 2001	17	4	Dinamo Zagreb
15	4FW	Renu Rani	(2001-01-16) 16 January 2001	19	4	HOPS FC
18	4FW	Karishma Shirvoikar	(2001-08-04) 4 August 2001	7	0	Mumbai Knights
13	4FW	Sandhiya Ranganathan	(1998-05-20) 20 May 1998	34	9	Gokulam Kerala
10	4FW	Apurna Narzary	(2004-01-08) 8 January 2004	5	0	Sethu

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Aditi Chauhan^INJ	(1992-11-20) 20 November 1992	57	0	Lords FA	v. Nepal, 15 February 2023
GK	Maibam Linthoingambi Devi	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999	9	0	Kickstart	v. Nepal, 18 February 2023

DF	Jabamani Tudu	(2000-04-10) 10 April 2000	26	1	East Coast Railway	v. Nepal, 18 February 2023
DF	Thounaojam Kritina Devi	(2003-02-10) 10 February 2003	0	0	Gokulam Kerala	v. Nepal, 18 February 2023
DF	Wangkhem Linthoingambi Devi	(1995-03-01) 1 March 1995	4	0	Kickstart	v. Venezuela
DF	Arifa Sayed Zaheer	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998	0	0	Odisha	NT camp, August 2022
DF	Kowsalya S.	(2001-08-19) 19 August 2001	0	0	Lords FA	2022 SAFF Women's Championship

MF	Asem Roja Devi	(2000-04-15) 15 April 2000	13	0	Gokulam Kerala	v. Uzbekistan, 28 March 2023
MF	MK Kashmina	(1999-03-03) 3 March 1999	4	1	Gokulam Kerala	v. Uzbekistan, 28 March 2023
MF	Naorem Priyangka Devi	(2003-04-09) 9 April 2003	5	2	Sethu	v. Nepal, 18 February 2023
MF	Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi	(1999-12-02) 2 December 1999	38	12	Gokulam Kerala	v. Nepal, 18 February 2023
MF	Martina Thokchom	(2004-07-13) 13 July 2004	9	0	Gokulam Kerala	2022 SAFF Women's Championship
MF	Kaviya Pakkirisamy	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002	0	0	Kickstart	NT camp, August 2022

FW	Manisha Kalyan	(2001-11-27) 27 November 2001	29	5	Apollon Limassol	v. Nepal, 18 February 2023
FW	Bala Devi	(1990-02-02) 2 February 1990	59	52	Odisha	v. Nepal, 15 February 2023
FW	Pyari Xaxa^INJ	(1997-05-18) 18 May 1997	19	7	Odisha	NT camp, August 2022
FW	Sumati Kumari	(2004-01-15) 15 January 2004	2	0	Sethu	2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
FW	Dular Marandi	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995	0	0	SSB	2022 SAFF Women's Championship
FW	Kiran Pisda	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001	4	0	Sethu	2022 SAFF Women's Championship
^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

AFC Women's Asian Cup squads

2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup squad

Asian Games squads

SAFF Women's Championship

2016 SAFF Women's Championship Squad

South Asian Games

2016 South Asian Games Squad

Records

As of 8 April 2022

*Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most capped players

Top 5 appearances

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps	Goals
1	Oinam Bembem Devi	1995–2016	85	32
2	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi	2011–present	66	4
3	Bala Devi	2007–present	58	52
4	Yumnam Kamala Devi	2011–2022	51	33
5	Aditi Chauhan	2011–present	50	0

Top goalscorers

Top 4 goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps
1	Bala Devi	2007–present	52[1]	58
2	Sasmita Mallik	2007–2017	40	38
3	Yumnam Kamala Devi	2011–2022	33	51
4	Oinam Bembem Devi	1995–2016	32	85

Captains

Tenure	Incumbent	Vice-captains	Notable Tournaments	Ref
1980	Chitra Gangadharan	Yolanda D'Souza	1980 AFC Women's Championship	[30]
1981	Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar		1981 AFC Women's Championship 1981 Women's World Invitational Tournament	[31]
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	[32]
2003–2016	Oinam Bembem Devi	Sradhanjali Samantaray, Sujata Kar, Sasmita Mallik, Tuli Goon, Ashem Romi Devi, Bala Devi	2003 AFC Women's Championship, 2010 SAFF Women's Championship, 2010 South Asian Games, 2012 SAFF Women's Championship, 2014 Asian Games, 2014 SAFF Women's Championship, 2016 South Asian Games
2005	Sradhanjali Samantaray
2007	Sujata Kar			[33]
2011	Sasmita Mallik
2013	Tuli Goon
2016–2018	Bala Devi		2016 SAFF Women's Championship
2018–present	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi	Aditi Chauhan, Sangita Basfore, Indumathi Kathiresan, Dalima Chhibber, Grace Dangmei	2019 SAFF Women's Championship, 2019 South Asian Games, 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, 2022 SAFF Women's Championship
2019	Aditi Chauhan

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Host/Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	did not enter
1995	did not enter
1999	did not qualify
2003
2007
2011	did not nnter
2015	did not qualify
2019	did not qualify
2023	Withdrew from qualification
2027	to be determined
Total	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Host/Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1975	Did not enter
1977	Did not enter
1980	Runners Up	2nd	7	4	2	1	8	3	+5
1981	Third Place	3rd	5	3	1	1	15	1	+14
1983	Runners Up	2nd	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6
1986	Did not enter
1989
1991
1993
1995	Group stage	10th	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9
1997	Group stage	5th	3	2	0	1	13	1	+12
1999	Group stage	11th	4	1	0	3	3	12	−9
2001	Group stage	9th	4	1	0	3	3	13	−10
2003	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	7	14	−7
2006	Did not qualify
2008	Did not qualify
2010	Did not enter
2014	Did not qualify
2018	Did not qualify
2022	Originally qualified as host, but withdrew due to COVID-19 pandemic inside the team[lower-alpha 1]
Total	9/19	0 Titles	35	16	3	16	63	61	2

Notes:

India failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their match of the group stage against Chinese Taipei due to them having only fewer than 13 players left with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them were considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[34]

AFC Women's Asia Cup History
Year	Round	Score	Result
1980	Round 1	India S 2–0 Western Australia	Won
		India S 2–0 Hong Kong	Won
		India S 0–0 Chinese Taipei	Draw
		India S 1–0 India N	Won
		India S 0–0 Malaysia	Draw
	Semi-final	India S 3–1 Hong Kong	Won
	Final	India S 0–2 Chinese Taipei	Loss
1981	Round 1	India 5–0 Singapore	Won
		India 8–0 Philippines	Won
		India 0–0 Hong Kong	Draw
	Semi-final	India 0–1 Thailand	Loss
	3rd Place	India 2–0 Hong Kong	Won
1983	Round 1	India 5–0 Philippines	Won
		India 1–0 Hong Kong	Won
		India 3–0 Malaysia	Won
		India 1–2 Thailand	Loss
		India 1–0 Singapore	Won
	Final	India 0–2 Thailand	Loss
1995	Round 1	India 0–1 Uzbekistan	Loss
		India 0–6 Japan	Loss
		India 0–5 South Korea	Loss
1997	Round 1	India 3–0 Hong Kong	Won
		India 0–1 Japan	Loss
		India 10–0 Guam	Won
1999	Round 1	India 0–7 North Korea	Loss
		India 3–0 Malaysia	Won
		India 0–3 Vietnam	Loss
		India 0–3 Chinese Taipei	Loss
2001	Round 1	India 0–7 South Korea	Loss
		India 0–5 Chinese Taipei	Loss
		India 0–1 Thailand	Loss
		India 3–0 Malaysia	Won
2003	Round 1	India 6–0 Uzbekistan	Won
		India 0–12 China	Loss
		India 1–2 Vietnam	Loss
2022	Round 1	India 0–0 Iran	Voided
		India Cancelled Chinese Taipei	Cancelled
		India Cancelled China	Cancelled

*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

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1990	DNP
1994	DNP
1998	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	36	−35
2002	DNP
2006
2010
2014	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	15	20	−5
2018	DNP
2022	TBD
Total	2/8	0 Titles	6	1	0	5	16	56	-40

Asian Games History
Year	Round	Score	Result
1998	Round 1	India 0–7 South Korea	Loss
		India 1–13 Chinese Taipei	Loss
		India 0–16 China	Loss
2014	Round 1	India 15–0 Maldives	Won
		India 0–10 South Korea	Loss
		India 0–10 Thailand	Loss

DNP: did not participate
DNQ: did not qualify

Bold Positions show best finish in the tournaments.

SAFF Women's Championship

India has won the SAFF Women's Championship five times in a row.[35]

SAFF Women's Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	Winners		5	5	0	0	40	0	40
2012	Winners		5	5	0	0	33	1	32
2014	Winners		5	5	0	0	36	1	35
2016	Winners		4	3	1	0	11	3	8
2019	Winners		4	4	0	0	18	1	17
2022	Semi-final		4	2	0	2	12	4	8
Total	6/6	5 Titles	27	24	1	2	150	10	140

South Asian Games

India has won the South Asian Games three times.

South Asian Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	Winners		5	5	0	0	29	2	27
2016	Winners		5	3	2	0	14	1	13
2019	Winners		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.

Gold Cup

Gold Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2019	3rd place	3	1	0	2	2	4
Total	1/1	3	1	0	2	2	4

Turkish Women's Cup

Turkish Women's Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2019	6th place	4	1	1	2	10	4
2021	4th place	3	0	0	3	2	13
Total	2/6	7	1	1	5	12	17

International Women's Football Tournament

International Women's Football Tournament record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2021	4th place	3	0	0	3	2	11
Total	1/10	3	0	0	3	2	11

FIFA World Ranking

As of 18 April 2021[36]

Best Ranking Best Mover Worst Ranking Worst Mover

India's FIFA World Ranking History
Rank	Year	Games Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Best		Worst
Rank	Year	Games Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Rank	Move	Rank	Move
59	2022	2	2	0	0	59	0	59	0
55	2021	12	3	9	0	55	2	57	4
53	2020	0	0	0	0	53	2	55	2
57	2019	27	17	6	4	57	6	63	1

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External links

Official website the-AIFF.com (in English)
Profile at FIFA.com (in English)
India women's national football team picture at Hindustan Times

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[35] India failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their match of the group stage against Chinese Taipei due to them having only fewer than 13 players left with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them were considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[34]

[BD-1] Bala Devi the first Indian woman to sign up for a foreign football club Archived 23 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu

[2] Indian female football players who showed the way Archived 20 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine Olympics.com

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-3] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[peak_rank_and_lowest_rank-4] "INDIA WOMEN'S RANKING". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[5] Arunava Chaudhuri (21 July 2015). "India's first women's football national team coach Sushil Bhattacharya passed away". Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

[6] Doyle, Jennifer (28 January 2010). "A World Cup Dream Revives India's Women's Soccer Team". NY Times. India. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2012.

[7] "How women's football in India lost its way". Live mint. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[archive1-8] Arunava Chaudhuri. "Gender and sport in India: aspects of women's football by Arunava Chaudhuri (english)". indien-netzwerk.de. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[9] "Indian Football: This One Is for the Ladies". Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[10] "India Women's International Matches" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[11] Doyle, Jennifer (29 January 2010). "A World Cup Dream Revives India's Women's Team". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2012.

[12] "AIFF Wants A Fresh Start For Women's National Team". Goal. 28 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

[Das_Future-13] "Clubs are showing interest in women's football: Kushal Das". Indian Sports News. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

[14] "The COTIF lives the presentation of its 35th anniversary". Cotifalcudia. 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[15] "Indian Women enter Olympic Qualifiers second round for the first time ever despite fighting loss to Myanmar". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

[16] "CLEARING ROUND 1 OF OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS OUR BIGGEST FEAT SO FAR: WOMEN'S TEAM COACH MAYMOL ROCKY". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

[17] "Indian women's football team to play friendlies against Hong Kong and Indonesia". Times of India. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[18] "India women's football team beat Indonesia 2-0 - Sports News". Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[19] "With Iran in hindsight, Indian Women gear up for Nepal". AIFF. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

[20] "Nepal rides on Sabitra's early braces to breeze past India". AIFF. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

[21] "Myanmar completes 2-goals Victory over India". AIFF. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

[22] "How Amma organised India's first international women's football tournament, the Gold Cup in 1994". Scroll.in. 7 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[23] "AIFF names probables for Asian Games". The Tribune. 12 October 1998. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[24] Arunava Chaudhuri (5 November 1999). "News for the month of November 1999". indianfootball.de. indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 30 March 2005. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[25] Arunava Chaudhuri (1 December 2001). "News for the month of December 2001". indianfootball.de. indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 16 June 2003. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[26] "FIFA WWC 2003 Prel. Comp. AFC". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[27] Arunava Chaudhuri (10 September 2005). "Harjinder Singh has been named chief coach". indianfootball.de. indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[28] "AFC Women's Asian Cup 2008 Qualifiers India vs Iran". AFC. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[29] "Thomas Dennerby names 22-member squad for Women's Olympic Qualifier Round 1". AIFF. 29 March 2023.

[30] "Mother, daughter team up to bring football glory". The Hindustan Times. 24 August 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

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[32] Kalita, Parashar (7 February 2022). "Grit, craze, equality: Why Manipur dominates the Indian team at Women's Asian Cup". The Bridge. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

[33] "India to face Korea on Sunday". The Times of India. 24 February 2007. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[India-34] "Latest update on the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022". Asian Football Confederation. 23 January 2022. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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National women's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Women's Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands¹ South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Not a member of FIFA