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

Nickname(s)	The Blue Tigresses
Association	All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Santosh Kashyap
Captain	Ashalata Devi
Most caps	Ashalata Devi (103)
Top scorer	Bala Devi (49)
FIFA code	IND
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	69 1 (13 December 2024) [1]
Highest	49 [2] (December 2013)
Lowest	69 [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
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 1980 India 1983 Thailand 1981 Hong Kong SAFF Women's Championship 2010 Bangladesh 2012 Sri Lanka 2014 Pakistan 2016 India 2019 Nepal South Asian Games 2010 Dhaka Team 2016 Guwahati & Shillong Team 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

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 ^{[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)

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)

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

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

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

India   v   Estonia

21 February 2024 Turkish Women's Cup	India	4–3	Estonia	Alanya, Turkey
13:30  UTC+5:30	Manisha 17', 81' Indumathi 62' Xaxa 79'	Report	Tammik 32' Kubassova 88' Lillemäe 90'	Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)

India   v   Hong Kong

24 February 2024 Turkish Women's Cup	India	2–0	Hong Kong	Alanya, Turkey
19:00  UTC+5:30	Tamang 19' Guguloth 79'	Report		Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex Referee: Melek Dakan (Turkey)

Kosovo   v   India

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)

Uzbekistan   v   India

31 May Friendly	Uzbekistan	3–0	India	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:30  UTC+5	Khabibullaeva 49' (pen.), 77', 89'	Report		Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 67 Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

Uzbekistan   v   India

4 June Friendly	Uzbekistan	0–0	India	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00  UTC+5		Report		Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 64

Myanmar   v   India

9 July Friendly	Myanmar	2–1	India	Yangon, Myanmar
--:--  UTC+6:30	Win Theingi Tun 14' San Thaw Thaw 74'	Report	Xaxa 58'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

Myanmar   v   India

12 July Friendly	Myanmar	1–1	India	Yangon, Myanmar
--:--  UTC+6:30	Win Theingi Tun 50'	Report	Pyari Xaxa 48'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

Pakistan   v   India

17 October 2024 SAFF W GS	Pakistan	2–5	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
	Hirani 45+2' (pen.) Siddiqi 47'	Report	Dangmei 5', 42' Manisha 17' Bala Devi 35' Chouhan 78'	Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Attendance: 452 Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

India   v   Bangladesh

23 October 2024 SAFF W GS	India	1–3	Bangladesh	Kathmandu, Nepal
17:30	Bala Devi 43'	Report	Afeida Khandaker 19' Tohura 29', 42'	Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Attendance: 251 Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)

Nepal     v   India

27 October 2024 SAFF W SF	Nepal	1–1 (4–2 p)	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
18:30	Bhandari 66'	Report	Basfore 62'	Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Attendance: 18,009 Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)
	Penalties
	Bhandari Rana Magar Karki		Ashalata Devi Manisha Shirvoikar Ranjana Chanu

India   v   Maldives

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

2025

India   v   Maldives

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

• Official Fixtures and Results – The-AIFF.com

Coaching staff

As of 16 September 2024 ^[25]

Position	Name
Head coach	Santosh Kashyap
Assistant coach	Priya P. V.
Goalkeeper coach	Lourembam Ronibala Chanu
Team manager	Thongam Tababi Devi
Physiotherapist	Disha Patil Reshmi Pillai
Masseuse	Kajol Kamble
Media officer	Sruti Chakraborty

Manager history

As of 27 October 2024, after the match against   Nepal .

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

Note: Only FIFA A matches considered.

Players

Current squad

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	1 GK	Elangbam Panthoi Chanu	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28)	18	0	East Bengal
13	1 GK	Maibam Linthoingambi Devi	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 25)	9	0	Kickstart
23	1 GK	Payal Basude	(2003-09-30) 30 September 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Gokulam Kerala
4	2 DF	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (Captain)	(1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 31)	100	6	East Bengal
17	2 DF	Dalima Chhibber	(1997-08-30) 30 August 1997 (age 27)	54	2	Kickstart
18	2 DF	Sanju Yadav	(1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 27)	54	11	Kickstart
5	2 DF	Hemam Shilky Devi	(2005-11-23) 23 November 2005 (age 19)	16	1	Gokulam Kerala
3	2 DF	Juli Kishan	(1999-05-08) 8 May 1999 (age 25)	8	0	Odisha
14	2 DF	Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu	(1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 25)	38	3	Assam Rifles
12	2 DF	Aruna Bag	(2003-04-27) 27 April 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Kickstart
2	2 DF	Wangkhem Linthoingambi Devi	(1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 29)	8	0	Kickstart
9	4 FW	Anju Tamang	(1995-12-22) 22 December 1995 (age 28)	63	14	East Bengal
8	3 MF	Sangita Basfore	(1996-07-12) 12 July 1996 (age 28)	60	4	SSB Women
6	3 MF	Naorem Priyangka Devi	(2003-04-09) 9 April 2003 (age 21)	12	2	East Bengal
19	3 MF	Karthika Angamuthu	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)	13	0	East Bengal
7	3 MF	Soumya Guguloth	(2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 23)	31	5	East Bengal
10	4 FW	Bala Devi (Vice-Captain)	(1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 34)	59	49	Sreebhumi
11	4 FW	Grace Dangmei	(1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28)	80	22	Kickstart
16	4 FW	Manisha Kalyan	(2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 23)	39	10	PAOK
20	4 FW	Sandhiya Ranganathan	(1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 26)	43	10	East Bengal
21	4 FW	Jyoti Chouhan	(1999-07-06) 6 July 1999 (age 25)	7	1	Gokulam Kerala
22	4 FW	Karishma Shirvoikar	(2001-08-04) 4 August 2001 (age 23)	10	0	Kickstart
15	4 FW	Rimpa Haldar	(2005-02-06) 6 February 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Sreebhumi

Recent call-ups

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	Odisha	Myanmar, July 2024
GK	Sowmiya Narayanasamy	(2000-07-25) 25 July 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Gokulam Kerala	2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers
GK	Anshika	(2003-02-22) 22 February 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Odisha	NT camp, February 2024
GK	Moirangthem Monalisha Devi	(2006-07-03) 3 July 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Sreebhumi	NT camp, October 2024
DF	Ngangbam Sweety Devi	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 25)	57	1	East Bengal	NT camp, October 2024
DF	Manisa Panna	(1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 33)	31	0	Nita	2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers
DF	Ritu Rani	(1997-05-25) 25 May 1997 (age 27)	14	0	Kickstart	2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers
DF	Jabamani Tudu	(2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 24)	26	1	Nita	NT camp, October 2024
DF	Mamta	(1997-06-23) 23 June 1997 (age 27)	0	0	HOPS	NT camp, February 2024
DF	Thounaojam Kritina Devi	(2003-02-10) 10 February 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Gokulam Kerala	NT camp, February 2024
DF	Astam Oraon	(2005-02-05) 5 February 2005 (age 19)	7	0	East Bengal	Uzbekistan, February 2024
DF	Yumlembam Pakpi Devi	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Kickstart	NT camp, October 2024
MF	Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi	(1999-12-02) 2 December 1999 (age 25)	38	12	Gokulam Kerala	NT camp, October 2024
MF	Neha Sillay	(2006-05-19) 19 May 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Odisha	Myanmar, July 2024
MF	Mousumi Murmu	(2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 (age 19)	1	0	Sreebhumi	NT camp, October 2024
MF	Indumathi Kathiresan	(1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 (age 30)	57	17	Odisha	2024 Turkish Women's Cup
MF	Pavithra Murugesan	(2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Gokulam Kerala	NT camp, February 2024
MF	Aveka Singh	(2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 20)	0	0	UC Irvine Anteaters	NT camp, October 2023
MF	Kaviya Pakkirisamy	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Sethu	Uzbekistan, February 2024
MF	Anjana Thapa		0	0	Pink Panthers FC	NT camp, October 2024
FW	Lynda Kom	(2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Odisha	Myanmar, July 2024
FW	Pyari Xaxa	(1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 (age 27)	28	10	Odisha	Myanmar, July 2024
FW	Kajol D'Souza	(2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Odisha	Myanmar, July 2024
FW	Renu Gour	(2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 (age 23)	21	4	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

AFC Women's Asian Cup squads 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup squad Asian Games squads 1998 Asian Games squad 2014 Asian Games squad 2022 Asian Games Squad

SAFF Women's Championship 2016 SAFF Women's Championship squad South Asian Games 2016 South Asian Games squad

Records

See also: Category:India women's international footballers

As of 23 October 2024

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

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps Goals 1 Loitongbam Ashalata Devi 2011– 103 6 2 Oinam Bembem Devi 1995–2016 82 18 3 Grace Dangmei 2013– 80 22 4 Anju Tamang 2016– 63 14 5 Sangita Basfore 2016– 60 4 6 Bala Devi 2007– 59 49 7 Aditi Chauhan 2011– 57 0 8 Ngangbam Sweety Devi 2018– 57 1 9 Indumathi Kathiresan 2014– 57 17 10 Dalima Chhibber 2016– 54 2

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps 1 Bala Devi 2007– 49 59 2 Sasmita Mallik 2007–2017 40 38 3 Yumnam Kamala Devi 2011–2022 36 51 4 Grace Dangmei 2013– 22 80 5 Thongam Tababi Devi 1995–2011 19 — 6 Oinam Bembem Devi 1995–2016 18 82 7 Indumathi Kathiresan 2014– 17 57 8 Shanti Mullick 1980–1986 14 — 9 Anju Tamang 2016– 14 63 10 Sujata Kar 1998–2007 12 —

Captains

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

FIFA Women's World Cup

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

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1996 to 2004	Did not enter
2008	Did not qualify
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	To be determined
2032
Total	0/8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA GD 1975 Did not enter 1977 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 2010 Did not enter 2014 Did not qualify 2018 2022 Originally qualified as host, but withdrew due to COVID-19 pandemic inside the team [a] 2026 To be determined 2029 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. [42]

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  n/a  Chinese Taipei Cancelled India  n/a  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 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 Group stage 13th 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 Total 3/9 0 Titles 8 1 0 7 17 59 −42

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 2022 Round 1 India  1–2  Chinese Taipei Loss India  0–1  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. ^[43]

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
2024	Semi-final		3	1	1	1	7	6	+1
Total	7/7	5 Titles	30	25	2	3	157	16	+141

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.

Other tournaments

Other Tournaments
World Invitational Tournament	Gold Cup	Turkish Women's Cup	Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino
1981: 12th place	2019: 3rd place	2019: 6th place 2021: Friendlies 2024: Runners-up [44]	2021: 4th place

Honours

Continental

• AFC Women's Asian Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 1980, 1983
  • Third Place (1): 1981

Regional

• SAFF Women's Championship:
  • Champions (5): 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019
• South Asian Games
  • Gold medal (3): 2010, 2016, 2019

FIFA World Ranking

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	1	65	4
61	2022	2	2	0	0	56	3	61	4
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
62	2018	3	1	1	1	59	1	62	3
57	2017	7	4	0	3	56	4	60	4
54	2016	7	4	3	0	54	3	58	1
57	2015	2	1	0	1	55		57	2
53	2014	8	6	0	2	50	1	53	3
49	2013	5	2	1	2	49	1	51
52	2012	5	5	0	0	52	2	54	1
53	2011	6	3	1	2	53	1	54	2
56	2010	10	10	0	0	55		56	5
50	2009	0	0	0	0	50	2	50	2
52	2008	0	0	0	0	52	2	55
56	2007	4	1	0	3	55	2	57	1
55	2006	0	0	0	0	55	1	56	1
56	2005	3	1	0	2	56	2	58	1
58	2004	0	0	0	0	58		58	1
57	2003	3	1	0	2	56		57	3

See also

• Women's youth teams
  • India U-20
  • India U-17
• Sport in India
  • Football in India
    • Women's football in India
• Miscellaneous
  • Indian Women's League
  • India women's football championship
  • List of India women's national football team hat-tricks
  • Women's association football around the world

• Asia portal
• India portal
• Sports portal
• Association football portal
• Women's association football portal

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Further reading

• Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN   978-0-143-42641-7.
• Martinez, Dolores; Mukharjiim, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
• Taylor & Francis: Soccer and Society (2005). The gendered kick: Women's soccer in twentieth century India, Soccer & Society , 6:2–3, 270–284, doi : 10.1080/14660970500106469.
• "Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
• Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN   9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.

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