India women's national football team

India

women

Association	All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Fifa trigramme	IND
Captain	Sweety Devi Ngangbam
Most caps	Ashalata Devi Loitongbam (100)
Top scorer	Bala Devi Ngangom (48)
Fifa max	49[1]
Fifa max date	December 2013
Fifa min	70[1]
Fifa min date	June 2025
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First game	As India S: India 2–0 (Calicut, India; 12 January 1980) As India: India 5–0 (Hong Kong; 7 June 1981)
Largest win	India 18–0 (Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; 13 December 2010)
Largest loss	India 0–16 (Bangkok, Thailand; 11 December 1998)
Regional name	Asian Cup
Regional cup apps	10
Regional cup first	1980
Regional cup best	Runners-up (1980, 1983)
2ndregional name	Asian Games
2ndregional cup apps	3
2ndregional cup first	1998
2ndregional cup best	Group stage (1998, 2014, 2022)
3rdregional name	SAFF Championship
3rdregional cup apps	7
3rdregional cup first	2010
3rdregional cup best	Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019)

The India women's national football team represents India in women's international football 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.

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^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11]

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.^[12] 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.^[13][14]

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.^[15][16] 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.^[17][18][19]

2022 onwards

India returned to the AFC Women's Championship, now known as the AFC Women's Asian Cup, when it hosted the 2022 edition. They last appeared in 2003, before qualifiers was introduced since the 2006 edition.^[20] However India was forced to withdraw from the 2022 tournament it is hosting due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the team.^[21]

At the 2022 SAFF Women's Championship, India lost a match at the regional tournament 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]

In July 2025, India secured a berth at the AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time via qualification. India defeated group qualifiers host Thailand 2–1 to earn a berth at the 2026 edition set to be hosted in Australia.^[25] Head coach Crispin Chettri noted the distinct challenges in managing a women’s team, emphasizing injury risks and physiological considerations.^[26]

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

Team staff

Position	Name	Ref
Head coach	Crispin Chettri	[27]
Assistant coaches	Sujata Kar Nivetha Ramadoss
Goalkeeping coach	Mario Aguiar
Strength and conditioning coach	Amit Yadav
Physiotherapist	Asmin Dsouza Sadhvi Koyande
Doctor	Harleen Uppal
Team manager	Anjali Devi Mekala
Media manager	Akhil Rawat
Team Director	Subrata Paul	[28]

Manager history

, after the match against Bangladesh.

Name	Years	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Win %
Sushil Bhattacharya	1975	–	–	–	–	–
J. Krishnaswamy	1979–1980	5	2	2	1	40
N. S. Thapar[29]	1981	5	3	1	1	60
unknown	1983	6	4	0	2	66.67
unknown	1986	2	1	0	1	50
I. Arumainayagam[30]	1994	3	0	0	3	0
unknown	1995	3	0	0	3	0
unknown	1997	3	2	0	1	66.67
S. Arumainayagam[31]	1998	3	0	0	3	0
Harjinder Singh[32][33]	1999, 2005−2007	11	2	0	9	22.22
P. K. Kabui[34]	2001	4	1	0	3	25
Ratankumar Singh Moirangthem[35]	2003	3	1	0	2	33.33
Premkanta Singh Sapam[36]	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	34	18	5	11	52.94
Thomas Dennerby	2021–2023	21	7	3	11	33.33
Suren Chettri	2022 (interim)	4	2	0	2	50
Chaoba Devi Langam	2024	7	2	2	3	28.57
Santosh Kashyap	2024	3	1	1	1	33.33
Joakim Alexandersson	2024–2025 (interim)	2	2	0	0	100
Crispin Chettri	2025–present	15	8	0	7	53.33
Amelia Valverde	2026	3	0	0	3	0
Total		188	91	19	78	48.4

Note: Only International A matches considered.

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2026 SAFF Women's Championship.^[27]

Caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2026, after the match against Bangladesh.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.

Notes

• ^INJ Withdrew due to injury
• ^PRE Preliminary squad / standby
• ^RET Retired from the national team
• ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue

Previous squads

AFC Women's Asian Cup

• 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
• 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup

Asian Games

• 1998 Asian Games
• 2014 Asian Games
• 2022 Asian Games

SAFF Women's Championship

• 2016 SAFF Women's Championship
• 2026 SAFF Women's Championship

South Asian Games

• 2016 South Asian Games

Records

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

Most capped players

width=|#	width=|Player	width=|Year(s)	width=|Caps	width=|Goals
1	Ashalata Devi Loitongbam	2011–2024	100	4
2	Grace Dangmei	2013–	95	24
3	Bembem Devi Oinam	1995–2016	82	18
4	Sangita Basfore	2016–	76	10
5	Sweety Devi Ngangbam	2018–	70	1
6	Anju Tamang	2016–	69	15
7	Sanju Yadav	2016–	65	11
8	Indumathi Kathiresan	2014–2024	59	17
9	Bala Devi Ngangom	2007–2024	58	48
10	Aditi Chauhan	2011–2023	57	0

Top goalscorers

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1	Bala Devi Ngangom	2007–2024	48	58
2	Sasmita Mallik	2007–2017	36	42
3	Kamala Devi Yumnam	2011–2022	36	51
4	Grace Dangmei	2013–	24	95
5	Tababi Devi Thongam	1995–2011	19
6	Pyari Xaxa	2015–	19	44
7	Bembem Devi Oinam	1995–2016	18	82
8	Indumathi Kathiresan	2014–2024	17	59
9	Anju Tamang	2016–	15	69
10	Manisha Kalyan	2019–	15	51

Captains

Bold indicates current captain

Reserve captains include vice-captains and others who captained in place of the incumbent in international competitive matches and friendlies

Tenure	Incumbent	Reserve captains	Major Tournaments	Ref
1980	Judy D'Silva	Chitra Gangadharan, Yolanda D'Souza	1980 AFC Women's Championship	[37][38]
1981	Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar		1981 AFC Women's Championship	[39]
1983	Shanti Mullick		1983 AFC Women's Championship
1994–1997	unknown
1998–2001	Maria Rebello	Tababi Devi Thongam	1998 Asian Games 2001 AFC Women's Championship
1999	Chaoba Devi Langam		1999 AFC Women's Championship	[40]
2003 2007 2011–2016	Bembem Devi Oinam	Sradhanjali Samantaray, Madhu Kumari, Sujata Kar, Sasmita Mallik, Tuli Goon, Romi Devi Ashem, Bala Devi Ngangom	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			[41]
2010	Robita Devi Wangkhem		2010 South Asian Games
2010	Tababi Devi Thongam		2010 SAFF Women's Championship	[42]
2013	Tuli Goon
2016–2018	Bala Devi Ngangom	Ashalata Devi Loitongbam	2016 SAFF Women's Championship	[43][44]
2018–2024	Ashalata Devi Loitongbam	Aditi Chauhan, Sangita Basfore, Indumathi Kathiresan, Dalima Chhibber, Grace Dangmei, Bala Devi Ngangom, Sweety Devi Ngangbam, Sandhiya Ranganathan, Manisha Kalyan, Panthoi Chanu Elangbam	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
2025–present	Sweety Devi Ngangbam	Sangita Basfore, Grace Dangmei, Pyari Xaxa, Shilky Devi Hemam	2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2026	Grace Dangmei		2026 SAFF Women's Championship

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

colspan=9 #0000FF;|FIFA Women's World Cup record		Qualification record
Year		Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1991		Did not enter								Did not enter
1995
1999		Did not qualify								Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
2003
2007
2011		Did not enter								Did not enter
2015		Did not qualify								Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
2019
2023		Withdrew from qualification
2027		Did not qualify
2031		To be determined								To be determined
2035
Total: 0/10		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1996	Did not enter									Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify									Via FIFA Women's World Cup
2004	Did not enter									Did not enter
2008	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	0	8	−8
2012										3	1	1	1	5	6	−1
2016										2	1	0	1	4	7	−3
2020										6	3	2	1	17	8	+9
2024										5	2	0	3	10	13	−3
2028										Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
2032	To be determined									To be determined
Total: 0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		18	7	3	8	36	42	−6

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1975	Did not enter									No Qualification
1977
1980	Runners-up	7	4	2	1	8	3	+5
1981	Third Place	5	3	1	1	15	1	+14
1983	Runners-up	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6
1986	Did not enter
1989
1991
1993
1995	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9
1997		3	2	0	1	13	1	+12
1999		4	1	0	3	3	12	−9
2001		4	1	0	3	3	13	−10
2003		3	1	0	2	7	14	−7
2006	Did not qualify									3	1	0	2	13	5	+8
2008										2	1	0	1	4	5	−1
2010	Did not enter									Did not enter
2014	Did not qualify									3	0	1	2	2	5	−3
2018										4	1	0	3	3	25	−22
2022	Participated in the Group stage, but withdrew due to COVID-19 outbreak inside the team[a]									Qualified as hosts
2026	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14		4	4	0	0	24	1	+23
2029	To be determined									To be determined
Total: 10/21	Runners-up	38	16	3	19	65	75	−10		16	7	1	8	46	41	+5

Notes:

1. ^ 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.^[48]

AFC Women's Asian Cup history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1980	Round 1	2–0 Western Australia	Won
		2–0 Hong Kong	Won
		0–0 Chinese Taipei	Draw
		1–0 India	Won
		0–0 Malaysia	Draw
	Semi-final	3–1 Hong Kong	Won
	Final	0–2 Chinese Taipei	Loss
1981	Round 1	5–0 Singapore	Won
		8–0 Philippines	Won
		0–0 Hong Kong	Draw
	Semi-final	0–1 Thailand	Loss
	3rd Place	2–0 Hong Kong	Won
1983	Round 1	5–0 Philippines	Won
		1–0 Hong Kong	Won
		3–0 Malaysia	Won
		1–2 Thailand	Loss
		1–0 Singapore	Won
	Final	0–2 Thailand	Loss
1995	Round 1	0–1 Uzbekistan	Loss
		0–6 Japan	Loss
		0–5 South Korea	Loss
1997	Round 1	3–0 Hong Kong	Won
		0–1 Japan	Loss
		10–0 Guam	Won
1999	Round 1	0–7 North Korea	Loss
		3–0 Malaysia	Won
		0–3 Vietnam	Loss
		0–3 Chinese Taipei	Loss
2001	Round 1	0–7 South Korea	Loss
		0–5 Chinese Taipei	Loss
		0–1 Thailand	Loss
		3–0 Malaysia	Won
2003	Round 1	6–0 Uzbekistan	Won
		0–12 China	Loss
		1–2 Vietnam	Loss
2022	Round 1	0–0 Iran	Voided
		n/a Chinese Taipei	Cancelled
		n/a China	Cancelled
2026	Round 1	1–2 Vietnam	Loss
		0–11 Japan	Loss
		1–3 Chinese Taipei	Loss

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

At 1980 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

colspan="9" #0000FF;|Asian Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1990	Did not enter
1994
1998	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	36	−35
2002	Did not enter
2006
2010
2014	Group stage	3	1	0	2	15	20	−5
2018	Did not enter
2022	Group stage	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
2026	Qualified
Total: 3/9	Group stage	8	1	0	7	17	59	−42

Asian Games History
style="width:50px;" #0000FF;|Year	style="width:90px;" #0000FF;|Round	0000FF;|Score	0000FF;|Result
1998	Round 1	0–7 South Korea	Loss
		1–13 Chinese Taipei	Loss
		0–16 China	Loss
2014	Round 1	15–0 MDV	Won
		0–10 South Korea	Loss
		0–10 Thailand	Loss
2022	Round 1	1–2 Chinese Taipei	Loss
		0–1 Thailand	Loss

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

SAFF Women's Championship

India has won the SAFF Women's Championship five times in a row.^[45]

colspan="9" #0000FF;|SAFF Women's Championship record
Year	Result	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	Winners	30	25	2	3	157	16	+141

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

South Asian Games

India has won the South Asian Games three times.

colspan="9" #0000FF;|South Asian Games record
Year	Result	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	Winners	14	12	2	0	57	3	+54

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Other tournaments

Other Tournaments
Gold Cup	Turkish Women's Cup	Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino	Pink Ladies Cup	FIFA Series
2019: 3rd place	2019: 6th place 2021: Friendlies 2024: Runners-up[46]	2021: 4th place	2025: 4th place	2026: 3rd place

Bold Positions show best finish in the tournaments.

Red border indicates, India had hosted the games.

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

^[47]

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

• India women's under-20 team
• India women's under-17 team
• Sport in India
• Football in India
• Women's football in India
• 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

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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 2 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine.
• 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.". Archived from the original 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 29 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine.

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