India women's national football team

India
Association	All India Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Sajid Dhar
Captain	Oinam Bembem Devi
FIFA code	IND
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	57 (26 August 2016)
Highest	49 (December 2013)
Lowest	100 (September 2009)
First international
	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)
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1979)
Best result	Runners-up: 1979, 1983

The India women's national football team is controlled by the All India Football Federation and represents India in women's international football competitions. The women's team resumed playing on 7 September 2012 after nearly a year-long hiatus.^[1]

History

The first manager was Sushil Bhattacharya, in 1975.^[2]^[3] 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.

Team officials and coaching staff

As of February 2016 ^[4]^[5] ^[6]

Team Management Table
Name	Position
Sajid Dhar	Coach
Maymol Rocky	Assistant Coach
Ronibala Chanu	Goalkeeping Coach
Dipali Pandey	Physio
Indu Choudhary	Manager
Joseph Solomon	Media Manager

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2015–16 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament against Myanmar on 15 March 2015.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Okram Roshini Devi	(1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Manipur (State)
1GK	Anjana Saikia	(1993-11-18) 18 November 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Assam (State)
1GK	Elangbam Panthoi Chanu	(1996-12-23) 23 December 1996 (age 27)	0	0	Manipur (State)

2DF	Thokchom Umapati Devi	(1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 (age 30)	3	0	Manipur (State)
2DF	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi	(1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 31)	8	0	New Radiant
2DF	Suprava Samal	(1990-06-16) 16 June 1990 (age 34)	5	1	Odisha
2DF	Gurumayum Radharani Devi	(1991-01-03) 3 January 1991 (age 33)	4	0	Manipur (State)
3MF	Supriya Routray	(1990-06-12) 12 June 1990 (age 34)	0	1	Odisha

3MF	Yumlembem Premi Devi	(1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 30)	6	2	Manipur (State)
3MF	Manisha Panna	(1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 33)	0	0	Odisha
3MF	Oinam Bembem Devi	(1980-03-01) 1 March 1980 (age 44)	18	11	New Radiant
3MF	Moirangthem Mandakini Devi	(1991-01-03) 3 January 1991 (age 33)	7	7	Manipur (State)
3MF	Dangmei Grace	(1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28)	2	0	Manipur (State)
3MF	Sasmita Malik	(1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 35)	7	6	Odisha
3MF	Sangita Basfore	(1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 (age 27)	0	0	West Bengal (State)
3MF	Manpreet Kaur	(1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 34)	0	0	Himachal Pradesh (State)

4FW	Yumnam Kamala Devi	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 32)	6	4	Manipur (State)
4FW	Irom Prameshwori Devi	(1989-01-05) 5 January 1989 (age 35)	6	4	Manipur (State)
4FW	Ngangom Bala Devi (C)	(1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 34)	9	19	New Radiant
4FW	Pyari Xaxa	(1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Odisha

Head coaches

Name	Years	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	Win %
Sushil Bhattacharya	1975–2005
Harjinder Singh	2005^[7] –2010
Mohammad Shahid Jabbar	2010–2013
Anadi Barua	2013–14	2	1	0	1	.500
Tarun Roy	2014–15	8	6	0	2	.750
Sajid Dhar	2015 onwards	7	4	2	1	.571
Totals		17	11	2	6	.647

Statistics as of 21 September 2015

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup record

Women's Asian Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1975	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1979	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	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9
1997	Group Stage	3	2	0	1	13	1	+12
1999	Group Stage	4	1	0	3	3	12	−9
2001	Group Stage	4	1	0	3	3	13	−10
2003	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	7	14	−7
2006	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	8/18	35	16	3	16	63	61	+2

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

South Asian Football Federation record

SAFF Women's Championship

India has won the SAFF Women's Championship three times.^[8]

SAFF Women's Championship
Year	Result	GP	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	TBD	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
Total	3/3	15	15	0	0	109	2	107

South Asian Games

India has won the South Asian Games two times.

South Asian Games
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	Winners	5	5	0	0	29	2	27
2016	Winners	5	3	2	0	14	1	13
Total	2/2	10	8	2	0	43	3	40

References

^ "AIFF Wants A Fresh Start For Women's National Team". Goal. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
^ Arunava Chaudhuri (21 July 2015). "India's first women's football national team coach Sushil Bhattacharya passed away". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
^ Doyle, Jennifer (28 January 2010). "A World Cup Dream Revives India's Women's Soccer Team". India: NY Times. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
^ "Indian Women's football team to play Netherlands on 17th and 20th Jan". indianoon.com. 29 January 2013.
^ "Indian Women's Football team to play Netherlands". Frontier India. 26 January 2013.
^ "Anadi Barua retained as Indian women's football team coach". NDTV. 15 January 2015.
^ "Harjinder Singh has been named chief coach". indianfootball.de. 10 September 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ "SAFF Championships: Indian Women Complete Record Hattrick of Football Title". newschoupal.com. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

External links

[1] "AIFF Wants A Fresh Start For Women's National Team". Goal. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

[2] Arunava Chaudhuri (21 July 2015). "India's first women's football national team coach Sushil Bhattacharya passed away". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

[3] Doyle, Jennifer (28 January 2010). "A World Cup Dream Revives India's Women's Soccer Team". India: NY Times. Retrieved 7 November 2012.

[4] "Indian Women's football team to play Netherlands on 17th and 20th Jan". indianoon.com. 29 January 2013.

[5] "Indian Women's Football team to play Netherlands". Frontier India. 26 January 2013.

[6] "Anadi Barua retained as Indian women's football team coach". NDTV. 15 January 2015.

[7] "Harjinder Singh has been named chief coach". indianfootball.de. 10 September 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[8] "SAFF Championships: Indian Women Complete Record Hattrick of Football Title". newschoupal.com. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

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v t e 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 Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia ~~Brunei~~ Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Former	Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA