India women's national football team

India

Association	All India Football Federation
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Sajid Dhar
Captain	Oinam Bembem Devi
FIFA code	IND
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	57 1 (18 December 2015)
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 PR 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 yearlong 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 March 2015 ^{[4][5] [6]}

Team Management Table

Name	Position
Sajid Dhar	Coach
Mutum Surmala Chanu	Assistant Coach
Chitra Gangadharan	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.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Aditi Chauhan	5 November 1991	9	0	West Ham United L.F.C.
	GK	Anjana Saikia	18 November 1993	0	0	Assam (State)
	GK	Elangbam Panthoi Chanu	23 December 1996	0	0	Manipur (State)
	DF	Upamati Devi	4 February 1986	3	0	Bihar (State)
	DF	Romi Devi Ashem	10 February 1989	3	1	Manipur (State)
	DF	Gurumayum Radharani Devi	3 January 1991	4	0	Manipur (State)
	DF	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi	3 July 1993	8	0	New Radiant
	DF	Suprava Samal	16 June 1990	5	1	Odisha
	DF	Tuli Goon	21 February 1988	8	1	West Bengal (State)
	MF	Manisha Panna	20 April 1991	0	0	Odisha
	MF	Oinam Bembem Devi	1 March 1980	18	11	New Radiant
	MF	Yumlembem Premi Devi	6 December 1993	6	2	Manipur (State)
	MF	Yumnam Kamala Devi	4 March 1992	6	4	Manipur (State)
	MF	Manpreet Kaur	16 August 1990	0	0	Himachal Pradesh (State)
	MF	Sangita Basfore	18 May 1997	0	0	West Bengal (State)
	MF	Supriya Routray	12 June 1990	0	1	Odisha
	MF	Moirangthem Mandakini Devi	17 January 1987	7	7	Manipur (State)
	FW	Jeneel Desai	11 March 2002	333	69	Dengue Shots
	FW	Ngangom Bala Devi (C)	2 February 1990	9	19	New Radiant
	FW	Pyari Xaxa	18 May 1997	0	0	Odisha
	MF	Sasmita Malik	8 May 1980	7	6	Odisha
	MF	Dangmei Grace	5 February 1996	2	0	Manipur (State)

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	2	1	0	1	.500
Totals		12	8	0	4	.667

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
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

See also

• List of women's national football teams
• Women's association football around the world
• Lists of association football players
• India women's national under-19 football team
• India women's football championship
• India national football team

References

1. "AIFF Wants A Fresh Start For Women's National Team". Goal. 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
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 (2010-01-28). "A World Cup Dream Revives India’s Women’s Soccer Team". India: NY Times. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
4. "Indian Women’s football team to play Netherlands on 17th and 20th Jan". indianoon.com. 2013-01-29.
5. "Indian Women’s Football team to play Netherlands". Frontier India. 2013-01-26.
6. "Anadi Barua retained as Indian women's football team coach". NDTV. 2015-01-15.
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.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile