India women's national football team

India
Association All India Football Federation
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Sajid Dhar
Asst coach Surmala Chanu
Captain Oinam Bembem Devi
FIFA code IND
FIFA ranking 53 Steady (19 December 2014)
Highest FIFA ranking 49 (December 2013)
Lowest FIFA ranking 100 (September 2009)
First colours
Second colours
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 football scene didn't have the same chance to spread as the men's game did, and thus the team struggles to keep up with more talented international squads such as China and Japan. However, India is beginning to recover from this jump-start, and is growing stronger with each year. The women's team will return to the field on September 7, 2012, from nearly a yearlong hiatus. They were re-established on November 2009 for a 2-month training camp.[1]

Tarun Roy was appointed as head coach in the June, 2014.

History

When India became affiliated with FIFA in 1948, the team was formed. Since then, India has showed strong performances in the AFC Asian Cup and in World Cup qualifiers. Although the team has never qualified for a World Cup, this may partially be due to such strong teams as China and Japan sharing a qualifying bracket with them.

The brand new start for Indian Women's football

In March 2011 India Women began a brand new chapter that would see them improve.[2] 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. Then 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 May 2013 [3] [4] [5]

Team Management Table
Name Position
India Sajid Dhar Coach
India Mutum Surmala Chanu Assistant Coach
India Chitra Gangadharan Goalkeeping Coach
India Dipali Pandey Physio
India Indu Choudhary Manager

Current squad

This is the squad of 23 that was chosen to participate in 2014 Asian Games which will held in Incheon, South Korea from 15 to 25 September 2014.

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
GK Okram Roshini Devi 8 February 1994 3 0 India Manipur (State)
GK Aditi Chauhan 5 November 1991 9 0 India West Bengal (State)
GK Pushpa Tirkey 6 May 1996 0 0 India Odisha (State)
DF Upamati Devi 4 February 1986 3 0 India Bihar (State)
DF Romi Devi Ashem 10 February 1989 3 1 India Manipur (State)
DF Gurumayum Radharani Devi 3 January 1991 4 0 India Manipur (State)
DF Loitongbam Ashalata Devi 3 July 1993 8 0 India Manipur (State)
DF Suprava Samal 16 June 1990 5 1 India Odisha (State)
DF Tuli Goon 21 February 1988 8 1 India West Bengal (State)
MF Oinam Bembem Devi (c) 1 March 1980 18 11 India Manipur (State)
MF Yumlembem Premi Devi 6 December 1993 6 2 India Manipur (State)
MF Yumnam Kamala Devi 4 March 1992 6 4 India Manipur (State)
MF Supriya Routray 12 June 1990 0 1 India Odisha (State)
MF Amoolya Kamal 11 July 1984 12 8 India Karnataka (State)
MF Mandakini Devi 17 January 1987 7 7 India Manipur (State)
FW Irom Parmeshwori Devi 1 May 1989 6 5 India Manipur (State)
FW Ngangom Bala Devi 2 February 1990 9 19 India Manipur (State)
MF Sasmita Malik 8 May 1980 7 6 India Odisha (State)
MF Dangmei Grace 5 February 1996 2 0 India Manipur (State)

Head coaches

Name Years Played Won Tied Lost Win %
–2005
India Harjinder Singh 2005[6] –2010
India Mohammad Shahid Jabbar 2010–2013
India Anadi Barua 2013–14 2 1 0 1 .500
India Tarun Roy 2014–15 8 6 0 2 .750
India Sajid Dhar 2015 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 10 7 0 3 .700
Statistics as of 5 March 2015

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year Result Position GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991Did Not Enter--------
Sweden 1995Did Not Enter--------
United States 1999Did Not Qualify--------
United States 2003Did Not Qualify--------
China 2007Did Not Qualify--------
Germany 2011Did Not Enter--------
Canada 2015Did Not Qualify--------
Total0/7--------
*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
Hong Kong1975Did Not Enter-------
Taiwan1977Did Not Enter-------
India1979Runners up5410220
Hong Kong1981Third Place5311151+14
Thailand1983Runners UpUnknown------
Hong Kong1986Did Not Enter-------
Hong Kong1989Did Not Enter-------
Japan1991Did Not Enter-------
Malaysia1993Did Not Enter-------
Malaysia1995Group Stage3003312−9
China1997Group Stage3201131+12
Philippines1999Group Stage4103312−9
Chinese Taipei2001Group Stage4103313−10
Thailand2003Group Stage3102714−7
Australia2006Did Not Qualify-------
Vietnam2008Did Not Qualify-------
China2010Did Not Enter-------
Vietnam2014Did Not Qualify-------
Total8/1827122134655−9
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

South Asian Football Federation record

India has won the SAFF Women's Championship three times.[7]

South Asian Games
Year Result GP W D L GF GA GD
Bangladesh 2010Winners550040040
Sri Lanka 2012Winners550033132
Pakistan 2014Winners550036135
Total3/31515001092107

See also

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