India women's national football team

India
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Blue Tigresses
AssociationAll India Football Federation (AIFF)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachSantosh Kashyap
CaptainGhana Bopanna
Most capsAshalata Devi (103)
Top scorerBala Devi (49)
FIFA codeIND
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 68 Decrease 1 (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest49[2] (December 2013)
Lowest68[2] (August 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
Appearances9 (first in 1980)
Best resultRunners-up (1980 and 1983)
SAFF Women's Championship
Appearances6 (first in 2010)
Best resultChampions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019)

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.

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "INDIA WOMEN'S RANKING". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

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