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Football in India

Association football is one of the three most-popular sports in India, the others being cricket and kabaddi.[5] The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) recognises the Indian Super League as the national football league of India.[6] The Santosh Trophy is a knock-out competition among Indian states and government institutions.

Football in India
CountryIndia
Governing bodyAll India Football Federation (AIFF)
(formed in 1937, joined FIFA in 1948)[1]
National team(s)Men's national football team
Women's national football team
Nickname(s)The Blue Tigers
First played1800s
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions
List
Audience records
Single match131,781
(1997 Federation Cup Semifinal: East Bengal F.C. VS Mohun Bagan A.C. at Salt Lake Stadium, 1997)[4]

India hosted the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, the first FIFA event the country hosted; it was called the most successful FIFA U-17 World Cup ever, with a record-breaking attendance of 1,347,133, exceeding China's previous record of 1,230,976 in 1985. India also hosted the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and bid to host the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup but lost to Poland.[7]

The Indian national football team qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup but did not participate.[8]

History edit

Pre-independence edit

British soldiers introduced football into India in the mid-nineteenth century.[9][10] Games were initially played between army teams but clubs were soon set up around the country. In 1872, Calcutta FC was the first football club to be established, though the side may have originated as a rugby club that switched codes as late as 1894. Other early clubs include Dalhousie AC, Traders Club and Naval Volunteers Club.[11] Several other football clubs such as Sovabazar, Mohun Bagan and Aryan Club were established in Calcutta in the 1890s. Calcutta was then the capital of British India and soon became the hub of football. Tournaments like the Gladstone Cup, the Trades Cup and the Cooch Behar Cup were started around this time.[12] The Durand Cup and IFA Shield were both started in the late nineteenth century.

The first Indian team to achieve success was Sovabazar Club, which won the Trades Cup in 1892[citation needed]. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, which was set up in modern-day West Bengal in 1889, became famous in 1911 when it became the first Indian team to win the IFA Shield, a tournament previously won only by British teams based in India.[citation needed] They defeated East Yorkshire Regiment 2–1 in the tournament's final in a victory that is still regarded by many[weasel words] as the greatest win by an Indian team before independence.[citation needed]

 
Players of Baroda Football Club, an Indian-European team, 1910–11.

The Indian Football Association (IFA) was established in Calcutta in 1893 but had no Indians on its board until the 1930s. The All India Football Federation (AIFF), the national governing body of football in India, was formed in 1937 but did not become affiliated with FIFA until at least a decade later. India insisted on playing barefoot whereas other national sides wore boots.[13] Footballer Jyotish Chandra Guha brought global attention to Indian football when he became the first Indian to appear with the English Football League club Arsenal in 1930.[14]

The golden age edit

India qualified by default for the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil because all of their scheduled opponents withdrew. India did not compete in the tournament. It was not because of a lack of financial assistance, particularly to purchase tickets for the sea journey, or because the team were not allowed to play barefoot.[13][15] According to sports journalist Jaydeep Basu, the financial barrier was solved as state associations provided financial help to the AIFF and that FIFA also promised to provide money.[8]

FIFA had imposed a rule banning barefoot play following the 1948 Olympics where India had played barefoot. According to then-captain Shailen Manna, this story was circulated to justify the AIFF's decision to not participate. Since 1950, the Indian national team has not come close to qualifying for the World Cup.[15][16][17][18] The AIFF had organised training is Calcutta for the 1950 World Cup and the board organised a series of meetings relating to India's participation but was not able to reach a decision. One to two weeks before the World Cup, the AIFF resorted to coming up with excuses to abandon the World Cup trip. This did not face much criticism in 1948 because the FIFA World Cup was not as popular as it is now.[8]

1951–1962 is widely considered the "golden age" of Indian football. In this period, the national team won numerous titles under the coaching of Syed Abdul Rahim. India won the gold medal in the first Asian Games in 1951, beating Iran by one goal. In 1956, no longer playing barefoot, India reached the semi-final in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, becoming the first Asian country to do so and ranking fourth in the tournament. In 1962, India again won the gold in the Asian Games at Jakarta, defeating South Korea 2–1.[13] [8] India also won the Merdeka Cup and the Quadrangular Tournament, while East Bengal garnered good reviews after touring Romania. Also in 1951, India achieved their highest World Football Elo Rating of 31. According to former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, India is "the sleeping giant of world football".[19]

Decline edit

Rahim's death in the early 1960s caused the Indian national team to gradually lose their position as a top Asian team. India has not qualified for the Olympics since 1960.[13] India qualified for their first Asian Cup in 1964 but failed to win the title. In an international tournament at the 1970 Asian Games, India won the bronze medal after defeating Japan 1–0.[citation needed] The Indian national team qualified for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup for the first time since 1964 but failed to qualify for the knockout stage after finishing last in their group of five teams.[citation needed]

The Indian youth team jointly won the Youth Asian Cup with Iran in 1974, the first and only title for India at the youth level.[citation needed] In club football, on 24 September 1977, Mohun Bagan held onto a 2–2 draw at the Eden Gardens stadium in Calcutta, against a Pele-led New York Cosmos.[citation needed] Mohun Bagan would have won the tie had it not been for a controversial penalty awarded to the visiting team that ensured the draw.[citation needed] The next day, the newspaper Ananda Bazar Patrika described Goutam Sarkar as "India's very own Beckenbaur".[citation needed]

The Indian women's team as they began playing in the 1970s. In 1975, their first manager was Sushil Bhattacharya.[20][21] The Indian women's team were runners-up in the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 1980 and 1983. In the 1990s, the women's team rapidly declined and a series of defeats followed. In 2009, FIFA delisted the Indian women's team from the world rankings.[22]

2007–present edit

In August 2007, the Indian national team won the Nehru Cup for the first time, beating Syria 1–0.[23] In August of the following year, India defeated Tajikistan 4–1 to win the AFC Challenge Cup and qualified for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.[citation needed] In August 2009, India again won the Nehru Cup, beating Syria on penalties (6–5).[citation needed]

In January 2011, India played in the 2011 Asian Cup, the country's first Asian Cup for 24 years. India was eliminated in the group stage, which included South Korea, Australia, and Bahrain.[citation needed]

Since the 2011 Asian Cup, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been working to improve Indian football. They allowed former coach Bob Houghton to coach the Indian team in the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers.[citation needed] After going first in their AFC Challenge Cup group, Houghton was replaced by Wim Koevermans.[citation needed] The India national under-23 football team won the first round of the 2012 Olympics qualifiers against Myanmar but were eliminated by Qatar.[citation needed] India played their next official matches against United Arab Emirates in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, which India lost on aggregate 5–2.[citation needed]

In 2014, India hosted the first Unity World Cup in Goa, Hyderabad and Bangalore. India has participated in and hosted the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup tournament. This was the first time a team representing India participated in the finals of a FIFA-organised world tournament. India was placed in Group A along with the United States, Ghana and Colombia.[citation needed] On 6 October 2017, India played their first match in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in front of 47,000 people against the United States, losing the match 0–3. India played their second match against Colombia. In the 82nd minute, Jeakson Singh became the first Indian goal scorer in the finals of a FIFA-organised tournament.[citation needed] For the third match of the group stage, India played Ghana, losing the match 4–0 and finishing at the bottom of Group A.[24]

In 2018 Indian youth football teams made history by defeating Argentina U-20 2–1 in the COTIF cup, as well as Iraq U-16, the defending champions of the AFC U-16 Championship (now the AFC U-17 Championship), by 1–0. The U-16 team qualified for the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship, where they came close to qualifying for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, but lost to South Korea by a single goal in the quarterfinal.[25]

The Indian national team qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup after missing the 2015 edition. India beat Thailand by 4–1, their biggest-ever win at the Asia Cup and their first win in 55 years.[26][27] Nevertheless, they lost both of their next two group matches against UAE and Bahrain by 0−2 and 0−1 respectively[28][29] and finished at the bottom of the group, thus failing to move to the knockout stage.[30]

Administration edit

Football in India is administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the worldwide football governing body FIFA. The India national football team has entered the regional Asian Cup competition but has never competed in a World Cup. The India women's national football team has also played in competitions, and has its own inter-state and state competitions. Youth football is administered by the Sports Authority of India.

National team edit

National teams of India

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Football (Men's) Football (Women's) Olympic team Football U-20 (men's)
       
Football U-17 (men's) Football U-20 (women's) Football U-17 (women's) Futsal (men's)
       
Futsal (women's) Beach soccer (men's) Esports Minifootball / Football 6 / Football 7

The India national football team is governed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[citation needed] Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated with FIFA, the international governing body for world football.[citation needed] In 1954, the AIFF became one of the founding members of the AFC.[citation needed]

There are other Indian national teams, such as the under-23 team and the under-17 team. The U-23 team is considered to be a feeder team for the national team.

Performance edit

The following list includes the performance of all of India's national teams at major competitions.

Men's senior team edit

The Indian senior national team had several successes during their initial years but is no longer considered one of the best in Asia.[citation needed] The national team's highest achievement is winning two gold medals at the Asian Games.[citation needed]

Tournament Appearance in finals Last
appearance
Best
performance
FIFA World Cup 0 out of 22 [a]
AFC Asian Cup 4 out of 17 2019 Runners-up (1964)
Summer Olympics (1908–1988) 4 out of 17 1960 Fourth-place (1956)
Asian Games (1951–1998) 11 out of 13 1998 Champions (1951, 1962)
SAFF Championship 14 out of 14 2023 Champions (1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2023)
South Asian Games 7 out of 8 1999 Champions (1985, 1987, 1995)
  1. ^ 1950 (qualified but withdrew)

Women's senior team edit

The women's national team was started in the 1970s; they were twice runners-up in the Women's Asian Cup in the early 1980s. After the AIFF took charge of the team, they began to suffer massive defeats and declined in the late 2000s.[citation needed] In the late 2010s, the AIFF revived the team to empower women's football and the team performed well in a large number of friendlies.[citation needed] The AIFF won the hosting bid for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[citation needed]

Tournament Appearance in finals Last
appearance
Best
performance
AFC Women's Asian Cup 9 out of 19 2022 Runners-up (1980, 1983)
Asian Games 3 out of 9 2022 Eighth-place (1998)
SAFF Women's Championship 6 out of 6 2022 Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019)
South Asian Games 3 out of 3 2019 Champions (2010, 2016, 2019)

Men's U-23 team edit

Tournament Appearance in finals Last
appearance
Best
performance
Asian Games 4 out of 5 2014 Tenth-place (2002)
South Asian Games 4 out of 5 2016 Runners-up (2004, 2016)

Men's U-20 team edit

Includes them U-19 and U-18 teams' performance.

Tournament Appearance in finals Last
appearance
Best
performance
AFC U-20 Asian Cup 22 out of 40 2006 Champions (1974)
SAFF U-18 Championship 4 out of 4 2022 Champions (2019, 2022)

Men's U-17 team edit

Includes the U-16 and U-15 teams' performance.

Tournament Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Best
performance
FIFA U-17 World Cup 1 out of 19 2017 Group stage (2017)
AFC U-17 Asian Cup 8 out of 18 2018 Quarterfinals (2002, 2018)
SAFF U-15 Championship 7 out of 7 2022 Champions (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022)

Women's U-20 team edit

Includes the U-19 and U-18 teams' performance.

Tournament Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Best
performance
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup 3 out of 10 2006 Quarterfinals (2004)
SAFF U-18 Women's Championship 3 out of 4 2023 Champions (2022)

Women's U-17 team edit

Includes the U-16 and U-15 teams' performance.

Tournament Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Best
performance
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 1 out of 7 2022 Group stage (2022)
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup 1 out of 8 2005 Group stage (2005)
SAFF U-15 Women's Championship 3 out of 4 2019 Champions (2018, 2019)

Club competitions edit

As of 2023, India has four national-level leagues. The Indian Super League is the top league, followed by I-League, I-League 2 and I-League 3.[citation needed] I-League 3 currently acts as a final round for the top teams in the state leagues that are nominated by state football associations.[citation needed] India has several cup tournaments, including the Durand Cup, Super Cup and IFA Shield.

Evolution of the tier system edit

Leagues Years 1888–1993 1893–1898 1898–1941 1941–1977 1977–1996 1996–1997 1997–2001 2001–2006 2006–2007 2007–2011 2011–2014 2014–2017 2017–2022 2022–2023 2023–present
Level None 1893 1937
National leagues 1 Formation of Indian Football Association (IFA) Calcutta Football League Formation of All India Football Federation (AIFF) Santosh Trophy National Football League I-League Indian Super League Indian Super League
I-League
2 None None NFL Second Division I-League 2nd Division I-League
3 None NFL Third Division Discontinued I-League 2
4 None I-League 3
Regional leagues 5–11 State leagues
Tournaments/Cups Durand Cup Durand Cup
IFA Shield IFA Shield
Federation Cup Super Cup Federation Cup
Indian Super Cup Discontinued
Santosh Trophy


Leagues edit

Tier 1: Indian Super League edit

The I-League, which was promised to be a professional league, soon lost popularity due to poor marketing.[31] A deal between Zee Sports and the AIFF, which was initially to be a ten-year term in 2006, was terminated in 2010 after a disagreement between the parties. The AIFF then signed a 700-crore deal with Reliance Industries and the International Management Group (IMG) on 9 December 2010.[32] The Indian Super League (ISL) was officially launched on 21 October 2013 by IMG–Reliance Industries, Star Sports, and the AIFF to grow the sport of football in India and increase its exposure in the country with big names and professionalism.[33] Large corporations, Bollywood stars and cricketers between them bought eight franchises.[34]

In 2017, the AFC opposed allowing the ISL to become the main league in India, but the I-League clubs East Bengal and Mohun Bagan wanted a complete merger of the ISL and I-League.[35] Two weeks later, the AIFF proposed the Indian Super League and I-League would simultaneously run on a short–term basis, with the I-League winner qualifying for the AFC Champions League and the ISL champion reaching the AFC Cup qualification stage.[36] The AFC approved this proposal on 25 July 2017, with the ISL replacing the domestic cup competition, the Federation Cup, which was a true knockout cup competition.[37]

Two seasons later, the AIFF and AFC met again to determine the future for Indian football. After the meeting, it was announced the Indian Super League would become the top-tier league with the AFC Champions League slot while the I-League was now the domestic cup tournament with the AFC Cup slot.[citation needed] The AFC also made some key recommendations: the first was to open a pathway for two I-League clubs to enter into the ISL by the end of the 2020–2021 season, subject to certain criteria being fulfilled. The second recommendation was to allow the winner of the I-League a chance of promotion to the ISL with no participation fee, with the AIFF defining the basic fulfilling sporting merit and the national club-licensing criteria starting in the 2022–2023 season. The final recommendation was to introduce promotion and relegation into the top league by the end of the 2024–2025 season, and to abolish the existence of two parallel leagues.[38]

Tier 2: I-League edit

Starting in the 2022–2023 season, I-League lost its top-tier status. The champions of the 2022–23 I-League were promoted to the ISL with no participation fee. As per the AFC's recommendation for 2024–2025, it was agreed the AIFF would fully implement promotion and relegation between the two leagues.[39]

Tier 3: I-League 2 edit

After demoting I-League to the second tier status in Indian football, I-League 2 was subsequently demoted to the third tier. AIFF renamed the 2nd Division to I-League 2 to avoid disambiguation.[40]

Tier 4: I-League 3 edit

I-League 3 is set to serve as a platform for state champions and state-nominated teams.[citation needed] No ISL reserve teams can be a part of I-League 2 or I-League 3.[citation needed]

Tier 5–11: Indian State leagues edit

There are currently a total of 37 state associations (including union territories) affiliated with the AIFF.[41] These state associations are affiliated with state leagues. The top teams of state leagues are eligible to apply for I-League 3. Some state leagues have multiple divisions and a promotion/relegation system between these divisions. Calcutta Football League in West Bengal is the oldest state league and has the highest number of divisions (seven divisions) with a promotion/relegation system in place.[42]

Cups edit

List of All India football tournaments
Competition Organizer Host city/state Note
Federation Cup AIFF Various
Durand Cup DFTS (Durand Football Tournament Society) & AIFF Various
Super Cup AIFF Various
Indian Super Cup AIFF Various
IFA Shield IFA Kolkata
Rovers Cup WIFA Mumbai
Stafford Challenge Cup KSFA Bengaluru

Federation Cup edit

The Federation Cup (Fed Cup) is an annual, knockout-style, club football tournament in India that started in 1977. Until I-League's inception in 1997 (then called the NFL), it was the most-prestigious, national-level, club football tournament in India. Previously, the winning club of the Fed Cup had a chance to compete at the continental level in the AFC Cup along with the I-League champion team. The Fed Cup has been discontinued since the 2017–2018 season when a new Super Cup was inaugurated.

Durand Cup edit

In 1888, the Durand Football Tournament, commonly known as the Durand Cup, was started by India's foreign secretary Mortimer Durand at Simla. The Durand Cup's initial matches were played in Dagshai and was created as a form of recreation for British troops stationed in India. The Durand Cup was suspended during World War I and World War II. In 1940, the tournament's venue was shifted to New Delhi.

Super Cup edit

The Super Cup is a knockout football tournament. The top six teams from the two top-tier leagues, the I-League and the Indian Super League qualify directly for the main round of the competition. The bottom four clubs from each league participate in a qualification round to compete.

IFA Shield edit

The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association (IFA) in West Bengal. It was started in 1893, and is the fourth-oldest club cup competition in the world after the FA Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Durand Cup. Along with local clubs in Bengal, clubs from other parts of India and from overseas are able to participate in this tournament.

Senior National Football Championship / Santosh Trophy edit

The Santosh Trophy, also known as the Senior National Football Championship, is an annual Indian football tournament contested by states and government institutions. The trophy is named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh. The first winners were Bengal, who also lead the all-time winners list with 32 titles to date.

Champions overview edit

The competitions currently active in Indian football.

Qualification for Asian competitions edit

Competition Qualifying team Notes
AFC Champions League Premiers of Indian Super League Qualification to the Group stage
AFC Cup Winners of Super Cup Qualification to the Group stage
Champions or league stage runners-up of Indian Super League Qualification to the Qualifying play-off
AFC Women's Club Championship Champions of Indian Women's League Qualification to the Group stage

Women's football edit

Women's football in India was administered by the Women's Football Federation of India (WFFI) from 1975 until the early 1990s when the WFFI was absorbed into the AIFF. There are complaints women's football is treated as inferior to the men's game, leading to unfulfilled plans to de-merge the WFFI.[43]

In India, women's football began in West Bengal. The large Kolkata teams East Bengal and Mohun Bagan started women's club sides in the 2000–2001 season, and they participate with other teams in the Calcutta Women's Football League.[citation needed] Players from Odisha and Manipur have made advances in the game and make up a large part of the India women's national football team.[citation needed]

The women's national competition is played on a state-against-state basis in the India women's football championship.[44] There are similar national championships for junior teams like the Junior Girls National Championship for under 19s and the Under-17 Girls National Championship.[citation needed]

Some Indian female players have become internationally recognised. Among them are Chitra Gangadharan who was selected to play for the All Asian Star team. Jaanki Kotecha was selected as captain to the All Asian Star Team in 2008–2009 and led her team to victory. In February 2000, Sujata Kar and Alpana Sil became the first Indian footballers to sign a contract outside India. They signed with the German team TSV Crailsheim but had to return to India after a month due to problems with the clearance of their international transfer.[45]

Until 1983, women footballers took part in international tournaments like the AFC Women's Asian Cup. The Indian team won silver in 1980 at Calicut. In later years, the status of the Indian women's team declined. During the 2003 AFC Women's Championship, the Indian team was defeated 12–0 by China.[46]

The AIFF's poor support of the national women's team became evident when a trip to Germany was only made possible by Non Resident Indians in that country and by the support of the German Football Association. Championships are held in remote locations, and national media coverage is said[weasel words] to be restricted to state and local newspapers.[43]

In June 2009, FIFA delisted the Indian women's side from its world rankings for being inactive for more than 18 months. At that time, the game was gaining in popularity with young Indian females, as evident by the local leagues in the country. The Mumbai Women's Football League of 2009–2010 was organised by the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) was a major success and included many players who had played for the national team. The popularity of the event gave hope of a resurgence of the women's game in India.[47]

Indian Women's League edit

On 21 April 2016, over a year after the AIFF started plans for a women's football league, AIFF president Praful Patel said a women's football league would begin in October 2016 with six teams, and was planned to be expanded to eight teams by 2017.[48] On 5 July 2016, the AIFF organized a workshop to discuss the India women's national team and the proposed women's football league. Indian Super League sides Delhi Dynamos, Chennaiyin FC, Kerala Blasters, FC Pune City and Atletico de Kolkata, and I-League teams Bengaluru FC, Aizawl FC and Mumbai FC attended the workshop. It was announced the league would consist of the eight teams in the league and two other teams would be chosen through a pre-qualification round.[49]

On 14 October, the AIFF announced the preliminary rounds for the Women's League would begin on 17 October 2016; ten teams are split into two groups of five teams and the winner from each group qualifies for the national finals.[50]

Stadiums edit

As of 2023, few of India's national football stadiums meet current world standards. The largest stadiums in India are Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata with a seating capacity of 85,000; Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi with a capacity of over 60,000; and Ambedkar Stadium with a capacity of 35,000. Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar are major arenas for football events in Odisha. In Sikkim, the 30,000-capacity Paljor Stadium in Gangtok is famous as one of the most beautiful stadiums in the world because of its backdrop of the Himalayas. The main stadium in Shillong is Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (JLM) with a capacity of 30,000 standing. Both the Paljor and the JLN in Shillong have been renovated with artificial playing surfaces. Some other important stadiums are Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, Barasat Stadium in Barasat, the Fatorda in Goa, Kaloor International Stadium in Kochi, Municipal Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Guwahati and the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad. There are hundreds of other stadiums in the country. The following stadiums are affiliated by All India Football Federation.

Stadium Capacity Game(s) City State Home Team(s)
Salt Lake Stadium 85,000[51]   Athletics,   Football Kolkata West Bengal Indian Football Team, East Bengal FC, Mohammedan SC, Mohun Bagan Super Giant, United SC
Eden Gardens 66,000[52]   Cricket Kolkata West Bengal Indian Cricket Team, Bengal Cricket Team, Kolkata Knight Riders
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 60,000   Athletics,   Football Delhi Delhi NCR Indian Football Team (2011–present)
Delhi Dynamos FC (2014–2019)
DY Patil Stadium 55,000   Cricket,   Football Navi Mumbai Maharashtra D Y Patil T20
Yashwant Stadium 50,000   Football Nagpur Maharashtra
K. D. Singh Babu Stadium 50,000[53]   Cricket Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh cricket team
Barabati Stadium 45,000   Cricket Cuttack Odisha Odisha Cricket Team (1958–present)
Odisha Women's Cricket Team (1958–present)
Odisha Football Team (1958–present)
Odisha Women's Football Team (1958–present)
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 41,000[54][55]   Cricket,   Football Kochi Kerala Indian Football Team (1997–present)
Indian Cricket Team (1998–present)
Chirag United Club Kerala (2012)
Kochi Tuskers Kerala (2010–2011)
Kerala Strikers (2011–present)
Kerala Blasters F.C. (2014–present)
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium 40,000   Athletics,   Football Kollam Kerala
Chennai Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 40,000   Athletics,   Football Chennai Tamil Nadu Indian Bank Recreational Club, Chennaiyin F.C.
JRD Tata Sports Complex 40,000   Athletics,   Football Jamshedpur Jharkhand Jamshedpur FC, Tata Football Academy
Kanchenjunga Stadium 40,000   Football Siliguri West Bengal local football teams

International competitions hosted edit

Competition Edition Winner Final Runners-up India's position Venues Final venue Stadium
Men's senior competitions
Asian Games Football at the 1951 Asian Games   India
1–0
  Iran Champions 1 (in 1 city) Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium  
Asian Games Football at the 1982 Asian Games   Iraq
1–0
  Kuwait Quarterfinals 3 (in 1 cities) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)  
AFC Challenge Cup 2008 AFC Challenge Cup   India   Tajikistan Champions 3 (in 2 cities) Ambedkar Stadium  
SAFF Championship 1999 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup   India
2–0
  Bangladesh Champions 1 ( in 1 city) Fatorda Stadium  
SAFF Championship 2011 SAFF Championship   India   Afghanistan Champions 1 (in 1 city) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)  
SAFF Championship 2015 SAFF Championship   India   Afghanistan Champions 1 (in 1 city) Greenfield International Stadium  
SAFF Championship 2023 SAFF Championship   India
(5–4 pen.)
  Kuwait Champions 1 (in 1 city) Sree Kanteerava Stadium  
Men's youth competitions
FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup   England
5–2
  Spain Group stage 6 (in 6 cities) Salt Lake Stadium  
AFC U-19 Championship 2006 AFC Youth Championship   North Korea
1–1
(5–3 pen.)
  Japan Group stage 4 (in 2 cities) Salt Lake Stadium  
AFC U-16 Championship 2016 AFC U-16 Championship   Iraq
0–0
(4–3 pen.)
  Iran Group stage 2 (in 2 cities) Fatorda Stadium  
SAFF U-15 Championship 2019 SAFF U-15 Championship   India
7–0
    Nepal Champions 1 (in 1 city) Kalyani Stadium  
SAFF U-20 Championship 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship   India
5–2 (a.e.t)
  Bangladesh Champions 1 (in 1 city) Kalinga Stadium  
Women's senior competitions
AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup   China
3–2
  South Korea Withdrew (due to Covid-19 breakout) 3 (in 3 cities) DY Patil Stadium  
SAFF Women's Championship 2016 SAFF Women's Championship   India
3–1
  Bangladesh Champions 1 (in 1 city) Kanchenjunga Stadium  
Women's youth competitions
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup   Spain
1–0
  Colombia Group stage 3 (in 3 cities) DY Patil Stadium  

Nehru Cup edit

The Nehru Cup was an international invitational association football tournament organised by the AIFF and named after the First Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.[citation needed]

Editions Winners
1982   Uruguay
1983   Hungary
1984   Poland
1985   Soviet Union
1986   Soviet Union
1987   Soviet Union
1988   Soviet Union
1989   Hungary
1991   Romania
1993   North Korea
1995   Iraq
1997   Iraq
2007   India
2009   India
2012   India

Tri-Nation Series edit

The Tri-Nation Series is a three-team football tournament organised by the AIFF. The first edition was held in 2017.[citation needed]

Editions Winners
2017   India
2023   India

Intercontinental Cup edit

The Intercontinental Cup is a four-team association football tournament organised by the AIFF. The first edition was held in 2018.[citation needed]

Editions Winners
2018   India
2019   North Korea
2023   India

Media edit

The Indian Super League is officially broadcast on Star Sports network in India. International coverage is done by OneFootball.[citation needed]

 
Jo Morrison anchored FIFA World Cup 2018 for Sony India.
Men's Football in India (English-Rights)
League/Cup

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Competition

Television Rights OTT Rights
Conglomerate Channel(s) Conglomerate Platform
AFC/UEFA Leagues
Premier League Star India Star Sports Select 1/2 Star India Disney+ Hotstar
EFL Championship
FA Cup Sony India Sony Ten 1, 2 or 3 Sony India SonyLIV
La Liga Viacom18 Sports18 1 HD ViacomCBS Voot,Jio Cinema
Copa del Rey Fancode FanCode
Bundesliga None Dream Sports FanCode
DFB-Pokal None None
Coppa Italia None None
Serie A Sony India Sony Ten 2/3 Sony India SonyLIV
UEFA Champions League Sony Ten 2/3
UEFA Europa League Sony Ten 2/3
AFC Champions League Star India Star Sports 3[56] Star India Disney+ Hotstar
Indian Super League Viacom18 Viacom18 Jio Cinema
Durund Cup Sony India
International Football
FIFA World Cup Viacom18[57] Sports18 1 HD Viacom18 JioCinema
Copa América Sony India[dubious ] Sony Six, Sony Ten 2, Sony Ten 3 Sports Track
UEFA European Championship Sony India Sony Six, Sony Ten 2, Sony Ten 3 Sports Track
UEFA Nations League Sony India Sony India SonyLIV
AFC Asian Cup Star India Star Sports 3 Star India Disney+ Hotstar

Seasons edit

The following articles detail the major results and events in each season of Indian football since 2011.

See also edit

In popular culture edit

References edit

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  • . Soccer & Society. Taylor & Francis. 6:2–3 (2–3): 227–256. 6 August 2006. doi:10.1080/14660970500106410. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  • . wbsportsandyouth.gov.in. Kolkata: Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports. 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

External links edit

  • "What's holding back Indian football?"—BBC Sport
  • "Gender and sport in India: aspects of women's football"

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Association football is one of the three most popular sports in India the others being cricket and kabaddi 5 The Asian Football Confederation AFC recognises the Indian Super League as the national football league of India 6 The Santosh Trophy is a knock out competition among Indian states and government institutions Football in IndiaSalt Lake Stadium in Kolkata West BengalCountryIndiaGoverning bodyAll India Football Federation AIFF formed in 1937 joined FIFA in 1948 1 National team s Men s national football teamWomen s national football teamNickname s The Blue TigersFirst played1800sNational competitionsSenior Men s National Football Championship Senior Women s National Football Championship U20 National Football Championship Junior Boy s National Football Championship Sub Junior Boy s National Football championship Subroto Cup Junior Girl s National Football Championship Sub Junior Girl s National Football Championship National Beach Soccer Championship National Games of India Khelo India University Games Khelo India Youth GamesClub competitionsList Leagues Indian Super League I League I League 2 I League 3 State leagues men s women s Institutional League Elite League Indian Women s League IWL 2nd Division AIFF Futsal Club Championship Cups Federation Cup Super Cup Durand CupInternational competitionsList Clubs AFC Champions League AFC Cup AFC Women s Club Championship AFC Futsal Club Championship AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup National team FIFA World Cup Qualified 1950 Did not participate 2 3 Summer Olympics Semi finals 1956 AFC Asian Cup Runners up 1964 SAFF Championship Champions 1993 1997 1999 2005 2009 2011 2015 2021 2023 AFC Challenge Cup Champions 2008 Asian Games Champions 1951 1962 National U 17 team FIFA U 17 World Cup Group stage 2017 AFC U 16 Championship Quarter finals 2002 2018 Women s national team AFC Women s Asian Cup Runners up 1979 1983 Women s U 17 national team FIFA U 17 Women s World Cup Qualified 2021 2022 National futsal team 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup Did not enter National minifootball team WMF World Cup Group stage 2015 2017 2019 Asian Minifootball Championship TBA National six a side team Socca World Cup Group stage 2018 2019 National seven a side team IFA7 Mundial Group stage 2017 National beach soccer team AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Group stage 2007 Asian Beach Games Group stage 2008 Audience recordsSingle match131 781 1997 Federation Cup Semifinal East Bengal F C VS Mohun Bagan A C at Salt Lake Stadium 1997 4 India hosted the 2017 FIFA U 17 World Cup the first FIFA event the country hosted it was called the most successful FIFA U 17 World Cup ever with a record breaking attendance of 1 347 133 exceeding China s previous record of 1 230 976 in 1985 India also hosted the 2022 FIFA U 17 Women s World Cup and bid to host the 2019 FIFA U 20 World Cup but lost to Poland 7 The Indian national football team qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup but did not participate 8 Contents 1 History 1 1 Pre independence 1 2 The golden age 1 3 Decline 1 4 2007 present 2 Administration 3 National team 3 1 Performance 3 1 1 Men s senior team 3 1 2 Women s senior team 3 1 3 Men s U 23 team 3 1 4 Men s U 20 team 3 1 5 Men s U 17 team 3 1 6 Women s U 20 team 3 1 7 Women s U 17 team 4 Club competitions 4 1 Evolution of the tier system 5 Leagues 5 1 Tier 1 Indian Super League 5 2 Tier 2 I League 5 3 Tier 3 I League 2 5 4 Tier 4 I League 3 5 5 Tier 5 11 Indian State leagues 6 Cups 6 1 Federation Cup 6 2 Durand Cup 6 3 Super Cup 6 4 IFA Shield 6 5 Senior National Football Championship Santosh Trophy 7 Champions overview 7 1 Qualification for Asian competitions 8 Women s football 8 1 Indian Women s League 9 Stadiums 10 International competitions hosted 10 1 Nehru Cup 10 2 Tri Nation Series 10 3 Intercontinental Cup 11 Media 12 Seasons 13 See also 13 1 In popular culture 14 References 15 Further reading 16 External linksHistory editFurther information History of Indian football and India national football team at the Olympics Pre independence edit British soldiers introduced football into India in the mid nineteenth century 9 10 Games were initially played between army teams but clubs were soon set up around the country In 1872 Calcutta FC was the first football club to be established though the side may have originated as a rugby club that switched codes as late as 1894 Other early clubs include Dalhousie AC Traders Club and Naval Volunteers Club 11 Several other football clubs such as Sovabazar Mohun Bagan and Aryan Club were established in Calcutta in the 1890s Calcutta was then the capital of British India and soon became the hub of football Tournaments like the Gladstone Cup the Trades Cup and the Cooch Behar Cup were started around this time 12 The Durand Cup and IFA Shield were both started in the late nineteenth century The first Indian team to achieve success was Sovabazar Club which won the Trades Cup in 1892 citation needed Mohun Bagan Athletic Club which was set up in modern day West Bengal in 1889 became famous in 1911 when it became the first Indian team to win the IFA Shield a tournament previously won only by British teams based in India citation needed They defeated East Yorkshire Regiment 2 1 in the tournament s final in a victory that is still regarded by many weasel words as the greatest win by an Indian team before independence citation needed nbsp Players of Baroda Football Club an Indian European team 1910 11 The Indian Football Association IFA was established in Calcutta in 1893 but had no Indians on its board until the 1930s The All India Football Federation AIFF the national governing body of football in India was formed in 1937 but did not become affiliated with FIFA until at least a decade later India insisted on playing barefoot whereas other national sides wore boots 13 Footballer Jyotish Chandra Guha brought global attention to Indian football when he became the first Indian to appear with the English Football League club Arsenal in 1930 14 The golden age edit India qualified by default for the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil because all of their scheduled opponents withdrew India did not compete in the tournament It was not because of a lack of financial assistance particularly to purchase tickets for the sea journey or because the team were not allowed to play barefoot 13 15 According to sports journalist Jaydeep Basu the financial barrier was solved as state associations provided financial help to the AIFF and that FIFA also promised to provide money 8 FIFA had imposed a rule banning barefoot play following the 1948 Olympics where India had played barefoot According to then captain Shailen Manna this story was circulated to justify the AIFF s decision to not participate Since 1950 the Indian national team has not come close to qualifying for the World Cup 15 16 17 18 The AIFF had organised training is Calcutta for the 1950 World Cup and the board organised a series of meetings relating to India s participation but was not able to reach a decision One to two weeks before the World Cup the AIFF resorted to coming up with excuses to abandon the World Cup trip This did not face much criticism in 1948 because the FIFA World Cup was not as popular as it is now 8 1951 1962 is widely considered the golden age of Indian football In this period the national team won numerous titles under the coaching of Syed Abdul Rahim India won the gold medal in the first Asian Games in 1951 beating Iran by one goal In 1956 no longer playing barefoot India reached the semi final in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics becoming the first Asian country to do so and ranking fourth in the tournament In 1962 India again won the gold in the Asian Games at Jakarta defeating South Korea 2 1 13 8 India also won the Merdeka Cup and the Quadrangular Tournament while East Bengal garnered good reviews after touring Romania Also in 1951 India achieved their highest World Football Elo Rating of 31 According to former FIFA president Sepp Blatter India is the sleeping giant of world football 19 Decline edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Decline of football in India news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Rahim s death in the early 1960s caused the Indian national team to gradually lose their position as a top Asian team India has not qualified for the Olympics since 1960 13 India qualified for their first Asian Cup in 1964 but failed to win the title In an international tournament at the 1970 Asian Games India won the bronze medal after defeating Japan 1 0 citation needed The Indian national team qualified for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup for the first time since 1964 but failed to qualify for the knockout stage after finishing last in their group of five teams citation needed The Indian youth team jointly won the Youth Asian Cup with Iran in 1974 the first and only title for India at the youth level citation needed In club football on 24 September 1977 Mohun Bagan held onto a 2 2 draw at the Eden Gardens stadium in Calcutta against a Pele led New York Cosmos citation needed Mohun Bagan would have won the tie had it not been for a controversial penalty awarded to the visiting team that ensured the draw citation needed The next day the newspaper Ananda Bazar Patrika described Goutam Sarkar as India s very own Beckenbaur citation needed The Indian women s team as they began playing in the 1970s In 1975 their first manager was Sushil Bhattacharya 20 21 The Indian women s team were runners up in the AFC Women s Asian Cup in 1980 and 1983 In the 1990s the women s team rapidly declined and a series of defeats followed In 2009 FIFA delisted the Indian women s team from the world rankings 22 2007 present edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Football in India 2007 to 2023 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message In August 2007 the Indian national team won the Nehru Cup for the first time beating Syria 1 0 23 In August of the following year India defeated Tajikistan 4 1 to win the AFC Challenge Cup and qualified for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar citation needed In August 2009 India again won the Nehru Cup beating Syria on penalties 6 5 citation needed In January 2011 India played in the 2011 Asian Cup the country s first Asian Cup for 24 years India was eliminated in the group stage which included South Korea Australia and Bahrain citation needed Since the 2011 Asian Cup the All India Football Federation AIFF has been working to improve Indian football They allowed former coach Bob Houghton to coach the Indian team in the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers citation needed After going first in their AFC Challenge Cup group Houghton was replaced by Wim Koevermans citation needed The India national under 23 football team won the first round of the 2012 Olympics qualifiers against Myanmar but were eliminated by Qatar citation needed India played their next official matches against United Arab Emirates in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers which India lost on aggregate 5 2 citation needed In 2014 India hosted the first Unity World Cup in Goa Hyderabad and Bangalore India has participated in and hosted the 2017 FIFA U 17 World Cup tournament This was the first time a team representing India participated in the finals of a FIFA organised world tournament India was placed in Group A along with the United States Ghana and Colombia citation needed On 6 October 2017 India played their first match in the FIFA U 17 World Cup in front of 47 000 people against the United States losing the match 0 3 India played their second match against Colombia In the 82nd minute Jeakson Singh became the first Indian goal scorer in the finals of a FIFA organised tournament citation needed For the third match of the group stage India played Ghana losing the match 4 0 and finishing at the bottom of Group A 24 In 2018 Indian youth football teams made history by defeating Argentina U 20 2 1 in the COTIF cup as well as Iraq U 16 the defending champions of the AFC U 16 Championship now the AFC U 17 Championship by 1 0 The U 16 team qualified for the 2018 AFC U 16 Championship where they came close to qualifying for the 2019 FIFA U 17 World Cup but lost to South Korea by a single goal in the quarterfinal 25 The Indian national team qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup after missing the 2015 edition India beat Thailand by 4 1 their biggest ever win at the Asia Cup and their first win in 55 years 26 27 Nevertheless they lost both of their next two group matches against UAE and Bahrain by 0 2 and 0 1 respectively 28 29 and finished at the bottom of the group thus failing to move to the knockout stage 30 Administration editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Administration of football in India news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Football in India is administered by the All India Football Federation AIFF which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation AFC and the worldwide football governing body FIFA The India national football team has entered the regional Asian Cup competition but has never competed in a World Cup The India women s national football team has also played in competitions and has its own inter state and state competitions Youth football is administered by the Sports Authority of India National team editNational teams of India check quotation syntax nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Football Men s Football Women s Olympic team Football U 20 men s nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Football U 17 men s Football U 20 women s Football U 17 women s Futsal men s nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Futsal women s Beach soccer men s Esports Minifootball Football 6 Football 7The India national football team is governed by the All India Football Federation AIFF and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation AFC citation needed Since 1948 the AIFF has been affiliated with FIFA the international governing body for world football citation needed In 1954 the AIFF became one of the founding members of the AFC citation needed There are other Indian national teams such as the under 23 team and the under 17 team The U 23 team is considered to be a feeder team for the national team Performance edit The following list includes the performance of all of India s national teams at major competitions Men s senior team edit Main article India national football team The Indian senior national team had several successes during their initial years but is no longer considered one of the best in Asia citation needed The national team s highest achievement is winning two gold medals at the Asian Games citation needed Tournament Appearance in finals Lastappearance BestperformanceFIFA World Cup 0 out of 22 a AFC Asian Cup 4 out of 17 2019 Runners up 1964 Summer Olympics 1908 1988 4 out of 17 1960 Fourth place 1956 Asian Games 1951 1998 11 out of 13 1998 Champions 1951 1962 SAFF Championship 14 out of 14 2023 Champions 1993 1997 1999 2005 2009 2011 2015 2021 2023 South Asian Games 7 out of 8 1999 Champions 1985 1987 1995 1950 qualified but withdrew Women s senior team edit Main article India women s national football team The women s national team was started in the 1970s they were twice runners up in the Women s Asian Cup in the early 1980s After the AIFF took charge of the team they began to suffer massive defeats and declined in the late 2000s citation needed In the late 2010s the AIFF revived the team to empower women s football and the team performed well in a large number of friendlies citation needed The AIFF won the hosting bid for the 2022 AFC Women s Asian Cup citation needed Tournament Appearance in finals Lastappearance BestperformanceAFC Women s Asian Cup 9 out of 19 2022 Runners up 1980 1983 Asian Games 3 out of 9 2022 Eighth place 1998 SAFF Women s Championship 6 out of 6 2022 Champions 2010 2012 2014 2016 2019 South Asian Games 3 out of 3 2019 Champions 2010 2016 2019 Men s U 23 team edit Main article India national under 23 football team Tournament Appearance in finals Lastappearance BestperformanceAsian Games 4 out of 5 2014 Tenth place 2002 South Asian Games 4 out of 5 2016 Runners up 2004 2016 Men s U 20 team edit Main article India national under 20 football team Includes them U 19 and U 18 teams performance Tournament Appearance in finals Lastappearance BestperformanceAFC U 20 Asian Cup 22 out of 40 2006 Champions 1974 SAFF U 18 Championship 4 out of 4 2022 Champions 2019 2022 Men s U 17 team edit Main article India national under 17 football team Includes the U 16 and U 15 teams performance Tournament Finalsappearance Lastappearance BestperformanceFIFA U 17 World Cup 1 out of 19 2017 Group stage 2017 AFC U 17 Asian Cup 8 out of 18 2018 Quarterfinals 2002 2018 SAFF U 15 Championship 7 out of 7 2022 Champions 2013 2017 2019 2022 Women s U 20 team edit Main article India women s national under 20 football team Includes the U 19 and U 18 teams performance Tournament Finalsappearance Lastappearance BestperformanceAFC U 20 Women s Asian Cup 3 out of 10 2006 Quarterfinals 2004 SAFF U 18 Women s Championship 3 out of 4 2023 Champions 2022 Women s U 17 team edit Main article India women s national under 17 football team Includes the U 16 and U 15 teams performance Tournament Finalsappearance Lastappearance BestperformanceFIFA U 17 Women s World Cup 1 out of 7 2022 Group stage 2022 AFC U 17 Women s Asian Cup 1 out of 8 2005 Group stage 2005 SAFF U 15 Women s Championship 3 out of 4 2019 Champions 2018 2019 Club competitions editAs of 2023 update India has four national level leagues The Indian Super League is the top league followed by I League I League 2 and I League 3 citation needed I League 3 currently acts as a final round for the top teams in the state leagues that are nominated by state football associations citation needed India has several cup tournaments including the Durand Cup Super Cup and IFA Shield Evolution of the tier system edit See also Indian football league system Leagues Years 1888 1993 1893 1898 1898 1941 1941 1977 1977 1996 1996 1997 1997 2001 2001 2006 2006 2007 2007 2011 2011 2014 2014 2017 2017 2022 2022 2023 2023 presentLevel None 1893 1937National leagues 1 Formation of Indian Football Association IFA Calcutta Football League Formation of All India Football Federation AIFF Santosh Trophy National Football League I League Indian Super League Indian Super LeagueI League2 None None NFL Second Division I League 2nd Division I League3 None NFL Third Division Discontinued I League 24 None I League 3Regional leagues 5 11 State leaguesTournaments Cups Durand Cup Durand CupIFA Shield IFA ShieldFederation Cup Super Cup Federation CupIndian Super Cup DiscontinuedSantosh TrophyLeagues editTier 1 Indian Super League edit The I League which was promised to be a professional league soon lost popularity due to poor marketing 31 A deal between Zee Sports and the AIFF which was initially to be a ten year term in 2006 was terminated in 2010 after a disagreement between the parties The AIFF then signed a 700 crore deal with Reliance Industries and the International Management Group IMG on 9 December 2010 32 The Indian Super League ISL was officially launched on 21 October 2013 by IMG Reliance Industries Star Sports and the AIFF to grow the sport of football in India and increase its exposure in the country with big names and professionalism 33 Large corporations Bollywood stars and cricketers between them bought eight franchises 34 In 2017 the AFC opposed allowing the ISL to become the main league in India but the I League clubs East Bengal and Mohun Bagan wanted a complete merger of the ISL and I League 35 Two weeks later the AIFF proposed the Indian Super League and I League would simultaneously run on a short term basis with the I League winner qualifying for the AFC Champions League and the ISL champion reaching the AFC Cup qualification stage 36 The AFC approved this proposal on 25 July 2017 with the ISL replacing the domestic cup competition the Federation Cup which was a true knockout cup competition 37 Two seasons later the AIFF and AFC met again to determine the future for Indian football After the meeting it was announced the Indian Super League would become the top tier league with the AFC Champions League slot while the I League was now the domestic cup tournament with the AFC Cup slot citation needed The AFC also made some key recommendations the first was to open a pathway for two I League clubs to enter into the ISL by the end of the 2020 2021 season subject to certain criteria being fulfilled The second recommendation was to allow the winner of the I League a chance of promotion to the ISL with no participation fee with the AIFF defining the basic fulfilling sporting merit and the national club licensing criteria starting in the 2022 2023 season The final recommendation was to introduce promotion and relegation into the top league by the end of the 2024 2025 season and to abolish the existence of two parallel leagues 38 Tier 2 I League edit Starting in the 2022 2023 season I League lost its top tier status The champions of the 2022 23 I League were promoted to the ISL with no participation fee As per the AFC s recommendation for 2024 2025 it was agreed the AIFF would fully implement promotion and relegation between the two leagues 39 Tier 3 I League 2 edit After demoting I League to the second tier status in Indian football I League 2 was subsequently demoted to the third tier AIFF renamed the 2nd Division to I League 2 to avoid disambiguation 40 Tier 4 I League 3 edit I League 3 is set to serve as a platform for state champions and state nominated teams citation needed No ISL reserve teams can be a part of I League 2 or I League 3 citation needed Tier 5 11 Indian State leagues edit There are currently a total of 37 state associations including union territories affiliated with the AIFF 41 These state associations are affiliated with state leagues The top teams of state leagues are eligible to apply for I League 3 Some state leagues have multiple divisions and a promotion relegation system between these divisions Calcutta Football League in West Bengal is the oldest state league and has the highest number of divisions seven divisions with a promotion relegation system in place 42 Cups editList of All India football tournaments Competition Organizer Host city state NoteFederation Cup AIFF VariousDurand Cup DFTS Durand Football Tournament Society amp AIFF VariousSuper Cup AIFF VariousIndian Super Cup AIFF VariousIFA Shield IFA KolkataRovers Cup WIFA MumbaiStafford Challenge Cup KSFA BengaluruFederation Cup edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Federation Cup India news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Federation Cup Fed Cup is an annual knockout style club football tournament in India that started in 1977 Until I League s inception in 1997 then called the NFL it was the most prestigious national level club football tournament in India Previously the winning club of the Fed Cup had a chance to compete at the continental level in the AFC Cup along with the I League champion team The Fed Cup has been discontinued since the 2017 2018 season when a new Super Cup was inaugurated Durand Cup edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Durand Cup news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message In 1888 the Durand Football Tournament commonly known as the Durand Cup was started by India s foreign secretary Mortimer Durand at Simla The Durand Cup s initial matches were played in Dagshai and was created as a form of recreation for British troops stationed in India The Durand Cup was suspended during World War I and World War II In 1940 the tournament s venue was shifted to New Delhi Super Cup edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Super Cup India news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Super Cup is a knockout football tournament The top six teams from the two top tier leagues the I League and the Indian Super League qualify directly for the main round of the competition The bottom four clubs from each league participate in a qualification round to compete IFA Shield edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources IFA Shield news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association IFA in West Bengal It was started in 1893 and is the fourth oldest club cup competition in the world after the FA Cup the Scottish Cup and the Durand Cup Along with local clubs in Bengal clubs from other parts of India and from overseas are able to participate in this tournament Senior National Football Championship Santosh Trophy edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Santosh Trophy news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Santosh Trophy also known as the Senior National Football Championship is an annual Indian football tournament contested by states and government institutions The trophy is named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh The first winners were Bengal who also lead the all time winners list with 32 titles to date Champions overview editThe competitions currently active in Indian football Club competitionTournament Current champions ReferenceIndian Super League Champions ATK Mohun Bagan Premiers Mumbai CityI League RoundGlass PunjabSuper Cup OdishaDurand Cup BengaluruI League 2 DelhiIndian Women s League Gokulam Kerala WomenElite Youth League Classic FAFutsal Club Championship Minerva AcademyState competitionTournament Current champions ReferenceSantosh Trophy KarnatakaNational Games Men ServicesJunior NFC U19 MizoramSub Junior NFC U16 MeghalayaSenior Women s NFC Tamil NaduNational Games Women OdishaJunior Girl s NFC U19 Dadra and Nagar HaveliSub Junior Girl s NFC U17 JharkhandNational Beach Soccer Championship KeralaQualification for Asian competitions edit See also Indian clubs in the Asian Football Competition Qualifying team NotesAFC Champions League Premiers of Indian Super League Qualification to the Group stageAFC Cup Winners of Super Cup Qualification to the Group stageChampions or league stage runners up of Indian Super League Qualification to the Qualifying play offAFC Women s Club Championship Champions of Indian Women s League Qualification to the Group stageWomen s football editMain article Women s football in India Women s football in India was administered by the Women s Football Federation of India WFFI from 1975 until the early 1990s when the WFFI was absorbed into the AIFF There are complaints women s football is treated as inferior to the men s game leading to unfulfilled plans to de merge the WFFI 43 In India women s football began in West Bengal The large Kolkata teams East Bengal and Mohun Bagan started women s club sides in the 2000 2001 season and they participate with other teams in the Calcutta Women s Football League citation needed Players from Odisha and Manipur have made advances in the game and make up a large part of the India women s national football team citation needed The women s national competition is played on a state against state basis in the India women s football championship 44 There are similar national championships for junior teams like the Junior Girls National Championship for under 19s and the Under 17 Girls National Championship citation needed Some Indian female players have become internationally recognised Among them are Chitra Gangadharan who was selected to play for the All Asian Star team Jaanki Kotecha was selected as captain to the All Asian Star Team in 2008 2009 and led her team to victory In February 2000 Sujata Kar and Alpana Sil became the first Indian footballers to sign a contract outside India They signed with the German team TSV Crailsheim but had to return to India after a month due to problems with the clearance of their international transfer 45 Until 1983 women footballers took part in international tournaments like the AFC Women s Asian Cup The Indian team won silver in 1980 at Calicut In later years the status of the Indian women s team declined During the 2003 AFC Women s Championship the Indian team was defeated 12 0 by China 46 The AIFF s poor support of the national women s team became evident when a trip to Germany was only made possible by Non Resident Indians in that country and by the support of the German Football Association Championships are held in remote locations and national media coverage is said weasel words to be restricted to state and local newspapers 43 In June 2009 FIFA delisted the Indian women s side from its world rankings for being inactive for more than 18 months At that time the game was gaining in popularity with young Indian females as evident by the local leagues in the country The Mumbai Women s Football League of 2009 2010 was organised by the Mumbai District Football Association MDFA was a major success and included many players who had played for the national team The popularity of the event gave hope of a resurgence of the women s game in India 47 Indian Women s League edit On 21 April 2016 over a year after the AIFF started plans for a women s football league AIFF president Praful Patel said a women s football league would begin in October 2016 with six teams and was planned to be expanded to eight teams by 2017 48 On 5 July 2016 the AIFF organized a workshop to discuss the India women s national team and the proposed women s football league Indian Super League sides Delhi Dynamos Chennaiyin FC Kerala Blasters FC Pune City and Atletico de Kolkata and I League teams Bengaluru FC Aizawl FC and Mumbai FC attended the workshop It was announced the league would consist of the eight teams in the league and two other teams would be chosen through a pre qualification round 49 On 14 October the AIFF announced the preliminary rounds for the Women s League would begin on 17 October 2016 ten teams are split into two groups of five teams and the winner from each group qualifies for the national finals 50 Stadiums editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Football stadiums in India news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message As of 2023 update few of India s national football stadiums meet current world standards The largest stadiums in India are Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata with a seating capacity of 85 000 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi with a capacity of over 60 000 and Ambedkar Stadium with a capacity of 35 000 Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar are major arenas for football events in Odisha In Sikkim the 30 000 capacity Paljor Stadium in Gangtok is famous as one of the most beautiful stadiums in the world because of its backdrop of the Himalayas The main stadium in Shillong is Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium JLM with a capacity of 30 000 standing Both the Paljor and the JLN in Shillong have been renovated with artificial playing surfaces Some other important stadiums are Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune Barasat Stadium in Barasat the Fatorda in Goa Kaloor International Stadium in Kochi Municipal Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Guwahati and the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad There are hundreds of other stadiums in the country The following stadiums are affiliated by All India Football Federation Stadium Capacity Game s City State Home Team s Salt Lake Stadium 85 000 51 nbsp Athletics nbsp Football Kolkata West Bengal Indian Football Team East Bengal FC Mohammedan SC Mohun Bagan Super Giant United SCEden Gardens 66 000 52 nbsp Cricket Kolkata West Bengal Indian Cricket Team Bengal Cricket Team Kolkata Knight RidersJawaharlal Nehru Stadium 60 000 nbsp Athletics nbsp Football Delhi Delhi NCR Indian Football Team 2011 present Delhi Dynamos FC 2014 2019 DY Patil Stadium 55 000 nbsp Cricket nbsp Football Navi Mumbai Maharashtra D Y Patil T20Yashwant Stadium 50 000 nbsp Football Nagpur MaharashtraK D Singh Babu Stadium 50 000 53 nbsp Cricket Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh cricket teamBarabati Stadium 45 000 nbsp Cricket Cuttack Odisha Odisha Cricket Team 1958 present Odisha Women s Cricket Team 1958 present Odisha Football Team 1958 present Odisha Women s Football Team 1958 present Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 41 000 54 55 nbsp Cricket nbsp Football Kochi Kerala Indian Football Team 1997 present Indian Cricket Team 1998 present Chirag United Club Kerala 2012 Kochi Tuskers Kerala 2010 2011 Kerala Strikers 2011 present Kerala Blasters F C 2014 present Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium 40 000 nbsp Athletics nbsp Football Kollam KeralaChennai Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 40 000 nbsp Athletics nbsp Football Chennai Tamil Nadu Indian Bank Recreational Club Chennaiyin F C JRD Tata Sports Complex 40 000 nbsp Athletics nbsp Football Jamshedpur Jharkhand Jamshedpur FC Tata Football AcademyKanchenjunga Stadium 40 000 nbsp Football Siliguri West Bengal local football teamsInternational competitions hosted editCompetition Edition Winner Final Runners up India s position Venues Final venue StadiumMen s senior competitionsAsian Games Football at the 1951 Asian Games nbsp India 1 0 nbsp Iran Champions 1 in 1 city Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium nbsp Asian Games Football at the 1982 Asian Games nbsp Iraq 1 0 nbsp Kuwait Quarterfinals 3 in 1 cities Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi nbsp AFC Challenge Cup 2008 AFC Challenge Cup nbsp India 4 1 nbsp Tajikistan Champions 3 in 2 cities Ambedkar Stadium nbsp SAFF Championship 1999 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup nbsp India 2 0 nbsp Bangladesh Champions 1 in 1 city Fatorda Stadium nbsp SAFF Championship 2011 SAFF Championship nbsp India 4 0 nbsp Afghanistan Champions 1 in 1 city Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi nbsp SAFF Championship 2015 SAFF Championship nbsp India 2 1 a e t nbsp Afghanistan Champions 1 in 1 city Greenfield International Stadium nbsp SAFF Championship 2023 SAFF Championship nbsp India 1 1 a e t 5 4 pen nbsp Kuwait Champions 1 in 1 city Sree Kanteerava Stadium nbsp Men s youth competitionsFIFA U 17 World Cup 2017 FIFA U 17 World Cup nbsp England 5 2 nbsp Spain Group stage 6 in 6 cities Salt Lake Stadium nbsp AFC U 19 Championship 2006 AFC Youth Championship nbsp North Korea 1 1 5 3 pen nbsp Japan Group stage 4 in 2 cities Salt Lake Stadium nbsp AFC U 16 Championship 2016 AFC U 16 Championship nbsp Iraq 0 0 4 3 pen nbsp Iran Group stage 2 in 2 cities Fatorda Stadium nbsp SAFF U 15 Championship 2019 SAFF U 15 Championship nbsp India 7 0 nbsp Nepal Champions 1 in 1 city Kalyani Stadium nbsp SAFF U 20 Championship 2022 SAFF U 20 Championship nbsp India 5 2 a e t nbsp Bangladesh Champions 1 in 1 city Kalinga Stadium nbsp Women s senior competitionsAFC Women s Asian Cup 2022 AFC Women s Asian Cup nbsp China 3 2 nbsp South Korea Withdrew due to Covid 19 breakout 3 in 3 cities DY Patil Stadium nbsp SAFF Women s Championship 2016 SAFF Women s Championship nbsp India 3 1 nbsp Bangladesh Champions 1 in 1 city Kanchenjunga Stadium nbsp Women s youth competitionsFIFA U 17 Women s World Cup 2022 FIFA U 17 Women s World Cup nbsp Spain 1 0 nbsp Colombia Group stage 3 in 3 cities DY Patil Stadium nbsp Nehru Cup edit The Nehru Cup was an international invitational association football tournament organised by the AIFF and named after the First Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru citation needed Editions Winners1982 nbsp Uruguay1983 nbsp Hungary1984 nbsp Poland1985 nbsp Soviet Union1986 nbsp Soviet Union1987 nbsp Soviet Union1988 nbsp Soviet Union1989 nbsp Hungary1991 nbsp Romania1993 nbsp North Korea1995 nbsp Iraq1997 nbsp Iraq2007 nbsp India2009 nbsp India2012 nbsp IndiaTri Nation Series edit The Tri Nation Series is a three team football tournament organised by the AIFF The first edition was held in 2017 citation needed Editions Winners2017 nbsp India2023 nbsp IndiaIntercontinental Cup edit The Intercontinental Cup is a four team association football tournament organised by the AIFF The first edition was held in 2018 citation needed Editions Winners2018 nbsp India2019 nbsp North Korea2023 nbsp IndiaMedia editFurther information Football broadcast in India The Indian Super League is officially broadcast on Star Sports network in India International coverage is done by OneFootball citation needed nbsp Jo Morrison anchored FIFA World Cup 2018 for Sony India Men s Football in India English Rights League Cup or Competition Television Rights OTT RightsConglomerate Channel s Conglomerate PlatformAFC UEFA LeaguesPremier League Star India Star Sports Select 1 2 Star India Disney HotstarEFL ChampionshipFA Cup Sony India Sony Ten 1 2 or 3 Sony India SonyLIVLa Liga Viacom18 Sports18 1 HD ViacomCBS Voot Jio CinemaCopa del Rey Fancode FanCodeBundesliga None Dream Sports FanCodeDFB Pokal None NoneCoppa Italia None NoneSerie A Sony India Sony Ten 2 3 Sony India SonyLIVUEFA Champions League Sony Ten 2 3UEFA Europa League Sony Ten 2 3AFC Champions League Star India Star Sports 3 56 Star India Disney HotstarIndian Super League Viacom18 Viacom18 Jio CinemaDurund Cup Sony IndiaInternational FootballFIFA World Cup Viacom18 57 Sports18 1 HD Viacom18 JioCinemaCopa America Sony India dubious discuss Sony Six Sony Ten 2 Sony Ten 3 Sports TrackUEFA European Championship Sony India Sony Six Sony Ten 2 Sony Ten 3 Sports TrackUEFA Nations League Sony India Sony India SonyLIVAFC 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