India national football team
| FIFA ranking |
|---|
| Highest | 94 (February 1996) |
| Lowest | 173 (March 2015) |
| Elo ranking |
| Current | 161 14 (2 April 2020) |
Sunil Chhetri
Born on 3 August 1984, Sunil Chhetri is one of India's best produce in the world of football. The striker is a captain to both the Indian national football team and the Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC. With almost a million followers on Instagram, he is famously known as Captain Fantastic.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.
Despite the reason given out from the AIFF, many football historians and pundits have repeated the tale that India withdrew from the World Cup due to FIFA imposing a rule banning players from playing barefoot.
Test match captains
| Indian Test match captains |
|---|
| Number | Name | Location |
|---|
| 1 | CK Nayudu | India |
| Total |
| 2 | Maharajkumar of Vizianagram | England |
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Despite the reason given out from the AIFF, many football historians and pundits have repeated the tale that India withdrew from the World Cup due to FIFA imposing a rule banning players from playing barefoot.
The strike helped 34-year-old Sunil Chhetri (67 goals) overtake Argentine superstar Lionel Messi (65) to become the second-highest international goal scorer among the active players. With the strike, Chhetri is only behind Portuguese talisman Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored 85 times for the national team.
Lala Amarnath
| Amarnath batting at Lord's in 1936 |
| Personal information |
|---|
| Born | September 11, 1911 Kapurthala, Kapurthala State, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, India) |
| Died | 5 August 2000 (aged 88) New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Batting | Right-handed |
Despite the reason given out from the AIFF, many football historians and pundits have repeated the tale that India withdrew from the World Cup due to FIFA imposing a rule banning players from playing barefoot. In March 1951, Rahim lead India to their first ever triumph during the 1951 Asian Games.
Despite being more popular than some men's football events (one match saw a 53,000 strong crowd), women's football in England was halted in 1921 when The Football Association outlawed the playing of the game on Association members' pitches, on the grounds stating that "the game of football is quite unsuitable for
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To date, only one woman has ever attempted to join the NFL: Lauren Silberman, who received a tryout to a scouting combine in 2013. Silberman had never played the game before and botched her tryout, leading observers to assume the tryout was a publicity stunt.
As the World Cup has vividly shown, women's football is growing in popularity and status with increasing participation, professionalisation and media attention across the world. But, in our recent investigation into the women's game, we find it is still fighting for a stable footing.
A match lasts for two equal halves of 45 minutes which may only be reduced if agreed between the referee and the two teams before the start of the match and is in accordance with competition rules.
The FA banned women's football from its clubs' grounds but its view that football was 'quite unsuitable for females' changed towards the end of the 1960s. The Women's FA (WFA) was formed in 1969 and within three years the first 'Women's FA Cup Final' and England Women's international had been played.
2019 SAFF U-18 Championship
| Tournament details |
|---|
| Venue(s) | APF Stadium, Kathmandu |
| Final positions |
| Champions | India (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Bangladesh |
South Asian Football Federation
2019 SAFF U-15 Championship
| Tournament details |
|---|
| Champions | India (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Nepal |
| Third place | Bangladesh |
| Fourth place | Sri Lanka |
Goals from Ibrahim Hussain and Ali Fasir guided Maldives to a 2-1 win over India to clinch the 2018 SAFF Suzuki Championship. Hello and welcome to the LIVE updates of the SAFF Cup final between India and Maldives.
2019 SAFF Women's Championship
| Tournament details |
|---|
| Champions | India (5th title) |
| Runners-up | Nepal |
| Tournament statistics |
| Matches played | 9 |
