India women's national under-17 football team
The Indian women's national under-17 football team represents India in international women's under-17 football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in India, the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The federation is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).
Nickname(s) | Blue Fillies | ||
---|---|---|---|
Association | All India Football Federation | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | ||
Head coach | Joakim Alexandersson | ||
FIFA code | IND | ||
| |||
First international | |||
Thailand 6–4 India (Namhae, South Korea; 16 April 2005) | |||
Biggest win | |||
India 12–0 United Arab Emirates (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 21 October 2014) Sri Lanka 0–12 India (Thimphu, Bhutan; 9 August 2018) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
India 0–8 United States (Bhubaneswar, India; 11 October 2022) South Korea 8–0 India (Buriram, Thailand; 19 September 2023) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2022) | ||
Best result | Group Stage (2022) | ||
Asian Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2005) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2005) | ||
SAFF Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2017) | ||
Best result | Champions (2018, 2019) | ||
The team have only participated once in the AFC U-17 Women's Championship, back during the tournament's inaugural edition.
History
editFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
editFIFA first organised the U-17 Women's World Cup in the year 2008 and has since organised it on every even years. From Asia, the top three teams from AFC U-16 Women's Championship get qualified for the world cup, but India failed to qualify any of AFC championships since 2007 edition to 2017, thus failed to qualify for the first six editions of the World Cup.[1][2]
India is selected as the host of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and thus automatically got qualified for the tournament. It is supposed to be their first participation in the World Cup, but their participation was under threat after the All India Football Federation was suspended by FIFA and the hosting rights for the tournament were stripped from India. However, the AIFF was later reinstated by FIFA and the tournament rights were given back to India, confirming their participation for the tournament.[3][4][5]
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
editIndia women's U17 team first played their international match at the inaugural edition of AFC U-16 Women's Championship in 2005 where they first faced Thailand and got defeated by 6−4 on 16 April 2005. In the second match South Korea defeated them again by 7−0, but in the third match India registered their first win defeating Indonesia by 6−0 but they failed to proceed beyond the group stage. This was India's only AFC Women's U16 Championship campaign, as they failed to qualify any of the championships held since, which is being organised by AFC on every odd years.[1]
SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
editSAFF U15 Women's championship was first organised in 2017, where India became runners-up after being defeated by Bangladesh by a solitary goal.[6][7] In the next edition in 2018, the final was repeated again, but this time India beat Bangladesh by a solitary goal and become the SAFF champion.[8] In the 2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, India and Bangladesh reached the final for the third time. Both the teams failed to score any goals within the regulation time. Thus penalty shoot-out became the match decider where Bangladesh failed to convert the first spot kick, which resulted in India becoming the champion by a 5−3 result in the shoot-out.[9]
BRICS U-17 Football Cup
editIn 2018, at the second edition of BRICS U-17 Football Cup, which is a U-17 Football tournament played among teams of five BRICS countries, the U17 women's teams of the respective countries were invited to play in the tournament.[10][11] India played round robin matches, first against South Africa, and suffered a loss by 5−1, then suffered another defeat against Russia by 3−1. In their next match Brazil defeated them by 5−0 and in their last match they lost 2−1 to China.
Results and fixtures
editFor past match results of the under-17 team, see the results in Indian football seasons.
Matches in the last 12 months, and future scheduled matches
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
India U-17 fixtures
edit2023
edit19 September 2023 AFC U-17 Q 2R | South Korea | 8–0 | India | Buriram, Thailand |
15:00 UTC+5:30 | Report | Stadium: Buriram City Stadium |
21 September 2023 AFC U-17 Q 2R | India | 0–4 | Thailand | Buriram, Thailand |
19:00 UTC+5:30 | Report | Stadium: Buriram City Stadium |
23 September 2023 AFC U-17 Q 2R | Iran | 0–3 | India | Buriram, Thailand |
15:00 UTC+5:30 | Report |
|
Stadium: Buriram City Stadium |
2024
edit1 March 2024 SAFF U-16 GS | Bhutan | 0–7 | India | Lalitpur, Nepal |
15:00 | Report |
|
Stadium: Chyasal Stadium |
5 March 2024 SAFF U-16 GS | Bangladesh | 3–1 | India | Lalitpur, Nepal |
15:00 |
|
Report |
|
Stadium: Chyasal Stadium |
7 March 2024 SAFF U-16 GS | India | 10–0 | Nepal | Lalitpur, Nepal |
15:00 |
|
Report | Stadium: Chyasal Stadium |
10 March 2024 SAFF U-16 GS | Bangladesh | 1–1 (3–2 p) | India | Lalitpur, Nepal |
15:00 | Stadium: Chyasal Stadium |
Coaching staff
edit- As of 5 December 2024[12]
Position | Name |
---|---|
Head coach | Joakim Alexandersson |
Assistant coaches | Sradhanjali Samantaray, Nivetha Ramadoss, Amrutha Aravind and Nidhi |
Goalkeeper Coaches | KK Hameed, Dipankar Choudhury |
Team Manager | Nirali Thakkar |
Media Manager | Sruti Chakraborty |
Players
editU16 squad
editThe following 30 players were called up for the camp for 2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship.[13]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Konjengbam Tamphasana Devi | Manipur | ||||
GK | Munni | Rajasthan | ||||
GK | Surajmuni Kumari | Jharkhand | ||||
DF | Amrita Ghosh | West Bengal | ||||
DF | Bonifilia Shullai | Meghalaya | ||||
DF | Divyani Linda | Jharkhand | ||||
DF | Elizabed Lakra | Jharkhand | ||||
DF | Gauri Gurav | Maharashtra | ||||
DF | Rheanna Liz Jacob | Karnataka | ||||
DF | Rupashree Munda | Odisha | ||||
DF | Sarangthem Alena Devi | Manipur | ||||
MF | Anita Dungdung | Jharkhand | ||||
MF | Anushka Kumari | Jharkhand | ||||
MF | Anwita Raghuraman | Tamil Nadu | ||||
MF | H Yashica | Karnataka | ||||
MF | Longjam Nira Chanu | Manipur | ||||
MF | Ritu Badaik | Odisha | ||||
MF | Shveta Rani | Haryana | ||||
MF | Thandamoni Baskey | West Bengal | ||||
FW | Gurleen Kaur | Punjab | ||||
FW | Gurnaz Kaur | Punjab | ||||
FW | Neha Saji | Kerala | ||||
FW | Pearl Fernandes | Goa |
Recent call-ups
edit- The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past twelve months, but are not part of the current squad.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Rubina | NT camp, February 2024 | ||||
GK | Thameena Fathima | Kerala | NT camp, February 2024 | |||
DF | Anjali Patel | Uttar Pradesh | NT camp, February 2024 | |||
DF | Tia Zamora Fernandes | Karnataka | NT camp, February 2024 | |||
MF | Tonambam Taniya Devi | Manipur | NT camp, February 2024 | |||
FW | Anchal Singh | Odisha | NT camp, February 2024 | |||
FW | Sandhya | Haryana | NT camp, February 2024 | |||
PRE Preliminary squad / standby |
Competitive record
editFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
edit
|
|
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
edit
|
|
SAFF U-15/U-17 Women's Championship
editSAFF U-15/U-17 Women's Championship record | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA |
2017 | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | |
2018 | Champion | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
2019 | Champion | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
2023 | Third | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | |
2024 | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | |
Total | 5/5 | 2 Titles | 20 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 76 | 16 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "India to host the U-17 Women's World Cup in 2020". espn.in. ESPN. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "India to host 2020 Under-17 Women's World Cup". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Introducing Ibha – Official Mascot revealed for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022™". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "FIFA suspends All India Football Federation". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "FIFA lifts suspension of All India Football Federation". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Unbeaten Bangladesh girls beat India to lift Saff U-15 title". dhakatribune.com/. Dhaka Tribune. 24 December 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "India crowned runners-up in SAFF U-15 Women's Championship". goal.com. GOAL. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "INDIA GIRLS ARE SAFF U-15 CHAMPIONS". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "India pip Bangladesh on penalties to clich 2019 SAFF U-15 championship". AIFF. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "TWENTY SELECTED FOR INDIAN U-17 WOMEN'S TEAM FOR BRICS U-17 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT". AIFF. July 13, 2018. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ "BRICS Cup U17 2018: India announced 35-member squad". SportsKeeda. 8 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Joakim Alexandersson appointed India U20, U17 women's Chief Coach". www.the-aiff.com. 5 December 2024. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "Probables prepare in Goa for SAFF U16 Women's Championship". AIFF. 12 February 2024.
External links
edit- India women's national under-17 football team – official website (in English)