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India women's national under-17 football team

Summary

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).

India under-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Blue Tigresses
AssociationAll India Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachBiby Thomas Muttath
FIFA codeIND
First colours
Second colours
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
(Thimpu, 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
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best resultGroup Stage (2022)
Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2005)
Best resultGroup stage, 2005
SAFF Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2017)
Best resultChampions (2018, 2019)
Medal record
SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bhutan
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bhutan
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bangladesh
Silver medal – second place 2024 Nepal
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bangladesh

The team have only participated once in the AFC U-17 Women's Championship, back during the tournament's inaugural edition.

History edit

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup edit

FIFA 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 edit

India 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 edit

SAFF 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 edit

In 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 edit

For past match results of the under-17 team, see the results in Indian football seasons.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

India U-17 fixtures edit

2023 edit

6 February 2023 (2023-02-06) Friendly Jordan   0–7   India Zarqa, Jordan
13:00 (UTC+3:00) AIFF AIFF (Twitter)
  • Shaji   2', 37', 74', 76'
  • Manisha   13'
  • Pooja   18'
  • Sanjana   90+1'
 Stadium: Prince Mohammed Stadium
9 February 2023 (2023-02-09) Friendly Jordan   0–6   India Zarqa, Jordan
13:00 (UTC+3:00) AIFF (Twitter)
  • Mera Atari   16' (o.g.)
  • Shaji   24', 77', 82', 90+3'
  • Pooja   73'
 Stadium: Prince Mohammed Stadium
20 March 2023 (2023-03-20) SAFF U-17 GS Nepal     1–4   India Dhaka, Bangladesh
15:15 UTC+6 Barsha Oli   54' Report (SAFF)
Report (AIFF)
  • Shaji   10', 40', 81'
  • Pooja   41'
 Stadium: BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Attendance: 203
Referee: Yangkhey Tshering (Bhutan)
24 March 2023 (2023-03-24) SAFF U-17 GS India   0–1   Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:15 UTC+6 Akhila   74' (o.g.) Stadium: BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
26 March 2023 (2023-03-26) SAFF U-17 GS India   9–0   Bhutan Dhaka, Bangladesh
15:15 UTC+6
  • Menaka   3'
  • Shaji   12', 62', 69', 76', 79'
  • Sibani   42', 61'
  • Thoibisana   56'
 Stadium: BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
28 March 2023 (2023-03-28) SAFF U-17 GS Russia   2–0   India Dhaka, Bangladesh
15:15 UTC+6
  • Vasilisa Avdienko   10'
  • Daria Kotlova   13'
 Stadium: BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
26 April 2023 AFC U-17 Q 1R India   1–0   Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00 UTC+6 Sibani Devi   77' Report Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium
28 April 2023 AFC U-17 Q 1R Myanmar   1–2   India Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00 UTC+6 Ya Min Phyu   75'
  • Sulanjana   26'
  • Pooja   33'
 Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium
19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) AFC U-17 Q 2R South Korea   8–0   India Buriram, Thailand
15:00 UTC+5:30
  • Ju–ha   13'
  • Jueun   28' (pen.), 47', 65'
  • Guk–hee   76'
  • Toppo   83' (o.g.)
  • Min–Jeong   84', 89'
 Report Stadium: Buriram City Stadium
21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) AFC U-17 Q 2R India   0–4   Thailand Buriram, Thailand
19:00 UTC+5:30 Report
  • Rinyaphat   17' (pen.)
  • Julaiporn   19'
  • Madison   23' (pen.),   71'
 Stadium: Buriram City Stadium
23 September 2023 (2023-09-23) AFC U-17 Q 2R Iran   0–3   India Buriram, Thailand
15:00 UTC+5:30 Report
  • Raul   37',   44',   88'
 Stadium: Buriram City Stadium

2024 edit

1 March 2024 (2024-03-01) SAFF U-16 GS Bhutan   0–7   India Lalitpur, Nepal
15:00 Report
  • Shveta Rani   6', 27'
  • Pearl Fernandes   13', 26'
  • Anushka Kumari   17', 40'
  • Anwita Raghuraman   61'
 Stadium: Chyasal Stadium
5 March 2024 (2024-03-05) SAFF U-16 GS Bangladesh   3–1   India Lalitpur, Nepal
15:00
  • Alpi Akter   9'
  • Sauravi Akanda Prity   78'
  • Arpita Bishwas   89'
 Report
  • Anushka Kumari   55'
 Stadium: Chyasal Stadium
7 March 2024 (2024-03-07) SAFF U-16 GS India   10–0     Nepal Lalitpur, Nepal
15:00
  • Anita Dungdung   3'
  • Pearl Fernandes   14', 43'
  • Anushka Kumari   22'
  • Bonifilia Shullai   25'
  • Gurleen Kaur Sidhu   33', 77'
  • Min Maya Shrestha   46' (o.g.)
  • Gurnaz Kaur   58'
  • Rheanna Liz Jacob   79'
 Report Stadium: Chyasal Stadium
10 March 2024 (2024-03-10) SAFF U-16 GS Bangladesh   1–1
(3–2 p)		   India Lalitpur, Nepal
15:00 Stadium: Chyasal Stadium

Coaching staff edit

As of 12 February 2024[12]
Position Name
Head coach   Biby Thomas Muttath
Assistant coach   Nivetha Ramadass
Goalkeeper coach   Jasmeet Singh
Physiotherapist   Disha Dasharath Patil
Team analyst   Prasad Karve
Team manager   Maria Rosy Rosalina Rocha
Media officer   Akhil Rawat

Players edit

U16 squad edit

The following 30 players were called up for the camp for 2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship.[12]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Konjengbam Tamphasana Devi   Manipur
1GK Munni   Rajasthan
1GK Surajmuni Kumari   Jharkhand
2DF Amrita Ghosh   West Bengal
2DF Bonifilia Shullai   Meghalaya
2DF Divyani Linda   Jharkhand
2DF Elizabed Lakra   Jharkhand
2DF Gauri Gurav   Maharashtra
2DF Rheanna Liz Jacob   Karnataka
2DF Rupashree Munda   Odisha
2DF Sarangthem Alena Devi   Manipur
3MF Anita Dungdung   Jharkhand
3MF Anushka Kumari   Jharkhand
3MF Anwita Raghuraman   Tamil Nadu
3MF H Yashica   Karnataka
3MF Longjam Nira Chanu   Manipur
3MF Ritu Badaik   Odisha
3MF Shveta Rani   Haryana
3MF Thandamoni Baskey   West Bengal
4FW Gurleen Kaur   Punjab
4FW Gurnaz Kaur   Punjab
4FW Neha Saji   Kerala
4FW 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 edit

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup edit

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup edit

SAFF U-15/U-17 Women's Championship edit

SAFF 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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "FIFA suspends All India Football Federation". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  5. ^ "FIFA lifts suspension of All India Football Federation". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "INDIA GIRLS ARE SAFF U-15 CHAMPIONS". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ a b "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)

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