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The India national football team is governed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated with FIFA , the international governing body for world football.
There are roughly 50 thousand football clubs and academies operating in India. This is a shortened list of professional football clubs located in India , with leagues and states they play in. The following list of participating teams and leagues is provisional.
India's only non-defeat during the tournament came against Iran, a 0–0 draw. [40] Despite India's decline from a major football power in Asia, the team still managed to assert its dominance as the top team in South Asia. India managed to win the football competition of the South Asian Games in 1985 and then again won the gold medal in 1987. [41]
All India Football Federation (AIFF) is the governing body of football, futsal and beach soccer in India. It is a member of FIFA, and is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation and South Asian Football Federation. [1] [2] [3] It is affiliated with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.
There is evidence of football games being played in the army since at least 1949. India is home to some of the oldest football clubs in the world, [1] and the world's third oldest competition, the Durand Cup. There was a time when football in India was highly celebrated. [2] The Indian football outfit was called the "Brazilians of Asia". [3]
The league was launched by All India Football Federation as India's first national women's second tier professional football league. [21] [22] In January 2024, the League Committee confirmed the introduction of the system of promotion and relegation of the clubs involving the IWL and IWL 2, effective from the 2024–25 season.
The Indian Super League is an Indian professional league for association football. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition and is contested by 13 clubs. This page details the records and statistics of the league since its first season in 2014.
Kalinga Stadium in the city of Bhubaneswar got provisional clearance as the first venue for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [5] In November 2019, FIFA local organising committee after second inspection of Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati and Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, expressed their satisfaction with the preparation of ...