India women's national under-17 football team

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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)

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).

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
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
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
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 India Biby Thomas Muttath
Assistant coach India Nivetha Ramadass
Goalkeeper coach India Jasmeet Singh
Physiotherapist India Disha Dasharath Patil
Team analyst India Prasad Karve
Team manager India Maria Rosy Rosalina Rocha
Media officer India 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 India Manipur
1GK Munni India Rajasthan
1GK Surajmuni Kumari India Jharkhand

2DF Amrita Ghosh India West Bengal
2DF Bonifilia Shullai India Meghalaya
2DF Divyani Linda India Jharkhand
2DF Elizabed Lakra India Jharkhand
2DF Gauri Gurav India Maharashtra
2DF Rheanna Liz Jacob India Karnataka
2DF Rupashree Munda India Odisha
2DF Sarangthem Alena Devi India Manipur

3MF Anita Dungdung India Jharkhand
3MF Anushka Kumari India Jharkhand
3MF Anwita Raghuraman India Tamil Nadu
3MF H Yashica India Karnataka
3MF Longjam Nira Chanu India Manipur
3MF Ritu Badaik India Odisha
3MF Shveta Rani India Haryana
3MF Thandamoni Baskey India West Bengal

4FW Gurleen Kaur India Punjab
4FW Gurnaz Kaur India Punjab
4FW Neha Saji India Kerala
4FW Pearl Fernandes India 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 India NT camp, February 2024
GK Thameena Fathima India Kerala NT camp, February 2024

DF Anjali Patel India Uttar Pradesh NT camp, February 2024
DF Tia Zamora Fernandes India Karnataka NT camp, February 2024

MF Tonambam Taniya Devi India Manipur NT camp, February 2024

FW Anchal Singh India Odisha NT camp, February 2024
FW Sandhya India 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
Bangladesh 2017 Runners-up 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 2 0 2 13 4
Bhutan 2018 Champion 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 4 0 0 16 1
Bhutan 2019 Champion 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 3 1 0 15 3
Bangladesh 2023 Third 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 2 0 2 13 4
Nepal 2024 Runners-up 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 2 1 1 19 4
Total 5/5 2 Titles 20 13 1 5 76 16

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  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.
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  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.
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