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| Nickname(s) | The Blue Tigresses | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | All India Football Federation (AIFF) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Santosh Kashyap | ||
| Captain | Ghana Bopanna | ||
| Most caps | Ashalata Devi (103) | ||
| Top scorer | Bala Devi (49) | ||
| FIFA code | IND | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 68  1 (16 August 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 49[2] (December 2013) | ||
| Lowest | 68[2] (August 2024) | ||
| First international | |||
As India S: India S 2–0  Hong Kong (Calicut, India; 12 January 1980) As India: India 5–0 Singapore  (Hong Kong; 7 June 1981) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
India 18–0 Bhutan  (Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; 13 December 2010) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 China 16–0 India (Bangkok, Thailand; 11 December 1998) | |||
| Women's Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1980) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (1980 and 1983) | ||
| SAFF Women's Championship | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2010) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019) | ||
The India women's national football team represents India at women's international football competitions and is governed by the All India Football Federation. Under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and governed in Asia by the AFC. India is also part of the South Asian Football Federation. The team was one of the best in Asia in the mid-1970s to early 1980s, when they became runners-up in the 1979 and the 1983 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
The Indian women's national team is yet to participate in the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Olympic Games. The present ranking of the team according to the FIFA Women's World Rankings is 66, the 13th-best team in Asia.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b "INDIA WOMEN'S RANKING". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.