Women's football in India

Women's football in India
Women's football in India
Country	India
Governing body	All India Football Federation
National team(s)	Women's national team; India U-20 Women's; India U-17 Women's; India Futsal Women's
National competitions
	List Senior Football Championship: Senior Women's National Football Championship; National Games Football; ; U19 Football Championships Junior Girl's National Football Championship; ; U17 Football Championships Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship; ; Inter-School Football Championships Subroto Cup; ; ;
Club competitions
	List Indian Women's League (1st tier); Indian Women's League 2 (2nd tier); State leagues (3rd tier); ;
International competitions
	List Clubs AFC Women's Champions League; ; Women's national team AFC Women's Asian Cup: Runners-up (1979, 1983); Asian Games: Group Stage (1998, 2014, 2022); SAFF Women's Championship: Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019); South Asian Games: Champions (2010,2016,2019); ; Women's U-20 national team AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup: Quarter-finals (2004); SAFF U-20 Women's Championship: Champions (2022, 2024); ; Women's U-17 national team FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: Group Stage (2022); AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup: Group Stage (2005); SAFF U-17 Women's Championship: Champions (2018, 2019); ; ;

Women's football in India is growing in popularity under All India Football Federation, despite the earlier long-term governing body's inability to provide sufficient funds for the game.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

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^ "Uplifting Women's Football In India". Thehardtackle.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^ "More women decide to kick footie". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
^ "We Shall Meet Soon - Women's Committee". Goal.com. 2009-07-02. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
^ "BBC News - How football is changing lives of Indian slum girls". Bbc.co.uk. 2013-01-23. Archived from the original on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
^ "Aston Villa: Premier League club give India women's football a fillip". BBC. Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2015-05-16.

[1] "A Non-Existent Professional Structure and an Insouciant Administration - State of Women's Football in India". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.

[2] "Uplifting Women's Football In India". Thehardtackle.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2012-10-28.

[3] "More women decide to kick footie". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2012-09-17.

[4] "We Shall Meet Soon - Women's Committee". Goal.com. 2009-07-02. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

[5] "BBC News - How football is changing lives of Indian slum girls". Bbc.co.uk. 2013-01-23. Archived from the original on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2013-10-28.

[6] "Aston Villa: Premier League club give India women's football a fillip". BBC. Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2015-05-16.

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