Indian Football

                   INDIAN FOOTBALL

India has never participated in the FIFA world cup, although the team did qualify by default for the 1950 world cup after all other nations in their qualification group withdrew. However, India withdrew prior to the beginning of the tournament. The team has also appeared four times in the Asia's top football competition, the AFC Asian cup. Their best result in the competition occurred in 1964 when the team finished as runners-up. India also participate in the SAFF Championship, which is the top regional football competition in South asia. They have won the tournament seven times since it began in 1993.

Despite not achieving the same results as in their golden era, the Indian team has seen a steady growth since the beginning of the 21st century. Besides the SAFF Championship triumphs, under the guidance of bob houghton, India won the restarted nehru Cup in 2007 and 2009 and emerged victorious during the 2008 AFC challenge.Cup The Challenge Cup victory allowed India to once again qualify for the Asian Cup, for the first time in 27 years.

 The indian super league is helping indian players to compete against the players around the world and do their best. The isl is also helping the indian to select good players from india and make a good team. Many well known football personalities around the world are saying that india can qualify for the 2028 FIFA world cup. India achieved it's highest FIFA ranking which is 96 position after twenty years.