India women's national under-20 football team

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India Women's U-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Blue Fillies
AssociationAll India Football Federation
ConfederationAsian Football Confederation (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachJoakim Alexandersson
CaptainMartina Thokchom
FIFA codeIND
First colours
Second colours
First international
India  0–4  South Korea
(Goa, India; 19 April 2002)
Biggest win
India  18–0  Pakistan
(Chonburi, Thailand; 24 October 2018)
Biggest defeat
Australia  18–0  India
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 12 November 2008)
Asian Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2002)
Best resultQuarter final (2004)
SAFF Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2018)
Best resultChampions (2022, 2024)
Medal record
SAFF Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 India
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bangladesh
Silver medal – second place 2021 Bangladesh
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bhutan

The India women's national under-20 football team represents India in international women's under-20 football in the AFC U-19 Women's Championship and the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. It is controlled by the AIFF. They also participated in the 2021–22 Indian Women's League season, as Indian Arrows Women.

History

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA organised U20 women's world cup in 2002 for the first time, and for qualification from Asian teams, only the finalist from AFC U-19 Women's Championship is allowed to enter into the tournament, which was also the same criteria for the next edition and since 2006 the top three teams from AFC U19 championships would be allowed to enter into U20 world cup. India failed to qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as they failed to be finalist in any AFC U19 Championships till 2017 edition.[1][2]

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

The AFC U-19 Women's Championship serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. For first three edition from 2002, it had been organised on every even years, and in all those three championships India participated. After 2006 Championship, it had been organised on every odd years since 2007 and coincidentally India failed to qualify for the Championships since then.

India hosted the inaugural AFC U-19 Women's Championship in 2002.[3] India U-19 failed to advance beyond group stage, finishing third in group. Indian girls lost to eventual champions Japan by 9−0 and South Korea by 4−0, only had a win against Guam by 6−0 but did not help much to move forward.

In next edition of championship held in China, India done well to reach quarter finals, winning against Hong Kong by 2−1, Singapore by 1−0 and a loss against Chinese Tapei by 0−3, and reaching the quarter final, their FIFA U20 Worldcup dream was shattered as was knocked out by North Korea by 0−10.[4]

For 2006 edition the qualification round started for AFC U19 Women's Championship, where India easily qualified, defeating Kyrgyzstan by 7−0 and Bangladesh by 9−0 which was their biggest win that time. 2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship saw India finishing bottom of group, consisting of Asian heavyweights South Korea, North Korea and Japan, defeated by all these three team by huge goal difference of 11−0, 14−0 and 6−0 respectively. That's the last time India made it into the group stage of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship.[5]

At the 2007 qualification India lost two games in the group stage against Myanmar by 1−2 and Thailand by 1−5 which cost the AFC Championships for the first time in 2007 edition.[6] Similar fate was in 2009 qualification tournament which was worse than before as India lost all the group matches and the worst performance came against Australia, where the Australian girls defeated the Indian by a huge 18−0, thus their biggest defeat till now.[7] Next four edition, the girls seen similar scenario with zero luck to enter in the championships. For 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship India faced Pakistan, Nepal and Thailand in round 1 at the 2019 Championship qualification where they won two match defeating Pakistan by 18−0 which is their biggest win till now[8] and host Thailand by 1−0[9] and a defeat by Nepal with 0−2,[10] but India failed to move to round 2 courtesy of their head-to-head result against Nepal. While Thailand, Nepal and India finished on three points, the goal difference between just these three teams were counted, which left Thailand at the top with a +2 goal difference, while India and Nepal were tied at -1, due to this, the head-to-head result between India and Nepal came into play again, and Nepal go through and India left behind.[9]

SAFF U-18 Women's Championship

2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship, at Bhutan, is the inaugural edition of the SAFF U18 championships being organised by SAFF on every even years to align with the AFC U19 Championships and FIFA U20 Worldcup. It's a preparatory tournament for the South Asian teams for AFC U19 championship qualification round. India thrashed host Bhutan and Maldives by 4−0[11] and 8−0[12] respectively in the group matches, reaching to the semi-finals they lost to Nepal through penalty shoot-out by 1−3 as the full-time ended in a 1−1 tie,[13] thus their dream of first SAFF u18 champion ended here but they won the third place in the tournament by defeating Bhutan again by a solitary goal.[14]

SAFF U-19 Women's Championship

The 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship is the fifth edition of the SAFF U-18/19/20 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under–19 national teams organized by SAFF. On 07 February 2024, India beat Nepal 4–0 to enter SAFF U-19 Women's Championships final and shared the title in the final with Bangladesh.[15][16]

Results and fixtures

For past match results of the under-20 team, see the results in Indian football seasons.

Matches in the last 12 months, and future scheduled matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

India U-19 fixtures

2024

2 February SAFF U-19 GS India  10–0  Bhutan Dhaka, Bangladesh
15:00 BST (UTC+06:00)
  • Sibani Devi 8', 19', 36'
  • Pooja 31', 58', 59', 90+4'
  • Sulanjana Raul 52'
  • Menaka Devi 61'
  • Arina Devi 73'
 Report Stadium: BSSS M. Kamal Stadium
4 February SAFF U-19 GS Bangladesh  1–0  India Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00 BST (UTC+06:00)
  • Mosammat Sagorika 90+2'
 Report Stadium: BSSS M. Kamal Stadium
6 February SAFF U-19 GS India  4–0    Nepal Dhaka, Bangladesh
15:00 BST (UTC+06:00)
  • Neha 54', 81'
  • Sulanjana Raul 86'
  • Cindy Remruatpuii Colney 90+3'
 Report Stadium: BSSS M. Kamal Stadium
8 February SAFF U-19 GS Bangladesh  1–1
(11–11[17] p)		  India Dhaka, Bangladesh
18:00 BST (UTC+06:00) Mosammat Sagorika 90+3' Report Sibani Devi 8' Stadium: BSSS M. Kamal Stadium
Penalties
  • Afeida Khandoker soccer ball with check mark
  • Mst Surma Jannat soccer ball with check mark
  • Mst Joynob Bibi Rita soccer ball with check mark
  • Sapna Rani soccer ball with check mark
  • Most Munki Akhter soccer ball with check mark
  • Mst Eity Khatun soccer ball with check mark
  • Mst Sultana Akter soccer ball with check mark
  • Umehla Marma soccer ball with check mark
  • Mosammat Sagorika soccer ball with check mark
  • Kanon Rani Bahadur soccer ball with check mark
  • Swarna Rani Mandal soccer ball with check mark
  • soccer ball with check mark Neha
  • soccer ball with check mark Nitu Linda
  • soccer ball with check mark Sibani Devi Nongmeikapam
  • soccer ball with check mark Lalita Boypai
  • soccer ball with check mark Thoibisana Chanu Toijam
  • soccer ball with check mark Sulanjana Raul
  • soccer ball with check mark Viskit Bara
  • soccer ball with check mark Pooja
  • soccer ball with check mark Heena Khatun
  • soccer ball with check mark Sonibia Devi Irom
  • soccer ball with check mark Anika Devi Sharubam
30 December Friendly India  v  Maldives

2025

2 January Friendly India  v  Maldives

Coaching staff

As of 5 December 2024, following are the current coaching staffs[18]:
Position Name
Head coach Sweden Joakim Alexandersson
Assistant coaches India Sradhanjali Samantaray, Nivetha Ramadoss, Amrutha Aravind and Nidhi
Goalkeeper Coaches India KK Hameed, Dipankar Choudhury
Team Manager India Nirali Thakkar
Media Manager India Sruti Chakraborty

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called for the 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification.[19]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Monalisha Devi Moirangthem (2006-07-03) 3 July 2006 (age 18) 0 0 India KRYPHSA FC
13 1GK Anshika (2004-02-22) 22 February 2004 (age 20) 3 0 India Arya Football Samiti
23 1GK Anjali Munda (2005-06-10) 10 June 2005 (age 19) 0 0 India Jharkhand
4 2DF Shilky Devi Hemam (2005-11-23) 23 November 2005 (age 19) 11 1 India The Young Welfare Club
5 2DF Astam Oraon (2005-02-05) 5 February 2005 (age 19) 10 0 India Lords FA
16 2DF Shubhangi Singh (2006-06-11) 11 June 2006 (age 18) 7 0 India Lords FA
2 2DF Purnima Kumari (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 (age 19) 8 1 India Sethu
19 2DF Varshika (2006-09-22) 22 September 2006 (age 18) 2 0 India HOPS FC
2DF Heirangkhongjam Linda Chanu (2005-02-05) 5 February 2005 (age 19) India Eastern Sporting Union
2DF Sahena TH {{{age}}} India
7 3MF Martina Thokchom (2004-07-13) 13 July 2004 (age 20) 7 0 India Gokulam Kerala
8 3MF Kajol Hubert D'Souza (2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 18) 6 1 India Parikrma FC
6 3MF Babina Devi Lisham (2005-02-01) 1 February 2005 (age 19) 3 0 India The Young Welfare Club
17 3MF Nitu Linda (2006-04-05) 5 April 2006 (age 18) 11 5 India Jharkhand
18 3MF Tania Kanti (2005-07-23) 23 July 2005 (age 19) 3 0 India Kickstart
15 3MF Shailja (2005-08-29) 29 August 2005 (age 19) 0 0 India HOPS FC
9 4FW Lynda Kom Serto (2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 19) 11 8 India Odisha FC
21 4FW Apurna Narzary (Captain) (2004-01-08) 8 January 2004 (age 20) 7 4 India Kerala Blasters
14 4FW Sunita Munda (2004-04-13) 13 April 2004 (age 20) 7 1 India Sethu
10 4FW Sumati Kumari (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20) 3 0 India Sethu
12 4FW Neha (2006-05-19) 19 May 2006 (age 18) 3 3 India Mohammedan Sporting
4FW Mousumi Murmu {{{age}}} India East Bengal
11 4FW Anita Kumari (2005-08-09) 9 August 2005 (age 19) 6 4 India Mohammedan Sporting

Recent call-ups

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

India has never qualified for the under-20 women's world cup, but had come close to qualify in 2004 where they needed to qualify for finals but ended up getting knocked out in quarterfinals.[20]

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Canada 2002 to
Colombia 2024		 Did not qualify
Poland 2026 To be determined
Total 0/12
0 Titles
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

India was the first nation to host AFC U-20 women's championship. In that edition, they failed to progress to the knockouts stage as they finished below South Korea and Japan. However, in the next edition India qualified for the quarterfinals, but were thrashed 10–0 by North Korea. In the next edition, which was also the last time they played this tournament, India suffered massive defeats as they finished bottom of their group of four teams with -31 as goal difference.[21]

SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Women's Championship

SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Women's Championship record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Bhutan 2018 Semi-final 3rd 4 3 0 1 14 1 +13
Bangladesh 2021 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 9 2 +7
India 2022 Winners 1st 4 3 0 1 13 2 +11
Bangladesh 2023 Group stage 3rd 3 1 1 1 13 3 +10
Bangladesh 2024 Winners 1st 4 2 1 1 15 2 +13
Total 5/5 2 Titles 20 12 2 6 64 10 +54
  • DNP : Did Not Participate
  • DNQ : Did not qualify

See also

References

  1. ^ "Asian Women u19 2006". Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2004". Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2002". Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2004". Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2006". Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2007". Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2009". Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  8. ^ "India bs pakistan 2019 AFC qualification". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  9. ^ a b "INDIA UPSET THAILAND 1-0 IN AFC U-19 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  10. ^ "NEPAL BEAT INDIA 2-0 IN AFC U-19 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  11. ^ "INDIA ROUT BHUTAN 4-0 IN SAFF U-18 WOMEN'S U-18 CHAMPIONSHIP OPENER". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  12. ^ "INDIA THRASH MALDIVES 8-0 TO BOOK SPOT IN SAFF U-18 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINAL". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  13. ^ "INDIA LOSE TO NEPAL IN SAFF U-18 WOMEN'S C'SHIP SEMIFINAL AFTER HEARTBREAKING PENALTY SHOOTOUT". the-aiff.com/. AIFF. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  14. ^ "INDIA U-18s DEFEAT BHUTAN TO FINISH THIRD IN SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Pti". www.ptinews.com. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  16. ^ PTI. "SAFF U-19 Women's final: India face gritty Bangladesh in summit clash". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  17. ^ Bangladesh and India were announced as joint champions
  18. ^ "Joakim Alexandersson appointed India U20, U17 women's Chief Coach". www.the-aiff.com. 5 December 2024. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  19. ^ "Maymol Rocky announces squad for AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers". AIFF. 2 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2004". Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  21. ^ "Asian Women u19 2006". Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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