India women's national under-17 football team

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 team and federation is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).

For men's football team, see India national under-17 football team.
India under-17
AssociationAll India Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachThomas Dennerby
CaptainHemam Shilky Devi
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  0–7  South Korea
(Namhae, South Korea; 18 April 2005)
South Korea  7–0  India
(Weifang, China; 5 September 2016)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2005)
Best resultGroup stage, 2005
SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2017)
Best resultChampions (2018, 2019)
Medal record
SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
2018 Bhutan
2019 Bhutan
2017 Bangladesh

The team have only participated once in the AFC U-17 Women's Championship, back during the tournament's inaugural edition.

History

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA first organised the U-17 Women's World Cup in the year 2008 and 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 was selected the host of 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and thus automatically got qualified for the tournament and will be its first participation in the World Cup.[3]

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

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

SAFF U15 Women's championship was first organised in 2017, where India became runners-up as defeated by Bangladesh by a solitary goal.[4][5] 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.[6] In the 2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, India and Bangladesh reached the final for the third time. Both the teams fail to score any goal With in the regulation time. Thus penalty shoot-out became the match decider where Bangladesh failed to convert the first spot kick, which results in India becoming the champion by a 5−3 result in the shoot-out.[7]

BRICS U-17 Football Cup

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.[8][9] 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
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

U17 results and fixtures
13 December 2019 Friendly India  0−3  Sweden Mumbai, India
18:00 IST Report
  • Vinberg 4'
  • Weidenberg 25'
  • Bah 90+1'
 Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
17 December 2019 Friendly Thailand  0−1  India Mumbai, India
18:00 IST Report K. Devi 90+1' Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
19 December 2019 Friendly Sweden  4−0  India Mumbai, India
17:30 IST
  • Kafaji 4'
  • Nelhage 16'
  • Duljan 18'
  • Bah 71'
 SVFF Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
16 February 2020 Friendly Romania  3–3  India Türkler, Alanya, Turkey
15:00 IST
  • Adina 44', 83'
  • Roxana 78'
 Report
  • Balamurugan 40', 57'
  • S. Kumari 63'
 Stadium: Evima Football Sports Complex
19 February 2020 Friendly Romania  0–1  India Türkler, Alanya, Turkey
15:00 IST Report
Stadium: Evima Football Sports Complex

U16 results and fixtures
21 June 2019 Friendly India  5–1  Hong Kong U23 Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
Priyangka 2'
Shilky Devi 21'
Kiran 43'
Sumati 49'
Astam 58'		 Report 3' Stadium: Hong Kong FA Centre
23 June 2019 Friendly India  4−0 Tai Po FC W Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
13:00 IST Shilky Devi 21'
Kiran 10'
Sankhe 74'
83'		 Report Stadium: Hong Kong FA Centre
27 June 2019 Friendly India  5−1 Citizen AA W Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
13:00 IST Sanke 1'
Priyangka 16', 50'
Kiran 80'
Amisha 85'		 Report Kayam 23' Stadium: Hong Kong FA Centre
29 June 2019 Friendly India  4−1  Hong Kong U18 Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
15:00 IST Aveka 24' (pen)
Lynda 32'
Anju 65'
Kiran 77'		 Report Chan 60' (pen.) Stadium: Hong Kong FA Centre

U15 results and fixtures
9 October 2019 SAFF U-15 GS Nepal    1−4  India Thimpu, Bhutan
14:30 IST
  • Damai 62'
 Report
  • Kumari 7'
  • Serto 38', 56'
  • Sujeesh 66'
 Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
11 October 2019 SAFF U-15 GS Bhutan  1−10  India Thimpu, Bhutan
17:30 IST
  • Wangmo 9'
 Report
  • Sujeesh 8'
  • Kiran 15', 21'
  • Serto 19', 54'
  • Kumari 24', 86'
  • Sankhae 63', 64', 72'
 Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
13 October 2019 SAFF U-15 GS Bangladesh  1−1  India Thimpu, Bhutan
14:30 IST
  • Rani 26'
 Report
  • Baxla 24'
 Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Choki Om (Bhutan)
15 October 2019 SAFF U-15 Final India  0−0
(5−3 p)		  Bangladesh Thimpu, Bhutan
17:30 IST Report Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Choki Om (Bhutan)
Penalties
  • Hemam Shilky Devi

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
Position Name
Head coach Thomas Dennerby[10]
Asstt. coach Alex Ambrose[11]
Asstt. coach Bembem Devi[12]
GK coach Precious Dede
U-16 head coach Firmin D'Souza[13]
Physiotherapist Melissa Luis[14]

Players

Current U17 squad
As of 7 February 2022
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Keisham Melody Chanu
1GK Hempriya Seram
1GK Anjali Munda
2DF Yanglem Julia Devi
2DF Kajal
2DF Naketa
2DF Astam Oraon (2005-02-05) 5 February 2005
2DF Salina Kumari
2DF Sudha Ankita Tirkey (2005-10-08) 8 October 2005
2DF Purnima Kumari (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005
2DF Hemam Shilky Devi (Captain) (2005-11-23) 23 November 2005
2DF Payal
2DF Kamasani Durga
2DF Kalpana Azad Singh
3MF R. Vinothini
3MF Neha Rani
3MF Thakor Shilpaben Devabhai
3MF Madhumathi R
3MF Dharshini Devi R
3MF Lavanya Verma
3MF Khushbu
3MF Laishram Rejiya Devi
3MF Ngashepam Pinku Devi
3MF Varshika
3MF Shailja
3MF Lisham Babina Devi (2005-02-01) 1 February 2005
3MF Nitu Linda (2006-04-05) 5 April 2006
3MF Anita Kumari
3MF Bhumika Bharat Mane
4FW Sridevi Hansdah (2006-05-18) 18 May 2006
4FW Shubhangi Singh
4FW Serto Lynda Kom (2005-02-28) 28 February 2005
4FW Loktongbam Sheila Devi
4FW Reshma
4FW Moirangthem Ambika Devi

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA
2008Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020Initially postponed to 2021, later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[16]
2022 Qualified as Host Nation
Total1/70 Titles000000
Red border indicates the team played as the host of the tournament.


AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
SAFF U-15 Women's Championship record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA
2017 Runners-up 4202134
2018 Champion 4400161
2019 Champion 4310153
Total3/32 Titles12912448

See also

References
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  2. "India to host 2020 Under-17 Women's World Cup". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. "Introducing Ibha – Official Mascot revealed for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022™". fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. "Unbeaten Bangladesh girls beat India to lift Saff U-15 title". dhakatribune.com/. Dhaka Tribune. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. "India crowned runners-up in SAFF U-15 Women's Championship". goal.com. GOAL. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  6. "INDIA GIRLS ARE SAFF U-15 CHAMPIONS". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  7. "India pip Bangladesh on penalties to clich 2019 SAFF U-15 championship". AIFF. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  8. "TWENTY SELECTED FOR INDIAN U-17 WOMEN'S TEAM FOR BRICS U-17 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT". AIFF. July 13, 2018.
  9. "BRICS Cup U17 2018: India announced 35-member squad". SportsKeeda. 8 July 2018.
  10. "AIFF appoints Thomas Dennerby as the head coach of U17- women's world cup team". AIFF. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  11. "HERO U-17 WOMEN'S C'SHIP A 'UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS TALENTED PLAYERS'". AIFF. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  12. "The thrill of winning a match as a coach is immense– Bembem Devi". 11 August 2018.
  13. "U-15 WOMEN'S TEAM ASSEMBLE FOR PREPARATORY CAMP". 26 July 2018.
  14. "AFC U-16 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2019". 15 September 2018.
  15. "India U17 girls prepare in Jamshedpur for FIFA U17 Women's World Cup". AIFF. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  16. FIFA.com. "Who We Are - News - Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
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