India women's national under-20 football team
Nickname(s) | Indian Arrows Women | ||
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Association | All India Football Federation | ||
Confederation | Asian Football Confederation (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | ||
Head coach | Thomas Dennerby | ||
Captain | Hemam Shilky Devi | ||
FIFA code | IND | ||
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First international | |||
India ![]() ![]() (Goa, India; 19 April 2002) | |||
Biggest win | |||
India ![]() ![]() (Chonburi, Thailand; 24 October 2018) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Australia ![]() ![]() (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 12 November 2008) | |||
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2002) | ||
Best result | Quarter final, 2004 | ||
SAFF U-18 Women's Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2018) | ||
Best result | Champions (2022) | ||
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 are also participating in the 2021–22 Indian Women's League season.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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. 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. 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[1] and host Thailand by 1−0[2] and a defeat by Nepal with 0−2,[3] 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.[2]
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[4] and 8−0[5] 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,[6] 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.[7]
Results and fixtures
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2018
28 September SAFF U18 GS | India ![]() | 4−0 | ![]() | Thimpu, Bhutan |
15:30 IST |
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AIFF | Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium Attendance: 3941 |
2 October SAFF U18 GS | Maldives ![]() | 0−8 | ![]() | Thimpu, Bhutan |
15:30 IST | AIFF | Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium Attendance: 2466 |
5 October SAFF U18 Semifinal | India ![]() | 1−1 (1−3 p) | ![]() | Thimpu, Bhutan |
15:30 IST | Jabamani Tudu ![]() |
AIFF | ![]() |
Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium |
Penalties | ||||
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7 October SAFF U18 3rd Place | India ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Thimpu, Bhutan |
19:00 IST |
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SAFF AIFF | Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium |
24 October AFC U-19 Q | India ![]() | 18−0 | ![]() | Chonburi Province, Thailand |
14:30 IST |
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AFC AIFF | Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 70 Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia) |
26 October AFC U-19 Q | India ![]() | 0−2 | ![]() | Chonburi Province, Thailand |
14:30 IST | AFC AIFF | Rekha Poudel ![]() |
Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Hagio Maiko (Japan) |
28 October AFC U-19 Q | Thailand ![]() | 0−1 | ![]() | Chonburi Province, Thailand |
18:00 IST | AFC AIFF | Grace Lalrampari Hauhnar ![]() |
Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 252 Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia) |
2021
13 December SAFF U-19 GS | India ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
19:00 BST (UTC+06:00) |
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Report | Stadium: BSSS M. Kamal Stadium Attendance: 372 Referee: Tshering Yangkhey (Bhutan) |
15 December SAFF U-19 GS | India ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
19:00 BST (UTC+06:00) |
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Report | Stadium: BSSS M. Kamal Stadium Attendance: 250 |
17 December SAFF U-19 GS | Bangladesh ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
15:00 BST (UTC+06:00) |
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Report | Stadium: BSSS M. Kamal Stadium Attendance: 1743 |
19 December SAFF U-19 GS | Nepal ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
15:00 BST (UTC+06:00) | Report |
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Stadium: BSSS M. Kamal Stadium Attendance: 276 |
22 December SAFF U-19 Final | Bangladesh ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
18:00 BST (UTC+06:00) |
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Report | Stadium: BSSS M. Kamal Stadium Attendance: 8125 Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal) |
2022
15 March 2022 SAFF U-18 GS | India ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() | Jamshedpur, India |
19:00 IST | Priyanka Sujeesh P. ![]() S. Lynda Kom ![]() Apurna Narzary ![]() Purnima Kumari ![]() Sumita Munda ![]() Nitu Linda ![]() |
(SAFF) (AIFF) |
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 2000 Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan) |
19 March 2022 SAFF U-18 GS | Bangladesh ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Jamshedpur, India |
19:00 IST | (SAFF) (AIFF) |
Nitu Linda ![]() |
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 856 Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan) |
21 March 2022 SAFF U-18 GS | Nepal ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | Jamshedpur, India |
19:00 IST | Sadipa Bholan ![]() |
SAFF AIFF |
S. Lynda Kom ![]() H. Shilky Devi ![]() Anita Kumari ![]() |
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 1200 Referee: Yapa Appuhamilage Pabasara Minisarani (Sri Lanka) |
25 March 2022 SAFF U-18 GS | India ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Jamshedpur, India |
19:00 IST | SAFF AIFF |
Most Aklima Khatun ![]() |
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 5234 Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan) |
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Position | Name |
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Head Coach | ![]() |
Assistant Coach | ![]() |
Team Manager | ![]() |
GK Coach | ![]() |
Physiotherapist | ![]() |
Physical Trainer | ![]() ![]() |
Players
Current squad
- The following 23 players were called for 2022 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship.[8]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Keisham Melody Chanu | 2 March 2006 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | GK | Adrija Sarkhel | 19 November 2004 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
22 | GK | Hempriya Seram | 25 March 2006 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Astam Oraon | 5 February 2005 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | DF | Purnima Kumari | 10 February 2005 | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
23 | DF | Nisha | 11 November 2004 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Ritu Devi | 6 June 2004 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | DF | Kajal | 12 January 2005 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | DF | Varshika | 22 September 2006 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Naketa | 9 September 2005 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | MF | Hemam Shilky Devi (Captain) | 23 November 2005 | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Poonam | 22 October 2004 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | MF | Nitu Linda | 5 April 2006 | 8 | 4 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Priyanka Sujeesh Pottekkat | 22 December 2004 | 3 | 1 | ![]() |
16 | MF | Shubhangi Singh | 11 June 2006 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Martina Thokchom | 13 July 2004 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
19 | MF | Lisham Babina Devi | 1 February 2005 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | FW | Amisha Baxla | 18 November 2004 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Serto Lynda Kom | 28 February 2005 | 9 | 5 | ![]() |
12 | FW | Apurna Narzary | 8 January 2004 | 7 | 1 | ![]() |
11 | FW | Anita Kumari | 9 August 2005 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
14 | FW | Laishram Rejiya Devi | 1 February 2005 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | FW | Sunita Munda | 13 April 2004 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
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.
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record | |||||||||
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Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
![]() ![]() | Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
Total | 0/9 | 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.
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SAFF U-18/U-19 Women's Championship
SAFF U-18/U-19 Women's Championship record | |||||||||
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Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
![]() | Semi-final | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | +13 |
![]() | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
![]() | Winners | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 |
Total | 3/3 | 1 Title | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 5 | +31 |
- DNP : Did Not Participate
- DNQ : Did Not Qualify
See also
References
- "India bs pakistan 2019 AFC qualification". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- "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.
- "NEPAL BEAT INDIA 2-0 IN AFC U-19 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- "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.
- "INDIA THRASH MALDIVES 8-0 TO BOOK SPOT IN SAFF U-18 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINAL". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- "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.
- "INDIA U-18s DEFEAT BHUTAN TO FINISH THIRD IN SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- "Dennerby names Indian squad for SAFF U-18 Women's Championship in Jamshedpur". AIFF. 12 March 2022.