India women's national under-17 football team

For men's football team, see India national under-17 football team.
India women's U-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Blue Fillies
AssociationAll India Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachJoakim Alexandersson
FIFA codeIND
First colours
Second colours
First international
Thailand  6–4  
(Namhae, South Korea; 16 April 2005)
Biggest win
  12–0  United Arab Emirates
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 21 October 2014)
Sri Lanka  0–12  
(Thimphu, Bhutan; 9 August 2018)
Biggest defeat
  0–8  United States
(Bhubaneswar, India; 11 October 2022)
South Korea  8–0  
(Buriram, Thailand; 19 September 2023)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best resultGroup Stage (2022)
Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2005)
Best resultGroup stage (2005)
SAFF Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2017)
Best resultChampions (2018, 2019)
Medal record
SAFF U-17 Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bhutan
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bhutan
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bangladesh
Silver medal – second place 2024 Nepal
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bangladesh

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

The team have only participated once in the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, 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 has 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 is selected as the host of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and thus automatically got qualified for the tournament. It is supposed to be their first participation in the World Cup, but their participation was under threat after the All India Football Federation was suspended by FIFA and the hosting rights for the tournament were stripped from India. However, the AIFF was later reinstated by FIFA and the tournament rights were given back to India, confirming their participation for the tournament.[3][4][5]

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

India women's U17 team first played their international match at the inaugural edition of AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup 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 after being defeated by Bangladesh by a solitary goal.[6][7] 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.[8] In the 2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, India and Bangladesh reached the final for the third time. Both the teams failed to score any goals within the regulation time. Thus penalty shoot-out became the match decider where Bangladesh failed to convert the first spot kick, which resulted in India becoming the champion by a 5−3 result in the shoot-out.[9]

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.[10] 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

For past match results of the under-17 team, see the results in Indian football seasons.

Matches in the last 12 months, and future scheduled matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2025

20 August 2025 2025 SAFF U17   7–0    Nepal Thimphu, Bhutan
14:30 IST
  • Basnett 16', 41'
  • Longjam 25', 56'
  • Anushka 33', 62'
  • Nongmaithem 45+1'
 Report Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
22 August 2025 2025 SAFF U17 Bangladesh  v   Thimphu, Bhutan
14:30 IST Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
24 August 2025 2025 SAFF U17 Bhutan  v   Thimphu, Bhutan
14:30 IST Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
27 August 2025 2025 SAFF U17   v  Bhutan Thimphu, Bhutan
17:30 IST Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
29 August 2025 2025 SAFF U17   v    Nepal Thimphu, Bhutan
17:30 IST Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
31 August 2025 2025 SAFF U17 Bangladesh  v   Thimphu, Bhutan
14:30 IST Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
13 October 2025 (2025-10-13) 2026 AFC U17 WAC Qual. Kyrgyzstan  v   Kyrgyzstan
17 October 2025 (2025-10-17) 2026 AFC U17 WAC Qual.   v  Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan

Coaching staff

As of August 2025[11]
Position Name
Head coach Sweden Joakim Alexandersson
Assistant coach India Nivetha Ramadoss
Goalkeeper coach India Dipankar Choudhury
Strength and conditioning coach India Saifulla

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were named for the 2025 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship.[11]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Tamphasana Devi Konjengbam (2009-05-14) 14 May 2009 India Manipur
1GK Munni (2010-04-02) 2 April 2010 India Rajasthan
1GK Surajmuni Kumari (2009-03-12) 12 March 2009 India Jharkhand
2DF Alena Devi Sarangthem India Manipur
2DF Alisha Lyngdoh (2009-11-23) 23 November 2009 India Meghalaya
2DF Binita Horo India Jharkhand
2DF Divyani Linda (2009-01-01) 1 January 2009 India Jharkhand
2DF Elizabed Lakra (2009-06-16) 16 June 2009 India Jharkhand
2DF Priya (2009-12-15) 15 December 2009 India
2DF Ritu Badaik (2011-06-05) 5 June 2011 India Odisha
2DF Taniya Devi Tonambam (2010-05-18) 18 May 2010 India Manipur
3MF Abhista Basnett (2011-03-11) 11 March 2011 India Sikkim
3MF Anita Dungdung (2009-01-01) 1 January 2009 India Jharkhand
3MF Beena Kumari India Jharkhand
3MF Bonifilia Shullai (2010-02-02) 2 February 2010 India Meghalaya
3MF Julan Nongmaithem (2011-02-15) 15 February 2011 India Manipur
3MF Pritika Barman India West Bengal
3MF Shveta Rani (2009-01-26) 26 January 2009 India Haryana
3MF Thandamoni Baskey (2010-03-09) 9 March 2010 India West Bengal
4FW Anushka Kumari (2010-12-09) 9 December 2010 India Jharkhand
4FW Nira Chanu Longjam India Manipur
4FW Pearl Fernandes (2009-06-09) 9 June 2009 India Goa
4FW Valaina Jada Fernandes (2009-09-03) 3 September 2009 India Goa

Recent call-ups

The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past twelve months, but are not part of the current squad.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Rubina India NT camp, February 2024
GK Thameena Fathima India Kerala NT camp, February 2024
DF Anjali Patel India Uttar Pradesh NT camp, February 2024
DF Tia Zamora Fernandes India Karnataka NT camp, February 2024
DF Amrita Ghosh India West Bengal NT squad, 2024 SAFF
DF Gauri Gurav India Maharashtra NT squad, 2024 SAFF
DF Rheanna Liz Jacob India Karnataka NT squad, 2024 SAFF
DF Rupashree Munda India Odisha NT squad, 2024 SAFF
MF Anwita Raghuraman India Tamil Nadu NT squad, 2024 SAFF
MF H Yashica India Karnataka NT squad, 2024 SAFF
FW Anchal Singh India Odisha NT camp, February 2024
FW Sandhya India Haryana NT camp, February 2024
FW Gurleen Kaur India Punjab NT squad, 2024 SAFF
FW Gurnaz Kaur India Punjab NT squad, 2024 SAFF
FW Neha Saji India Kerala NT squad, 2024 SAFF

PRE Preliminary squad / standby

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Women's Championship

SAFF U-15/U-16/U-17 Women's Championship record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Bangladesh 2017 Runners-up 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 2 0 2 13 4 +9
Bhutan 2018 Champion 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 4 0 0 16 1 +15
Bhutan 2019 Champion 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 3 1 0 15 3 +12
Bangladesh 2023 Third 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 2 0 2 13 4 +9
Nepal 2024 Runners-up 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 2 1 1 19 4 +15
Bhutan 2025
Total 5/5 2 Titles 20 13 1 5 76 16 +60

Head-to-head record

The following table shows India's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

See also

References

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