India women's national under-20 football team

For men's football team, see India national under-20 football team.

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.

India Women's U-20

Nickname(s)	Blue Fillies
Association	All India Football Federation
Confederation	Asian Football Confederation (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Sukla Dutta
Captain	Martina Thokchom
FIFA code	IND
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
Appearances	3 (first in 2002)
Best result	Quarter final (2004)
SAFF Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2018)
Best result	Champions (2022, 2024)
Medal record SAFF Championship 2022 India 2024 Bangladesh 2021 Bangladesh 2018 Bhutan

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

India  v  Bhutan

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

Bangladesh  v  India

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

India  v    Nepal

6 February SAFF U-19 GS	India	4–0	Nepal	Dhaka, Bangladesh
15:00 BST (UTC+06:00)	Nusrat Jahan Mitu 18' Mst Oeyshi Khatun 31', 63' Sree Moti Trishna Rani 58'	Report		Stadium: BSSS M. Kamal Stadium

Bangladesh  v  India

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 Mst Surma Jannat Mst Joynob Bibi Rita Sapna Rani Most Munki Akhter Mst Eity Khatun Mst Sultana Akter Umehla Marma Mosammat Sagorika Kanon Rani Bahadur Swarna Rani Mandal		Neha Nitu Linda Sibani Devi Nongmeikapam Lalita Boypai Thoibisana Chanu Toijam Sulanjana Raul Viskit Bara Pooja Heena Khatun Sonibia Devi Irom Anika Devi Sharubam

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Sukla Dutta
Assistant coach	Sradhanjali Samantaray
Goalkeeper Coach	Lourembam Ronibala Chanu
Team Manager	Nirali Thakkar
Media Manager	Sruti Chakraborty

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called for the 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification.^[18]

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	KRYPHSA FC
13	1GK	Anshika	(2004-02-22) 22 February 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Arya Football Samiti
23	1GK	Anjali Munda	(2005-06-10) 10 June 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Jharkhand
4	2DF	Shilky Devi Hemam	(2005-11-23) 23 November 2005 (age 18)	11	1	The Young Welfare Club
5	2DF	Astam Oraon	(2005-02-05) 5 February 2005 (age 19)	10	0	Lords FA
16	2DF	Shubhangi Singh	(2006-06-11) 11 June 2006 (age 18)	7	0	Lords FA
2	2DF	Purnima Kumari	(2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 (age 19)	8	1	Sethu
19	2DF	Varshika	(2006-09-22) 22 September 2006 (age 18)	2	0	HOPS FC
	2DF	Heirangkhongjam Linda Chanu	(2005-02-05) 5 February 2005 (age 19)			Eastern Sporting Union
	2DF	Sahena TH	{{{age}}}
7	3MF	Martina Thokchom	(2004-07-13) 13 July 2004 (age 20)	7	0	Gokulam Kerala
8	3MF	Kajol Hubert D'Souza	(2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 18)	6	1	Parikrma FC
6	3MF	Babina Devi Lisham	(2005-02-01) 1 February 2005 (age 19)	3	0	The Young Welfare Club
17	3MF	Nitu Linda	(2006-04-05) 5 April 2006 (age 18)	11	5	Jharkhand
18	3MF	Tania Kanti	(2005-07-23) 23 July 2005 (age 19)	3	0	Kickstart
15	3MF	Shailja	(2005-08-29) 29 August 2005 (age 19)	0	0	HOPS FC
9	4FW	Lynda Kom Serto	(2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 19)	11	8	Odisha FC
21	4FW	Apurna Narzary (Captain)	(2004-01-08) 8 January 2004 (age 20)	7	4	Kerala Blasters
14	4FW	Sunita Munda	(2004-04-13) 13 April 2004 (age 20)	7	1	Sethu
10	4FW	Sumati Kumari	(2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Sethu
12	4FW	Neha	(2006-05-19) 19 May 2006 (age 18)	3	3	Mohammedan Sporting
	4FW	Mousumi Murmu	{{{age}}}			East Bengal
11	4FW	Anita Kumari	(2005-08-09) 9 August 2005 (age 19)	6	4	Mohammedan Sporting

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Keisham Melody Chanu	(2006-03-02) 2 March 2006 (age 18)	4	0	The Young Welfare Club	NT camp
GK	Hempriya Seram	(2006-03-25) 25 March 2006 (age 18)	0	0	KRYPHSA FC	NT camp
GK	Tanvi Vijay Mavani		0	0		NT camp
DF	Gladys Zonunsangi	(2005-08-16) 16 August 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Sethu	2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship
DF	Kajal	(2005-01-12) 12 January 2005 (age 19)	4	0	Mohammedan Sporting	2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship
DF	Nikita Jude	(2005-11-18) 18 November 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Kenkre	NT camp
DF	Bhumika Mane	(2005-12-05) 5 December 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Companeroes SC (Mumbai)	NT camp
DF	Sanamija Chanu		0	0		NT camp
MF	Poonam	(2004-10-22) 22 October 2004 (age 20)	6	0	Manas Sports FC	NT camp
MF	Kiran	(2004-10-05) 5 October 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Manas Sports FC	NT camp
MF	Loktongbam Shelia Devi	(2006-08-16) 16 August 2006 (age 18)	0	0	ICSA Irengbam	NT camp
MF	Madhumathi		0	0		NT camp
FW	Sonali Soren	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006 (age 18)	1	0	East Bengal	2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship
FW	Amisha Baxla	(2004-11-18) 18 November 2004 (age 19)	8	0	Jharkhand	NT camp
FW	Laishram Rejiya Devi	(2005-02-01) 1 February 2005 (age 19)	2	0	The Young Welfare Club	NT camp
FW	Sudha Ankita Tirkey	(2005-10-08) 8 October 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Misaka United FC	NT camp
FW	Daisy Lisa Crasto	(2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Sirvodem SC	NT camp

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.^[19]

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Host/Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2002 to 2024	Did not qualify
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.^[20]

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup record Host/Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA GD 2002 Group Stage 7th 3 1 0 2 6 13 -7 2004 QuarterFinal 8th 4 2 0 2 3 14 -11 2006 Group Stage 7th 3 0 0 3 0 31 -31 2007 to 2024 Did not qualify Total 3/11 0 Titles 10 3 0 7 9 58 -49

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup History Year Round Score Result 2002 Round 1 India  0–4  South Korea Loss India  6−0  Guam Won India  0–9  Japan Loss 2004 Round 1 India  2–1  Hong Kong Won India  1–0  Singapore Won India  0–3  Chinese Taipei Loss Quarter-final India  0–10  North Korea Loss 2006 Round 1 India  0–11  South Korea Loss India  0−14  North Korea Loss India  0–6  Japan Loss

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
2018	Semi-final	3rd	4	3	0	1	14	1	+13
2021	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	9	2	+7
2022	Winners	1st	4	3	0	1	13	2	+11
2023	Group stage	3rd	3	1	1	1	13	3	+10
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

• India women's national football team
• India women's national under-17 football team
• India national football team
• Indian Women's League

References

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External links

• India women's U-20 team page on the AIFF website