The blue tigers gained 1 spot to climb on the 100th spot after two decades from 101th spot without playing a game. Indian football has been on a clinical rise from 2015. And not to forget the role of INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE to give the best platform to young and upcoming talents. To play with the foreign players and better their game and skills.
INDIA RANKED 11 IN ASIA and IS ALLREADY A HEAVY WEIGHT IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
The blue tigers are set to play 6 more international matches this year. Which includes friendlies against Lebanon and Palestine. India will face Kyrgyzstan, Macau and Myanmar in the AFC Asian Cup Championship qualifiers. These games can well bring positives for India as the South East heavyweights look to climb more on the ranking table. Two decades
Graph showing India’s rise in FIFA rankings.
On this auspicious occasion, National team coach Stephen Constantine expressed. “As long as we keep heading up the ladder I am happy. It points out that we are heading in the right direction. There are major matches ahead and we cannot take things lightly. There’s no place for complacency.” Two Decades
STEPHEN CONSTANTINE
SAFF championship can well bring more positives for India. As the South Asian heavyweights will look to consolidate their position and look to better their FIFA rankings.
The National Team plays its next game on 07th June, a friendly against Lebanon. Two Decades
BENEFIT OF EUROPEAN LEAGUE FOR INDIA Two decades
With India’s constant rise in the FIFA rankings the money rich European leagues can well turn their attention to sign some of the top Indian players. That can be a boost to help with financial aid and also develop more skill and know the insights of European style of football. European leagues also gives huge exposure to a player. For now the skipper Sunil Chhetri looks the prominent from India to reach the heights of playing for an European club. Read: Top Indian footballers who played for foreign clubs
Sunil Chhetri
Waive of influence can be spread across youngsters, with U17 world cup to be held in India. INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE carrying a craze of football across India, is just a win win situation for Indian football and things looks to get better as the time passes by. With current situation, 2026 world cup berth is within reach, turning dream of every Indian into reality and that situation doesn’t look beyond reach watching India’s consistent rise.
