Team India

The India U-19 side dominated as they comprehensively beat the U-19 side of Al Gharafa football club 3-1 in a friendly encounter in Doha, Qatar tonight (October 30, 2017). Rahim Ali scored a brace with goals in the 37th and 40th minute while Princeton put his name on the score …

The India Under-19 national team went down fighting against the Qatar U-19 side as they managed to grab a 1-0 win over the colts at the Al Arabi Stadium in Doha today, October 28. In the first half, both teams traded a series of corners before Qatar grabbed the early …

India U-19 head coach Luis Norton de Matos named his list of 23 for India’s campaign in the AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers to be held in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Matos picked his squad after a week-long camp in the Capital which is a mix of India’s FIFA U-17 World Cup …

Midfielder Pronay Halder and winger Bikash Jairu made a comeback to the National squad as National Coach Stephen Constantine announced his list of 28 probables for the preparatory Camp for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualifying match against Myanmar slated to be played in Goa on November 14. India have …

AIFF President Praful Patel addressed this edition of U-17 World Cup as a “new beginning for Indian Football” and confirmed that India are “in a better position in terms of hosting a world-class event.” Praful Patel was speaking at the Indira Gandhi Gandhi Stadium in Guwahati on the sidelines of …

A press conference marking the end of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup India group stage happened for gathered media on Sunday in Kolkata’s host stadium, and the mood was buoyant but one of a good job, half-way done. Javier Ceppi, Director of the India 2017 LOC, called attendances at …

When India was given the opportunity to host the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, it was going to be a competition that broke new ground, as well as introduce the Indian public to the game at a top level. Of course, there was plenty of anticipation for how the host …

Luis Norton de Matos, Head Coach India U-17 National Team said that the “difference in quality between India and Ghana was too much.” Matos was speaking at the post match press conference after India completed their Group A engagements in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World cup India after going down 0-4 …

India U-17s ended their campaign in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup when they went down four nil to a superior and physical Ghana in their third Group A match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the Capital on Thursday, October 12. The winners led 1-0 at the interval. With …