history of Indian Football , National Teams achievements , league in India , Indian cups , women's Football

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FOOTBALL
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• KRISHANKANT SHARMA(01)
• AAKASH SHARMA(03)
• RITU(10)
• PRATEEK(38)
• VIVEK RAGHAV(30)
• RAMESH(47)
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 HISTORY OF INDIAN FOOTBALL
The origin of football in India can be traced
back to mid-nineteenth century when the
game was introduced by British soldiers.
games were played between army teams.
 Calcutta FC was the first club to be
established in 1872.
The first Indian team to achieve success was
Sovabazar Club, which won the Trades Cup in
1892.

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• Mohun Bagan Athletic Club was set up in what is now West Bengal in
1889. The club became famous in 1911 when it became the first Indian
team to lift the IFA Shield, a tournament previously won only by
British teams based in India.
• The Indian Football Association (IFA) was established in
Calcutta in 1893, but did not have a single Indian on its board
until the 1930s.

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NATIONAL TEAM
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• The India national football team is the
national football team of India and is
governed by the All India Football
Federation.
• Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated
with FIFA, the international governing body
for world football. In 1954, AIFF became one
of the founder members of the Asian Football
Confederation (AFC).

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ACHIEVEMENTS
• At the peak of its success during the 1950s and
60s, the team was automatically advanced to
play in the 1950 FIFA World Cup (all the other
Asian teams withdrew), but ultimately they
did not go to the tournament in Brazil due to
the cost of travel,[7] lack of practice time.
• They won gold medals at two Asian Games, and
held the record for the best performance by an
Asian football team at the Olympics.
• NATIONAL TEAM QUALIFIED FOR WORLD CUP
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LEAGUES IN INDIA
Calcutta Football League: Calcutta Football League (CFL) is the
football league system where several football clubs of the Indian city of Kolkata
(Calcutta) participate. It currently consists of six-tier pyramid system.
Mizoram Premier League: The Mizoram Premier League
(Also known as the Mc Dowell's Mizoram Premier League for
sponsorship reasons) is the highest state-level association
football league in Mizoram, India.[23] On a national scale this
league would be considered the 3rd tier of Indian Football.
 AIFF may select the next best achiever of the state
league as an entrant to the I league 2nd Division.
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INDIAN- CUPS
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 FederationCup: Federation Cup (abbreviated as Fed cup) is an
annual knockout style club football tournament in India. It has
started in 1977. From its inception till I-League has been started in
1997 (then called NFL), it was the most prestigious national level
club football tournament in India.
• DurandCup: The Durand Football Tournament was started by then,
India's Foreign Secretary, Mortimer Durand at Simla, India, in
1888, initial matches were played in Dagshai. It was basically
initiated, as a recreation for British troops stationed in India. The
Durand Cup was twice suspended, during the two world wars.
In 1940 the venue was shifted to New Delhi.
• SuperCup: The Super Cup is a knockout football tournament. The top
six teams from both the top tier leagues for professional football in
India.

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WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
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 Women's football has not had the relative head start over
the rest of the world that the men's game has had.
 The game was administered by the Women's Football
Federation of India (WFFI) from 1975 until the early
1990s when they were absorbed into the AIFF.
 The large Kolkata teams, East Bengal and Mohun
Bagan, started women's club sides in the 2000–01
season, and they participate with other teams in
the Calcutta Women's Football League. However, it has
been seen recently that players
from Odisha and Manipur have made advances in the
game. Players from these two states make up a large
part of the India women's national football team.

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