Indian Football History at a Glance

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INDIAN FOOTBALL HISTORY AT A GLANCE

GOVERNING BODY
All India Football Federation, popularly known as AIFF is the governing body of
Football in India. It was formed in 1937. AIFF is affiliated with FIFA, the
international governing body for football.

EARLY DAYS
• Introduced during mid 19th century by British soldiers
• First recorded football match was in 1854 between ‘Calcutta Club of
Civilian’ and ‘The Gentlemen of Barrackpore’
• Most of the clubs during early days were based in Kolkatta
• Calcutta FC is credited as the first club in India
• The legendary Mohun Bagan AC came into being in 1889

EARLY DAYS
• Durand Cup, the 3rd oldest surviving tournament in the world was started
by Sir Mortimer Durand in Shimla in 1898
• On 29th July 1911, Mohan Bagan AC defeated the East Yorkshire in the
final of IFA shield. They were the first Indian team to do so
• Eventually, AIFF was formed in 1937 and got its affiliation from
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in 1948
• First International game was played against France on July 31st, 1948, in
which they lost the match

GOLDEN PERIOD: 1951-1962
1951 Asian Games
Won Title
Host: India
Date: March 5th-
11th, 1951
Opponent: Iran
Result: 0-1
1951 1952
1952 Summer
Olympics
Lost Game
Host: Finland
Date: July 15th-
Aug 2nd, 1952
Opponent:
Yugoslavia
Result: 10-1
1954
1954 Asian Games
Finished 2nd
Host: Manila
Date: May 1st-8th,
1954
Opponent: Japan
Result: 3-2

GOLDEN PERIOD: 1951-1962
1956 Summer
Olympics
Finished 4th
Host: Australia
Date: Nov 23rd-
Dec 08th, 1956
Opponent:
Bulgaria
Result: 3-0
1956 1962
1962 Asian Games
Won Title
Host: Indonesia
Date: Aug 25th-
Sept 04th, 1962
Opponent: South
Korea
Result: 2-1
1964
1964 AFC Asian
Cup
Runner Up
Host: Israel
Date: May 26th-
June 3rd, 1964
Opponent: Hong
Kong
Result: 3-1

UPS & DOWNS: 1982-2004
1982 Asian Games
Reached Quarter
Final
Host: India
Date: Nov 20th-
Dec 03rd, 1982
Opponent: Saudi
Arabia
Result: 0-1
1982 1984
1984 AFC Asian
Cup
Qualified, but
failed
Host: Singapore
Date: Dec 01st-
Dec 16th, 1984
Opponent: China
Result: 3-0
2002
2002 LG Cup
Won Title
Host: Vietnam
Date: Aug 10th,
2002
Opponent:
Vietnam
Result: 3-2

COME BACK: 1982-2012
2007 Nehru Cup
Won Title
Host: India
Date: Aug 17th-
29th, 2007
Opponent: Syria
Result: 1-0
2007 2008
2008 AFC
Challenge Cup
Won Title
Host: India
Date: July 30th-
Aug 13th, 2008
Opponent:
Tajikistan
Result: 4-1
2011
2011 AFC Asian
Cup
Qualified
Host: Qatar
Date: Jan 07th-
29th, 2011
Opponent:
Australia
Result: 0-4

COME BACK: 1982-2012
2012 Nehru Cup
Won Title
Host: India
Date: Aug 22nd-
Sept 02nd, 2012
Opponent:
Cameroon
Result: 2-2
2012

PARTICIPATION IN FIFA WORLD CUP
• India got qualified to play in 1950 FIFA World Cup
• AIFF skipped this game citing reasons such as financial difficulties to
meet the travel expenses, lack of practice time, team selection
issues and valuing Olympics over FIFA World Cup
• Unfortunately, the team did not qualify further for FIFA ever after

HURDLES FOR INDIAN FOOTBALL GROWTH
• Obsession and monopoly of cricket
• Lack of youth-initiative programmes in clubs
• Infrastructural deficiency like lack of proper playgrounds
• Lack of good trainers

PROBABLE SOLUTIONS
• Government and corporate sponsorships to encourage rural talents
to participate in the game
• European clubs in the country can provide international quality
training
• Providing opportunity for the players to practice against foreign
teams
• Bringing foreign coaches to India

FOR MORE DETAILS
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Indian Football History at a Glance

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