India AFC qualifiers
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The Asian section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will start for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The qualification process involves five rounds where India’s AFC qualifiers will start for the World Cup 2026 Qualifier and the 2027 AFC Asian Cup. The Indian men’s national football team currently ranks 103 in the table of FIFA Men’s World Ranking position, whereas India Women’s FIFA Ranking is 61. which was released on 26 Oct 2023. This time the India Men’s football team playing for FIFA World Cup 2026 qualification. Indian football team enters sub-100 FIFA ranking for the first time after 2018. The team have Wons the SAFF Championship 2023 Final match and won the 9th title. For the FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers here we are sharing India AFC qualifiers and FIFA Rank of Indian men’s national football team.
The Indian team made it for the first time in the last 21 years in 2018 when the team rank was 97. In 2023, this happened because of its wins over Myanmar and Cambodia. Right now, India holds 121st rank in the world rank with 1145.94 points. India has never participated in the FIFA World Cup since 1950. Here are updates on India AFC qualifiers below –
India AFC qualifiers | History Record of Team India Football
In July 2017 India got its best by achieving 96th world rank. India managed to qualify for the 1950 FIFA World Cup and that time was the golden year for the Indian football team.
Currently, Argentina’s National football team is at the top of the rankings and the team has won the 2022 FIFA World Cup final match.
India now has 1198.84 points during the India AFC qualifiers. The Blue Tigers’ highest ever FIFA rank was 94 which they had achieved in 1996. The Team also reached the 99th spot in 1993 and 96th in 2017 and 2018.
India’s national football team represents India in international football and is controlled by the India Football Federation. The team is also part of the South Asian Football Federation.
| Info | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Blue Tigers |
| Association | All India Football Federation (AIFF) |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Head coach | Igor Štimac |
| Captain | Sunil Chhetri |
| Most caps | Sunil Chhetri (150) |
| Top scorer | Sunil Chhetri (94) |
India AFC qualifiers for World Cup 2026 Qualifiers
For the FIFA World 2026 Qualifiers, the Indian men’s football team kicked off its FIFA World Cup 2026 AFC qualifiers second round for the FIFA World Cup 2026. The Indian football team is placed alongside Asian champions Qatar, Kuwait, and Afghanistan in Group A. All the teams will play each other in the home and away round-robin format for the tournament qualification. here are sharing the India AFC qualifiers table below-
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 6 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 |
| 3 | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
What has been the Indian football team ranking from 1992 to 2023?
| Year | Highest rank | Lowest rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 99 | 129 |
| 1994 | 101 | 113 |
| 1995 | 111 | 121 |
| 1996 | 94 | 124 |
| 1997 | 109 | 121 |
| 1998 | 110 | 127 |
| 1999 | 106 | 116 |
| 2000 | 106 | 122 |
| 2001 | 113 | 124 |
| 2002 | 120 | 130 |
| 2003 | 122 | 133 |
| 2004 | 132 | 143 |
| 2005 | 127 | 135 |
| 2006 | 117 | 157 |
| 2007 | 143 | 165 |
| 2008 | 143 | 154 |
| 2009 | 134 | 156 |
| 2010 | 130 | 160 |
| 2011 | 144 | 163 |
| 2012 | 154 | 169 |
| 2013 | 143 | 167 |
| 2014 | 145 | 171 |
| 2015 | 141 | 173 |
| 2016 | 135 | 163 |
| 2017 | 96 | 132 |
| 2018 | 96 | 102 |
| 2019 | 101 | 108 |
| 2020 | 104 | 109 |
| 2021 | 104 | 107 |
| 2022 | 104 | 106 |
| 2023 | 99 | 102 |
| 2024 | 121 | 99 |
India Women’s Ranking
The official FIFA Men’s rankings of the International Women’s team are 61 where the Average Ranking is 56, Highest Ranking is 49 and the Lowest Ranking is 63.
