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Devi was called-up for the senior team and debuted in the year 2011. [12] She is the current captain of the India women's national football team. Devi played a pivotal role in India's success in qualifying for the 2021 Olympics (supposed to be held in 2020) which is going to be held in Tokyo. Devi has several achievements with the national team.
Football for women in Asia started later compared to their male counterparts. The seed of women's football in India was planted in the early 1970s. The first manager was Sushil Bhattacharya, in 1975 [3] and from 1975 until 1991, the administration of the game was in the hands of the Women's Football Federation of India (WFFI), which comes under the Asian Ladies' Football Confederation (ALFC ...
Over the years the Indian Women's Football Championship has been the major championship among state teams.. On 21 April 2016, over a year after the AIFF started plans for a women's football league, the AIFF President, Praful Patel, said that a women's football league would kick off in October 2016 with six teams to be decided, with the goal to expand to eight teams by 2017. [19]
The first captain to lead India in their first AIFF organised international tour was Karuna Bhattacharya, [2] [3] who captained India in their first international match against Australia on 3 September 1938. The following table includes players who have captained the India national football team, along with the vice-captains and the ...
In 2016, the Indian Women's League was incorporated. [2] A proper league system for women's football was established in 2016 with the commencement of Indian Women's League (IWL), The league was launched as India's first professional football league for women with the aim to increase the player pool for India national team.
The 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship is the fifth edition of the SAFF U-18/19/20 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under–19 national teams organized by SAFF. On 07 February 2024, India beat Nepal 4–0 to enter SAFF U-19 Women's Championships final and shared the title in the final with Bangladesh. [15 ...
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Oinam Bembem Devi (born 4 April 1980) is an Indian football coach and former footballer from Manipur. [2] In 2017, she was honoured with the Arjuna Award by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. [3] She was nicknamed the Durga of Indian Football and is currently involved in spreading awareness about Women's football in India. [4]