Indian gamers stand for the nationwide anthem at first of the AFC Asian Cup qualifier football match between India and Bangladesh, in Shillong, Meghalaya. (X/@IndianFootball)
The Indian men’s football team slumped to its lowest rating in nine years because it dropped six places to 133rd in the FIFA chart issued on Thursday (July 10, 2025), courtesy two losses in June.
India misplaced to Thailand (0-2) in a global pleasant on June 4 earlier than struggling a defeat to decrease ranked Hong Kong (0-1) in an Asian Cup qualifying spherical match, main to head coach Manolo Marquez’s parting of how with the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
The final time the Indian team had a worse rating was in December 2016 when it was positioned at 135. India’s best-ever rating was 94 in February 1996.
The Indian team at present has 1113.22 score factors as in opposition to 1132.03 beforehand. It occupies the twenty fourth place amongst 46 Asian international locations led by Japan (seventeenth rank).
Nothing has been going proper for the Indian men’s team. The loss in opposition to Hong Kong has put the facet in a troublesome place in its bid to qualify for the 2027 Asian Cup.
The team logged only one win from its final eight matches beneath Marquez’s tutelage, the lone victory coming in opposition to Maldives in March.
This yr, India have thus far performed 4 matches, out of which they’ve gained one, drew one other, and misplaced two. The poor outcomes prompted the return of former skipper and iconic striker Sunil Chhetri to the squad however that has accomplished little to enhance the team’s fortunes.
India’s subsequent scheduled worldwide match is an away fixture in opposition to Singapore in the third spherical of Asian Cup qualifiers in October.
World champions Argentina leads the general chart of 210 international locations, adopted by Spain, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Croatia.
Published – July 10, 2025 05:36 pm IST
