The President of All India Football Federation (AIFF) Kalyan Chaubey gave the sharp fall of the Indian man’s football team in the FIFA world ranking “complex and fluctuating” nature of the control body evaluation.
India in nine years dropped to the lowest positionFallen to 133 in the latest update FIFA 10 July. Chaubey said the current ELO -based system in the historical performance of the team in a few years, with points added or deducted depending on the results of the match and the power of the opposition.
How does the evaluation system work
“The FIFA ranking is based on the historical performance of the national team in international matches played in previous years. This method adds or deducts points for matches or from existing team points,” Chaubey explained. “It depends on the number of matches playing team and ranking of the opponent. In 2023 we moved to 99 out of 106 when I took the lead, and now in 2025, of 99, we went down to 133.”
The Indian decline came despite the promising 2023. Losses on stronger parties such as Australia, Uzbekistan and Syria have proven to be costly and poor performances in subsequent accessories only complicated the slide. Chauby also offered a historical perspective and stressed that India began from a much lower base when FIFA first introduced the ranking.
“FIFA first published its evaluation in December 1992 and India was ranked 143. Place out of 211 Member States. In 2015 we went to 173, then in 2018 increased to 97.
Club football growth vs. The national team is fighting
The Admitted the boss of AIFF The fact that the Indian domestic football boom did not take place in the equivalent growth of the national team. “Over the last decade, Indian football has seen remarkable progress-better stadiums, improved club professionalism, improved paying players and world-class broadcast.
“However, this success was not reflected in the performance of the national team. Most investments
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Published:
Amar Pancker
Published on:
August 10, 2025
