The inception of football in India can be followed back to
mid-nineteenth century when the game was presented by English fighters. At
first, games were played between armed force groups. In any case, clubs were
before long set up around the nation. Calcutta FC was the main club to be built
up in 1872. Other early clubs incorporate Dalhousie Club, Traders Club, etc.
Calcutta, which was capital of English India, before long turned into the
centre of Indian football. Many competitions like Gladstone Cup, Trades Cup was
additionally begun around this time. The Indian Football Association (IFA)
was set up in Calcutta in 1893, however didn't have a solitary Indian on its
board until the 1930s.
At the
pinnacle of its prosperity during the 1950s and 60s, the group was consequently
exceptional to play in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, at the end of the day they
didn't go to the competition in Brazil because of the expense of travel,
absence of training time, group determination issues, the issue of the AIFF
esteeming Olympics over the World Cup, and bizarrely, their occurrence on
playing shoeless when FIFA required all players to wear football boots. They
won gold decorations at two Asian Games, and held the record for the best
execution by an Asian football crew at the Olympics.
India won the
gold decoration in football in the principal Asian Games in 1951. In 1956,
subsequent to having put on its boots, India arrived at the semi-last in
Melbourne Olympics football. In 1962, India again got the football gold in the
Asian Games. 1951–1962 is typically considered as "golden phase" of
Indian football. India never qualified for the Olympics after 1960. India's
last significant exhibition in a universal competition was in 1970 Asian Games,
when it won the bronze. Indian football would anyway experience a desolate
stage in 70s, 80s and 90s, bit by bit losing its toehold as a top Asian group.
In 2007, the
Indian national group won the Nehru Cup for the first time. India also lifted
the AFC Challenge Cup and thus qualified for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.
In 2009, India again won the Nehru Cup. India played in 2011 Asian cup which
was the first time India played in Asian cup in 24 years. But India was taken
out of the gathering stage due to the lack of training and experience.
So in order
to develop football in India, Indian Super League was started in 2013. Its main
aim was to make football a top game in India and to make Indian football a
significant player worldwide. ISL works along the lines Twenty-Twenty cricket Indian Premier League and Major
League Soccer of the United States. Slowly, ISL developed in India and in
2017; it was proposed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) that the
Indian Super League champion be allowed a spot in the AFC Cup. In 2019, a
roadmap was made for the development of League in India. And now many leagues
and cup competitions are taking place India for the development of Indian
football such as Youth league, Calcutta football league, Mizoram football
league, Durand cup, Super cup, etc. India football is growing and
hitting high peaks as the days go by and the day is not far when India will be
able to host the FIFA world cup.
SOL CAMPBELL once said, “I thing that in the
future, India would definitely be ready to host a FIFA World CUP”.
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