KOLKATA: After recent wins in the international matches India rose to 101 in the FIFA rankings with the senior National men team achieving the ranking, best ever in over two decades.
The new ranking which were released by FIFA earlier today saw India jump 31 places from its last rank of 132 (March 2017). This is India’s best ever FIFA ranking since May 1996 when India were also ranked 101. The ranking of 101 elevated India to 11th ranked team in Asia, thus, inching closer towards realizing larger dreams.
India’s highest FIFA ranking achieved so far has been 94 which was attained in February 1996 while India were ranked 99 in November 1993 and 100 in October 1993, December 1993 and April 1996.
The last couple of years have been extremely encouraging for Indian football, wherein the National team has had 11 victories in 13 matches (including an un-official match against Bhutan) scoring a total of 31 goals. (AGENCIES)
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