India Obtains Best FIFA Ranking In Over A Decade

India Obtains Best FIFA Ranking In Over A Decade The Indian national football team obtained its best ranking in world football in over a decade as per the latest rankings released by FIFA on Wednesday. The ranking of 129 is also a huge improvement of 42 places in less than two years apart from being the best ever since August 2006. The Indian football team had an encouraging 2016,

winning nine of their last 11 international matches. A win against Peurto Rico, a side ranked 114 - much higher - was the highlight of the year.

"The national team gaining its best ranking since December 2005 shows that we are on the upsurge. The ranking enables us to be placed in pot two when the draw for the Asian Cup Qualifiers UAE 2019 is to be conducted later this month. We had last qualified for the Asian Cup in 2011 and hope to be there again in UAE in 2019," All India Football Federation (AIFF) general secretary Kushal Das said.

National coach Stephen Constantine said: "We have had a really good couple of years during my time and while results have been mixed, we have achieved what we said we would. Our ranking is at its highest since 2005 which is obviously great for Indian football. There is, however, a very long way to go where I intend to take Indian football to, but I can say that we have begun our journey."