The India women's national futsal team represents India in international futsal competitions. The team is controlled by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and governed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
India made its debut against Hong Kong at the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup qualification on 15 January in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
History Formation, debut and first tournament On 11 October 2024, the AFC announced 19 national teams that would be participating in the draws for the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup qualification. India was one of the nine new entrants for the qualification tournament. On 5 November, the AIFF announced that trials to select the first ever women's national futsal team commenced in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. The trials were held for six days in which 121 players from 15 states participated, out of which 25 players were shortlisted for the first national camp from 11 to 15 November 2024. Nineteen players were shortlisted from the first camp, that was followed by a second camp held in December. On 9 January 2025, the final squad of fourteen players were announced for the Asian Cup qualifiers.
The 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup qualification was the first ever international tournament for the national side. India was drawn in Group B alongside host Indonesia, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan on 17 October 2024. However, Pakistan withdrew its team from participating in the tournament in December 2024. On 15 January, in the debut match India lost 0–5 against Hong Kong. In the second match against the host Indonesia, India could not score and lost the match by 6–0. In the final match against Kyrgyzstan on 19 January 2025, India managed to score three goals. However, India lost the match by a narrow margin of 4–3 and failed to qualify for the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup. Drishti Pant scored the first goal for India in the third minute of the match, thus becoming the first ever goal scorer for India in women's futsal.
2026–present In May 2025, at the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Congress in Kathmandu, it was proposed that a SAFF Futsal Championship would be held annually. On 5 October 2025, SAFF announced that the first ever SAFF Futsal Championship for both men and women would be held from 13 to 26 January 2026, in Thailand. The tournament was in round-robin format. Out of the six matches, India recorded four wins and two losses, finishing as runners-up in the tournament. India won against the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the two losses were against Bangladesh and Bhutan. On 13 January 2026, in the first match against the Maldives, India registered their first ever win. They defeated the Maldives by 11–0 which is also their biggest win to date. In this match, Khushbu Saroj scored 4 goals, thus becoming the first ever hat-trick scorer for the national team.
Competitive record FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup recordYearResultPosition 2025Did not qualifyTotal0/00000000
AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup recordQualification recordYearResultPosition 2015Did not existNo qualification tournament 2018 2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2025Did not qualify3003315 Total 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 15 SAFF Futsal Championship SAFF Championship records Host/YearRoundPositionGPWDLGFGA 2026Runners-up2nd64023112 Total1/10 Title64023112
Results and fixtures For past match results of the national team, see the team's results page.
Matches in the last 12 months, and future scheduled matches
2025
2026
Head-to-head records vs The following table shows India's head-to-head records. (includes all matches)
Opponent 1 0 0 1 1 3 –2 1 0 0 1 1 2 –1 1 0 0 1 0 5 –5 1 0 0 1 0 6 –6 1 0 0 1 3 4 –1 1 1 0 0 11 1 +10 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 1 1 0 0 5 3 +2Total94053427+7
Coaching staff PositionNameHead coach Joshuah VazAssistant coach Judon Dominic D’SouzaGoalkeeping coach Veerababu Sivaneni
Players Current squad Following 14 players were named in the squad for the 2026 SAFF Women's Futsal Championship.
Recent callups The following footballers were part of national selection in the past twelve months, but are not part of the current call-up.
See also Futsal Club Championship Futsal Association of India Football in India History of Indian football India national football team India women's national football team Sport in India
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