The Downfall of Indian Football 

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Indian volleyball team world rank is 73 too, even Pakistan has a better ranking (51) than us. No one talks about that 😞

Football in India is popular in 4 regions: Goa, Kerala, West Bengal, and North East.

Then=india football 🗿 Now=india football🤡

Bro I cried while watching this video, 4 years ago I fell in love with football, from then onwards I thought football is my life. I kept practising day in day out, I never really knew the history of Indian football. I simply kept dreaming that I would play, get scouted ,play for foreign leagues etc. The older I became the more I realise how hard it is in India to become a footballer. I always kept dreaming that I would help India lift the World Cup. At now present, I never went to an academy because of family reasons The first time I went to an academy ( without my parent’s permission) I defeated their u-19 team and scored 3 goals. The coaches immediately asked me to join and I said I will have to convince my parents. At that time I had my 9th exams and my family said no ( they needed a reason ) . After my exams finished , even though I got 90% ,they were not satisfied, And when I said the word “ football” They scolded me and I cried. Again present, My friend who goes to the gym gave me so much motivation that I decided I won’t quit football just like that and won’t live an ordinary life. When I finally tried to convince my parents to let me join an academy, They said “beta, you simply can’t , in India you cant make it , there is corruption and I would never make it” For family, life is about study , write competitive exams even thought there a LOT of competition get average salary , do job , get wife, get children , and die. For me life is about happiness, I love football and it gives me happiness, I never felt more serious while thinking about football as a career. My parents feel disappointed that they failed raising a child who aspires to become great. How did great people become great people? They were same like all of us , they ignored the society and did what they love? When I was doing research on how to plan my career, I saw many videos that were like a step by step baking a cake tutorial, Then I saw this video, I knew about you channel before and your channel is very educational. While watching this video I was like Why, why does my country make me want to hate it. I only want to see my country shine , and it doesn’t want me to spread my wings . The only time I felt relieved was the ending, I feel like I have to do something , Make the sport great and the youth won’t have to go through the struggles that I will have to go through Now bringing India to the top is my first priority ❤

Late 50's and 60's were the golden period of indian football, PK Banerjee,Chuni Goswami, Tulsidas balaram,Sailen Manna, Jarnail Singh , Nevile D souza etc etc

Calcutta's contribution to Indian football is unmatchable. The streets here breathes the love for football.

My dad grew up watching maradona era and I grew up watching messi era. Both of us asked same question during our respective times, "When will india come to this level in football?". As a football fan, this breaks my heart even to this day.

1983 world cup win was the reason all started showing interest in cricket. So if football want to get well recognised by indians we should put a minimum effort on winning games.

Hockey was most popular sport in India until 1970s. Cricket became popular only after team won 1983 world cup. It shows that people will be attracted towards a particular sport only if their team gives them something memorable to celebrate. I believe we should support every sportman like we support cricketers but you can't blame public if they're not doing it. Football team needs to step up their game if they want to get recognized in their own country.

The editor's failure to include Talimeren Ao in the piece is a significant oversight, particularly considering his dual roles as an Indian footballer and physician from Nagaland. Ao's absence perpetuates the unfortunate trend of neglecting the northeast region of India in mainstream media coverage. As the captain of the India national football team in their inaugural match after independence, Ao played a pivotal role in shaping the early narrative of post-colonial Indian football. His significance extends beyond the sporting arena, as he remains one of the most celebrated figures in Nagaland and a symbol of pride for the entire nation. Furthermore, the editor missed a crucial opportunity to highlight Ao's sacrifice and commitment to honoring his father's dying wish by turning down an offer to join English club Arsenal in order to pursue a career in medicine. This decision exemplifies Ao's character and underscores the depth of his legacy beyond the football field. By neglecting to mention Talimeren Ao, the editor not only diminishes the richness of Indian football history but also overlooks an inspirational figure whose story resonates deeply with audiences across the country. It is imperative for editors to be more diligent in representing diverse voices and narratives, especially those from regions that are often marginalized in mainstream media discourse.

India has a population has over 1.4Billion and still can't make a WC, then there's Iceland whose population is about 400K. Iceland managed to get into the WC and knocked out England national team in Euro 2016.

I am from West Bengal and I am a Mohunbagan supporter. This historical football match of 1911 is our pride. Joy Mohunbagan 💚❤️🔥

Politics is main reason football isn't growing in India

I made a mistake: The current league structure still does NOT have relegation system. AIFF plans to introduce it by 2024-25 www.news9live.com/sports/football/isl-wants-to-have-16-teams-before-implementing-relegation-aiff-president-kalyan-chaubey-au80-2105458

AIFF this year has announced to initiate U13, U15 & U 17 Youth Leagues respectively which will run for 9 month (September-May). As you correctly mentioned, execution is the key & this needs to become a regular affair. Suggestions for AIFF: 1. Need a Transition League for U17-U21 players. I feel Reliance Foundation Development League (RFDL) can play that role very well. RFDL can be a place where Reserve sides of ISL, I-League, I-League 2 & I-League 3 clash apart from 2 teams each to be nominated by State FAs. This way we'll have a good league structure from U13 to U21 level & maybe in 5 years we'll start churning out well skilled players with good experience. 2. Apart from regularly conducting Youth Leagues at U13-U21 level, AIFF has to take up the task of ensuring our Youth National Teams (U15, U17, U20 & U23) have proper coaching staff at a fixed tenure of minimum 2 years & ensure these Junior National Teams play regular matches throughout the year. Minimum 10 matches per year. Fact: India has never qualified for U20 & U23 AFC Asian Cup- Target on qualifying on merit by 2027- Only possible if first 2 points are implemented in full spirit. 3. Build a successful business model for Franchises to prosper in ISL. FSDL's contract ends in 2025 - FSDL (Reliance) can continue as the main sponsor for ISL & they'll generate their revenue through broadcasting but should not take fee from franchises for participation, atleast till the time franchises don't achieve a decent level of profitability. Maybe if FSDL is right now giving 25% of broadcasting revenue to franchises, to compensate for loss of franchise revenue it can cut it down to 20% in future but ensure Franchises achieve profitability. That should be the first priority to make the league successful. Infact ask franchises to invest in their Youth Teams. On that condition, participation fee can be exempted. If you can show tangible investments in Youth Sides, the exemption will continue. 4. Similarly, AIFF needs to make money by selling broadcasting rights of National Team Matches & I-League. For this, firstly they need to ensure National Team plays atleast 15 matches per year & people are made well aware of National Team matches, specially at home, through marketing campaigns. Ticket sales would be crucial for AIFFs finances. AIFF ensured National Team plays 15 matches in 2023 but let this be a habit now. I-League teams also need to be allowed to grow bigger & they can be asked to invest in the Youth Teams too. Focus on increasing popularity of I-League 2 & I-League by ensuring live stream through atleast RU-vid Channels. No one will buy it's broadcasting right at this point. Infact it might damage AIFFs reputation further by making it look desperate.

The amount and quality of research on this video is just top notch, spoke about everything that needs to be said about indian football

1. Youth league 2. Good league structure 3. Social media marketing

Everything is corrupted in India. FIFA even once banned the Indian Football Federation for political influences. Moreover, you can watch any match in the ongoing ISL and find out how the referee's decisions are always against one team. This will never change.💔

We should start School sports clubs, like in the US and Japan, are a game-changer for finding hidden talent. They wouldn't just boost football but also open doors for volleyball, tennis, archery, and more sports like that. In India, cricket overshadows everything, making it tough for kids to explore other sports. Remember where MS Dhoni started playing cricket from.

122 now after a couple of shameless performances against 158 ranked Afghanistan...unless a lot of things change, i don't see India entering even top 100 anytime soon...we're in deep trouble in football

Amazing coverage on how reliance IMG isn't doing anything superbly "beneficial" for Indian football but just milking money out of the teams taking part. This was genuinely one of the most detailed analysis of problems lying in the domestic Indian football structure.

There is a Kerala club which is older than East Bengal but formed after Mohun Bagan. It's called "RB Ferguson Club Kerala" formed in 1899, which involved spreading football in Kerala and South India, also the first football club in South India.

I remember a few years back, some football players were made to clean stadium seats for an IPL match. This is the level of cricket vs other major sports like football. I have given up hope.

If India wants global exposure, then they need to do much better in football. They need to target reaching the WC at least. India needs to build more football pitches all across India. Kids are already playing football on their gaming consoles through FIFA. Even in the smallest Indian villages kids are playing FIFA on their gadgets. It’s cheaper to play soccer than cricket.

Thank You so Much Mohak For Covering This Topic On Indian Football. Most of the Indian News channel don't cover These topics. 💙 Indian Football 💙

I wanna be a footballer but stuck in the education system . I tell my parents i can do much better in that field and 17 year old and ready to give my soul to football. But no one see my dedication towards sports everybody says study and go to good collage . This is INDIA .i still did not gave up on my dream .i wll become a proffesional footballer and going to change the football forever in india .doest matter how tough this is going to be i have to leave my family bz they dont cheerup my dream .i even afraid of talk about my dream in my own house. This is INDIA . But i will change the football.

Thank you for researching and highlighting the problems

Who is here after watching movie MAIDAAN

Who wants football to get the recognition it deserves in india again❤❤

It shows how majestically BCCI handled the cricket and how horrifically AIFF handled the football!

according to my point of view on competition on cricket. cricket has ranji trophy, IPL and duleep trophy. all the player can play three format at the same year, so they get to spend long time on the game. but in football players play in one team till the contract end. if the ISL is short format. they can add three like Club league( long term), state tournament (mid) and zonal tournament (short term). so the advantage is player can play with different team in the same year

Dr. T Ao first indian football captain ❤from Nagaland Now we played Dr. T ao trophy football ❤

Personal story... When I was in 4th grade, I wanted to play football and wanted to learn. I won't say where I used to live, but we have a national level of sports institution. Yet there was no youth training or coaching for football. Yet they had a youth camp from cricket right behind the foot grounds. They had training programs for tennis, volleyball, basketball, athletic but not for football. I approach the coaches who use to train senior teams. They said they don't have time for kids, yet he said I am free to practice as long as I don't interfere with their practices. So I used to go and just play at the wall. Seniors gave me advice on how to play, but they never let me play... Of course, I didn't improve, tho I got good at shooting lol, and then I started practicing goalkeeping with the shots I was taking at the wall. So I used to shoot the ball and then respond to catch it. After a year, I stopped as they refused to let me practice with them. That is the state of the sports in India. My classmates who had money for private lessons got better overall. They had refined techniques where as I was basically self-taught and practiced. So I did make my school's team as keeper but as an extra. Tho, the keeper they selected was already training for the state team, so I can see why I was a substitute.🤣 But with limited resources, there weren't so many options for me. The National Institute who had training facility for almost all the sports India play but not football. I couldn't afford private lessons, so there was that. After a few years, I had a knee injury, and since I only played a couple of times.

Mohak 👋🏻 .This is a well researched video. Can you make part 2 analysing and giving more solutions and your own analysis of there feasibility? You have used your energy on describing the problem so well but only 3 mins on solutions.

Nagendra prasaad sarbadhikari ka ek bengali me semi biopic hai. Movie name "golondaj"

Hey Mohak, Please do a similar piece on Indian Basketball. If you think Indian football has suffered due to mismanagement, our basketball scene is a 100 times worse.

Superb video. Packed with information and brilliantly narrated. It is obvious that a lot of research has gone into this.

Thx bro to raise this topic ♥️♥️

So happy you made a video on football. Im such a big football fan.. and seeing someone make this feels good

Detailed and informative. Thank you. Don't ever stress over the run time. If you have to make it past the the hour mark, go right ahead. We will still watch.

Hey Mohak, great video. Don't you feel that off late RU-vid isn't recommending your videos properly?? I didn't see this in my feed. I had to search.

Bro this video covers everything..one of the best sports videos I've watched on RU-vid... Doesn't matter how this video performs on RU-vid..but true sportsman would know how brilliant this is.

The AIFF Chose 1952 Olympics Over 1950 World Cup And Its The Biggest Mistake In Football History

Cricket 🏏 ❌ Football ⚽ ✅ Badminton 🏸 ✅ Tennis 🎾 ✅ Table Tennis 🏓 ✅ Archery 🏹 ✅ Kushti, Kabadi, etc ✅ Divide the Power in Sports So that many players can become influential Those who don't like hard sports They can also play soft Sports like - Badminton, Tennis, etc

thanks for making a video on this topic.

Thanks for this video🔥

Great vision abdul Raheem sir

Your video will change acceleration of Indian Asian football. Keep up❤

I must say, I have never seen such detailed analysis and explanation including the edits. I literally time-travelled in this narration. Thanks a lot for this info, hope you get all the love and support from your subscribers.. Wonderful video

Brother thank you very much for sharing this history....as a die hard fan of this sport....I pray to God....India shall rise again and make their mark.

I belive that though the current condition of football ⚽ is not good in India,but the thing which is more important than world rank in sports is the love and support towards the sport.Just feel the game⚽⚽❤❤❤

Its sad that no one cares about indian football except west bengal and kerela people and some north east people 💔💔💔

Give solutions was totally relatable for me. One of my friends has a great passion for football but due to no fascilities and opportunities he quite his passion.

Brother its a great video.....well searched 👍🏽....

This is what content ❤

They haven't won a single big tournament for ten years . They don't deserve to be overhyped

I really appreciate Mohak for choosing the best sponsored it's really helpful.

Amazing case study bro

India football should hire a great high budgeted coach worth 35-40 cr. Japan, Brazil, South Korea, france , and Argentina have great coaches which currently India haven't.

I am a state level player from Manipur, but today am working in a 5 star hotel as a receptionist how it feels I only know brother, kuch nhi ho sakta hamare desh k football ka 🙏

Old legend: Syed abdul raheem sir. Present legend :Sunil chetri sir . I wish our india gets recognized for its skills and dedication. I don't care about what others say for me our indian football team is the greatest and sunil chetri sir is doing his best but iur govt never encourages him ..😢

Thanks for this video.

দাদা আপনাকে অনেক ধন্যবাদ ফুটবল নিয়ে কথা বলার জন্য😢 🙏🙏🙏

The way Cricket was shown was never the same for Football.. You click any sports show on TV.. You will only see Cricket Cricket and cricket.. Sometimes ipl, sometimes Test Cricket, WC highlights.. And also the mentality of people.. They mostly love Cricket, support it and they treat their fav cricketer as a star..and thats okay.. The promotion of IPL, players, rivalries the way they are shown are great.. But for ISL they dont promote that much.. No one talks about it, when started when ended no one knows.. I am not spreading any hate to cricket please understand that

Cricket has ruined all sports in India.

Kolkata is the pinnacle pf modern India!❤ Proud to be Bengali

Explained very well ❤

In West Bengal, football is a very popular game. Mohanbagan-East Bengal tussle is everywhere and football is an obsession, a mania, a madness here. That's why it's very difficult for us accept the fact that we are bad in it. Now Indian Super League has started and many celebrities including Sourav Ganguly are investing money in it. Despite that fact, the overall performances of the football players remained poor.

Blaming Cricket for footballing failure is just absurd. Mass public wasn't interested in cricket before 70s and 60s. But when we won the wc in 83, people started dreaming of becoming a cricketer and make the country proud. Similarly, Indian football team has to show something to the fans to attract attention that this team can do something. Anyone has followed the recent Asian cup knows how horrible our performance was. If anyone says we did good, we put up a fight, then no sir. Players can't deliver and public is not taking things seriously.

Very impressive and informative documentary.. hope it will change our perspective

great video, so much detailing. although i for one dont think we will ever be good at football, purely because our intent isnt there.

But football is important because football is most popular sports in the world

Cricket is not a global sport. Only 3-4 good teams are there. I'm also watching cricket before but not interested at all now.

Great knowledge bro. thanks a lot

#### First Indian's Mindset should change. They think Cricket is only or their game. More People means more Fans, more Fans means more Publicity, more Publicity means more Revenue for the Government. Many Indians know the name of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi but they dont know Sunil Chethri. If people change and support other Sports then India will gain name in Olympics and other Sports. ####

Cricket was so good until dhoni era, now I don't even watch it. It's shame we play only one sport and dont even win world cups often, it's shame we win WORTHLESS, and win against weakest teams and media cries like we made some groundbreaking history.. 😂 indian cricket should lose it's place for other sports to come up . Enough of these so called test matches dont know who even watches them play in scorching sun. Such a plain waste of time and energy.

Such a good video ❤ Supporting Indian Football from 2018 i am 17 years old now and want to support our team through long way... Indian Football is an Emotion for us 💙🇮🇳

Fantastic research. Well done

Good salary,good managers, proper infrastructure for small clubs at regional levels,modern training facilities, good fitness coaches and promoting the sport is the need of the hour......we have to develop our style of play according to recent style of play....things have changed now...now football is more direct, physical and tactical....speed,pass and shoot is the new style nowadays....we need players with proper physique to compete with europeans...we also need more international level stadiums ....govt should promote football more so that atleast 20 yrs from now we can have a quality team again

Mohan Bagan was founded before Real Madrid and FC Barcelona and other great clubs but see where they are and what kind of player they produce... If our Indian Govt would have given interest in half of the amount they gave it to cricket our football would have prospered... Our country has 00 international football grounds.

His manner of speaking is very calm and clear ✅

In early 50s or 60s there were few countries in asian football including pakistan, india, iran, Israel, korea etc. No any arab country and even Japan wasn't playing in major competition. When India played 1964 final, it was a competition of just 4 teams, and see now 24 teams are playing in asian cup.

People who are blaming cricket : Listen, Football came in India way before cricket became famous. Football in India had all the time and opportunities to establish itself but failed to capitalise on it. Coincidentally, Cricket succeeded but Football also had a chance but it was already too late. So stop blaming cricket. There is atleast one game where we can proudly say we are one of the best in the Game.

Ye football wale hamesha rote hai ki support nahi milta hai To aisa hai ki cricket ko bhi tab support milna shuru hua jab team ne 83 me world Cup jeeta aur uske baad world cricket me apna name banaya

Thanks for explaining well

love you for making such a dedicated video for indian football

Like the Youth team training in USA🇺🇸

Who's here after india vs Afghanistan 😢

Very elaborately described !! Watched this after seeing’Maidaan’ 😊 I am from Bengal ✌🏼

nagendraprasad sarbadhikari...... we read about him in our 10th history books... feeling the same goosebumps like in 10th he and his team barefeet defeated the brits and won the ifa shield.

Thank you for bringing indian football to mass audience..😢😢

The biggest problem of football fans itself is that majority of football fans don't know even now atleast 3 player of Indian football and know only European players,Shame to them😢

Coach change karna hoga Like *Carlos Kudarat* or *HAVAS*

Good video but to implement solution is difficult

India should focus on football.Wese bhi cricket bhi nahi jit rahe hai

Football>>> cricket, but sadly not in India

Formar National Indian football player and Arjun award winner (1889) mr. Subrata bhattacharya is from my town shyamnagar in West Bengal

Bhai mai K.V. School mai padta tha, vaha sare states ke bache the lekin jab football khelte the to bhai saab uttrakhand aur north east ke bache jo dominate karte the na bhai kya hi kehne. Missile ki traha leke bhagte the ball ko 😂😂😂

Hamare Desh Mai paise khane ke liye ugta hai investment karne ke liye nahi