Why India was banned from football

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Despite one of the biggest populations in the world, India have never reached a World Cup or been particularly competitive beyond fixtures in South Asia itself.
But recently, FIFA made the decision to ban India from football - causing 10 days of chaos in the process. This is the story behind why the AIFF was disbanded, and why such measures needed to take place.
Written by Seb Stafford-Bloor and illustrated by Henry Cooke
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#fifa #india #worldcup

[@74neverlast]

If FIFA claims that Indian football has structural problems, we should pay attention, as the FIFA is pretty experienced in this matter.

[@JoshuaC923]

Hahaha exactly

[@abishekdas73]

You can critique FIFA. You can critique India. The main point is to create a fair rule for all those who are are a part of football. India had a problem. It didn’t address it in time. Now it pays a price. FIFA had problems. It was forced to solve it. Now they are fine. We need to understand that good governance is the ultimate goal. All this finger pointing is nonsense.

[@darrenchin_]

@@abishekdas73 bro FIFA is not "fine". It's still a den of snakes.

[@abishekdas73]

@@darrenchin_ i agree.

[@GuinessOriginal]

Everything ops corrupt in India

[@agniz4089]

Another thing to add - India's most successful women's club Gokulam Kerala were unable to participate in the AFC Women's Club Championship due to the ban. They travelled all the way to Uzbekistan just to return a week later.

[@praddumnvats6759]

sad

[@bthunderbolt4101]

@@av_24 tbf from the outside indian hockey has had a renaissance recently especially the woman's team

[@lnfused]

Hahahahahahahahaha

[@safalparajuli]

It has Nepali 🇳🇵 legend Sabitra Bhandari playing for them 👏

[@sammatthew2841]

@@av_24 well woman from northeast india do quite well when it comes to sports like boxing and weightlifting in international tournaments.

[@sheshadz]

As usual, the biggest enemies of India are not outsiders, but insiders like this guy Praful Patel.

[@rutvikrs]

Praful Patel is only a symptom.

[@poojith6549]

One would think that there is some big guy pulling strings , no it's just the whole sport or at least here football selection committees and stadiums became a joke

[@zefersanity6537]

again a guy from congress being a guy from congress

[@sergiowinter5383]

Government being government

[@klausbrinck2137]

The whole report explains how the FIFA tries to overrule a huge country´s supreme court, and the only thing you understood was a person´s name that was involved? U see no problem therein, that FIFA, having no legitimation at all, dictates what the supreme court has to say? Especially when this supreme court stands for every 5th human?

[@alexanderchronos8694]

I'm actually extremely happy that we got banned by FIFA. If someone as corrupt as FIFA says you're corrupt, you really must be doing something special. These fuckers ruined sports in India, not just football, but every sport. It's in shambles, and a very shameful conclusion we've come to.

[@TheSubstitues]

Look, if Zimbabwe is compliant. It's embarrassing for your nation but then again you love cricket 😭

[@joshuajohn74]

@@TheSubstitues MF we love football ok come to certain states like kerela sikkim bengal meghalaya etc we live and breathe football so shut up

[@timherrmann4168]

it seems like Fifa just wants the same people to stay in power while the Indian government actually tried fighting corruption. Why cannot more than 25% of federation members be active players? Fifa wants to make sure the power is held by bribable old people rather than the players.

[@Huang_Teh.]

@@TheSubstitues cricket has no link to football....the national sport of india is hockey . And football too has huge following Asian oldest & biggest derby mohan bagan vs east bengal fc is from india . Even Asia oldest & 3rd oldest football tournament Durand cup is still going on .

[@rutvikrs]

@@timherrmann4168 ex players don't solve problems my friend. They were the problem that culminates into this situation.

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

India should have multiple leagues every league covering 2 or 3 states. This could help with exposure but would require investment in all the facilities

[@TiagoFerreira-zp9gi]

lol, they have multiple leagues.

[@Pratyush017]

We already have that

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

@@Pratyush017 i mean like at the top level… like instead of isl being the primary league we should have multiple leagues that are top level with seperate league systems. I’m suggesting that India be having leagues like a continent

[@yournotgully]

@@jcxkzhgco3050 india just doesnt have good players to be performing at the top level

[@swarinkeshmayankdas9612]

@@yournotgully agreed but it's hard to find players if the structures are not right in place

[@bobbywrtm]

Same stupidity also happens in Indonesia few years ago where we got banned from FIFA, be patient my fellow football friend in India

[@mtk3755]

Luckily we didn't get banned but suspended and quickly did elections and elect the new president now the suspension has gone but things need to improve. Thanks for your wishes. I hope Indonesia also improves in football.

[@Darwinek]

Didn't Indonesia have two associations and two first leagues at the same time, at some point?

[@bobbywrtm]

@@Darwinek it was, one of the association/league run by government that wants to save the organization (PSSI), the other one runs behind the bar by the incumbent who was convicted for doing corruption but amazingly he doesn't get fired/resigned because he and his corrupted cronies changes the organization statute so a prisoner/criminal can run the organization (because of that changing, FIFA banned the organization and create normalization team to change the association structure without any Indonesian government involvement)

[@senmanzero6493]

@@Darwinek it also happened here in india where rich people just setup a new league cos welll....theg could

[@joselima6279]

Here in Guatemala we also got suspended from FIFA for a while due to serious corruption and mismanagement

[@mhtv5959]

Thanks for raising awareness, Tifo Football. Your platform will put more spotlight on the situation in India

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

How do you have a thousand likes and not a single response before mine?

[@Rihardololz]

@@ThePrinceOfNigeria L+Ratio

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

@@Rihardololz what does that even mean?

[@Rihardololz]

@@ThePrinceOfNigeria not here to spoon feed you.

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

@@RihardololzThen you shouldn't have even bothered responding in the first place.

[@background_lurker]

India actually did qualify for the FIFA world Cup in Brazil in 1950, but a dire post-independence political, economic and social situation meant that we never made it to play.

[@praddumnvats6759]

..they didn't have quality boots and kit

[@ek6352]

@@praddumnvats6759 that's a myth. It's wrong

[@praddumnvats6759]

@@ek6352 wow

[@praddumnvats6759]

@@EdgarHunk lol colonial mindset

[@Daniel-ro8tq]

@@EdgarHunk India can keep it's g-rape culture with itself, only thing they can consistently do well 🤣

[@somnath1235]

Prafull Patel is highly corrupt politician.. He was earlier the aviation minister and absolutely screwed up the national carrier.. But thanks for making a video on Indian football.. 🙏🙏🙏

[@bricktop.]

What was the national carrier for? Other aircraft?

[@somnath1235]

@@bricktop. no.. It was the indian government owned civil aviation company called Air india..due to massive corruption employee salary also got delayed.. Finally it had to be sold to a private firm

[@rutvikrs]

@@bricktop. Air India went from a barely profit making firm to a white elephant under him.

[@geraldclydeabella3350]

@@bricktop. That the National Carrier Air India, He was involving on leet acquisition scam and brought 68 planes

[@kiranp5611]

@@bricktop. national airline owned by government. Called Air India, before he took it was unprofitable and later he turned to a company where govt had to regularly pump money so the employees don't protest which was a huge loss. The biggest conglomerate had to step in to buy it along with the losses as everyone knew it is a loss making company which anyone else won't buy

[@shravankarmarkar1332]

Being an Indian and a football lover, and a sportsperson myself, this is shameful to hear and see. I pray that no athlete should deserve this, and hopefully this situation never comes up again. Thank you Tifo for the awareness.

[@ululukululu450]

Millions of indians are getting job benefits in Qatar and send back to jndia 100s of billions of dollars every year... Every indian should support Qatar during world cup.

[@newbie4789]

@@ululukululu450 I support Netherlands and I know they are gonna win against Qatar. I have family members working and gaining money from Qatar and are grateful to the nation. But sports is all about spirit and people have the rights to choose whoever they want to support.

[@sairaj8219]

@@ululukululu450 what kind of logic is this😂 . Millions of india benefits from Australia, America, England ,canada ,france , German , Netherlands also and also send billions of dollars.

[@YaNoAwantoMas]

@@ululukululu450 millions of indians scam Americans every day by phone calls bringing billions of dollars of fraudulent money to your filthy country every year.. Do you also support that.. of course you do.

[@realnapster1522]

@@ululukululu450 Qatar should first respect human rights…

[@rahulvkrishnan]

I'm fed up of politics ruining Football in this country.

[@myownlilbubble]

Keep the flame burning for the football in your nation...... politicians and businessmen are always trying to ruin the beautiful game.....

[@charlesray9674]

Wasn't it being mismanaged before the government entered the scene?

[@GarkKahn]

Same here with my country and the rest of the world as well

[@rutvikrs]

@@charlesray9674 you are dealing with kids who think corruption is the main problem this country faces.

[@peterparker9954]

We are fed up of this country itself 🤣

[@xRob]

I would love to see India competing on World Cup level. I hope they can overcome their corruption in the AIFF and rise up.

[@nabihbawazir8019]

WIth 8 - 9 Asian Spots avaliable for FIFA World Cup, is not impossible

[@realchad7200]

🤣with 20 team Its Impossible India it's a cricket country they would never join in football

[@ritzrandom5551]

@@realchad7200 England made cricket

[@peteypete9357]

They can't even get rid of the caste system. What makes you think they'll get rid of corruption?

[@carinhaquemoralogoali2345]

If even FIFA can't overcome corruption, I don't think the AIFF could do it. Brazil x Croatia was a proof of this corruption.

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

In Nigeria it is our belief that India was issued a hundred years ban for using black magic in their last match against Nigeria. It is believed that our goal keeper would see several lions approaching him anytime the Indian striker takes a shot at him. Nigerians also claim the scores were 99:0 in favor of India meaning the average of 1 goal per minute. Edit: The match actually ended 99:1 but the Nigerian player that dared to score against India died shortly after, from unknown complications.

[@GenesiisDavid]

😂😂 I was looking for this

[@rutvikrs]

Please tell me there is an article on this in English.

[@princediamond85]

Lol same in Ghana 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

@@rutvikrs Unfortunately there isn't, it's just similar to folklore that has been passed down through the generations by word of mouth since it allegedly happened.

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

@@princediamond85 Ghana and Nigeria is practically the same thing bros, many Ghanaians played for Nigeria in that match.

[@outtrun]

1.4 billion of us… surely there’s gotta be a lil brown messi here somewhere

[@anab0lic]

das racist

[@monsterwith21faces92]

Or not... Maybe he never had anyone to tell him that he can make it big in any other sport then Cricket or maybe he never had any idol to seek inspiration from that's sad because that's Just another lost talent

[@mtk3755]

He's working as engineer or doctor

[@Faster2525CK]

@@mtk3755 lmao bro spitting facts

[@luminousdreams8405]

The biggest Irony is currently now AIFF president is Kalyan Chaubey who won 33-1 against one of The most renowned Indian footballer Baichung Bhutia just because Kalyan chaubey is a long time party member of Current govt. But Baichung already did many administrator work for the sports field and also he was a successful member of parliament too. But Pedigree, Previous experience don't matter when Politics come.

[@praddumnvats6759]

ahh the same old problem

[@jagratrajrana]

Biachung is also a politician now and contested election with tmc and later formed his own party. He is a great player but has done little to nothing for sikkim football. I don't know if chaubay is right guy but finally there is someone who has played football. Infact he played for 7 years for senior national team.

[@praddumnvats6759]

@@jagratrajrana oh I didn't know that.

[@luminousdreams8405]

@@jagratrajrana Can you tell me where did you get the information of doing little to nothing for sikkim football? Because I work closely with Under 21 Interstate football and whole north east is basically telling me entire different story. It was Baichung who actually made 3 academies in Sikkim and 1 in Bengal also he was the one who introduced sports scholarship with his own money. Whole sikkim is actually against this voting and recently a member of voting panel already Accused Kiren Rijiju of Fixing Kalyan Chaubey's Election.

[@jagratrajrana]

@@luminousdreams8405 actually I have a friend from sikkim who told me this so I'm not sure about that myself but you also ignored that the other guy was also a footballer and both of them were in politics after their career.

[@thesportshalf]

Thanks for making this video Tifo! The elections have already taken place and Kalyan Chaubey is the President now. Indian Football needs a major overhaul of it's administrators. And a bigger vision. Hope more awareness among fans will help in taking the sport to the next level in the country.

[@sanjaynalamaru]

100% agreed. Hope the new set of administrators do good

[@luminousdreams8405]

Already Kiren Rijiju Accused of Fixing Kalyan Chaubey's Election To AIFF Presidency Vs Bhaichung Bhutia

[@bear1245]

If they can be trusted

[@marky1173]

Personally I think Baichung Bhutia should be the president

[@rutvikrs]

@@marky1173 because?

[@sayantandasgupta9605]

India has structural problem everywhere including cricket. Amit Shah made his son the head of BCCI. Guess ICC is kind of impervious to it because the amount of money IPL brings in

[@anuragpatel1476]

He was duly elected, also he is not the Head, that will be Roger Binny and BCCI has been very successful

[@yahiabhisachhai8025]

please go china

[@sayantandasgupta9605]

@@yahiabhisachhai8025 Only if your mom comes with me :)

[@yahiabhisachhai8025]

@@sayantandasgupta9605 kyu najayaj ho kya

[@DosPerspectiva]

@@yahiabhisachhai8025 anpadh gawar jaake chulha chauka kar. Amit shah ki dickriding krta rehta h jb dekho

[@Knightwolf__]

I'm conflicted rn, idk if i should be happy that Indian football is being showcased on Tifo for the first time, or sad that it is probably the last time we are spoken about. Hope this video helps to raise awareness about the state of football.

[@jinhuakuek5351]

it's not the first time that Tifo mentioned about football in India, just very infrequent. They had a two-parter of history of football in India 4 years ago which I enjoyed.

[@aryados1520]

Please do the needful

[@Dev_712]

This isn't the first time that Tifo has done a video on Indian football, neither will it be the last. There are multiple videos on Mohunbagan, history of Indian football, etc

[@czdaniel1]

I feel so conflicted, too...but for different reason. The Corrupt ineffective governance of FIFA vs The Corrupt Ineffective Red Tape of INDIA Government. MY RULING: The Indian Federation needs to allocate more into the youth-development side of the pyramid... as for the rest, thank Tifo for making the video bringing the dispute to our attention. I'm curious to learn more before taking a side

[@marioelburro1492]

It'll bring more world wide attention to India and may force the country to do better. Sometimes a bit of criticism is needed to cause change

[@someguywithdepression1363]

Indians : let's play Football Spice : Nope

[@PitchforkStudios]

Love Tifo. I'm from India. This was a great watch. Football doesn't have the value it should have in India. IMO if India wants to do great in the world of football, follow that Belgian model. But corruption is always on an all time high here along with kids dreaming of playing football don't have the opportunities or high level training amenities.

[@rutvikrs]

Corruption is a byproduct. Lack of identity and incentive structures are the causal factors for it. We have always followed trends in football and that has been the reason we haven't had a single player in the top 5 leagues. The Belgian model will be replaced by Dutch one in 5 years.

[@shauryasuri3653]

there are 3 problems in indian football. 1) bad management/corruption as you saw from this video. 2) Most kids quit football after 10th grade to focus on their careers(a footballer is considered as a very bad career option in india since they dont get paid a lot). 3)training facilities aren't great at most places

[@shashankshekharsingh871]

AIFF spent nearly 1.6 million Rupees on an astrolgy firm for good vibes, but can't afford to provide proper football facilities to young footballer??? Abhorrent behaviour from those incharge. Shame!

[@mtk3755]

It's just a fake news all money went in their pockets.

[@kiranp5611]

Guess what that astrology firm doesn't exist 😂, Google about it !

[@Bubajumba]

1.6 million indian rupees are only 20k USD. Not justifying their actions but you won't get much for that

[@teampyramidesport9495]

@@Bubajumba bro 1.6 million dollaris ₹129,919,209 crore in ruppes

[@teampyramidesport9495]

@@Bubajumba 1 million = 10,00,000 in indian ruppes

[@ugoeze7360]

The fine print at the top of “The Sports Code” has written: “Not A Real Document”. I see what you did there. Well played, Tifo. Well played.

[@cogknight7335]

Thank you tifo football for raising awareness about the situation... ❤️

[@alwynjimmy5990]

Great work promoting indian football, we really need it. Exposing the corruption behind the scenes is massive.

[@rutvikrs]

Corruption is not the problem. It's a symptom. There are fundamental issues with football that will take decades to resolve

[@BOABModels]

Here's hoping there's a second part of this video in the future showing how things have improved. 🤞🤞

[@dude99844]

Spurs have a better chance of winning the league than that happening

[@werewolf1803]

@@dude99844 so a very good chance then

[@dude99844]

@@werewolf1803 you must be new to football

[@rutvikrs]

With "eminent sportspersons" back in the fray. No chance.

[@hnaku8748]

Don't hold your breath on improvement is all I'll say. Personally gave up already. Always just new ways of being bad.

[@shopnil584]

Only if FIFA monitored things about Bangladesh the same way they did for India..

[@makchot3263]

Nobody cares about pengladesh

[@opinionatortv6457]

@@makchot3263 bruh

[@shopnil584]

@@makchot3263 A very bold statement coming from someone who's name sounds like some Indian Slang

[@shopnil584]

@@EdgarHunk ikr xD

[@Kushagra.j]

@@makchot3263 more like beggardesh

[@tanay3627]

Thank you for raising awareness about the sticky situation we were in🤝🏼🇮🇳

[@rutvikrs]

How does it help though?

[@adhnaanahmed5029]

As a indian and football fanatic,this video is heart wrenching for me seeing indian football in this state whereas Indians including me supporting European football.😔. Football is at its worse in india tht cricket in india is taking over markets and generating more money to indian GDP. I hope one day we will grow as football powerhouse just as cricket

[@Sanjay_Singh_Bisht]

Europe put his 100 years on football, just like we put 30 years on Cricket. It will take time, we don't have any magical wand.

[@himanshugurjar9002]

This ultimately was good as finally indian football is getting organised and future looks hopeful. And finally the supereme court and government started paying attention.

[@kayaguard]

Thanks for shinning light on this Tifo, it goes a long way in creating exposure in India. Cheers!

[@bipin2295]

at 0:20, India had qualified for world cup in 1950 by default when all the other members withdrew!

[@RFC_16]

But they ended up withdrawing before the tournament began, so it doesn't really count.

[@JoshMarshain]

Always wondered about the perplexing nature of football in India but never did a deep dive, thanks Tifo

[@rutvikrs]

Its not a deep dive tbh.

[@Bandookwaala]

Promotion and relegation should be from the district level to city level to state level ( every State ) to i league 3rd division to 2nd division to i league to ISL without any franchise fees... This will change the Indian football

[@rutvikrs]

How will it change Indian football? Do you mean gametime?

[@shreyansjain6850]

Thanks for bringing light to this topic.

[@hashemhashem8409]

Could you please do a similar video on why Kuwait was banned for over 2 years?

[@SarthakMondal]

A corrupt body banning another corrupt body. Irony died a painful death

[@Mij10132]

Leadership and Corruption Problems are also prevalent here in Bangladesh too. We have a rich traditon of Football yet the president currently has been in power for 14 years and our ranking is going downhill. I hope I can see my country in the world cup within my lifetime.

[@Darwinek]

You will see Bangladesh in the World Cup once FIFA expands the number of participants to 84 or something like that. Same applies for India too.

[@surjayanroybarman6844]

@@Darwinek lol! We are far ahead of Bangladesh in football.. we are going to play Consecutive asian cups and fifth overall.. don't underestimate us

[@Darwinek]

@@surjayanroybarman6844 I have to see you in the final stage of qualifiers for FIFA World Cup yet.

[@surjayanroybarman6844]

@@Darwinek let us perform in the asian cup.. after that only we can hope for doing something in the world cup qualifiers

[@Beluga-pl8nt]

Keep dreaming..

[@dontbewrong7706]

If India wants to be great in Football and sports in general, Our parents need to shift away from the mentality of ' Study and get into engineering '.

[@mtk3755]

It's not them, they only look for financial security for their child. It's about the federation to make football into a good career option. Like cricket. If not why would ones parent want to let them go into football.

[@karthiknarayanan3705]

Thats not how it works. Football must become a great career option in the same way cricket has become. Only then parents will encourage children to take up football as a career option.

[@whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

No; sports as an entertainment doesn't pay for a career in India. When was the last time we paid to see local sports events? Unless there are enough people with money and the willingness to spend that money on entertainment through sports; there won't be any progress. Call me a capitalist; but that's how it works

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

Depends by the sport. India has never been a football nation. Their national sport is cricket and they’re very good at it

[@pascal9055]

FIFA: “…these guys have structural and corruption issues.” Good lord, if FIFA thinks that, it must be bad…

[@vishnuj8375]

Finally someone took the responsibility to explain this situation.

[@timothyralsun2702]

Thank you Tifo. You should also look into the problem between Indian Super and I League.

[@human-connections]

They have already in another video I believe.

[@fishyfish6510]

They already made that video 2 years ago

[@flippinjimmy8677]

Thank you tifo for shedding some light on our countries footballing woes,wish we took football with the same seriousness as cricket

[@dariomendoza191]

never knew THAT !! thanks for Sharing1!!!

[@ochan4884]

Apart from the chaos in the organisation, there is the factor of super popularity of cricket. Children while playing football will leave for a shot in cricket and return back - the mind and heart of Indian youth is in cricket.

[@TheOfficialRamVenkatakrishnan]

Unfortunately, it’s a dying sport, that is nowhere near where it should’ve been.

[@HaramiHoshiyaar]

@@TheOfficialRamVenkatakrishnan rather i think cricket is a dying sport.

[@Z71990]

And it will remain untill and Unless Indian football team atleast qualifies for the world cup

[@farhi411]

Pretty similar to Indonesia's suspension on football from 2014-2016

[@cr7beastronaldo]

Lovely information thank u guys!

[@shuvbhowmickbestin]

best thing to happen to Indian football, see how it is now growing under Kalyan Chaubey. Such a blessing in disguise!

[@JimynSan]

Hard to find 22 people in one squad from 1.4 bil people to register

[@seandavidzonde4156]

This is quite similar to the situation in Zimbabwe were ZIFA recently got banned

[@realt.7186]

Zvakawoma 😢

[@ashutoshyadav9899]

Thank you for using the real map of India. Tifo, you are amazing.😍

[@sabarnomandal5213]

bro your videos are amazing!! thank u for making video on indian football!!]😍😍🧡🧡🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@bear1245]

Indian football would be hard to police all the fraud they’d undoubtedly commit.

[@FirebrickFoxx]

Corrupt officials? Monarch type structure issues? I kept getting lost whether they were talking about AIFF or FIFA.

[@mtk3755]

Haha yeah basically both

[@adhirathbali]

You're such a good narrator! Loved the video. I wonder though, how did you manage to get ALL the Indian names wrong?

[@klashnekov86]

India should have the biggest sports platform in the world regardless of sport just because of our population. The fact we are always let down by corruption and greed really lets down our athletes. If we can a half decent structure, organisation with some decent coaching from abroad to train up our coaches we could do well in multiple sports, not just cricket. Be nice to see us in the Olympics competing for medals and being dark horses for some of the world cups. Hopefully in my lifetime

[@otitkothabole]

There should be 8 different AIFF Premier League (North, NorthEast, East, SouthEast, South, SouthWest, West, NorthWest) with 3/4 states per league. 18 teams per league. Top 4 of each league play AIlFF champions league. Every teams built based on a big city & 51% is owned by non-profit trust managed by fan members. 70% salary cap rule, Minimum & Maximum salary limit per player, Maximum contract time limit, Release clause 10-12 times of yearly salary, Release clause decreases (100/total contract length)% per year, 28 player per squad, Minimum 14/6 playerr from native state in squad/11, Maximum 6/3 playerr from other state of league in squad/11, Maximum 6/3 playerr from other league in squad/11, Maximum 4/2 foreign player in squad/11. Maximum salary should not too high, performance bonus should be high. Every team has a reserve team in 2nd league, a satellite club each in 3rd,4th & amateur leauge. No top infastucture needed at start, just get the league running. India has so many people & so much land available, they will see result in 10 years.

[@rutvikrs]

I know you mean well. But these are all feel good statements turned into plans.

[@deepakmishraRF]

Loved your true map of India representation 🙏🙏

[@Iam_Kady]

Yes i saw anny foreigner youtube channel didn't share our true map But i appreciate it

[@rainbowkitten8990]

They are also banned from competing in the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. A shame to be honest. Love from the UK to India 🇬🇧❤

[@TrickXxl]

Like they would qualify? 😂

[@rashidkhalid3970]

Add to that india won the cricket world cup in 80s and also its been won multiple times in sup continent since so people of sub continent became cricket crazy and it soon became nmr one sport

[@shauryakalia3296]

It actually seems like the committee appointed by supreme court was doing much needed work and FIFA was being hasty and unreasonable

[@ikgz98]

Remember, politician and sports never mix and end up well. I've witnessed this myself by my hometown state club. A club that have achieved everything, never lose at home ground,winning treble, competing at the highest stage amongst the best at that moment, but after all those glories, everything went downfall, new big stadium project is never heard again, failing to be competitive on and off the pitch, losing players to rival, failing to pay for players salary. Enough is enough. Im glad the club is owned by the righ hands now.

[@rutvikrs]

It's good for the politician and the country's politics. That is about it.

[@ikgz98]

@@rutvikrs but not for the football club. Well it's all about management and integrity of course, corruption is the main factor, and that's something already well known about politicians.

[@rutvikrs]

@@ikgz98 1. Then get AIFF out of government control. Let them create their own funding. Been saying this for a decade. Cricket and tennis are private and they are India's best run sports. 2. Corruption is the symptom not the cause of issues. The main reason politicians join these organisations is to gain experience in administration. It's better to mess up a club or sportsboard than a ministry. A lot of them are corrupt. But so are ex footballers. There was one who took football back decades. 3. A lifetime of playing does not prepare you for paper pushing administrative jobs. Ex players don't have skills in budget management, operations management, marketing and experience based skills. They ruin sports administration across the world. 4. To involve ex sportspersons hoping to get results is the same logic as appointing a lawyer for hostage negotiation or a taxi driver as a pilot.

[@ikgz98]

@@rutvikrs that's a long one. But im just talking about my experience from my country specifically. The politicians that own a football club have their own agenda. And it's a profitable ones. It's all about money. I guess that's clear in my comment. Simply put, they rob the money that the club gained .

[@abhinavbharadwaj4629]

The irony of fifa accusing aiff of being corrupt, lmao

[@fg4peace]

Can you please make a video about why Pakistan is not able to join FIFA? I know they apparently make the best football that is also used by FIFA in this world cup and many in the past. A country that makes the best football should also have a good strong team. I'm assuming its somewhat same reasons at India.

[@uww.v]

Pakistan is a member of fifa.

[@peakyblinder441]

@@uww.v I think the original comment meant that why Pakistan is not coming in top 30 or top 50 but ranks in very trash positions

[@MuhammadUsman-mi4jk]

There’s no correlation. Being able to stitch a ball together doesn’t mean they should play the sport excellently. Does Vietnam making most Nike shoes mean they should have the best runners in the world?

[@Z71990]

This is the dumbest thing I have ever read in my entire life

[@khareashish77]

Limiting player representation, having poor league structure, lack of administration, misuse and wasting of finances, Indian football needs a serious serious overhaul

[@thankyouforinfo]

HAHAHA facts if the people on the top don't know anything except to make money, then what else will happen. I applaud FIFA for this act and I hope checks will be kept on the misuse of power in Indian football which takes away the opportunities of many young aspiring footballers.

[@kiranp5611]

No dude FIFA actually tried to f it up, thankfully we all reached a compromise!

[@manofnowhere8373]

Not only indian football tarnished by politics, religion issues also in woeful state. I pity muslims in india

[@ayushrajgaur4430]

Hope our new committee performs better and do something for development

[@millymahinra3900]

This video makes me curious as to what those statutes are

[@masterclass8405]

Make a video on how women’s football teams are run and how their financial affairs are separate from the men’s teams, if they are, that is.

[@harrisroy3754]

Believe me if india enters fifa world cup support would be huge... Not even a single european country cannot dream it... We make every stadium home🇮🇳

[@ninab.4540]

Dream on

[@GHCMargarita]

Bro why is there not even 1 relevant Indian footballer in history. Even if you are banned, Indian players are not banned to play in European teams. There are so many Indians in uk why can’t they make it? Y’all are trash at football stay with cricket

[@GHCMargarita]

@@harrisroy3754 no not invented a china china is the same as India not one relevant player Your history. And yes the highest level of football is played in Europe that’s a fact. Nothing to do with racism Europe got so many African and Central/South American players why not 1 Decent player from China or India?

[@SKumar-os2ne]

@@GHCMargarita because football is not seen as a viable career option. Talented sportsmen in India mostly pursue cricket. Football infrastructure isn't that good.

[@GHCMargarita]

@@SKumar-os2ne doesn’t apply to all the Indians in the uk or Europe in general, also even if that’s the case there are still football clubs in India no one made it yet

[@whatdadogdoin7531]

Their situation is quite good compared to my country but surprisingly we are not banned from playing the WC, that is if we somehow manage to qualify.

[@BryanBenoitPhoto]

If government is involved it is way more hard for FIFA to extort money from the local federations :)

[@haruyanto8085]

Fifa needs money?

[@esthermoses5068]

As a rising super power, India like it or not will have to do more with sports ,not acceptable that a big country like India is so low in sports . Look at china it has understood that is working extremely hard to meet western standards competitors. Any strong country that wants international respect must be sucesseful in many types of sports

[@TENNSUMITSUMA]

Sports isn't mandatory or relevant to being a super power (or human existence)! That and they're good at cricket from what i understand, which is a sport!

[@ImJay2207]

Some of the most passionate fans in the world. A country that deserves more Great video

[@anuragparee01]

It will be a great team if people start watching the game at a massive scale in india. But cricket has always ruled through the heart of Indian .

[@IMAN7THRYLOS]

Football is th best sport in the planet and it is for everyone. It is a damn shame for India to be excluded from the football family. I hope that they sort these problems and participate in the following years in tournaments.

[@samihamchev9528]

Ah cool, just like here in Bulgaria. Here instead of supreme court influence, we have the ex-best national players in history turn our football union into a communist tribune and as a result our football championship's quality has went incredibly low and the national team hasn't qualified for a big tournament since 2004. Tbh I'm surprised we haven't been sacked from FIFA too. If you haven't already, please make a video about this.

[@mrrahul9683]

Today also many state fas are running like family business . For example the utharakhand state football association is run by arif ali, his wife ,his daughter (and also her husband).

[@dr.victorperumal1248]

Thanx for showing the correct map of India in the video... Plz correct the map in thumbnail too

[@depekthegreat359]

Totally deserved daily and ever in this world and other planets,good friends!!!👍

[@AlbertKimMusic]

Keep the flame of football alive in your country and one day, there will be a time

[@wiamesalam6915]

I'm from morroco And I really want to know why india banned from Fifa I heard a weird story about shoes and I didn't understand it

[@ItsZim0]

Can you do a video on Indonesia football too?

[@vineethkapala4383]

A lot of talented and passionate players dreaming of playing football don't have the opportunities or decent training.

[@rutvikrs]

But Africans have it?

[@marky1173]

The new elections of the president have taken place and Kalyan Choubey is elected as the new President but he also fishes some allegations of having political connections as a sudden as his name suddenly appeared out of no where and famous football in India and a role model for many named Baichung Bhutia was denied the post of President.

[@1003kaykay]

Man, they are not just 'connections'. Kalyan is a member of the ruling party, and has unsuccesfully contested elections before. Obviously the government wants a pawn in the organization; much easier to control funds and critical decisions. Baichung is also involved in off-shoot politics but he was hands-down the better choice. An ideal choice would have been an non-political affiliated person/ex-footballer.

[@rutvikrs]

This thread is hilarious. 😂

[@abhijeetpawar7700]

Thanks TIFO Football for making video on this and raising awareness. Pretty accurate. Hope that the new elected president having football background gives justice to this sport in India.

[@RafaelBorghi]

Actually India was invited for World Cup 1950 in Brazil but gave up after some rule changes by FIFA

[@DSBW]

I wonder why it's getting recommended now?

[@theunknownstuntman4010]

I love how fifa likes to tell everyone how to run the domestic leagues but realistically they couldn't run a bath, what's that saying about throwing stones in glass houses

[@Fake-dy6dt]

My guy opened up shop in the corner

[@Psycho250785]

So, basically India wanted to reform its federation which had corrupt nature, but FIFA was against the reforms. So natural…

[@punisherlee]

As a Nigerian, it is widely said that India used juju to make the ball turn to stone and as a result, they beat Nigeria 99-1 and that is why they were banned from playing football again.

[@sudhirmeghwal7258]

Wait what ?

[@punisherlee]

@@sudhirmeghwal7258 Yeah. It's urban legend around Nigeria.

[@ancientphoenixians]

Do most Nigerians still believe in juju and voodoo?

[@punisherlee]

@@ancientphoenixians A good majority, yes.

[@mtk3755]

@@punisherlee haha yeah read about that but it's not true. We had been banned not because we beat you but because we refused to take part in 1950 wc because of lack of funds. Then fifa banned us from Wc for few years.

[@charlasdefutbolscouting]

India is a strange case. 1.2 billion people; they love football, mainly english football, but zero good player.

[@rjfaber1991]

As I understand it, it's highly regional. Football is huge in West Bengal, but not quite so big elsewhere, and of course the sport that gets the kind of attention in India that football does in most of the rest of the world is cricket. That said, West Bengal alone already has a population greater than that of Germany and nearly twice that of Argentina, and neither of those countries have ever had population statistics be a problem in producing scores of quality players and achieving huge success with their national teams.

[@Dev_712]

@@rjfaber1991 it's indeed very true that football in India is extremely regional, but West Bengal isn't the only state which has a high potential. The problem lies elsewhere though. India lacks proper infrastructure and grassroot training programmes. The entire administrative structure is full of corrupt and inept people, with petty regional politics ruining the talented players and stunting their development. Although football is popular certain regions, it's not enough to ensure that the national leagues, clubs and the players get appropriate funds, which unfortunately is redirected towards cricket, and that in turn affects every other sport. It's very sad to see the current state of Indian football

[@charlasdefutbolscouting]

@@Dev_712if infrastructure is the problem, Africa would not have players in Europe. Uruguay has 3 million people and a poor league with the worst stadiums of american continent (disreputables), but they compete with everywhere. Indian teams like Mohun Bagan has tradition and a massive fan base. East Bengal too.

[@mtk3755]

@@charlasdefutbolscouting east bengal and mohun bagan are mostly famous in bengal or few regions not whole of india. Avg indians haven't even heard names if they not interested in football. Also the factor most miss is football is not seen as a financially good career to take. Even if bengal has culture but most parents will not let them go into that career if they feel that isn't financially secure. It's about lack of football culture in whole country, lack of facilities, lack of investment, administration problems, bad league structure and not convincing parents of football being a financially secure career.

[@Dev_712]

@@charlasdefutbolscouting it doesn't make sense to compare countries having very different culture, geography and traditions. And as I had said, poor infrastructure is one of many problems. Secondly, for a lot of South American and African kids who play in Europe or elsewhere, football was the only way to live a decent life. If they could somehow make it to the top, they were guaranteed to live a better life. The same drive can be found in Indian kids as well, however the sport is different - it's cricket. Why? Because of the money that is invested in cricket is significantly more than that invested in all other sports combined. A professional football player doesn't even earn a tenth of the money earned by a cricketer. Add in the fact that there are differences in physical features as well. Just having a large fan base is never enough to produce quality players

[@navyfitdestroyerofponds9723]

I used to play in the isl with David Beckham , shevchenko, milito, and maulllin.

[@adityadebnath4952]

None of them played in ISL.

[@hkaayaakuu]

We've a new prez Bhai Bhaichung was in running Now I can understand why but still cannot see a good outcome

[@salemaw]

Can we get a video on the downfall of Kuwaiti football

[@lohitaddagada1648]

As long as cricket is given more importance than anyother sport nothing will happen or we need someone like salah or mane who burst opens onbto European champions league and inspires the billions

[@shouryahegde2347]

Stop complaining about cricket. Cricket is just a scapegoat

[@subhasishjena7879]

If this is true than how India become good in badminton .

[@lohitaddagada1648]

@@subhasishjena7879 it's a single person sport and we need only 1 strong mentality good player whereas in football we need atleat 25 world class players

[@subhasishjena7879]

@@lohitaddagada1648 If this is the thing then why only 5to 6 country won medal in international events . You take it wrong I was talking about that India can become good in both cricket and football just football have to do something extraordinary . now football fan following also increase many time .

[@subhasishjena7879]

@@lohitaddagada1648 and more India football team have to give hope some day they will defeat good team other day we will draw with Bangladesh , Nepal if this will continue football following will not increase .first we have to appoint a good coach for senior . When ever I watch a match I become frustrated it looking like they are just playing with out any strateties .

[@huwenkai440]

Well, India was never football first until now. So it will be a surprise if anyone knows something about Indian football status. This is rather fascinating, to be frank.

[@logiic8835]

Indonesia too

[@thedarkknight5479]

Thanks for showing the correct map 👍🏻