Praful Patel Biography

The Indian national football team has retained the 137 th position in the FIFA rankings. Over the years there has been a variety of development activities pursued for the growth of Indian football. Under the vision and guidance of AIFF President Praful Patel, today Indian football has witnessed a number of positive strides. Coached by Stephen Constantine, who has recently been offered an extension for 14 months, India managed to hold on to their best ever ranking since August 2010 even though they did not play any matches in the past two international windows.

Last they took onto the pitch, the Blue Tigers routed Puerto Rico 4-1 at home back in the month of September. India continues to be placed higher than the likes of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Hong Kong as they are ranked 22nd in Asia.

India were certain to lose points as they did not line up any friendlies in November. From having 230 points in October, the national side have 217 - a dip of 13 points. However finally India did not drop down in rankings.

FIFA rankings are a very integral aspect of international football and India has maintained a  consistency over a period of time now. Under the Praful Patel biography, the various changes implemented for the growth of Indian football will only take it forward.