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India achieve Best FIFA ranking since August 2010
Published at :October 20, 2016 at 5:55 PM
Modified at :October 20, 2016 at 5:55 PM
The Blue Tigers are placed 137th in latest table...
India moved to their best-ever FIFA Rankings since August 2010 when they jumped 11 places to move to 137 in the October FIFA Rankings released today (October 20, 2016). India who defeated 114th ranked Puerto Rico in an International Friendly in Mumbai in September garnered 230 points for the month. It was last in August 2010 that India were ranked 138 which stayed India’s best ever FIFA Ranking since then. National Coach Stephen Constantine sounded delighted but wasn’t willing to read too much into it. “When I came over for my second stint, one of my tasks was to improve our FIFA Rankings. With the results which we have had so far, it is clear that we have succeeded,” he told “It’s been a total Team effort. Unless Mr. Patel (AIFF President Mr. Praful Patel) and Mr. Das (AIFF General Secretary Mr. Kushal Das) allowed me to do the things and the manner I wanted it to be done, this won’t have been possible ever,” he stressed. “But this is just the beginning of the long-term plan which we envisage for Indian Football. I am certainly not over the moon as I feel my Team can achieve much more,” he stated. India were ranked 171 when Constantine took over as National Coach for the second time in February 2015 and slipped further to 173 in March 2015 in the FIFA ladder even before Constantine could have his first game in-charge against Nepal, which India eventually won 2-0 on aggregate. Constantine mentioned about the impact the National Team has made after reducing the average age from around 32 to 24. “We have been able to reduce the average age of the Team from around 32 to 24 which is very significant indeed,” he quipped. “The AIFF Academies were set with a purpose and if you look at my Team, there is continuity. We have introduced so many youngsters from the AIFF Youth Development setup and also from the AIFF scouting network,” he maintained. [KH_RELATED_NEWS title="Related News"][/KH_RELATED_NEWS]Via: AIFF MediaLatest News
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