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Asian Cup Qualifier 2023

17 Feb 2022

Asian Football Confederation accepts India bid to host 2023 Asian Cup Qualies

The qualifiers will be held across three match days on June 8, 11 and 14, with the group winners, and the best five second-placed teams earning a ticket to the tournament proper, which is slated to kick off on June 16, 2023.

12 Aug 2020

FIFA World Cup qualifying matches in Asia postponed until 2021

FIFA announced that the upcoming qualifying matches in Asia for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup will now be played next year The qualifying matches were supposed to take place in October and November this year The new dates will be announced in due course

07 Aug 2019

Work closely with All India Football Federation: FIFA to I-League clubs

Earlier, six I-League clubs had written to FIFA Chief Gianni Infantino asking him to intervene and save Indian football.

11 May 2019

Coach John Gregory extends contract with Chennaiyin FC until 2020

John’s first challenge after renewing terms will be the club’s first away AFC Cup group game against Abahani Limited Dhaka at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Wednesday.

02 Apr 2019

Chennaiyin FC gear up for AFC Cup group stage opener against Minerva Punjab

Chennaiyin became the first ISL side to enter the AFC Cup group stage after getting the better of Sri Lanka's Colombo FC in South Zone qualifying play-off on 1-0 aggregate last month.

26 Jan 2019

AFC Asian Cup: Holders Australia knocked out by hosts UAE

Victory means Alberto Zaccheroni's side will move on to a potentially politically sensitive semi-final against Qatar, who earlier stunned South Korea 1-0.

10 Jan 2019

AFC Asian Cup 2019: Mubarak, Mabkhout help UAE seal crucial 2-0 win over India

Ali Mabkhout and Khalfan Mubarak struck goals in the either side of the half-time to help UAE secure a crucial 2-0 win over India in the second Group A match of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 on Thursday.

22 Dec 2018

UAE will be India's toughest challenge in AFC Asian Cup : Gouramangi Singh

Indian start their Asian Cup campaign on January 6 when they take on Thailand. They will play UAE on January 10 followed by the match against Bahrain on January 14.

Indian football captain

03 Aug 2018

On birthday, Sunil Chhetri named 'Asian Icon' by AFC

Talismanic Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri was today named an 'Asian Icon' by the game's continental governing body on his 34th birthday and received effusive praise for rivalling the world's greatest players of his generation in scoring goals.

10 Nov 2017

Entire squad should be credited for AFC Asian Cup qualification, says Gurpreet Sandhu

"Our good run cannot be attributed to just the back four or the goalkeeper or the midfielders or the strikers," the 25-year-old has said.

Asian Football Confederation

25 Oct 2017

AFC General Secretary Dato' Windsor wants one league in India from next year

The merger will give a big boost to Mohun Bagan and East Bengal's hopes to play in the ISL.

11 Oct 2017

FIFA suspends Pakistan Football Federation over 'third-party interference'

The suspension also means that neither the PFF nor any of its members or officials may benefit from any development programmes, courses or training from FIFA or the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

14 Sep 2017

Don't write us off: East Bengal tell FIFA, AFC

This season the merger of ISL and I-League failed as the Kolkata's heritage clubs said they were unable to pay the hefty franchise fee of Rs 15 crore.

25 Jul 2017

AFC approves Indian Super League, terms it 'temporary solution'

AIFF's recommendation to the AFC was that the ISL will replace the Federation Cup, whose winner is currently allocated an AFC Cup preliminary stage place.

Indian Super League

28 Jun 2017

Indian Super League gets recognition from AFC, two national leagues now

The winner of the I-league will participate in the AFC Champions League qualifiers, while the next ISL champion will be eligible for an AFC Cup qualifying slot.

31 May 2017

East Bengal, Mohun Bagan likely to attend June 7 AFC meeting to discuss future of Indian Football

Both the clubs had joined hands in their tirade against Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), organisers of the Indian Super League (ISL), and threatened to disrupt the cash-rich league if their demands of franchise fee waiver and money from the central pool were not met.

Indian football

27 May 2017

Traditional powerhouses Mohun Bagan, East Bengal declare unofficial war against Indian Super League

The Big two clubs refused to budge from their three-point demand and did not submit the bid document for their induction into the ISL.

17 Mar 2017

We have to set a benchmark by qualifying regularly for AFC Asian Cup: Sunil Chhetri

India are preparing for the Asian Cup Qualifiers, and first up will be Myanmar, who had emerged winners in the last meeting between the two sides -- in the 2014 edition of AFC Challenge Cup

11 Feb 2017

Sunil Chhetri says Asian Cup will develop Indian football

India have been drawn alongside Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar and Macau in Group A

11 Jan 2017

We deserve more FIFA World Cup slots, says Asian football boss

The expansion was a key election promise of FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who beat Sheikh Salman to the post in polls early last year.

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