AFC Asian Cup News

Even after suffering a 0-2 loss against Australia in AFC Asian Cup, the Blue Tigers can qualify for the Round of 16. Check the permutations and combinations attached to the qualification.

Asia Cup 2023: Asia Cup 2023 was to be held in Pakistan. But now the hosting of the tournament can be snatched from Pakistan.

India's qualification was sealed ahead of their final league match against Hong Kong on Tuesday when Palestine registered a 4-0 win against Philippines in a Group B game in Mongolia. Stimac's side celebrated its qualification with an emphatic 4-0 win over Hong Kong later in the day.

Overall, Indian football team have qualified for the continental showpiece for the fifth time – 1964, 1984, 2011, 2019 and now in 2023. 

Hosts India seek a winning start against an under-prepared and lower-ranked Iran in their women's AFC Asian Cup campaign opener.

The All India Football Federation President Praful Patel discusses the Covid-19 protocols in AFC Asian Cup 2022 .

The VAR was first used in Asian soccer last year from the last-eight stage of the AFC Asian Cup. The AFC Champions League, Asia`s elite club competition, was suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The technology was successfully implemented across all 32 games of the AFC under-23 championship in Thailand in January.

Former Indian striker Bhaichung Bhutia believes that more matches and exposure had helped Blue Tigers to improve. Bhutia said that level of competition, the players, the coaching staff -- all are much, much better than before. Bhutia was the first Indian to have 100 international caps and retired in 2011 after an illustrious career spanning 16-years.

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

Besides Lee Min-sung and Roca, who tasted immense success at Bengaluru FC, the other two aspirants in the fray are ex-Croatia national team manager Igor Stimac and former Sweden coach Hakan Ericson.

Cannavaro, who won the Ballon D'Or and the World Cup in 2006 as a player, was appointed as China's coach in the face of the China Championship 2019 disputed in March.  

Isac, who has nearly three decades of experience in various coaching roles in several countries, last worked as the sporting director of three-times J-league Champions Yokohama Marinos FC.

After losing to Chennaiyin FC in the final last season, Bengaluru FC won their maiden ISL title after defeating FC Goa in the finals last night.

Australia will next face hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a place in the semi-finals of the tournament. 

India finished outside the top two after the the group's other game between hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Thailand ended in a 1-1 draw.

The Indian men's football team slumped to a heartbreaking 0-1 defeat against Bahrain after Jamal Rashid struck an injury-time winner in their third and final Group A clash of the  AFC Asian Cup on Monday.

The match is all the more special for Indian captain Sunil Chhetri as it will see him equal former captain Bhaichung Bhutia's record of highest appearances for the nation, i.e, 107.   

India went down to hosts United Arab Emirates 0-2 in their second group stage match after they had defeated Thailand in their opening game.

UAE moved top of the table in Group A with four points from two matches while second-placed India still remained in the hunt for a knockout berth with three points from two outings. 

Indian started their AFC Asian Cup campaign in a stunning fashion, thrashing Thailand 4-1. They will take on UAE on Thursday at the Sheikh Zayed Sports City Stadium.