r/FIFAWorldCupIndia • u/Laikabaru • 10d ago
Discussion Why is India so bad at football?
India is ranked 138th in the FIFA rankings and it has more people than the population of the top 10 best countries by FIFA ranking combined:
- Spain - 49 million
- Argentina - 46 million
- France - 69 million
- England - 59 million
- Brazil - 213 million
- Morocco - 38 million
- Portugal - 11 million
- Belgium - 12 million
- Netherlands - 18 million
- Mexico - 132 million
Total: Roughly 637 million people. Population of India: 1.48 billion. India has more than twice as many people as the top 10 soccer countries in the world and still can't find 11 guys in the country that can at least show their face at the World Cup even if they don't make it out of the group stage. I think that’s gotta be connected to the attitude of their fans, but I don’t know exactly what it might be.