 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nhabvu yakaunzwa kuIndia munguva yekoloni yeBritain. Kunyange zvazvo India isati yambomiririrwa muFIFA World Cup ipi neipi, yakawana nzvimbo muna 1950, kunyange zvazvo isina kutora rutivi, sezvo vakanga vasingabvumirwi kutamba vasina shangu. India yakanga iri simba reAsia munhabvu muma1950 nema1960. Munguva iyi yegoridhe, India yakagadzira nhoroondo sechikwata chekutanga cheAsia kusvika kuma semi-fainari mumutambo wenhabvu weOlympic muna 1956 Summer Olympics kuMelbourne naNeville DSouza vakava vekutanga veAsia neIndia kurova hat-trick rekodhi inoramba isina kurohwa mumutambo weOlympic. India yakapedzawo sevakwikwidzi mu1964 AFC Asian Cup. Asi gare gare, mwero wenhabvu wakatanga kuderera nekuda kwekushaikwa kwehunyanzvi uye tsika yekusimba. India parizvino iri pachinzvimbo che105 muFIFA rankings kubva musi wa12 Nyamavhuvhu 2021. 