text: india ranked 117 th in fifa ranking.abnormal with very strong economy and 100 crores population?   another abnormal thing is india winning nothing in every olympics. this is because india lacks sports culture in general, sports is just not given enough importance. also add the fact that the whole nation is totally in love with cricket which is faboulously marketed. the indian fa is just not rich enough for the betterment of the game. one thing i might mention india did get an invitation in 1950 wc in brazil. but at that time fifa had introduced the new rule that all players must wear boots. indian players were not used to it & fa could not afford it also as india had just got her independence in 1947 & was economically unstable. secondly  we might not be in the wc but we do have world's second largest football stadium in the world yuva bharti krirangan in kolkata which can sit 150,000 people.