Indian Super League Club Bangalore FC has stopped the salary of all his players including Sunil Chhetri, taking a difficult decision. The club issued an official statement about this and said that it will not give salary to the players and support staff for some time. The club urged AIFF and FSDL to abolish the deadlock as soon as possible and said that for the future of Indian football, it is very important for the early solution.

Bangalore FC said in its statement, “Given the uncertainty of the future of the Indian Super League season, the Bengaluru Football Club has made a very difficult decision to suspend the salary of the first team’s players and support staff indefinitely. Running and maintaining a football club in India has always been a difficult task, which we have always completed in every season. We had no other way than to take this step due to the deficiency.

The club said in its statement that this will not affect the players playing in BFC Soccer School. He said, “The club is committed to enhancing and developing sports and its operations with its young teams (male and female), and BFC Soccer Schools will be unaffected by this decision.”

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Why did Bangalore FC stop Sunil Chhetri and all the players’ salary?

This situation has arisen due to differences between AIFF and Football Sports Development Limited. The club further said, “We urge AIFF (All India Football Federation) and FSDL (Football Sports Development Limited) to finish this deadlock as soon as possible. There is no benefit from this uncertainty, and the early solution is very important for the future of Indian football.

India is one of the top teams in the world in cricket, but Team India has suffered a big loss in the Fifa Football Rankings. FIFA released the latest ranking on Thursday, with India slipped to the 133rd position, which is the worst ranking of the Indian football team in the last 8 years. Earlier, the Indian team came below the 130th position in the 2017-2017 session. One of the main reasons for this loss in the ranking is that India has not played a single international match in the year 2025.

The Indian football team was first 127th, but now it has suffered the brunt of poor performance in 2025. Team India slipped down 7 places to 133rd position. Let us know that India has played a total of 4 international matches so far in the year 2025, out of which it lost three times and a match was drawn. It was also a very unfortunate thing that India played these four matches with the lower ranked teams.

The most questions on the Indian team arose when Team India had a match draw with Bangladesh. India did not score a single goal in that match. Because of this, questions were being raised on the team’s form. The Indian team achieved its best ranking in the year 1996, when it reached 94th position.

Pakistan’s worse condition

The Indian team is ranked 133 in the FIFA rankings, but its neighboring country Pakistan is worse. Pakistan is also not in the top-200 of the ranking. The Pak team has moved down three places in the latest rankings and went to the 201 Vance Than. At the same time, another neighboring country of India, Bangladesh, is currently at the 184th position.

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