What wikipedia says about Indian Football...!!!???

Association football is India's second most popular sport, and is said to rank first in popularity in states like West Bengal, Goa, Kerala and the entire northeast India . Football is played in almost all schools in India. Football is also said to be the top sport in the states of Manipur, Mizoram and Sikkim.

Once Asian champions, the standards of Indian football have decreased due to a lack of investment. As other Asian nations, in which football is the most popular sport, received large investment and ushered professionalism into their system, Indian football was largely neglected in preference to cricket, where the Indian national cricket team is among the top three countries in the world. In September 2006, India and Brazil signed an agreement formalise a scheme to train Indian footballers and coaches. Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), in the state of West Bengal, is considered to be the home of Indian football. The city contains the two most famous Indian teams East Bengal Club and Mohun Bagan AC. Derbies between these two clubs are popular events in Kolkata. Recently Goan clubs have been doing very well in the I-league. Dempo FC are the defending champions.