Anthony Andrews appointed India U17 women’s assistant coach

The All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) has appointed Anthony Andrews because the assistant coach of the India Underneath-17 ladies’s nationwide group, with Joakim Alexandersson persevering with as the top coach.

Andrews additionally serves as head coach of East Bengal FC and can proceed to carry that place too.

He has joined the India U17 ladies’s group in Tashkent, the place the Younger Tigresses are scheduled to play two worldwide pleasant matches towards Uzbekistan on Thursday and Sunday as a part of their preparations for the AFC U17 Girls’s Asian Cup China 2027 Qualifiers.

The Qualifiers will likely be held in Malaysia from October 5 to 11, with India set to compete in Group E alongside Malaysia, Syria and Iraq.

“Having spent a major a part of my teaching profession in ladies’s soccer, working throughout each youth and senior ranges, representing the nation on this capability is a duty that I take with immense satisfaction and dedication,” Andrews stated.

The present Indian Girls’s League champion with East Bengal, Andrews is essentially the most profitable coach within the league’s historical past, having gained 4 titles.

He guided Gokulam Kerala FC to consecutive IWL titles in 2021-22 and 2022-23 earlier than main East Bengal FC to back-to-back championships in 2024-25 and 2025-26.

He’s the one coach to have gained a number of IWL trophies.

“Through the years, I’ve been lucky to work with and develop many gamers who’ve gone on to signify India at youth and senior ranges.

“These experiences have given me invaluable insights into participant growth, expertise identification, and creating environments the place younger gamers can maximise their potential. I hope to convey that have, together with the successful tradition.” Andrews has additionally overseen East Bengal’s latest success on the continental stage.

Final Sunday (August 23, 2026), he guided the membership to victory within the Preliminary Stage of the AFC Girls’s Champions League 2026-27 in Malaysia, making East Bengal the primary Indian ladies’s membership to qualify for the group stage in consecutive seasons.

Underneath his stewardship, East Bengal additionally grew to become the primary Indian ladies’s membership to win a match within the AFC Girls’s Champions League group stage final season.