India national football team

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For other uses, see Football in India.
 India
Nickname(s) The Blue Tigers
Association All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Sub-confederation SAFF (South Asia)
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach England Stephen Constantine
Captain Sunil Chhetri
Most caps Baichung Bhutia (91)[1]
Top scorer Sunil Chhetri (50)[2]
Home stadium Various[3]
FIFA code IND
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 162 Steady (May 2016)
Highest 94 (February 1996)
Lowest 173 (March 2015)
Elo ranking
Current 181 Decrease 2 (29 March 2016)
Highest 48 (1952)
Lowest 227 (2011)
First international
Pre-independence:
 Australia 5–3 India 
(Sydney, Australia; 3 September 1938)[4]
Post-independence:
 India 1–2 France 
(London, UK; 31 July 1948)[5]
Biggest win

 Australia 1–7 India 
(Sydney, Australia; 12 December 1956)[6]

 India 6–0 Cambodia 
(New Delhi, India; 17 August 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Soviet Union 11–1 India 
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 September 1955)[7][8]
Asian Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 1964)
Best result Runners-up: 1964

The India national football team is governed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated with FIFA, the international governing body for football. In 1954, the AIFF became one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The team was automatically invited by FIFA to play in the 1950 FIFA World Cup (all the other Asian teams withdrew), but they could not go to the tournament in Brazil due to financial constraints.[9] They won gold medals at two Asian Games and one silver at the Asian Cup.

History

India qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals as a result of the withdrawal of all of their scheduled opponents. But the governing body, the AIFF, decided against going to the World Cup, being unable to understand the importance of the event at that time. Reason shown by AIFF was that there was the cost of travel (although FIFA agreed to bear a major part of the travel expenses), lack of practice time, team selection issues and valuing the Olympics over the FIFA World Cup.[9]

The period from 1951 to 1962 is considered the golden era in Indian football. Under the tutelage of legendary Syed Abdul Rahim,[10] India became the best team in Asia. India's football team started the 1950s with their triumph in the 1951 Asian Games which they hosted[11] Later next year they went on to participate in the 1952 Olympics, but lost 10–1 to Yugoslavia. Like four years earlier, many of the team played without boots.[12] After the result the AIFF immediately made it mandatory to wear boots.[13] India then went on to finish second in the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila.[14] At the 1956 Olympic Games they finished fourth, which is regarded as one of finest achievements in Indian football. India first met hosts Australia, winning 4–2 with Neville D'Souza becoming the first Asian to score a hat trick in the Olympics and also making India the first Asian team to reach the Olympic semi-finals. They lost 4–1 to Yugoslavia, and lost the third place play-off match 3–0 to Bulgaria.[15]

Then in 1962 India went on to win the 1962 Asian Games where they beat South Korea 2–1 in the final.[16]

Then in 1964 India played in its most memorable tournament yet. The 1964 AFC Asian Cup where they finished as runners-up thanks to then manager Harry Wright. India won their first match against South Korea 2–0, then lost 2–0 to the hosts Israel then won 3–1 against Hong Kong which gave India second in the tournament.[17]

After the Asian Cup India football went downhill. Failure in many Asian Cup qualification tournaments meant that the next time India reached a quarter-final stage was as host in the 1982 Asian Games.[18] Then all of a sudden India managed to qualify for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup after twenty years out of the Asian Cup tournament.[19] But India during the competition failed to make any impact.[20] India would then fail to make the Asian Cup for another 27 years.

Although India failed to qualify for the 2004 Asian Cup, the senior team did well by showing off a silver-medal winning performance in the inaugural Afro Asian Games, with victories over Rwanda and Zimbabwe (then 85 places ahead of India in the world rankings) along the way, losing the final by just 1–0 to Uzbekistan.[21]

As a result, India football has steadily earned greater recognition and respect, both within the country and abroad. India's LG Cup win in Vietnam under Stephen Constantine was one of the few bright spots in the early part of the 2000s. It was India's first victory in a football tournament outside the subcontinent after 1974.In 2003 SAFF Bangladesh knocked out India beating them 2-1 at extra time. In November 2003, then India coach Stephen Constantine was named AFC Manager of the Month.[21]

In 2006 Bob Houghton was later appointed coach of the team. His appointment saw a general progress in India’s performances crowned by victory in 2007 Nehru Cup in August 2007. Houghton then led India to the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup title as they beat Tajikistan 4–1 in August 2008. Winning the AFC Challenge Cup qualified India for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup for the first time since 1984. He also oversaw the Indian team to its second consecutive Nehru Cup trophy by winning 2009 Nehru Cup.[22]

In 2011, India started off their campaign by participating in 2011 AFC Asian Cup for which they qualified after 27 years. India lost all three matches but did manage to perform well in patches.[23]

In 2012, India won the 15th edition of Nehru cup by beating Cameroon 5-4 in penalties as the full-time score was tied at 2-2, making it the third successive Nehru cup win for India.


Home stadiums

The Indian football team does not have a permanent home stadium as of 2011 due to so many football stadiums not meeting FIFA guidelines. The only stadiums that are FIFA and AFC approved are the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium also in New Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune, Jawhaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, Trivandrum International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, approved after a renovation in 2015,[24] and New Bangalore Football Stadium in Bangalore, which is under construction. For 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup scheduled to be held in India, three other stadiums namely the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Fatorda Stadium in Margao, and Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati are the ones, most recently approved by FIFA.

Kits

India's traditional football jersey colour is blue. The team is known to have used blue shirts with white stripes in the past, as well as a more recent design with light blue and dark blue stripes, both of which are illustrated below. Nike, Inc. is the apparel sponsor of the Indian national football team. They most recently again wore a jersey with a white vertical line on the left side and a white band on the right arm. Now a new kit with blue colour with saffron in 2015

In 2010, Panasonic signed a deal to sponsor the Indian team's football jersey.[25] However, in December 2012, they decided not to renew their contract.[26] The team went without any sponsor for more than 7 months in 2013, until the All India Football Federation (AIFF) signed a sponsorship deal with the Indian multinational oil and gas company ONGC.[27]

Home

2004–2006
2006 (I)
2006 (II)
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2013
2013–2015
2015–present

Away

2004–2006
2006 (I)
2006 (II)
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2013
2013–2015
2015–present

Third

2008

Personnel

Current technical staff

Stephen Constantine, the current Head Coach
Position Name
Head Coach England Stephen Constantine [28]
Manager India Shanmugam Venkatesh
Assistant Coach England Lee Johnson
Goalkeeping Coach Brazil Rogerio Ramos
Physiotherapist India Gigy George
Fitness Coach Australia Danny Deigan
Team Doctor India Sreejith Kamal
Masseur India Liaqat Ali
Video Analyst India Shankar Sigamani
Coaching Family Liaison Officer Scotland Tofu McLaughlin
Kit Manager India Sanjay Dhyani
Director of National Team Scouts India Abhishek Yadav

Players

Current squad

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Subrata Paul (1986-11-24) 24 November 1986 64 0 India Mumbai City
16 1GK Karanjit Singh (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 17 0 India Chennaiyin
23 1GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 10 0 Norway Stabæk
2 2DF Aiborlang Khongjee (1987-12-09) 9 December 1987 8 0 India Shillong Lajong
3 2DF Augustin Fernandes (1988-10-13) 13 October 1988 7 0 India Salgaocar
5 2DF Arnab Mondal (1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 22 1 India East Bengal
5 2DF Sandesh Jhingan (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 9 1 India Kerala Blasters
17 2DF Lalchhuanmawia (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 4 0 India Bengaluru FC
20 2DF Pritam Kotal (1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 12 0 India Mohun Bagan
21 2DF Narayan Das (1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 13 0 India East Bengal
6 3MF Mohammed Rafique (1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 1 0 India East Bengal
7 3MF Vinit Rai (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 0 0 India Dempo
8 3MF Cavin Lobo (1988-04-04) 4 April 1988 8 0 India East Bengal
10 3MF Francis Fernandes (1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 29 1 India Delhi Dynamos
13 3MF Seityasen Singh (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 7 0 India Dempo
14 3MF Pronay Halder (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 7 0 India Mohun Bagan
15 3MF Udanta Singh (1996-06-14) 14 June 1996 2 0 India Bengaluru FC
18 3MF Harmanjot Khabra (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 3 0 India East Bengal
22 3MF Rowllin Borges (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 10 1 India Sporting Clube de Goa
9 4FW Sumit Passi (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 0 0 India Sporting Clube de Goa
11 4FW Sunil Chhetri (1984-08-03) 3 August 1984 88 50 India Bengaluru FC
12 4FW Jeje Lalpekhlua (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 34 12 India Mohun Bagan
19 4FW Holicharan Narzary (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 6 0 India Dempo

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the India squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Laxmikant Kattimani (1989-05-03) 3 May 1989 0 0 India Dempo v.  Guam, 12 November 2015
GK Arindam Bhattacharya (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 5 0 India S.C. Goa v.  Iran, 1 September 2015
GK Sanjiban Ghosh (1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 0 0 India Mumbai v.  Iran, 1 September 2015
GK Prem Kumar Singh (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 0 0 India Royal Wahingdoh v.  Oman, 11 June 2015
DF Robin Gurung (1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 0 0 India Shillong Lajong v.  Guam, 12 November 2015
DF Rino Anto (1988-01-03) 3 January 1988 3 0 India Bengaluru FC v.  Oman, 13 October 2015
DF Dhanachandra Singh (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987 2 0 India Mohun Bagan v.  Oman, 13 October 2015
DF Koushik Sarkar (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 1 0 India East Bengal v.  Afghanistan, 3 January 2016
DF Gurwinder Singh (1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 0 0 India East Bengal v.  Guam, 16 June 2015
DF Reagan Singh (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 0 0 India Salgaocar F.C. v.  Guam, 16 June 2015
DF Saumik Dey (1984-08-20) 20 August 1984 2 0 India East Bengal v.    Nepal, 12 March 2015
DF Keegan Pereira (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 0 0 India Bengaluru FC v.    Nepal, 12 March 2015
MF Bikash Jairu (1990-11-10) 10 November 1990 7 0 India East Bengal {{{latest}}}
MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh (1986-09-10) 10 September 1986 12 0 India Bengaluru FC v.  Afghanistan, 3 January 2016
MF Romeo Fernandes (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 1 0 India Dempo v.  Guam, 12 November 2015
MF Sehnaj Singh (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 5 0 India East Bengal v.  Guam, 12 November 2015
MF Jackichand Singh (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 6 0 India Salgaocar F.C. v.  Oman, 13 October 2015
MF C.K. Vineeth (1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 6 0 India Bengaluru FC v.  Iran, 1 September 2015
MF Dhanpal Ganesh (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 5 0 India Pune v.  Iran, 1 September 2015
MF Brandon Fernandes (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 0 0 India Mohun Bagan v.  Iran, 1 September 2015
MF Mandar Rao Desai (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 0 0 India Dempo S.C. v.  Oman, 11 June 2015
MF Mohammed Rafique (1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 1 0 India East Bengal v.  Oman, 11 June 2015
MF Lenny Rodrigues (1987-05-10) 10 May 1987 22 0 India Mohun Bagan v.    Nepal, 12 March 2015
MF Lalrindika Ralte (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 14 0 India East Bengal v.    Nepal, 12 March 2015
MF Sanju Pradhan (1989-08-15) 15 August 1989 7 0 India East Bengal {{{latest}}}
MF Anthony D'Souza (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 0 0 India Pune v.    Nepal, 12 March 2015
MF Malsawmzuala (1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 0 0 India Bengaluru FC {{{latest}}}
FW Balwant Singh (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 1 0 India Mohun Bagan v.    Nepal, 12 March 2015

Previous squads

AFC Asian Cup Squads
Olympic Games Football Tournament Squads

Player records

As of March 29, 2016

Most capped players [note 1]
# Player name Career span International caps International goals Non-FIFA caps Non-FIFA goals Total caps Total goals Reference(s)
1 Baichung Bhutia 1995–2011 91 32 13 8 104 40 [1]
2 Sunil Chhetri 2005– 88 50 1 1 89 51 [2]
3 Climax Lawrence 2003–2011 73 2 1 0 74 2 [31]
4 IM Vijayan 1992–2003 71 35 8 5 79 40 [32]
5 Gouramangi Singh 2006– 69 5 1 0 70 0 [33]
Top goalscorers [note 2]
# Player name Career span International goals International caps Non-FIFA goals Non-FIFA caps Total goals Total caps Reference(s)
1 Sunil Chhetri (list) 2005– 50 88 1 1 51 89 [2]
2 IM Vijayan 1992–2003 35 71 5 8 40 79 [32]
3 Baichung Bhutia 1995–2011 32 91 8 13 40 104 [1]

Notes:

  • Internationally active player(s) are listed in bold.
    •
  • Italics denote player(s) who are still active in club levels but have not made any appearances for the national team in the past 12 months.

Results and fixtures

Main article: India national football team results

2015

2016


Competitive record

All-time head-to-head records

As of 29 March 2016 [34]
Teams Played Won Lost Drew GF GA GD Winning %
 Afghanistan 8 5 1 2 16 5 +11 62.50
 Algeria 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.000
 Argentina 1 0 1 0 0 1 −1 00.00
 Australia 7 2 4 1 23 23 +0 28.57
 Azerbaijan 1 0 1 0 0 3 −3 00.00
 Bahrain 5 0 4 1 3 13 −10 00.00
 Bangladesh 24 11 3 10 34 18 +16 45.83
 Bhutan 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 100.000
 Brunei 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 100.000
 Cambodia 4 3 1 0 14 3 +11 75.00
 Cameroon 2 0 0 2 3 3 +0 00.00
 China PR 11 0 6 5 6 17 −11 00.00
 Chinese Taipei 8 4 2 2 13 12 +1 50.00
 Fiji 2 0 2 0 1 3 −2 00.00
 Finland 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 00.00
 France 1 0 1 0 1 2 −1 00.00
 Ghana 1 0 1 0 0 1 −1 00.00
 Guam 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 66.67
 Guyana 1 0 1 0 1 2 −1 00.00
 Hong Kong 15 7 4 4 32 20 +12 46.67
 Hungary 1 0 1 0 1 2 −1 00.00
 Iceland 1 0 1 0 0 3 −3 00.00
 Indonesia 17 6 9 2 23 35 −12 35.29
 Iran 8 2 5 1 6 17 −11 25.00
 Iraq 6 0 4 2 2 11 −9 00.00
 Israel 3 0 3 0 2 7 −5 00.00
 Jamaica 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 00.00
 Japan 13 3 10 0 11 37 −26 23.08
 Korea DPR 7 0 5 2 4 17 −13 00.00
 Korea Republic 23 4 16 3 13 55 −42 17.39
 Kuwait 3 1 2 0 5 17 −12 33.33
 Kyrgyzstan 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 100.000
 Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
 Lebanon 5 0 3 2 6 11 −5 00.00
 Malaysia 22 8 8 6 32 40 −8 36.36
 Maldives 15 11 2 2 32 12 +20 73.33
 Morocco 1 0 1 0 0 1 −1 00.00
 Myanmar 19 8 8 3 27 38 −11 42.11
 Namibia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.000
   Nepal 17 12 1 4 31 7 +24 70.59
 New Zealand 1 0 0 1 0 0 +0 00.00
 Oman 6 0 5 1 4 19 −15 00.00
 Palestine 2 0 2 0 4 7 −3 00.00
 Pakistan 23 14 3 6 34 17 +17 60.87
 Peru 1 0 1 0 0 1 −1 00.00
 Philippines 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 50.00
 Poland 1 0 1 0 1 2 −1 00.00
 Qatar 1 0 1 0 0 6 −6 00.00
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 3 0 1 11 −10 00.00
 Singapore 11 4 6 1 11 15 −4 36.36
 Soviet Union 2 0 2 0 1 16 −15 00.00
 Sri Lanka 19 12 2 5 35 17 +18 63.16
 Suriname 2 0 2 0 3 10 −7 00.00
 Syria 5 2 2 1 6 6 +0 40.00
 Tajikistan 4 1 2 1 5 7 −2 25.00
 Thailand 21 4 11 6 21 36 −15 19.05
 Trinidad and Tobago 4 1 3 0 3 10 −7 25.00
 Turkmenistan 5 1 3 1 7 9 −2 20.00
 United Arab Emirates 11 2 8 1 7 24 −17 18.18
 Uruguay 1 0 1 0 1 3 −2 00.00
 Uzbekistan 5 0 4 1 3 11 −8 00.00
 Vietnam 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 50.00
 Yemen 9 1 6 2 12 20 −8 11.11
 Zambia 1 0 1 0 0 5 −5 00.00
Total 412 143 185 84 543 704 −161 34.71

FIFA World Cup

India qualified by default for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals as a result of the withdrawal of all of their scheduled opponents. The governing body All India Football Federation decided against going to the World Cup, being unable to understand the importance of the event at that time. Reasons given by AIFF was that there was the cost of travel, although FIFA agreed to bear a major part of the travel expenses,[35] lack of practice time, team selection issues and valuing Olympics over FIFA World cup.[36] It was only in 1985 that India first actually played in the qualifiers for the 13th edition, in 1986, at Mexico. India have participated in the qualifiers regularly since 1994 but had never made it past the first round, until 2015, when they beat the Nepal national football team 2-0.

FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Pld W D L GF GA Result
Uruguay 1930 Not a FIFA member
Italy 1934 Not a FIFA member
France 1938 Not a FIFA member
Brazil 1950 Qualified due to withdrawal of other teams, but declined to attend
Switzerland 1954 Entry not accepted by FIFA[37]
Sweden 1958 Did not enter[37]
Chile 1962 Did not enter[37]
England 1966 Did not enter[37]
Mexico 1970 Did not enter[37]
West Germany 1974 Withdrew without playing a match, replaced by Korea DPR[37]
Argentina 1978 Did not enter[37]
Spain 1982 Did not enter[37]
Mexico 1986 6 2 3 1 7 6 Did not qualify
Italy 1990 Withdrew without playing a match[37]
United States 1994 8 1 1 6 8 22 Did not qualify
France 1998 3 1 1 1 3 7 Did not qualify
South Korea Japan 2002 6 3 2 1 11 5 Did not qualify
Germany 2006 6 1 1 4 2 18 Did not qualify
South Africa 2010 2 0 1 1 3 6 Did not qualify
Brazil 2014 2 0 1 1 2 5 Did not qualify
Russia 2018 10 2 1 7 7 19 Did not qualify
Total 43 10 11 22 43 88

AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 Did not enter------
South Korea 1960 Did not Qualify------
Israel 1964 Runners-Up320153
1968 to 1980 Did not Qualify------
Singapore 1984 Round 1 401307
1988 to 2007 Did not Qualify------
Qatar 2011 Round 13003313
Australia 2015 Did not Qualify------
United Arab Emirates 2019 TBD
TotalBest : Runners-Up 10 2 1 7 8 23

Asian Games

(Under-23 team since 2002)

Asian Games record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
India 1951Champions 330070
Philippines 1954Group Stage210136
Japan 1958Fourth Place52031213
Indonesia 1962Champions5401116
Thailand 1966Group Stage310247
Thailand 1970Third Place631285
Iran 1974Group Stage3003212
Thailand 1978Semi Finals5104513
India 1982Quarter Finals421153
South Korea 1986Group Stage300318
China 1990Withdrew------
Japan 1994Did Not Enter------
Thailand 1998Round 2510438
South Korea 2002Group Stage320163
Qatar 2006Group Stage311134
China 2010Round 2510438
South Korea 2014Group Stage200207
TotalBest: Champions 55223327396

SAFF Championship

SAFF Championship Record
Host/Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
Pakistan 1993Champions 1st321041
Sri Lanka 1995Runners-Up2nd311123
Nepal 1997Champions1st4310123
India 1999Champions1st431061
Bangladesh 2003Third Place3rd521285
Pakistan 2005Champions1st541092
Maldives Sri Lanka 2008Runners-Up2nd540193
Bangladesh 2009Champions1st540132
India 2011Champions1st5410162
Nepal 2013Runners-Up2nd521245
India 2015 Champions 1st 4400114
Total 11/11 7 Titles 48 33 8 7 84 31

AFC Challenge Cup

AFC Challenge Cup
Year Round GP Won Drew Lost
Bangladesh 2006 Quarter-finals* 4 1 2 1
India 2008 Champions 5 4 1 0
Sri Lanka 2010 Group Stage* 3 0 0 3
Nepal 2012 Group Stage 3 0 0 3
Maldives 2014 Did not qualify  –  –  –
–
Total Best: Champions 15 5 3 7
  • * India did not field the senior team in this competition.[38]

Nehru Cup

Nehru Cup
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
India 2007 Champions 5 4 0 1 13 3
India 2009 Champions 5 3 0 2 6 5
India 2012 Champions 5 3 1 1 7 4
Total Best: Champions 15 10 1 4 26 12

Honours

Continental

Runners-up (1): 1964
Gold medal (2): 1951, 1962
Bronze medal (1): 1970
Silver medal (1): 2003
Champions (1): 2008

Regional

Winners (4): 1952 (Joint-Winner), 1953, 1954, 1955
Runners-up (2): 1959, 1964
Winners (7): 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015
Runners-up (3): 1995, 2008, 2013
Third place (1): 2003
Gold Medal (3): 1985, 1987, 1995
Silver Medal (2): 1993, 2004
Bronze Medal (2): 1989, 1999
  • LG Cup
Winners (1):2002 [39]

Managers

Manager Period Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
India Balaidas Chatterjee 1948 1 0 0 1 00.0
India Syed Abdul Rahim 1950–1963 42 26 3 13 61.9
England Harry Wright 1963–1964 7 5 1 1 71.4
No permanent manager from 1964–1972[note 3]
India Pradip Banerjee 1972–1981 40 11 5 24 27.5
England Bob Bootland 1982 13 2 5 6 15.4
Republic of Ireland Joe Kinnear 1983 13 4 0 9 30.8
Serbia Milovan Ćirić 1984–1985 11 2 4 5 18.2
India Pradip Banerjee 1985 2 2 0 0 100.00
India Syed Nayeemuddin 1986 6 0 1 5 00.0
India Amal Dutta 1987–1988 8 2 3 3 25.0
Hungary József Gelei 1989–1991 6 2 2 2 33.3
Czech Republic Jiří Pešek 1993–1994 22 5 6 11 22.7
Uzbekistan Rustam Akhramov 1995–1997 20 7 5 8 35.0
India Syed Nayeemuddin 1997–1998 8 1 1 6 12.5
India Sukhwinder Singh 1998–2001 24 11 5 8 45.8
England Stephen Constantine 2002–2005 21 6 5 10 28.6
India Sukhwinder Singh 2005 5 1 1 3 20.0
India Syed Nayeemuddin 2005–2006 8 4 2 2 50.0
England Bob Houghton 2006–2011 45 20 5 20 44.4
India Armando Colaco 2011 6 1 2 3 16.7
India Savio Medeira 2011–2012 15 5 2 8 33.3
Netherlands Wim Koevermans 2012–2015 20 8 4 8 40.0
England Stephen Constantine 2015– 15 6 2 7 40.0

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Caps that are officially counted by FIFA are only considered as full 'A' international matches. Non-FIFA records & statistics are considered unofficial and are therefore omitted by FIFA.
  2. ↑ Goals that are officially counted by FIFA are only considered fully international goals. Non-FIFA records & statistics are considered unofficial and are therefore uncounted by FIFA.
  3. ↑ From 1964–1972, India had many caretaker managers that all of them were never recorded nor remembered for even managing India.

References

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  2. 1 2 3 Sunil Chhetri
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  20. ↑ The Indian Senior Team at the 1984 Singapore Asia Cup. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 21 January 2012.
  21. 1 2 Stephen Constantine, Sudan National Team Head Coach, UEFA PRO Licence holder, USSF C Licence, USSF A Licence. Stephenconstantine.co.uk. Retrieved on 21 January 2012.
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  29. ↑ India 1-2 Turkmenistan FIFA.com
  30. ↑ SAFF Championship: India 2-1 Afghanistan: Blue Tigers win seventh title
  31. ↑ Climax Lawrence - National Football Teams
  32. 1 2 IM Vijayan
  33. ↑ Gouramangi Singh - National Football Teams
  34. ↑ INDIA - MEN'S 'A' MATCHES HEAD-TO-HEAD (FIFA.com)
  35. ↑ Himadri Goswami *. "Fit to Post: An Unaccomplished Dream of Indian Football".
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  37. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
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  39. ↑ India win LG Cup football LG Cup 2002, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Asia
Africa
North America,
Central America
and the Caribbean
South America
Oceania
Europe
Non-FIFA
Games
International Competitions
National Teams
Domestic Leagues
Former National Team(s)
National football teams of Asia (AFC)
Southeast Asia (AFF)
Central Asia (CAFA)
East Asia (EAFF)
South Asia (SAFF)
West Asia (WAFF)
Defunct
Former
1 Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA
Major teams
(World level)
Continental level
Minor teams
Multi-sport event
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