India national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see India women's national football team.
For other uses, see Football in India.
India
Nickname(s) The Blue Tigers
Association All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach Stephen Constantine
Captain Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
Most caps Sunil Chhetri (91)[1]
Top scorer Sunil Chhetri (51)[1]
Home stadium Various[2][3]
FIFA code IND
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 137 Steady (24 November 2016)
Highest 94 (February 1996)
Lowest 173 (March 2015)
Elo ranking
Current 177 Steady (24 November 2016)[4]
Highest 48[4] (1964)
Lowest 186 (2015)
First international
Pre-independence:
 Australia 5–3 India 
(Sydney, Australia; 3 September 1938)[5]
Post-independence:
 India 1–2 France 
(London, UK; 31 July 1948)[6]
Biggest win

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

 India 6–0 Cambodia 
(New Delhi, India; 17 August 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Yugoslavia 10–1 India 
(Helsinki, Finland; 15 July 1952)[8][9]
Asian Cup
Appearances 3 (first in 1964)
Best result Runners-up: 1964
Olympic Games
Appearances 4 (first in 1948)
Best result Fourth Place: 1956
Asian Games
Appearances 15 (first in 1951)
Best result Winners  : 1951, 1962

The India national football team is governed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated to 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.[10] They won two gold medals at the 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. However, the governing body AIFF decided against going to the World Cup, being unable to understand the importance of the event at that time. The AIFF argued that the cost of travel was expensive (although FIFA agreed to bear a major part of the travel expenses) and there were also problems like lack of practice time, team selection issues and more preference was given to the Olympics over the FIFA World Cup.[10]

The period from 1951 to 1962 is considered the golden era in Indian football. Under the tutelage of legendary Syed Abdul Rahim,[11] 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[12] Later next year they went on to participate in the 1952 Summer Olympics, but lost 10–1 to Yugoslavia. Like four years earlier, many of the team played without boots.[13] After the result the AIFF immediately made it mandatory to wear boots.[14] India then went on to finish eighth in the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila.[15] They finished fourth in the 1956 Olympic Games, 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.[16]

Then in 1962, India went on to win the 1962 Asian Games where they beat South Korea 2–1 in the final.[17]

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 and then won 3–1 against Hong Kong which gave India second place in the tournament.[18]

After the Asian Cup, Indian football went downhill. Failure in many Asian Cup qualification tournaments meant that the next time India reached the quarter-final stage was as hosts in the 1982 Asian Games.[19] Then all of a sudden India managed to qualify for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup after twenty years.[20] But during the competition, India failed to make any impact.[21] India would then fail to make the Asian Cup for another 27 years.

Although India failed to qualify for the 2004 Asian Cup, the 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.[22]

As a result, Indian 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 India out, beating them 2–1 at extra time. In November 2003, then India coach Stephen Constantine was named AFC Manager of the Month.[22]

In 2006, Bob Houghton was appointed the 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 the 2009 Nehru Cup.[23]

In 2011, India started off their campaign by participating in 2011 AFC Asian Cup for which they qualified after 27 years. India lost in all three matches but did manage to perform well in patches.[24]

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 national 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,[25] 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 has been blue since 2005.[26] Adidas was the kit-provider of the national team until 2006. 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, and also sponsored the team previously from 2006 to 2012. In 2010, Panasonic signed a deal to sponsor the Indian team's football jersey.[27] However, in December 2012, they decided not to renew their contract.[28] The team went without any sponsor for more than 7 months in 2013, until the All India Football Federation (AIFF) signed a 4-year sponsorship deal with Nike on August 1, 2013.[29]

Most recently, they again wore a jersey with a white vertical line on the left side and a white band on the right arm. The new team uniform unveiled in 2015[30] is displayed below alongside some previous team kits.

Home

2002
(Adidas)
2004–2005
(Adidas)
2006
(Nike)
2006–2007
(Nike)
2008–2009
(Nike)
2009–2010
(Nike)
2010–2013
(Nike)
2013–2015
(Nike)
2015–present
(Nike)

Away

2002
(Adidas)
2004–2005
(Adidas)
2006
(Nike)
2006–2007
(Nike)
2008–2009
(Nike)
2009–2010
(Nike)
2010–2013
(Nike)
2013–2015
(Nike)
2015–present
(Nike)

Third

2008
(Nike)

Kit suppliers

Kit provider Shirt sponsor Period
Germany Adidas — 2002–2005
United States Nike — 2006–2010
United States Nike Japan Panasonic 2010–2012
United States Nike India ONGC 2013–2014
United States Nike — 2014–present

Personnel

Current technical staff

Stephen Constantine, the current Head Coach
Position Name
Head Coach England Stephen Constantine [31]
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 Pal (1986-12-24) 24 December 1986 64 0 India NorthEast United
23 1GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 13 0 Norway Stabæk
2 2DF Keegan Pereira (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 1 0 India Bengaluru FC
4 2DF Arnab Mondal (1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 25 1 India East Bengal
5 2DF Sandesh Jhingan (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 12 2 India Kerala Blasters
13 2DF Rino Anto (1988-01-03) 3 January 1988 6 0 India Bengaluru FC
16 2DF Fulganco Cardozo (1988-01-23) 23 January 1988 1 1 India Sporting Goa
20 2DF Pritam Kotal (1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 13 0 India Atlético de Kolkata
21 2DF Narayan Das (1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 15 1 India East Bengal
7 3MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh (1986-09-10) 10 September 1986 15 0 India Bengaluru FC
8 3MF Seityasen Singh (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 4 0 India NorthEast United
10 3MF Jackichand Singh (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 8 1 India Mumbai City
14 3MF Pronay Halder (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 8 0 India Mumbai City
15 3MF Bikash Jairu (1990-11-10) 10 November 1990 8 0 India East Bengal
19 3MF Holicharan Narzary (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 8 0 India NorthEast United
3MF Rowllin Borges (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 11 1 India NorthEast United
3MF Germanpreet Singh (1996-06-24) 24 June 1996 1 0 India Dempo
3MF Udanta Singh (1996-06-14) 14 June 1996 4 0 India Bengaluru FC
3MF Mohammed Rafique (1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 3 1 India East Bengal
3MF Alwyn George (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 5 0 India Bengaluru FC
3MF Dhanpal Ganesh (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 5 0 India Chennaiyin
9 4FW Sumeet Passi (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 3 1 India NorthEast United
11 4FW Sunil Chhetri (1984-08-03) 3 August 1984 91 51 India Bengaluru FC
12 4FW Jeje Lalpekhlua (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 37 16 India Chennaiyin
4FW Daniel Lalhlimpuia (1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 1 0 India Bengaluru FC

Recent call-ups

The following uncapped players were included in the squad for India's latest fixture.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Amrinder Singh (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 0 0 India Bengaluru FC v.  Puerto Rico, 3 September 2016
DF Chinglensana Singh (1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 0 0 India Delhi Dynamos v.  Puerto Rico, 3 September 2016
MF Issac Vanmalsawma (1996-09-15) 15 September 1996 0 0 India Shillong Lajong v.  Puerto Rico, 3 September 2016
MF Vinit Rai (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 0 0 India Kerala Blasters v.  Puerto Rico, 3 September 2016
MF Arjun Tudu 1996/1997 (age 19–20) 0 0 India Delhi Dynamos v.  Puerto Rico, 3 September 2016

Previous squads

AFC Asian Cup Squads
Olympic Football Tournament Squads

Player records

As of 3 September 2016

  • Sunil Chhetri is the most-capped player and the all-time top goalscorer for India in official international matches.

  • Baichung Bhutia is the second most-capped player in the history of the national team with 84 international caps.

  • Subrata Paul is India's most-capped goalkeeper of all-time with 64 international caps.

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 Sunil Chhetri 2005– 91 51 1 1 92 52 [1]
2 Baichung Bhutia 1995–2011 84 27 20 13 104 40 [33][34][35][36][37]
3 IM Vijayan 1992–2003 70 32 9 8 79 40 [38][34][36]
4 Climax Lawrence 2003–2011 69 2 5 0 74 2 [36][39]
Gouramangi Singh 2006– 69 5 1 0 70 5 [40]
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– 51 91 1 1 52 92 [1]
2 IM Vijayan 1992–2003 32 70 8 9 40 79 [38][36]
3 Baichung Bhutia 1995–2011 27 84 13 20 40 104 [33][34][35][36]

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

  Win   Draw   Lose

2015

2016

Competitive record

All-time head-to-head records

As of 3 September 2016 [41]
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 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 100.000
 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
 Puerto Rico 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.000
 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 415 146 185 84 554 706 −152 35.18

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 the AIFF were the cost of travel, although FIFA agreed to bear a major part of the travel expenses,[42] lack of practice time, team selection issues and valuing the Olympics over the FIFA World Cup.[43] 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 Team didn't exist
Italy 1934 Team didn't exist
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[44]
Sweden 1958 Did not enter[44]
Chile 1962 Did not enter[44]
England 1966 Did not enter[44]
Mexico 1970 Did not enter[44]
West Germany 1974 Withdrew without playing a match, replaced by Korea DPR[44]
Argentina 1978 Did not enter[44]
Spain 1982 Did not enter[44]
Mexico 1986 6 2 3 1 7 6 Did not qualify
Italy 1990 Withdrew without playing a match[44]
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-Up 320153
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

Summer Olympics

(Under-23 team since 1992)

Olympic Games record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA GD
1900–1936Team Didn't Exist
United Kingdom 1948First Round100112−1
Finland 1952Preliminary Round1001110−9
Australia 1956Fourth Place310259−4
Italy 1960First Round301236−3
1964–2016Did Not Qualify
TotalBest: Fourth Place 81161027−17

Asian Games

(Under-23 team since 2002)

Asian Games record
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
India 1951Champions 1st330070
Philippines 1954Group Stage8th210136
Japan 1958Fourth Place4th52031213
Indonesia 1962Champions1st5401116
Thailand 1966Group Stage8th310247
Thailand 1970Third Place3rd631285
Iran 1974Group Stage13th3003212
Thailand 1978Semi Finals8th5104513
India 1982Quarter Finals6th421153
South Korea 1986Group Stage16th300318
China 1990Withdrew
Japan 1994Did Not Enter
Thailand 1998Round 216th510438
South Korea 2002Group Stage10th320163
Qatar 2006Group Stage14th311134
China 2010Round 214th510438
South Korea 2014Group Stage26th200207
Total2 Titles 15/17572233273103

SAFF Championship

SAFF Championship record
Host/Year Result GP W D L GF GA
Pakistan 1993Champions 321041
Sri Lanka 1995Runners-Up311123
Nepal 1997Champions4310123
India 1999Champions431061
Bangladesh 2003Third Place521285
Pakistan 2005Champions541092
Maldives Sri Lanka 2008Runners-Up540193
Bangladesh 2009Champions †540132
India 2011Champions5410162
Nepal 2013Runners-Up521245
India 2015Champions4400114
Total Best: Champions 48 33 8 7 84 31
  • † India fielded their U-23 team in this competition.

AFC Challenge Cup

AFC Challenge Cup record
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.[45]

Nehru Cup

Honours

International

Fourth place : 1956

Continental

Runners-up (1): 1964
1st, gold medalist(s) Gold Medal (2): 1951 and 1962
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medal (1): 1970
2nd, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal (1): 2003
Champions (1): 2008

Regional

Winners (4): 1952 (Joint-Winners), 1953, 1954 and 1955
Runners-up (2): 1959 and 1964
Winners (7): 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009*, 2011 and 2015
Runners-up (3): 1995, 2008 and 2013
Third place (1): 2003
(* 2009 SAFF Championship won by the national U-23 team)
1st, gold medalist(s) Gold Medal (3): 1985, 1987 and 1995
2nd, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal (3): 1993, 2004 and 2016
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medal (2): 1989 and 1999
  • LG Cup
Winners (1): 2002 [47]

Managers

Manager Period Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
India P. Gupta[48] 1938 5 1 1 3 20.0
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 Akramov 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– 18 9 2 7 50.0
(Last updated: September 3, 2016)

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 too many caretakers and all of them were never recorded nor remembered for managing India.

References

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  33. 1 2 Baichung Bhutia
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  38. 1 2 IM Vijayan
  39. ↑ Climax Lawrence – National Football Teams
  40. ↑ Gouramangi Singh – National Football Teams
  41. ↑ INDIA – MEN'S 'A' MATCHES HEAD-TO-HEAD (FIFA.com)
  42. ↑ Himadri Goswami *. "Fit to Post: An Unaccomplished Dream of Indian Football".
  43. ↑ "Barefoot in Bengal and Other Stories". Archived from the original on 14 June 2010.
  44. 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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  47. ↑ India win LG Cup football LG Cup 2002, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  48. ↑ Australia vs India – Internationals in 1938

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1 Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA
National football teams head to head
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