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 India

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Blue Tigers
Association	All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Stephen Constantine
Captain	Sunil Chhetri
Most caps	Baichung Bhutia (91)[1]
Top scorer	Sunil Chhetri (50)[2]
Home stadium	Various[3][4]
FIFA code	IND
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	163 1 (2 June 2016)
Highest	94 (February 1996)
Lowest	173 (March 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
Soviet Union 11–1 India  (Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 September 1955)[8][9]
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.^[10] They won gold medals at two Asian Games and one silver at the Asian Cup.

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 lack of practice time, team selection issues and a 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 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 second in the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila.^[15] 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.^[16]

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

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.^[18]

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.^[19] Then all of a sudden India managed to qualify for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup after twenty years out of the Asian Cup tournament.^[20] But India during the competition 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 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.^[22]

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.^[22]

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.^[23]

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.^[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.

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,^[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.

• Venues selected for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Kolkata	Kochi	New Delhi
Salt Lake Stadium (Upgraded)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity: 85,000[26][27]	Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 60,000
Navi Mumbai New Delhi Kolkata Kochi Margao Guwahati India national football team (India)
Navi Mumbai	Guwahati	Margao
DY Patil Stadium	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium	Fatorda Stadium
Capacity: 55,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 19,000
		File:Fatorda Stadium Goa.jpg

India's traditional football jersey colour has been blue since 2005.^[28] 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 2010. In 2010, Panasonic signed a deal to sponsor the Indian team's football jersey.^[29] However, in December 2012, they decided not to renew their contract.^[30] 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.^[31]

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^[32] is displayed below alongside some previous team kits.

2002 (Adidas)

2004–2005 (Adidas)

2006 (Nike)

2006–2007 (Nike)

2008–2009 (Nike)

2009–2010 (Nike)

2010–2013 (Panasonic)

2013–2015 (Nike)

2015–present (Nike)

2002 (Adidas)

2004–2005 (Adidas)

2006 (Nike)

2006–2007 (Nike)

2008–2009 (Nike)

2009–2010 (Nike)

2010–2013 (Panasonic)

2013–2015 (Nike)

2015–present (Nike)

2008 (Nike)

Kit provider	Shirt sponsor	Period
Adidas	—	2002–2005
Nike	—	2006–2010
Panasonic	—	2010–2012
Nike	ONGC	2013–2014
Nike	—	2014–present

Position	Name
Head Coach	Stephen Constantine [33]
Manager	Shanmugam Venkatesh
Assistant Coach	Lee Johnson
Goalkeeping Coach	Rogerio Ramos
Physiotherapist	Gigy George
Fitness Coach	Danny Deigan
Team Doctor	Sreejith Kamal
Masseur	Liaqat Ali
Video Analyst	Shankar Sigamani
Coaching Family Liaison Officer	Tofu McLaughlin
Kit Manager	Sanjay Dhyani
Director of National Team Scouts	Abhishek Yadav

• Next Match Date: TBA
• Opposition: TBD
• Caps and goals correct as of: 7 June 2016^[34]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Subrata Paul	(1986-11-24) 24 November 1986 (age 37)	64	0	Mumbai City
16	1GK	Amrinder Singh	(1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Bengaluru FC
23	1GK	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	(1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 (age 32)	12	0	Stabæk
2	2DF	Keegan Pereira	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36)	1	0	Bengaluru FC
3	2DF	Chinglensana	(1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 27)	0	0	Shillong Lajong
4	2DF	Arnab Mondal	(1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 (age 34)	24	1	East Bengal
5	2DF	Sandesh Jhingan	(1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 (age 31)	11	2	Kerala Blasters
13	2DF	Rino Anto	(1988-01-03) 3 January 1988 (age 36)	5	0	Bengaluru FC
18	2DF	Fulganco Cardozo	(1988-01-23) 23 January 1988 (age 36)	1	1	Sporting Goa
20	2DF	Pritam Kotal	(1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 30)	12	0	Mohun Bagan
21	2DF	Narayan Das	(1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 (age 30)	14	0	East Bengal
6	3MF	Jackichand Singh	(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32)	7	0	Pune City
7	3MF	Eugeneson Lyngdoh	(1986-09-10) 10 September 1986 (age 37)	14	0	Bengaluru FC
8	3MF	Seityasen Singh	(1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 (age 32)	8	0	NorthEast United
10	3MF	Udanta Singh	(1996-06-14) 14 June 1996 (age 28)	4	0	Bengaluru FC
14	3MF	Mohammed Rafique	(1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 (age 31)	3	1	East Bengal
15	3MF	Alwyn George	(1992-03-01) 1 March 1992 (age 32)	8	1	Bengaluru FC
19	3MF	Holicharan Narzary	(1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 30)	7	0	Dempo
9	4FW	Sumit Passi	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 29)	2	1	Sporting Goa
11	4FW	Sunil Chhetri	(1984-08-03) 3 August 1984 (age 39)	90	50	Bengaluru FC
12	4FW	Jeje Lalpekhlua	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33)	36	15	Chennaiyin

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
MF	Karanjit Singh	(1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38)	17	0	Chennaiyin	v.  Turkmenistan, 29 March 2016
GK	Arindam Bhattacharya	(1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 (age 35)	5	0	Sporting Goa	v.  Iran, 8 September 2015
GK	Sanjiban Ghosh	(1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 (age 33)	0	0	Mumbai F.C.	v.  Guam, 16 June 2015
DF	Aiborlang Khongjee	(1987-12-09) 9 December 1987 (age 36)	8	0	Shillong Lajong	v.  Turkmenistan, 29 March 2016
DF	Augustin Fernandes	(1988-10-13) 13 October 1988 (age 35)	7	0	Salgaocar	v.  Turkmenistan, 29 March 2016
DF	Lalchhuanmawia	(1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 (age 35)	4	0	Bengaluru FC	v.  Turkmenistan, 29 March 2016
DF	Koushik Sarkar	(1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 31)	1	0	East Bengal	v.  Afghanistan, 3 January 2016
DF	Robin Gurung	(1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 (age 31)	0	0	Shillong Lajong	v.  Guam, 12 November 2015
DF	Dhanachandra Singh	(1987-03-04) 4 March 1987 (age 37)	2	0	Chennaiyin	v.  Oman, 13 October 2015
DF	Gurwinder Singh	(1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38)	0	0	East Bengal	v.  Guam, 16 June 2015
DF	Reagan Singh	(1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33)	0	0	NorthEast United	v.  Guam, 16 June 2015
MF	Francis Fernandes	(1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 38)	29	1	Delhi Dynamos	v.  Turkmenistan, 29 March 2016
MF	Rowllin Borges	(1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32)	10	1	Sporting Goa	v.  Turkmenistan, 29 March 2016
MF	Cavin Lobo	(1988-04-04) 4 April 1988 (age 36)	8	0	East Bengal	v.  Turkmenistan, 29 March 2016
MF	Harmanjot Khabra	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 35)	3	0	East Bengal	v.  Turkmenistan, 29 March 2016
MF	Vinit Rai	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Dempo	v.  Turkmenistan, 29 March 2016
MF	Pronay Halder	(1992-02-25) 25 February 1992 (age 32)	7	0	Mohun Bagan	v.  Iran, 24 March 2016
MF	Bikash Jairu	(1990-11-10) 10 November 1990 (age 33)	7	0	East Bengal	v.  Turkmenistan, 24 March 2016
MF	Sanju Pradhan	(1989-08-15) 15 August 1989 (age 34)	7	0	East Bengal	v.  Afghanistan, 3 January 2016
MF	Sehnaj Singh	(1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 31)	5	0	East Bengal	v.  Guam, 12 November 2015
MF	Romeo Fernandes	(1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 32)	1	0	Dempo	v.  Guam, 12 November 2015
MF	C.K. Vineeth	(1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 36)	6	0	Bengaluru FC	v.  Iran, 8 September 2015
MF	Dhanpal Ganesh	(1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 30)	5	0	Pune	v.  Iran, 8 September 2015
MF	Mandar Rao Desai	(1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32)	0	0	Dempo	v.  Guam, 16 June 2015
FW	Lallianzuala Chhangte	(1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 26)	3	2	DSK Shivajians	v.  Maldives, 31 December 2015
FW	Robin Singh	(1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 (age 34)	24	4	Delhi Dynamos	v.  Sri Lanka, 25 December 2015

AFC Asian Cup Squads AFC Asian Cup 1964 AFC Asian Cup 1984 AFC Asian Cup 2011 Olympic Games Football Tournament Squads 1948 Olympic Games 1952 Olympic Games 1956 Olympic Games 1960 Olympic Games Player records As of 7 June 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– 90 50 1 1 91 51 [2] 3 Climax Lawrence 2003–2011 73 2 1 0 74 2 [35] 4 IM Vijayan 1992–2003 71 35 8 5 79 40 [36] 5 Gouramangi Singh 2006– 69 5 1 0 70 5 [37] 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 90 1 1 51 91 [2] 2 IM Vijayan 1992–2003 35 71 5 8 40 79 [36] 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 India  v    Nepal 12 March 2015 World Cup Qualifier India  2 – 0    Nepal Guwahati, India 19:00 Chhetri 53', 71' Report Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan) Nepal    v  India 17 March 2015 World Cup Qualifier Nepal    0 – 0  India Kathmandu, Nepal 15:30 Report Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri (Qatar) India  v  Oman 11 June 2015 World Cup Qualifier India  1 – 2  Oman Bangalore, India 19:00 Chhetri 26' Report Said 1' Al-Hosni 40' (pen.) Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea) Guam  v  India 16 June 2015 World Cup Qualifier Guam  2 – 1  India Harmon 16:15 McDonald 38' Nicklaw 62' Report Chhetri 90+4' Stadium: Guam F.A. National Training Center Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam) India  v    Nepal 31 August 2015 International Friendly India  0 – 0    Nepal Pune, India 20:00 Report Stadium: Balewadi Stadium India  v  Iran 8 September 2015 World Cup Qualifier India  0 – 3  Iran Bangalore, India 13:30 Report Azmoun 28' Teymourian 46' Taremi 49' Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (UAE) Turkmenistan  v  India 8 October 2015 World Cup Qualifier Turkmenistan  2 – 1  India Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 16:30 Abylov 8' Amanow 60' Report Lalpekhlua 28' Stadium: Köpetdag Stadium Referee: Masoud Tufaylieh (Syria) Oman  v  India 13 October 2015 World Cup Qualifier Oman  3 – 0  India Muscat, Oman 19:30 Mubarak 55' Al-Muqbali 67', 84' Report Stadium: Al-Seeb Stadium Referee: Fahad Al Marri (Qatar) India  v  Guam 12 November 2015 World Cup Qualifier India  1 – 0  Guam Bangalore, India 13:30 Singh 10' Report Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Referee: Jarred Gillett (AUS) India  v  Sri Lanka 25 December 2015 SAFF Championship India  2 – 0  Sri Lanka Trivandrum, India Singh 51', 73' Report Stadium: Trivandrum International Stadium Referee: 6,417 India  v    Nepal 27 December 2015 SAFF Championship India  4 – 1    Nepal Trivandrum, India 18:30 Borges 26' Chhetri 67' Chhangte 81', 90' Report Magar 03' Stadium: Trivandrum International Stadium Attendance: 31,876 India  v  Maldives 31 December 2015 SAFF Championship India  3 – 2  Maldives Trivandrum, India 15:30 Chhetri 25' Lalpekhlua 34', 66' Report Nashid 45+2' Amdhan Ali 75' Stadium: Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Attendance: 8,177 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam) 2016 India  v  Afghanistan 3 January 2016 SAFF Championship India  2 – 1  Afghanistan Trivandrum, India 18:30 Lalpekhlua 72' Chhetri 101' Report Amiri 70' Stadium: Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Attendance: 40,500 Iran  v  India 24 March 2016 World Cup Qualifier Iran  4 – 0  India Tehran, Iran 19:30 Hajsafi 33' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Azmoun 61' Jahanbakhsh 78' Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam) India  v  Turkmenistan 29 March 2016 World Cup Qualifier India  1 – 2  Turkmenistan Kochi, India 18:00 Jhingan 26' Report Amanov 48' Ataýew 70' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi) Referee: Khamis Al Marri (Qatar) Laos  v  India 2 June 2016 Asian Cup Qualifier Laos  0 – 1  India Vientiane, Laos 17:00 Report Lalpekhlua 54' Stadium: New Laos National Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Omar Al Yaquobi (Oman) India  v  Laos 7 June 2016 Asian Cup Qualifier India  6 – 1  Laos Guwahati, India 19:00 Lalpekhlua 43', 74' Passi 45+1' Jhingan 48' Rafique 83' Cardozo 87' Report Sihavong 16' Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore) Competitive record All-time head-to-head records As of 7 June 2016 [38] Teams Played Won Lost Drew GF GA GD Winning %  Afghanistan 8 5 1 2 16 5 +11 062.50  Algeria 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00  Argentina 1 0 1 0 0 1 −1 000.00  Australia 7 2 4 1 23 23 +0 028.57  Azerbaijan 1 0 1 0 0 3 −3 000.00  Bahrain 5 0 4 1 3 13 −10 000.00  Bangladesh 24 11 3 10 34 18 +16 045.83  Bhutan 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 100.00  Brunei 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 100.00  Cambodia 4 3 1 0 14 3 +11 075.00  Cameroon 2 0 0 2 3 3 +0 000.00  China 11 0 6 5 6 17 −11 000.00  Chinese Taipei 8 4 2 2 13 12 +1 050.00  Fiji 2 0 2 0 1 3 −2 000.00  Finland 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 000.00  France 1 0 1 0 1 2 −1 000.00  Ghana 1 0 1 0 0 1 −1 000.00  Guam 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 066.67  Guyana 1 0 1 0 1 2 −1 000.00  Hong Kong 15 7 4 4 32 20 +12 046.67  Hungary 1 0 1 0 1 2 −1 000.00  Iceland 1 0 1 0 0 3 −3 000.00  Indonesia 17 6 9 2 23 35 −12 035.29  Iran 8 2 5 1 6 17 −11 025.00  Iraq 6 0 4 2 2 11 −9 000.00  Israel 3 0 3 0 2 7 −5 000.00  Jamaica 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 000.00  Japan 13 3 10 0 11 37 −26 023.08  Korea DPR 7 0 5 2 4 17 −13 000.00  Korea Republic 23 4 16 3 13 55 −42 017.39  Kuwait 3 1 2 0 5 17 −12 033.33  Kyrgyzstan 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 100.00  Laos 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 100.00  Lebanon 5 0 3 2 6 11 −5 000.00  Malaysia 22 8 8 6 32 40 −8 036.36  Maldives 15 11 2 2 32 12 +20 073.33  Morocco 1 0 1 0 0 1 −1 000.00  Myanmar 19 8 8 3 27 38 −11 042.11  Namibia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00    Nepal 17 12 1 4 31 7 +24 070.59  New Zealand 1 0 0 1 0 0 +0 000.00  Oman 6 0 5 1 4 19 −15 000.00  Palestine 2 0 2 0 4 7 −3 000.00  Pakistan 23 14 3 6 34 17 +17 060.87  Peru 1 0 1 0 0 1 −1 000.00  Philippines 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 050.00  Poland 1 0 1 0 1 2 −1 000.00  Qatar 1 0 1 0 0 6 −6 000.00  Saudi Arabia 3 0 3 0 1 11 −10 000.00  Singapore 11 4 6 1 11 15 −4 036.36  Soviet Union 2 0 2 0 1 16 −15 000.00  Sri Lanka 19 12 2 5 35 17 +18 063.16  Suriname 2 0 2 0 3 10 −7 000.00  Syria 5 2 2 1 6 6 +0 040.00  Tajikistan 4 1 2 1 5 7 −2 025.00  Thailand 21 4 11 6 21 36 −15 019.05  Trinidad and Tobago 4 1 3 0 3 10 −7 025.00  Turkmenistan 5 1 3 1 7 9 −2 020.00  United Arab Emirates 11 2 8 1 7 24 −17 018.18  Uruguay 1 0 1 0 1 3 −2 000.00  Uzbekistan 5 0 4 1 3 11 −8 000.00  Vietnam 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 050.00  Yemen 9 1 6 2 12 20 −8 011.11  Zambia 1 0 1 0 0 5 −5 000.00 Total 414 145 185 84 550 705 −155 035.02 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,[39] lack of practice time, team selection issues and valuing Olympics over FIFA World cup.[40] 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 1930 Not a FIFA member 1934 Not a FIFA member 1938 Not a FIFA member 1950 Qualified due to withdrawal of other teams, but declined to attend 1954 Entry not accepted by FIFA[41] 1958 Did not enter[41] 1962 Did not enter[41] 1966 Did not enter[41] 1970 Did not enter[41] 1974 Withdrew without playing a match, replaced by Korea DPR[41] 1978 Did not enter[41] 1982 Did not enter[41] 1986 6 2 3 1 7 6 Did not qualify 1990 Withdrew without playing a match[41] 1994 8 1 1 6 8 22 Did not qualify 1998 3 1 1 1 3 7 Did not qualify 2002 6 3 2 1 11 5 Did not qualify 2006 6 1 1 4 2 18 Did not qualify 2010 2 0 1 1 3 6 Did not qualify 2014 2 0 1 1 2 5 Did not qualify 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 1956 Did not enter - - - - - - 1960 Did not Qualify - - - - - - 1964 Runners-Up 3 2 0 1 5 3 1968 to 1980 Did not Qualify - - - - - - 1984 Round 1 4 0 1 3 0 7 1988 to 2007 Did not Qualify - - - - - - 2011 Round 1 3 0 0 3 3 13 2015 Did not Qualify - - - - - - 2019 TBD Total Best : 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 1951 Champions 3 3 0 0 7 0 1954 Group Stage 2 1 0 1 3 6 1958 Fourth Place 5 2 0 3 12 13 1962 Champions 5 4 0 1 11 6 1966 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 7 1970 Third Place 6 3 1 2 8 5 1974 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 2 12 1978 Semi Finals 5 1 0 4 5 13 1982 Quarter Finals 4 2 1 1 5 3 1986 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 8 1990 Withdrew - - - - - - 1994 Did Not Enter - - - - - - 1998 Round 2 5 1 0 4 3 8 2002 Group Stage 3 2 0 1 6 3 2006 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 3 4 2010 Round 2 5 1 0 4 3 8 2014 Group Stage 2 0 0 2 0 7 Total Best: Champions 55 22 3 32 73 96 SAFF Championship SAFF Championship Record Host/Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA 1993 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 4 1 1995 Runners-Up 2nd 3 1 1 1 2 3 1997 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 12 3 1999 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 6 1 2003 Third Place 3rd 5 2 1 2 8 5 2005 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 9 2 2008 Runners-Up 2nd 5 4 0 1 9 3 2009 Champions † 1st 5 4 0 1 3 2 2011 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 16 2 2013 Runners-Up 2nd 5 2 1 2 4 5 2015 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 11 4 Total 11/11 7 Titles 48 33 8 7 84 31 † India fielded their U-23 team in this competition. AFC Challenge Cup AFC Challenge Cup Year Round GP Won Drew Lost 2006 Quarter-finals* 4 1 2 1 2008 Champions 5 4 1 0 2010 Group Stage* 3 0 0 3 2012 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 2014 Did not qualify  –  –  – – Total Best: Champions 15 5 3 7 * India did not field the senior team in this competition.[42] Nehru Cup Nehru Cup Year Round GP W D L GF GA 2007 Champions 5 4 0 1 13 3 2009 Champions 5 3 0 2 6 5 2012 Champions 5 3 1 1 7 4 Total Best: Champions 15 10 1 4 26 12 Honours Continental AFC Asian Cup Runners-up (1): 1964 Asian Games Gold medal (2): 1951, 1962 Bronze medal (1): 1970 Afro-Asian Games Silver medal (1): 2003 AFC Challenge Cup Champions (1): 2008 Regional Colombo Cup Winners (4): 1952 (Joint-Winner), 1953, 1954, 1955 Merdeka Tournament Runners-up (2): 1959, 1964 SAFF Championship Winners (7): 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009*, 2011, 2015 Runners-up (3): 1995, 2008, 2013 Third place (1): 2003 (* 2009 SAFF Championship won by the national U-23 team) South Asian Games Gold Medal (3): 1985, 1987, 1995 Silver Medal (2): 1993, 2004 Bronze Medal (2): 1989, 1999 LG Cup Winners (1): 2002 [43] Managers Manager Period Played Won Drawn Lost Win % P. Gupta[44] 1938 5 1 1 3 020.0 Balaidas Chatterjee 1948 1 0 0 1 000.0 Syed Abdul Rahim 1950–1963 42 26 3 13 061.9 Harry Wright 1963–1964 7 5 1 1 071.4 No permanent manager from 1964–1972[note 3] Pradip Banerjee 1972–1981 40 11 5 24 027.5 Bob Bootland 1982 13 2 5 6 015.4 Joe Kinnear 1983 13 4 0 9 030.8 Milovan Ćirić 1984–1985 11 2 4 5 018.2 Pradip Banerjee 1985 2 2 0 0 100.0 Syed Nayeemuddin 1986 6 0 1 5 000.0 Amal Dutta 1987–1988 8 2 3 3 025.0 József Gelei 1989–1991 6 2 2 2 033.3 Jiří Pešek 1993–1994 22 5 6 11 022.7 Rustam Akramov 1995–1997 20 7 5 8 035.0 Syed Nayeemuddin 1997–1998 8 1 1 6 012.5 Sukhwinder Singh 1998–2001 24 11 5 8 045.8 Stephen Constantine 2002–2005 21 6 5 10 028.6 Sukhwinder Singh 2005 5 1 1 3 020.0 Syed Nayeemuddin 2005–2006 8 4 2 2 050.0 Bob Houghton 2006–2011 45 20 5 20 044.4 Armando Colaco 2011 6 1 2 3 016.7 Savio Medeira 2011–2012 15 5 2 8 033.3 Wim Koevermans 2012–2015 20 8 4 8 040.0 Stephen Constantine 2015– 17 8 2 7 047.1 (Last updated: June 7, 2016) See also Sports in India Football in India All India Football Federation India national under-23 football team Nehru Cup India national under-20 football team India national under-17 football team India national under-14 football team India national football team results Notes ^ Caps that are officially counted by FIFA are only considered as full 'A' international matches. 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Retrieved 20 June 2014. ^ The AIFF, 14 Feb 2010. The-aiff.com. Retrieved on 21 January 2012. ^ India win LG Cup football LG Cup 2002, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ^ Australia vs India - Internationals in 1938 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to India national football team. Official Website of the All India Football Federation Homepage of the team at the FIFA website Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=India_national_football_team&oldid=724560200"