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{{Infobox National football team | {{Infobox National football team | ||
| Name = India | | Name = India | ||
| Badge = India FA.svg | | Badge = <!--India FA.svg--> | ||
| FIFA Trigramme = IND | | FIFA Trigramme = IND | ||
| Nickname = Blue Tigers | | Nickname = Blue Tigers | ||
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| Captain = ] | | Captain = ] | ||
| Most caps = ] (107) | | Most caps = ] (107) | ||
| Top scorer = ] ( |
| Top scorer = ] (47) | ||
| youth player = | | youth player = | ||
| Home Stadium = Various<ref></ref> | | Home Stadium = Various<ref></ref> | ||
| FIFA Rank = {{Nft rank|156|down|15|date=9 July 2015}} | | FIFA Rank = {{Nft rank|156|down|15|date=9 July 2015}} | ||
| FIFA max = |
| FIFA max = 96 | ||
| FIFA max date = February |
| FIFA max date = February 1996 | ||
| FIFA min = 173 | | FIFA min = 173 | ||
| FIFA min date = March 2015 | | FIFA min date = March 2015 | ||
| Elo Rank = {{Nft rank|182|date=June 2015}} | | Elo Rank = {{Nft rank|182|date=June 2015}} | ||
| Elo max = |
| Elo max = 42 | ||
| Elo max date = 1956 | | Elo max date = 1956 | ||
| Elo min = 182 | | Elo min = 182 | ||
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| First game = ''Unofficial'': <br> {{fb|Australia}} |
| First game = ''Unofficial'': <br> {{fb|Australia}} 5–3 ] {{flagicon|British India}} <br> (], ]; 3 September 1938) <br> ''Official'': <br> {{flagu|India}} 1–2 {{fb-rt|France}} <br> (], ]; July 31, 1948)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/london1948/matches/round=197052/match=32358/index.html|title=Olympic Football Tournament London 1948|publisher=]|date=2015-03-22 |accessdate=2015-03-22}}</ref> | ||
| Largest win = {{flagu|India}} 7–0 {{fb-rt|Ceylon|1951}} <br> (], ]; 29 December 1963) | | Largest win = {{flagu|India}} 7–0 {{fb-rt|Ceylon|1951}} <br> (], ]; 29 December 1963) | ||
| Largest loss = {{fb|Soviet Union |
| Largest loss = {{fb|Soviet Union}} 11–1 ] {{flagicon|IND}} <br> (], ];16 September 1955) | ||
| First win = {{fb|ENG}} 1–4 ] {{flagicon|IND}} <br>(]; 17 September 1938) | | First win = {{fb|ENG}} 1–4 ] {{flagicon|IND}} <br>(]; 17 September 1938) | ||
| Regional name = ] | | Regional name = ] | ||
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===Current Technical Staff=== | ===Current Technical Staff=== | ||
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===Recent call-ups=== | ===Recent call-ups=== | ||
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Nickname(s) | Blue Tigers | ||
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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 (107) | ||
Top scorer | Sunil Chhetri (47) | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
FIFA code | IND | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 156 15 (9 July 2015) | ||
Highest | 96 (February 1996) | ||
Lowest | 173 (March 2015) | ||
First international | |||
Unofficial: Australia 5–3 India (Sydney, Australia; 3 September 1938) Official: India 1–2 France (London, England; July 31, 1948) | |||
Biggest win | |||
India 7–0 Ceylon (Bangalore, India; 29 December 1963) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Soviet Union 11–1 India (Moscow, Soviet Union;16 September 1955) | |||
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 advanced to play in the 1950 FIFA World Cup (all the other Asian teams withdrew), but they did not go to the tournament in Brazil due to the cost of travels. They won gold medals at two Asian Games and one silver at the Asian Cup.
History
Main article: History of the India national football teamIndia qualified by default 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.
The period from 1951 to 1962 is considered the golden era in Indian football. Under the tutelage of legendary Syed Abdul Rahim 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 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. After the result the AIFF immediately made it mandatory to wear boots. India then went on to finish second in the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila. 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.
Then in 1962 India went on to win the 1962 Asian Games where they beat South Korea 2–1 in the final.
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.
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. Then all of a sudden India managed to qualify for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup after twenty years out of the Asian Cup tournament. But India during the competition failed to make any impact. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Stadium
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, Nehru Stadium in Chennai, Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune, Jawhaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi and most recently approved after a renovation the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata and Bangalore Football Stadium in Bangalore.
Kit
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.
In 2010, Panasonic signed a deal to sponsor the Indian team's football jersey. However, in December 2012, they decided not to renew their contract. 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.
Personnel
Current Technical Staff
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Stephen Constantine |
Assistant coach | Lee Johnson |
Assistant coach | Shanmugam Venkatesh |
Manager | G S Srinivas Murthy |
Goalkeeping coach | Rogerio Ramos |
Physio | Gigy George |
Fitness coach | Daniel Darrel Deigan |
Team Doctor | Kiran Kumar Kulkarni |
Masseur | Liaqat Ali |
Video Analyst | Shankar Sigamani |
Kit Manager | Sanjay Dhyani |
Director of National Team Scouts | Abhishek Yadav |
Players
Current squad
The following 23 players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier - AFC Second Round against Oman on 11 June 2015 and Guam on 16 June 2015.
Caps and goals as of 16 June 2015 after the game against Guam.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | 1GK | Subrata Pal | (1986-11-24) 24 November 1986 (age 38) | 62 | 0 | Mumbai City |
16 | 1GK | Sanjiban Ghosh | (1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 (age 33) | 0 | 0 | Mumbai |
23 | 1GK | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | (1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 (age 32) | 1 | 0 | Stabæk |
2 | 2DF | Dhanachandra Singh | (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987 (age 37) | 2 | 0 | Mohun Bagan |
3 | 2DF | Augustin Fernandes | (1987-10-13) 13 October 1987 (age 37) | 0 | 0 | Salgaocar |
4 | 2DF | Arnab Mondal | (1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 (age 35) | 14 | 1 | East Bengal |
5 | 2DF | Gurwinder Singh | (1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38) | 0 | 0 | East Bengal |
6 | 2DF | Reagan Singh | (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33) | 0 | 0 | Royal Wahingdoh |
13 | 2DF | Rino Anto | (1988-01-03) 3 January 1988 (age 37) | 2 | 0 | Bengaluru |
22 | 2DF | Lalchhuan Mawia | (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 (age 35) | 2 | 0 | Bengaluru |
7 | 3MF | Eugeneson Lyngdoh | (1986-09-10) 10 September 1986 (age 38) | 4 | 0 | Bengaluru |
8 | 3MF | Cavin Lobo | (1988-04-04) 4 April 1988 (age 36) | 3 | 0 | East Bengal |
10 | 3MF | Jackichand Singh | (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32) | 4 | 0 | Royal Wahingdoh |
14 | 3MF | Mandar Rao Desai | (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32) | 0 | 0 | Dempo |
15 | 3MF | Francis Fernandes | (1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 39) | 26 | 1 | Dempo |
17 | 3MF | Satiyasen Singh | (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 (age 32) | 1 | 0 | Royal Wahingdoh |
18 | 3MF | Sehnaj Singh | (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 31) | 2 | 0 | Mohun Bagan |
19 | 3MF | C.K. Vineeth | (1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 36) | 5 | 0 | Bengaluru |
21 | 3MF | Dhanpal Ganesh | (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 30) | 3 | 0 | Pune |
11 | 4FW | Sunil Chhetri (Captain) | (1984-08-03) 3 August 1984 (age 40) | 79 | 47 | Bengaluru |
12 | 4FW | Jeje Lalpekhlua | (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 34) | 23 | 8 | Mohun Bagan |
20 | 4FW | Holicharan Narzary | (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 30) | 1 | 0 | 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 |
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GK | Prem Kumar Singh | (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 29) | 0 | 0 | Royal Wahingdoh | v. Oman, 11 June 2015 |
GK | Arindam Bhattacharya | (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 (age 35) | 5 | 0 | Bharat | v. Nepal, 12 March 2015 |
GK | Karanjit Singh | (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 39) | 16 | 0 | Salgaocar | v. Palestine, 6 October 2014 |
DF | Sandesh Jhingan | (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 (age 31) | 2 | 0 | Kerala Blasters | v. Oman, 11 June 2015 |
DF | Aiborlang Khongjee | (1987-12-09) 9 December 1987 (age 37) | 4 | 0 | Shillong Lajong | v. Nepal, 12 March 2015 |
DF | Saumik Dey | (1984-08-20) 20 August 1984 (age 40) | 2 | 0 | East Bengal | v. Nepal, 12 March 2015 |
DF | Pritam Kotal | (1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 31) | 2 | 0 | Mohun Bagan | v. Nepal, 12 March 2015 |
DF | Keegan Pereira | (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37) | 0 | 0 | Bengaluru | v. Nepal, 12 March 2015 |
DF | Raju Gaikwad | (1990-09-25) 25 September 1990 (age 34) | 23 | 0 | East Bengal | v. Palestine, 6 October 2014 |
DF | Denzil Franco | (1986-06-06) 6 June 1986 (age 38) | 12 | 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | v. Palestine, 6 October 2014 |
DF | Narayan Das | (1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 (age 31) | 2 | 0 | Dempo | v. Palestine, 6 October 2014 |
MF | Mohammed Rafique | (1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 (age 32) | 0 | 0 | East Bengal | v. Oman, 11 June 2015 |
MF | Lenny Rodrigues | (1987-05-10) 10 May 1987 (age 37) | 22 | 0 | Dempo | v. Nepal, 12 March 2015 |
MF | Lalrindika Ralte | (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 32) | 14 | 0 | East Bengal | v. Nepal, 12 March 2015 |
MF | Anthony D'Souza | (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 37) | 0 | 0 | Pune | v. Nepal, 12 March 2015 |
MF | Clifford Miranda | (1982-06-11) 11 June 1982 (age 42) | 43 | 6 | Dempo | v. Palestine, 6 October 2014 |
MF | Arata Izumi | (1982-07-31) 31 July 1982 (age 42) | 9 | 0 | Pune | v. Palestine, 6 October 2014 |
MF | Lalkamal Bhowmick | (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 38) | 1 | 0 | Mohun Bagan | v. Palestine, 6 October 2014 |
FW | Balwant Singh | (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 38) | 1 | 0 | Mohun Bagan | v. Nepal, 12 March 2015 |
FW | Victorino Fernandes | (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35) | 2 | 0 | Sporting Goa | v. Palestine, 6 October 2014 |
Previous squads
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Results and Fixtures
Main article: India national football team results2015
India v Nepal12 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) |
17 March 2015 World Cup Qualifier | Nepal | 0 – 0 | India | Kathmandu, Nepal |
15:30 | Report | Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri (Qatar) |
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) |
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) |
8 September 2015 World Cup Qualifier | India | v | Iran | Bangalore, India |
13:30 | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium |
8 October 2015 World Cup Qualifier | Turkmenistan | v | India | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
Stadium: Köpetdag Stadium |
13 October 2015 World Cup Qualifier | Oman | v | India | Muscat, Oman |
14:30 | Stadium: Al-Seeb Stadium |
12 November 2015 World Cup Qualifier | India | v | Guam | New Delhi, India |
13:30 | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
2016
Iran v India24 March 2016 World Cup Qualifier | Iran | v | India | Tehran, Iran |
14:30 | Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
29 March 2016 World Cup Qualifier | India | v | Turkmenistan | New Delhi, India |
13:30 | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
Main article: India at the FIFA World CupIndia qualified only once for the World Cup, by default for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals as a result of the withdrawal of all of their scheduled opponents. But the governing body AIFF decided against going to the World Cup.
AFC Asian Cup
Asian Games Records(Under-23 team since 2002)
SAFF Championship
AFC Challenge Cup record
Nehru Cup record
All time team record<Update required> HonoursContinental
Regional
Managers
See also
Notes and references
External links
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