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India
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	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 (107)
Top scorer	Sunil Chhetri (47)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	IND
First colours	Second colours
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

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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.^[3] They won gold medals at two Asian Games and one silver at the Asian Cup.

History

India 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.^[3]

The period from 1951 to 1962 is considered the golden era in Indian football. Under the tutelage of legendary Syed Abdul Rahim^[4] 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^[5] 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.^[6] After the result the AIFF immediately made it mandatory to wear boots.^[7] India then went on to finish second in the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila.^[8] 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.^[9]

Then in 1962 India went on to win the 1962 Asian Games where they beat South Korea 2–1 in the final.^[10]

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.^[11]

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.^[12] Then all of a sudden India managed to qualify for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup after twenty years out of the Asian Cup tournament.^[13] But India during the competition failed to make any impact.^[14] 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.^[15]

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.^[15]

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.^[16]

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.^[17]

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.^[18] However, in December 2012, they decided not to renew their contract.^[19] 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.^[20]

Personnel

Current Technical Staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Stephen Constantine ^[21]
Assistant coach	Lee Johnson
Assistant coach	Shanmugam Venkatesh ^[21]
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.^[22]
Caps and goals as of 16 June 2015 after the game against Guam.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Subrata Pal	(1986-11-24) 24 November 1986 (age 37)	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 36)	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 38)	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 33)	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
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 38)	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 36)	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 36)	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 37)	1	0	Mohun Bagan	v. Palestine, 6 October 2014

FW	Balwant Singh	(1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 37)	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

AFC Asian Cup Squads

Results and Fixtures

2015

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)

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

24 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

India 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 Cup record**
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Runner 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	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best : Runner Up	10	2	1	7	8	23

Asian Games Records

(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	To Be Determined
Total	10/10	6 Titles	44	29	8	7	73	27

AFC Challenge Cup record

**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.^[23]

Nehru Cup record

**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

All time team record

Honours

Continental

AFC Asian Cup

Runners-up (1): 1964

Asian Games

Gold medal (2): 1951, 1962

Bronze medal (1): 1970

AFC Challenge Cup

Champions (1): 2008

Regional

SAFF Championship

Winners (6): 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011

Runners-up (3): 1995, 2008, 2013

Third place (1): 2003

South Asian Games

Gold Medal (3): 1985, 1987, 1995

Silver Medal (2): 1993, 2004

Bronze Medal (2): 1989, 1999

Managers

Manager	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
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 1]}
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 Akhramov	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–	4	1	1	2	025.0

Notes and references

Notes

^ From 1964–1972, India had many caretaker managers that all of them were never recorded nor remembered for even managing India.

References

^ stadiums of India
^ "Olympic Football Tournament London 1948". FIFA. 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
^ ^a ^b Prem Panicker Barefoot in Bengal and Other Stories. yfittopostblog.com (2010-06-14). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ Legends of Indian Football: Rahim Saab. Thehardtackle.com (2010-12-26). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1951 New Delhi Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000.. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1962 D'Jakarta Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ 1964 AFC Asian Cup
^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1984 Singapore Asia Cup Qualifiers. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1984 Singapore Asia Cup. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ ^a ^b Stephen Constantine, Sudan National Team Head Coach, UEFA PRO Licence holder, USSF C Licence, USSF A Licence. Stephenconstantine.co.uk. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ Bob Houghton The Catalyst Behind The Progress Of Indian Football. The Sports Mirror. October 13, 2010. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ India in AFC Asian Cup 2011: Performance Review. Thehardtackle.com (2011-01-20). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^ "Panasonic to sponsor football team's jersey". Deccan Herald. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
^ Paul, Abhishek (30 January 2013). "Sponsors shy away from Indian national team as contract ends". No. Mail Online India. Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
^ Correspondent, Principal (August 28, 2013). "ONGC to sponsor Indian team". No. SPORT. The Hindu. Retrieved 5 November 2014. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
^ ^a ^b https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6293
^ "India Squad List: 11 June 2015". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ The AIFF, 14 Feb 2010. The-aiff.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

External links

[24] From 1964–1972, India had many caretaker managers that all of them were never recorded nor remembered for even managing India.

[1] stadiums of India

[2] "Olympic Football Tournament London 1948". FIFA. 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2015-03-22.

[archive1-3] Prem Panicker Barefoot in Bengal and Other Stories. yfittopostblog.com (2010-06-14). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[4] Legends of Indian Football: Rahim Saab. Thehardtackle.com (2010-12-26). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[5] The Indian Senior Team at the 1951 New Delhi Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[6] The Indian Senior Team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[7] Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000.. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[8] The Indian Senior Team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[9] The Indian Senior Team at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[10] The Indian Senior Team at the 1962 D'Jakarta Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[11] 1964 AFC Asian Cup

[12] The Indian Senior Team at the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[13] The Indian Senior Team at the 1984 Singapore Asia Cup Qualifiers. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[14] The Indian Senior Team at the 1984 Singapore Asia Cup. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[stephenconstantine1-15] Stephen Constantine, Sudan National Team Head Coach, UEFA PRO Licence holder, USSF C Licence, USSF A Licence. Stephenconstantine.co.uk. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[16] Bob Houghton The Catalyst Behind The Progress Of Indian Football. The Sports Mirror. October 13, 2010. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[17] India in AFC Asian Cup 2011: Performance Review. Thehardtackle.com (2011-01-20). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

[panasonic2010-18] "Panasonic to sponsor football team's jersey". Deccan Herald. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

[sponsors2013-19] Paul, Abhishek (30 January 2013). "Sponsors shy away from Indian national team as contract ends". No. Mail Online India. Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

[ongc-20] Correspondent, Principal (August 28, 2013). "ONGC to sponsor Indian team". No. SPORT. The Hindu. Retrieved 5 November 2014. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

[the-aiff.com-21] ttps://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6293

[22] "India Squad List: 11 June 2015". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

[23] The AIFF, 14 Feb 2010. The-aiff.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.

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