India national football team

India national football team
Medal record
Men’s Football
Asian Games

India
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Bhangra Boys, Team India
Association	All India Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Bob Houghton
Captain	Bhaichung Bhutia
Top scorer	Bhaichung Bhutia (42)
FIFA code	IND
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	135
Highest	94 (February 1996)
Lowest	165 (March 2007)
First international
	France 2 - 1 India ; (London, England; July 31, 1948)
Biggest win
	India 7 - 1 Ceylon ; (Bangalore, India; December 16, 1963)
Biggest defeat
	USSR 11 - 1 India ; (Moscow, USSR; September 16, 1955)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1964)
Best result	Runners-Up, 1964
South Asian Football Federation Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1993)
Best result	Winners - 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005

The India national football team is the national football team of India and is controlled by the All India Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation, and a member of FIFA.

Summary

India qualified by default for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals as a result of the withdrawal of all of their scheduled opponents. However, they did not take up their place in the competition because FIFA demanded all players at the World Cup finals should wear football boots. A number of the Indian players refused to abide by this rule and the team was forced to withdraw. The team has never since come close to qualifying for the World Cup.^[1]

India finished 4th in the football tournament at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, won the 1951 & 1962 Asian Games Gold medal and reached the semi-finals in the next two Asian Games tournaments in what became known as the golden era of Indian football. ^[2]

India hosted the 2001 Millennium Super Cup, but were knocked out in the group stage following defeats by Iceland and Uruguay.

More recent successes have been limited to the South Asian Football Federation Cup, the LG Cup won in Vietnam in 2002 under English coach Stephen Constantine, Nehru Cup in 2007 and 2009 and the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup under coach Bob Houghton, which earned them a place in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup to be held in Qatar.

India's traditional arch rivals are Pakistan national football team, due to the historic tension between the two nations, and even though India has consistently beaten Pakistan, they are often hard-fought matches. Another regional rival is Maldives national football team, who have had many well-balanced, thrilling matches with each other, and this rivalry is often seen as more competitive than the rivalry shared with Pakistan.

In the FIFA world cup 2010 qualifiers, India was eliminated in the first round by Lebanon, a country with a population 0.4% that of India and 300 times smaller in area.

Coaching history

Name	Nat	Tenure
Syed Abdul Rahim		1950-1962
Harry Wright		1963-1964
Pradip Kumar Banerjee		1981-1982
Bob Bootland		1983
Milovan Ciric		1984
Pradip Kumar Banerjee		1985
Syed Nayeemuddin		1986
Amal Dutta		1987
József Gelei		1990-1991
Syed Nayeemuddin		1992
Jiří Pešek		1993-1994
Rustam Akhramov		1995
Syed Nayeemuddin		1997–1998
Sukhvinder Singh		1999-2002
Stephen Constantine		2002–2005
Syed Nayeemuddin		2005-2006
Bob Houghton		2006–

Performances

World Cup record

1930 to 1938 - Did not enter
1950 - Qualfied but withdrew
1954 - Entry not accepted by FIFA
1958 to 1970 - Did not enter
1974 - Withdrew
1978 to 1982 - Did not enter
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Withdrew
1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify

Asian Cup record

1956 - Did not enter
1960 - Didn't qualify
1964 - Second Place
1968 - Didn't qualify
1972 to 1980 - Did not enter
1984 - Round 1
1988 to 2007 - Didn't qualify
2011 - Qualified

SAFF tournament record

South Asian Football Federation Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1993	Champions	3	2	1	0	4	1
1995	Runner Up	2	0	1	1	2	3
1997	Champions	4	3	1	0	13	3
1999	Champions	4	3	1	0	6	1
2003	Third Place	5	2	1	2	8	5
2005	Champions	5	4	1	0	9	2
2008	Runner Up	5	4	1	0	9	3
Total	Best: Champions	28	19	7	2	51	18

South Asian Games Football
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985 Dhaka	Champions	3	2	1	0	4	1
1987 Calcutta	Champions	2	0	1	1	2	3
1989 Islamabad	Third Place	4	3	1	0	13	3
1993 Dhaka	Runner Up	4	3	1	0	6	1
1995 Madras	Champions	5	2	1	2	8	5
1999 Kathmandu	Third Place	5	4	1	0	9	2
2004 Islamabad	Runner Up	5	4	1	0	9	3
Total	Best: Champions	28	19	7	2	51	18

AFC Challenge Cup record

2006 - Quarterfinal
2008 - Champions

Nehru Cup record

Nehru Cup International Football Tournament 2007 - Winners
Nehru Cup International Football Tournament 2009 - Winners

Current Squad

The following players were called up for the AFC Asian cup 2011 prepration camp in Goa, 14 November 2009.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeepers
1	1GK	Subrata Pal	(1986-12-24) December 24, 1986 (age 37)	30		Pune FC
24	1GK	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	(1986-09-27) September 27, 1986 (age 37)	1		Mahindra United
Defenders
5	2DF	Anwar Ali	(1984-09-24) September 24, 1984 (age 39)	18		Dempo SC
12	2DF	Deepak Kumar Mondal	(1979-10-13) October 13, 1979 (age 44)	42		Mohun Bagan
14	2DF	Mahesh Gawli	(1980-01-23) January 23, 1980 (age 44)	56	1	Dempo SC
17	2DF	Irungbam Surkumar Singh	(1983-03-21) March 21, 1983 (age 41)	40	2	Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
19	2DF	Gouramangi Singh	(1985-01-25) January 25, 1985 (age 39)	21	2	Churchill Brothers
20	2DF	Samir Subash Naik	(1979-08-08) August 8, 1979 (age 44)	32		Dempo SC
	2DF	Nallappan Mohanraj	(1988-02-23) February 23, 1988 (age 36)			Mohun Bagan
	2DF	Moirangthem Govin Singh	(1988-01-03) January 3, 1988 (age 36)			East Bengal
3	2DF	Nanjangud Shivananju Manju	(1987-05-09) May 9, 1987 (age 37)	25	3	Mohun Bagan
41	2DF	Rakesh Masih	(1987-03-18) March 18, 1987 (age 37)	1		Mohun Bagan
Midfielders
7	3MF	Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep	(1983-04-28) April 28, 1983 (age 41)	32	9	Mahindra United
8	3MF	P. Renedy Singh	(1979-06-20) June 20, 1979 (age 45)	55	11	East Bengal
23	3MF	Steven Dias	(1983-12-25) December 25, 1983 (age 40)	31	8	Mahindra United
27	3MF	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	(1984-02-12) February 12, 1984 (age 40)	25	1	East Bengal
28	3MF	Anthony Pereira	(1982-04-09) April 9, 1982 (age 42)	5		Dempo SC
16	3MF	Clifford Miranda	(1982-07-11) July 11, 1982 (age 42)	15	2	Dempo SC
30	3MF	Climax Lawrence	(1979-01-16) January 16, 1979 (age 45)	51	2	Dempo SC
22	3MF	Syed Rahim Nabi	(1985-12-12) December 12, 1985 (age 38)	20	1	East Bengal
25	3MF	James Lukram Singh	(1981-01-03) January 3, 1981 (age 43)	8	0	Mohun Bagan
Strikers
11	4FW	Sunil Chetri	(1984-08-03) August 3, 1984 (age 39)	34	16	Dempo SC
15	4FW	Baichung Bhutia	(1976-12-15) December 15, 1976 (age 47)	100	42	East Bengal
18	4FW	M. Mohammed Rafi	(1985-05-24) May 24, 1985 (age 39)			Mahindra United
21	4FW	Abhishek Yadav	(1983-06-10) June 10, 1983 (age 41)	26	8	Mumbai FC
	4FW	Singam Subash Singh	(1990-02-02) February 2, 1990 (age 34)			East Bengal

The following U-23 players were called up for the 2009 South Asian Football Federation Cup , 14 November 2009

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeepers
1	1GK	Arindam Bhattacharya				Churchill Brothers
	1GK	Laximikant Kattimani				Dempo SC
Defenders
	2DF	Denzil Franco	(1986-06-30) June 30, 1986 (age 38)			Mahindra United
	2DF	Ravinder Singh	(1991-09-04) September 4, 1991 (age 32)			Air-India
	2DF	Robert Lalthalma	(1988-04-09) April 9, 1988 (age 36)			Churchill Brothers
	2DF	Rowilson Rodrigues				Churchill Brothers
	2DF	Noaba Singh	(1988-03-01) March 1, 1988 (age 36)			Churchill Brothers
	2DF	Nirmal Chettri	(1990-12-21) December 21, 1990 (age 33)			East Bengal
	2DF	Dharmaraj Ravanan	(1987-07-29) July 29, 1987 (age 37)			Mahindra United
Midfielders
	3MF	Jagpreet Singh	(1988-09-06) September 6, 1988 (age 35)			JCT
	3MF	Baldeep Singh Junior	(1987-01-12) January 12, 1987 (age 37)			JCT
	3MF	Subodh Kumar				TFA
	3MF	Joaquim Abranches	(1985-10-28) October 28, 1985 (age 38)			Dempo SC
	3MF	Jewel Raja shaikh	(1990-01-19) January 19, 1990 (age 34)			Dempo SC
	3MF	Manish Mathani				Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
	3MF	Jibon Singh				TFA
Strikers
	4FW	Jeje Lalpekhlua	(1991-01-07) January 7, 1991 (age 33)			Pune FC
	4FW	Jagtar Singh				TFA
	4FW	Sushil Kumar Singh	(1989-04-01) April 1, 1989 (age 35)	10	2	Mahindra United
	4FW	Balwant Singh	(1986-12-16) December 16, 1986 (age 37)			JCT

Preceded by Newly Created	South Asian Champions 1993 (First title)	Succeeded by 1995 Sri Lanka
Preceded by 1995 Sri Lanka	South Asian Champions 1997 (Second title) 1999 (Third title)	Succeeded by 2003 Bangladesh
Preceded by 2003 Bangladesh	South Asian Champions 2005 (Forth title)	Succeeded by 2008 Maldives
Preceded by 1997 Iraq	Nehru Cup Champions 2007 (First title)	Succeeded by 2009 India
Preceded by 2006 Tajikistan	AFC Challenge Cup Champions 2008 (First title)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by 2007 India	Nehru Cup Champions 2009	Succeeded by Incumbent

References

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External links

Official Website of the All India Football Federation

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