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===Past squads===
===Past squads===

Revision as of 07:08, 25 July 2023

India Under-23
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Blue Tigers
AssociationAIFF
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachTBA
CaptainSuresh Singh Wangjam
FIFA codeIND
First colours
Second colours
First international
India  1–1  Oman
(Hyderabad, India; 4 August 1991)
Biggest win
India  5–1  Pakistan
(Chittagong, Bangladesh; 2 February 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Japan 5–0  India
(Guangzhou, China; 16 November 2010)
India  0–5  United Arab Emirates
(Incheon, South Korea; 15 September 2014)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
AppearancesNone
Asian Games
Appearances4 (first in 2002)
Best resultRound of 16 (2010)
SAFF Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2009)
Best resultChampions (2009)
South Asian Games
Appearances4 (first in 2004)
Best resultRunners–up (2016, 2004)

The India national under-23 football team represents India in international under-23 football and is controlled by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). A member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the team is eligible to compete in the Summer Olympic Games, the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, and the Asian Games, subject to qualification.

Since only allowing under-23 sides to compete in the Olympic Games in 1992, India have never qualified for the summer games. The under-23 side have also never participated in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup while at best only making it to the round of 16 in the Asian Games.

History

Asian Games

2002 Busan Games

The under-23 side participated in their first ever tournament during the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. They were put into a group with China, Turkmenistan, and Bangladesh. Their first match was against Bangladesh. India won 3–0 through a brace from future senior captain Baichung Bhutia and a strike from Renedy Singh. India played their second match two days later against Turkmenistan. They won 3–1. Bhutia again scored a brace while Abhishek Yadav scored the third goal as India ran out 3–1 winners. Unfortunately, in their final match against China, India could not find the net as they fell 2–0 and thus were knocked-out of the Asian Games.[1]

2006 Doha Games

During the 2006 Asian Games India were placed in a group with Iran, Hong Kong, and Maldives. In their first match against Hong Kong, India drew 1–1 with Pappachen Pradeep scoring the lone Indian goal. In their second match, India faced off against Maldives and won 2–1. Irungbam Surkumar Singh and Subhas Sumbhu Chakrobarty were the scorers for India that night. Finally, in their last match against Iran, India once again lost 2–0 and thus were once again knocked-out of the Asian Games.[2]

2010 Guangzhou Games

During the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, India were placed in a group with Qatar, Kuwait Athletes, and Singapore. India lost their first match against the Kuwait Athletes 2–0 and then lost their second match against Qatar 2–1 with the lone India goal coming from Dharmaraj Ravanan. India went on to win their final match of the group stage against Singapore 4–1. Four players scored each goal, Jewel Raja, Balwant Singh, Jibon Singh, and Manish Maithani. The victory managed to help India finish in third-place which then helped India become the best third-place team out of all the other third-placed teams and thus qualified them for the Round of 16.

In the Round of 16, India took on powerhouse Japan at the Huangpu Sports Center. India went on to lose the match 5–0 with Kensuke Nagai scoring a brace and Ryohei Yamazaki, Kazuya Yamamura, and Kota Mizunuma scoring a goal each.[3]

2014 Incheon Games

For the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, India were placed in Group G with Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. In their first match against the United Arab Emirates, India went down 5–0. Seven days later, India were defeated by Jordan 2–0 to end their Asian Games participation.[4]

Other tournaments

2009 SAFF Championship

Before the 2009 SAFF Championship in Bangladesh, it was announced that India would send the under-23 side to the tournament.[5] India were placed in Group A with Afghanistan, Maldives, and Nepal. In their first match against Afghanistan, India won 1–0 through Jeje Lalpekhlua.[6] In their next match against Nepal, a Sushil Kumar Singh goal was the difference as India won again 1–0.[7] Despite losing the last match of the group stage to Maldives 2–0 India were still through to the semi-finals.

India defeated Bangladesh in the semi-finals 1–0 through Sushil Kumar Singh.[8] Finally, in the final against Maldives, India won through penalties 3–1 after finishing extra-time with the score at 0–0 to win the championship.[9]

Results and fixtures

For past match results of the national team, see the team's results page. The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

6 September 2023 (2023-09-06) 2024 AFC U23 Q India  v  Maldives Dalian, China
Stadium: Dalian Sports Centre Stadium
9 September 2023 (2023-09-09) 2024 AFC U23 Q China  v  India Dalian, China
Stadium: Dalian Sports Centre Stadium
12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) 2024 AFC U23 Q United Arab Emirates  v  India Dalian, China
Stadium: Dalian Sports Centre Stadium
19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) 2022 Asian Games India  v TBD
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) 2022 Asian Games India  v TBD
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25) 2022 Asian Games India  v TBD

Coaching staff

The current coaching staff of the team are:[10]

Position Name
Head coach Igor Štimac
Assistant coach TBA
Fitness coach TBA
Goalkeeping coach TBA

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification matches which are scheduled to be played between 24 and 30 October 2021. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament.[11]

Caps and goals are updated as of 30 October 2021.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Prabhsukhan Singh Gill (2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 (age 23) 0 0 India East Bengal
1GK Sachin Suresh (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 23) 0 0 India Kerala Blasters
1GK Hrithik Tiwari (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 22) 0 0 India Goa
1GK Vishal Yadav (2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 (age 22) 0 0 India Jamshedpur
1GK Arsh Anwar Shaikh (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 (age 21) 0 0 India Mohun Bagan SG
1GK Niraj Kumar (2002-11-16) 16 November 2002 (age 21) 0 0 India Odisha

2DF Hormipam Ruivah (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) 1 0 India Kerala Blasters
2DF Narender Gahlot (2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 23) 4 0 India Odisha
2DF Sumit Rathi (2001-08-26) 26 August 2001 (age 22) 2 0 India Mohun Bagan SG
2DF Bikash Yumnam (2003-09-06) 6 September 2003 (age 20) 0 0 India Chennaiyin
2DF Halen Nongtdu (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20) 0 0 India Mumbai City
2DF Paogoumang Singson (2004-08-07) 7 August 2004 (age 19) 0 0 India Hyderabad
2DF Sanjeev Stalin (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23) 0 0 India Mumbai City
2DF Akash Mishra (2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 22) 3 0 India Mumbai City
2DF Muhammed Saheef (2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 (age 21) 0 0 India Kerala Blasters
2DF Robin Yadav (2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 22) 0 0 India Bengaluru
2DF Soyal Joshy (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22) 0 0 India Hyderabad
2DF Tekcham Abhishek Singh (2005-01-02) 2 January 2005 (age 19) 0 0 India Punjab

3MF Amarjit Singh Kiyam (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 23) 3 0 India Punjab
3MF Jitendra Singh (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 (age 22) 0 0 India Jamshedpur
3MF Jeakson Singh (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 22) 3 0 India Kerala Blasters
3MF Thoiba Singh (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 21) 0 0 India Odisha
3MF Brison Fernandes (2001-04-17) 17 April 2001 (age 23) 0 0 India Goa
3MF Jiteshwor Singh (2001-12-10) 10 December 2001 (age 22) 0 0 India Chennaiyin
3MF Muhammed Nemil (2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 22) 0 0 India Goa
3MF Givson Singh (2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 (age 21) 0 0 India Kerala Blasters
3MF Vibin Mohanan (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 21) 0 0 India Kerala Blasters
3MF Sajal Bag (2003-03-19) 19 March 2003 (age 21) 0 0 India Chennaiyin
3MF Ayush Chhetri (2003-04-16) 16 April 2003 (age 21) 0 0 India Goa
3MF Damaitphang Lyngdoh (2003-10-07) 7 October 2003 (age 20) 0 0 India Bengaluru
3MF Rayan Menezes (2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 20) 0 0 India Goa
3MF Maheson Singh (2004-11-26) 26 November 2004 (age 19) 0 0 India Punjab
3MF Mohammed Aimen (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 21) 0 0 India Kerala Blasters
3MF Sourav K (2001-05-27) 27 May 2001 (age 22) 0 0 India Gokulam Blasters
3MF Isak Vanlalruatfela (2001-05-19) 19 May 2001 (age 23) 4 0 India Odisha
3MF Abdul Rabeeh (2001-01-23) 23 January 2001 (age 23) 0 0 India Hyderabad
3MF Nihal Sudeesh (2001-06-18) 18 June 2001 (age 22) 0 0 India Kerala Blasters
3MF Ninthoi Meetei (2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 22) 0 0 India Chennaiyin
3MF Seilenthang Lotjem (2004-04-12) 12 April 2004 (age 20) 0 0 India Sudeva Delhi
3MF Huidrom Thoi Singh (2004-05-04) 4 May 2004 (age 20) 0 0 India Bengaluru
3MF Ridge DeMello (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22) 0 0 India Mohammedan

9 4FW Rahim Ali (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24) 6 1 India Chennaiyin
11 4FW Aniket Jadhav (2000-07-13) 13 July 2000 (age 23) 2 0 India East Bengal
12 4FW Vikram Partap Singh Sandhu (2002-01-16) 16 January 2002 (age 22) 3 1 India Mumbai City
17 4FW Rohit Danu (2002-07-10) 10 July 2002 (age 21) 2 0 India Hyderabad

Past squads

Asian Games


Competitive record

Summer Olympics

From 1908 to 1988, football at the Olympics was played by senior national teams.[12] and between these years India national football team competed at all Games from 1948 to 1960.[12] From 1992, FIFA allowed only U-23 national teams to play the tournament at the Olympics.[12] Though U-23 players were allowed, the qualifying matches of 1992 Olympics to 2012 Olympics were played by the Senior national team of India but failed to qualify to the Olympics finals from 1992 to 2012. AFC started AFC U-23 Championship from 2013 which is now acted as the qualifying tournament for the Olympics for the Asian countries, where top three teams are allowed entry to Olympic finals.[13] India is yet to qualify for the AFC U-23 Championship and thus also at Olympics since then.

Summer Olympics record Summer Olympics qualification record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA Pld W T L GF GA
19081988 See India national football team See India national football team
Spain 1992 did not qualify 4 0 1 3 3 7
United States 1996 4 2 0 2 8 7
Australia 2000 2 0 1 1 0 2
Greece 2004 2 1 0 1 1 2
China 2008 8 0 3 5 3 13
United Kingdom 2012 4 1 2 1 5 6
Since 2016, AFC U-23 Championship acted as the AFC qualifier (top 3 finishers)
Brazil 2016 did not qualify did not qualify 2016 AFC U-23
Japan 2020 did not qualify 2020 AFC U-23
France 2024 to be determined to be determined
Total 0 / 8 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 4 7 13 20 37

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Asian Cup was initially set to be held as AFC U-22 Championships in 2013 and its qualification matches in 2012, but the finals tournament was postponed to be played in January 2014.[14][15] Till now, three championships held, in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020. However, India failed to qualify to any of the championships.[16]

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record AFC U-23 qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA Pld W T L GF GA
Oman 2014 did not qualify 5 2 1 2 11 10
Qatar 2016 3 0 1 2 0 6
China 2018 3 1 0 2 3 4
Thailand 2020 2 0 0 2 0 5
Uzbekistan 2022 3 1 1 1 2 2
Qatar 2024 to be determined will play qualifications
Saudi Arabia 2026
Totals 0/7 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 3 9 16 27

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Ref.
19511998 See India national football team
South Korea 2002 Group stage 10th of 24 3 2 0 1 6 3 Squad [17]
Qatar 2006 Group stage 14th of 28 3 1 1 1 3 4 Squad [18]
China 2010 1/8th-final 14th of 28 4 1 0 3 5 10 Squad [19]
South Korea 2014 Group stage 26th of 32 2 0 0 2 0 7 Squad [20]
Indonesia 2018 Indian Olympic Association did not allow team's participation[21] [22]
China 2022 to be determined
Total 4/5 0 Titles 12 4 1 7 14 24

SAFF Championship

SAFF Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA Team Ref.
1993 – 2008 See India national football team
Bangladesh 2009 Champions 1st 5 3 1 1 3 2 Squad [23]
2011 – present See India national football team
Total 1/1 1 Title 5 3 1 1 3 2

South Asian Games

South Asian Games record
Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA
1984 – 1999 See India national football team
Pakistan 2004 Silver 2nd 5 3 1 1 7 2
Sri Lanka 2006 Semifinals 4th 5 1 3 1 4 5
Bangladesh 2010 Semifinals 4th 5 1 2 2 5 3
India 2016 Silver 2nd 4 2 0 2 7 5
Nepal 2019 did not participate
Pakistan 2024 to be determined
Total 4/5 0 Titles 19 7 6 6 23 15

Honours

See also

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