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This page is about the men's team. For the women's team, see India women's national football team.

India
Nickname(s)Blue Tigers
AssociationAll India Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (AFC)
Head coachStephen Constantine
Most capsBaichung Bhutia (107)
Top scorerSunil Chhetri (45)
FIFA codeIND
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current171 (22 February 2015)
Highest94[1] (February 1996)
Lowest171[1] (January 2015–February 2015)
First international
India India 1–2 France 
(London, England; 31 July 1948)[2]
Biggest win
India India 7–0 Ceylon 
(Bangalore, India; 29 December 1963)
Biggest defeat
 Soviet Union 11–1 India India
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 September 1955)
Asian Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1964)
Best resultRunners-up: 1964

History

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1930–1950: The Early Years

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1950–1964: The Golden Era

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1965–1983: The Start of the Downfall

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1984–1996: The Quiet years (working title)

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1997–2010: The start of the revival (working title)

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2011 AFC Asian Cup

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2012–Present

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Competitive record

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FIFA World Cup

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AFC Asian Cup

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Other tournaments

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Stadium

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Media Coverage

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Colours

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Supporters

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Rivalries

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Players

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Current squad

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The following 26 players were called up to the squad for the matches against Nepal during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in March.[4]

As of 26 February 2015
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Subrata Pal (1986-12-24) 24 December 1986 (age 37) 58 0   Salgaocar
1GK Arindam Bhattacharya (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 (age 35) 5 0   Bharat FC
1GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 (age 32) 1 0   Stabæk
2DF Arnab Mondal (1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 (age 35) 10 1   East Bengal
2DF Aiborlang Khongjee (1987-12-09) 9 December 1987 (age 36) 4 0   Shillong Lajong
2DF Saumik Dey (1984-08-20) 20 August 1984 (age 40) 0 0   East Bengal
2DF Keegan Pereira (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37) 0 0   Bengaluru FC
2DF Augustin Fernandes (1988-10-13) 13 October 1988 (age 36) 0 0   Salgaocar
2DF Sandesh Jhingan (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 (age 31) 0 0   Sporting Goa
2DF Pritam Kotal (1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 31) 0 0   Mohun Bagan
3MF Francis Fernandes (1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 38) 24 1   Dempo
3MF Lenny Rodrigues (1987-05-10) 10 May 1987 (age 37) 20 0   Dempo
3MF Lalrindika Ralte (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 32) 12 0   East Bengal
3MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh (1986-09-10) 10 September 1986 (age 38) 0 0   Bengaluru FC
3MF Anthony D'Souza (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 37) 0 0   Pune
3MF Cavin Lobo (1988-04-04) 4 April 1988 (age 36) 0 0   East Bengal
3MF Prabir Das (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 30) 0 0   Dempo
3MF Dhanpal Ganesh (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 30) 0 0   Pune
4FW Sunil Chhetri (1984-08-03) 3 August 1984 (age 40) 74 43   Bengaluru FC
4FW Jeje Lalpekhlua (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33) 21 8   Mohun Bagan
4FW Robin Singh (1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 (age 34) 14 1   Bengaluru FC
4FW Alwyn George (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 32) 3 0   Dempo
4FW Balwant Singh (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 37) 1 0   Mohun Bagan
4FW Mandar Rao Desai (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32) 0 0   Dempo
4FW Jackichand Singh (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32) 0 0   Royal Wahingdoh
4FW Holicharan Narzary (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 30) 0 0   Dempo

Recent players

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The following players have been selected by India in the past 12 months, but were not selected in the March 2015 squad, or withdrew from that squad due to injury or suspension.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Karanjit Singh (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38) 16 0   Salgaocar 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier preliminary squad
DF Raju Gaikwad (1990-09-25) 25 September 1990 (age 34) 23 0   East Bengal 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier preliminary squad
DF Rino Anto (1988-01-03) 3 January 1988 (age 36) 0 0   Bengaluru FC 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier preliminary squad
DF Rowilson Rodrigues (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 37) 0 0   Dempo 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier preliminary squad
MF Mehtab Hossain (1985-10-13) 13 October 1985 (age 39) 29 2   East Bengal 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier preliminary squad
FW Romeo Fernandes (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 32) 0 0   Atlético Paranaense 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier preliminary squad

Coaching staff

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As of 26 February 2015[5]
Position Name
Head coach   Stephen Constantine
Assistant coach   Shanmugam Venkatesh
Fitness coach   Daniel Deigan
Goalkeeping coach   Rogerio Ramos

Results and fixtures

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For all past match results of the national team, see the team's results page.

12 March 2015 World Cup qualifier India   v     Nepal Guwahati, Assam
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
17 March 2015 World Cup qualifier Nepal     v   India Kathmandu
Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium

Head Coaches

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Name Years
  Balaidas Chatterjee 1948
  Syed Abdul Rahim 1950–1963
  Harry Wright 1963–1964
No permanent manager from 1964–1972[note 1]
  Pradip Banerjee 1972–1981
  Bob Bootland 1982
  Joe Kinnear 1983
  Milovan Ćirić 1984–1985
  Pradip Banerjee 1985
  Syed Nayeemuddin 1986
  Amal Dutta 1987–1988
  József Gelei 1989–1991
  Jiří Pešek 1993–1994
  Rustam Akramov 1995–1997
  Syed Nayeemuddin 1997–1998
  Sukhwinder Singh 1998–2001
  Stephen Constantine 2002–2005
  Sukhwinder Singh 2005
  Syed Nayeemuddin 2005–2006
  Bob Houghton 2006–2011
  Armando Colaco 2011
  Savio Medeira 2011–2012
  Wim Koevermans 2012–2014
  Stephen Constantine 2015–

Records

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See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. ^ "France — India". fifa.com. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b "World Football Elo Ratings: India". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. ^ "26 SHORTLISTED FOR CAMP IN GUWAHATI". The All India Football Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  5. ^ "NEW SUPPORT STAFF FOR NATIONAL TEAM". The All India Football Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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