User:ArsenalFan700/India national football team (Re-start)

India
Nickname(s)	Blue Tigers
Association	All India Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (AFC)
Head coach	Stephen Constantine
Most caps	Baichung Bhutia (107)
Top scorer	Sunil Chhetri (45)
FIFA code	IND
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	171 (22 February 2015)
Highest	94 (February 1996)
Lowest	171 (January 2015–February 2015)
First international
	India 1–2 France ; (London, England; 31 July 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

History

1930–1950: The Early Years

1950–1964: The Golden Era

1965–1983: The Start of the Downfall

1984–1996: The Quiet years (working title)

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

2011 AFC Asian Cup

2012–Present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

AFC Asian Cup

Other tournaments

AFC Challenge Cup

SAFF Cup

Asian Games

Nehru Cup

Stadium

Media Coverage

Colours

Supporters

Rivalries

Players

Current squad

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes

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

References

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

External links

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

[FIFA_Ranking-1] "Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

[2] "France — India". fifa.com. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

[elo-3] "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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