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India
AssociationAll India Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachWim Koevermans
CaptainSunil Chhetri
Most capsBaichung Bhutia (107)
Top scorerSunil Chhetri (43)
FIFA codeIND
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current154
Highest94[1] (February 1996)
Lowest169[1] (September 2012)
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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India has never played at the FIFA World Cup finals. However they did qualify for the tournament back in 1950 which was held in Brazil due to all the teams in their qualifying group withdrawing before the qualifiers began but before the official tournament began India withdrew themselves from the World Cup.[5] The All India Football Federation, the governing body of football in India, said that the reason for the withdrawal was because of a lack of proper transportation to Brazil which also led to a lack of preparation for the World Cup.[6]

Since 1950 India has struggled to qualify for the World Cup. In 1954 India were denied the chance to qualify for the World Cup as only three teams were given the chance.[7] Then from 1958 to 1982 India did not enter the World Cup qualifiers. In 1986 however India participated in the qualifiers in which they played six games, won 2, drew 3, and lost 1.[8]

India's best chance to qualify for the World Cup then came in the 2002 qualifiers in which India were placed in Group 8 with the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and Brunei. India at the end of six games were only two points away from qualification to the final round of the qualifiers after winning three of their games, drawing two, and only losing once.[9] India also scored 11 goals in that round and only gave away five goals.[9]

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Did not enter
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950 Qualified but withdrew None
Switzerland 1954 Denied by FIFA None
Sweden 1958 Did not enter Did not enter
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify 6 2 3 1 7 6
Italy 1990 Withdrew from qualification
United States 1994 8 1 1 6 8 22
France 1998 3 1 1 1 3 7
South Korea Japan 2002 6 3 2 1 11 5
Germany 2006 6 1 1 4 2 18
South Africa 2010 2 0 1 1 3 6
Brazil 2014 2 0 1 1 2 5
Total 0/19 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 8 10 15 36 69

AFC Asian Cup

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India have participated in only three AFC Asian Cup's and had done considerably well in their very first appearance in the 1964 edition in which the team finished second place in a round-robin style tournament that year losing out to the hosts Israel by two points.[10] Since then India has failed to progress beyond the first round of the Asian Cup.

Year Round Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 Did not enter
South Korea 1960 Did not qualify
Israel 1964 Runners-up 3 2 0 1 5 3
Iran 1968 Did not qualify
Thailand 1972
Iran 1976
Kuwait 1980
Singapore 1984 Round 1 4 0 1 3 0 7
Qatar 1988 Did not qualify
Japan 1992
United Arab Emirates 1996
Lebanon 2000
China 2004
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007
Qatar 2011 Round 1 3 0 0 3 3 13
Australia 2015 Did not qualify
Totals 3/16 10 2 1 7 8 23

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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Fixtures and results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Indian Scorers
5 March 2014 Fatorda Stadium, Goa, India  Bangladesh International Friendly

Players

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Current squad

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The following players were called up to the squad to play Bangladesh on 5 March 2014.[11]

As of 1 March 2014
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Subrata Pal (1986-12-24) 24 December 1986 (age 37) 54 0 Denmark Vestsjælland
1GK Karanjit Singh (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38) 15 0 India Salgaocar
1GK Amrinder Singh (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 31) 0 0 India Pune

2DF Denzil Franco (1985-06-30) 30 June 1985 (age 39) 10 0 India Churchill Brothers
2DF Arnab Mondal (1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 (age 35) 8 1 India East Bengal
2DF Gurjinder Kumar (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 34) 5 0 India Pune
2DF Aiborlang Khongjee (1987-12-09) 9 December 1987 (age 36) 2 0 India Mohun Bagan
2DF Narayan Das (1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 (age 31) 1 0 India Dempo
2DF Sandesh Jhingan (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 (age 31) 0 0 India Mumbai

3MF Clifford Miranda (1982-07-11) 11 July 1982 (age 42) 41 6 India Dempo
3MF Mehtab Hossain (1982-10-13) 13 October 1982 (age 42) 26 2 India East Bengal
3MF Francis Fernandes (1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 38) 22 0 India Salgaocar
3MF Lenny Rodrigues (1987-05-10) 10 May 1987 (age 37) 18 0 India Churchill Brothers
3MF Rocus Lamare (1983-09-22) 22 September 1983 (age 41) 13 0 India Salgaocar
3MF Lalrindika Ralte (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 32) 11 0 India East Bengal
3MF Alwyn George (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 32) 2 0 India Dempo
3MF Victorino Fernandes (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35) 1 0 India Sporting Goa

4FW Sunil Chhetri (1984-08-03) 3 August 1984 (age 40) 72 43 India Bengaluru FC
4FW Robin Singh (1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 (age 34) 12 1 India Bengaluru FC
4FW Balwant Singh (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 37) 0 0 India Churchill Brothers

Head Coaches

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

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. ^ "Savio Medeira named as India assistant coach". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "World Football Elo Ratings: India". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  5. ^ "India may host 2026 FIFA World Cup: Blatter Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-may-host-2026-fifa-world-cup-blatter/1/126207.html". India Today. Retrieved 26 December 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  6. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Kausik. "WHY INDIA DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE 1950 WORLD CUP?". Barefoot Magazine. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  7. ^ "World Cup 1954 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  8. ^ "World Cup 1986 qualifications". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  9. ^ a b "World Cup 2002 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference AC64 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Team India Players assemble in Goa". The All India Football Federation. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
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