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| Association | All India Football Federation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Wim Koevermans | ||
| Captain | Sunil Chhetri | ||
| Most caps | Baichung Bhutia (107) | ||
| Top scorer | Sunil Chhetri (43) | ||
| FIFA code | IND | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 154 | ||
| Highest | 94[1] (February 1996) | ||
| Lowest | 169[1] (September 2012) | ||
| First international | |||
 India 1–2 France  (London, England; 31 July 1948)[2] | |||
| 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[edit]
1930–1950: The Early Years[edit]
1950–1964: The Golden Era[edit]
1965–1983: The Start of the Downfall[edit]
1984–1996: The Quiet years (working title)[edit]
1997–2010: The start of the revival (working title)[edit]
2011 AFC Asian Cup[edit]
2012–Present[edit]
Competitive record[edit]
FIFA World Cup[edit]
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 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1930
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 1934
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| 1938
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 1950
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Qualified but withdrew | None | |||||||||||||
 1954
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Denied by FIFA | None | |||||||||||||
 1958
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 1962
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 1966
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 1970
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 1974
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 1978
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 1982
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| 1986
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Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
 1990
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Withdrew from qualification | ||||||||||||||
 1994
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | |||||||||
| 1998
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||
  2002
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2006
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
 2010
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
 2014
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| Total | 0/19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 69 | ||
AFC Asian Cup[edit]
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 |
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 1956 |
Did not enter | ||||||
| 1960 |
Did not qualify | ||||||
 1964 |
Runners-up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
 1968 |
Did not qualify | ||||||
 1972
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| 1976
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 1980
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 1984 |
Round 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
 1988 |
Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1992
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 1996
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 2000
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 2004
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   2007
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| 2011 |
Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
 2015 |
Did not qualify | ||||||
| Totals | 3/16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
Other tournaments[edit]
AFC Challenge Cup[edit]
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SAFF Cup[edit]
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Stadium[edit]
Media Coverage[edit]
Colours[edit]
Supporters[edit]
Rivalries[edit]
Fixtures and results[edit]
Win Draw Loss
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Competition | Result | Indian Scorers |
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| 5 March 2014 | Fatorda Stadium, Goa, India |  Bangladesh
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International Friendly | — |
Players[edit]
Current squad[edit]
The following players were called up to the squad to play Bangladesh on 5 March 2014.[11]
- As of 1 March 2014
Head Coaches[edit]
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Records[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ From 1964–1972, India had many caretaker managers that all of them were never recorded nor remembered for even managing India.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "France — India". fifa.com. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Savio Medeira named as India assistant coach". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ a b "World Football Elo Ratings: India". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "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= - ^ Bandyopadhyay, Kausik. "WHY INDIA DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE 1950 WORLD CUP?". Barefoot Magazine. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "World Cup 1954 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "World Cup 1986 qualifications". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ a b "World Cup 2002 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
AC64was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Team India Players assemble in Goa". The All India Football Federation. Retrieved 1 March 2014.