Football Association Insights | Indian Football

Head Coach Igor Stimac
Captain Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
Nickname The Blue Tigers
Association All India Football Federation ( AIFF )
First Appearance 3rd September 1938

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Summer Olympics - Appearances

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Asian Cup - Appearances

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Asian Games - Appearances

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SAFF Championships - Appearances

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Notable achievements of the Indian football team:

1951: Won the gold medal at the Asian Games held in New Delhi.

1956: Reached the semi-finals of the Melbourne Olympics, finishing 4th.

1962: Secured another gold medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta.

1970: Won the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Bangkok.

1993: Won the SAFF Championship (South Asian Football Federation Championship) in Lahore.

1997: Secured the SAFF Championship in Kathmandu.

1999: Won the SAFF Championship in Goa.

2005: Triumphed in the SAFF Championship in Karachi.

2008: Won the AFC Challenge Cup, qualifying for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

2009: Secured the Nehru Cup.

2011: Participated in the AFC Asian Cup after a gap of 27 years.

2011: Won the SAFF Championship in New Delhi.

2015: Qualified for the second round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

2016: Won the SAFF Championship in Trivandrum.

2018: Achieved their highest FIFA ranking (96) in 21 years.

2019: Reached the round of 16 in the AFC Asian Cup.

2021: Qualified for the third round of the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.

2022: Won the SAFF Championship in Male.

2023: Qualified for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

Players with most international caps for India

Rank.	Player	Caps	Goals	Career	Ref.
1.	Sunil Chhetri	151	94	2005−2024	^[4]^[5]
2.	Bhaichung Bhutia	88	29	1995−2011	^[6]
3.	I. M. Vijayan	73	32	1992−2004	^[7]
4.	Shabbir Ali	72	6	1974−1984	^[8]
4.	Climax Lawrence	72	3	2003−2011	^[9]
6.	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	71	0	2011−present	^[10]
6.	Gouramangi Singh	71	6	2006−2013	^[11]
7.	Mahesh Gawli	68	1	1999−2011	^[12]
7.	Subrata Pal	68	0	2007−2017	^[13]
10.	Sandesh Jhingan	64	5	2015−present	^[14]

Source: Wikipedia Last updated on: 12th June 2024

Players with most International Goals scored for India.

Rank.	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1.	Sunil Chhetri (list)	94	151	0.62	2005–2024
2.	I. M. Vijayan	32	73	0.44	1992−2003
3.	Bhaichung Bhutia	29	88	0.33	1995−2011
4.	Jeje Lalpekhlua	23	56	0.41	2011−2019
5.	Magan Singh Rajvi	16	36	0.44	1969−1974
5.	P. K. Banerjee	16	52	0.31	1955−1966
7.	Chuni Goswami	12	37	0.32	1958−1964
8.	Neville D'Souza	11	15	0.73	1953−1956
	Mohammed Habib	11	30	0.37	1969−1974
	Tulsidas Balaram	11	32	0.34	1956−1962
	Jo Paul Ancheri	11	41	0.27	1994−2004

Source: Wikipedia Last updated on: 12th June 2024

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Sunil Chhetri^[4]	2005–	146	93
2	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi^[5]	2008-	89	4
3	Bhaichung Bhutia^[6]	1995–2011	82	27
4	V. P. Sathyan^[7]	1985–1995	13	4
5	Shabbir Ali^[8]	1974–84	72	23
5	Climax Lawrence^[9]	2003–11	72	3
7	Gouramangi Singh^[10]	2006–13	71	6
8	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu^[11]	2011–	67	78 (conceded)
9	Subrata Pal^[12]	2007–2017	67	92 (conceded)
10	I. M. Vijayan^[13]	1989–2004	66	29
10	Mahesh Gawli^[14]	2000–11	66	1
12	Sandesh Jhingan^[15]	2015–	61	5
13	Syed Rahim Nabi^[16]	2004–13	61	7
14	Renedy Singh^[17]	1999–2011	59	4
15	Jeje Lalpekhlua^[18]	2011–2019	56	23
16	Surkumar Singh^[19]	2001–11	52	2
16	Pritam Kotal^[20]	2015–	52	0
18	Steven Dias^[21]	2004–11	51	7
19	Anirudh Thapa^[22]	2017–	49	4
20	Deepak Mondal^[23]	1999–2011	47	0
21	Udanta Singh^[24]	2016–	46	2
22	Clifford Miranda^[25]	2005–14	45	6
23	N. P. Pradeep^[26]	2005–11	42	9
24	Samir Subash Naik^[27]	2002–12	38	0
25	P. K. Banerjee^[8]	1952–67	36	19
26	Abhishek Yadav^[28]	2002–11	35	4
26	Rowllin Borges^[29]	2015–	35	2
28	Manvir Singh^[30]	2017–	34	6
28	Subhasish Bose^[31]	2017–	34	0
30	Jo Paul Ancheri^[32]	1992–2004	33	7
	Anwar Ali^[33]	2008–2019	33	0
	Ashique Kuruniyan^[34]	2018–	33	2
33	Mehrajuddin Wadoo^[35]	2005–11	32	2
34	Mehtab Hossain^[36]	2005–15	31	2
34	Francis Fernandes^[37]	2005-2015	31	1
36	Robin Singh^[38]	2012–2019	30	5
36	Sahal Abdul Samad^[39]	2019-	30	3
38	Anthony Pereira^[40]	2009–2013	29	3
38	Narayan Das^[41]	2011–	29	1
40	Jewel Raja^[42]	2010–2013	28	3
41	Sushil Kumar Singh^[43]	2008–2012	27	2
	Arnab Mondal^[44]	2013–2016	27	1
	Lallianzuala Chhangte^[45]	2015–	27	7
	Halicharan Narzary^[46]	2015–2021	27	1
45	Raju Gaikwad^[47]	2011–2022	25	0
46	Eugeneson Lyngdoh^[48]	2015–2021	24	0
46	Pronay Halder^[49]	2017–	24	1
48	Lenny Rodrigues^[50]	2012–	23	0
49	Rahul Bheke^[51]	2019–	22	1
50	Anas Edathodika^[52]	2017–2021	21	0