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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.
Rank. | Player | Caps | Goals | Career | Ref. |
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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] |
Climax Lawrence | 72 | 3 | 2003−2011 | [9] | |
6. | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | 71 | 0 | 2011−present | [10] |
Gouramangi Singh | 71 | 6 | 2006−2013 | [11] | |
7. | Mahesh Gawli | 68 | 1 | 1999−2011 | [12] |
Subrata Pal | 68 | 0 | 2007−2017 | [13] | |
10. | Sandesh Jhingan | 64 | 5 | 2015−present | [14] |
Rank. | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
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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 |
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 |
1994−2004 |