• 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

13

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]
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]
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
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
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
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
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
Rowllin Borges[29] 2015– 35 2
28 Manvir Singh[30] 2017– 34 6
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
Francis Fernandes[37] 2005-2015 31 1
36 Robin Singh[38] 2012–2019 30 5
Sahal Abdul Samad[39] 2019- 30 3
38 Anthony Pereira[40] 2009–2013 29 3
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
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
This is a list of Indian international footballers, who have played for the India national football team since its foundation in 1938.
1994−2004
Source: Wikipedia Last updated on: 12th June 2024

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