India national football team
India national football team is the national football team of India. It has won the AFC challenge Cup in 2008 and ranks 150 in FIFA ranking (2014). The team is managed by Igor Stimac. They have been runners up of Asian Nations Cup (1964). Their best result is to feature in the fourth olympic football tournament's finals in 1956.
| Nickname(s) | Blue Tigers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Igor Stimac | ||
| Captain | Pronay Halder | ||
| Most caps | Sunil Chhetri (107)[1] | ||
| Top scorer | Sunil Chhetri (67)[1] | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | IND | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 106  (22 December 2022)[2] | ||
| Highest | 94[3] (February 1996) | ||
| Lowest | 173[4] (March 2015) | ||
| First international | |||
Pre-independence:.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia 5–3 India  (Sydney, Australia; 3 September 1938) Post-independence:  India 1–2 France  (London, England; 31 July 1948) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Australia 1–7 India (Sydney, Australia; 12 December 1956) India 6–0 Cambodia  (New Delhi, India; 17 August 2007) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia 10–1 India (Helsinki, Finland; 15 July 1952) | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1948) | ||
| Best result | 4th place, 1956 | ||
| Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1964) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up, 1964 | ||
References
- "Sunil Chhetri". national-football-teams.
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- "India jump four spots to enter top 150 of FIFA men's rankings". Scroll. TheField Scroll. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- "India slip to 172 in latest FIFA rankings". IndianExpress. IndianExpress. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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