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Football in India is as popular as it has the popularity in other countries like U.S.A, U.K. Australia & other countries. The Indian National Football Team (INFT) is the national team & it is governed by the Indian federation which is All India Football Federation (AIFF). The AIFF is affiliated with Federation Internationale de Football association since 1948. The head coach of the team is Wim Koevermans. Right now the captain of INFT is Sunil Chhetri whose position is forward in the field.
Indian National Football Team qualified for world cup but did not played
Some of the Indian footballers knows that India has qualified for FIFA world cup of 1950. But unfortunately, India was disqualified from that World Cup. AIFF has put lots of reason. And the reason was cost of travel. But FIFA was agreed to spend a major part of their expenses. One of the biggest reasons: Priority was given more to Olympics over FIFA World Cup. One more reason was lack of practice & Studs (Football Shoes). Team selection was also a reason. But a session came in Indian football history which was a fantastic session for Indian football & that was the period of 1951–1963. In that period, INFT was the best team all over Asia. With the guidance of Syed Abdul Rahim, Indian Football has tasted its success at its best. Thereafter, INFT has earned more respect & fame by winning major tournaments. The team has won LG Cup which was organized in Vietnam. Later on the Indian Coach Stephen Constantine was awarded with title of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in November 2003.
INFT Nickname and Indian FIFA ranking
The Indian Football team is known as Blue Tigers as their nickname. The responsibility of holding the team as captain is of Sunil Chhetri & the vice captain is Syed Rahim Nabi. The team has current FIFA ranking of 149 (as on 26th April, 2013). India has the highest FIFA ranking of 94 which was recoded on 1996 & the lowest ranking is 169 on September 2012. FIFA has given the code IND to this team. The head coach of the team is Wim Koevermans.
Indian National Football Team Players List |
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Player |
Date of Birth |
Position |
Goals |
Club |
Shouvik Ghosh |
11, May, 1992 |
DEFENDER |
0 |
Pailan Arrows |
C.K. Vineeth |
28, Feb, 1998 |
MIDEFENDERIELDER |
0 |
Prayag United |
Rowilson Rodrigues |
26, March, 1987 |
DEFENDER |
0 |
Dempo |
Lalkamal Bhowmick |
2, January, 1987 |
MIDEFENDERIELDER |
0 |
Prayag United |
Alwyn George |
1, March, 1992 |
MIDEFENDERIELDER |
0 |
Pailan Arrows |
Arata Izumi |
31, July, 1982 |
MIDEFENDERIELDER |
0 |
Pune F.C. |
Gurjnder Kumar |
10, October, 1990 |
DEFENDER |
0 |
Pune F.C. |
Robin Singh |
9, May, 1990 |
FORWARD |
0 |
East Bengal |
Denzil Franco |
30, June, 1986 |
DEFENDER |
0 |
Churchill Brothers |
Lenny Rodrigues |
10, May, 1987 |
MIDEFENDERIELDER |
0 |
Churchill Brothers |
Nirmal Chettri |
21, Oct, 1900 |
DEFENDER |
0 |
Mohun Bagan |
Francis fernandes |
25, Nov, 1985 |
MIDEFENDERIELDER |
0 |
Salgocar |
Karanjit Singh |
8, Jan, 1986 |
GOALKEEPER |
0 |
Salgocar |
Sandeep Nandy |
15, Jan, 1975 |
GOALKEEPER |
0 |
Churchill Brothers |
Mehtab Hossain |
5, Sep, 1985 |
MIDEFENDERIELDER |
2 |
East Bengal |
Syed Rahim Nabi |
14, Dec, 1985 |
DEFENDER |
7 |
Mohun Bagan |
Jeje Lalpekhlua |
7, Jan, 1991 |
FORWARD |
8 |
Pune |
Clifford Miranda |
11, Jul, 1982 |
MIDFIELDER |
9 |
Dempo |
Sunil Chhetri |
3, Aug, 1984 |
FORWARD |
36 |
Churchill Brothers |
Honors of the Indian Football Team:
The Indian National Football team has won both continental & regional championships. The team is also awarded by gold medal & Bronze medals in the tournaments. Continental Honors:-
- The team was the Runner-up of AFC Asian Cup in the year of 1964.
- In Asian games, the team has won Gold medal two times in 1951, 1962. Also in 1970. It was awarded by the Bronze medal in 1970.
- In 2008, the INFT was the Champion of AFC Challenge Cup.
Regional Honors:- SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP: Winners of SAFF Championship of the year 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009 & 2011. Also runners-up of the championship two times: 1995, 2008. It also has got third position in 2003.
Why Indian football team is going down after Baichung Bhutia retired from AIFF
If I was a part of team, I would definitely solve your query. But I think INFT is not getting as much support as cricket team is getting. Because its all your support who build a strong team.