Team officials and coaching staff

Team Management Table

Name	Position
vacant	Manager
vacant	Assistant Manager
vacant	Goalkeeping Coach
vacant	General Manager
vacant	Physio
vacant	Physical Trainer

Squad

Current squad

The following 23 players were selected for 2012 AFC Challenge Cup which was held in Nepal from March 8.^[18] Caps and goals updated as of 13 March 2012.

# Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Karanjit Singh January 8, 1986 (age 26) 12 0 Salgaocar 36 GK Arindam Bhattacharya March 25, 1988 (age 24) 5 0 Churchill Brothers 25 GK Subhasish Roy Chowdhury September 27, 1985 (age 26) 4 0 Dempo 19 DF Gouramangi Singh January 25, 1986 (age 26) 55 5 Churchill Brothers 22 DF Syed Rahim Nabi December 14, 1985 (age 26) 46 4 Mohun Bagan 16 DF Samir Subash Naik August 8, 1979 (age 32) 39 0 Dempo 5 DF Anwar Ali September 24, 1984 (age 27) 31 0 Mohun Bagan 3 DF Raju Gaikwad September 25, 1990 (age 21) 11 0 East Bengal 4 DF Nirmal Chettri October 21, 1990 (age 21) 4 0 East Bengal 27 DF Gurjinder Kumar October 10, 1990 (age 21) 2 0 Pune 40 DF Kingshuk Debnath May 7, 1985 (age 27) 0 0 Mohun Bagan 12 MF Anthony Pereira April 9, 1982 (age 30) 23 2 Dempo 28 MF Jewel Raja Shaikh January 19, 1990 (age 22) 14 1 Mohun Bagan 20 MF Lalrindika Ralte September 7, 1992 (age 19) 10 0 Churchill Brothers 21 MF Rocus Lamare September 26, 1986 (age 25) 9 0 Salgaocar 26 MF Francis Fernandes November 25, 1985 (age 26) 5 0 Salgaocar 17 MF Adil Khan July 7, 1988 (age 23) 3 0 Sporting Goa 32 MF Reisangmei Vashum January 10, 1988 (age 24) 2 0 East Bengal 47 MF Lenny Rodrigues May 10, 1987 (age 25) 2 0 Churchill Brothers 11 FW Sunil Chhetri (c) August 3, 1984 (age 27) 57 33 Mohun Bagan 18 FW Sushil Kumar Singh April 1, 1989 (age 23) 24 4 Shillong Lajong 9 FW Joaquim Abranches October 28, 1985 (age 26) 9 1 Dempo 6 FW C. S. Sabeeth December 2, 1990 (age 21) 1 0 Pailan Arrows

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the India squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 10 January 1992 (age 20) 0 0 East Bengal v Azerbaijan 27 February 2012 GK Subrata Pal 24 December 1986 (age 25) 43 0 Pune v Guyana, 25 August 2011 GK Laxmikant Kattimani 3 May 1989 (age 23) 0 0 Dempo v Trinidad and Tobago, 22 August 2011 DF Arnab Mondal 25 September 1989 (age 22) 0 0 Prayag United v Azerbaijan, 27 February 2012 DF Jaspal Singh 6 August 1984 (age 27) 1 0 Salgaocar v Zambia, 29 November 2011 DF Robert Lalthalma 4 September 1988 (age 23) 3 0 East Bengal v Guyana, 25 August 2011 DF Valeriano Rebello 5 March 1983 (age 29) 2 0 Dempo v Trinidad and Tobago, 22 August 2011 DF Rowilson Rodrigues 26 March 1987 (age 25) 1 0 Dempo v Trinidad and Tobago, 22 August 2011 MF Clifford Miranda 11 July 1982 (age 29) 30 8 Dempo v Azerbaijan, 27 February 2012 MF Baldeep Singh Junior 6 February 1987 (age 25) 12 0 Pune v Azerbaijan, 27 February 2012 MF Lester Fernandez 6 December 1986 (age 25) 2 0 Pune v Azerbaijan, 27 February 2012 MF Manish Mathani 5 November 1987 (age 24) 1 0 Mohun Bagan v Azerbaijan, 27 February 2012 MF Mehrajuddin Wadoo 12 February 1984 (age 28) 31 2 Salgaocar v Zambia, 29 November 2011 MF Baldeep Singh Junior 6 February 1987 (age 25) 12 0 Pune v Zambia, 29 November 2011 MF Francis Fernandes 25 November 1985 (age 26) 2 0 Salgaocar v Zambia, 29 November 2011 MF Peter Carvalho 18 December 1980 (age 31) 3 0 Dempo v Trinidad and Tobago, 22 August 2011 FW Manandeep Singh 3 November 1992 (age 19) 2 0 Air India v Azerbaijan, 27 February 2012

Previous squads

AFC Asian Cup Squads AFC Asian Cup 1984 AFC Asian Cup 2011

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

For Further Information :- India national football team results

Date	Venue	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Competition
23 February 2012	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex	Oman	5–1	India	Friendly
27 February 2012	The Sevens Stadium	Azerbaijan	3–0	India	Friendly
9 March 2012	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium	Tajikistan	2–0	India	2012 AFC Challenge Cup
11 March 2012	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium	Philippines	2–0	India	2012 AFC Challenge Cup
13 March 2012	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium	North Korea	4–0	India	2012 AFC Challenge Cup

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Main article: India at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									Did not enter
1934
1938
1950	Qualified but withdrew									None
1954	Denied by FIFA									None
1958	Did not enter									Did not enter
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986	Did not qualify									6	2	3	1	7	6
1990										withdrew from qualification
1994										8	1	1	6	8	22
1998										3	1	1	1	3	7
2002										6	3	2	1	11	5
2006										6	1	1	4	2	18
2010										2	0	1	1	3	6
2014										2	0	1	1	2	5
Total		0/19	0	0	0	0	0	0		33	8	10	15	36	69

AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup record Year Round GP W D L GF GA 1956 Did not enter - - - - - - 1960 Did not Qualify - - - - - - 1964 Runner Up 3 2 0 1 5 3 1968 to 1980 Did not Qualify - - - - - - 1984 Round 1 4 0 1 3 0 7 1988 to 2007 Did not Qualify - - - - - - 2011 Round 1 3 0 0 3 3 13 Total Best : Runner Up 10 2 1 7 8 23 South Asian Football Federation Cup South Asian Football Federation Cup record Year Round GP Won Drew Lost GF GA 1993 Champions 3 2 1 0 4 1 1995 Runner Up 3 1 1 1 2 3 1997 Champions 4 3 1 0 12 3 1999 Champions 4 3 1 0 6 1 2003 Third Place 5 2 1 2 8 5 2005 Champions 5 4 1 0 9 2 2008 Runner Up 5 4 0 1 9 3 2009 Champions 5 4 0 1 3 2 2011 Champions 5 4 1 0 16 2 Total Best: Champions 39 27 7 5 69 22 AFC Challenge Cup record AFC Challenge Cup Year Round GP Won Drew Lost 2006 Quarterfinals* 4 1 2 1 2008 Champions 5 4 1 0 2010 Group Stage* 3 0 0 3 2012 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 Total Best: Champions 15 5 3 7 India did not field the senior team in this competition.[19] Nehru Cup record Nehru Cup Year Round GP W D L GF GA 2007 Champions 5 4 0 1 13 3 2009 Champions 5 3 0 2 6 5 Total Best: Champions 10 7 0 3 19 8 All-time team record International record against all nations, correct as of 14 March 2012. [show]Against Played Won Drawn Lost Honors AFC Asian Cup Runners-up (1): 1964 Indian and player statistics Top goalscorers Players in bold text are still active with India. Player Years of selection No. of goals Pradip Banerjee 1952–1967 65 Baichung Bhutia 1995–2012 43 I.M.Vijayan 1989–2004 40 Shabbir Ali 1974–1984 35 Sunil Chhetri 2005– 33 Most caps Player Years of selection No. of caps Baichung Bhutia 1995–2012 107 Pradip Banerjee 1952–1967 84 Mahesh Gawli 1997–2011 82 Climax Lawrence 2002-2012 81 India statistics As of 14 March 2012 Played Win Draw Loss 351 120 112 119 2012 record As of 14 March 2012 Played Win Draw Loss 5 0 0 5 Managers Manager Period Played Won Drawn Lost Win % Balaidas Chatterjee 1948 1 0 0 1 0.0 Syed Abdul Rahim 1950–1963 42 26 3 13 61.9 Harry Wright 1963–1964 7 5 1 1 71.4 No permanent manager from 1964–1972[note 1] Pradip Banerjee 1972–1981 40 11 5 24 27.5 Bob Bootland 1982 13 2 5 6 15.4 Joe Kinnear 1983 13 4 0 9 30.8 Milovan Ćirić 1984–1985 11 2 4 5 18.2 Pradip Banerjee 1985 2 2 0 0 100.0 Syed Nayeemuddin 1986 6 0 1 5 0.0 Amal Dutta 1987–1988 8 2 3 3 25.0 József Gelei 1989–1991 6 2 2 2 33.3 Jiří Pešek 1993–1994 22 5 6 11 22.7 Rustam Akhramov 1995–1997 20 7 5 8 35.0 Syed Nayeemuddin 1997–1998 8 1 1 6 12.5 Sukhwinder Singh 1998–2001 24 11 5 8 45.8 Stephen Constantine 2002–2005 21 6 5 10 28.6 Sukhwinder Singh 2005 5 1 1 3 20.0 Syed Nayeemuddin 2005–2006 8 4 2 2 50.0 Bob Houghton 2006–2011 45 20 5 20 44.4 Armando Colaco 2011 6 1 2 3 16.7 Savio Medeira 2011–2012 15 5 2 8 33.3 See also Football in India All India Football Federation India national under-23 football team Nehru Cup India national under-19 football team India national under-16 football team India national under-15 football team India national football team results Notes and references Notes ^ From 1964–1972, India had many caretaker managers that all of them were never recorded nor remembered for even managing India. References ^ "=> France - India". fifa.com. 2012-1-28. Retrieved 2012-1-28. ^ a b Prem Panicker Barefoot in Bengal and Other Stories. yfittopostblog.com (2010-06-14). Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889–2000.. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ Legends of Indian Football: Rahim Saab. Thehardtackle.com (2010-12-26). Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1951 New Delhi Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000.. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1962 D'Jakarta Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ 1964 AFC Asian Cup ^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1984 Singapore Asia Cup Qualifiers. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ The Indian Senior Team at the 1984 Singapore Asia Cup. Indianfootball.de. Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ a b Stephen Constantine, Sudan National Team Head Coach, UEFA PRO Licence holder, USSF C Licence, USSF A Licence. Stephenconstantine.co.uk. Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ Bob Houghton The Catalyst Behind The Progress Of Indian Football. The Sports Mirror. October 13, 2010. Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ India in AFC Asian Cup 2011: Performance Review. Thehardtackle.com (2011-01-20). Retrieved on 2012-01-21. ^ http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=3041 ^ The AIFF, 14 Feb 2010. The-aiff.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-21