Indian Football Team

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I am Prabhit from fy.bcom B  divison gvms GGPR college .I would like to share my views onThe Indian Football Team

The India national football team represents India in international football and is controlled by the All India Football Federation. Under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and governed in Asia by the AFC, the team is also part of the South Asian Football Federation. The team, which was once considered one of the best teams in Asia, had its golden era during the 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, under the coaching of Syed Abdul Rahim, India won gold during the 1951 and 1962Asian Games, while finishing fourth during the 1956 Summer Olympics.

India

Nickname(s)	Blue Tigers[1]
Association	All India Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Stephen Constantine
Captain	Sunil Chhetri[2]
Most caps	Sunil Chhetri (97)[3]
Top scorer	Sunil Chhetri (56)[4]
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	IND
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	102  (15 February 2018)
Highest	94[5] (February 1996)
Lowest	173[6] (March 2015)
Elo ranking
Current	169  (6 March 2018)
Highest	48[7] (1964)
Lowest	177[7] (1977, 2013)
First international
Pre-independence:  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
Soviet Union 11–1 India  (Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 September 1955)
Asian Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1964)
Best result	Runners-up: 1964

India has never participated in the FIFA World Cup, although the team did qualify by default for the 1950 World Cup after all the other nations in their qualification group withdrew. However, India withdrew prior to the tournament beginning. The team has also appeared three times in the Asia's top football competition, the AFC Asian Cup. Their best result in the continental tournament occurred in 1964 when the team finished as runners-up. India also participate in the SAFF Championship, the top regional football competition in South Asia. They have won the tournament six times since the tournament began in 1993.

Despite India not reaching the same heights since their golden era, the team has seen a steady resurgence since the beginning of the twenty-first century. Besides the SAFF Championship triumphs, under the guidance of Bob Houghton, India won the restarted Nehru Cup in 2007 and 2009 while also managing to emerge victorious during the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup. The Challenge Cup victory allowed India to once again qualify for the Asian Cup for the first time in 27 years.

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Prabhit sawant