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The history of the India national football team dates back to the 1920s. They have never played in the World Cup although they qualified in 1950. They have had no entries in the tournament from 1950 onwards. Indian football team won the Asian Games in 1962 in Jakarta, against S Korea. [1] They have only made three appearances since then.
The India national football team represents India in men's international football and is governed by the All India Football Federation. The team, which is considered as the best team in South Asia , won two gold medals at the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games while finishing fourth at the 1956 Summer Olympics .
India does not have many Greens, due to player often practice on hockey grounds. The next Green was installed in Ranchi, Jharkhand for 2011 National Games of India. Now New Delhi and Kerala also have Bowling Green, ground. In the country Jharkhand state is powerhouse in this sport, many players for India national team was selected from there.
Between these years the India national football team competed at Games from 1948 to 1960. From 1992 , FIFA allowed only U-23 national teams to play in the tournament at the Olympics. [ 3 ] India withdrew from qualifying competition in the 1968 , 1976 and 1988 Olympics.
National Games Football for women was introduced in the 1999 edition. [68] Manipur is the most successful team with 5 gold medals. [69] [70] Khelo India Youth Games (U-21/U-17) are held every year, and a 1,000 kids are given the scholarship of ₹ 5 lakh (US$5,800) to prepare them for the international sporting events.
Rahim's death in the early '60s pegged Indian football back after a successful period. India played in the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok but were eliminated in first round. India then took third place in the 1970 Asian Games, beating Japan 1–0 in the third place, play-off. In mid-'70s, Indian youth team jointly won the Youth Asian Cup with Iran.
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Participation as British India: 1896 Athens: Did not participate: 1900 Paris: 1 0 2 0 2 19: 1904 St. Louis: Did not participate: 1908 London: 1912 Stockholm: 1920 Antwerp: 6 0 0 0 0 -1924 Paris: 14 0 0 0 0 -1928 Amsterdam: 21 1 0 0 1 23: 1932 Los Angeles: 20 1 0 0 1 19: 1936 Berlin: 27 1 0 0 1 20: Participation as India: 1948 London: 79 1 0 0 1 ...