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Men's Indian football team, 1956 Olympics. India has scored the most goals against Australia in a 4–2 victory at the 1956 Olympics, their biggest win in the Olympic history. The most goals the team conceded were in a 1–10 loss against Yugoslavia at the 1952 Olympics, their largest defeat to date. [33] [46]
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 .
The India senior national team was ranked 18th in Asia, but FIFA does not rank under–age national teams. [113] [114] Indian football fans began a campaign on social media, with hashtags supporting their cause. India team coach Igor Štimac reached out to the government of India for intervention with an open letter on social media.
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.
During this period, under the coaching of Syed Abdul Rahim, India won gold during the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games, won silver medal in 1964 AFC Asia Cup as runners up, while finishing fourth during the 1956 Summer Olympics. India has never participated in the FIFA World Cup, although the team did qualify by default for the 1950 World Cup after ...
All India XI / IFA XI [9] 1938 Karuna Bhattacharya: 1st AIFF organised national team (India tour of Australia 1938) [10] 1948 Talimeren Ao: 1948 Summer Olympics: 1949–54 Sailen Manna: Ahmed Khan: 1951 Asian Games, 1952 Colombo Cup, 1952 Summer Olympics, 1953 Colombo Cup, 1954 Colombo Cup, 1954 Asian Games: 1955/58 Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din
Olympic team; Results of India ... 1962 Asian Games, Indonesia: 1964 AFC Asian Cup, Israel: ← 1938–59 1970–79 → ... India national football team results (1970 ...
The most successful head coach for India was Syed Abdul Rahim, who led India to gold in both the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games while also achieving a fourth-place finish during the 1956 Summer Olympics. The most successful foreign head coaches for India were Bob Houghton and Stephen Constantine; both of them helped the team to qualify for AFC Asian ...