India national under-20 football team explained

India Under-20
Badge:Indian Football 2020.svg
Badge Size:140px
Fifa Trigramme:IND
Nickname:Blue Colts
Association:All India Football Federation
Confederation:AFC (Asia)
Sub-Confederation:SAFF (South Asia)
Coach:Ranjan Chaudhuri
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First Game: 1–1
(Malaya; 19 April 1963)[1]
Largest Win: 8–0
(Bhubaneshwar, India; 31 July 2022)[2]
Largest Loss: 0–7 [3]
(Bangkok, Thailand; 16 April 1972)
0–7
(Qatar; 25 October 2002)[4]
0–7
(Qatar; 4 October 2015)[5]
Regional Name:Asian Cup
Regional Cup Apps:22
Regional Cup First:1963
Regional Cup Best:Champions (1974)
2Ndregional Name:OFC Youth Development Tournament
2Ndregional Cup Apps:1
2Ndregional Cup First:2019
2Ndregional Cup Best:Champions (2019)
3Rdregional Cup Apps:5
3Rdregional Name:SAFF Championship
3Rdregional Cup First:2015
3Rdregional Cup Best:Champions (2019, 2022, 2023)

The India national under-20 football team, also known as India Under-20s or India U20(s), represents India at all under-20 football tournaments.[6] They act as the main feeder team for the India national under-23 football team and the senior India national football team.

This team is for Indian players aged under 19 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year AFC U-19 Championship campaign begins, and as such, some players can remain with the squad until the age of 21. As long as they are eligible, players can play for India at any level, making it possible to play for the U19s first, then the senior side, and again back to playing for the U19s. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (provided the player is eligible).

History

As an Asian U19 team, India competes for the Asian Championship, with the finals every even-numbered year, formerly odd-numbered years. There is no Under-19 World Cup, although there is an Under-20 World Cup. This team also participate in the SAFF U-19 Championship which started from 2015 by South Asian Football federation.[7]

1959−1970

For the first four seasons of AFC U-19 Championship, from 1959 to 1962 the Indian team did not enter into the tournament though there was no qualification round. India first participated in the AFC U-19 Championships in 1963 but did not move ahead from the group stage.[8] 1964 is where the first Kabui player, BasantaKumar Kabui represented Manipur in an International event.[9] [10] [11]

The first best result came at the 1966 edition where the team entered in the quarter finals with 3 wins against Burma, Japan and Singapore and a defeat by China but in the quarter final they lost to Israel by 4−0.[12] In the next edition at 1967 AFC Youth Championship India again entered in the quarter final. First a draw of 1−1 against Israel and then defeating Malaysia by 4−1 but same as 1966 they again defeated in the quarter final, this time by Indonesia by 2−6.[13] In 1968, the team didn't move beyond group stage, and next two edition of 1969 and 1970 India did not enter in the championships.[14]

1971−1979

In 1971, they again reached the quarter final for the third time in AFC championships, but the fate was same as again saw a defeat, now against Japan by 0−3. But, after a gap of two more edition, it was 1974 AFC Youth Championship, where India seen the golden moment after becoming champions in AFC Under-19 Championships. First in group stage India defeat both Laos and Burma by 1−0 and a draw against Hong Kong by 2−2. Then entering in the quarter final they defeated Singapore by 1(4)−1(1), thus reached semi-finals where defeating Thailand by 2−1, for the first time India reached the final of the Championship. But the final was a draw against Iran by 2−2 thus jointly awarded both the team as the Champions.[15] [16] [17] In 1975 and 1976 edition, India didn't do much well but at 1977 AFC Youth Championship they reached the quarter final but the opponent was Iran, the defending Champion who defeated India by 3−0, thus failed to qualify for the first FIFA World Youth Championship in 1977 which later came to be known as FIFA U-20 World Cup and also failed to qualify at the 1979 edition.[18]

1980−2000, the decline

These two decades saw a decline in the performance of the Indian team. Qualification round started from 1980 AFC Youth Championship and India failed to qualify in 6 out of 11 edition of the championships and in rest 5 edition the failed to move beyond the group stage, thus also failed to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup as the finalist were only to be qualified for the competition.[19]

2002−2017 Rise and Fall

In 2002, at the AFC U-19 Championship, India reached the quarter final for the 6th time, by the virtue of third-place qualifiers, but defeated heavily by South Korea, where the Korean found the Indian net 7 times.[20] Next two editions they ended their competition in group stages and next 7 editions from 2008 to 2018, India failed to qualify again for the championships and so for the FIFA U20 Worldcup.

In the meanwhile, SAFF started SAFF U-19 Championship from 2015 to develop the youth teams of South Asian countries as they continuously failing to qualify for AFC U-20 championships. In the 2015 inaugural edition, India became runners-up facing a defeat from Nepal through a penalty shoot out. In the next edition in 2017, the tournament was a round robin, where India saw two wins against Bhutan and Maldives and two defeats from Bangladesh and Nepal, thus achieved the third place in the tournament.[21]

2018−Present

The AIFF finally acted and opened their eyes to bring out the team from its misery and started various plans and programmes to tackle to present a pathetic situation. One of the most important steps is international exposure to the youth and under 17 teams.India's U-20 team was invited to participate in Cotif Tournament where clubs and national and autonomous teams participate every year since 1984, held at Valencia, Spain. 2018 Cotif was 35th Anniversary of the tournament.[22] Though India lost two consecutive matches against Spanish club Murcia then against Mauritania, they managed a 0–0 draw[23] against a stronger Latin American side of Venezuela, but on the final group match on 5 August 2018, the Indian side written a piece of history when they defeated the most successful U-20 Worldcup winning nation Argentina. The match was historic in many ways, when Indian defender Deepak Tangri headed a corner kick to the net of Argentine side, it was the first goal against them by any Indian side, then with a second goal by Anwar Ali with a fabulous free kick help India to win the match with a score of 2−1 against the stronger Argentine side, made a history as it is the first time that any Indian team defeated any Argentina side or any American national team.[24] [25] [26] Argentina national team manager Scaloni and Argentine great Pablo Aimar praised the young colt's performances and said the future of the team is bright if there is continued perseverance.[27] AIFF called it as one of the "biggest days for Indian Football" as team coach said "This victory will definitely earn Indian football more respect in the world of football. It opens up a window of opportunity to test ourselves against the best in the world on a regular basis".[28]

Just after the Cotif experience, AIFF announced the team was invited to play in a four-nation tournament between under-20 national teams of France, Croatia and Slovenia and two friendlies against Serbia.[29] This was the first time India was playing in a 4-nations tournament in which all the opponents are European nations.[30] [31] In the first match the team faced a big defeat against a mightier Croatian team by 0−5.[32] The second match was against Slovenia, where they played very well within 90 minutes but failed to convert various chances and on the last minute of injury time the Slovenian side found the net, match ended in 0−1 defeat.[33] Third match was against France, which India lost by 2−0.[34] In the friendlies against Serbia India saw defeat in both the matches, first by 2−0[35] and second by 3−1 where Rahim Ali managed to find the net once.[36]

At the South Asian level India won their first U-20 SAFF title in 2019. They defeated Bangladesh 2–1 in the final.[37] Team India also won the inaugural OFC Youth Development Tournament in 2019, after beating Tahiti 2–0.[38] India defended their SAFF title in 2022 by defeating Bangladesh again in the final, this time by an even bigger score of 5–2.[39] It was also in the same tournament that the team recorded their biggest ever victory when they dismantled Nepal 8–0.[40] [41] India won their third title in a row by defeating arch-rivals Pakistan in the final of the SAFF championship in 2023 by a margin of 3–0.[42] [43]

Current staff

PositionName
Head coach Ranjan Chaudhuri
Assistant coach Remus Gomes
Physiotherapist Sayed Anwar
Goalkeeping coach Sandip Nandy
Analyst Nirav Shetye
Manager Savio D'Costa

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2024 SAFF U-20 Championship.[44]

Caps and goals are correct as of 19 August 2024, after the match against .

Results and fixtures

For past match results of the under-20 team, see the results in Indian football seasons.

Matches in the last 12 months, and future scheduled matches

India U-19 fixtures

2024

Competitive records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Host/YearResultPosition
FIFA World Youth Championship
1977
to
2005
did not qualify
FIFA U-20 World Cup
2007
to
2023
did not qualify
2025to be determined
Total 0/23 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

AFC U-20 Asian Cup records
Host/YearResultPosition
1959
to
1962
did not enter
Group Stage7th521265+1
Group Stage 6th302114-3
Group Stage 7th411236-3
Quarter Final 5th530297+2
Quarter Final 7th311178-1
Group Stage 11th3102440
1969did not enter
1970
Quarter Final 6th4211550
Group Stage 11th3102811-3
Group Stage 10th302112-1
1974 bgcolor=goldChampions 1st633096+3
Group Stage 13th411256-1
Group Stage 9th311143+1
Quarter Final 5th310247-3
Group Stage 6th411278-1
1980
to
1982
did not qualify
did not enter
Group Stage 6th301228-6
1988did not enter
Group Stage 6th310237-4
Group Stage 8th300307-7
1994did not enter
Group Stage 8th401326-4
Group Stage 10th4013310-7
did not qualify
Quarter Final 8th4103713-6
Group Stage 13th300325-3
Group Stage 13th301237-4
2008
to
2023
did not qualify
Total 22/401 Title80 20 18 42 95 145-50
AFC U-20 Asian Cup History
YearRoundScoreResult
1963Group A 1–1 Draw
1–2 Loss
0–2 Loss
2–0 Win
2–0 Win
1964Group B 0–3 Loss
0–0 Draw
1–1 Draw
1965Group B 1–2 Loss
0–0 Draw
0–1 Loss
1–4 Loss
1966Group B 2–0 Win
2–0 Win
4–1 Win
1–2 Loss
Quarterfinals 0–4 Loss
1967Group D 1–1 Draw
4–1 Win
Quarterfinals 2–6 Loss
1968Group C 1–2 Loss
3–0 Win
0–2 Loss
1971Group A 2–0 Win
2–1 Win
1–1 Draw
Quarterfinals 0–3 Loss
1972Group A 0–7 Loss
1–4 Loss
7–0 Win
1973Group A 0–0 Draw
1–1 Draw
0–1 Loss
1974Group B 1–0 Win
1–0 Win
2–2 Draw
Quarterfinals 1–1 (4–1) PDraw
Semifinals 2–1 Win
Final 2–2 (Title shared)Draw
1975Group D 1–1 Draw
1–2 Loss
1–2 Loss
2–1 Win
1976Group A 0–2 Loss
1–1 Draw
3–0 Win
1977Group B 0–4 Loss
4–0 Win
Quarterfinals 0–3 Loss
1978Group B 0–2 Loss
2–2 Draw
4–0 Win
1–4 Loss
1986Group A 0–4 Loss
1–3 Loss
1–1 Draw
1990Group A 1–4 Loss
0–2 Loss
2–1 Win
1992Group A 0–2 Loss
0–3 Loss
0–2 Loss
1996Group B 1–1 Draw
1–2 Loss
0–1 Loss
0–2 Loss
1998Group A 2–3 Loss
0–4 Loss
0–2 Loss
1–1 Draw
2002Group B 6–0 Win
1–2 Loss
0–4 Loss
Quarterfinals 0–7 Loss
2004Group C 1–2 Loss
1–2 Loss
0–1 Loss
2006Group A 1–1 Draw
2–3 Loss
0–3 Loss

AFC U-20 Asian Cup Qualification

AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification record
Year
1980411234-1
1982400428-6
1986211010+1
1990321071+6
1992[45] 431040+4
19962200121+11
1998[46] 4400131+12
2101220
321081+7
201102-2
511386+2
52031113-2
410358-3
2014411237-4
20163003010-10
2018311135-2
2020300309-9
2023310259-4
Total572392587870
AFC U-20 Asian Cup Qualification History
YearRoundScoreResult
1980Group 1 2–1 Win
1–1 Draw
0–1 Loss
0–1 Loss
1982Group A 1–2 Loss
n/a Loss
1–3 Loss
0–3 Loss
1986Group 5 0–0 Draw
1–0 Win
1990Group 4 5–0 Win
2–1 Win
0–0 Draw
1992Group 3 2–0 Win
1–0 Win
0–0 Draw
1–0 Win
1996Group 5 6–1 Win
6–0 Win
1998Group 6 1–0 Win
3–0 Win
2–0 Win
7–1 Win
2000Group 5 2–0 Win
0–2 Loss
2002Group 4 4–1 Win
0–0 Draw
4–0 Win
2004Group 8 0–0 Draw
0–2 Loss
2008Group B 2–3 Loss
0–1 Loss
5–0 Win
1–1 Draw
0–1 Loss
2010Group C 0–5 Loss
1–3 Loss
3–4 Loss
4–1 Win
3–0 Win
2012Group C 3–1 Win
0–3 Loss
1–2 Loss
1–2 Loss
2014Group A 0–2 Loss
1–0 Win
0–3 Loss
2–2 Draw
2016Group C 0–7 Loss
0–1 Loss
0–2 Loss
2018Group D 0–5 Loss
0–0 Draw
3–0 Win
2020Group F 0–2 Loss
0–4 Loss
0–3 Loss
2023Group H 2–4 Loss
1–4 Loss
2–1 Win

SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Championship

SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Championship record
Host/YearResultPosition
bgcolor=SilverRunners-up2nd 4 2 2 0 6 1+5
Third place3rd 4 2 0 2 8 7+1
bgcolor=GoldChampions 1st4 3 1 0 9 1+8
bgcolor=GoldChampions 1st5 4 0 1 19 4 +15
bgcolor=GoldChampions 1st4 3 1 0 9 2 +7
Total 5/5 3 Titles21 14 4 3 51 15+36
SAFF U-20 Championship History
YearRoundScoreResult
2015Group B 2–0 Win
3–0 Win
Semifinals 0–0 (4–3) PDraw
Final 1–1 (4–5) PDraw
2017Round Robin 3–4 Loss
3–0 Win
2–1 Win
0–2 Loss
2019Group B 0–0 Draw
3–0 Win
Semifinals 4–0 Win
Final 2–1 Win
2022Round Robin 1–2 Loss
4–0 Win
8–0 Win
1–0 Win
Final 5–2 Win
2023Round Robin 3–0 Win
2–1 Win
Semifinals 1–1 (5–4) PDraw
Final 3–0 Win

OFC Youth Development Tournament

OFC Youth Development Tournament History
YearRoundScoreResult
2019Round Robin 1–0 Win
4–1 Win
2–0 Win

Overall Competitive records

(excluding friendlies & minor tournaments)

Other honours

See also

External links

External link

National team profile at AIFF.com

Notes and References

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