List of India national football team captains explained

This article lists all the captains of the India national football team.

The first India captain in their maiden international tour was Gostha Pal,[1] organised under the control of Indian Football Association (Bengal) before the formation of All India Football Federation in 1937. The first captain to lead India in their first AIFF organised international tour was Karuna Bhattacharya,[2] [3] who captained India in their first international match against Australia on 3 September 1938.

The following table includes players who have captained the India national football team, along with the vice-captains and the international tournaments they led in.[4] [5]

List of captains

TenureIncumbentVice-captainsTournaments/NotesRef
1924Mani DasCalcutta Indians / IFA XI
IFA organised national teams		[6]
1926Syed Abdus SamadCalcutta Wanderers / IFA XI[7]
1933Gostha PalSanmatha Dutta,
Karuna Bhattacharya		All India XI / IFA XI
1st all-India national team organised by IFA		[8]
1934–36Sanmatha DuttaAll India XI / IFA XI[9]
1938Karuna Bhattacharya1st AIFF organised national team (India tour of Australia 1938)[10]
1948Talimeren Ao1948 Summer Olympics
1949–54Sailen MannaAhmed Khan1951 Asian Games, 1952 Colombo Cup, 1952 Summer Olympics,
1953 Colombo Cup, 1954 Colombo Cup, 1954 Asian Games
1955/58Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din1955 Colombo Cup, 1958 Asian Games[11]
1956Samar BanerjeeNeville D'Souza,
J. Krishnaswamy		1956 Summer Olympics
1959–60Sheikh Abdul Latif1959 Merdeka Tournament[12]
1960–61P. K. Banerjee1961 Merdeka Tournament, 1960 Summer Olympics
1962–64Chuni Goswami1962 Asian Games, 1964 AFC Asian Cup, 1964 Merdeka Tournament[13]
1965–67Jarnail Singh1965 Merdeka Tournament, 1966 Merdeka Tournament,
1966 Asian Games, 1967 Merdeka Tournament		[14]
1967–68Arun Ghosh1968 Merdeka Tournament[15]
1969/73Inder Singh1969 Merdeka Tournament, 1973 Merdeka Tournament
1970Syed Nayeemuddin1970 Merdeka Tournament, 1970 Asian Games
1971Chandreshwar Prasad1971 Merdeka Tournament, 1971 Pesta Sukan Cup
1971Arun Ghosh[16]
1972Mohammed Habib
1974Magan Singh RajviRanjit Thapa1974 Merdeka Tournament, 1974 Asian Games
1976–77Pradip ChowdhuryGurdev Singh Gill
1978Gurdev Singh Gill1978 Asian Games
1980Prasun BanerjeeA. Devraj Doraiswamy
1981–82Bhaskar Ganguly1981 Merdeka Tournament, 1982 Nehru Cup, 1982 President's Cup,
1982 Merdeka Tournament, 1982 Asian Games
1982Shabbir Ali[17]
1982/84Prasanta Banerjee1984 Nehru Cup
1982Parminder Singh
1982–83Brahmanand Sankhwalkar1983 Nehru Cup
1982Pem Dorji
1982Biswajit Bhattacharya
1982Monoranjan Bhattacharya
1984–86/88–89Sudip ChatterjeeBiswajit Bhattacharya, Tarun Dey1984 AFC Asian Cup, 1985 Nehru Cup, 1986 Merdeka Tournament,
1986 Asian Games, 1985 South Asian Games, 1988 Nehru Cup,
1989 South Asian Games		[18]
1986Atanu BhattacharyaMauricio Afonso1986 Nehru Cup
1987Abdul Majeed Kakroo1987 Nehru Cup
1987Babu Mani1987 South Asian Games
1989Mauricio Afonso1989 Nehru Cup
1991Bikash Panji1991 Nehru Cup
1992Krishanu Dey
1993–95V. P. Sathyan1993 Nehru Cup, 1993 SAARC Gold Cup, 1993 South Asian Games
1995 Nehru Cup, 1995 South Asian Gold Cup
1995–96/97/99Bruno Coutinho1995 South Asian Games, 1997 Nehru Cup, 1999 SAFF Gold Cup
1996/98/99I. M. Vijayan1998 Asian Games
1997Carlton Chapman1997 SAFF Gold Cup
1999/2001/03Jo Paul Ancheri1999 South Asian Games, 2001 Merdeka Tournament
2000Roberto Fernandes
2000–11Bhaichung BhutiaI. M. Vijayan, Debjit Ghosh,
Shanmugam Venkatesh,
Renedy Singh, Climax Lawrence		2005 SAFF Gold Cup, 2007 Nehru Cup, 2008 SAFF Championship,
2008 AFC Challenge Cup, 2009 Nehru Cup, 2011 AFC Asian Cup
2001Basudeb Mondal
2003Debjit Ghosh2003 SAFF Gold Cup
2005Shanmugam Venkatesh
2009Renedy Singh
2011Climax Lawrence2011 SAFF Championship
2012–2024Sunil ChhetriGouramangi Singh,
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu,
Sandesh Jhingan		2012 AFC Challenge Cup, 2012 Nehru Cup,
2013 SAFF Championship, 2015 SAFF Championship,
2018 Intercontinental Cup, 2019 AFC Asian Cup,
2019 King's Cup, 2019 Intercontinental Cup,
2021 SAFF Championship, 2023 Tri-Nation Series
2023 Intercontinental Cup, 2023 SAFF Championship
2023 AFC Asian Cup
2015Subrata Pal
2016/2023Gurpreet Singh Sandhu2023 King's Cup
2017Sandesh Jhingan2017 Hero Tri-Nation Series
2018Subhasish Bose2018 SAFF Championship

Captains by major tournaments

PlayerTournament(s)
Talimeren Ao
Sailen Manna
Samar Banerjee
Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din
P. K. Banerjee
Chuni Goswami
Jarnail Singh
Syed Nayeemuddin
Magan Singh Rajvi
Gurdev Singh Gill
Bhaskar Ganguly
Sudip Chatterjee
I. M. Vijayan
Bhaichung Bhutia
Sunil Chhetri

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LEGENDS OF INDIAN FOOTBALL : GOSTHA PAL. The Hard Tackle. thehardtackle.com. 20 August 2011. Somnath. Sengupta. 2018-08-20. 20 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180820140949/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/legends-of-indian-football-gostha-pal/. live.
  2. Web site: 1938 Indian Tour of Australia . ozfootball.net . Australian Online Football Museum . 24 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923052751/http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/index.php/tours/252-1938-indian-tour-of-australia . 23 September 2018 . live .
  3. Web site: Greg Stock . Thomas Esamie,John Punshon . Socceroo Internationals for 1938 . ozfootball.net . OZfootball . 24 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180806202225/http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1938A.html . 6 August 2018 . live .
  4. News: India national football team. 11v11.com - Home of Football Statistics.
  5. Book: Chattopadhyay, Hari Prasad . Indian Football Records . Kolkatatoday.com . 10 October 2022 .
  6. Web site: South East Asia Trip of Calcutta Indians 1924 . RSSSF .
  7. Web site: South East Asia Trip of Calcutta Wanderers 1926 . RSSSF .
  8. Web site: ভারত যেদিন নেমেছিল খালি পায়ে... [The day India landed barefoot ...]]. www.prothomalo.com. Prothom Alo. 1 August 2018. 4 April 2022. Mehedi. Hassan. https://web.archive.org/web/20220404094319/https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/football/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87. 4 April 2022. bn.
  9. News: India Draws with China . 17 October 2022 . The Indian Express . 6 July 1936 . 4 .
  10. Web site: 1938 Indian Tour of Australia . ozfootball.net . Australian Online Football Museum . 16 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923052751/http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/index.php/tours/252-1938-indian-tour-of-australia . 23 September 2018 . live .
  11. Web site: Chaudhuri . Arunava . 1955 Dhaka quadrangular . indianfootball.de . indiafootball.de . 22 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104165526/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1955quadrangularcup.html . 4 November 2016 . live .
  12. Web site: The Indian Senior Team at the 1959 Merdeka Cup. Indianfootball.de. Chaudhuri. Arunava. https://web.archive.org/web/20180608085202/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1959merdekacup.html. 8 June 2018.
  13. Web site: The senior National Team at 1964 Asian Cup . indiafootball.de . IndiaFootball . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002024/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1964asiacup.html . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  14. Web site: The Indian Senior Team at the 1965 Merdeka Cup . indiafootball.de . IndiaFootball . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233522/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1965merdekacup.html . 3 March 2016 . live .
  15. Web site: The Senior National Team at 1968 Merdeka Cup . indiafootball.de . IndiaFootball . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819220342/http://indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1968merdekacup.html . 19 August 2016 . live .
  16. Web site: USSR vs India 1971 . russia-matches.ucoz.ru . 2 January 2022 .
  17. Web site: Indian football: Of captains and controversies. scroll.in. Scroll. 29 March 2022. 6 September 2022. Jaydeep. Basu.
  18. Web site: Maidan Masters – Sudip Chatterjee . Goalden Times . Saha . Kaushik . 11 October 2014 .

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