List of India national football team managers explained

This article lists the India national football team managers/head coaches, the post which was incorporated in 1938 with the appointment of Pankaj Gupta for their tour to Australia. Balaidas Chatterjee became the first manager of the national team in post-independent India, who guided the nation at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Overview

Since India's independence, there have been twenty-nine different head coaches for the national team, out of which eleven foreign. 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 Cup. With Houghton in charge from 2006 to 2011,[1]

India won the Nehru Cup twice and the AFC Challenge Cup in 2008 which allowed India to participate in their first AFC Asian Cup for 27 years.[1] Since Houghton resigned as India team Head coach in 2011, the India national team's FIFA ranking touched its lowest at 173 in the team history in March 2015,[2] [3] but Constantine, who was appointed for the second time as the head coach of India,[4] revived the Indian team from its meagre condition. Under him, the team remained unbeaten for two years from June 2016 to March 2018 winning 11 matches and drawn 2 matches,[5] [6] which helped them to qualify for 2019 AFC Asian Cup after 8 years since Houghton left.[7] He also helped the team to reach a better FIFA ranking of 96 in July 2017, which was the best in last 21 years.[2] [3]

List of managers

Managers in italics took charge as caretaker or interim manager

Managerial records

ManagerPeriodRecord
MatchesWonDrawLostWin %
Pankaj Gupta1938511320.00%
Balaidas Chatterjee1948, 1953, 1954640266.67%
Syed Abdul Rahim1951–62351771148.57%
Bert Flatley (caretaker)1955–––––
Saroj Bose19553300100.00%
T. Shome1958520340.00%
Sailen Manna1961, 1968931533.33%
G. M. Pentiah1963–––––
Harry Wright1963–64320166.67%
Mohammed Hussain1964–671866633.33%
Sachindranath Mitra1966540180.00%
S. R. Deb196730120.00%
Jarnail Singh1969, 1976, 1980310233.33%
G. M. H. Basha1971–71, 1975, 197720721135.00%
P. K. Banerjee1971–74, 1981–82, 1985–86357101820.00%
J. Krishnaswamy1974412125.00%
Sheoo Mewalal1977421150.00%
Arun Ghosh1978, 1984, 19851643925.00%
Bob Bootland1982–––––
Muhammad Salaam1983–––––
Joe Kinnear1983–––––
Milovan Ćirić1983–851331923.07%
Syed Nayeemuddin1987–89, 1997–98, 2005–0625851232.00%
Amal Dutta1987321066.67%
Anjan Chowdhury1989211050.00%
József Gelei1990–9110010.00%
Derek D'Souza1992–93210150.00%
Jiří Pešek1993–9422571022.72%
Rustam Akramov1995–961344530.76%
Islam Ahmedov200110010.00%
Stephen Constantine2002–051845922.22%
Sukhwinder Singh2005511320.00%
Bob Houghton2006–11441462431.81%
Armando Colaco (interim)201150230.00%
Savio Medeira2011–121352638.46%
Wim Koevermans2012–142075835.00%
Stephen Constantine2015–19422361354.76%
Igor Štimac2019–245319142035.8%
Manolo Márquez2024–

See also

Notes and References

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  32. Web site: The Senior National Team at 1977 Kings Cup . indiafootball.de . IndiaFootball . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819214653/http://indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1977kingscup.html . 19 August 2016 . live .
  33. Web site: The senior National Team at 1977 Prescup . indiafootball.de . IndiaFootball . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819155605/http://indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1977presidentscup.html . 19 August 2016 . live .
  34. Web site: The Senior National Team at 1978 Asian Games . indiafootball.de . IndiaFootball . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819164524/http://indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1978asiangames.html . 19 August 2016 . live .
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  50. Web site: The Indian Senior Team at the 1987 Calcutta SAF Games . indiafootball.de . IndiaFootball . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190314010952/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1987safgames.html . 14 March 2019 . live .
  51. Web site: The Indian Senior Team at the 1989 Lahore SAF Games . indiafootball.de . IndiaFootball . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819160148/http://indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1989safgames.htmll . 19 August 2016 . live .
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  53. Web site: The Indian Senior team at 1992 Asian Cup . indianfootball.de . IndianFootball . 12 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181001124845/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1992asiacupq.html . 1 October 2018 . live .
  54. Web site: The Indian Senior team at 1993 nehru cup . indianfootball.de . IndianFootball . 12 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819155414/http://indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1993nehrucup.html . 19 August 2016 . live .
  55. Web site: The Indian Senior team at 1994 WC qualifier . indianfootball.de . IndianFootball . 12 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819214928/http://indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1994worldcupq.html . 19 August 2016 . live .
  56. Web site: The Indian Senior team at 1993 saarc cup . indianfootball.de . IndianFootball . 12 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819215035/http://indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1993saarccup.html . 19 August 2016 . live .
  57. Web site: The Indian Senior team at 1994 rajiv gandhi cup . indianfootball.de . IndianFootball . 12 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819222725/http://indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1994rajivgandhicup.html . 19 August 2016 . live .
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  71. Web site: Wim Koevermans appointed as new Indian football coach . timesofindia.indiatimes.com . TOI . 13 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181107112640/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Wim-Koevermans-appointed-as-new-Indian-football-coach/articleshow/14343394.cms . 7 November 2018 . live.
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