Indian Football Contemporary
Who is the Indian Captain?
Sunil Chhetri
Who is the Indian Coach?
Igor Stimac
Current Indian Team Players
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | 3 February 1992 (age 28) | 38 | 0 | Bengaluru |
| 13 | GK | Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem | 4 July 2000 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | ATK |
| 23 | GK | Amrinder Singh | 27 May 1993 (age 26) | 5 | 0 | Mumbai City |
| 2 | DF | Rahul Bheke | 6 December 1990 (age 29) | 9 | 0 | Bengaluru |
| 3 | DF | Sarthak Golui | 3 November 1997 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Mumbai City |
| 4 | DF | Narender Gahlot | 24 April 2001 (age 18) | 3 | 1 | Jamshedpur |
| 5 | DF | Nishu Kumar | 5 November 1997 (age 22) | 2 | 1 | Bengaluru |
| 6 | DF | Adil Khan | 7 July 1988 (age 31) | 11 | 1 | Hyderabad |
| 20 | DF | Pritam Kotal | 8 September 1993 (age 26) | 36 | 0 | ATK |
| 22 | DF | Anas Edathodika | 15 February 1987 (age 33) | 21 | 0 | ATK |
| 7 | MF | Anirudh Thapa | 15 January 1998 (age 22) | 24 | 2 | Chennaiyin |
| 8 | MF | Sahal Abdul Samad | 1 April 1997 (age 22) | 9 | 0 | Kerala Blasters |
| 10 | MF | Brandon Fernandes | 20 September 1994 (age 25) | 7 | 0 | Goa |
| 14 | MF | Lallianzuala Chhangte | 8 June 1997 (age 22) | 11 | 4 | Chennaiyin |
| 15 | MF | Udanta Singh | 14 June 1996 (age 23) | 27 | 1 | Bengaluru |
| 17 | MF | Mandar Rao Dessai | 18 March 1992 (age 27) | 5 | 0 | Goa |
| 18 | MF | Ashique Kuruniyan | 17 June 1997 (age 22) | 16 | 1 | Bengaluru |
| 19 | MF | Vinit Rai | 11 October 1997 (age 22) | 11 | 0 | Odisha |
| 21 | MF | Pronay Halder | 25 February 1993 (age 26) | 20 | 1 | ATK |
| 9 | FW | Manvir Singh | 7 November 1995 (age 24) | 14 | 3 | Goa |
| 11 | FW | Sunil Chhetri (Captain) | 3 August 1984 (age 35) | 115 | 72 | Bengaluru |
| 12 | FW | Farukh Choudhary | 8 November 1996 (age 23) | 10 | 0 | Jamshedpur |
| 20 | FW | Seiminlen Doungel | 3 January 1994 (age 26) | 3 | 1 | Goa |
What is the tactics employed by the Indian Football Team?
4-3-3 Counter Attack
Indian Football History
Father of Indian football
Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikhari is known as the father of Indian football. British soldiers introduced football in India. He picked it up and asked his classmates to join him, slowly it became popular in Calcutta schools.
First football club in India
Calcutta FC in 1872.
Famous football cups in India?
Subrato Cup – Inter School
Santosh Trophy – Inter State (West Bengal)
Durand Cup – Inter Club (Gokulam Kerala)
Nehru Cup – International
Durand Cup – Oldest football competition in India. 3rd Oldest Surviving Competition in the world. First held in Shimla. Clubs Participate. Gokulam Kerala Current Champions. Mohun Bagan won most. 3 Cups are given to champions.
Nehru Cup – International Competion. AIFF tournament where different countries participate. Uruguay Champions of the first edition.
Subrato Cup – Inter School Competition. conducted by the Indian Air Force, with support from India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. Subroto Mukerjee conceived the idea in 1958 when he was the Chief of the Air Staff. 50 School teams, even Nepal and Pakistan participate. 30 mins half. 2015 – Pele Chief Guest. (Black Pearl). Teams from Sweden also came and teams from Korea, Spain were also invited.
Santosh Trophy – Inter State Competition. All Indian States and Union Territories participate along with SERVICES (Defence services), RAILWAYS. Santosh Trophy was started in 1941 after the then president of the Indian Football Association, West Bengal‘s football association, Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh, donated the trophy. Recent Winner West Bengal.
Oldest surving football club?
Mohan Bagan 1889.
Has India ever qualified for World Cup?
Yes we qualified in 1950 automatically as all our opponents withdrew.
Why did India not participate in the World Cup 1950?
- Officially – Differences over team selection and Insufficient Practice Time
- Other Reasons – Olympics were more popular. Sending a team for World Cup would mean players becoming Professional and thereby ineligible for Olympics.
What is the Golden Period of Indian football?
1950s
- 1951 Asian Games Gold
- 1956 Olympics 4th Place
- 1962 Asian Games Gold Jakarta
Indian Footballer of the 20th Century?
PK Bannerjee – Striker and Coach.
Highest International Goals for India?
Sunil Chhetri. 2nd Highest International Goals Active players.
ISL
What is the ISL?
ISL is Indian Super League. It is the top most league in our country where football clubs participate.
Who have been the ISL champions?
2014 – ATK – Atheletico de Kolkata
2015 – Chenaiyyan FC
2016 – ATK
2017 – Chennayan FC
2018 – Bengaluru FC
Who is currently in the top of the league?
FC Goa
Which are the teams in ISL?
- GOA FC
- Mumbai FC
- Bengaluru FC
- Chennaiyin FC
- Kerala FC
- Jamshedpur FC – Currently 8th.
- ATK
- Odisha FC
- North East FC
- Hyderabad FC
What is the issue of ISL and I-League?
I league has been the top league of the country. AIFF designated ISL as the top league. ISL brought in investments, tv rights and attracted top players. I-league felt they had not been consulted. Slowly they are coming on board. Example – ATK-Mohan Bagar Merger. Bengaluru FC coming to ISL.
What is the franchise system?
Franchise system is a closed system where certain teams are given right to participate. It is popular in USA. Promotion-Relagation system is an open system – where no performing teams are relegated to lower divisions while top performing teams of lower division are promoted to higher leagues.
India adopted the franchise system as it attracts investments. Slowly franchise system can develop into promotion-relegation system.
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