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][5] 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,[6][7] which helped them to qualify for 2019 AFC Asian Cup after 8 years since Houghton left.[8] 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
- Template:Flagicon Pankaj Gupta (1938)[9]
- Template:Flagicon Balaidas Chatterjee (1948)
- Template:Flagicon Syed Abdul Rahim (1951–1952)[10]
- Template:Flagicon Balaidas Chatterjee (1953)[11]
- Template:Flagicon Syed Abdul Rahim (1954)[10]
- Template:Flagicon Balaidas Chatterjee (1954)[12]
- Template:Flagicon Bert Flatley (1955)[13][14][15]
- Template:Flagicon Saroj Bose (1955)[16]
- Template:Flagicon Syed Abdul Rahim (1956–1962)[10]
- Template:Flagicon T. Shome (1958)[17]
- Template:Flagicon Sailendra Nath Manna (1961)[18]
- Template:Flagicon G. M. Pentiah (1963)[19]
- Template:Flagicon Harry Wright (1964)[20]
- Template:Flagicon Mohammed Hussain (1964–1967)[21][22]
- Template:Flagicon Sachindranath Mitra (1966)[23]
- Template:Flagicon S. R. Deb (1967)[24]
- Template:Flagicon Sailendra Nath Manna (1968)[25]
- Template:Flagicon Jarnail Singh (1969)[26]
- Template:Flagicon G. M. H. Basha (1970–1971)[27]
- Template:Flagicon Pradip Kumar Banerjee (1971–1974)[28][29][30]
- Template:Flagicon J. Krishnaswamy (1974)[31]
- Template:Flagicon G. M. H. Basha (1975)[32]
- Template:Flagicon Jarnail Singh (1976)[33]
- Template:Flagicon Sahu Mewalal (1977)[34]
- Template:Flagicon G. M. H. Basha (1977)[35]
- Template:Flagicon Arun Ghosh (1978)[36]
- Template:Flagicon Jarnail Singh (1980)[37]
- Template:Flagicon Pradip Kumar Banerjee (1981–1982)[30][38][39]
- Template:Flagicon Bob Bootland (1982)[40][41]
- Template:Flagicon Muhammad Salaam (1983)[42]
- Template:Flagicon Joe Kinnear (1983)[43]
- Template:Flagicon Milovan Ćirić (1983–1985)[44][45]
- Template:Flagicon Arun Ghosh (1984)[46]
- Template:Flagicon Arun Ghosh (1985)[47]
- Template:Flagicon Pradip Kumar Banerjee (1985–1986)[30]
- Template:Flagicon Syed Nayeemuddin (1987−1989)[48][49][50]
- Template:Flagicon Amal Dutta (1987)[51]
- Template:Flagicon Anjan Chowdhury (1989)[52]
- Template:Flagicon József Gelei (1990–1991)[53]
- Template:Flagicon Derek D'Souza (1992–1993)[54]
- Template:Flagicon Jiří Pešek (1993−1994)[55][56][57][58]
- Template:Flagicon Rustam Akramov (1995−1996)[59]
- Template:Flagicon Syed Nayeemuddin (1997–1998)[48]
- Template:Flagicon Sukhwinder Singh (1999–2001)[60]
- Template:Flagicon Islam Ahmedov (2001)[61]
- Template:Flagicon Stephen Constantine (2002–2005)[62][4]
- Template:Flagicon Sukhwinder Singh (2005)[63][64][65]
- Template:Flagicon Syed Nayeemuddin (2005–2006)[48][63]
- Template:Flagicon Bob Houghton (2006–2011)[66][67]
- Template:Flagicon Armando Colaco (2011)[68]
- Template:Flagicon Savio Medeira (2011–2012)[69][70]
- Template:Flagicon Wim Koevermans (2012–2015)[71][72]
- Template:Flagicon Stephen Constantine (2015–2019)[4][73]
- Template:Flagicon Igor Štimac (2019−2024)[74]
- Template:Flagicon Manolo Márquez (2024−2025)[75]
- Template:Flagicon Khalid Jamil (2025−)[76]
Managerial records
- Only International A matches considered.
- List also includes managers who took charge of the national team in senior unofficial matches.
- "Period" indicates the timespan of the first and last matches in charge, which may include periods not in charge of the national team
| Manager | Period | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | Won | Draw | Lost | Win % | ||
| Template:Flagicon Pankaj Gupta | 1938 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Balaidas Chatterjee | 1948, 1953, 1954 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 66.67% |
| Template:Flagicon Syed Abdul Rahim | 1951–1962 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 48.57% |
| Template:Flagicon Bert Flatley (caretaker) | 1955 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Template:Flagicon Saroj Bose | 1955 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Template:Flagicon T. Shome | 1958 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Sailen Manna | 1961, 1968 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 33.33% |
| Template:Flagicon G. M. Pentaiah | 1963 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Harry Wright | 1963–1964 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Mohammed Hussain | 1964–1967 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 33.33% |
| Template:Flagicon Sachindranath Mitra | 1966 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% |
| Template:Flagicon S. R. Deb | 1967 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Jarnail Singh | 1969, 1976, 1980 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% |
| Template:Flagicon G. M. H. Basha | 1971, 1975, 1977 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 35.00% |
| Template:Flagicon P. K. Banerjee | 1971–1974, 1981–1982, 1985–1986 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 20.00% |
| Template:Flagicon J. Krishnaswamy | 1974 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Sheoo Mewalal | 1977 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Arun Ghosh | 1978, 1984, 1985 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Bob Bootland | 1982 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Template:Flagicon Muhammad Salaam | 1983 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Template:Flagicon Joe Kinnear | 1983 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Template:Flagicon Milovan Ćirić | 1983–1985 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 23.07% |
| Template:Flagicon Syed Nayeemuddin | 1987–1989, 1997–1998, 2005–06 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Amal Dutta | 1987 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% |
| Template:Flagicon Anjan Chowdhury | 1989 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% |
| Template:Flagicon József Gelei | 1990–1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Derek D'Souza | 1992–1993 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Jiří Pešek | 1993–1994 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22.72% |
| Template:Flagicon Rustam Akramov | 1995–1996 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 30.76% |
| Template:Flagicon Islam Ahmedov | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Stephen Constantine | 2002–2005 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22.22% |
| Template:Flagicon Sukhwinder Singh | 2005 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20.00% |
| Template:Flagicon Bob Houghton | 2006–2011 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 31.82% |
| Template:Flagicon Armando Colaco (interim) | 2011 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0% |
| Template:Flagicon Savio Medeira | 2011–2012 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 38.46% |
| Template:Flagicon Wim Koevermans | 2012–2014 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 35% |
| Template:Flagicon Stephen Constantine | 2015–2019 | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 54.76% |
| total | 60 | 27 | 11 | 22 | 45% | |
| Template:Flagicon Igor Štimac | 2019–2024 | 53 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 35.85% |
| Template:Flagicon Manolo Márquez | 2024–2025 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12.5% |
| Template:Flagicon Khalid Jamil | 2025– | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14.29% |
See also
References
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