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| Nickname(s) | The Blue Tigers |
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| Association | All India Football Federation (AIFF) |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Head coach |  Igor Štimac
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| Asst coach | Lee Johnson |
| Captain | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu |
| Most caps | Sunil Chhetri (91) |
| Top scorer | Sunil Chhetri (51) |
| Home Stadium | Various |
| FIFA code | IND |
| FIFA ranking | 148  4 (15 September 2016)
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| Highest FIFA ranking | 94 (February 1996) |
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 173 (March 2015) |
| Elo ranking | 177 1 (14 September 2016)
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| Highest Elo ranking | 48 (1964) |
| Lowest Elo ranking | 186 (2015) |
| First international | Pre-independence:  Australia 5–3 India  (Sydney, Australia; 3 September 1938) Post-independence: India
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| Biggest win | Australia 1–7 India (Sydney, Australia; 12 December 1956)
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| Biggest defeat |  Yugoslavia 10–1 India (Helsinki, Finland; 15 July 1952) |
| Asian Cup appearances | 5 (First in 1964) |
| Best result | Runners-up (1964) |
The India national football team is governed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated to FIFA, the international governing body for football. In 1954, the AIFF became one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The team was automatically invited by FIFA to play in the 1950 FIFA World Cup (all the other Asian teams withdrew), but they could not go to the tournament in Brazil due to financial constraints. They won two gold medals at the Asian Games and one silver at the Asian Cup.
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