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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
Tenure
Incumbent
Vice-captains
Tournaments/Notes
Ref
1924
Mani Das
Calcutta Indians / IFA XI
IFA organised national teams
[6]
1926
Syed Abdus Samad
Calcutta Wanderers / IFA XI
[7]
1933
Gostha Pal
Sanmatha Dutta,
Karuna Bhattacharya
All India XI / IFA XI 1st all-India national team organised by IFA
[8]
1934–36
Sanmatha Dutta
All India XI / IFA XI
[9]
1938
Karuna Bhattacharya
1st
AIFF organised national team (
India tour of Australia 1938 )
[10]
1948
Talimeren Ao
1948 Summer Olympics
1949–54
Sailen Manna
Ahmed Khan
1951 Asian Games ,
1952 Colombo Cup ,
1952 Summer Olympics ,
1953 Colombo Cup ,
1954 Colombo Cup ,
1954 Asian Games
1955/58
Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din
1955 Colombo Cup ,
1958 Asian Games
[11]
1956
Samar Banerjee
Neville D'Souza ,
J. Krishnaswamy
1956 Summer Olympics
1959–60
Sheikh Abdul Latif
1959 Merdeka Tournament
[12]
1960–61
P. K. Banerjee
1961 Merdeka Tournament,
1960 Summer Olympics
1962–64
Chuni Goswami
1962 Asian Games ,
1964 AFC Asian Cup , 1964 Merdeka Tournament
[13]
1965–67
Jarnail Singh
1965 Merdeka Tournament, 1966 Merdeka Tournament,
1966 Asian Games , 1967 Merdeka Tournament
[14]
1967–68
Arun Ghosh
1968 Merdeka Tournament
[15]
1969/73
Inder Singh
1969 Merdeka Tournament, 1973 Merdeka Tournament
1970
Syed Nayeemuddin
1970 Merdeka Tournament,
1970 Asian Games
1971
Chandreshwar Prasad
1971 Merdeka Tournament , 1971 Pesta Sukan Cup
1971
Arun Ghosh
[16]
1972
Mohammed Habib
1974
Magan Singh Rajvi
Ranjit Thapa
1974 Merdeka Tournament,
1974 Asian Games
1976–77
Pradip Chowdhury
Gurdev Singh Gill
1978
Gurdev Singh Gill
1978 Asian Games
1980
Prasun Banerjee
A. Devraj Doraiswamy
1981–82
Bhaskar Ganguly
1981 Merdeka Tournament ,
1982 Nehru Cup ,
1982 President's Cup , 1982 Merdeka Tournament,
1982 Asian Games
1982
Shabbir Ali
[17]
1982/84
Prasanta Banerjee
1984 Nehru Cup
[17]
1982
Parminder Singh
[17]
1982–83
Brahmanand Sankhwalkar
1983 Nehru Cup
[17]
1982
Pem Dorji
[17]
1982
Biswajit Bhattacharya
[17]
1982
Monoranjan Bhattacharya
[17]
1984–86/88–89
Sudip Chatterjee
Biswajit Bhattacharya ,
Tarun Dey
1984 AFC Asian Cup , 1985 Nehru Cup, 1986 Merdeka Tournament,
1986 Asian Games ,
1985 South Asian Games , 1988 Nehru Cup,
1989 South Asian Games
[18]
1986
Atanu Bhattacharya
Mauricio Afonso
1986 Nehru Cup
1987
Abdul Majeed Kakroo
1987 Nehru Cup
1987
Babu Mani
1987 South Asian Games
1989
Mauricio Afonso
1989 Nehru Cup
1991
Bikash Panji
1991 Nehru Cup
1992
Krishanu Dey
1993–95
V. P. Sathyan
1993 Nehru Cup ,
1993 SAARC Gold Cup ,
1993 South Asian Games
1995 Nehru Cup ,
1995 South Asian Gold Cup
1995–96/97/99
Bruno Coutinho
1995 South Asian Games ,
1997 Nehru Cup ,
1999 SAFF Gold Cup
1996/98/99
I. M. Vijayan
1998 Asian Games
1997
Carlton Chapman
1997 SAFF Gold Cup
1999/2001/03
Jo Paul Ancheri
1999 South Asian Games ,
2001 Merdeka Tournament
2000
Roberto Fernandes
2000–11
Bhaichung Bhutia
I. 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
2001
Basudeb Mondal
2003
Debjit Ghosh
2003 SAFF Gold Cup
2005
Shanmugam Venkatesh
2009
Renedy Singh
2011
Climax Lawrence
2011 SAFF Championship
2012–2024
Sunil Chhetri
Gouramangi 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
2015
Subrata Pal
2016/2023
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
2023 King's Cup
2017
Sandesh Jhingan
2017 Hero Tri-Nation Series
2018
Subhasish Bose
2018 SAFF Championship
Captains by major tournaments
Bold indicates tournament winners
Italics indicates tournament hosts
References
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