| Nickname(s) | Blue Tigers | ||
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| Association | AIFF | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Thomas Joseph | ||
| FIFA code | IND | ||
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India national under-16 football team, also known as India under-16s or India U16(s), represents India in association football at a under-16 age level and is controlled by the All India Football Federation, the governing body for Football in India. The current manager is Thomas Joseph, who was appointed in July 2011.
In the last few years, the All India Football Federation has been working hard for the development of the under-16 team. Top youth development expert and British coach Colin Toal has been given the job to plan out the strategies. The team was given extensive exposure before the previous Asian meet. It included trips to the United States and England to play a series of matches.
In the US, India won most of their matches and in England, they held the Manchester United under-16 team to a draw.
The team is given round the year extensive training at the Training Centre in Margao, Goa.
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The potential of India’s under-16 team was first realized in 1996 when the national team qualified for the final rounds of the Asian championships. The team didn’t do well in the finals but a host of talented footballers emerged from this side at the national level.
In 2007, when India began their campaign in the AFC U-16 Championship in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, they took everyone by surprise with some stunning results. Apart from earning a creditable draw against favourites Iraq, the Indian boys made the nation proud by routing hosts Saudi Arabia and Lebanon to qualify for the final rounds in Uzbekistan.
India have qualified for the 2012 AFC U-16 asian cup for the second time as 2nd placed team in the group along side Uzbekistan.
The India under-16 team is currently participating in the SAFF U-16 Championship. So far India failed to win there first match as they lost 1-0 to rivals Pakistan. In there second match India managed though to make up for that defeat by winning 5-0 against Maldives. Then in the semi-finals India managed to beat Nepal 4-2 to move on to the Final against Pakistan, but lost that match 2-1.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Uzbekistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 |
| India | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 9 |
| Tajikistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
| 1 October | India | 7 - 0 | Kyrgyzstan | Nadaf Stadium, Qarshi, Usbekistan | ||
| 16:00 IST | Rai 5', 7', 45', 55', 85' Lalhlimpuia 17', 42' |
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| 3 October | India | 2 - 1 | Bahrain | Nadaf Stadium, Qarshi, Usbekistan | ||
| 16:00 IST | Rawat 52' Mendes 72' |
Report | Marhoon 20' | |||
| 5 October | Uzbekistan | 9 - 0 | India | Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi, Uzbekistan | ||
| 11:30 IST | Abbasov 19', 45+1', 61', 68' Odilov 26', 27', 30' Ib. Abdullaev 41' Mirzaev 67' |
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| 7 October | Tajikistan | 1 - 4 | India | Nadaf Stadium, Qarshi, Uzbekistan | ||
| 11:30 IST | Tursonov 16' | Report | Lalramzauva 24' Rai 42' Golui 61' Lalhimpuia 90' |
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This is the 23 man squad chosen to participate in the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification in October.
Last updated October 3rd 2011 after Bahrain match
| Name | DOB | State | Caps (goals) |
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| Goalkeepers | |||
| Avinash Kumar Rao | Unknown | Unknown | 0 (0) |
| Supratim Bhattacharya | 11 April 1996 | West Bengal | 9 (0) |
| Agiapal Singh | Unknown | Unknown | 3 (0) |
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| Myron Mendes | 16 March 1996 | Goa | 9 (1) |
| Maibham Jimmy Singh | 2 February 1996 | Assam | 4 (0) |
| Gurba Gagri | Unknown | Unknown | 0 (0) |
| Suman Saha | Unknown | Unknown | 7 (0) |
| Mohammed Sajid Dhoot | 10 December 1997 | Punjab | 9 (0) |
| Sarthak Golui | Unknown | Unknown | 5 (1) |
| Rahul Saji | Unknown | Unknown | 0 (0) |
| Nabin Rabha | Unknown | Unknown | 5 (0) |
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| Kamalpreet Singh | Unknown | Unknown | 4 (0) |
| Harmanjot Singh | 13 April 1996 | Punjab | 9 (1) |
| Nitin Jyal | Unknown | Unknown | 7 (0) |
| Germanpreet Singh | 24 June 1996 | Punjab | 6 (2) |
| Khiangte Lalramzauva (Captain) | Unknown | Unknown | 6 (1) |
| Lalrammuana | Unknown | Unknown | 2 (0) |
| Raja Rawat | Unknown | Unknown | 4 (2) |
| Geremsha Basumatary | Unknown | Unknown | 3 (1) |
| Alen Deory | 12 January 1996 | Assam | 3 (1) |
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| Daniel Lalhimpuia | Unknown | Unknown | 5 (3) |
| Vanlalduatsanga | Unknown | IMG Academy | 6 (4) |
| Kamalpreet Singh | Unknown | Unknown | 1 (1) |
| Uttam Rai | 20 December 1996 | IMG Academy | 8 (6) |
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