India national under-17 football team

India Under-16
Nickname(s) Blue Cubs
Association All India Football Federation
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Germany Nicolai Adam
FIFA code IND
First colours
Second colours
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances 6 (First in 1990)
Best result Quarter-Finals: 2002

The India national under-16 football team, also known as India under-16s or India U16(s), represents India in association football at an under-16 age level and is controlled by the All India Football Federation, the governing body for football in India. The current manager is Goutam Ghosh.

Competition history

AFC U-16 Championship

The top regional competition for the India U16s is the AFC U-16 Championship which were started in 1985. India played in the tournament for the first time in 1990 in which the team finished in third in their group of four, only winning one match against Jordan.[1] India then qualified for the tournament again in 1996 in which they finished last in their group which included Iran, Thailand, Bahrain and China PR.[2] The team then went through another six years before qualifying for the 2002 tournament in which India managed to make it to the quarter-finals in which they lost 3–1 to South Korea.[3] India then qualified for the 2004 tournament but could not make it past the group stage finishing third out of four in a group that had Iran, Kuwait and Malaysia.[4] India went on to compete in the 2008 version in which they again finished third in a four team group failing to make the quarter-finals.[5] In 2012 AFC U-16 Championship, India was drawn in group of death including the like of Uzbekistan, Syria, China PR. India showed good performance by losing 1 and 2 draws cannot progress to the knockout stage.[6][7][8] India U16 did not qualified for 2014 AFC U-16 Championship as they finished 2nd in qualification group stage matches.

AFC U-16 Championship record

AFC U-16 Championship
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Qatar 1985DNQ
Qatar 1986
Thailand 1988
United Arab Emirates 1990Group stage310222
Saudi Arabia 1992DNQ
Qatar 1994
Thailand 1996Group stage4103616
Qatar 1998DNQ
Vietnam 2000
United Arab Emirates 2002Quarter-Final411279
Japan 2004Group stage310234
Singapore 2006DNQ
Uzbekistan 2008Group stage310238
Uzbekistan 2010DNQ
Iran 2012Group stage302145
Thailand 2014DNQ
Total6/1627113124748
AFC U-16 Championship History
Year Round Score Result
1990 Round 1 India 0 – 3  United Arab EmiratesLoss
Round 1 India 1 – 3  IraqLoss
1996 Round 1 India 0 – 7  ThailandLoss
Round 1 India 2 – 3  BahrainLoss
Round 1 India 3 – 2  China PRWin
2002 Round 1 India 4 – 1  MyanmarWin
Round 1 India 1 – 1  United Arab EmiratesDraw
Quarter Final India 1 – 3  South KoreaLoss
2004 Round 1 India 1 – 2  KuwaitLoss
Round 1 India 2 – 1  MalaysiaWin
2008 Round 1 India 0 – 3  SyriaLoss
Round 1 India 1 – 0  IndonesiaWin
2012 Round 1 India 2 – 3  UzbekistanLoss
Round 1 India 0 – 0  SyriaDraw
Round 1 India 2 – 2  China PRDraw

SAFF U-16 Championship

2011 SAFF U-16 Championships

The India under-16 team is participated in the 2011 SAFF U-16 Championship. India failed to win their first match as they lost 1-0 to rivals Pakistan. In their 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 U16 4-2 in the tie breaker to move on to the Final against Pakistan, but lost that match 2-1.

2013 SAFF U-16 Championships

The India under-16 team is participated in the 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship, Nepal. India was drawn in Group B alongside Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. India played their first match against Sri Lanka, which India won with scoreline 4-1. Second match was against Bangladesh, by winning this match with full-time score 2-0, India qualified for semi final (as a group topper). India played against Afghanistan in the semi final clash in which India won 4-3 in the tie breaker. India won the final against Nepal 1-0 and were adjudged the winners of the 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship.[9]

SAFF U16 Championship record

SAFF U-16 Championship
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Nepal 2011Runner Up420274
Nepal 2013Champions440071
Total2/28602145
SAFF U-16 Championship History
Year Round Score Result
2011 Round 1 India 0 – 1  PakistanLoss
Round 1 India 5 – 0  MaldivesWin
Semi-Final India 4 – 2    NepalWin
Final India 1 – 2  PakistanLoss
2013 Round 1 India 4 – 1  Sri LankaWin
Round 1 India 3 – 0  BangladeshWin
Semi-Final India 4 – 3  AfghanistanWin
Final India 1 – 0    NepalWin

Fixtures and Results

Date Opponent Result Score* Venue Competition
2014-05-18 Malaysia Malaysia U17 Loss 0–1 Malaysia Frenz Stadium, Malaysia Asia Champions Trophy
2014-05-24 Indonesia Frenz United U17 Loss 1-2 India Barasat Stadium, India Asia Champions Trophy
2013-05-31 Vietnam PVF Vietnam Draw 1-1 India Barasat Stadium, India Asia Champions Trophy
2014-06-7 Malaysia Malaysia U17 Loss 3-6 India Barasat Stadium, India Asia Champions Trophy
2014-06-14 Singapore Home United U16 Draw 0-0 Singapore Bishan Stadium, Singapore Asia Champions Trophy
2014-06-21 Singapore Home United U16 Win 6-1 India Barasat Stadium, India Asia Champions Trophy
2014-06-28 Vietnam PVF Vietnam Loss 3-0 Vietnam Thống Nhất Stadium, Vietnam Asia Champions Trophy
2014-07-5 Indonesia Frenz United U17 Win 1-2 Indonesia Jalak Harupat Stadium, Indonesia Asia Champions Trophy
2014-07-12  Timor-Leste Loss 1-0 East Timor East Timor National Stadium, Timor-Leste Asia Champions Trophy
2014-07-19  Timor-Leste Win 3-0 India Barasat Stadium, India Asia Champions Trophy

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Germany Nicolai Adam[10]
Assistant coach India John Kenneth Raj
Goalkeeper coach India Feroz Sheriff
Physiotherapist India Somya Routh
Team manager India Anshuman

Current Squad

Name DOB State Caps (goals)
Goalkeepers
Aliraza Punjani 28 March 1998 Sweden Stockholm 11 (0)
Defenders
Pannuru Kundan Sai Perumal 15 August 1947 India Bangalore 1 (0)
T Kishan Singh 15 March 1999 India Manipur 2 (0)
Prosenjit Chakraborty 15 July 1998 India West Bengal 9 (7)
Amey Ranawade 7 March 1999 India Maharashtra 6 (0)
Amit Tudu 17 January 1998 India West Bengal 9 (0)
Midfielders
Dylan Camilo 21 April 1998 India Goa 4 (1)
Dheeraj Singh 10 July 1998 India Bangalore 6 (0)
Kyntiew Kharlukhi 2 September 1998 India Meghalaya 6 (0)
Nuruddin Sameer 2 August 1998 India Uttar Pradesh 9 (2)
Deependra Singh Negi 20 November 1998 India Uttarakhand 6 (0)
Forwards
Krishna Pandit 29 August 1998 India Chandigarh 10 (2)
Bedashwor Singh 31 December 1998 India Manipur 4 (3)
Nijwm Muchahary 17 November 1998 India Assam 9 (3)
Kapil Hoble 20 January 1999 India Goa 3 (0)

-*on rest due to injury.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "4th Asian U-16 Championship 1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "7th Asian U-16 Championship 1996". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Asian U-17 Championship 2002". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Asian U-17 Championship 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Asian U-17 Championship 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=4269
  7. ↑ http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=4271
  8. ↑ http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=4266
  9. ↑ http://www.goalnepal.com/matchinfo.php?id=1315
  10. ↑ http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6184