India
1,750Reputation
133FIFA rank (calc)
—Population
National team staff
26
| Manager First Team | Khalid Jamil | until 31 May 2027 |
| Assistant Manager First Team | Mahesh Gawli | |
| Assistant Manager First Team | Benito Montalvo | |
| Scout | Abhishek Yadav | |
| Physio First Team | Gigy George | |
| Physio First Team | Russell Pinto | |
| Gk Coach First Team | Feroz Sheriff | |
| Fitness Coach First Team | José Carlos Barroso | |
| Manager (U23 Team) | Naushad Moosa | |
| Assistant Manager (U23 Team) | Noel Wilson | |
| Gk Coach (U23 Team) | Dipankar Chowdhury | |
| Gk Coach (U23 Team) | Raghuvir Khanolkar | |
| Fitness Coach (U23 Team) | Gavin Araujo | |
| Manager (U20 Team) | Biby Thomas | |
| Gk Coach (U20 Team) | Abhijit Mondal | |
| Physio (U20 Team) | Sudarson Raju | |
| Manager (U19 Team) | Bibiano Fernandes | |
| Assistant Manager (U19 Team) | Remus Gomes | |
| Assistant Manager (U19 Team) | Kanan Priolkar | |
| Gk Coach (U19 Team) | Sandip Nandy | |
| Gk Coach (U19 Team) | Hameed Khadar | |
| Gk Coach (U19 Team) | Zakeer Hussain | |
| Fitness Coach (U19 Team) | Chelston Pinto | |
| Physio (U19 Team) | Babu Sampath | |
| Head Performance Analyst | Shankar Sigamani | |
| Head Performance Analyst | Joy Gabriel |
Football
- FIFA points
- 1,113.22
- FIFA member
- Yes
- League standard (calc)
- 9
- Youth rating
- 86
- Game importance
- Unimportant
- Coefficient, 5 years (calc)
- 18.427
- Coefficient, 10 years (calc)
- 43.311
- Morale
- 15
- FA financial power
- 4
- FA patience
- 18
- Foreign manager likelihood
- 19
- Continental federation affiliation
- 1954
- Association founded
- 1937
- FIFA affiliation
- 1948
- Max youth age
- —
- Hashtag
- —
- Nickname
- The Blue Tigers
Country
- Capital
- New Delhi
- Continent
- Asia (regional strength 0.8500)
- Region
- South Asia
- Nationality
- Indian
- Citizenship for foreigners
- Accumulatively
- Currency
- Indian Rupee
- Population
- —
- Development
- Developing State
- Economic factor
- 15
- Minimum full-time wage
- —
- Playable leagues
- Yes
Player pool
- Players
- 1,988
- Average CA
- 28.9
- CA 150+
- 0
- Unattached
- 190
- Playing abroad
- 63 of 1,604 (4%)
League pyramid
| Level 1 | Hero Indian Super League |
|---|---|
| Level 2 | Hero I-League |
| Level 3 | I-League 2nd Division |
| Level 4 | Indian Fourth Division |
Best players of this nationality
Most capped
| Name | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Sunil Chhetri | 155 | 95 |
| Bhaichung Bhutia | 107 | 42 |
| Ashalata Devi | 93 | 4 |
| I. M. Vijayan | 88 | 39 |
| Grace Dangmei | 82 | 22 |
| Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | 80 | 0 |
| Mahesh Gawli | 79 | 1 |
| Climax Lawrence | 78 | 2 |
| Gouramangi Singh | 73 | 6 |
| Sandesh Jhingan | 69 | 6 |
| Subrata Paul | 67 | 0 |
| Renedy Singh | 66 | 12 |
| Sangita Basfore | 64 | 4 |
| Bala Devi | 64 | 52 |
| Deepak Mondal | 62 | 0 |
| Anju Tamang | 61 | 14 |
| Anirudh Thapa | 59 | 4 |
| Indumathi Kathiresan | 59 | 17 |
| Sweety Devi Ngangbam | 58 | 1 |
| Sanju Yadav | 57 | 11 |
| Jo Paul Ancheri | 56 | 22 |
| Jeje | 56 | 23 |
| Derrick Pereira | 55 | 0 |
| Dalima Chhibber | 54 | 2 |
| Udanta Singh | 53 | 3 |
| Pritam Kotal | 52 | 0 |
| Lallianzuala Chhangte | 47 | 8 |
| Manvir Singh | 46 | 7 |
| Steven Dias | 45 | 10 |
| Sandhiya Ranganathan | 44 | 10 |
Top clubs
Competitions
Rivals
Association coefficients
| 2024/25 | 6.500 |
| 2023/24 | 3.453 |
| 2022/23 | 4.797 |
| 2021/22 | 3.677 |
| 2019/20 | 3.217 |
| 2018/19 | 4.417 |
| 2017/18 | 6.250 |
| 2016/17 | 7.667 |
| 2015/16 | 3.333 |
| 2014/15 | 3.167 |
Cities
60
- Mumbai
- Bengaluru
- Gurugram
- New Delhi
- Chandigarh
- Chennai
- Pune
- Hyderabad
- Kolkata
- Panchkula
- Panaji
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Noida
- Udaipur
- Mohali
- Ahmedabad
- Margao
- Kochi
- Secunderabad
- Vadodara
- Mangalore
- Leh
- Bhubaneswar
- Coimbatore
- Pondicherry
- Ludhiana
- Jamshedpur
- Wayanad
- Dehradun
- Nagpur
- Mysore
- Jaipur
- Lucknow
- Jalandhar
- Ghaziabad
- Surat
- Darjeeling
- Indore
- Madurai
- Shimla
- Nashik
- Varanasi
- Calangute
- Kozhikode
- Thrissur
- Silchar
- Lakshadweep
- Shillong
- Kottayam
- Belgaum
- Phagwara
- Cuttack
- Bhopal
- Amritsar
- Gandhinagar
- Bhavnagar
- Durgapur
- Kharagpur
- Rajkot
- Dhanbad
National records
| Most overall appearances | Sunil Chhetri | 155 games | |
| Most overall goals | Sunil Chhetri | 94 goals |
Famous players
| PK Banerjee | Explosive Right Winger · Right | 20 |
| Chuni Goswami | Flamboyant Attacking Midfielder | 20 |
| Jarnail Singh Dhillon | Solid Centre-back · Central | 20 |
| Sailen Manna | Cultured Centre-back | 20 |
| Sunil Chhetri | Cultured Striker · Small · Central | 20 |
| Bhaichung Bhutia | Flamboyant Striker · Small · Central | 20 |
| Gostha Pal | Solid Full-back · Right | 19 |
| I. M. Vijayan | Clinical Striker · Medium · Central | 18 |
| Peter Thangaraj | Commanding Goalkeeper | 18 |
| Mariappa Kempaiah | Tireless Midfielder · Small | 18 |
| Tulsidas Balaram | Cultured Attacking Midfielder | 18 |
| Yousuf Khan | Flamboyant Midfielder | 18 |
| Ahmed Khan | Flamboyant Forward | 17 |
| Keshto Pal | Clinical Striker | 17 |
| Subhash Bhowmick | Explosive Forward · Medium | 16 |
| Shabbir Ali | Clinical Striker | 16 |
| Neville D’Souza | Explosive Striker | 16 |
| Samar Banerjee | Clinical Striker | 16 |
| Arun Ghosh | Solid Centre-back | 16 |
| Subrata Bhattacharjee | Decisive Centre-back · Medium · Central | 15 |
| Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | Commanding Goalkeeper | 15 |
| Manoranjan Bhattacharya | Strong Centre-back · Central | 14 |
| Inder Singh | Explosive Forward | 14 |
| Sheoo Mewalal | Cultured Striker | 14 |
| Shyam Thapa | Cultured Striker | 14 |
| Mohammed Habib | Cultured Striker | 13 |
Honours
| Competition | Won | Runner-up | Last won |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Asian Football Federation Championship | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| South Asian Youth Championship | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Asian Games | 3 | 3 | 1995 |
| Asian Games | 2 | — | 1962 |
| AFC Challenge Cup | 1 | — | 2008 |
| AFC Asian Cup | — | 1 | — |
| AFC Under-20 Asian Cup | — | 2 | — |
| Merdeka Tournament | — | 2 | — |
| Afro-Asian Games Football Tournament | — | 1 | — |
Kits
Languages
| Hindi | Indo European › Indo Iranian › Indo Aryan | 15 |
| Tamil | Dravidian › Southern › Tamil Kannada | 15 |
| Punjabi | Indo European › Indo Iranian › Indo Aryan | 13 |
Tax rules
| Tax | Applies to | Rate | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAT | All | 14.5% | |
| Corporation Tax | All | 25% | — – £4,252,495 |
| Income Tax | All | 0% | — – £2,551 |
| Income Tax | All | 5% | £2,551 – £5,102 |
| Income Tax | All | 10% | £5,102 – £7,654 |
| Income Tax | All | 15% | £7,654 – £10,205 |
| Income Tax | All | 20% | £10,205 – £12,757 |
| Income Tax | All | 30% | £12,757 – — |
Across versions
| Version | Reputation | FIFA points | FIFA rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| FM27 27.0.0 | 1600 | 1,084.93 | 138 |
| FM26 26.2.0 | 1750 | 1,113.22 | 133 |
| FM26 26.0.0 | 1750 | 1,113.22 | 133 |
| FM24 24.3.0 | 3350 | 1,204.00 | 100 |
| FM23 23.4.0 | 2350 | 1,198.00 | 103 |
| FM23 23.3.0 | 2350 | 1,198.00 | 103 |
| FM23 23.0.0 | 2350 | 1,198.00 | 103 |
| FM22 22.4.0 | 2350 | 1,184.00 | 105 |
| FM22 22.3.0 | 2350 | 1,184.00 | 105 |
| FM22 22.1.0 | 2350 | 1,184.00 | 105 |
| FM22 22.0.1 | 2350 | 1,184.00 | 105 |
| FM22 22.0.0 | 2350 | 1,184.00 | 105 |
| FM21 21.4.0 | 2350 | 1,187.00 | 108 |
| FM21 21.3.0 | 2350 | 1,187.00 | 108 |
| FM21 21.1.1 | 2350 | 1,187.00 | 108 |
| FM21 21.0.1 | 2350 | 1,187.00 | 108 |
| FM21 21.0.0 | 2350 | 1,187.00 | 108 |
| FM20 20.4.0 | 2350 | 1,242.00 | 96 |
| FM20 20.3.0 | 2350 | 1,242.00 | 96 |
| FM20 20.1.0 | 2350 | 1,242.00 | 96 |
| FM20 20.0.1 | 2350 | 1,242.00 | 96 |
| FM20 20.0.0 | 2350 | 1,242.00 | 96 |
| FM19 19.3.0 | 2350 | 1,242.00 | 96 |
| FM19 19.1.0 | 2350 | 1,242.00 | 96 |
| FM19 19.0.1 | 2350 | 1,242.00 | 96 |
| FM19 19.0.0 | 2350 | 1,242.00 | 96 |
| FM18 18.3.0 | 2350 | 200.00 | 152 |
| FM18 18.1.0 | 2350 | 200.00 | 152 |
| FM18 18.0.0 | 2350 | 200.00 | 152 |
| FM17 17.3.0 | 1900 | — | — |
| FM17 17.0.0 | 1900 | — | — |
| FM16 16.3.0 | 1900 | — | — |
| FM16 16.0.1 | 1900 | — | — |
| FM16 16.0.0 | 1900 | — | — |
| FM15 15.3.0 | 1900 | — | — |
| FM15 15.0.0 | 1900 | — | — |
| FM14 14.3.0 | 1900 | — | — |
| FM14 14.0.0 | 1900 | — | — |
| FM13 13.3.0 | — | — | — |
| FM13 13.0.0 | — | — | — |
| FM12 12.2.0 | 1850 | — | — |
| FM12 12.0.0 | 1850 | — | — |
| FM10 10.0.0 | 1850 | — | — |