List of India national football team managers

This article lists the India national football team managers/head coaches, the post which was incorporated in 1938 with the appointment of Pankaj Gupta for their tour to Australia.

Since India's independence, there have been twenty-nine different head coaches for the national team, out of which eleven foreign.

The most successful foreign head coaches for India were Bob Houghton and Stephen Constantine; both of them helped the team to qualify for AFC Asian Cup.

Under him, the team remained unbeaten for two years from June 2016 to March 2018 winning 11 matches and drawn 2 matches,[6][7] which helped them to qualify for 2019 AFC Asian Cup after 8 years since Houghton left.

[8] He also helped the team to reach a better FIFA ranking of 96 in July 2017, which was the best in last 21 years.