Head Coaches in Indian Football

 

Year

Coach

Country

1948

Balaidas Chatterjee

India

1951–1952

Syed Abdul Rahim

India

1953

Balaidas Chatterjee

India

1954

Syed Abdul Rahim

India

1954

Balaidas Chatterjee

India

1955

Saroj Bose

India

1956–1962

Syed Abdul Rahim

India

1958

T. Shome

India

1961

Sailendra Nath Manna

India

1963

G. M. Pentiah

India

1964

Harry Wright

England

1964–1967

Mohammed Hussain

India

1966

Sachindranath Mitra

India

1967

S. R. Deb

India

1968

Sailendra Nath Manna

India

1969

Jarnail Singh

India

1970–1971

G. M. H. Basha

India

1972–1974

P. K. Banerjee

India

1976

Jarnail Singh

India

1977

Sahu Mewalal

India

1977

G. M. H. Basha

India

1978

Arun Ghosh

India

1980

G. M. H. Basha

India

1981–1982

P. K. Banerjee

India

1982

Bob Bootland

England

1983

Joe Kinnear

Republic of Ireland

1984–1985

Milovan Ciric

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1985

Arun Ghosh

India

1985–1986

P. K. Banerjee

India

1987-1989

Syed Nayeemuddin

India

1990–1991

Jozsef Gelei

Hungary

1992–1993

Derek D'Souza

India

1993-1994

Jiri Pesek

Czech Republic

1995-1996

Rustam Akramov

Uzbekistan

1997–1998

Syed Nayeemuddin

India

1999–2001

Sukhwinder Singh

India

2001

Islam Ahmedov

Uzbekistan

2002–2005

Stephen Constantine

England

2005

Sukhwinder Singh

India

2005–2006

Syed Nayeemuddin

India

2006–2011

Bob Houghton

England

2011

Armando Colaco

India

2011–2012

Savio Medeira

India

2012–2015

Wim Koevermans

Netherlands

2015–2019

Stephen Constantine

England

2019-present

Igor Stimac

Croatia