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The history of the India national football team dates back to the 1930s. They have never won the World Cup, but qualified for one in 1950, although they withdrew. They have had zero entries in the tournament from 1950 onwards. India have never won the final of the Asian Championship but made the Final in the 1964 AFC Asian Cup. They have only made three appearances since. == 1930–1970 == Indian teams started touring Australia, Japan, bermua, Indonesia and Thailand in the late 1930s. Soon after the success of several Indian football clubs, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) was formed in 1937. The 1948 London Olympics was India's first major international tournament, where a predominately barefooted Indian team lost 2–1 to France, failing to convert two penalties. The Indian team was greeted and appreciated by the crowd for their sporting manner. India qualified by default for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals as a result of the withdrawal of all of their scheduled opponents. But the governing body AIFF decided against going to the World Cup, being unable to understand the importance of the event at that time. Reasons shown by the AIFF included the cost of travel (despite the fact that FIFA agreed to bear a major part of the travel expenses) lack of practice time, team selection issues and valuing the Olympics over the FIFA World Cup. Although FIFA imposed a rule banning barefoot play following the 1948 Olympics〔Lisi (2007), p. 49〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Overview )〕 where India had played barefoot, the popular belief that the Indian team refused to play because they were not allowed to play barefoot is not entirely true, according to the then Indian captain Sailen Manna, it was just a story to cover up the disastrous decision of the AIFF.〔 The team has never since come close to qualifying for the World Cup. The period from 1951 to 1962 is considered the golden era in Indian football. Under the tutelage of legendary Syed Abdul Rahim India became the best team in Asia. The Indian team started the 1950s with their triumph in the 1951 Asian Games which they hosted. India beat both Indonesia and Afghanistan 3–0 to reach the final where they beat Iran 1–0. In 1952, India continued their form by winning the Colombo Quadrangular Cup held in Sri Lanka. Later that year they went on to participate in the 1952 Olympics, but lost 10–1 to Yugoslavia. As four years earlier, many of the team played without boots. After the result AIFF immediately made it mandatory to wear boots.〔 India also won three further editions of the Quadrangular Cup Colombo Cup, which were held in Burma, Calcutta and Dhaka in 1953, 1954 and 1955 respectively. India then went on to finish second in the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila. At the 1956 Olympic Games they finished fourth, which is regarded as one of finest achievements in Indian football. India first met hosts Australia, winning 4–2 with Neville D'Souza becoming the first Asian to score a hatrick in the Olympics and also making India the first Asian team to reach the Olympic semi-finals. They lost 4–1 to Yugoslavia, and lost the third place play-off match 3–0 to Bulgaria. India later participated in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo where they finished fourth, and the Merdeka Cup 1959 in Malaysia finishing second. India started off 1960 with Asian Cup qualifiers in which they failed to qualify. India went on to win the 1962 Asian Games where they beat South Korea 2–1 in the final, and two years later finished second in the Asian Cup which was held in round-robin format. India played in the Merdeka Cup in 1964, 1965 and 1966 where they finished 2nd, 3rd and 3rd respectively.〔 India later played in the Asian Games in 1966 in Bangkok but were eliminated in first round. India took third place in the 1970 Asian Games, beating Japan 1–0 in the third place, play-off but have since qualified for other major tournaments, other than as host, only once after that. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of the India national football team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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