India national under-20 football team

This article is about men's football team. For women's football team, see India women's national under-20 football team.

India U-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Blue Colts
AssociationAll India Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachRanjan Chaudhuri
FIFA codeIND
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Burma 1–1 India 
(Malaya; 19 April 1963)[1]
Biggest win
 India 8–0 Nepal   
(Bhubaneshwar, India; 31 July 2022)[2]
Biggest defeat
 India 0–7 Israel [3]
(Bangkok, Thailand; 16 April 1972)
 India 0–7 South Korea 
(Qatar; 25 October 2002)[4]
 India 0–7 United Arab Emirates 
(Qatar; 4 October 2015)[5]
Asian Cup
Appearances22 (first in 1963)
Best resultChampions (1974)
OFC Youth Development Tournament
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best resultChampions (2019)
SAFF Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2015)
Best resultChampions (2019, 2022, 2023)
Medal record
Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 1974 Thailand
OFC Youth Development Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2019 Vanuatu
SAFF Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Nepal
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nepal
Gold medal – first place 2022 India
Silver medal – second place 2015 Nepal
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bhutan

The India national under-20 football team represents India at all international under-20 tournaments.[6] They act as the main feeder team for the India U-23 and the senior Indian football team.

This team is for Indian players aged under 19 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year AFC U-19 Championship campaign begins, and as such, some players can remain with the squad until the age of 21. As long as they are eligible, players can play for India at any level, making it possible to play for the U19s first, then the senior side, and again back to playing for the U19s.

  1. ^ "Asian U-19 Championship 1963". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. ^ "M8_ Nep v Ind_Match Report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Asian Youth Championship 1972". Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Asian U-20 Championship 2002". Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Asian U-19 Championship 2016". Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. ^ TEAM SPORTSTAR, 21:34 IST (5 August 2022). "India beats Bangladesh to clinch U20 SAFF Championship". sportstar.thehindu.com. Bhubaneswar, Odisha: Sportstar. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)