Indian football team represents India in football at the international level and it is conducted by the All India Football Federation (AIIF) under the jurisdiction of FIFA. It is governed by the Asia Football Confederation (AFC) and the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).
There has been a long history of head coaches in the Indian Football Team who give so much to their national team to bring success. Here we discuss the top 5 longest serving coaches in the India Football Team. The list was as follows-
| Coach Name | Matches |
| Igor Stimac (Current Coach) | 41 |
| Bob Houghton | 44 |
| Syed Abdul Rahim | 35 |
| Stephen Constantine | 60 |
| PK Banerjee | 35 |
Five Longest-Serving Coaches In India Football Team
1. Igor Stimac
Igor Stimac was born on 6th September 1967. He’s a professional Croatian football manager and also a former player. Igor is the current head coach of the Indian National Football Team. In a career in Stimac, he had 3 spells with Hajduk Split, Cadiz in Spain, and Derby County. He represented the Croatia National Team 53 times. Igor is a coach in the Indian Football team for 41 matches and is regarded as the longest-serving coach. Under his mentorship, he won 18 games, 12 draws, and 11 losses. His team Blue Tiger won the Tri-nation Tournament in 2023, the SAFF Championship in 2021 and 2023, and the Intercontinental Cup 2023 under his mentorship.
2. Bob Houghton
Bob Houghton was born on 30th October 1947. He was a former English Football player and current time manager. Bob’s career was run over 30 years. He was the head coach of the Indian national team for 44 matches. He was the coach of the Blue Tigers from 2006 to 2011. Under Bob Houghton’s leadership, the Indian Team played 44 matches in which India won 14 matches, 6 were drawn, and lost 24 games.
3. Syed Abdul Rahim
Syed Abdul Rahim was born on 17th August and died on 11th June 1963. He was a former Indian football coach and manager. Abdul was regarded architect of modern football. He was head coach of the Indian Football team for 35 matches. Syed Abdul led the Blue Tiger in 1950. Under their mentorship of him Indian team won gold in the Asian Games in year 1951 and 1962.
4. Stephen Constantine
Stephen Constantine was born on 16th October 1962. He’s a former English football coach. He holds the record of longest longest-serving coach of the Indian football team. He leads Blue Tiger for 60 matches in 2 spells. 1st spell was in the year 2002 to 2005 and 2nd was in 2015 to 2019. In 60 matches India won 27 matches, 11 drawn and 22 lost.
5. PK Banerjee
P.K. Banerjee was born on 23rd June 1936 and died on 20th March 2020. He was a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Banerjee was captain of the national team. He leads the Indian team in 35 matches. He was the coach of Blue Tigers in 3 spells (1970, 1986). Under his leadership Indian team won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in 1970. In total 35 the team won 7 matches, 10 draws, and 18 lost.
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