Wim Koevermans also emphasised on the need to have a proper youth development programme. ...
11:10 PM, Mar 19, 2013
India have been clubbed in Group A alongside hosts Myanmar, Chinese Taipei and Guam and will play their first match against Taipei on Saturday. ...
05:24 PM, Mar 01, 2013
The team will be travelling to play the AFC Challenge Cup (2014) Qualifiers in Yangon in the last week of February. ...
07:13 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Indian football team coach Wim Koevermans says the upcoming international friendly against Palestine will be a 'very important test' for some players. ...
08:24 PM, Feb 03, 2013
There are two changes to the squad of 23 - Joaquim Abranches and goalkeeper Subhasish Roychowdhury joining the squad in place of Anthony Pereira and Karanjit Singh respectively. ...
08:11 PM, Feb 03, 2013
National Coach Wim Koevermans named his squad for the International Friendly against Palestine scheduled on February 6, 2013. ...
11:38 AM, Jan 29, 2013
Palestine are ranked 152 in the current FIFA Rankings while India are currently placed 166. ...
02:46 PM, Dec 28, 2012
New Delhi: Wim Koevermans has named 31 players in the provisional squad to face Singapore in an international friendly scheduled for October 16. New Delhi: India's chief football coach Wim Koevermans has left out strikers Manandeep Singh and Jeje Lalpeklua from the 20-man squad for the international away friendly in Singapore slated for October 16. Manandeep is injured while Koevermans was unimpressed with Jeje's fitness. The match will be Koevermans...
06:29 PM, Oct 11, 2012
India football coach Wim Koevermans said, " We fought as a team and it is a very special moment for us." ...
10:41 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: India's chief coach Wim Koevermans on Sunday night termed the Nehru Cup triumph as an "incredible achievement" as the victory came over a quality side like Cameroon which is in the top-60 in Fifa rankings. "It was an incredible victory. Obviously, we had to straighten a few things at the half time and it was an incredible fight by the boys," a visibly happy Koevermans told the reporters...
12:16 AM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: Maldives coach Istvan Urbanyi has termed called Cameroon the strongest side in the Nehru Cup and India coach Wim Koevermans Thursday spoke in the same vein stating that the 'Indomitable Lions' have played some "good football" in the tournament. Assured of berth in final, the two sides play Friday in an inconsequential match, the last in the round-robin stage. "Cameroon are surely a very strong side. They are...
09:05 PM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: After India's convincing win over Maldives in the Nehru Cup here on Saturday, national football coach Wim Koevermans said his boys have the ability to do better and he would always encourage them to improve and get accustomed to playing the passing game. India rode on the twin strike from skipper Sunil Chhetri and a goal by Syed Rahim Nabi to record a convincing 3-0 win at the...
10:45 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Greater Noida: National football coach Wim Koevermans and captain Sunil Chhetri beamed with confidence on the eve of India's opener against Syria in the Nehru Cup and shrugged off talk of any kind of pressure that tends to build up on defending champions. "The most important thing for a player is to understand what the coach wants from him and the team at large. We as a team should respond...
07:26 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Greater Noida: Under the tutelege of Wim Koevermans, whose country gave birth to 'total football', holders India will look to regain lost ground after plummeting to their lowest-ever rankings in recent years, in the Nehru Cup opener against Syria, here on Wednesday. Though it is easier said than done, the Indian national football team of late has been trying hard to get a hang of the difficult concept total football...
07:23 PM, Aug 21, 2012
