India Football dream comes true. After three wins in twelve previous editions of the Nehru Cup, India with five wins in this tournament won the ONGC Nehru Cup . In the final of the 13th ONGC-Nehru Cup India scored a memorable 1-0 win over Syria by winning this tournament for the first time in the history.
By winning this cup, india’s FIFA ranking went up considerably.
Team India:
BAICHUNG BHUTIA (Captain in above picture)
N P PRADEEP
P.RENEDY SINGH
[Sub]TARIF AHMED
SUNIL CHETTRI
SYED RAHIM NABI[Sub]
DEEPAK KUMAR MONDAL[Injured]
MAHESH GAWLI
IRUNGBANI SURKUMAR SINGH
MEHARJUDDIN WADOO[Sub]
BUNGO SINGH[ Sub]
SUBRATO PAUL
ABHISHEK YADAV[Sub]
CLIFFERD MIRANDA[Sub]
STEVEN BENEDIST DIAS
SANDIP NANDY
[Sub] CLIMAX LAWRANCE