Englishman Stephen Constantine is in year four of his second stint as head coach of Indian football team.
Englishman Stephen Constantine is in year four of his second stint as head coach of Indian football team. In this period, the national squad has equalled its best-ever FIFA world ranking and qualified for the 2019 Asian Cup. It will be India’s fourth appearance in the tournament’s 62-year history and the first time the country will compete on the Asian stage since 2011. Constantine spoke to NewsClick’s Siddhanth Aney about how the team has progressed under his leadership and the unique challenges posed by the lack of a strong league structure in India, despite the establishment of the Indian Super League (ISL).