Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1971, sun sake kaiwa wasan kusa da na karshe a karo na uku a gasar zakarun AFC, amma makomar ta kasance iri daya kamar yadda suka sake ganin rashin nasara, yanzu a kan Japan da 0-3. Amma, bayan rata na ƙarin bugu biyu, ya kasance 1974 AFC Youth Championship, inda Indiya ta ga lokacin zinariya bayan zama zakara a AFC Under-19 Championships. Na farko a rukunin rukuni Indiya ta doke Laos da Burma da 1-0 da kuma wasa da Hong Kong da 2-2. Sannan shiga wasan kusa da na karshe sun doke Singapore da 1 ((4) - 1 ((1), don haka suka kai wasan kusa da na karshe inda suka doke Thailand da 2-1, a karon farko Indiya ta kai wasan karshe na Gasar. Amma wasan karshe ya yi daidai da Iran da 2-2 don haka aka baiwa duka ƙungiyar a matsayin Champions. A shekarar 1975 da kuma 1976 India ba ta yi kyau sosai ba amma a gasar zakarun matasa ta AFC ta 1977 sun kai wasan kusa da na karshe amma abokin hamayyarsu ita ce Iran, wacce ta kare Gasar da ta doke Indiya da ci 3-0, don haka ta kasa samun damar shiga gasar zakarun matasa ta duniya ta farko a shekarar 1977.
wanda daga baya aka san shi da FIFA U-20 World Cup kuma ya kasa cancanta a shekarar 1979.