India national football team at the FIFA World Cup qualification

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The India national football team has participated in nine editions of FIFA World Cup qualification. This is the complete list of all the nation's matches played, along with records against each opponent.

Summary[]

Tournaments[]

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)[]

East Asia Zone[]

Group 3B[]
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 6 4 1 1 8 4 +4 9
 India 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 7
 Thailand 6 1 2 3 4 4 +0 4
 Bangladesh 6 2 0 4 5 10 −5 4
21 March 1985 Indonesia  2–1  India Senayan Stadium, Jakarta
Nurdiansyah Goal 41', 49' Report K. Dey Goal 34' Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Reynaldo Reyes (Philippines)
26 March 1985 Thailand  0–0  India Bangkok
Report Referee: Shunsaku Nakanishi (Japan)
30 March 1985 Bangladesh  1–2  India Bangladesh Army Stadium, Dhaka
Chunnu Goal 42' Report Goal 34'
Panji Goal 84'		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Liu Jingli (China)
6 April 1985 India  1–1  Indonesia Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta
Goal 89' Report Dede Sulaiman Goal 20' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Farouk Mustafa (Iraq)
9 April 1985 India  1–1  Thailand Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta
K. Dey Goal 85' Report Goal 76' Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Shokor Abdulkader Abdul Latif (Iraq)
12 April 1985 India  2–1  Bangladesh Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta
Panji Goal 36'
Gonsalves Goal 54'		 Report Goal 15' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Salih Abdul Karim Saadi (Iraq)

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)[]

Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 8 7 1 0 23 1 +22 15
2  Bahrain 8 3 3 2 9 6 +3 9
3  Lebanon 8 2 4 2 8 9 −1 8
4  Hong Kong 8 2 1 5 9 19 −10 5
5  India 8 1 1 6 8 22 −14 3
Source:[citation needed]
7 May 1993 Lebanon  2–2  India Beirut, Lebanon
Babkin Melikian Goal 37'
Jamal Taha Goal 53'		 V. P. Sathyan Goal 68', 82' Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)
11 May 1993 India  1–2  Hong Kong Beirut, Lebanon
Bhupinder Thakur Goal 54' Goal 15'
Lee Kin Wo Goal 59'		 Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Qazi Asif (Pakistan)
13 May 1993 India  0–3  South Korea Beirut, Lebanon
Hong Myung-Bo Goal 19' (pen.)
Choi Moon-Sik Goal 70'
Ha Seok-Ju Goal 89'		 Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Al-Hindyani (Kuwait)
15 May 1993 Bahrain  2–1  India Beirut, Lebanon
Khamis Thani Goal 4'
Goal 31'		 V. P. Sathyan Goal 90' (pen.) Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Qazi Asif (Pakistan)
7 June 1993 India  0–3  Bahrain Seoul, South Korea
Goal 20', 53'
Khamis Thani Goal 54'		 Referee: Shariff (Singapore)
9 June 1993 South Korea  7–0  India Seoul, South Korea
Lee Ki-Bum Goal 5', 25', 49'
Kim Tae-Young Goal 37', 70'
Park Jung-bae Goal 39'
Ha Seok-Ju Goal 68'		 Referee: Al-Yenbua'awy (Saudi Arabia)
11 June 1993 India  1–2  Lebanon Seoul, South Korea
Goal 34' Goal 41'
Goal 79'		 Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
13 June 1993 Hong Kong  1–3  India Seoul, South Korea
Goal 66' I. M. Vijayan Goal 6', 77'
Bhupinder Thakur Goal 55'		 Referee: Ali (Iraq)

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)[]

Group 10





Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Qatar 3 3 0 0 14 0 +14 9
 Sri Lanka 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 India 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
 Philippines 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: RSSSF



21 September 1996 India  2–0  Philippines Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Vijayan Goal 81'
Coutinho Goal 85'		 (report) Attendance: 700
Referee: (Saudi Arabia)
24 September 1996 Sri Lanka  1–1  India Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Silva Goal 14' (report) Chapman Goal 39' Attendance: 400
Referee: (Lebanon)
27 September 1996 Qatar  6–0  India Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Al-Enazi Goal 27', 40'
Goal 42'
Maayof Goal 47'
Soufi Goal 52'
Fazli Goal 61'		 (report) Attendance: 3,000
Referee: (Saudi Arabia)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)[]

First Round[]

Group 8
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 6 4 0 2 21 5 +16 12
 Yemen 6 3 2 1 14 8 +6 11
 India 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11
 Brunei 6 0 0 6 0 28 −28 0
Source:[citation needed]
8 April 2001 India  1–0  United Arab Emirates Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore
16:00 UTC+05:30 Goal 71' Report Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
15 April 2001 India  1–1  Yemen Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore
16:00 UTC+05:30 Bhutia Goal 53' Report Al Ghurbani Goal 43' Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Chalach Piromya (Thailand)
26 April 2001 United Arab Emirates  1–0  India Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain City
19:30 UTC+04 Khater Goal 63' Report Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
4 May 2001 Yemen  3–3  India Althawra Sports City Stadium, San‘a’
16:00 UTC+03 Al-Salimi Goal 13' (pen.), 20', 62' Report Ancheri Goal 16', 38'
Vijayan Goal 51'		 Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Suleman Abo Allo (Syria)
11 May 2001 Brunei  0–1  India Sultan Hassal Bolkiah Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan
20:15 UTC+07 Report Ancheri Goal 75' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hassan Al Ajmi (Oman)
20 May 2001 India  5–0  Brunei Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore
16:00 UTC+05:30 Goal 12'
Vijayan Goal 23'
Bhutia Goal 35' (pen.)
Ancheri Goal 59'
Goal 80'		 Report Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Nail Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)[]

Second Round[]

Group 3
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 6 6 0 0 16 1 +15 18 — 1–0 7–0 1–0
 Oman 6 3 1 2 14 3 +11 10 0–1 — 0–0 7–0
 India 6 1 1 4 2 18 −16 4 0–4 1–5 — 1–0
 Singapore 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3 1–2 0–2 2–0 —
Source: [1]
18 February 2004 India  1–0  Singapore Fatorda Stadium, Margao
16:00 Renedy Goal 50' Report Attendance: 28,000
Referee: (Iran)
31 March 2004 India  1–5  Oman Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
17:45 Renedy Goal 18' Report Amad Ali Goal 12'
Ahmed Mubarak Goal 26', 49'
Al-Hinai Goal 60', 88'		 Attendance: 48,000
Referee: (Malaysia)
9 June 2004 Japan  7–0  India Saitama Stadium, Saitama
19:20 Kubo Goal 12'
Fukunishi Goal 25'
Nakamura Goal 29'
Suzuki Goal 54'
Nakazawa Goal 65', 76'
Ogasawara Goal 68'		 Report Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
8 September 2004 India  0–4  Japan Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Bidhannagar
17:30 Report Suzuki Goal 45'
Ono Goal 60'
Fukunishi Goal 71'
Miyamoto Goal 87'		 Attendance: 90,000
Referee: (Syria)
13 October 2004 Singapore  2–0  India Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 Sahdan Goal 73'
Amri Goal 76'		 Report Attendance: 3,609
Referee: (Bahrain)
17 November 2004 Oman  0–0  India Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
18:00 Report Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (Iraq)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)[]

First Round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lebanon  6–3  India 4–1 2–2
8 October 2007 Lebanon  4–1  India Saida International Stadium, Saida
21:00 UTC+3 Antar Goal 33'
Ghaddar Goal 62', 76'
El Ali Goal 63'		 Report Chhetri Goal 30' Attendance: 500
Referee: (Kuwait)
30 October 2007 India  2–2  Lebanon Fatorda Stadium, Goa[note 4]
15:00 UTC+5:30
[note 4]		 Chhetri Goal 29'
Dias Goal 90+2'		 Report Ghaddar Goal 72' (pen.), 85' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Jordan)

Lebanon won 6 – 3 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)[]

Second Round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
United Arab Emirates  5–2  India 3–0 2–2
23 July 2011 United Arab Emirates  3–0  India Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
20:00 UTC+4 Al Kamali Goal 21' (pen.)
Al Shehhi Goal 29' (pen.)
Al Hammadi Goal 81'		 Report Attendance: 3,179
Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)
28 July 2011 India  2–2  United Arab Emirates Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
19:00 UTC+5:30 Lalpekhula Goal 74'
Singh Goal 90+2'		 Report Al Shehhi Goal 40'
Al-Wehaibi Goal 72'		 Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

United Arab Emirates won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)[]

First Round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
India  2–0    Nepal 2–0 0–0
12 March 2015 (2015-03-12) India  2–0    Nepal Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
19:00 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Attendance: 11,200
Referee: (Uzbekistan)
17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) Nepal    0–0  India Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
15:30 UTC+5:45 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

India won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second Round[]

Group D[]
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 8 6 2 0 26 3 +23 20 Third round and Asian Cup — 2–0 3–1 6–0 4–0
2  Oman 8 4 2 2 11 7 +4 14 Asian Cup qualifying third round 1–1 — 3–1 1–0 3–0
3  Turkmenistan 8 4 1 3 10 11 −1 13 1–1 2–1 — 1–0 2–1
4  Guam 8 2 1 5 3 16 −13 7 0–6 0–0 1–0 — 2–1
5  India 8 1 0 7 5 18 −13 3 Asian Cup qualifying play-off round 0–3[a] 1–2 1–2 1–0 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.[2] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.
11 June 2015 (2015-06-11) India  1–2  Oman Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
19:00 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 19,312
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
16 June 2015 (2015-06-16) Guam  2–1  India Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo
16:15 UTC+10
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 3,277
Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)
8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) India  0–3
Awarded[note 5]		  Iran Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
19:00 UTC+5:30 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)
8 October 2015 (2015-10-08) Turkmenistan  2–1  India Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat
18:00 UTC+5
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 20,100
Referee: (Syria)
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Oman  3–0  India Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
18:30 UTC+4
  • Mubarak Goal 55'
  • Al-Muqbali Goal 67', 84'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)
12 November 2015 (2015-11-12) India  1–0  Guam Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
19:00 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Attendance: 6,277
Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)
24 March 2016 (2016-03-24) Iran  4–0  India Azadi Stadium, Tehran
19:00 UTC+4:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Attendance: 29,160
Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)
29 March 2016 (2016-03-29) India  1–2  Turkmenistan Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
18:00 UTC+5:30
  • Jhingan Goal 26'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 3,111
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification[]

Second Round[]

  • All matches since 19 November 2019 were played in a centralised venue due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  • Also all matches were resheduled from their original dates.
Group E
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Qatar Oman India Afghanistan Bangladesh
1  Qatar 8 7 1 0 18 1 +17 22 Asian Cup[a] — 2–1 0–0 6–0 5–0
2  Oman 8 6 0 2 16 6 +10 18 Third round and Asian Cup 0–1 — 1–0 3–0 4–1
3  India 8 1 4 3 6 7 −1 7 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0–1 1–2 — 1–1 1–1
4  Afghanistan 8 1 3 4 5 15 −10 6 0–1 1–2 1–1 — 1–0
5  Bangladesh 8 0 2 6 3 19 −16 2 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Qatar already qualified for the World Cup as host nation.
5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) India  1–2  Oman Guwahati, India
19:30 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 22,798
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) Qatar  0–0  India Doha, Qatar
19:30 UTC+3 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 12,020
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)
15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) India  1–1  Bangladesh Kolkata, India
19:30 UTC+5:30 Khan Goal 88' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Uddin Goal 42' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 53,286
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) Afghanistan  1–1  India Dushanbe, Tajikistan
19:00 UTC+5 Nazary Goal 45+1' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Doungel Goal 90+3' Stadium: Central Republican Stadium
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) Oman  1–0  India Muscat, Oman
19:00 UTC+4 Al-Ghassani Goal 33' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 24,250
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) India  0–1  Qatar Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) Bangladesh  0–2  India Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 495
Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)
15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) India  1–1  Afghanistan Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

Statistics[]

Results by opponent[]

India has played against 21 different nations during FIFA World Cup qualification.

  • Matches played from the 1986 edition to the 1994 edition had been provided with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.
  • Matches played thereafter have been provided with 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.

This is the performance table as of 15 June 2021.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bangladesh 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 8
 Brunei 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
   Nepal 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4
 United Arab Emirates 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
 Philippines 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
 Guam 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
 Singapore 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
 Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 2
 Yemen 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
 Afghanistan 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
 Thailand 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Lebanon 4 0 2 2 6 10 −4 2
 Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
 Indonesia 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
 Qatar 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
 Oman 6 0 1 5 3 13 −10 1
 Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
 Bahrain 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
 Iran 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
 South Korea 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10 0
 Japan 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0

  2022 qualification opponents

Notes[]

  1. ^ India topped the group after rest of the teams from their group withdrew. But India withdrew from the tournament after having qualified as group champions, due to several reasons such as financial, travel distance, team selection etc.
  2. ^ After having withdrawn from previous tournament, FIFA did not allow India to take part in the next edition of the world cup, hence India were not allowed to participate in the qualification tournament as well.
  3. ^ AIFF would never send India to the world cup qualification tournament again until 1985.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Match originally scheduled for 28 October 2007 postponed and relocated due to heavy rain in Chennai.
  5. ^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.[2] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.

References[]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference asianzone was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "DISCIPLINARY OVERVIEW – 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA™ QUALIFIERS" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2016.
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