The following is a list of the India national football team's competitive records and statistics.

The India national football team represents India in international football and is controlled by the All India Football Federation. Under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and governed in Asia by the AFC, the team is also part of the South Asian Football Federation. The team, which was once considered one of the best teams in Asia, had its golden era during the 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, under the coaching of Syed Abdul Rahim, India won gold during the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games,won Silver medal in 1964 AFC Asia Cup as runners up,while finishing fourth during the 1956 Summer Olympics. India has never participated in the FIFA World Cup, although the team did qualify by default for the 1950 World Cup after all the other nations in their qualification group withdrew. However India withdrew prior to the beginning of the tournament.

India has never participated in a FIFA World Cup.[1] After gaining independence in 1947, India managed to qualify for the World Cup held in 1950. This was due to Myanmar, Indonesia, and the Philippines withdrawing from qualification.[1] However, prior to the start of the tournament, India themselves withdrew due to the expenses required in getting the team to Brazil.[1] Other reasons cited for why India withdrew include FIFA not allowing Indian players to play in the tournament barefoot and the All India Football Federation not considering the World Cup an important tournament compared to the Olympics.[1]

After withdrawing from the 1950 FIFA World Cup, India didn't enter the qualifying rounds of the tournament between 1954 and 1982.[2] Since the 1986 qualifiers, with the exception of the 1990 edition of the tournament, the team started to participate in qualifiers but have yet to qualify for the tournament again.[2]

Individual records

Player records

As of 13 January 2024[3]
Players in bold are still active with India.
Sunil Chhetri, India's highest goalscorer and most capped player.
Players with most international caps for India
Rank. Player Caps Goals Career Ref.
1. Sunil Chhetri 146 93 2005−present [4][5]
2. Bhaichung Bhutia 88 29 1995−2011 [6]
3. I. M. Vijayan 73 32 1992−2004 [7]
4. Shabbir Ali 72 6 1974−1984 [8]
Climax Lawrence 72 3 2003−2011 [9]
6. Gouramangi Singh 71 6 2006−2013 [10]
7. Mahesh Gawli 68 1 1999−2011 [11]
Subrata Pal 68 0 2007−2017 [12]
9. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 67 0 2011−present [13]
10. Syed Rahim Nabi 61 7 2004−2013 [14]
Players with most international goals scored for India
Rank. Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1. Sunil Chhetri (list) 93 146 0.64 2005–present
2. I. M. Vijayan 32 73 0.44 1992−2003
3. Bhaichung Bhutia 29 88 0.33 1995−2011
4. Jeje Lalpekhlua 23 56 0.41 2011−2019
5. Magan Singh Rajvi 16 36 0.44 1969−1974
P. K. Banerjee 16 52 0.31 1955−1966
7. Chuni Goswami 12 37 0.32 1958−1964
8. Neville D'Souza 11 15 0.73 1953−1956
Mohammed Habib 11 30 0.37 1969−1974
Tulsidas Balaram 11 32 0.34 1956−1962
Jo Paul Ancheri 11 41 0.27 1994−2004

Manager records

  • (since 2002)
Manager Period Record
MatchesWonDrawLostWin %
England Stephen Constantine2002–051845922.22%
India Sukhwinder Singh2005511320.00%
India Syed Nayeemuddin2005–06741257.14%
England Bob Houghton2006–11441462431.81%
India Armando Colaco2011 (Interim)50230.00%
India Savio Medeira2011–121352638.46%
Netherlands Wim Koevermans2012–142075835.00%
England Stephen Constantine2015–19422361354.76%
Croatia Igor Štimac2019–3815111239.47%

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

India has never played in finals of a FIFA World Cup.[1] The closest they came to qualify was back in 2002 when they were a point away from progressing in to the final round.

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Did not enter
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950 Withdrew Qualified
Switzerland 1954 Denied by FIFA None
Sweden 1958
to
Spain 1982		 Did not enter Did not enter
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify 6 2 3 1 7 6
Italy 1990 Withdrew from qualification
United States 1994 8 1 1 6 8 22
France 1998 3 1 1 1 3 7
South Korea Japan 2002 6 3 2 1 11 5
Germany 2006 6 1 1 4 2 18
South Africa 2010 2 0 1 1 3 6
Brazil 2014 2 0 1 1 2 5
Russia 2018 10 2 1 7 7 18
Qatar 2022 8 1 4 3 6 7
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined AFC World Cup Qualifiers
Total - - - - - - - - 51 11 15 25 49 94

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956Did not enterDid not enter
South Korea 1960Did not qualify620479
Israel 1964Runners-up2nd320153SquadBye
Iran 1968Did not qualify301226
Thailand 1972
to
Kuwait 1980		Did not enterDid not enter
Singapore 1984Group stage10th401307Squad430182
Qatar 1988
to
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007		Did not qualify 2124151757
Qatar 2011Group stage16th3003313Squad2008 AFC Challenge Cup winners
Australia 2015Did not qualifyFailed to win 2012 & Did not qualify for 2014 AFC Challenge Cup
United Arab Emirates 2019Group stage17th310244Squad188282524
Qatar 2023Qualified11443148
TotalsRunners-up4/171331912276319113373106

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record Summer Olympics qualification record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
United Kingdom 1908–Germany 1936 Did not enter Did not enter
United Kingdom 1948 Round 1 11th 1 0 0 1 1 2 Squad Qualified automatically
Finland 1952 Preliminaries 25th 1 0 0 1 1 10 Squad
Australia 1956 Semi-finals 4th 3 1 0 2 5 9 Squad Bye
Italy 1960 Round 1 13th 3 0 1 2 3 6 Squad 4 4 0 0 13 4
Japan 1964–South Korea 1988 Did not qualify 23 9 1 13 32 38
TotalSemi-finals4 / 17811610272391134542

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
India 1951 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 7 0 Squad
Philippines 1954 Round 1 8th 2 1 0 1 3 6 Squad
Japan 1958 Semi-finals 4th 5 2 0 3 12 13 Squad
Indonesia 1962 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 11 6 Squad
Thailand 1966 Round 1 8th 3 1 0 2 4 7 Squad
Thailand 1970 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 8 5 Squad
Iran 1974 Round 1 13th 3 0 0 3 2 14 Squad
Thailand 1978 Round 2 8th 5 1 0 4 5 13 Squad
India 1982 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 5 3 Squad
South Korea 1986 Round 1 16th 3 0 0 3 1 8 Squad
China 1990 Did not enter
Japan 1994 Did not enter
Thailand 1998 Round 2 16th 5 1 0 4 3 8 Squad
Total2 Titles11 / 1344182246183

AFC Challenge Cup

AFC Challenge Cup record AFC Challenge Cup Qualification record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Bangladesh 2006Quarter-final[lower-alpha 1]8412134SquadQualified automatically
India 2008Champions1st541093SquadQualified as hosts
Sri Lanka 2010Group Stage[lower-alpha 2]8300316SquadQualified automatically
Nepal 2012Group stage8th300308Squad321072
Maldives 2014did not qualify320162
Totals[lower-alpha 3]1 Title2/584139116411134

SAFF Championship

SAFF Championship record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Pakistan 1993Champions1st321041
Sri Lanka 1995Runners-up2nd302123
Nepal 1997Champions1st4310123
India 1999Champions1st431061
Bangladesh 2003Third place3rd521285
Pakistan 2005Champions1st541092
Maldives Sri Lanka 2008Runners-up2nd540193
India 2011Champions1st5410162
Nepal 2013Runners-up2nd521245
India 2015Champions1st4400114
Bangladesh 2018Runners-up2nd430183
Maldives 2021Champions1st532082
India 2023Champions1st523082
Total8 Titles13/13573614710536

South Asian Games

South Asian Games record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Nepal 1984 did not enter
Bangladesh 1985 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 6 1
India 1987 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 6 0
Pakistan 1989 Third place 3rd 3 2 1 0 5 3
Sri Lanka 1991 Group stage 6th 2 0 1 1 1 2
Bangladesh 1993 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 2 0 6 4
India 1995 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 5 0
Nepal 1999 Third place 3rd 5 4 0 1 15 4
Totals3 Titles7/82214624414

Other tournaments

Overall competitive record

As of 15 December 2023 (Excluding friendlies & minor tournaments)
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
FIFA World Cup qualifier 53 12 15 26 50 97 −47 022.64
AFC Asian Cup 14 3 1 10 12 29 −17 021.43
AFC Asian Cup qualifier[lower-alpha 4] 65 20 11 34 74 109 −35 030.77
Summer Olympics 8 1 1 6 10 27 −17 012.50
Summer Olympics qualifier 23 9 1 13 45 42 +3 039.13
Asian Games 44 18 2 24 61 83 −22 040.91
SAFF Championship 57 36 14 7 105 36 +69 063.16
AFC Challenge Cup[lower-alpha 5] 8 4 1 3 9 11 −2 050.00
AFC Challenge Cup qualifier 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 066.67
South Asian Games 22 14 6 2 44 14 +30 063.64
Total[lower-alpha 6] 300 121 63 116 423 452 −29 040.33

Head-to-head record

The results only include matches considered as FIFA A matches (including Olympic and Qualifier matches). Other matches played against Club teams, Underage sides or B sides are not included here. Updated as of 13 January 2024 (vs  Australia).[19][20][21][lower-alpha 7]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponents Pld W D L GF GA Win % First meeting Last meeting Confederations
 Afghanistan12741251058.33 1951 2022 AFC
 Argentina1001010 1984 CONMEBOL
 Australia9315272733.33 1938 2024 AFC
 Azerbaijan1001030 2012 UEFA
 Bahrain70164160 1982 2022 AFC
 Bangladesh2813123402046.42 1978 2021 AFC
 Belarus1001030 2022 UEFA
 Bhutan3300101100 2005 2011 AFC
 Brunei220060100 2001 2001 AFC
 Bulgaria1001030 1956 UEFA
 Cambodia650119583.33 1964 2022 AFC
 Cameroon4031560 1993 2012 CAF
 China140596250 1956 2018 AFC
 Curaçao1001130 2019 CONCACAF
 Fiji2002130 2005 2005 OFC
 Finland2011020 1993 1993 UEFA
 France2011230 1948 1960 UEFA
 Ghana1001010 1982 CAF
 Guam32016266.66 2013 2015 AFC
 Guyana1001120 2011 CONCACAF
 Hong Kong16844362050.00 1958 2022 AFC
 Hungary2002240 1960 1991 UEFA
 Iceland1001030 2001 UEFA
 Indonesia221039343745.45 1951 2004 AFC
 Iran1121872525.00 1951 2016 AFC
 Iraq70344130 1974 2023 AFC
 Israel4004280 1959 1964 UEFA
 Jamaica2011030 2002 2002 CONCACAF
 Japan[lower-alpha 8]164111153925.00 1954 2006 AFC
 Jordan2002140 2018 2022 AFC
 Kenya220050100 2018 2018 CAF
 Kuwait622281950 1978 2023 AFC
 Kyrgyzstan54019380.00 2007 2023 AFC
 Laos220071100 2016 2016 AFC
 Lebanon914481211.11 1993 2023 AFC
 Macau220061100 2017 2017 AFC
 Malaysia258611395332.00 1959 2011 AFC
 Maldives171223361470.58 1987 2021 AFC
 Mauritius110021100 2017 CAF
 Mongolia110020100 2023 AFC
 Morocco1001010 1985 CAF
 Myanmar221039364445.45 1952 2023 AFC
 Namibia110020100 2010 CAF
   Nepal24185142975 1985 2021 AFC
 New Zealand2011120 1981 2018 OFC
 North Korea80176230 1974 2019 AFC
 Oman100376230 1994 2021 AFC
 Pakistan271683421959.25 1952 2023 AFC
 Palestine2002470 2013 2014 AFC
 Peru2002140 1960 1986 CONMEBOL
 Philippines42118450.00 1971 2013 AFC
 Poland1001120 1984 UEFA
 Puerto Rico110041100 2016 CONCACAF
 Qatar40130100 1996 2021 AFC
 Republic of China852117483.33 1966 2018 AFC
 Russia[note 1]20021160 1955 1971 UEFA
 Saint Kitts and Nevis1010110 2017 CONCACAF
 Saudi Arabia50052180 1982 2006 AFC
 Singapore15528141933.33 1959 2022 AFC
 South Korea[lower-alpha 9]226214195227.27 1958 2011 AFC
 Sri Lanka221552501763.15 1952 2021 AFC
 Suriname20023100 1984 1984 CONCACAF
 Syria62227733.33 2007 2019 AFC
 Tajikistan511371120.00 2008 2019 AFC
 Thailand21769283433.33 1962 2019 AFC
 Trinidad and Tobago410331025.00 1984 2011 CONCACAF
 Tunisia1010220 1960 CAF
 Turkmenistan51137920.00 1998 2016 AFC
 United Arab Emirates13211073215.38 1988 2021 AFC
 Uruguay1001130 1982 CONMEBOL
 Uzbekistan50143110 1998 2001 AFC
 Vanuatu110010100 2023 OFC
 Vietnam[note 2]16934241860.00 1959 2022 AFC
 Yemen[note 3]9126121911.11 1984 2010 AFC
 Yugoslavia20022140 1952 1956 UEFA
 Zambia1001050 2011 CAF
Total (76) 52919610922474084237.051938 (debut)2024 (last played) FIFA

Sources:

Notes:

  1. ↑ India actually played with U-20 team so the matches involving them are not considered as full-A internationals.
  2. ↑ India actually played with U-23 team so the matches involving them are not considered as full-A internationals.
  3. ↑ Only full-A internationals are considered.
  4. ↑ From 2014 onwards the first and second round of FIFA World Cup qualifiers are also considered part of Asian Cup qualifiers.
  5. ↑ India actually played with U-20 team in 2006 and U-23 team in 2010, so the matches involving them are not considered as full-A internationals & are not included here.
  6. ↑ Only full-A internationals are considered.
  7. ↑ Although there is some conjecture regarding the status of several games (especially pre-1992 matches) , the table includes all fixtures recognised by FIFA as "A" internationals and as such is used to recognise caps, goal scorers, captaincy records, etc. Several other sources may differ from the table given below.
  8. ↑ Some matches against Japan is considered as full A international for India by some RSSSF sources but not for Japan.
  9. ↑ Some matches against South Korea is considered as an international A match for India by some sources of RSSSF but not for Korea.

Other records

Honours

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
AFC Asian Cup0101
Asian Games2013
AFC Challenge Cup1001
SAFF Championship84113
South Asian Games3126
Other tournaments125825
Total26111249

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes matches against  Soviet Union
  2. ↑ Includes matches against  South Vietnam
  3. ↑ Includes matches against  North Yemen

References

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