India national football team results (1938–1959)
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Results of India national football team from 1938 to 1959.[1]
| Summary Matches 1–47 | ||||||
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| Games | Won | Draw | Lost | GF | GA | Win % |
| 47 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 103 | 97 | 51.06% |
| Biggest win | ||||||
Australia .svg.png){kind=small} 1–7 India | ||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||
 Soviet Union 11–1 India
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| Honours | ||||||
 1951 Asian Games, India
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| 1960–69 → | ||||||
| Indicates India national football team won the match | |
| Indicates the match ended in draw | |
| Indicates India national football team lost the match |
1938
| Australia | 5–3 |  India |
|---|---|---|
Quill  Jack Hughes Jim Wilkinson |
Report Report |
Rahim Bhattacharya Lumsden |
Sydney Showground, Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 16,144
| Australia | 4–4 | India |
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| Jack Hughes Kitching Cecil Brittain |
Report Report |
Rahim 47' Bhattacharya 49'Noor Mohammed Lumsden |
| Australia | 1–4 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Hughes |
Report Report |
Rahim Lumsden 46' (pen.)Bhattacharya |
Newcastle Sports Ground, Newcastle, Australia
Attendance: 9,000
| Australia | 5–4 | India |
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| Jack Hughes Jim Wilkinson Ray Bryant |
Report Report |
K Prosad Lumsden pen.' |
Sydney Showground, Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 12,000
| Australia | 3–1 | India |
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| Jack Hughes Coolahan McIver |
Report Report |
Lumsden |
Melbourne Showground, Melbourne, Australia
Referee: F.R. Thorpe (Australia)
1948
1951
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1952
Yugoslavia .svg.png){kind=small} | 10–1 | India |
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| Vukas 2', 62' Mitić 14', 43' Zebec 17', 23', 60', 87' Ognjanov 52', 67' |
FIFA Report |
Khan 89' |
1953
Burma .svg.png){kind=small} | 2–4 | India |
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| Samuel Ba Kyu 60' |
Report | Thangaraj 4' Venkatesh Khan |
Referee: Mahomed Shah (Pakistan)
1954
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| India | 1–1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Ceylon |
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| Noor Mohammed |
Report | Andrew Fernando |
1955
| Soviet Union | 11–1 | India |
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| Shabrov 18', 47' Streltsov 19', 46', 73'Kuznetsov 32', 85'Salnikov 60', 63', 74'Netto 80' |
Report Report |
Swaraj Ghosh 66' |
1956
| Yugoslavia | 4–1 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Papec 54', 65' Veselinović 57' M. Salam 78' (o.g.) |
Report | D'Souza 52' |
Attendance: 16,626
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
Bulgaria  | 3–0 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Diev 37', 60' Milanov 42' |
FIFA Report |
Attendance: 21,236
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
1958
| India | 5–2 (a.e.t.) | .svg.png){kind=small} Hong Kong |
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| Rahmatullah Goswami Tulsidas Balaram Damodaran |
Report |
South Korea .svg.png){kind=small} | 3–1 | India |
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| Choi Chung-min 13' Lee Soo-nam 75'Moon Jung-sik 83' |
KFA Report |
Damodaran 67' |
Indonesia  | 4–1 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Saari 10' Omo Suratmo 59'Wowo Sunaryo 60'Phwa Sian Liong 88' |
Report | Balaram 46' (pen.) |
Attendance: 46,000
1959
Afghanistan .svg.png){kind=small} | 2−5 | India |
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| Ayubi Mosa |
Report | PK Banerjee Chuni Goswami Mariappa Kempiah Rahmatullah Moloy Lahiri |
Singapore  | 0–2 | India |
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| Report | Rahmatullah 52' Balaram 61' |
Attendance: 20,000
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South Vietnam  | 2–2 | India |
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| Do Thoi Vinh 20', 53' |
Report | Zulfiquer 8' Kannan 56' |
| South Korea | 1–1 | India |
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| Cho Yoon-ok 30' |
KFA Report |
P. K. Banerjee 6' |
Referee: O. Hussain
| India | 1–0 |  Pakistan |
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| D. D'Souza |
Report Report |
Attendance: 30,000
See also
- India national football team results (1960–1969)
- History of the India national football team
- India national football team records and statistics
Notes
- ^ This match against France Olympic team is considered as full A international for India by RSSSF.[7]
- ^ This match against Soviet Union in 1955 is considered as full A international by various sources.[15][16][17]
- ^ Some sources report that the match ended in a score of 2–1.[21]
- ^ Some sources doesn't count the games played at the Olympics finals and qualifiers as official.[25] In 1999 FIFA deleted Olympics and Olympics Qualifying matches from its records. However most FAs ignore FIFA ruling and continue to recognize their Olympics and Olympics qualifying matches as official. According to RSSSF all those matches are considered official for India.[26]
References
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- ^ "Report". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ^ "Matches 1938". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Report". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Report". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ^ "India International Matches".
- ^ "Olympic Games 1948 » Round of 16 » France - India 2:1". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "GeoHack - Cricklefield Stadium".
- ^ "Asian Games 1951". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "India Win Soccer v. Indonesia". The Straits Times. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "IRAN v. INDIA IN SOCCER FINAL". The Straits Times. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "India 1–0 Iran".
- ^ "INDIA BEAT IRAN 1-0". The Straits Times. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "India International Matches".
- ^ "Soviet Union - International Results 1952-1959 - Details".
- ^ "СБОРНАЯ СССР' 1955". Archived from the original on 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "1955 USSR and India reciprocal tours". Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Soviet Union 11–1 India". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Quadrilangular Cup". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "India » Fixtures & Results 1955".
- ^ "China international game". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "60 years ago today, India's Melbourne magic created history".
- ^ "Indian team at the 1958 Asian Games Indianfootball.de". Archived from the original on 23 August 2018.
- ^ "India » Historical results".
- ^ "India International Matches".
- ^ "India vs Israel international football match report". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "ישראל-הודו 1:3 (1:3 India–Israel)". LaMerhav (National Library of Israel archives} (in Hebrew). 9 December 1959. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "ישראל ניצחה את הודו 1:3 משתק מצויין של הנבחרת-.ר,לוי הבקיע כל השערים (1Israel beat India 1:3, an excellent match for the team - R. Levy scored all the goals)". Davar (National Library of Israel archives} (in Hebrew). 9 December 1959. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "India 3-1 Iran".
- ^ "India 1-2 Iran".