India at the FIFA World Cup qualification

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.[1][2][3][4][5]

Summary

Tournaments
Group 3B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 641184+49
 India 623176+17
 Thailand 612344+04
 Bangladesh 6204510−54

Source:RSSSF

21 March 1985 Indonesia  2–1  India Senayan Stadium, Jakarta
Nurdiansyah 41', 49' Report K. Dey 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 42' Report Ghosh 34'
Panji 84'		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Liu Jingli (China)
6 April 1985 India  1–1  Indonesia Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta
Thapa 89' Report Dede Sulaiman 20' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Farouk Mustafa (Iraq)
9 April 1985 India  1–1  Thailand Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta
K. Dey 85' Report Boongeang 76' Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Shokor Abdulkader Abdul Latif (Iraq)
12 April 1985 India  2–1  Bangladesh Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta
Panji 36'
Gonsalves 54'		 Report Bhadra 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: RSSSF
7 May 1993 Lebanon  2–2  India Beirut, Lebanon
Babkin Melikian 37'
Jamal Taha 53'		 V. P. Sathyan 68', 82' Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)
11 May 1993 India  1–2  Hong Kong Beirut, Lebanon
Bhupinder Thakur 54' Loh Wai Chi 15'
Lee Kin Wo 59'		 Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Qazi Asif (Pakistan)
13 May 1993 India  0–3  South Korea Beirut, Lebanon
Hong Myung-Bo 19' (pen.)
Choi Moon-Sik 70'
Ha Seok-Ju 89'		 Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Al-Hindyani (Kuwait)
15 May 1993 Bahrain  2–1  India Beirut, Lebanon
Khamis Thani 4'
Saad 31'		 V. P. Sathyan 90' (pen.) Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Qazi Asif (Pakistan)
7 June 1993 India  0–3  Bahrain Seoul, South Korea
Khamis Mubarak 20', 53'
Khamis Thani 54'		 Referee: Shariff (Singapore)
9 June 1993 South Korea  7–0  India Seoul, South Korea
Lee Ki-Bum 5', 25', 49'
Kim Tae-Young 37', 70'
Park Jung-bae 39'
Ha Seok-Ju 68'		 Referee: Al-Yenbua'awy (Saudi Arabia)
11 June 1993 India  1–2  Lebanon Seoul, South Korea
Bhupinder Thakur 34' Hassan Ayoub 41'
Rafi Joulfagi 79'		 Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
13 June 1993 Hong Kong  1–3  India Seoul, South Korea
Wong Chi Keung 66' I. M. Vijayan 6', 77'
Bhupinder Thakur 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 81'
Coutinho 85'		 (report) Attendance: 700
Referee: Omar Ali Al Shughair (Saudi Arabia)
24 September 1996 Sri Lanka  1–1  India Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Silva 14' (report) Chapman 39' Attendance: 400
Referee: Ammar Ammar (Lebanon)
27 September 1996 Qatar  6–0  India Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Al-Enazi 27', 40'
Al Kuwari 42'
Maayof 47'
Soufi 52'
Fazli 61'		 (report) Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Omar Ali Al Shughair (Saudi Arabia)

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: RSSSF
8 April 2001 India  1–0  United Arab Emirates Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore
16:00 UTC+05:30 Alberto 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 53' Report Al Ghurbani 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 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 13' (pen.), 20', 62' Report Ancheri 16', 38'
Vijayan 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 75' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hassan Al Ajmi (Oman)
20 May 2001 India  5–0  Brunei Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore
16:00 UTC+05:30 Alberto 12'
Vijayan 23'
Bhutia 35' (pen.)
Ancheri 59'
Hakim 80'		 Report Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Nail Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

Second round
Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 6 6 0 0 16 1 +15 18 — 1–0 7–0 1–0
2  Oman 6 3 1 2 14 3 +11 10 0–1 — 0–0 7–0
3  India 6 1 1 4 2 18 −16 4 0–4 1–5 — 1–0
4  Singapore 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3 1–2 0–2 2–0 —
Source: [6]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
18 February 2004 India  1–0  Singapore Fatorda Stadium, Margao
16:00 Renedy 50' Report Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Farajollah Yasrebi (Iran)
31 March 2004 India  1–5  Oman Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
17:45 Renedy 18' Report Amad Ali 12'
Ahmed Mubarak 26', 49'
Al-Hinai 60', 88'		 Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Danny Kim Heng (Malaysia)
9 June 2004 Japan  7–0  India Saitama Stadium, Saitama
19:20 Kubo 12'
Fukunishi 25'
Nakamura 29'
Suzuki 54'
Nakazawa 65', 76'
Ogasawara 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 45'
Ono 60'
Fukunishi 71'
Miyamoto 87'		 Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Basel Hajjar (Syria)
13 October 2004 Singapore  2–0  India Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 Sahdan 73'
Amri 76'		 Report Attendance: 3,609
Referee: Yousuf Husain (Bahrain)
17 November 2004 Oman  0–0  India Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
18:00 Report Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mahmoud Nurilddin (Iraq)

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

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

Second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
United Arab Emirates  5–2  India 3–0 2–2

United Arab Emirates won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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: Aziz Asimov (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.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 8 6 2 0 26 3 +23 20 World Cup qualifying 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[lower-alpha 1] 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.[7] 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: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Oman  3–0  India Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
18:30 UTC+4
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
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 3,111
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

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 rescheduled from their original dates.
Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 8 7 1 0 18 1 +17 22 Asian Cup[lower-alpha 1] — 2–1 0–0 6–0 5–0
2  Oman 8 6 0 2 16 6 +10 18 World Cup qualifying 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 the 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 Bonyadifar (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 88' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Uddin 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 45+1' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Doungel 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 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 431073+48
 Brunei 220060+66
   Nepal 211020+24
 United Arab Emirates 411236−34
 Philippines 110020+23
 Guam 21012203
 Singapore 210112−13
 Hong Kong 210143+12
 Yemen 20204402
 Afghanistan 20202202
 Thailand 20201102
 Lebanon 4022610−42
 Sri Lanka 10101101
 Indonesia 201123−11
 Qatar 301207−71
 Oman 6015313−101
 Kuwait 00000000
 Turkmenistan 200224−20
 Bahrain 200215−40
 Iran 200207−70
 South Korea 2002010−100
 Japan 2002011−110

  2026 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. 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.[7] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.

See also

References
  1. "Indian Football Team In World Cup Qualifiers". Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. "Indian football: How many matches have India won in World Cup Qualifiers?". Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. "World Cup 2018: The history of Indian football team in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers". Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. "4 instances when India could have played in FIFA World Cup". Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. "Why India could never play in a FIFA World Cup so far". Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Asian Zone". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
  7. "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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