Indian national football team all-time records

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 1962Asian Games, 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. The team has also appeared three times in the Asia's top football competition, the AFC Asian Cup. Their best result in the competition occurred in 1964 when the team finished as runners-up. India also participate in the SAFF Championship, the top regional football competition in South Asia. They have won the tournament six times since it began in 1993.

Despite India not achieving the same results as their golden era, the team has seen a steady resurgence since the beginning of the 21st century. Besides the SAFF Championship triumphs, under the guidance of Bob Houghton, India won the restarted Nehru Cup in 2007 and 2009 while also managing to emerge victorious during the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup. The Challenge Cup victory allowed India to once again qualify for the Asian Cup for the first time in 27 years.

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]

All time records versus other teams

Updated as of 10 June 2018.

Nations P W D L GF GA GD Winning % Confederation
 Afghanistan 8 5 1 2 16 5 +11 062.50 AFC
 Algeria 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00 CAF
 Argentina 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00 CONMEBOL
 Australia 7 2 1 4 23 23 +0 028.57 AFC
 Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00 UEFA
 Bahrain 5 0 1 4 3 13 −10 000.00 AFC
 Bangladesh 24 11 10 3 34 18 +16 045.83 AFC
 Bhutan 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 100.00 AFC
 Brunei 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 100.00 AFC
 Cambodia 5 4 0 1 17 5 +12 080.00 AFC
 Cameroon 2 0 2 0 3 3 +0 000.00 CAF
 China PR 11 0 5 6 6 17 −11 000.00 AFC
 Chinese Taipei 9 5 2 2 18 12 +6 055.56 AFC
 Fiji 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 000.00 OFC
 Finland 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 000.00 UEFA
 France 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00 UEFA
 Ghana 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00 CAF
 Guam 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 066.67 AFC
 Guyana 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00 CONCACAF
 Hong Kong 15 7 4 4 32 20 +12 046.67 AFC
 Hungary 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00 UEFA
 Indonesia 17 6 2 9 23 35 −12 035.29 AFC
 Iran 8 2 1 5 6 17 −11 025.00 AFC
 Iraq 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 000.00 AFC
 Israel 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 000.00 UEFA
 Jamaica 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 000.00 CONCACAF
 Japan 13 3 0 10 11 37 −26 023.08 AFC
 Kenya 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 100.00 CAF
 North Korea 7 0 2 5 4 17 −13 000.00 AFC
 South Korea 23 4 3 16 13 55 −42 017.39 AFC
 Kuwait 3 1 0 2 5 17 −12 033.33 AFC
 Kyrgyzstan 5 3 0 2 8 5 +3 060.00 AFC
 Laos 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 100.00 AFC
 Lebanon 5 0 2 3 6 11 −5 000.00 AFC
 Macau 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 100.00 AFC
 Malaysia 22 8 6 8 32 40 −8 036.36 AFC
 Maldives 15 11 2 2 32 12 +20 073.33 AFC
 Mauritius 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00 CAF
 Morocco 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00 CAF
 Myanmar 21 9 4 8 30 40 −10 042.86 AFC
 Namibia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00 CAF
   Nepal 18 13 4 1 33 7 +26 072.22 AFC
 New Zealand 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00 OFC
 Oman 6 0 1 5 4 19 −15 000.00 AFC
 Pakistan 23 14 6 3 34 17 +17 060.87 AFC
 Palestine 2 0 0 2 4 7 −3 000.00 AFC
 Peru 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00 CONMEBOL
 Philippines 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 050.00 AFC
 Poland 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00 UEFA
 Puerto Rico 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00 CONCACAF
 Qatar 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 000.00 AFC
 Russia 2 0 0 2 1 16 −15 000.00 UEFA
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 000.00 AFC
 Serbia/ Yugoslavia 2 0 0 2 2 14 −12 000.00 UEFA
 Singapore 11 4 1 6 11 15 −4 036.36 AFC
 Sri Lanka 19 12 5 2 35 17 +18 063.16 AFC
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00 CONCACAF
 Suriname 2 0 0 2 3 10 −7 000.00 CONCACAF
 Syria 5 2 1 2 6 6 +0 040.00 AFC
 Tajikistan 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 025.00 AFC
 Thailand 21 4 6 11 21 36 −15 019.05 AFC
 Trinidad and Tobago 4 1 0 3 3 10 −7 025.00 CONCACAF
 Turkmenistan 5 1 1 3 7 9 −2 020.00 AFC
 United Arab Emirates 11 2 1 8 7 24 −17 018.18 AFC
 Uruguay 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00 CONMEBOL
 Uzbekistan 5 0 1 4 3 11 −8 000.00 AFC
 Vietnam/ South Vietnam 13 8 2 3 24 15 +9 061.54 AFC
 Yemen 9 1 2 6 12 20 −8 011.11 AFC
 Zambia 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 000.00 CAF
Total 441 162 87 192 602 734 −132 036.73

Recent results and schedule

For all past match results of the national team, see the team's results page.

2017

2018

Records

Most capped players

Top 10 highest capped players as of 10 June

Rank. Name Career Caps Goals
1 Baichung Bhutia 1995-2011 104 40
2 Sunil Chhetri 2005- 101 64
3 P.K. Banerjee 1952–1967 84[3] 65
4 Inivalappil Mani Vijayan 1989-2004 79 43
5 Gouramangi Singh 2006-2013 71 6
6 Climax Lawrence 2003-2011 69 2
7 Mahesh Gawli 1999-2011 66 1
8 Subrata Pal 2007- 66 0
9 Renedy Singh 1998-2011 59 4
10 Irungbam Surkumar Singh 2001-2011 52 2

Top goalscorers

Rank. Player Career Goals Caps Avg/Game
1 P.K. Banerjee 1952-1967 65 84 0.772
2 Sunil Chhetri (list) 2005- 64 101 0.63
3 Inivalappil Mani Vijayan 1989-2004 43 79 0.54
4 Baichung Bhutia 1995-2011 40 104 0.38
5 Subimal Goswami 1956-1964 32 50 0.64
6 Jeje Lalpekhlua 2009– 22 51 0.43

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Choudhury, Chandrahas (11 June 2014). "Blame India's World Cup Drought on the Shoes". Bloomberg. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "The Indian National Team's World Cup qualifying:". Indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/football/players/pk-banerjee.html
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