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India national football team results (1938–1959)

Main article: India national football team results

Results of India national football team from 1938 to 1959.[1]

Summary
Matches 1–47
Games Won Draw Lost GF GA Win %
47 24 6 17 103 97 51.06%
Biggest win
Australia  1–7  India

12 December 1956

Biggest defeat
 Soviet Union 11–1 India 

16 September 1955

Honours
Gold 1951 Asian Games, India
1960–69 →
Key
Indicates India national football team won the match
Indicates the match ended in draw
Indicates India national football team lost the match

1938

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Friendly
Australia  5–3  India
Quill    
Jack Hughes    
Jim Wilkinson  		 Report
Report		 Rahim  
Bhattacharya  
Lumsden  
Attendance: 16,144
Friendly
Australia  4–4  India
Jack Hughes    
Kitching  
Cecil Brittain  		 Report
Report		 Rahim   47'
Bhattacharya   49'
Noor Mohammed  
Lumsden  
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: J. Edwards (Australia)
Friendly
Australia  1–4  India
Jack Hughes   Report
Report		 Rahim  
Lumsden     46' (pen.)
Bhattacharya  
Attendance: 9,000
Friendly
Australia  5–4  India
Jack Hughes    
Jim Wilkinson    
Ray Bryant  		 Report
Report		 K Prosad  
Lumsden       pen.'
Attendance: 12,000
Friendly
Australia  3–1  India
Jack Hughes  
Coolahan  
McIver  		 Report
Report		 Lumsden  
Referee: F.R. Thorpe (Australia)

1948

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1948 Olympics
France  2–1  India
Courbin   30'
Persillon   89'		 Report
Report		 Raman   70'
Cricklefield Stadium[9], London, UK
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)

1951

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1951 Asian Games
India  3–0  Afghanistan
Venkatesh   10'
Mewalal   16'
Nandy   55'		 Report
Report
Attendance: 15,000
1951 Asian Games
India  1–0  Iran
Mewalal   34' Report
Report
Attendance: 25,000

1952

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1952 Colombo Cup
Ceylon  0–3  India
Report
Report		 Venkatesh   13'  20'
Mewalal   15'
1952 Colombo Cup
India  4–0  Burma
Mewalal   20'  25'  35'
Venkatesh   53'		 Report
Report
1952 Olympics
Yugoslavia  10–1  India
Vukas   2', 62'
Mitić   14', 43'
Zebec   17', 23', 60', 87'
Ognjanov   52', 67'		 FIFA
Report		 Khan   89'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John Best (United States)

1953

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1953 Colombo Cup
India  1–0  Pakistan
D'Souza   59' Report
Referee: U. Kim Teikh (Myanmar)
1953 Colombo Cup
India  2–0  Ceylon
Venkatesh  
Khan   35'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Maung May Lay (Myanmar)
1953 Colombo Cup
Burma  2–4  India
Samuel  
Ba Kyu   60'		 Report Thangaraj   4' 
Venkatesh  
Khan  
Referee: Mahomed Shah (Pakistan)

1954

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1954 Asian Games
India  3–2  Japan
Moinuddin   6', 28'
Joe D'Sa   42'		 Report Takabayashi   47'
Kawamoto   78'
1954 Asian Games
Indonesia  4–0  India
D. Dhalhar   28' (pen.), 80'
Ramang   51', 69'		 Report
1954 Colombo Cup
India  1–1  Ceylon
Noor Mohammed   Report Andrew Fernando  
1954 Colombo Cup
India  2–1  Burma
Thapa  
Patrick  		 Report Gordon Samuel  
1954 Colombo Cup
India  3–1  Pakistan
Thapa     Report
AIFF		 Fakhri  

1955

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Friendly
Soviet Union  11–1  India
Shabrov   18', 47'
Streltsov   19', 46', 73'
Kuznetsov   32', 85'
Salnikov   60', 63', 74'
Netto   80'		 Report
Report		 Swaraj Ghosh   66'
Attendance: 25,000
1955 Colombo Cup
India  4–3  Ceylon
Banerjee   
Mewalal  
Sattar  		 Report
Report		 Peter Ranasinghe   
Andrew Fernando  
1955 Colombo Cup
India  5–2  Burma
Banerjee   
D'Souza   
Kempaiah  		 Report Suk Bahadur  
Aung Shein  
1955 Colombo Cup
Pakistan  1–2  India
Fakhri   Report
Report		 Banerjee  
D'Souza  

1956

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Friendly
  India0–1China  
Report
Report		 Cong   8'
Attendance: 25,000
1956 Olympics
Australia  2–4  India
Morrow   17', 41' Report
AIFF		 D'Souza   9', 33', 50'
K. Kittu   80'
Attendance: 7,413
Referee: C.H. Wensveen (Indonesia)
1956 Olympics
Yugoslavia  4–1  India
Papec   54', 65'
Veselinović   57'
M. Salam   78' (o.g.)		 Report D'Souza   52'
Attendance: 16,626
1956 Olympics
Bulgaria  3–0  India
Diev   37', 60'
Milanov   42'		 FIFA
Report
Attendance: 21,236
Friendly
Australia  1–7  India
Vogler   Report
Report		 P.K. Banerjee   
D'Souza   
K. Kittu   
S. Banerjee  
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Herbert Imlay (Australia)

1958

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1958 Asian Games
India  3–2  Burma
Goswami  
Balaram  
Damodaran  		 Report
1958 Asian Games
Indonesia  2–1  India
Tjiang   11'   53' Report Rahmatullah   35'
1958 Asian Games
India  5–2 (a.e.t.)  Hong Kong
Rahmatullah   
Goswami  
Tulsidas Balaram  
Damodaran  		 Report
1958 Asian Games
South Korea  3–1  India
Choi Chung-min   13'
Lee Soo-nam   75'
Moon Jung-sik   83'		 KFA
Report		 Damodaran   67'
1958 Asian Games
Indonesia  4–1  India
Saari   10'
Omo Suratmo   59'
Wowo Sunaryo   60'
Phwa Sian Liong   88'		 Report Balaram   46' (pen.)
Attendance: 46,000

1959

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1960 Olympics Qualifier
Afghanistan  2−5  India
Ayubi  
Mosa  		 Report P.K.Banerjee  
Chuni Goswami  
Mariappa Kempiah  
Rahmatullah  
Moloy Lahiri  
1959 Merdeka
Singapore  0–2  India
Report Rahmatullah   52'
Balaram   61'
Attendance: 20,000
1959 Merdeka
India  2–0  Hong Kong
Zulfiquer   8'
Kannan   79'		 Report
Attendance: 11,000
1959 Merdeka
Malaya  1–1  India
Robert Choe   60' (pen.) Report Kannan   63'
Attendance: 18,000
1959 Merdeka
South Vietnam  2–2  India
Do Thoi Vinh   20', 53' Report Zulfiquer   8'
Kannan   56'
Friendly
South Korea  1–1  India
Cho Yoon-ok   30' KFA
Report		 P. K. Banerjee   6'
Referee: O. Hussain
1960 AFC ACQ
India  1–0  Pakistan
D. D'Souza   Report
Report
Attendance: 30,000
1960 AFC ACQ
India  1–3  Israel
Kittu   70' Report
Report		 Levi   35', 43', 53'
Attendance: 30,000
1960 AFC ACQ
India  3–1  Iran
Goswami   64'
Yousuf Khan   66' (pen.)
Balaram   80'		 Report
Report		 Dehdari   62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rahman (Pakistan)
1960 AFC ACQ
India  0–1  Pakistan
Report
Report		 Abdullah   13'
Attendance: 30,000
1960 AFC ACQ
India  1–2  Israel
Rahmatullah   19' Report
Report		 Stelmach   11'
Levi   75'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Natarajan (Malaysia)
1960 AFC ACQ
India  1–2  Iran
Yousuf Khan   64' Report
Report		 Dehdari   
Attendance: 25,000

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ This match against France Olympic team is considered as full A international for India by RSSSF.[7]
  2. ^ This match against Soviet Union in 1955 is considered as full A international by various sources.[15][16][17]
  3. ^ Some sources report that the match ended in a score of 2–1.[21]
  4. ^ 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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  1. ^ "Indian National Football Team Matches Database: 1948–1999". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Report". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  3. ^ "Matches 1938". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Report". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  5. ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  6. ^ "Report". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  7. ^ "India International Matches".
  8. ^ "Olympic Games 1948 » Round of 16 » France - India 2:1". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  9. ^ "GeoHack - Cricklefield Stadium".
  10. ^ "Asian Games 1951". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  11. ^ "India Win Soccer v. Indonesia". The Straits Times. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  12. ^ "IRAN v. INDIA IN SOCCER FINAL". The Straits Times. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  13. ^ "India 1–0 Iran".
  14. ^ "INDIA BEAT IRAN 1-0". The Straits Times. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  15. ^ "India International Matches".
  16. ^ "Soviet Union - International Results 1952-1959 - Details".
  17. ^ "СБОРНАЯ СССР' 1955".
  18. ^ "1955 USSR and India reciprocal tours". Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Soviet Union 11–1 India". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Quadrilangular Cup". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  21. ^ "India » Fixtures & Results 1955".
  22. ^ "China international game". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  23. ^ "60 years ago today, India's Melbourne magic created history".
  24. ^ "Indian team at the 1958 Asian Games Indianfootball.de". Archived from the original on 23 August 2018.
  25. ^ "India » Historical results".
  26. ^ "India International Matches".
  27. ^ "India vs Israel international football match report". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  28. ^ "ישראל-הודו 1:3 (1:3 India–Israel)". LaMerhav (National Library of Israel archives} (in Hebrew). 9 December 1959. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  29. ^ "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.
  30. ^ "India 3-1 Iran".
  31. ^ "India 1-2 Iran".
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