India national football team results (unofficial matches 1948–1999)

This is a list of the India national football team's results from 1948 to 1999 that, for various reasons, are not accorded the status of official International A Matches.[1]

1940s

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17 July 1948 Friendly China   0–1   India Calcutta, India
China national football team results (1913–1949) [8]
13 July 1948 Department Store XI   0–15   India London, England
[9] [10]
24 July 1948 Pinner F.C.   1–9   India Pinner, England
[13] [14]
28 July 1948 Alexandra Park FC   2–8   India Wood Green, England
[17] [18]
12 August 1948 Sparta Rotterdam   2–1   India Rotterdam, Netherlands
[19] [20] Stadium: Het Kasteel
14 August 1948 AFC Ajax   1–5   India Amsterdam, Netherlands
[21] [22] Stadium: De Meer Stadion
16 August 1948 VUC Den Haag   1–0   India The Hague, Netherlands
[23] [24]
21 August 1948 Isthmian League   1–3   India Ilford, England
[25]
23 August 1948 India   4–1   Wales Amateur Wrexham, Wales
[26] Stadium: Racecourse Ground
26 August 1948 India   0–0   Wales Amateur Swansea, Wales
[27] Stadium: Vetch Field
31 August 1948 India   1–0   Boldmere FC Sutton Coldfield, England
[28] Stadium: Church Road Ground
31 August 1948 India   1–1   Athenian League Finchley, England
[29] Stadium: Old Finchleians Memorial Ground

1950s

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3 November 1953 (1953-11-03) Friendly Pakistan   1–0   India Yangon, Burma
Kutty   Report Stadium: Aung San Stadium
6 February 1955 Friendly India   0–4   Soviet Union New Delhi, India
Report Kuznetsov   20', 28', 56'
Voynov   25'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 35000
Referee: A.N. Jayaraman (India)
27 February 1955 Friendly India   0–3   Soviet Union Bombay, India
Report Simonyan   3', 60'
Tatushin   16'
Stadium: Brabourne Stadium
Attendance: 35000
Referee: N.K. Utchil (India)
6 March 1955 Friendly India   0–3   Soviet Union Calcutta, India
Report Voynov   18'
Tatushin   24', 39'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Attendance: 70000
Referee: Aloke Roy (India)
23 August 1955 Friendly Lokomotiv Moscow   3–0   India Moscow, USSR
Viktor Sokolov   23'
Kovalyov   30'
Razumovskiy   47'
Report Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium
Referee: Konstantin Demchenko (USSR)
28 August 1955 Friendly Georgian SSR   6–0   India Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Report
2 September 1955 Friendly Armenian SSR   2–2   India Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Selesten Gnuni   2', 48' Report[2] Swaraj Ghosh   77'
Anthony   79'
Referee: Nikolay Khlopotin (Moskva)
5 September 1955 Friendly Odessa XI   0–1   India Odessa, USSR
Report Ghulam Y.S. Laiq   44' Stadium: Stadion Pishchevik
Attendance: 30000
11 September 1955 Friendly Krylia Sovetov   4–1   India Moscow, USSR
Aleksandr Gulevskiy  
Novikov   3x'
Report Thapa   29' Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 20000
Referee: Elmar Saar (USSR)
19 September 1955 Friendly Leningrad XI   8–0   India Leningrad, USSR
Lazar Kravets     
Aleksandr Denisov   
Voynov  
Bondarenko  
Report
25 December 1955 Friendly Pakistan   1–0   India Dacca, East Pakistan
Tajul Islam Manna   Report Stadium: Dacca Stadium
9 February 1957 Friendly Singapore   2–3   India Singapore

1960s

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4 September 1964[b] 1964 Merdeka South Korea   XI 1–2   India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Park Im Sun   Report Banerjee  
Inder Singh  
Attendance: 20,000
15 August 1965[c] 1965 Merdeka Japan   XI 1–1   India Ipoh, Malaysia
Katsuyoshi Kuwahara   Report Ashim Moulick   Stadium: Perak Stadium
13 August 1966 1966 Merdeka Japan   0–3   India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Report Ashok Chaterjee   
I. Arumainayagam  
Stadium: Stadium Merdeka
21 August 1968 1968 Merdeka Tour India   1–0   Japan B Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
N Pappana   [34] [35] Stadium: Stadium Merdeka
23 August 1968 Friendly Indonesia   3–1   India Kallang, Singapore
Report Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
23 August 1968 Friendly South Vietnam   2–0   India Kallang, Singapore
Report Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

1970s

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6 June 1971 1971 Jakarta Anniversary Thailand   1–0   India Jakarta, Indonesia
Report Stadium: Senayan Stadium
10 June 1971 1971 Jakarta Anniversary India   unknown   South Korea B Jakarta, Indonesia
Report Stadium: Senayan Stadium
21 August 1971[d] 1971 Merdeka Cup Japan   XI 1–0   India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Noritaka Hidaka   Report
29 July 1973 1973 Merdeka Cup South Korea   0–0   India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
FIFA [39]
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup Singapore Reserves   2–5   India Medan, Indonesia
[40] [41] Stadium: Teladan Stadium
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup Taiwan   0–2   India Medan, Indonesia
[42] [43] Stadium: Teladan Stadium
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup Persib Bandung   0–1   India Medan, Indonesia
[44] [45] Stadium: Teladan Stadium
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup PSMS Medan   1–3   India Medan, Indonesia
[46] [47] Stadium: Teladan Stadium
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup India   0–1   Thailand XI Medan, Indonesia
[48] [49] Stadium: Teladan Stadium
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup India   0–3   South Korea XI Medan, Indonesia
[50] [51] Stadium: Teladan Stadium
19 July 1976 Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup India   2–1   Afghanistan B Kabul, Afghanistan
Shabbir Ali  
Harjinder Singh  
Report Stadium: Ghazi Stadium
21 July 1976[e] Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup Pakistan   XI 1–1   India Kabul, Afghanistan
Iftikhar Gaga   Report Harjinder Singh   Stadium: Ghazi Stadium
23 July 1976 Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup India   3–0   Iran XI Kabul, Afghanistan
Bala Subramaniam  
Harjinder Singh  
 
Report Stadium: Ghazi Stadium
17 September 1976 President Cup India   0–2   São Paulo Seoul, South Korea
Report
9 September 1977 President Cup Middlesex Wanderers   1–0   India Seoul, South Korea
  • Brooks   82'
Report Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul
11 September 1977 President Cup   India 4–2   Racing Beirut Seoul, South Korea
  • Devraj Doraiswamy   15'
  • Pushparaj Kumar   50'
  • Ulaganathan   53'
  • H. Singh   80'
Report 1
Report 2
  • Michael Raffoul   33'
  • Charles Antonio   81'
21 October 1979 Friendly United Arab Emirates   0–0   India United Arab Emirates
Report
October 1979 Friendly Bahrain   0–2   India Bahrain
Report Shabbir Ali   

1980s

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25 February 1982 1982 Nehru Cup India   0–1   Italy Olympic Calcutta, India
Report
27 February 1982 India   2–1   Yugoslavia B Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Monoranjan Bhattacharya  
Manas Bhattacharya  
Report
15 March 1983 1983 Nehru Cup India   1–2   China U19 Kochi, India
Akkum   Report
17 March 1983 1983 Nehru Cup India   0–1   Italy U18 Kochi, India
Report
20 March 1983 1983 Nehru Cup India   1–2   Hungary Olympic Team Kochi, India
Parminder Singh   Report
19 January 1984 1984 Nehru Cup Vasas Budapest   1−0   India Calcutta, India
Gabor Hires   43' [52] RSSSF Stadium: Eden Gardens
22 January 1984 1984 Nehru Cup Romania U-21   0−0   India Calcutta, India
[53] RSSSF Stadium: Eden Gardens
23 January 1985 1985 Nehru Cup India   0−1   South Korea Youth Cochin, India
FIFA [54] Kim Sam-Soo   78' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Bahman Bouhlooli Ghezelche (Iran)
27 January 1985 1985 Nehru Cup India   2−3   Algeria B Cochin, India
Aloke Mukherjee   65'
Bikash Panji   70'
FIFA [55] Mohamed Mehaid   65' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Bahman Bouhlooli Ghezelche (Iran)
23 December 1985 1985 S.A.Games India   3−0   Bhutan Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mani    
Ghosh  
Report [56]
17 January 1986 1986 Nehru Cup India   0−6   Soviet Union B Trivandrum, India
FIFA [57] Vadym Yevtushenko   18', 42'
Igor Belanov   25'
Andriy Bal   81', 85'
Vasyl Rats   87'
Stadium: Greenfield International Stadium
20 January 1986 1986 Nehru Cup India   0−1   South Korea Youth Trivandrum, India
FIFA [58] Choi Jae-Hyuk   76', 81' (pen.) Stadium: Greenfield International Stadium
22 July 1986 1986 Merdeka India   1−1   Indonesia XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Krishanu Dey   54' FIFA [60] Adityo Darmadi   28' Stadium: Stadium Merdeka
Attendance: 17,294
26 July 1986[f] 1986 Merdeka India   4−3   South Korea XI Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Krishanu Dey   3', 17'
V. P. Sathyan  
Mauricio Afonso  
Report Cha Kee-Chul   11', 60'
Kim Dae-Heun  
Stadium: Stadium Merdeka
Attendance: 2551
1 August 1986 1986 Merdeka Sigma Olomouc   1−0   India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ladislav Kucernak   115' FIFA [61] Stadium: Stadium Merdeka
Attendance: 21493
Referee: Kim Kee-Chul (Korea Football Association)
22 January 1987 1987 Nehru Cup India   1−1   China B Kozhikode, India
Pem Dorji   65' [62] [63] Yang Weijian   40' Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
28 January 1987 1987 Nehru Cup India   0−2   Bulgaria Olympic Team Kozhikode, India
[64] [65] Lyuboslav Penev   70'
Vasil Simov   80'
Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
1 February 1987 1987 Nehru Cup India   1−1   Denmark League Team Kozhikode, India
Sisir Ghosh   [66] [67] Jesper Bo Pedersen   Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 1,00,000
19 January 1988 1988 Nehru Cup India   0–2   China B Siliguri, India
[68] [69] Su Hui   31'
Gao Hongbo   66'
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
22 January 1988 1988 Nehru Cup India   1–4   Hungary Olympic Siliguri, India
Tarun Dey   pen.' [70] [71] László Nagy  
Gyula Plotár  
György Zirchar  
 ?  
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
25 January 1988 1988 Nehru Cup India   0–3   Bulgaria Olympic Siliguri, India
[72] [73] Musheer Ahmed   o.g.'
Yordan Mitev  
Ivaylo Stoyanov  
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
28 January 1988 1988 Nehru Cup India   1–1   Poland Olympic Siliguri, India
P Vijay Kumar   [74] [75] Marek Leśniak   76' Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
8 January 1989 Friendly India   0–4   São Paulo FC New Delhi, India
Report   Anílton
  Renatinho
  Benê
  Flávio
20 January 1989 1989 Nehru Cup India   0–2   Poland U21 Margao, India
[78] [79] Jacek Bayer   48'
Mirosław Kubisztal   86'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
24 January 1989 1989 Nehru Cup India   0–2   Soviet Union U21 Margao, India
[80] [81] Andrey Kobelev   81'
Gela Ketashvili   87' (pen.)
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
27 January 1989 1989 Nehru Cup India   1–2   North Korea Margao, India
Bikash Panji   [82] [83] Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
29 January 1989 1989 Nehru Cup India   1–2   Iraq Youth Margao, India
Satyajit Chatterjee   [84] [85] Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
29 January 1989 1989 Nehru Cup India   0–1   Hungary Olympic Margao, India
[86] [87] Róbert Jován   28' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

1990s

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13 January 1991 1991 Nehru Cup India   0–3   Romania B Trivandrum, India
[88] Stadium: Greenfield International Stadium
20 January 1991 1991 Nehru Cup India   1–0   Zambia Trivandrum, India
Bikash Panji [89] Stadium: Greenfield International Stadium
22 January 1991 1991 Nehru Cup India   0–1   China Trivandrum, India
[90] Stadium: Greenfield International Stadium
24 January 1991 1991 Nehru Cup India   1–3   Soviet Union Trivandrum, India
[91] Stadium: Greenfield International Stadium
4 August 1991 1992 Olympics Q Oman   1–1   India Hyderabad, India
[92] FIFA [93] Mario Soares   Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
11 August 1991 1992 Olympics Q Syria   1–0   India Hyderabad, India
[96] FIFA [97] Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
18 July 1993 1993 SAFF Cup India   3–1   Pakistan Jr. Lahore, Pakistan
I. M. Vijayan   
Kumaresh Bhawal  
[100] [101] Muhammad Nauman Khan  
22 March 1995 1995 Nehru Cup India   1–0   Uzbekistan U-20 Calcutta, India
Report
24 March 1995 1995 Nehru Cup Russia U-20   3–0   India Calcutta, India
Report
8 April 1997 1997 Nehru Cup India   2–2   Ghana XI Kochi, India
Vijayan   10'
Bhutia   53'
Report Alex Donkor   37'
Oa Princeton   80'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
4 April 1997 1997 Nehru Cup India   2–2   Uzbekistan Kochi, India
Vijayan   41'
Chapman   86'
Report Soliev Anvarjon   24'
Akopyants   81'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
15 October 1998 South Asian Nations Cup India   0–0   Pakistan
20 October 1998 South Asian Nations Cup India   0–0   Bangladesh
28 September 1999 1999 South Asian Games India   3–0   Bhutan Kathmandu, Nepal
Vijayan   1', 8', 49' Report RSSSF

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The match abandoned after 59th minute and replayed.
  2. ^ The match against South Korea XI is considered as full A international for India by some RSSSF sources.[1] [2]
  3. ^ The match against Japan XI is considered as full A international for India by some RSSSF sources.[3] [4]
  4. ^ The match against Japan XI is considered as full A international for India by some RSSSF sources.[5]
  5. ^ This match against Pakistan in 1976 is considered as full A international by some RSSSF sources.[6]
  6. ^ The precise designation of the South Korean team is not clear. But the match against South Korea XI is considered as an international A match for India by some sources of RSSSF.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Indian National Football Team Matches Database 1948- 1999". Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Indian Footballers In Drawn Game". The Indian Express. London. 4 September 1955. p. 18. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2017.