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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13 July 1948 Department Store XI England 0–15  India London, England
[10] [11]
24 July 1948 Pinner F.C. England 1–9  India Pinner, England
[14] [15]
28 July 1948 Alexandra Park FC England 2–8  India Wood Green, England
[18] [19]
12 August 1948 Sparta Rotterdam Netherlands 2–1  India Rotterdam, Netherlands
[20] [21] Stadium: Het Kasteel
14 August 1948 AFC Ajax Netherlands 1–5  India Amsterdam, Netherlands
[22] [23] Stadium: De Meer Stadion
16 August 1948 VUC Den Haag Netherlands 1–0  India The Hague, Netherlands
[24] [25]
21 August 1948 Isthmian League England 1–3  India Ilford, England
[26]
23 August 1948 India  4–1 Wales Wales Amateur Wrexham, Wales
[27] Stadium: Racecourse Ground
26 August 1948 India  0–0 Wales Wales Amateur Swansea, Wales
[28] Stadium: Vetch Field
31 August 1948 India  1–0 England Boldmere FC Sutton Coldfield, England
[29] Stadium: Church Road Ground
31 August 1948 India  1–1 England Athenian League Finchley, England
[30] 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 Soviet Union 3–0  India Moscow, USSR
Sokolov 23'
Kovalyov 30'
Razumovskiy 47'
Report Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium
Referee: Konstantin Demchenko (USSR)
28 August 1955 Friendly Georgian SSR Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic 6–0  India Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Report
2 September 1955 Friendly Armenian SSR Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic 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 Soviet Union 0–1  India Odessa, USSR
Report Laiq 44' Stadium: Stadion Pishchevik
Attendance: 30000
11 September 1955 Friendly Krylia Sovetov Soviet Union 4–1  India Moscow, USSR
Gulevskiy
Novikov 3x'
Report Thapa 29' Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 20000
Referee: Elmar Saar (USSR)
19 September 1955 Friendly Leningrad XI Soviet Union 8–0  India Leningrad, USSR
Kravets 4x'
Denisov 2x'
Voynov
Bondarenko
Report
25 December 1955 Friendly Pakistan  1–0  India Dacca, East Pakistan
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 [35] [36] 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 [40]
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup Singapore Reserves Singapore 2–5  India Medan, Indonesia
[41] [42] Stadium: Teladan Stadium
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup Taiwan  0–2  India Medan, Indonesia
[43] [44] Stadium: Teladan Stadium
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup Persib Bandung Indonesia 0–1  India Medan, Indonesia
[45] [46] Stadium: Teladan Stadium
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup PSMS Medan Indonesia 1–3  India Medan, Indonesia
[47] [48] Stadium: Teladan Stadium
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup India  0–1 Thailand Thailand XI Medan, Indonesia
[49] [50] Stadium: Teladan Stadium
April 1975 Marah Halim Cup India  0–3 South Korea South Korea XI Medan, Indonesia
[51] [52] 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 (state) São Paulo Seoul, South Korea
Report
9 September 1977 President Cup Middlesex Wanderers England 1–0  India Seoul, South Korea
  • Brooks 82'
Report Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul
11 September 1977 President Cup  India 4–2 Lebanon Racing Beirut Seoul, South Korea
Report 1
Report 2
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 Italy Olympic Calcutta, India
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
22 January 1984 1984 Nehru Cup Romania U-21 Romania 0−0  India Calcutta, India
[54] RSSSF Stadium: Eden Gardens
23 January 1985 1985 Nehru Cup India  0−1  South Korea Youth Cochin, India
FIFA [55] 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 [56] 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 [57]
20 January 1986 1986 Nehru Cup India  0−1  South Korea Youth Trivandrum, India
FIFA [59] 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 [61] 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 Czechoslovakia 1−0  India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ladislav Kucernak 115' FIFA [62] 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' [63] [64] Yang Weijian 40' Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
28 January 1987 1987 Nehru Cup India  0−2  Bulgaria Olympic Team Kozhikode, India
[65] [66] 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 [67] [68] Jesper Bo Pedersen Stadium: EMS Stadium
Attendance: 1,00,000
19 January 1988 1988 Nehru Cup India  0–2  China B Siliguri, India
[69] [70] 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.) [71] [72] László Nagy ?'
Gyula Plotár ?'
György Zirchar ?'
 ??? ?'
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
25 January 1988 1988 Nehru Cup India  0–3  Bulgaria Olympic Siliguri, India
[73] [74] 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 ?' [75] [76] Marek Leśniak 76' Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
8 January 1989 Friendly India India 0–4 Brazil São Paulo FC New Delhi, India
Report Anílton
Renatinho
Benê
Flávio
20 January 1989 1989 Nehru Cup India  0–2  Poland U21 Margao, India
[79] [80] Jacek Bayer 48'
Mirosław Kubisztal 86'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
27 January 1989 1989 Nehru Cup India  1–2  North Korea Margao, India
Bikash Panji ?' [83] [84] Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
29 January 1989 1989 Nehru Cup India  1–2  Iraq Youth Margao, India
Satyajit Chatterjee ?' [85] [86] Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
29 January 1989 1989 Nehru Cup India  0–1  Hungary Olympic Margao, India
[87] [88] Róbert Jován 28' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

1990s

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13 January 1991 1991 Nehru Cup India  0–3  Romania B Trivandrum, India
[89] Stadium: Greenfield International Stadium
22 January 1991 1991 Nehru Cup India  0–1  China Trivandrum, India
[91] Stadium: Greenfield International Stadium
18 July 1993 1993 SAFF Cup India  3–1  Pakistan Jr. Lahore, Pakistan
I. M. Vijayan ?', ?'
Kumaresh Bhawal
[101] [102] 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 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
3 December[g] 1998 Asian Games Preliminary Round Japan  1–0  India Trang, Thailand
15:30 Fukuda 55' Report Stadium: Trang Stadium
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]
  7. ^ The match against Japan U-20 is considered as Full A international by some sources.[8]

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.