Major Tournaments
| Tournament | Section | Placing | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1930 FIFA World Cup | Did not enter | – | ||
 1934 FIFA World Cup | ||||
 1938 FIFA World Cup | ||||
 1950 FIFA World Cup | ||||
 1954 FIFA World Cup | ||||
 1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Did not enter | – | Qualified as host | |
| 1956 AFC Asian Cup | One group of 4 | 3rd, 2/6 points |  Israel 2–3 (h) South Korea 2–2 (h) South Vietnam 2–2 (h) | |
 1958 FIFA World Cup | Did not enter | – | ||
| 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification | One group of 3 | 2nd, 2/4 points |  Philippines 7–0 (a) Republic of China 4–7 (n) | Did not qualify |
 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification | Did not enter | – | ||
| 1964 AFC Asian Cup qualification | One group of 4 | 1st, 5/6 points |  Thailand 3–3 (n) South Vietnam 4–1 (a) Malaysia 4–3 (n) | Qualified |
| 1964 AFC Asian Cup | One group of 4 | 4th, 0/6 points | Israel 0–1 (a) South Korea 0–1 (n) India 1–3 (n) | |
 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification | Did not enter | – | ||
 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification | One group of 5 | 1st, 8/8 points | South Vietnam 2–0 (h) Malaysia 3–1 (h) Singapore 2–0 (h) Thailand 2–0 (h) | Qualified |
| 1968 AFC Asian Cup | One group of 5 | 5th, 1/8 points | Iran 0–2 (a) Israel 1–6 (n) Republic of China 1–1 (n) Burma 0–2 (n) | |
 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification | Did not enter | – | ||
| 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Two groups of 3, then knockout. | 3rd, 0/4 points |  Indonesia 1–2 (n) Khmer Republic 1–2 (n) Malaysia 1–2 (n) | Did not qualify |
 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification | Groups (one group of 3 and one group of 4); then knockout. | 1st, 4/4 points; knocked out in zonal semi-finals | Malaysia 1–0 (n) Japan 1–0 (n) South Vietnam 1–0 (n) South Korea 1–3 (a) | Did not qualify |
| 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (two groups of 3); then knockout. | 2nd, 2/4 points; knocked out in semi-finals | Japan 0–0 (4–3 pen.) (h) Brunei 3–0 (h) China 0–1 (h) North Korea 3–3 (10–11 pen.) (h) Japan 0–1 (h) | Did not qualify |
 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round (one group of 5; then play-off.) Final round (one groups of 5) | 1st, 6/8 points in 1st round; won in play-off. 5th, 0/16 points in final round | Indonesia 4–1 (n) Singapore 2–2 (a), 1–0 (a) Thailand 2–1 (n) Malaysia 1–1 (n) Iran 0–2 (h), 0–3 (a) South Korea 0–1 (h), 2–5 (a) Kuwait 1–3 (h), 0–4 (a) Australia 2–5 (h), 0–3 (a) | Did not qualify |
| 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (one group of 3 and one group of 4); then knockout. | 2nd, 4/6 points; knocked out in semi-finals. | North Korea 0–3 (n) Thailand 0–1 (h) Singapore 3–1 (n) Sri Lanka 5–0 (n) Malaysia 0–0 (4–5 pen.) (n) | Did not qualify |
 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round (two groups of 3; then knockout.) | 2nd, 2/6 points; then knocked out in zonal semi-finals. | China 0–1 (h) Singapore 1–1 (h) North Korea 2–2 (h) China 0–0 (4–5 pen.) (h) | Did not qualify for final round |
| 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (two groups of 5 and one group of 6) | 4th, 2/8 points | China 0–2 (a) Qatar 0–1 (n) Jordan 1–1 (n) Afghanistan 0–0 (n) | Did not qualify |
| 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round (two groups of 3 and two groups of 4) 2nd round knockout | 1st, 11/12 points in 1st round Knocked out in 2nd round | China 0–0 (h), 2–1 (a) Brunei 8–0 (h), 5–1 (a) Macau 2–0 (h), 2–0 (a) Japan 1–2 (h), 0–3 (a) | Did not qualify for final round |
| 1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (one group of 4, two groups of 5 and one group of 6) | 4th, 1/8 points | North Korea 0–1 (n) Syria 0–2 (n) Iran 0–2 (n) Nepal 0–0 (a) | Did not qualify |
 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round (five groups of 4 and one group of 5) | 4th, 3/12 points in 1st round | North Korea 1–2 (h), 1–4 (a) Indonesia 1–1 (h), 2–3 (a) Japan 0–0 (h), 0–0 (a) | Did not qualify for final round |
| 1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (four groups of 3 and two groups of 4) | 3rd, 3/6 points | Macau 2–2 (n) North Korea 0–0 (a) Chinese Taipei 0–0 (n) | Did not qualify |
 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round (two groups of 4 and four groups of 5) | 4th, 5/16 points in 1st round |  Bahrain 2–1 (n), 0–3 (n) Lebanon 2–2 (a), 1–2 (n) South Korea 0–3 (n), 1–4 (a) India 2–1 (n), 1–3 (a) | Did not qualify for final round |
 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (one group of 2, five groups of 3 and four groups of 4) | 2nd, 6/9 points | China 0–2 (h) Macau 4–1 (h) Philippines 8–0 (h) | Did not qualify |
| 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round (four groups of 3 and six groups of 4) | 3rd, 3/12 points in 1st round | South Korea 0–2 (h), 0–4 (a) Thailand 3–2 (h), 0–2 (a) | Did not qualify for final round |
| 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (one group of 3, six groups of 4 and three groups of 5) | 2nd, 7/12 points | Indonesia 1–1 (h), 1–3 (a) Cambodia 4–1 (h), 1–0 (a) | Did not qualify |
| 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round (ten groups of 4) | 4th, 4/18 points in 1st round | Qatar 0–2 (h), 0–3 (a) Palestine 1–1 (h), 0–1 (n) Malaysia 0–2 (h), 2–1 (n) | Did not qualify for 2nd round |
| 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Preliminary round (one group of 2 and six groups of 3) Qualifying round (seven groups of 4) | 1st, 4/6 points in preliminary round 4th, 4/18 points in qualifying round |  Laos 5–1 (h) Bangladesh 2–2 (h) Uzbekistan 1–4 (a), 0–1 (n) Thailand 2–1 (n), 0–4 (a) Tajikistan 0–0 (n), 0–1 (n) | Did not qualify |
| 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round 2nd round (eight groups of 4) | Bye in 1st round 3rd, 6/18 points in 2nd round | China 0–1 (h), 0–7 (a) Kuwait 0–2 (h), 0–4 (a) Malaysia 2–0 (h), 3–1 (a) | Did not qualify for 3rd round |
 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Preliminary round Qualifying round (six groups of 4) | Bye in preliminary round 3rd, 8/18 points in qualifying round | Qatar 0–3 (h), 0–2 (a) Uzbekistan 0–0 (h), 2–2 (a) Bangladesh 2–0 (h), 1–0 (a) | Did not qualify |
 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round knockout 2nd round knockout | Won in 1st round Lost in 2nd round |  East Timor 3–2 (h), 8–1 (a) Turkmenistan 0–0 (h), 0–3 (a) | Did not qualify for 3rd round |
| 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Preliminary round Qualifying round (five groups of 4) | Bye in preliminary round 4th, 1/18 points in qualifying round | Japan 0–4 (h), 0–6 (a) Bahrain 1–3 (h), 0–4 (a) Yemen 0–0 (h), 0–1 (a) | Did not qualify |
| 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round knockout 2nd round knockout | Bye in 1st round Lost in 2nd round |  Saudi Arabia 0–3 (h), 0–5 (a) | Did not qualify for 3rd round |
| 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (five groups of 4) | 3rd, 4/18 points | United Arab Emirates 0–4 (h), 0–4 (a) Uzbekistan 0–2 (h), 0–0 (a) Vietnam 1–0 (h), 1–3 (a) | Did not qualify |
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round knockout 2nd round (eight groups of 5) | Bye in 1st round 3rd, 14/24 points in 2nd round | China 0–0 (h), 0–0 (a) Qatar 2–3 (h), 0–2 (a) Maldives 2–0 (h), 1–0 (a) Bhutan 7–0 (h), 1–0 (a) | Did not qualify for 3rd round |
| 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification | 1st round knockout 2nd round (eight groups of 5) Play-off round 3rd round (six groups of 4) | Bye in 1st round 3rd, 14/24 points in 2nd round Bye in play-off round 3rd, 5/18 points in 3rd round | China 0–0 (h), 0–0 (a) Qatar 2–3 (h), 0–2 (a) Maldives 2–0 (h), 1–0 (a) Bhutan 7–0 (h), 1–0 (a) Lebanon 0–1 (h), 0–2 (a) North Korea 1–1 (h), 0–2 (a) Malaysia 2–0 (h), 1–1 (a) | Did not qualify |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round knockout 2nd round (eight groups of 5) | Bye in 1st round 4th, 5/24 points in 2nd round | Iran 0–2 (h), 1–3 (a) Iraq 0–1 (h), 0–2 (a) Bahrain 0–0 (h), 0–4 (a) Cambodia 2–0 (h), 1–1 (a) | Did not qualify for 3rd round |
| 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification | 1st round knockout 2nd round (eight groups of 5) Play-off round 3rd round (six groups of 4) | Bye in 1st round 4th, 5/24 points in 2nd round Bye in play-off round 2nd, 6/9 points, 5th of best runner-up team in 3rd round. | Iran 0–2 (h), 1–3 (a) Iraq 0–1 (h), 0–2 (a) Bahrain 0–0 (h), 0–4 (a) Cambodia 2–0 (h), 1–1 (a) Afghanistan 2–1 (n) Cambodia 3–0 (n) India 0–4 (n) | Qualified |
| 2023 AFC Asian Cup | Six groups of 4 | 4th, 0/9 points | United Arab Emirates 1–3 (n) Iran 0–1 (n) Palestine 0–3 (n) | Knocked out in group stage, ranked 23rd in overall. |
 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st round knockout 2nd round (nine groups of 4) | Won in 1st round 4th, 2/18 points in 2nd round | Bhutan 4–0 (h), 0–2 (a) Iran 2–4 (h), 0–4 (a) Turkmenistan 2–2 (h), 0–0 (a) Uzbekistan 0–2 (h), 0–3 (a) | Did not qualify for 3rd round |
| 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | 1st round knockout 2nd round (nine groups of 4) Play-off round 3rd round (six groups of 4) | Won in 1st round 4th, 2/18 points in 2nd round Bye in play-off round To be determined | Bhutan 4–0 (h), 0–2 (a) Iran 2–4 (h), 0–4 (a) Turkmenistan 2–2 (h), 0–0 (a) Uzbekistan 0–2 (h), 0–3 (a) Singapore – (h), – (a) India – (h), – (a) Bangladesh – (h), – (a) | TBD |
