Major Tournaments
| Tournament | Structure | 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 | One group of 4 | 3rd of 4 2/6 points |  Israel 2–3 (h) South Korea 2–2 (h) South Vietnam 2–2 (h) | Qualified as host |
 1958 FIFA World Cup | Did not enter | |||
| 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification | One group of 3 | 2nd of 3 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 of 4 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 of 4 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 | Groups (two groups of 4 and one group of 5) | 1st of 5 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 of 5 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 | Groups (one zone of 6 and one zone of 7; two groups of 3, then knockout) | Defeat in allocation match 3rd of 3 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 zone of 7 and one zone of 8; one group of 3 and one group of 4, then knockout) | Won in classification match 1st of 3 4/4 points Defeat 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 for Final Round |
| 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (one group of 4, one group of 5 and one group of 6; two subgroups of 3, then knockout) | Won in allocation match 2nd of 3 2/4 points Defeat in semi-Finals and Third place play-off | Japan 0–0 (4–3 ( p )) (h) Brunei 3–0 (h) China 0–1 (h) North Korea 3–3 (10–11 ( p )) (h) Japan 0–1 (h) | Did not qualify |
 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st Round (four groups of 3 and one group of 5, then play-off) | 1st of 5 6/8 points Won in play-off | Indonesia 4–1 (n) Singapore 2–2 (a), 1–0 (a) Thailand 2–1 (n) Malaysia 1–1 (n) | Did not qualify |
| Final Round (one group of 5) | 5th of 5 0/16 points |  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) | ||
| 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (two groups of 3, one groups of 4 and one group of 7; one subgroup of 3 and one subgroup of 4, then knockout) | Defeat in allocation match 2nd of 4 4/6 points Defeat in semi-Finals Won in Third place play-off | North Korea 0–3 (n) Thailand 0–1 (a) Singapore 3–1 (n) Sri Lanka 5–0 (n) Malaysia 0–0 (4–5 ( p )) (n) Thailand 2–1 (a) | Did not qualify |
 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st Round (one group of 4, two groups of 5 and one group of 6; two subgroups of 3, then knockout) | 2nd of 3 2/6 points Defeat in zonal semi-Finals | China 0–1 (h) Singapore 1–1 (h) North Korea 2–2 (h) China 0–0 (4–5 ( p )) (h) | Did not qualify for Final Round |
| 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (three groups of 5 and one group of 6) | 4th of 5 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 (one zone of 10 and one zone of 14; two groups of 3 and two groups of 4) | 1st of 4 11/12 points | China 0–0 (h), 2–1 (a) Brunei 8–0 (h), 5–1 (a) Macau 2–0 (h), 2–0 (a) | Did not qualify for Final Round |
| 2nd Round (knockout) | Defeat | Japan 1–2 (h), 0–3 (a) | ||
| 1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (one group of 4, two groups of 5 and one group of 6) | 4th of 5 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 of 4 3/12 points | 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 of 4 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 (one groups of 4 and five groups of 5) | 4th of 5 5/16 points |  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 of 4 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 of 3 3/12 points | 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 of 3 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 (one group of 3 and groups of 4) | 4th of 4 4/18 points | 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) | 1st of 3 4/6 points |  Laos 5–1 (h) Bangladesh 2–2 (h) | Did not qualify |
| Qualifying Round (seven groups of 4) | 4th of 4 4/18 points |  Uzbekistan 1–4 (a), 0–1 (n) Thailand 2–1 (n), 0–4 (a) Tajikistan 0–0 (n), 0–1 (n) | ||
| 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st Round | Bye | Did not qualify for 3rd Round | |
| 2nd Round (eight groups of 4) | 3rd of 4 6/18 points | China 0–1 (h), 0–7 (a) Kuwait 0–2 (h), 0–4 (a) Malaysia 2–0 (h), 3–1 (a) | ||
 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Preliminary Round | Bye | Did not qualify | |
| Qualifying Round (one group of 3 and five groups of 4) | 3rd of 4 8/18 points | Qatar 0–3 (h), 0–2 (a) Uzbekistan 0–0 (h), 2–2 (a) Bangladesh 2–0 (h), 1–0 (a) | ||
 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st Round (knockout) | Won |  Timor-Leste 3–2 (h), 8–1 (a) | Did not qualify for 3rd Round |
| 2nd Round (knockout) | Defeat |  Turkmenistan 0–0 (h), 0–3 (a) | ||
| 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Preliminary Round | Bye | Did not qualify | |
| Qualifying Round (one group of 3 and three groups of 4) | 4th of 4 1/18 points | Japan 0–4 (h), 0–6 (a) Bahrain 1–3 (h), 0–4 (a) Yemen 0–0 (h), 0–1 (a) | ||
| 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st Round | Bye | Did not qualify for 3rd Round | |
| 2nd Round (knockout) | Defeat |  Saudi Arabia 0–3 (h), 0–5 (a) | ||
| 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Groups (five groups of 4) | 3rd of 4 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 | Bye | Did not qualify for 3rd Round | |
| 2nd Round (one group of 4 and seven groups of 5) | 3rd of 5 14/24 points | 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) | ||
| 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification | 1st Round | Bye | Did not qualify | |
| 2nd Round (one group of 4 and seven groups of 5) | 3rd of 5 14/24 points | 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) | ||
| Play-off Round | Bye | |||
| 3rd Round (six groups of 4) | 3rd of 4 5/18 points | Lebanon 0–1 (h), 0–2 (a) North Korea 1–1 (h), 0–2 (a) Malaysia 2–0 (h), 1–1 (a) | ||
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st Round | Bye | Did not qualify for 3rd Round | |
| 2nd Round (one group of 4 and seven groups of 5) | 4th of 5 5/24 points | 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) | ||
| 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification | 1st Round | Bye | Qualified | |
| 2nd Round (one group of 4 and seven groups of 5) | 4th of 5 5/24 points | 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) | ||
| Play-off Round | Bye | |||
| 3rd Round (six groups of 4) | 2nd of 4 6/9 points 5th of best runner-up team |  Afghanistan 2–1 (n) Cambodia 3–0 (n) India 0–4 (n) | ||
| 2023 AFC Asian Cup | Group Stage (six groups of 4) | 4th of 4 0/9 points | United Arab Emirates 1–3 (n) Iran 0–1 (n) Palestine 0–3 (n) | Knocked out in Group Stage, 23rd of 24 in overall |
 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | 1st Round (knockout) | Won | Bhutan 4–0 (h), 0–2 (a) | Did not qualify for 3rd Round |
| 2nd Round (nine groups of 4) | 4th of 4 2/18 points | Iran 2–4 (h), 0–4 (a) Turkmenistan 2–2 (h), 0–0 (a) Uzbekistan 0–2 (h), 0–3 (a) | ||
| 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | 1st Round (knockout) | Won | Bhutan 4–0 (h), 0–2 (a) | TBD |
| 2nd Round (nine groups of 4) | 4th of 4 2/18 points | Iran 2–4 (h), 0–4 (a) Turkmenistan 2–2 (h), 0–0 (a) Uzbekistan 0–2 (h), 0–3 (a) | ||
| Play-off Round | Bye | |||
| 3rd Round (six groups of 4) | TBD | Singapore – (h), 0–0 (a) India 1–0 (h), – (a) Bangladesh 1–1 (h), 4–3 (a) | ||
