The following is a list of the India national football team's competitive records and statistics.
The India national football team represents India in international football and is controlled by the All India Football Federation. Under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and governed in Asia by the AFC, the team is also part of the South Asian Football Federation. The team, which was once considered one of the best teams in Asia, had its golden era during the 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, under the coaching of Syed Abdul Rahim, India won gold during the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games,won silver medal in 1964 AFC Asia Cup as runners up,while finishing fourth during the 1956 Summer Olympics. India has never participated in the FIFA World Cup, although the team did qualify by default for the 1950 World Cup after all the other nations in their qualification group withdrew. However India withdrew prior to the beginning of the tournament.
India has never participated in a FIFA World Cup. [1] After gaining independence in 1947, India managed to qualify for the World Cup held in 1950. This was due to Myanmar, Indonesia, and the Philippines withdrawing from qualification. [1] However, prior to the start of the tournament, India themselves withdrew due to the expenses required in getting the team to Brazil. [1] Other reasons cited for why India withdrew include FIFA not allowing Indian players to play in the tournament barefoot and the All India Football Federation not considering the World Cup an important tournament compared to the Olympics. [1]
After withdrawing from the 1950 FIFA World Cup, India didn't enter the qualifying rounds of the tournament between 1954 and 1982. [2] Since the 1986 qualifiers, with the exception of the 1990 edition of the tournament, the team started to participate in qualifiers but have yet to qualify for the tournament again. [2]
Rank. | Player | Caps | Goals | Career | Ref. |
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1. | Sunil Chhetri | 149 | 93 | 2005−present | [4] [5] |
2. | Bhaichung Bhutia | 88 | 29 | 1995−2011 | [6] |
3. | I. M. Vijayan | 73 | 32 | 1992−2004 | [7] |
4. | Shabbir Ali | 72 | 6 | 1974−1984 | [8] |
Climax Lawrence | 72 | 3 | 2003−2011 | [9] | |
6. | Gouramangi Singh | 71 | 6 | 2006−2013 | [10] |
7. | Mahesh Gawli | 68 | 1 | 1999−2011 | [11] |
Subrata Pal | 68 | 0 | 2007−2017 | [12] | |
9. | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | 70 | 0 | 2011−present | [13] |
10. | Sandesh Jhingan | 64 | 5 | 2015−present | [14] |
Rank. | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
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1. | Sunil Chhetri (list) | 93 | 149 | 0.62 | 2005–present |
2. | I. M. Vijayan | 32 | 73 | 0.44 | 1992−2003 |
3. | Bhaichung Bhutia | 29 | 88 | 0.33 | 1995−2011 |
4. | Jeje Lalpekhlua | 23 | 56 | 0.41 | 2011−2019 |
5. | Magan Singh Rajvi | 16 | 36 | 0.44 | 1969−1974 |
P. K. Banerjee | 16 | 52 | 0.31 | 1955−1966 | |
7. | Chuni Goswami | 12 | 37 | 0.32 | 1958−1964 |
8. | Neville D'Souza | 11 | 15 | 0.73 | 1953−1956 |
Mohammed Habib | 11 | 30 | 0.37 | 1969−1974 | |
Tulsidas Balaram | 11 | 32 | 0.34 | 1956−1962 | |
Jo Paul Ancheri | 11 | 41 | 0.27 | 1994−2004 | |
Manager | Period | Record | ||||
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Matches | Won | Draw | Lost | Win % | ||
Stephen Constantine | 2002–05 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22.22% |
Sukhwinder Singh | 2005 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20.00% |
Syed Nayeemuddin | 2005–06 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 57.14% |
Bob Houghton | 2006–11 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 31.81% |
Armando Colaco | 2011 (Interim) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.00% |
Savio Medeira | 2011–12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 38.46% |
Wim Koevermans | 2012–14 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 35.00% |
Stephen Constantine | 2015–19 | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 54.76% |
Igor Štimac | 2019– | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 39.47% |
India has never played in finals of a FIFA World Cup. [1] The closest they came to qualify was back in 2002 when they were a point away from progressing in to the final round.
FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1930 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
1934 | ||||||||||||||||
1938 | ||||||||||||||||
1950 | Withdrew | Qualified | ||||||||||||||
1954 | Denied by FIFA | None | ||||||||||||||
1958 to 1982 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
1986 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
1990 | Withdrew from qualification | |||||||||||||||
1994 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | ||||||||||
1998 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
2002 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | ||||||||||
2006 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
2018 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | ||||||||||
2022 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
2026 | To be determined | AFC World Cup Qualifiers | ||||||||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 49 | 94 |
AFC Asian Cup record | AFC Asian Cup qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1956 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
1960 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||
1964 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Squad | Bye | ||||||
1968 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
1972 to 1980 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
1984 | Group stage | 10th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
1988 to 2007 | Did not qualify | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 57 | |||||||||
2011 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | Squad | 2008 AFC Challenge Cup winners | ||||||
2015 | Did not qualify | Failed to win 2012 & Did not qualify for 2014 AFC Challenge Cup | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Group stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Squad | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 24 | |
2023 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Squad | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | ||
Totals | Runners-up | 5/17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 63 | 19 | 11 | 33 | 73 | 106 |
Summer Olympics record | Summer Olympics qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1908– 1936 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
1948 | Round 1 | 11th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Squad | Qualified automatically | ||||||
1952 | Preliminaries | 25th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Squad | |||||||
1956 | Semi-finals | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | Squad | Bye | ||||||
1960 | Round 1 | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Squad | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
1964– 1988 | Did not qualify | 23 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 38 | |||||||||
Total | Semi-finals | 4 / 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 42 |
Asian Games record | |||||||||
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Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1951 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Squad |
1954 | Round 1 | 8th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Squad |
1958 | Semi-finals | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | Squad |
1962 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | Squad |
1966 | Round 1 | 8th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | Squad |
1970 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | Squad |
1974 | Round 1 | 13th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | Squad |
1978 | Round 2 | 8th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | Squad |
1982 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Squad |
1986 | Round 1 | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | Squad |
1990 | Did not enter | ||||||||
1994 | Did not enter | ||||||||
1998 | Round 2 | 16th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | Squad |
Total | 2 Titles | 11 / 13 | 44 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 61 | 83 |
AFC Challenge Cup record | AFC Challenge Cup Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
2006 | Quarter-final [lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad | Qualified automatically | ||||||
2008 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | ||||||
2010 | Group Stage [lower-alpha 2] | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | Squad | Qualified automatically | ||||||
2012 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | Squad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
2014 | did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals [lower-alpha 3] | 1 Title | 2/5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
SAFF Championship record | ||||||||
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Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1993 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
1995 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
1997 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
1999 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
2003 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
2005 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
2008 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
2011 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
2013 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
2015 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
2018 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
2021 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
2023 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Total | 8 Titles | 13/13 | 57 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 105 | 36 |
South Asian Games record | ||||||||
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Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1984 | did not enter | |||||||
1985 | Champions [lower-alpha 4] | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
1987 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
1989 | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
1991 | Group stage | 6th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1993 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
1995 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
1999 | Third place [lower-alpha 5] | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 |
Totals [lower-alpha 6] | 3 Titles | 7/8 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 14 |
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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FIFA World Cup qualifier | 55 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 51 | 99 | −48 | 21.82 |
AFC Asian Cup | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 18.75 |
AFC Asian Cup qualifier [lower-alpha 7] | 65 | 20 | 11 | 34 | 74 | 109 | −35 | 30.77 |
Summer Olympics | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 12.50 |
Summer Olympics qualifier | 23 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 39.13 |
Asian Games | 44 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 61 | 83 | −22 | 40.91 |
SAFF Championship | 57 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 105 | 36 | +69 | 63.16 |
AFC Challenge Cup [lower-alpha 8] | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 50.00 |
AFC Challenge Cup qualifier | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 66.67 |
South Asian Games | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 60.00 |
Total [lower-alpha 9] | 302 | 119 | 64 | 119 | 418 | 458 | −40 | 39.40 |
The results only include matches considered as FIFA A matches (including Olympic and Qualifier matches). Other matches played against Club teams, Underage sides or B sides are not included here. Updated as of 26 March 2024 (vs Afghanistan ). [19] [20] [21] [lower-alpha 10]
Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record
Notes:
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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AFC Asian Cup | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Asian Games | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
AFC Challenge Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
SAFF Championship | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
South Asian Games | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Other tournaments | 12 | 5 | 8 | 25 |
Total | 26 | 11 | 12 | 49 |
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