India national football team results (1980–1989)

Main article: India national football team results

Results of India national football team from 1980 to 1989. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Summary Matches 162–239
Games	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
78	20	17	41	78	112	25.64%
Biggest win
India   5–0   Maldives 21 November 1987
Biggest defeat
Saudi Arabia   5–0   India 6 November 1983
Honours
1985 South Asian Games, Bangladesh
1987 South Asian Games, India
1989 South Asian Games, Pakistan
← 1970–79				1990–99 →

Key

	Indicates India national football team won the match
	Indicates the match ended in draw
	Indicates India national football team lost the match

1980

24 February 1980 ^{[a] [6]}

1980 Olympic Qualifier

India	0–1	China
	Report	Huang Xiangdong 64'

National Stadium , Kallang, Singapore

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26 February 1980 ^[7]

1980 Olympic Qualifier

India	0–1	Singapore
	Report	Fandi Ahmad 54'

National Stadium , Kallang, Singapore

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3 March 1980 ^[8]

1980 Olympic Qualifier

India	4–0	Sri Lanka
Shabbir Ali 38' Xavier Pius 66', 77'	Report

National Stadium , Kallang, Singapore

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7 March 1980 ^[9]

1980 Olympic Qualifier

India	0–2	Iran
	Report Report	Barzegari 81' Alidoosti 82'

National Stadium , Kallang, Singapore

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10 March 1980 ^[10]

1980 Olympic Qualifier

India	1–2	North Korea
Xavier Pius 51'	Report	Se-uk An 31', 87'

National Stadium , Kallang, Singapore

1981

1 September 1981 ^[11]

1981 Merdeka

India	0–0	New Zealand
	Report

Stadium Merdeka , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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3 September 1981 ^[12]

1981 Merdeka

Japan	3–2	India
M. Kato 32' Yokoyama 35', 62'	Report Report	Ali 30' Bhattacharya 89' (pen.)

Stadium Merdeka , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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5 September 1981 ^{[13] [14]}

1981 Merdeka

India	2–0	United Arab Emirates
Harjinder Singh 26' Xavier Pius 56'	Report

Stadium Merdeka , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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11 September 1981 ^[15]

1981 Merdeka

Indonesia	0–1	India
	Report	Roy 85'

Stadium Merdeka , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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15 September 1981 ^{[16] [17]}

1981 Merdeka

Malaysia	2–2	India
Ibrahim Din 8' Dahari 73'	Report Report	Harjinder Singh 31', 84'

Stadium Merdeka , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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26 October 1981

Friendly

United Arab Emirates	2–0	India
	Report Report

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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28 October 1981

Friendly

United Arab Emirates	3–1	India
	Report Report

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

1982

16 February 1982

1982 Nehru Cup

India	1–1	China
Mihir Bose 59'	Report Report	Zuo Shusheng 24'

Eden Gardens , Calcutta, India

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18 February 1982

1982 Nehru Cup

India	2–2	South Korea
Banerjee 41' Manas Bhattacharya 89' (pen.)	KFA Report	Hwang 64' Chung 86'

Eden Gardens , Calcutta, India

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20 February 1982

1982 Nehru Cup

India	1–3	Uruguay
Manas Bhattacharya 35'	Report Report	da Silva 8', 23' Saralegui 70'

Eden Gardens , Calcutta, India

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5 June 1982 ^[b]

1982 President's Cup

India	0–1	Indonesia
	Report Report	Agusman Riyadi

Dongdaemun Stadium , Seoul, South Korea

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9 June 1982

1982 President's Cup

India	0–1	South Korea
	KFA Report	Bhattacharya 65' (o.g.)

Busan Gudeok Stadium , Seoul, South Korea

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13 June 1982

1982 President's Cup

India	0–0	Bahrain
	Report Report

Incheon Sungui Stadium , Seoul, South Korea

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9 August 1982 ^[20]

1982 Merdeka

India	0–0	Thailand
	Report Report

Stadium Merdeka , Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

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9 August 1982 ^{[21] [22]}

1982 Merdeka

India	0–3	Singapore
	Report Report	Salim Moin 5' Fandi Ahmad 61' Malek Awab 76'

Stadium Bandar Raya Pulau Pinang , Penang, Malaysia

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12 August 1982 ^[23]

1982 Merdeka

Ghana	1–0	India
Alhassan 50'	Report Report

Stadium Merdeka , Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

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20 November 1982

1982 Asian Games

India	2–0	Bangladesh
P. Banerjee 1', 90+5'	Report Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium , New Delhi, India

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23 November 1982

1982 Asian Games

India	1–0	Malaysia
Kartick Seth 68'	Report Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium , New Delhi, India

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26 November 1982

1982 Asian Games

India	2–2	China
Shabbir Ali 53' Kartick Seth 60'	Report Report	Shen Xiangfu 25' Zuo Shusheng 82'

Ambedkar Stadium , New Delhi, India

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28 November 1982

1982 Asian Games QF

India	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report Report	Bayazid 89'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium , New Delhi, India

1983

1 October 1983 ^{[c] [26]}

1984 Olympics Q

India	1–2	Saudi Arabia
Bhattacharya 5'	Report	Majed Abdullah 28' Khaled Al-Moajel 29'

Jawarhal Nehru Stadium , New Delhi, India

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17 October 1983 ^[27]

1984 Olympics Q

Singapore	2–1	India
Awab 83' Kannan 86'	Report	P. Singh 51'

National Stadium, Singapore , Kallang, Singapore

Attendance: 4,000

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19 October 1983 ^[28]

1984 Olympics Q

India	4–0	Indonesia
Shabbir Ali 10', 20' Kartick Seth 39' Biswajit Bhattacharya	Report

National Stadium, Singapore , Kallang, Singapore

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Arthur Edwards (New Zealand)

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22 October 1983 ^{[29] [30]}

1984 Olympics Q

India	3–3	Malaysia
Bhattacharya 30' Ali 36' Banerjee 65'	Report	Singh 3' (pen.), 59' (pen.) Kim 90+2'

National Stadium, Singapore , Kallang, Singapore

Attendance: 7,000

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25 October 1983 ^[31]

1984 Olympics Q

India	0–2	Malaysia
	Report	Kim 33' Karim Pin 60'

Stadium Merdeka , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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29 October 1983 ^{[32] [33]}

1984 Olympics Q

India	1–0	Singapore
Ali 44'	Report

Stadium Merdeka , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: S. Okaya (Japan)

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31 October 1983 ^{[34] [35]}

1984 Olympics Q

Indonesia	0–1	India
	Report	Ali 53'

Stadium Merdeka , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Lee Do-Ha (South Korea)

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6 November 1983 ^[36]

1984 Olympics Q

Saudi Arabia	5–0	India
Abdullah Al-Musaibeah	Report

Prince Faisal bin Fahad Stadium , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

1984

11 January 1984 ^[37]

1984 Nehru Cup

India	1−2	Poland
Bhattacharya 42'	Report Report	Dziekanowski 10' Pawlak 34'

Eden Gardens , Calcutta, India

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

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14 January 1984 ^[38]

1984 Nehru Cup

India	0−1	Argentina
	Report Report	Gareca 79'

Eden Gardens , Calcutta, India

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Stefan Petrescu (Romania)

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25 January 1984

1984 Nehru Cup

China	3−0	India
Li Huayun 42', 60' Jia Xiuquan 81'	Report Report

Eden Gardens , Calcutta, India

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9 June 1984

Friendly

Trinidad and Tobago	1–3	India
Nevick Denoon	Report	Ravi Bhusan Babu Mani Pradip Ghosh

Skinner Park, San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago

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11 June 1984 ^[39]

Friendly

Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	India
Adrian Fonrose 2' Robert Joseph 60' Bertram O´Brien 85'	Report

Skinner Park, San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago

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15 June 1984

Friendly

Suriname	6–2	India
	Report	Parminder Singh Asokan

André Kamperveen Stadion , Paramaribo, Suriname

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17 June 1984

Friendly

Suriname	4–1	India
	Report	Ravi Bhusan

André Kamperveen Stadion , Paramaribo, Suriname

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22 June 1984

Friendly

Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	India
	Report

Arima Municipal Stadium, Arima, Trinidad & Tobago

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21 August 1984

1984 Great Wall Cup

China	2–0	India
Zuo Shusheng 9' Li Hui 70'	Report Report

Workers' Stadium , Beijing, China

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12 October 1984

1984 AFC Q

India	4–0	North Yemen
Dey Ali Banerjee Mani	Report Report

Salt Lake Stadium , Calcutta, India

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14 October 1984

1984 AFC Q

India	2–1	Malaysia
Thapa Mani	Report Report	Abidin

Salt Lake Stadium , Calcutta, India

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17 October 1984 ^[40]

1984 AFC Q

India	2–0	Pakistan
Ali 24', 82'	Report Report

Salt Lake Stadium , Calcutta, India

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19 October 1984

1984 AFC Q

South Korea	1–0	India
Park Chang-Seon 48'	Report Report

Salt Lake Stadium , Calcutta, India

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2 December 1984 ^[41]

21:00 UTC+8

1984 Asia Cup

Singapore	2–0	India
Awab 36' Saad 81'	Report Report

National Stadium , Kallang, Singapore

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

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4 December 1984 ^[42]

19:00 UTC+8

1984 Asia Cup

United Arab Emirates	2–0	India
Al-Talyani 81' Khamees 88'	Report Report

National Stadium , Kallang, Singapore

Attendance: 2,010

Referee: Abu Wahid Shanbe (Oman)

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8 December 1984 ^{[43] [44] [45]}

19:00 UTC+8

1984 Asia Cup

Iran	0–0	India
	Report Report

National Stadium , Kallang, Singapore

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Koh Guan Kiat (Malaysia)

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9 December 1984 ^[46]

21:00 UTC+8

1984 Asia Cup

China	3–0	India
Lin Lefeng 19' Gu Guangming 59' Jia Xiuquan 79'	Report Report

National Stadium , Kallang, Singapore

Attendance: 8,256

Referee: Ahmed Jassim (Bahrain)

1985

31 January 1985

1985 Nehru Cup

Morocco	1−0	India
Rajhy 34'	Report Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium , Cochin, India

Referee: Park Hee-Chang (South Korea)

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21 March 1985

1986 FIFA Q

Indonesia	2−1	India
Nurdiansyah 41', 49'	Report Report	Dey 34'

Senayan Stadium , Jakarta, Indonesia

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Reynaldo Reyes (Philippines)

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26 March 1985

1986 FIFA Q

Thailand	0−0	India
	Report Report

Suphachalasai Stadium , Bangkok, Thailand

Referee: Shunsaku Nakanishi (Japan)

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30 March 1985

1986 FIFA Q

Bangladesh	1−2	India
Chunnu 42'	Report Report	Ghosh 34' Panji 84'

Dhaka Stadium , Dhaka, Bangladesh

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Liu Jingli (China)

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6 April 1985

1986 FIFA Q

India	1−1	Indonesia
Narender Thapa 89'	Report Report	Dede Suleiman 20'

Salt Lake Stadium , Calcutta, India

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Farouk Mustafa (Iraq)

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9 April 1985

1986 FIFA Q

India	1−1	Thailand
Krishanu Dey 85'	Report Report	Narasek Boongeang 76'

Salt Lake Stadium , Calcutta, India

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Shokor Abdulkader Abdul Latif (Iraq)

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12 April 1985

1986 FIFA Q

India	2−1	Bangladesh
Bikash Panji 36' Camilo Gonsalves 54'	Report Report	Bhadra 15'

Salt Lake Stadium , Calcutta, India

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Salih Abdul Karim Saadi (Iraq)

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21 December 1985 ^[47]

1985 S.A.Games

India	2−0	Nepal
Ghosh	Report Report

National Stadium , Dhaka, Bangladesh

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25 December 1985 ^[48]

1985 S.A.Games

India	1−1	Bangladesh
Ghosh 37'	Report Report	Aslam 39'
Penalties
Krishnendu Roy Debashis Misra Krishanu Dey Prasanta Banerjee	4–1	Kaiser Hamid

National Stadium , Dhaka, Bangladesh

1986

25 January 1986

Nehru Cup

India	0−0	China
	Report

Greenfield International Stadium , Trivandrum, India

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30 January 1986

Nehru Cup

India	0−1	Peru
	Report Report	Navarro 60'

Greenfield International Stadium , Trivandrum, India

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30 June 1986 ^[49]

Friendly

Burma	3−1	India
	Report

Yangon, Myanmar

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24 July 1986

1986 Merdeka

Malaysia	3–0	India
Azhar Shariff 11' Hassan 71', 74'	Report

Stadium Merdeka , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 7,582

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30 July 1986

1986 Merdeka

India	3−1	Thailand
Dey 5', 13', 48'	Report	Laohakul pen.'

Stadium Jalan Raja Muda, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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20 September 1986

1986 Asian Games

South Korea	3−0	India
Noh Soo-jin 10' Choi Soon-ho 36' Chang-sun 84' (pen.)	Report

Busan Gudeok Stadium , Busan, South Korea

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22 September 1986

1986 Asian Games

India	1−2	China
Debashish Mishra 37'	Report	Ma Lin 22', 25'

Busan Gudeok Stadium , Busan, South Korea

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26 September 1986

1986 Asian Games

Bahrain	3−0	India
Abdulrahman Hisham 3', 45' Yousif Ali Hassan 23'	Report

Busan Gudeok Stadium , Busan, South Korea

1987

21 November 1987 ^[50]

1987 S.Asian Games

India	0−0	Pakistan
	Report Report

Salt Lake Stadium , Calcutta, India

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21 November 1987 ^[51]

1987 S.Asian Games

India	5−0	Maldives
Shareef (o.g.) Sisir Ghosh Amit Bhadra Deepak Kumar Krishanu Dey	Report Report

Salt Lake Stadium , Calcutta, India

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21 November 1987 ^[52]

1987 S.Asian Games

India	1−0	Nepal
Mohammed Farid 89'	Report Report

Salt Lake Stadium , Calcutta, India

1988

6 February 1988

1988 AFC Q

Bangladesh	0–0	India
	Report

Zayed Sports City Stadium , Abu Dhabi, UAE

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9 February 1988

1988 AFC Q

India	0–1	Thailand
	Report	Boonpob Prapruit 89'

Zayed Sports City Stadium , Abu Dhabi, UAE

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11 February 1988

1988 AFC Q

India	0–1	North Yemen
	Report	Mohammed Al Sharani 80'

Zayed Sports City Stadium , Abu Dhabi, UAE

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13 February 1988

1988 AFC Q

United Arab Emirates	3–0	India
Khamees 59' Mohamed 63' Al Talyani 67'	Report

Zayed Sports City Stadium , Abu Dhabi, UAE

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16 February 1988

1988 AFC Q

China	1–0	India
Liu Haiguang 30'	Report

Zayed Sports City Stadium , Abu Dhabi, UAE

1989

23 October 1989 ^{[53] [54]}

1989 S.A Games

Bangladesh	1–1	India
Manik 34'	Report Report	Chatterjee 84'

Jinnah Sports Stadium , Islamabad, Pakistan

Referee: Ahmed Ibrahim Hakeem

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25 October 1989 ^[55]

1989 S.A Games

India	2–1	Sri Lanka
	Report Report

Jinnah Sports Stadium , Islamabad, Pakistan

Referee: Ahmed Ibrahim Hakeem

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26 October 1989 ^[56]

1989 S.A Games

India	2–1	Nepal
Afonso 18' Chatterjee 62'	Report Report	Shah 56'

Jinnah Sports Stadium , Islamabad, Pakistan

Referee: Ahmed Ali

See also

• Indian women's national football team results (1980–1989)
• India national football team results (1970–1979)
• India national football team results (1990–1999)
• History of the India national football team

Notes

1. Some sources doesn't count the games played at the Olympics finals and qualifiers as official. ^[4] In 1999 FIFA deleted Olympics and Olympics Qualifying matches from its records. However most FAs ignore FIFA ruling and continue to recognize their Olympics and Olympics qualifying matches as official. According to RSSSF all those matches are considered official for India. ^[5]
2. Indonesia's team (known as PSSI Garuda) was composed mostly of young players with a view to developing the next generation of the national team. It can be considered as a national B team or youth team. It is not clear whether any of their matches are considered to be full internationals for the PSSI. The match against India is considered full internationals by some sources. ^{[18] [19]}
3. Some sources doesn't count the games played at the Olympics finals and qualifiers as official. ^[24] In 1999 FIFA deleted Olympics and Olympics Qualifying matches from its records. However most FAs ignore FIFA ruling and continue to recognize their Olympics and Olympics qualifying matches as official. According to RSSSF all those matches are considered official for India. ^[25]

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52. "India 1-0 Nepal".
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External links

14/01/1984 Nehru Cup INDIA v ARGENTINA
India vs. Argentina 13-1-1984, INDIAN BROADCAST