| India national football team results |
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The following represents the recent [1] as well as the past [2] results of the India national football team . [3]
| India national football team results |
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The following represents the recent [1] as well as the past [2] results of the India national football team . [3]
| Games played | Won | Draw | Lost | Win % | FIFA Rankings | |
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| Best | Worst | |||||
| 533 | 195 | 111 | 227 | 36.59% | 94 (1996) | 173 (2015) |
| Biggest win | ||||||
Sri Lanka  0–7  India | ||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||
 Soviet Union 11–1 India | ||||||
Updated as of 6 June 2024 (vs  Kuwait ). [4] [5] [6] | ||||||
| Confederation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | First meeting | Last meeting |
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| AFC | 481 | 188 | 102 | 191 | 694 | 728 | -34 | 39.09% | 1938 | 2024 |
| CAF | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 33.33 | 1960 | 2018 |
| CONCACAF | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -17 | 16.66 | 1984 | 2019 |
| CONMEBOL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 1960 | 1986 |
| OFC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 20 | 2005 | 2023 |
| UEFA | 19 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 61 | -51 | 0 | 1948 | 2022 |
| FIFA | 533 | 195 | 111 | 227 | 738 | 848 | -110 | 36.59% | 1938 | 2023 |
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