India national football team results (1938–1959)

List of FIFA A matches played by India national team (1938–1959)

Main article: India national football team results

India national football team results

* Senior team
* Summary
* 1938–1959
* 1960–1969
* 1970–1979
* 1980–1989
* 1990–1999
* 2000–2009
* 2010–2019
* 2020–present

* * *

* Other matches
* Unofficial (Pre-independence)
* Unofficial (1948–1999)
* Unofficial (2000–present)
* Olympic team

Results of India national football team from 1938 to 1959.[1]

Summary
Matches 1–47

Games  | Won  | Draw  | Lost  | GF | GA | Win %
47  | 24  | 6  | 17  | 103  | 97  | 51.06%
Biggest win
Australia 1–7  India

12 December 1956

Biggest defeat
Soviet Union 11–1 India

16 September 1955

Honours
1951 Asian Games, India
1960–69 →

## 1938

[edit]

3 September 1938[2]

Friendly

Australia | 5–3|  India

|
|

Quill
Jack Hughes
Jim Wilkinson  | FIFA
Report | Rahim
Bhattacharya
Lumsden

Sydney Showground, Sydney, Australia

Attendance: 16,144

* * *

10 September 1938[3][4]

Friendly

Australia | 4–4|  India

|
|

Jack Hughes
Kitching
Cecil Brittain  | FIFA | Rahim  47'
Bhattacharya 49'
Noor Mohammed
Lumsden

Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Australia

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: J. Edwards (Australia)

* * *

17 September 1938[5]

Friendly

Australia | 1–4|  India

|
|

Jack Hughes  | FIFA
Report | Rahim
Lumsden 46' (pen.)
Bhattacharya

Newcastle Sports Ground, Newcastle, Australia

Attendance: 9,000

* * *

24 September 1938

Friendly

Australia | 5–4|  India

|
|

Jack Hughes
Jim Wilkinson
Ray Bryant  | FIFA
Report | K Prosad
Lumsden pen.'

Sydney Showground, Sydney, Australia

Attendance: 12,000

* * *

1 October 1938

Friendly

Australia | 3–1|  India

|
|

Jack Hughes
Coolahan
McIver | FIFA
Report | Lumsden

Melbourne Showground, Melbourne, Australia

Referee: F.R. Thorpe (Australia)

## 1948

[edit]

31 July 1948[a]

18:30

1948 Olympics

France | 2–1|  India

|
|

Courbin 30'
Persillon 89' | FIFA | Raman 70'

Cricketfield Stadium, London, UK

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)

## 1951

[edit]

4 March 1951[6]

16:15

1951 Asian Games

India | 3–0|  Indonesia

|
|

Mewalal 27'
Siregar 42' (o.g.)
Venkatesh 50' | FIFA
Report |

National Stadium, New Delhi, India

* * *

7 March 1951

16:15

1951 Asian Games

India | 3–0|  Afghanistan

|
|

Venkatesh 10'
Mewalal 16'
Nandy 55' | FIFA
Report |

National Stadium, New Delhi, India

Attendance: 15,000

* * *

10 March 1951[7]

17:00

1951 Asian Games

India | 1–0|  Iran

|
|

Mewalal 34' | FIFA
Report |

National Stadium, New Delhi, India

Attendance: 25,000

## 1952

[edit]

9 March 1952

Colombo Cup

Ceylon | 0–3|  India

|
|

| FIFA
RSSSF | Venkatesh
Mewalal

Colombo Oval, Colombo, Ceylon

* * *

16 March 1952

Colombo Cup

India | 4–0|  Burma

|
|

Mewalal
Thakurta | FIFA
Report |

Colombo Oval, Colombo, Ceylon

* * *

23 March 1952

Colombo Cup

India | 0–0|  Pakistan

|
|

| Report
Report |

Colombo Oval, Colombo, Ceylon

* * *

15 July 1952

19:00

1952 Olympics

Yugoslavia | 10–1|  India

|
|

Vukas 2', 62'
Mitić 14', 43'
Zebec 17', 23', 60', 87'
Ognjanov 52', 67' | FIFA | Khan 89'

Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: John Best (United States)

## 1953

[edit]

23 October 1953

Colombo Cup

India | 1–0|  Pakistan

|
|

D'Souza 59' | Report |

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

Referee: U. Kim Teikh (Myanmar)

* * *

27 October 1953

Colombo Cup

India | 2–0|  Ceylon

|
|

Venkatesh
Khan 35' | Report |

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Maung May Lay (Myanmar)

* * *

31 October 1953

Colombo Cup

Burma | 2–4|  India

|
|

Samuel
Ba Kyu  60' | Report | Thangaraj 4'
Venkatesh
Khan

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

Referee: Mahomed Shah (Pakistan)

## 1954

[edit]

3 May 1954

1954 Asian Games

India | 3–2|  Japan

|
|

Moinuddin 6', 28'
Joe D'Sa  42' | Report | Takabayashi 47'
Kawamoto 78'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines

* * *

5 May 1954

1954 Asian Games

Indonesia | 4–0|  India

|
|

D. Dhalhar  28' (pen.), 80'
Ramang 51', 69' | Report |

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines

* * *

18 December 1954

Colombo Cup

India | 1–1|  Ceylon

|
|

Noor Mohammed | Report | Andrew Fernando

Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta, India

* * *

23 December 1954

Colombo Cup

India | 2–1|  Burma

|
|

Thapa
Patrick | Report | Gordon Samuel

Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta, India

* * *

26 December 1954

Colombo Cup

India | 3–1|  Pakistan

|
|

Thapa | Report
AIFF | Fakhri

Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta, India

## 1955

[edit]

16 September 1955[b]

19:00 (UTC+03:00)

Friendly

Soviet Union | 11–1|  India

|
|

Shabrov 18', 47'
Streltsov 19', 46', 73'
Kuznetsov 32', 85'
Salnikov 60', 63', 74'
Netto 80' | FIFA
Report | Swaraj Ghosh  66'

Dinamo Stadium, Moskva, Soviet Union

Attendance: 25,000[8][9]

Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

* * *

18 December 1955[10]

Colombo Cup

India | 4–3|  Ceylon

|
|

Banerjee
Mewalal
Sattar | FIFA
Report | Peter Ranasinghe
Andrew Fernando

Dacca Stadium, Dacca, East Pakistan

* * *

20 December 1955

Colombo Cup

India | 5–2|  Burma

|
|

Banerjee
D'Souza
Kempaiah | Report | Suk Bahadur
Aung Shein

Dacca Stadium, Dacca, East Pakistan

* * *

24 December 1955

Colombo Cup

Pakistan | 1–2|  India

|
|

Fakhri | FIFA
Report | Banerjee
D'Souza

Dacca Stadium, Dacca, East Pakistan

## 1956

[edit]

17 June 1956[11]

Friendly

India| 0–1| China

|
|

| Report
RSSSF | Cong 8'

Delhi Gate Stadium, New Delhi, India

Attendance: 25,000

* * *

1 December 1956

09:00

1956 Olympics

Australia | 2–4|  India

|
|

Morrow 17', 41' | FIFA | D'Souza 9', 33', 50'
K. Kittu 80'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

Attendance: 7,413

Referee: C.H. Wensveen (Indonesia)

* * *

4 December 1956

11:00

1956 Olympics

Yugoslavia | 4–1|  India

|
|

Papec 54', 65'
Veselinović 57'
M. Salam 78' (o.g.) | FIFA | D'Souza 52'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

Attendance: 16,626

Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

* * *

7 December 1956

08:45

1956 Olympics

Bulgaria | 3–0|  India

|
|

Diev 37', 60'
Milanov 42' | FIFA |

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

Attendance: 21,236

Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

* * *

12 December 1956

Friendly

Australia | 1–7|  India

|
|

Vogler | Report | P.K. Banerjee
D'Souza
K. Kittu
S. Banerjee

Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, Australia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Herbert Imlay (Australia)

## 1958

[edit]

26 May 1958

1958 Asian Games

India | 3–2|  Burma

|
|

Goswami
Balaram
Damodaran  | Report |

Korakuen Velodrome, Tokyo, Japan

* * *

28 May 1958

1958 Asian Games

Indonesia | 2–1|  India

|
|

Tjiang 11' 53' | Report | Rahmatullah 35'

Tokyo, Japan

* * *

30 May 1958

1958 Asian Games

India | 5–2 (a.e.t.)|  Hong Kong

|
|

Rahmatullah
Goswami
Tulsidas Balaram
Damodaran  | Report |

Tokyo, Japan

* * *

31 May 1958

1958 Asian Games

South Korea | 3–1|  India

|
|

Choi Chung-min 13'
Lee Soo-nam 75'
Moon Jung-sik 83' | Report
Report | Damodaran  67'

National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

* * *

1 June 1958[12]

1958 Asian Games

Indonesia | 4–1|  India

|
|

Saari  10'
Omo Suratmo  59'
Wowo Sunaryo  60'
Phwa Sian Liong 88' | Report
Report | Balaram 46' (pen.)

National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

Attendance: 46,000

## 1959

[edit]

27 August 1959

1960 Olympics Qualifier

Afghanistan | 2−5|  India

|
|

Ayubi
Mosa  | Report | P.K.Banerjee
Chuni Goswami
Mariappa Kempiah
Rahmatullah
Moloy Lahiri

Kabul, Afghanistan

* * *

31 August 1959

1959 Merdeka

Singapore | 0–2|  India

|
|

| Report | Rahmatullah 52'
Balaram 61'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

Attendance: 20,000

* * *

3 September 1959

1959 Merdeka

India | 2–0|  Hong Kong

|
|

Zulfiquer 8'
Kannan 79' | Report |

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

Attendance: 11,000

* * *

4 September 1959

1959 Merdeka

Malaya | 1–1|  India

|
|

Robert Choe  60' (pen.) | Report | Kannan 63'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

Attendance: 18,000

* * *

6 September 1959

1959 Merdeka

South Vietnam | 2–2|  India

|
|

Do Thoi Vinh  20', 53' | Report | Zulfiquer 8'
Kannan 56'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

* * *

8 September 1959[13]

Friendly

South Korea | 1–1|  India

|
|

Cho Yoon-ok 30' | Report | P. K. Banerjee 6'

City Stadium, Penang, Malaya

Referee: O. Hussain

* * *

7 December 1959

1960 AFC ACQ

India | 1–0|  Pakistan

|
|

D. D'Souza | Report |

Maharaja College Stadium, Cochin, India

Attendance: 30,000

* * *

8 December 1959

1960 AFC ACQ

India | 1–3|  Israel

|
|

Kittu 70' | Report | Levi 35', 43', 53'

Maharaja College Stadium, Cochin, India

Attendance: 30,000

* * *

11 December 1959

1960 AFC ACQ

India | 3–1|  Iran

|
|

Goswami 64'
Yousuf Khan 66' (pen.)
Balaram 80' | Report | Dehdari 62'

Maharaja College Stadium, Cochin, India

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Rahman (Pakistan)

* * *

13 December 1959

1960 AFC ACQ

India | 0–1|  Pakistan

|
|

| Report | Abdullah 13'

Maharaja College Stadium, Cochin, India

Attendance: 30,000

* * *

16 December 1959

1960 AFC ACQ

India | 1–2|  Israel

|
|

Rahmatullah 19' | Report | Stelmach 11'
Levi 75'

Maharaja College Stadium, Cochin, India

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Natarajan (Malaysia)

* * *

18 December 1959

1960 AFC ACQ

India | 1–2|  Iran

|
|

Yousuf Khan 64' | Report | Dehdari

Maharaja College Stadium, Cochin, India

Attendance: 25,000

## See also

[edit]

* India national football team results (1960–1969)
* History of the India national football team
* India national football team records and statistics

## Notes

[edit]

1. ^ This match against France Olympic team is considered as full A international for India by RSSSF.[1]
2. ^ This match against Soviet Union in 1955 is considered as full A international RSSSF and some FIFA sources.[2][3]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Indian National Football Team Matches Database: 1948–1999". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
2. ^ "Report". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
3. ^ "Report". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
4. ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search".
5. ^ "Report". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
6. ^ "Asian Games 1951". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
7. ^ "India go top in Asia". Retrieved 29 December 2023.
8. ^ "1955 USSR and India reciprocal tours". Retrieved 31 December 2023.
9. ^ "Soviet Union 11–1 India". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
10. ^ "Quadrilangular Cup". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
11. ^ "China international game". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
12. ^ "Indian football at the Asian Games 1958 Tokyo". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
13. ^ "Korea 1950s results (in Korean)". Retrieved 30 March 2024.

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* Afghanistan
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* 1972–1989
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* 2010–present
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* 1950–1979
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* 2010–present

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* North Korea
* 1956–1979
* 1980–1999
* 2000–2009
* 2010–2019
* 2020–present
* South Korea
* 1948–1959
* 1960–1969
* 1970–1979
* 1980–1989
* 1990–1999
* 2000–2009
* 2010–2019
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* Macau
* Mongolia
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* Australia
* 1922–1949
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* 2020–present
* Brunei
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* Indonesia
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* 1961–1999
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* 2010–2019
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* Myanmar
* 1950–1999
* 2000–2009
* 2010–2019
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* Philippines
* 1913–1948
* 1950–1979
* 1980–1999
* 2000–2009
* 2000–2019
* 2020–present
* Singapore
* 1948–1969
* 1970–1989
* 1990–1999
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* 1991–2019
* 2020–present

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* Aden
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