India national football team results (1970–1979)

List of FIFA A matches played by India national team (1970–1979)

Main article: India national football team results

India national football team results

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Results of India national football team from 1970–1979.[1][2][3]

Summary
Matches 104–161

Games  | Won  | Draw  | Lost  | GF | GA | Win %
58  | 18  | 9  | 31  | 80  | 139  | 31.03%
Biggest win
India 6–0  Malaysia

26 August 1971

Biggest defeat
India 1–9  Burma

6 August 1971

South Korea 8–0  India

18 August 1976

Honours
1970 Asian Games, Thailand
← 1960–69 | 1980–89 →

## 1970

[edit]

30 July 1970

1970 Merdeka

Taiwan | 1–0|  India

|
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Hu San Wah  | FIFA
RSSSF |

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

1 August 1970

1970 Merdeka

Malaysia | 1–3|  India

|
|

Wong Choon Wah | FIFA
RSSSF | Shyam Thapa
Syed Nayeemuddin
Ranjit Thapa

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

* * *

3 August 1970

1970 Merdeka

India | 0–2|  Burma

|
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| FIFA
RSSSF | Win Maung

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

9 August 1970

1970 Merdeka

India | 2–1|  South Vietnam

|
|

Subhash Bhowmick
Mohammed Habib | FIFA
RSSSF | Nguyen Van Xe

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

* * *

12 August 1970

1970 Merdeka

South Korea | 3–2|  India

|
|

Chung Kang Ji
Park Yi Chung
Lee Hae Taik  | FIFA
RSSSF | Subhash Bhowmick
Mohammed Habib

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

15 August 1970

1970 Merdeka

India | 3–2|  Hong Kong

|
|

Magan Singh
Mohammed Habib | FIFA
RSSSF |

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

10 December 1970

16:00

Asian Games GS

Thailand | 2–2|  India

|
|

Sahas Pornsavan  13'
Preecha Kitboon  21' | RSSSF
FIFA | Subhash Bhowmick 35', 57'

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

11 December 1970

16:00

Asian Games GS

India | 2–0|  South Vietnam

|
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Habib 76'
Rajvi 85' | RSSSF
FIFA |

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

15 December 1970

Asian Games QF

India | 3–0|  Indonesia

|
|

Doraiswamy Nataraj  74'
Rajvi 79'
Thapa 83' | RSSSF
FIFA |

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

17 December 1970

16:00

Asian Games QF

Japan | 1–0|  India

|
|

Kimura 88' | RSSSF
FIFA |

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

18 December 1970

16:00

Asian Games SF

Burma | 2–0|  India

|
|

Ye Nyunt 15', 48' | FIFA
RSSSF |

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

19 December 1970[4]

Asian Games Bronze

India | 1–0|  Japan

|
|

Gurung 36' | FIFA
RSSSF |

Bangkok, Thailand

## 1971

[edit]

6 August 1971

1971 Merdeka Cup

India | 1–9|  Burma

|
|

Magan Singh | RSSSF | Ye Nyunt
Tin Aung Moe
Win Maung
Aye Maung Gyi
Hia Tay

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

9 August 1971

1971 Merdeka Cup

Singapore | 2–2|  India

|
|

Kim Lye
R Krishnan  | RSSSF | Amar Bahadur
Shyam Thapa

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

12 August 1971

1971 Merdeka Cup

Indonesia | 3–1|  India

|
|

Waskito 1', 54', 58' | Report | Habib 42'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

16 August 1971[5]

1971 Merdeka Cup

Philippines | 1–5|  India

|
|

Tomas Lozano  56' | Report | Bhowmick 17' 67'
Thapa 28'
Habib 65'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

19 August 1971

1971 Merdeka Cup

India | 1–2|  Hong Kong

|
|

Syed Nayeemuddin | Report | Wu Kwok Hung
L Kwow Keong

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

23 August 1971

1971 Pestasukan

India | 2–1 (a.e.t.)|  Indonesia

|
|

Mohammed Habib | Report |

Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore

* * *

26 August 1971[a]

1971 Pestasukan

India | 6–0|  Malaysia

|
|

Subhash Bhowmick
Mohammed Habib
Doraiswamy Natraj
Swapan Sengupta  | Report
RSSSF |

Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore

* * *

28 August 1971

1971 Pestasukan

South Vietnam | 0–0|  India

|
|

| RSSSF |

Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore

* * *

18 September 1971

Friendly

Soviet Union | 5–0|  India

|
|

Kolotov 6', 35', 39'
Khmelnytskyi 49', 71' | Report |

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)

## 1972

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22 March 1972

1972 Olympic Qualifier

India | 3–4|  Burma

|
|

Magan Singh 26'
Ghosh Dastidar 44', 50' | Report | Than Soe  11', 14'
Win Maung  24', 41'

* * *

24 March 1972

1972 Olympic Qualifier

India | 2–4|  Indonesia

|
|

Samaresh Chowdhury  57'
Doraiswamy Natraj  89' | Report | Jacob Sihasale  10'
Kainun Waskito 16', 38'
Abdul Kadir 75'

* * *

27 March

1972 Olympic Qualifier

India | 0–1|  Israel

|
|

| Report | Speigler 50'

## 1973

[edit]

26 July 1973[7]

1973 Merdeka Cup

South Vietnam | 1–2|  India

|
|

Ho Thanh Cang  8' | FIFA
Report | Magan Singh 32'
Nicholas Pereira  57'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

1 August 1973

1973 Merdeka Cup

India | 3–0|  Khmer Republic

|
|

Bernard Pereira  7'
Magan Singh
N.Ulganathan 60' | FIFA
Report |

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

4 August 1973

1973 Merdeka Cup

India | 2–0|  Thailand

|
|

Inder Singh | FIFA
Report |

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

5 August 1973

1973 Merdeka Cup

Malaysia | 4–0|  India

|
|

* Rahim Abdullah
* Namat Abdullah
* Harun Jusoh
* Mokhtar Dahari

| FIFA
Report |

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

10 August 1973

1973 Merdeka Cup

India | 1–1|  South Vietnam

|
|

M Prasannan  | FIFA
Report | Nguyen Van Mong
Penalties
Bernard Pereira
Manuel Jayaraj
Nicholas Pereira
Thomas Fernandes  | 4−5 | Ho Than Cang
Hyunh Van Chien
Cu Sinh
Quong Duo Vin
Duong Van Tho

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

## 1974

[edit]

23 July 1974

1974 Merdeka Cup

Thailand | 2–4|  India

|
|

* Pasrapon
* Niwatana Sesawadi  pen.'

| Report |

* Magan Singh
* Bernard Pereira

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

* * *

25 July 1974

1974 Merdeka Cup

Malaysia | 4–1|  India

|
|

* Syed Ahmed  5'
* Mohammed Bakar 16', 34'
* Wong Choon Wah 65'

| Report |

* Magan Singh 70'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

* * *

29 July 1974

1974 Merdeka Cup

India | 2–2|  Hong Kong

|
|

* Magan Singh 26'
* Manjit Singh  75'

| Report | Yu Kwok-Kit  34', 55'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

* * *

2 August 1974

1974 Merdeka Cup

Indonesia | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  India

|
|

| Report |
Penalties
Oyong Liza
Wibisono
Anjao Asmar
Junaeri Adbilah  | 4−2 | Subrata Bhattacharya
Lateefuddin

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

* * *

2 September 1974

16:00

Asian Games GS

Iraq | 3–0|  India

|
|

Hazim Jassam  19'
Hassan 27'
Kadhim 58' | Report |

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

* * *

4 September 1974

18:30

Asian Games GS

China | 7–1|  India

|
|

Wang Jilian 2', 24'
Li Guoning  19' (pen.)
Liu Qingquan
Rong Zhixing
Chi Shangbin | Report | Magan Singh 74'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

* * *

6 September 1974

18:30

Asian Games GS

North Korea | 4–1|  India

|
|

Hong Song-Nam
Yong Song-Guk
Myong Dong-Chan | Report | Magan Singh

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

## 1976

[edit]

24 July 1976

Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup

Afghanistan | 1–1|  India

|
|

| FIFA
RSSSF | Harjinder Singh

Ghazi Stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan

* * *

8 August 1976

1976 Merdeka Cup

Japan | 5–1|  India

|
|

Kunishige Kamamoto
Yoshikazu Nagai
Yasuhiko Okudera
Hiroji Imamura | FIFA
Report | A. Devraj Doraiswamy

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

10 August 1976

1976 Merdeka Cup

Malaysia | 5–1|  India

|
|

| FIFA
Report |

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

11 August 1976

1976 Merdeka Cup

Thailand | 6–2|  India

|
|

Weeryudh Sawesdi
Kittichai
Miwat Sriswat
Witaya Lonakhul  | Report
Report | Manjit Singh
Shabbir Ali

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

13 August 1976

1976 Merdeka Cup

Burma | 2–2|  India

|
|

Maung Win
Maung Kyi Lon  | FIFA
Report | Manjit Singh
Harjinder Singh

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

16 August 1976

1976 Merdeka Cup

India | 3–1|  Indonesia

|
|

Shabbir Ali 7', 33', 35' | Report
Report |

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

18 August 1976

1976 Merdeka Cup

India | 0−8|  South Korea

|
|

| FIFA
Report | Cha Bum-kun
Park Sang-in
Kim Jin-kook
Park Young Joo
Kim Ho-kon

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* * *

11 September 1976

President Cup

South Korea | 4–0|  India

|
|

Lee Young-Moo 40', 52'
Cho Dong-Hyun 42'
Cha Bum-Kun 55' | FIFA |

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

* * *

15 September 1976

President Cup

Singapore | 2–1|  India

|
|

Quah Kim Song | FIFA | A. D. Devaraju

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

* * *

19 September 1976

President Cup

Malaysia | 4–0|  India

|
|

| FIFA |

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

## 1977

[edit]

5 September 1977

President's Cup

South Korea | 3–0|  India

|
|

Cha Bum-Kun 57', 89'
Kim Jae-Han 85' | FIFA |

Daegu Civil Stadium, Daegu, South Korea

* * *

7 September 1977

President's Cup

Thailand | 4–0|  India

|
|

* Cherdsak Chaiyabutr 12', 42', 72'
* Pichai Kongsri

| FIFA |

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan, South Korea

* * *

29 October 1977[b]

King's Cup

South Korea | 0–1|  India

|
|

| FIFA |

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

31 October 1977

King's Cup

Thailand | 1–1|  India

|
|

| FIFA |

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

4 November 1977

King's Cup

India | 2–1|  Singapore

|
|

| FIFA |

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

8 November 1977

King's Cup

India | 2–1|  Indonesia

|
|

| FIFA |

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

10 November 1977

King's Cup

Malaysia | 3–0|  India

|
|

| FIFA |

Bangkok, Thailand

## 1978

[edit]

10 December 1978

Asian Games GS

India | 3–0|  Bangladesh

|
|

Bidesh Bose
Harjinder Singh
Xavier Pius  | FIFA |

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

14 December 1978

Asian Games GS

India | 0–1|  Malaysia

|
|

| FIFA |

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

16 December 1978

Asian Games SFs

India | 0–3|  Iraq

|
|

| FIFA | Mahmoud 20'
Shaker 25'
Saeed 63'

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

18 December 1978

Asian Games SFs

Kuwait | 6–1|  India

|
|

| FIFA | Surajit Sengupta

Bangkok, Thailand

* * *

20 December 1978

Asian Games SFs

North Korea | 3–1|  India

|
|

| FIFA | A. Devraj Doraiswamy

Bangkok, Thailand

## Notes

[edit]

1. ^ The standard of teams is unclear. Malaysia apparently used a team of players who had not appeared in the Merdeka Tournament in Malaysia immediately prior to this tournament in Singapore. But the match against Malaysia is considered as full A international by various sources.[6]
2. ^ This match against South Korea XI in 1977 is considered as full A international for India by some RSSSF and FIFA sources.[1]

## See also

[edit]

* India national football team results (1960–1969)
* India national football team results (1980–1989)
* History of the India national football team

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Merdeka Tournament 1970".
2. ^ RSSSF
3. ^ "Indian team 1970 Merdeka Cup". Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2024.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. ^ "When FIFA President Called Indian Football Team as 'Best Technical Side of Asia'". Retrieved 29 December 2023.
5. ^ "Indians spilt open myth". Retrieved 5 January 2023.
6. ^ "Lists the results for the India national football team in 1971".
7. ^ "Indian team 1973 Merdeka Cup". Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2023.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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