India national football team results (1938–1959)

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
Gold 1951 Asian Games, India
1960–69

1938

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Australia  5–3  India
Quill    
Jack Hughes    
Jim Wilkinson  
FIFA
Report
Rahim  
Bhattacharya  
Lumsden  
Attendance: 16,144

Australia  4–4  India
Jack Hughes    
Kitching  
Cecil Brittain  
FIFA Rahim   47'
Bhattacharya   49'
Noor Mohammed  
Lumsden  
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: J. Edwards (Australia)

Australia  1–4  India
Jack Hughes   FIFA
Report
Rahim  
Lumsden     46' (pen.)
Bhattacharya  
Attendance: 9,000

Australia  5–4  India
Jack Hughes    
Jim Wilkinson    
Ray Bryant  
FIFA
Report
K Prosad  
Lumsden       pen.'
Attendance: 12,000

Australia  3–1  India
Jack Hughes  
Coolahan  
McIver  
FIFA
Report
Lumsden  
Referee: F.R. Thorpe (Australia)

1948

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France  2–1  India
Courbin   30'
Persillon   89'
FIFA Raman   70'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)

1951

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India  3–0  Afghanistan
Venkatesh   10'
Mewalal   16'
Nandy   55'
FIFA
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Attendance: 15,000

India  1–0  Iran
Mewalal   34' FIFA
Report
Attendance: 25,000[8]

1952

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Yugoslavia  10–1  India
Vukas   2', 62'
Mitić   14', 43'
Zebec   17', 23', 60', 87'
Ognjanov   52', 67'
FIFA Khan   89'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John Best (United States)

1953

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India  2–0  Ceylon
Venkatesh  
Khan   35'
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Maung May Lay (Myanmar)

Burma  2–4  India
Samuel  
Ba Kyu   60'
Report Thangaraj   4' 
Venkatesh  
Khan  
Referee: Mahomed Shah (Pakistan)

1954

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India  3–2  Japan
Moinuddin   6', 28'
Joe D'Sa   42'
Report Takabayashi   47'
Kawamoto   78'

Indonesia  4–0  India
D. Dhalhar   28' (pen.), 80'
Ramang   51', 69'
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1955

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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'

India  4–3  Ceylon
Banerjee   
Mewalal  
Sattar  
FIFA
Report
Peter Ranasinghe   
Andrew Fernando  


1956

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  India0–1China  
Report
RSSSF
Cong   8'
Attendance: 25,000

Australia  2–4  India
Morrow   17', 41' FIFA D'Souza   9', 33', 50'
K. Kittu   80'
Attendance: 7,413
Referee: C.H. Wensveen (Indonesia)

Yugoslavia  4–1  India
Papec   54', 65'
Veselinović   57'
M. Salam   78' (o.g.)
FIFA D'Souza   52'

Bulgaria  3–0  India
Diev   37', 60'
Milanov   42'
FIFA

Australia  1–7  India
Vogler   Report
Report
P.K. Banerjee   
D'Souza   
K. Kittu   
S. Banerjee  
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Herbert Imlay (Australia)

1958

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India  3–2  Burma
Goswami  
Balaram  
Damodaran  
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Indonesia  2–1  India
Tjiang   11'   53' Report Rahmatullah   35'

India  5–2 (a.e.t.)  Hong Kong
Rahmatullah   
Goswami  
Tulsidas Balaram  
Damodaran  
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Indonesia  4–1  India
Saari   10'
Omo Suratmo   59'
Wowo Sunaryo   60'
Phwa Sian Liong   88'
Report
Report
Balaram   46' (pen.)
Attendance: 46,000

1959

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Singapore  0–2  India
Report Rahmatullah   52'
Balaram   61'
Attendance: 20,000

India  2–0  Hong Kong
Zulfiquer   8'
Kannan   79'
Report
Attendance: 11,000

Malaya  1–1  India
Robert Choe   60' (pen.) Report Kannan   63'
Attendance: 18,000

South Vietnam  2–2  India
Do Thoi Vinh   20', 53' Report Zulfiquer   8'
Kannan   56'

South Korea  1–1  India
Cho Yoon-ok   30' Report P. K. Banerjee   6'
Referee: O. Hussain

India  1–0  Pakistan
D. D'Souza   Report

India  1–3  Israel
Kittu   70' Report Levi   35', 43', 53'

India  3–1  Iran
Goswami   64'
Yousuf Khan   66' (pen.)
Balaram   80'
Report Dehdari   62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rahman (Pakistan)

India  0–1  Pakistan
Report Abdullah   13'

India  1–2  Israel
Rahmatullah   19' Report Stelmach   11'
Levi   75'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Natarajan (Malaysia)

India  1–2  Iran
Yousuf Khan   64' Report Dehdari   

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  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. ^ "India 1–0 Iran".
  9. ^ "1955 USSR and India reciprocal tours". Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Soviet Union 11–1 India". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Quadrilangular Cup". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  12. ^ "China international game". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  13. ^ "60 years ago today, India's Melbourne magic created history".
  14. ^ "Indian football at the Asian Games 1958 Tokyo". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Korea 1950s results (in Korean)". Retrieved 30 March 2024.