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India national football team results (1938–1959)

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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
Report
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 1–0 Pakistan
D'Souza 59' Report
Referee: U. Kim Teikh (Myanmar)

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

India 1–1 Ceylon
Noor Mohammed Report Andrew Fernando

India 2–1 Burma
Thapa
Patrick
Report Gordon Samuel

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

1958

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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.