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The India national football team has participated in ten editions of the FIFA World Cup qualification. This is the complete list of all the nation's matches played, along with records against each opponent.[citation needed]

Summary

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Tournaments

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1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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East Asia Zone

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Group 3B
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 6 4 1 1 8 4 +4 9
 India 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 7
 Thailand 6 1 2 3 4 4 +0 4
 Bangladesh 6 2 0 4 5 10 −5 4

Source: RSSSF

21 March 1985 Indonesia  2–1  India Senayan Stadium, Jakarta
Nurdiansyah 41', 49' Report K. Dey 34' Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Reynaldo Reyes (Philippines)
26 March 1985 Thailand  0–0  India Bangkok
Report Referee: Shunsaku Nakanishi (Japan)
30 March 1985 Bangladesh  1–2  India Bangladesh Army Stadium, Dhaka
Chunnu 42' Report Ghosh 34'
Panji 84'		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Liu Jingli (China)
6 April 1985 India  1–1  Indonesia Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta
Thapa 89' Report Dede Sulaiman 20' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Farouk Mustafa (Iraq)
9 April 1985 India  1–1  Thailand Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta
K. Dey 85' Report Boongeang 76' Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Shokor Abdulkader Abdul Latif (Iraq)
12 April 1985 India  2–1  Bangladesh Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta
Panji 36'
Gonsalves 54'		 Report Bhadra 15' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Salih Abdul Karim Saadi (Iraq)

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 8 7 1 0 23 1 +22 15
2  Bahrain 8 3 3 2 9 6 +3 9
3  Lebanon 8 2 4 2 8 9 −1 8
4  Hong Kong 8 2 1 5 9 19 −10 5
5  India 8 1 1 6 8 22 −14 3
Source: RSSSF
7 May 1993 Lebanon  2–2  India Beirut, Lebanon
Babkin Melikian 37'
Jamal Taha 53'		 V. P. Sathyan 68', 82' Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)
11 May 1993 India  1–2  Hong Kong Beirut, Lebanon
Bhupinder Thakur 54' Loh Wai Chi 15'
Lee Kin Wo 59'		 Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Qazi Asif (Pakistan)
13 May 1993 India  0–3  South Korea Beirut, Lebanon
Hong Myung-Bo 19' (pen.)
Choi Moon-Sik 70'
Ha Seok-Ju 89'		 Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Al-Hindyani (Kuwait)
15 May 1993 Bahrain  2–1  India Beirut, Lebanon
Khamis Thani 4'
Saad 31'		 V. P. Sathyan 90' (pen.) Stadium: Bourj Hammoud Stadium
Referee: Qazi Asif (Pakistan)
7 June 1993 India  0–3  Bahrain Seoul, South Korea
Khamis Mubarak 20', 53'
Khamis Thani 54'		 Referee: Shariff (Singapore)
9 June 1993 South Korea  7–0  India Seoul, South Korea
Lee Ki-Bum 5', 25', 49'
Kim Tae-Young 37', 70'
Park Jung-bae 39'
Ha Seok-Ju 68'		 Referee: Al-Yenbua'awy (Saudi Arabia)
11 June 1993 India  1–2  Lebanon Seoul, South Korea
Bhupinder Thakur 34' Hassan Ayoub 41'
Rafi Joulfagi 79'		 Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
13 June 1993 Hong Kong  1–3  India Seoul, South Korea
Wong Chi Keung 66' I. M. Vijayan 6', 77'
Bhupinder Thakur 55'		 Referee: Ali (Iraq)

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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Group 10

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1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Teams36 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Iran Karim Bagheri
(19 goals)
← 1994
2002 →
AFC Asian Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

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A total of 36 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 3.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.

There were three rounds of play:

  • First round: The 36 teams were divided into 10 groups of 3 or 4 teams each. The teams played against each other twice, except in Group 10, where the teams played against each other once. The group winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified for the World Cup. The runners-up advanced to the third round.
  • Third round: The two teams played against each other once in Malaysia. The winner qualify for the World Cup. The loser advanced to the AFC–OFC intercontinental play-offs.

First round

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Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

Group 1

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 6 5 1 0 18 1 +17 16 Second round
2  Malaysia 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11
3  Chinese Taipei 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4
4  Bangladesh 6 1 0 5 4 14 −10 3
Source: RSSSF

Group 2

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 6 5 1 0 39 3 +36 16 Second round
2  Syria 6 3 1 2 30 5 +25 10
3  Kyrgyzstan 6 3 0 3 12 14 −2 9
4  Maldives 6 0 0 6 0 59 −59 0
Source: RSSSF

Group 3

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Second round
2  Jordan 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 4
3  Bahrain 4 1 0 3 3 9 −6 3
Source: RSSSF

Group 4

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 6 5 1 0 31 1 +30 16 Second round
2  Oman 6 4 1 1 14 2 +12 13
3  Macau 6 1 1 4 3 28 −25 4
4    Nepal 6 0 1 5 2 19 −17 1
Source: RSSSF

Group 5

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 6 5 1 0 20 3 +17 16 Second round
2  Yemen 6 2 2 2 10 7 +3 8
3  Indonesia 6 1 4 1 11 6 +5 7
4  Cambodia 6 0 1 5 2 27 −25 1
Source: RSSSF

Group 6

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 4 3 1 0 9 1 +8 10 Second round
2  Thailand 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
3  Hong Kong 4 1 0 3 3 10 −7 3
Source: RSSSF

Group 7

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kuwait 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 12 Second round
2  Lebanon 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4
3  Singapore 4 0 1 3 2 8 −6 1
Source: RSSSF

Group 8

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 6 5 1 0 13 2 +11 16 Second round
2  Tajikistan 6 4 1 1 15 2 +13 13
3  Turkmenistan 6 2 0 4 8 13 −5 6
4  Vietnam 6 0 0 6 2 21 −19 0
Source: RSSSF

Group 9

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 4 4 0 0 15 2 +13 12 Second round
2  Iraq 4 2 0 2 14 8 +6 6
3  Pakistan 4 0 0 4 3 22 −19 0
Source: RSSSF

Group 10

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 3 3 0 0 14 0 +14 9 Second round
2  Sri Lanka 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  India 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
4  Philippines 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: RSSSF

Second round

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Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

Group A

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Group B

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Third round

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  • The third round (play-off) was played over a single leg at a neutral venue.
  • Extra time was played using the golden goal rule.
Iran 2–3 (a.e.t.) Japan
Azizi 46'
Daei 58'		 report (FIFA)
report (Japanese)		 Nakayama 39'
Jo 75'
Okano gold-colored soccer ball 118'
Attendance: 22,000

Inter-confederation play-offs

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Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off)
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Iran  3–3 (a)  Australia 1–1 2–2

Qualified teams

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The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 Saudi Arabia Final round group A winners 12 November 1997 1 (1994)
 South Korea Final round group B winners 18 October 1997 4 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994)
 Japan Play-off winners 16 November 1997 0 (debut)
 Iran AFC–OFC play-off winners 29 November 1997 1 (1978)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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There were 459 goals scored in 132 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 3.53 goals per match.

19 goals
14 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes

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21 September 1996 India  2–0  Philippines Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Vijayan 81'
Coutinho 85'		 (report) Attendance: 700
Referee: Omar Ali Al Shughair (Saudi Arabia)
24 September 1996 Sri Lanka  1–1  India Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Silva 14' (report) Chapman 39' Attendance: 400
Referee: Ammar Ammar (Lebanon)
27 September 1996 Qatar  6–0  India Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Al-Enazi 27', 40'
Al Kuwari 42'
Maayof 47'
Soufi 52'
Fazli 61'		 (report) Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Omar Ali Al Shughair (Saudi Arabia)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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First round

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Group 8

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 6 4 0 2 21 5 +16 12 Second round
2  Yemen 6 3 2 1 14 8 +6 11
3  India 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11
4  Brunei 6 0 0 6 0 28 −28 0
Source: RSSSF
8 April 2001 India  1–0  United Arab Emirates Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore
16:00 UTC+05:30 Alberto 71' Report Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
15 April 2001 India  1–1  Yemen Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore
16:00 UTC+05:30 Bhutia 53' Report Al Ghurbani 43' Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Chalach Piromya (Thailand)
26 April 2001 United Arab Emirates  1–0  India Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain City
19:30 UTC+04 Khater 63' Report Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
4 May 2001 Yemen  3–3  India Althawra Sports City Stadium, San‘a’
16:00 UTC+03 Al-Salimi 13' (pen.), 20', 62' Report Ancheri 16', 38'
Vijayan 51'		 Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Suleman Abo Allo (Syria)
11 May 2001 Brunei  0–1  India Sultan Hassal Bolkiah Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan
20:15 UTC+07 Report Ancheri 75' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hassan Al Ajmi (Oman)
20 May 2001 India  5–0  Brunei Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore
16:00 UTC+05:30 Alberto 12'
Vijayan 23'
Bhutia 35' (pen.)
Ancheri 59'
Hakim 80'		 Report Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Nail Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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Second round

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Group 3

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 6 6 0 0 16 1 +15 18 Third round — 1–0 7–0 1–0
2  Oman 6 3 1 2 14 3 +11 10 0–1 — 0–0 7–0
3  India 6 1 1 4 2 18 −16 4 0–4 1–5 — 1–0
4  Singapore 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3 1–2 0–2 2–0 —
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
18 February 2004 India  1–0  Singapore Fatorda Stadium, Margao
16:00 Renedy 50' Report Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Farajollah Yasrebi (Iran)
31 March 2004 India  1–5  Oman Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
17:45 Renedy 18' Report Amad Ali 12'
Ahmed Mubarak 26', 49'
Al-Hinai 60', 88'		 Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Danny Kim Heng (Malaysia)
9 June 2004 Japan  7–0  India Saitama Stadium, Saitama
19:20 Kubo 12'
Fukunishi 25'
Nakamura 29'
Suzuki 54'
Nakazawa 65', 76'
Ogasawara 68'		 Report Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
8 September 2004 India  0–4  Japan Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Bidhannagar
17:30 Report Suzuki 45'
Ono 60'
Fukunishi 71'
Miyamoto 87'		 Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Basel Hajjar (Syria)
13 October 2004 Singapore  2–0  India Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 Sahdan 73'
Amri 76'		 Report Attendance: 3,609
Referee: Yousuf Husain (Bahrain)
17 November 2004 Oman  0–0  India Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
18:00 Report Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mahmoud Nurilddin (Iraq)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lebanon  6–3  India 4–1 2–2
8 October 2007 Lebanon  4–1  India Saida Municipal Stadium, Saida
21:00 UTC+3 Antar 33'
Ghaddar 62', 76'
El Ali 63'		 Report Chhetri 30' Attendance: 500
Referee: Saad Al Fahdli (Kuwait)
30 October 2007 India  2–2  Lebanon Fatorda Stadium, Goa[note 4]
15:00 UTC+5:30
[note 4]		 Chhetri 29'
Dias 90+2'		 Report Ghaddar 72' (pen.), 85' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

Lebanon won 6 – 3 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
United Arab Emirates  5–2  India 3–0 2–2

United Arab Emirates won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
India  2–0    Nepal 2–0 0–0
12 March 2015 (2015-03-12) India  2–0    Nepal Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
19:00 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) Nepal    0–0  India Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
15:30 UTC+5:45 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

India won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

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Group D
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 8 6 2 0 26 3 +23 20 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup — 2–0 3–1 6–0 4–0
2  Oman 8 4 2 2 11 7 +4 14 Asian Cup qualifying third round 1–1 — 3–1 1–0 3–0
3  Turkmenistan 8 4 1 3 10 11 −1 13 1–1 2–1 — 1–0 2–1
4  Guam 8 2 1 5 3 16 −13 7 0–6 0–0 1–0 — 2–1
5  India 8 1 0 7 5 18 −13 3 Asian Cup qualifying play-off round 0–3[a] 1–2 1–2 1–0 —
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.[2] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.
11 June 2015 (2015-06-11) India  1–2  Oman Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
19:00 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 19,312
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
16 June 2015 (2015-06-16) Guam  2–1  India Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo
16:15 UTC+10
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 3,277
Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)
8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) India  0–3
Awarded[note 5]		  Iran Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
19:00 UTC+5:30 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)
8 October 2015 (2015-10-08) Turkmenistan  2–1  India Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat
18:00 UTC+5
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 20,100
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Oman  3–0  India Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
18:30 UTC+4
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)
12 November 2015 (2015-11-12) India  1–0  Guam Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
19:00 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Attendance: 6,277
Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)
24 March 2016 (2016-03-24) Iran  4–0  India Azadi Stadium, Tehran
19:00 UTC+4:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Attendance: 29,160
Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)
29 March 2016 (2016-03-29) India  1–2  Turkmenistan Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
18:00 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 3,111
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

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Second round

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  • All matches since 19 November 2019 were played in a centralised venue due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  • Also all matches were rescheduled from their original dates.
Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar[a] 8 7 1 0 18 1 +17 22 Asian Cup — 2–1 0–0 6–0 5–0
2  Oman 8 6 0 2 16 6 +10 18 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup 0–1 — 1–0 3–0 4–1
3  India 8 1 4 3 6 7 −1 7 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0–1 1–2 — 1–1 1–1
4  Afghanistan 8 1 3 4 5 15 −10 6 0–1 1–2 1–1 — 1–0
5  Bangladesh 8 0 2 6 3 19 −16 2 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Qatar has already qualified for the World Cup as the host nation. They are later selected as host replacement within the qualified teams of the Asian Cup.
5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) India  1–2  Oman Guwahati, India
19:30 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 22,798
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)
10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) Qatar  0–0  India Doha, Qatar
19:30 UTC+3 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 12,020
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)
15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) India  1–1  Bangladesh Kolkata, India
19:30 UTC+5:30 Khan 88' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Uddin 42' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 53,286
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) Afghanistan  1–1  India Dushanbe, Tajikistan
19:00 UTC+5 Nazary 45+1' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Doungel 90+3' Stadium: Central Republican Stadium
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) Oman  1–0  India Muscat, Oman
19:00 UTC+4 Al-Ghassani 33' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 24,250
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) India  0–1  Qatar Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) Bangladesh  0–2  India Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 495
Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)
15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) India  1–1  Afghanistan Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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Second round

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Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Qatar Kuwait India Afghanistan
1  Qatar 6 5 1 0 18 3 +15 16 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup — 3–0 2–1 8–1
2  Kuwait 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 1–2 — 0–1 1–0
3  India 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0–3 0–0 — 1–2
4  Afghanistan 6 1 2 3 3 14 −11 5 0–0 0–4 0–0 —
Source: FIFA, AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
16 November 2023 (2023-11-16) 2026 WCQ / 2027 ACQ Kuwait  0–1  India Kuwait City, Kuwait
19:30 UTC+3 Report Manvir 75' Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Attendance: 32,786
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 2026 WCQ / 2027 ACQ India  0–3  Qatar Bhubaneswar, India
19:00 UTC+5:30 Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
Attendance: 11,389
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
21 March 2024 (2024-03-21) 2026 WCQ / 2027 ACQ Afghanistan  0–0  India Abha, Saudi Arabia[a]
22:00 UTC+3 FIFA Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)
26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) 2026 WCQ / 2027 ACQ India  1–2  Afghanistan Guwahati, India
19:00 UTC+5:30
FIFA
Stadium: IGA Stadium
Attendance: 8,932
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
6 June 2024 (2024-06-06) 2026 World Cup qualification India  0–0  Kuwait Kolkata, India
19:00 UTC+5:30 Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 58,932
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
11 June 2024 (2024-06-11) 2026 World Cup qualification Qatar  2–1  India Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:45 UTC+3
Report Chhangte 37' Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Attendance: 2,816
Referee: Kim Woosung (South Korea)

Statistics

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Results by opponent

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India has played against 22 different nations during FIFA World Cup qualification.

  • Matches played from the 1986 edition to the 1994 edition had been provided with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.
  • Matches played thereafter have been provided with 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.

This is the performance table as of 16 June 2024.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bangladesh 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 8
 Brunei 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
   Nepal 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4
 United Arab Emirates 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
 Philippines 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
 Kuwait 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
 Guam 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
 Singapore 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
 Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 2
 Yemen 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
 Afghanistan 4 0 3 1 3 4 -1 3
 Thailand 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Lebanon 4 0 2 2 6 10 −4 2
 Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
 Indonesia 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
 Oman 6 0 1 5 3 13 −10 1
 Qatar 5 0 1 4 1 12 −10 1
 Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
 Bahrain 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
 Iran 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
 South Korea 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10 0
 Japan 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0

  2026 qualification opponents

Notes

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  1. ^ India topped the group after rest of the teams from their group withdrew. But India withdrew from the tournament after having qualified as group champions, due to several reasons such as financial, travel distance, team selection etc.
  2. ^ After having withdrawn from previous tournament, FIFA did not allow India to take part in the next edition of the world cup, hence India were not allowed to participate in the qualification tournament as well.
  3. ^ AIFF would never send India to the world cup qualification tournament again until 1985.
  4. ^ a b Match originally scheduled for 28 October 2007 postponed and relocated due to heavy rain in Chennai.
  5. ^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.[2] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Afghanistan will play their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Afghan conflict.

References

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  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Asian Zone". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
  2. ^ a b "DISCIPLINARY OVERVIEW – 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA QUALIFIERS" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2016.
  3. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2018, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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