India at the FIFA World Cup qualification

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Summary

FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Notes
1930	Did not enter
1934
1938
1950	Qualified by default						Group 10 winners ^{[note 1]}
1954	Denied by FIFA						^{[note 2]}
1958 to 1982	Did not enter						^{[note 3]}
1986	6	2	3	1	7	6	First round (2/4 in Group 3B)
1990	Withdrew
1994	8	1	1	6	8	22	First round (5/5 in Group D)
1998	3	1	1	1	3	7	First round (3/4 in Group 10)
2002	6	3	2	1	11	5	First round (3/4 in Group 8)
2006	6	1	1	4	2	18	Second Round (3/4 in Group 3)
2010	2	0	1	1	3	6	First round (Lost to Lebanon (6–3) on aggregate)
2014	2	0	1	1	2	5	Second round (Lost to United Arab Emirates (5–2) on aggregate)
2018	10	2	1	7	7	18	Second round (5/5 in Group D)
2022	8	1	4	3	6	7	Second round (3/5 in Group E)
2026	6	1	2	3	3	7	Second round (3/4 in Group A)
Total	57	12	17	28	52	101

Tournaments

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

East Asia Zone

Group 3B

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)

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	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)

Group 10

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9
Sri Lanka	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
India	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
Philippines	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: RSSSF

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)

First round

Group 8

Pos	Team v t e	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)

Second round

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	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: ^[6]
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)

First round

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)

Second round

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

23 July 2011	United Arab Emirates	3–0	India	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
20:00 UTC+4	Al Kamali 21' (pen.) Al Shehhi 29' (pen.) Al Hammadi 81'	Report		Attendance: 3,179 Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

28 July 2011	India	2–2	United Arab Emirates	Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
19:00 UTC+5:30	Lalpekhula 74' Singh 90+2'	Report	Al Shehhi 40' Al-Wehaibi 72'	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

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

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

First round

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	Chhetri 53', 70'	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

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	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: ^[8]
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.^[7] 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	Chhetri 26'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Said 1' Al-Hosni 40' (pen.)	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	McDonald 37' Nicklaw 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Chhetri 90+3'	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)	Azmoun 28' Teymourian 46' Taremi 49'	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	Abylow 8' Amanow 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lalpekhlua 28'	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	Mubarak 55' Al-Muqbali 67', 84'	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	R. Singh 10'	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	Hajsafi 33' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Azmoun 61' Jahanbakhsh 78'	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	Jhingan 26'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Amanow 48' Ataýew 70'	Attendance: 3,111 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Second round

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 v t e	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:

^ 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	Chhetri 24'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Alawi 82', 90'	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)	Hatem 33'	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)	Chhetri 79', 90+2'	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	Azizi 75' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Zamani 81'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	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	Asian Cup qualifying third round	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)	Meshaal 4' Ali 47' Abdurisag 86'	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	Chhetri 38' (pen.)	FIFA	Akbari 70' Mukhammad 88' (pen.)	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	Aymen 73' Al-Rawi 90'	Report	Chhangte 37'	Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 2,816 Referee: Kim Woosung (South Korea)

Statistics

Results by opponent

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

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ AIFF would never send India to the world cup qualification tournament again until 1985.
^ ^a ^b Match originally scheduled for 28 October 2007 postponed and relocated due to heavy rain in Chennai.
^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.^[7] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.

Notes

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

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[table_note_IND_IRN0.61285779374319-12] FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.^[7] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.

[table_note_QAT0.31897879872424-15] 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.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

[8] AIFF would never send India to the world cup qualification tournament again until 1985.

[india_v_lebanon-10] Match originally scheduled for 28 October 2007 postponed and relocated due to heavy rain in Chennai.

[India_v_Iran-14] FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.^[7] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.

[Afghanistan-16] Afghanistan will play their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Afghan conflict.

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Summary

Tournaments

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

East Asia Zone

Group 3B

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Group 10

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

First round

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Second round

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

First round

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Second round

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

First round

Second round

Group D

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Second round

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Second round

Statistics

Results by opponent

Notes

See also

Notes

References