India national football team results (1938–1959)

Australia	5–3	India
Quill Jack Hughes Jim Wilkinson	FIFA Report	Rahim Bhattacharya Lumsden

Sydney Showground, Sydney, Australia

Attendance: 16,144

10 September 1938^[3]^[4]

Australia	4–4	India
Jack Hughes Kitching Cecil Brittain	FIFA	Rahim 47' Bhattacharya 49' Noor Mohammed Lumsden

Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Australia

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: J. Edwards (Australia)

17 September 1938^[5]

Australia	1–4	India
Jack Hughes	FIFA Report	Rahim Lumsden 46' (pen.) Bhattacharya

Newcastle Sports Ground, Newcastle, Australia

Attendance: 9,000

24 September 1938

Australia	5–4	India
Jack Hughes Jim Wilkinson Ray Bryant	FIFA Report	K Prosad Lumsden pen.'

Sydney Showground, Sydney, Australia

Attendance: 12,000

1 October 1938

Australia	3–1	India
Jack Hughes Coolahan McIver	FIFA Report	Lumsden

Melbourne Showground, Melbourne, Australia

Referee: F.R. Thorpe (Australia)

1948

31 July 1948^[a]

18:30

1948 Olympics

France	2–1	India
Courbin 30' Persillon 89'	FIFA	Raman 70'

Cricketfield Stadium, London, UK

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)

1951

4 March 1951^[6]

16:15

1951 Asian Games

India	3–0	Indonesia
Mewalal 27' Siregar 42' (o.g.) Venkatesh 50'	FIFA Report

National Stadium, New Delhi, India

7 March 1951

16:15

1951 Asian Games

India	3–0	Afghanistan
Venkatesh 10' Mewalal 16' Nandy 55'	FIFA Report

National Stadium, New Delhi, India

Attendance: 15,000

10 March 1951^[7]

17:00

1951 Asian Games

India	1–0	Iran
Mewalal 34'	FIFA Report

National Stadium, New Delhi, India

Attendance: 25,000

1952

9 March 1952

Ceylon	0–3	India
	FIFA RSSSF	Venkatesh Mewalal

Colombo Oval, Colombo, Ceylon

16 March 1952

India	4–0	Burma
Mewalal Thakurta	FIFA Report

Colombo Oval, Colombo, Ceylon

23 March 1952

Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland

India	0–0	Pakistan
	Report Report

Colombo Oval, Colombo, Ceylon

15 July 1952

19:00

1952 Olympics

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

23 October 1953

India	1–0	Pakistan
D'Souza 59'	Report

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

Referee: U. Kim Teikh (Myanmar)

27 October 1953

India	2–0	Ceylon
Venkatesh Khan 35'	Report

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Maung May Lay (Myanmar)

31 October 1953

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines

Burma	2–4	India
Samuel Ba Kyu 60'	Report	Thangaraj 4' Venkatesh Khan

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

Referee: Mahomed Shah (Pakistan)

1954

3 May 1954

1954 Asian Games

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

5 May 1954

1954 Asian Games

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

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines

18 December 1954

India	1–1	Ceylon
Noor Mohammed	Report	Andrew Fernando

Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta, India

23 December 1954

India	2–1	Burma
Thapa Patrick	Report	Gordon Samuel

Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta, India

26 December 1954

India	3–1	Pakistan
Thapa	Report AIFF	Fakhri

Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta, India

1955

16 September 1955^[b]

19:00 (UTC+03:00)

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'

Dinamo Stadium, Moskva, Soviet Union

Attendance: 25,000^[8]^[9]

Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

18 December 1955^[10]

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

Dacca Stadium, Dacca, East Pakistan

20 December 1955

India	5–2	Burma
Banerjee D'Souza Kempaiah	Report	Suk Bahadur Aung Shein

Dacca Stadium, Dacca, East Pakistan

24 December 1955

Pakistan	1–2	India
Fakhri	FIFA Report	Banerjee D'Souza

Dacca Stadium, Dacca, East Pakistan

1956

17 June 1956^[11]

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

India	0–1	China
	Report RSSSF	Cong 8'

Delhi Gate Stadium, New Delhi, India

Attendance: 25,000

1 December 1956

09:00

1956 Olympics

Australia	2–4	India
Morrow 17', 41'	FIFA	D'Souza 9', 33', 50' K. Kittu 80'

Attendance: 7,413

Referee: C.H. Wensveen (Indonesia)

4 December 1956

11:00

1956 Olympics

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

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

Attendance: 16,626

Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

7 December 1956

08:45

1956 Olympics

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

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

Attendance: 21,236

Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

12 December 1956

Australia	1–7	India
Vogler	Report	P.K. Banerjee D'Souza K. Kittu S. Banerjee

Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, Australia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Herbert Imlay (Australia)

1958

26 May 1958

India	3–2	Burma
Goswami Balaram Damodaran	Report

Korakuen Velodrome, Tokyo, Japan

28 May 1958

Indonesia	2–1	India
Tjiang 11' 53'	Report	Rahmatullah 35'

Tokyo, Japan

30 May 1958

India	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Hong Kong
Rahmatullah Goswami Tulsidas Balaram Damodaran	Report

Tokyo, Japan

31 May 1958

South Korea	3–1	India
Choi Chung-min 13' Lee Soo-nam 75' Moon Jung-sik 83'	Report Report	Damodaran 67'

National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

1 June 1958^[12]

Indonesia	4–1	India
Saari 10' Omo Suratmo 59' Wowo Sunaryo 60' Phwa Sian Liong 88'	Report Report	Balaram 46' (pen.)

National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

Attendance: 46,000

1959

27 August 1959

1960 Olympics Qualifier

Afghanistan	2−5	India
Ayubi Mosa	Report	P.K.Banerjee Chuni Goswami Mariappa Kempiah Rahmatullah Moloy Lahiri

Kabul, Afghanistan

31 August 1959

Singapore	0–2	India
	Report	Rahmatullah 52' Balaram 61'

Attendance: 20,000

3 September 1959

India	2–0	Hong Kong
Zulfiquer 8' Kannan 79'	Report

Attendance: 11,000

4 September 1959

Malaya	1–1	India
Robert Choe 60' (pen.)	Report	Kannan 63'

Attendance: 18,000

6 September 1959

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

8 September 1959^[13]

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

City Stadium, Penang, Malaya

Referee: O. Hussain

7 December 1959

India	1–0	Pakistan
D. D'Souza	Report

Attendance: 30,000

8 December 1959

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

Attendance: 30,000

11 December 1959

India	3–1	Iran
Goswami 64' Yousuf Khan 66' (pen.) Balaram 80'	Report	Dehdari 62'

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Rahman (Pakistan)

13 December 1959

India	0–1	Pakistan
	Report	Abdullah 13'

Attendance: 30,000

16 December 1959

India	1–2	Israel
Rahmatullah 19'	Report	Stelmach 11' Levi 75'

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Natarajan (Malaysia)

18 December 1959

India	1–2	Iran
Yousuf Khan 64'	Report	Dehdari