India national football team results (1960–1969)

Main article: India national football team results

Results of India national football team from 1960–1969.[1]

Summary Matches 48–103
Games	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
56	24	10	22	87	76	42.86%
Biggest win
Sri Lanka  0–7  India 7 December 1963
Biggest defeat
India  0–6  Burma 1 November 1969
Honours
1962 Asian Games, Indonesia
1964 AFC Asian Cup, Israel
← 1938–59				1970–79 →

Key

	Indicates India national football team won the match
	Indicates the match ended in draw
	Indicates India national football team lost the match

1960

14 April 1960[a]

1960 Olympics Qualifier

India	4−2	Indonesia
Sundararaj 10', 63' Kannan 21' Balaram 73'	Report	Omo Suratmo 9' Henkie Timisela 84'

Calcutta, India

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30 April 1960[4]

1960 Olympics Qualifier

Indonesia	0−2	India
	Report	Goswami 78' Sundararaj 87'

Jakarta, Indonesia

Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaysia)

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21 August 1960[5]

International Friendly

Tunisia	2–2	India
Ezzedine 15' Meddeb 73'	Report	Balaram

Rome, Italy

Attendance: 2,500

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26 August 1960[b][7]

21:00

1960 Olympics

Hungary	2–1	India
Göröcs 23' Albert 56'	Report	Balaram 79'

Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila, Italy

Attendance: 4,118

Referee: Bahri Ben Said (Tunisia)

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29 August 1960[c][9]

21:00

1960 Olympics

France	1–1	India
G. Coinçon 82'	Report	Banerjee 71'

Stadio Olimpico Comunale, Grosseto, Italy

Attendance: 907

Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)

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1 September 1960[d][11]

21:00

1960 Olympics

Peru	3–1	India
N. Nieri 27', 53' T. Iwasaki 85'	Report	Balaram 88'

Pescara Adriatic Stadium, Pescara, Italy

Attendance: 1,673

Referee: Mahmoud Hussein Imam (Egypt)

1961

3 August 1961

1961 Merdeka Cup

South Vietnam	2–1	India
Do Tho Vinh 58' Ron Ly Van 76'	Report Report	Y. Khan 37'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

Referee: H. Angullia (Singapore)

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6 August 1961

1961 Merdeka Cup

Japan	3–1	India
Miyamoto 56', 71' Watanabe 65'	Report Report	Y. Khan 21'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

Referee: M. Prung (Indonesia)

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9 August 1961

1961 Merdeka Cup

Malaya	1–2	India
	Report Report	Banerjee 39' Samajpati 74'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

Attendance: 10,000

1962

26 August 1962

1962 Asian Games

South Korea	2–0	India
Chung Soon-Choon 30' Cha Tae-Sung 80'	KFA Report

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia

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28 August 1962

1962 Asian Games

Thailand	1–4	India
	Report Report	Banerjee Goswami Balaram

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia

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29 August 1962

1962 Asian Games

India	2–0	Japan
Banerjee Balaram	Report Report

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia

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1 September 1962[12]

1962 Asian Games

India	3–2	South Vietnam
Goswami 13', 75' J. Singh 41'	Report Report	Phan Duong Cam 52' (pen.) Do Thoi Vinh 64'

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia

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4 September 1962[13][14][15]

1962 Asian Games

India	2–1	South Korea
Banerjee 17' J. Singh 20'	KFA AIFF	Cha Tae-sung 85'

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia

1963

27 Nov 1963[16]

1964 Olympic Qualifier

India	5–3	Sri Lanka
Appalaraju Y. Khan	Report	Mahinda Sirisena

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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7 Dec 1963[e]

1964 Olympic Qualifier

Sri Lanka	0–7	India
	Report	Appalaraju Sarmad Khan I. Singh Samajpati

Bangalore, India

1964

27 May 1964

AFC Asian Cup

South Korea	0–2	India
	Report	Appalaraju 2' I. Singh 57'

Municipal Stadium, Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Davoud Nassiri (Iran)

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29 May 1964

16:00

AFC Asian Cup

Israel	2–0	India
Spiegler 29' (pen.) Yohai Aharoni 76'	Report

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Li Pak Tung (Malaysia)

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2 June 1964

16:30

AFC Asian Cup

India	3–1	Hong Kong
I. Singh 45' Samajpati 60' Goswami 77'	Report	Cheung Yiu Kwok 39'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)

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6 June 1964

1964 Olympic Qualifier

Iran	3–0	India
Hameed Barmaki Shirzadegan Behzadi	Report

Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Qimaqchi (Iran)

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19 June 1964

1964 Olympic Qualifier

India	1–3	Iran
Goswami 10'	Report	Hameed Barmaki 4' Shirzadegan 10' Behzadi 88'

Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Calcutta, India

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Yohan Mint (Burma)

24 August 1964[f][19]

1964 Merdeka

Malaysia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	India
Mahat Ambu 55'	Report Report	Sinha 60'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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27 August 1964[20]

1964 Merdeka

India	4–0	Cambodia
Goswami 5' D. D'Souza 45', 46' I. Singh 48'	Report Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)

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29 August 1964

1964 Merdeka

Thailand	1–2	India
Aashdang	Report Report	Asim Moulick Goswami

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

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6 September 1964[21]

1964 Merdeka

India	0–1	Burma
	Report Report	Ba Pu 60'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1965

18 August 1965[22]

1965 Merdeka

Hong Kong	2–2	India
Yuen Kuen To 38' Cheung Yin Kwok 62'	Report Report	Ashim Moulick 14' Chatterjee 34'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

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21 August 1965[23]

1965 Merdeka

Malaysia	0–3	India
	Report Report	Mukherjee 13' P. V. Jankiram 29' Samuel Anthony 68'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

Attendance: 11,500

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23 August 1965

19:30[24][25]

1965 Merdeka

India	0–1	South Korea
	Report Report	Kim Sam-rak 33'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Referee: N. Tantanom (Thailand)

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25 August 1965

1965 Merdeka

South Vietnam	0–2	India
	Report Report	Chatterjee Mukherjee

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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27 August 1965

1965 Merdeka

Burma	1–1	India
	Report Report	Chatterjee

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1966

13 August 1966[26]

1966 Merdeka

Hong Kong	0–2	India
	Report Report	Chatterjee 55' Rajendra Mohan 75'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 15,000

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22 August 1966[27]

1966 Merdeka

Singapore	1–0	India
Andy Yeo 48'	Report Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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24 August 1966

1966 Merdeka

Taiwan	0–1	India
	Report Report	I. Arumainayagam

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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26 August 1966

1966 Merdeka

South Vietnam	0–1	India
	Report Report	I. Arumainayagam

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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28 August 1966[28]

1966 Merdeka

South Korea	0–1	India
	Report Report	Parimal Dey 29'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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10 December 1966

1966 Asian Games

Japan	2–1	India
Miyamoto 50', 53'	Report Report	Chatterjee 48'

Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

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12 December 1966

1966 Asian Games

India	2–1	Malaysia
I. Singh J. Singh (pen.)	Report Report

Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

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13 December 1966[29]

1966 Asian Games

Iran	4–1	India
Esmaeili 20', 85' Talebi 25' Jabbari 87'	Report Report	J. Singh 12' (pen.)

Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 10,000

1967

12 August 1967[30]

1967 Merdeka

Thailand	1–1	India
Preaderm 56'	Report	Habib 59'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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16 August 1967[31]

1967 Merdeka

India	4–0	Hong Kong
Chatterjee 10' Gracias 20', 51', 54'	Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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19 August 1967[32]

1967 Merdeka

Malaysia	0–0	India
	Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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20 August 1967

1967 Merdeka

South Vietnam	1–0	India
Phan Doung Cam	Report

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

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22 August 1967[g]

1967 Merdeka

Taiwan	1–1 (a.e.t.)	India
Cheung Chi Wai	Report	Inder Singh

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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26 August 1967

1967 Merdeka

Indonesia	3–0	India
	Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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12 November 1967[33]

1968 AFC ACQ

Burma	2–0	India
Suk Bahadur 51' Aung Khin 88'	Report

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

Attendance: 30,000

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15 November 1967

1968 AFC ACQ

Pakistan	1–1	India
Bakhsh	Report AIFF	Subramanium

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

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18 November 1967[34]

1968 AFC ACQ

Cambodia	3–1	India
Sea Chheang Eng 35' Sieng Tara 57', 60'	Report	Poongam Kannan 89'

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

1968

11 August 1968

1968 Merdeka

Malaysia	2–1	India
Zulfikili Thanabalan	Report Report	Poongam Kannan

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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12 August 1968[35]

1968 Merdeka

India	3–2	South Vietnam
Poongam Kannan 45' Sadatullah Khan 75', 76'	Report Report	Quang Kim Phung 16' Nguyen Van Ngom 26'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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15 August 1968[36]

1968 Merdeka

India	1–1	Hong Kong
Ashok Chatterjee 67'	Report Report	Cheng yun Yu 40'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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17 August 1968[37]

1968 Merdeka

India	3–1	Burma
Sadatullah Khan 58' Nayeemuddin 65' Singh 86'	Report Report	Bahadur 51'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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19 August 1968[38]

1968 Merdeka

Thailand	1–0	India
Udomslip 37'	Report Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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23 August 1968

1968 Merdeka

South Korea	1–0	India
Kim Ki Bok	Report Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1969

1 November 1969[39]

1969 Merdeka

India	0–6	Burma
	Report Report	Maung Maung Tin 1' Ye Nyunt 21', 61', 85' Hia Tay 25', 33'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Referee: F.X Djoereml (Indonesia)

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3 November 1969[40]

1969 Merdeka

India	3–0	Singapore
Abdul Latif 29' Habib 49' Rajvi 89'	Report Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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8 November 1969[41]

1969 Merdeka

Thailand	1–0	India
	Report Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

See also

• India national football team results (1938–1959)
• India national football team results (1970–1979)
• History of the India national football team

Notes

1. Some sources doesn't count the games played at the Olympics finals and qualifiers as official.[2] In 1999 FIFA deleted Olympics and Olympics Qualifying matches from its records. However most FAs ignore FIFA ruling and continue to recognize their Olympics and Olympics qualifying matches as official. According to RSSSF all those matches are considered official for India.[3]
2. This match against France Olympic team is considered as full A international for India by RSSSF.[6]
3. This match against France Olympic team is considered as full A international for India by RSSSF.[8]
4. This match against France Olympic team is considered as full A international for India by RSSSF.[10]
5. Some sources doesn't count the games played at the Olympics finals and qualifiers as official.[17] In 1999 FIFA deleted Olympics and Olympics Qualifying matches from its records. However most FAs ignore FIFA ruling and continue to recognize their Olympics and Olympics qualifying matches as official. According to RSSSF all those matches are considered official for India.[18]
6. India won on coin toss.
7. Taiwan won on unknown tie-breaker.

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