India at the FIFA World Cup qualification

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

Summary

FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Notes
Template:Flagicon 1930	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1934
Template:Flagicon 1938
Template:Flagicon 1950	Qualified by default						Group 10 winners Template:Refn
Template:Flagicon 1954	Denied by FIFA						Template:Refn
Template:Flagicon 1958 to Template:Flagicon 1982	Did not enter						Template:Refn
Template:Flagicon 1986	6	2	3	1	7	6	First round (2/4 in Group 3B)
Template:Flagicon 1990	Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1994	8	1	1	6	8	22	First round (5/5 in Group D)
Template:Flagicon 1998	3	1	1	1	3	7	First round (3/4 in Group 10)
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002	6	3	2	1	11	5	First round (3/4 in Group 8)
Template:Flagicon 2006	6	1	1	4	2	18	Second Round (3/4 in Group 3)
Template:Flagicon 2010	2	0	1	1	3	6	First round (Lost to Template:Fb (6–3) on aggregate)
Template:Flagicon 2014	2	0	1	1	2	5	Second round (Lost to Template:Fb (5–2) on aggregate)
Template:Flagicon 2018	10	2	1	7	7	18	Second round (5/5 in Group D)
Template:Flagicon 2022	8	1	4	3	6	7	Second round (3/5 in Group E)
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026	To be determined						To be determined
Total	51	11	15	25	49	93

Tournaments

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

East Asia Zone

Group 3B

Team	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Fb	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	9
Template:Fb	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	7
Template:Fb	6	1	2	3	4	4	+0	4
Template:Fb	6	2	0	4	5	10	−5	4

Source:RSSSF

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Group D

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Template:Football box collapsible

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Group 10 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Template:Football box collapsible

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

First round

Group 8

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round Template:Football box collapsible

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Second round

Group 3

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round Template:Football box collapsible

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

First round

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Template:Football box collapsible Lebanon won 6 – 3 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Second round

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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

First round

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Template:Football box collapsible India won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

Group D

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round Template:Football box collapsible

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 resheduled from their original dates.

Group E

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Statistics

Results by opponent

India has played against 21 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 15 June 2021.

Team	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Fb	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	8
Template:Fb	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6
Template:Fb	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Template:Fb	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4
Template:Fb	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
Template:Fb	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Template:Fb	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
Template:Fb	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2
Template:Fb	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
Template:Fb	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Template:Fb	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Template:Fb	4	0	2	2	6	10	−4	2
Template:Fb	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Template:Fb	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
Template:Fb	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1
Template:Fb	6	0	1	5	3	13	−10	1
Template:Fb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Template:Fb	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0
Template:Fb	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
Template:Fb	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
Template:Fb	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0
Template:Fb	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Template:Color box 2026 qualification opponents

See also

• History of the India national football team
• India national football team at the Olympics
• India at the AFC Asian Cup