India national football team results (1970–1979)

Main article: India national football team results

Results of India national football team from 1970–1979.^[1][2][3]

Summary Matches 104–161
Games	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
58	18	9	31	80	139	31.03%
Biggest win
India  6–0  Malaysia 26 August 1971
Biggest defeat
India  1–9  Burma 6 August 1971
South Korea  8–0  India 18 August 1976
Honours
1970 Asian Games, Thailand
← 1960–69				1980–89 →

Key

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

1970

30 July 1970^[4]

1970 Merdeka

Taiwan	1–0	India
Hu San Wah	Report Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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1 August 1970

1970 Merdeka

Malaysia	1–3	India
Wong Choon Wah	Report Report	Shyam Thapa Syed Nayeemuddin Ranjit Thapa

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

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3 August 1970^[5]

1970 Merdeka

India	0–2	Burma
	Report Report	Ye Nyunt 28' Win Maung 48'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Referee: H. Yasuda (Japan)

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9 August 1970

1970 Merdeka

India	2–1	South Vietnam
Subhash Bhowmick Mohammed Habib	Report Report	Nguyen Van Xe

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

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12 August 1970

1970 Merdeka

South Korea	3–2	India
Chung Kang Ji 65' Park Yi Chung 67' Lee Hae Taik 76'	KFA Report	Subhash Bhowmick 16' Mohammed Habib 25'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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15 August 1970^[6]

1970 Merdeka

India	3–2	Hong Kong
Magan Singh 22', 65' Mohammed Habib 69'	Report Report	Li Kwok keung 53' Wai Hong 62'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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10 December 1970

16:00

Asian Games GS

Thailand	2–2	India
Sahas Pornsavan 13' Preecha Kitboon 21'	Report Report	Subhash Bhowmick 35', 57'

Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

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11 December 1970

16:00

Asian Games GS

India	2–0	South Vietnam
Habib 76' Rajvi 85'	Report Report

Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

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15 December 1970

Asian Games QF

India	3–0	Indonesia
Doraiswamy Nataraj 74' Rajvi 79' Thapa 83'	Report Report

Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

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17 December 1970

16:00

Asian Games QF

Japan	1–0	India
Kimura 88'	Report Report

Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

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18 December 1970

16:00

Asian Games SF

Burma	2–0	India
Ye Nyunt 15', 48'	Report Report

Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

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19 December 1970^[7]

Asian Games Bronze

India	1–0	Japan
Gurung 36'	Report Report

Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

1971

6 August 1971^[8]

1971 Merdeka Cup

India	1–9	Burma
Magan Singh	Report	Ye Nyunt Tin Aung Moe Win Maung Aye Maung Gyi Hia Tay

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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9 August 1971^[9]

1971 Merdeka Cup

Singapore	2–2	India
Kim Lye 44' R Krishnan 70'	Report	Amar Bahadur 30' Shyam Thapa 49'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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12 August 1971^[10]

1971 Merdeka Cup

Indonesia	3–1	India
Waskito 1', 54', 58'	Report	Habib 42'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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16 August 1971^[11]

1971 Merdeka Cup

Philippines	1–5	India
Tomas Lozano 56'	Report	Bhowmick 17' 67' Thapa 28' Habib 65'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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19 August 1971

1971 Merdeka Cup

India	1–2	Hong Kong
Syed Nayeemuddin	Report	Wu Kwok Hung L Kwow Keong

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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23 August 1971^[12]

1971 Pestasukan

India	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Indonesia
Habib 84', 108'	Report	Suabi 52'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore

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26 August 1971^[a][15]

1971 Pestasukan

India	6–0	Malaysia
Subhash Bhowmick 40', 53' Mohammed Habib 60', 67' Doraiswamy Nataraj 25' Swapan Sengupta 50'	Report Report

Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore

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28 August 1971^[16]

1971 Pestasukan

South Vietnam	0–0	India
	Report

Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore

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18 September 1971^[17][18]

Friendly

Soviet Union	5–0	India
Kolotov 6', 35', 39' Khmelnytskyi 49', 71'	Report

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)

1972

22 March 1972^[19]

1972 Olympic Qualifier

India	3–4	Burma
Magan Singh 26' Ghosh Dastidar 44', 50'	Report	Than Soe 11', 14' Win Maung 24', 41'

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

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24 March 1972^[20]

1972 Olympic Qualifier

India	2–4	Indonesia
Samaresh Chowdhury 57' Doraiswamy Natraj 89'	Report	Jacob Sihasale 10' Kainun Waskito 16', 38' Abdul Kadir 75'

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

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27 March^[b]

1972 Olympic Qualifier

India	0–1	Israel
	Report	Speigler 50'

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma

1973

27 July 1973^[23][24]

1973 Merdeka Cup

South Vietnam	1–2	India
Ho Thanh Cang 8'	Report	Magan Singh 32' Nicholas Pereira 57'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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29 July 1973^[25]

1973 Merdeka Cup

India	2–0	Thailand
Singh 40' (pen.), 60' (pen.)	Report Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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31 July 1973^[26]

1973 Merdeka Cup

India	3–0	Khmer Republic
Bernard Pereira 7' Magan Singh N.Ulganathan 60'	Report Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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4 August 1973^[27]

1973 Merdeka Cup

Malaysia	4–0	India
Rahim Abdullah 20' Namat Abdullah 60' Harun Jusuh 62' Mokhtar Dahari 88'	Report

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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10 August 1973^[28][29]

1973 Merdeka Cup

India	1–1	South Vietnam
M Prasannan	Report Report	Nguyen Van Mong
Penalties
Bernard Pereira Manuel Jayaraj Nicholas Pereira Thomas Fernandes	4−5	Ho Than Cang Hyunh Van Chien Cu Sinh Quong Duo Vin Duong Van Tho

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1974

23 July 1974^[30]

1974 Merdeka Cup

Thailand	2–4	India
Pasrapon Niwatana Sesawadi pen.'	Report	Magan Singh Bernard Pereira

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

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25 July 1974^[31]

1974 Merdeka Cup

Malaysia	4–1	India
Syed Ahmed 5' Mohammed Bakar 16', 34' Wong Choon Wah 65'	Report	Magan Singh 70'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Yoon Il Oh (Korea)

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29 July 1974

1974 Merdeka Cup

India	2–2	Hong Kong
Magan Singh 26' Manjit Singh 75'	Report	Yu Kwok-Kit 34', 55'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

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2 August 1974

1974 Merdeka Cup

Indonesia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	India
	Report
Penalties
Oyong Liza Wibisono Anjao Asmar Junaeri Adbilah	4−2	Subrata Bhattacharya Lateefuddin

Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia

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2 September 1974

16:00

Asian Games GS

Iraq	3–0	India
Hazim Jassam 19' Hassan 27' Kadhim 58'	Report

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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4 September 1974^[32]

18:30

Asian Games GS

China	7–1	India
Wang Jilian 2', 24' Li Guoning 19' (pen.) Liu Qingquan Rong Zhixing Chi Shangbin	Report	Magan Singh 74'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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6 September 1974

18:30

Asian Games GS

North Korea	4–1	India
Hong Song-Nam Yong Song-Guk Myong Dong-Chan	Report	Magan Singh

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

1976

24 July 1976

Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup

Afghanistan	1–1	India
	Report Report	Harjinder Singh

Ghazi Stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan

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8 August 1976

1976 Merdeka Cup

Japan	5–1	India
Kunishige Kamamoto Yoshikazu Nagai Yasuhiko Okudera Hiroji Imamura	Report Report	A. Devraj Doraiswamy

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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10 August 1976^[33]

1976 Merdeka Cup

Malaysia	5–1	India
Soh Chin Ann 15' Mokhtar Dahari 24', 30' Isa Bakar 46', 75'	Report Report	Manjit Singh

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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11 August 1976

1976 Merdeka Cup

Thailand	6–2	India
Weeryudh Sawesdi Kittichai Miwat Sriswat Witaya Lonakhul	Report Report	Manjit Singh Shabbir Ali

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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13 August 1976

1976 Merdeka Cup

Burma	2–2	India
Maung Win Maung Kyi Lon	Report Report	Manjit Singh Harjinder Singh

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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16 August 1976

1976 Merdeka Cup

India	3–1	Indonesia
Shabbir Ali 7', 33', 35'	Report Report	Timokasiba 82'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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18 August 1976^[34]

1976 Merdeka Cup

India	0−8	South Korea
	KFA Report	Cha Bum-kun 12', 45', 80' Park Sang-in 15', 34' Kim Jin-kook 18' Kim Kang-nam 67' Kim Ho-kon 76'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 10,000

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11 September 1976

President Cup

South Korea	4–0	India
Lee Young-Moo 40', 52' Cho Dong-Hyun 42' Cha Bum-Kun 55'	KFA Report

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ron Harris (New Zealand)

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15 September 1976^[35]

President Cup

Singapore	2–1	India
Quah Kim Song 29', 66'	Report Report	A. D. Devaraju 71'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

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19 September 1976

President Cup

Malaysia	4–0	India
	Report Report

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

1977

5 September 1977

President's Cup

South Korea	3–0	India
Cha Bum-Kun 57', 89' Kim Jae-Han 85'	KFA Report

Daegu Civil Stadium, Daegu, South Korea

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7 September 1977^[36]

President's Cup

Thailand	4–0	India
Chaiyabutr 12', 42', 72' Pichai Kongsri	Report

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan, South Korea

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29 October 1977^[c]

King's Cup

South Korea	0–1	India
	AIFF Report	Gurdev Singh

Bangkok, Thailand

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31 October 1977^[39]

King's Cup

Thailand	1–1	India
	Report

Bangkok, Thailand

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4 November 1977^[40]

King's Cup

India	2–1	Singapore
	Report

Bangkok, Thailand

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8 November 1977^[41]

King's Cup

India	2–1	Indonesia
	Report

Bangkok, Thailand

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10 November 1977

King's Cup

Malaysia	3–0	India
	Report Report

Bangkok, Thailand

1978

10 December 1978^[42]

Asian Games GS

India	0–1	Malaysia
	Report Report	Isa Bakar

Bangkok, Thailand

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14 December 1978

Asian Games GS

India	3–0	Bangladesh
Bidesh Bose Harjinder Singh Xavier Pius	Report Report

Bangkok, Thailand

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16 December 1978

Asian Games SFs

India	0–3	Iraq
	Report Report	Mahmoud 20' Shaker 25' Saeed 63'

Bangkok, Thailand

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17 December 1978

Asian Games SFs

Kuwait	6–1	India
	Report Report	Surajit Sengupta

Bangkok, Thailand

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19 December 1978

Asian Games SFs

North Korea	3–1	India
	Report Report	A. Devraj Doraiswamy

Bangkok, Thailand

Notes

1. Malaysia apparently used a team of players who had not appeared in the Merdeka Tournament in Malaysia immediately prior to this tournament in Singapore. But the match against Malaysia is considered as full A international by various sources.^[13][14]
2. Some sources doesn't count the games played at the Olympics finals and qualifiers as official.^[21] 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.^[22]
3. This match against South Korea XI in 1977 is considered as full A international for India by some sources.^[37][38]

See also

• India national football team results (1960–1969)
• India national football team results (1980–1989)
• History of the India national football team