Team · AFC
3 Sep 1938 – 9 Jun 2026 · Elo 1233 (173rd now), peak 1635 in 1966
187 won · 120 drawn · 223 lost
World Football Elo at the end of each year. A rating counts every match, so only the years filter applies.
Tallest: 20 · Year
| Home | 161 | 70 | 44 | 47 | 247 | 190 | +57 | 43.5% |
| Away | 138 | 31 | 27 | 80 | 159 | 308 | -149 | 22.5% |
| Neutral | 231 | 86 | 49 | 96 | 317 | 361 | -44 | 37.2% |
| Tournament finals | 143 | 73 | 23 | 47 | 226 | 174 | +52 | 51% |
| Qualifiers | 107 | 30 | 26 | 51 | 119 | 182 | -63 | 28% |
| Friendlies | 280 | 84 | 71 | 125 | 378 | 503 | -125 | 30% |
Longest run of each kind in these matches; “now” is the run still going at the last of them.
| Wins | 9 | 2 Jun 2016 | 19 Aug 2017 | 0 |
| Unbeaten | 13 | 2 Jun 2016 | 14 Nov 2017 | 1 |
| Scored in | 23 | 29 Mar 2016 | 15 Sep 2018 | 2 |
| Clean sheets | 5 | 5 Mar 1951 | 23 Mar 1952 | 0 |
| Without a win | 15 | 24 Jan 1991 | 11 Jun 1993 | 10 |
| Defeats | 7 | 13 Oct 2010 | 18 Jan 2011 | 0 |
| Without scoring | 6 | 19 Oct 1984 | 31 Jan 1985 | 0 |
Appearances at finals tournaments, and the best finish at each competition.
| SAFF Cup | 13 | 0 | — |
| Asian Games | 11 | 0 | — |
| South Asian Games | 7 | 0 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup | 5 | 0 | Final round (1964) |
| AFC Challenge Cup | 2 | 0 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup 2024 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | B · 4th |
| SAFF Cup 2023 | — | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | — |
| SAFF Cup 2021 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup 2019 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | A · 4th |
| SAFF Cup 2018 | — | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | — |
| SAFF Cup 2016 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | — |
| SAFF Cup 2015 | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | — |
| SAFF Cup 2013 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | — |
| AFC Challenge Cup 2012 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -8 | — |
| SAFF Cup 2011 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup 2011 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -10 | C · 4th |
| AFC Challenge Cup 2008 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | — |
| SAFF Cup 2008 | — | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | — |
| SAFF Cup 2005 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | — |
| SAFF Cup 2003 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | — |
| Bangladesh | AFC | 29 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 41.4% | 1978 | 2025 |
| Malaysia | AFC | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 46 | -9 | 34.6% | 1957 | 2024 |
| Thailand | AFC | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 38 | -10 | 25% | 1962 | 2025 |
| Nepal | AFC | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 9 | +32 | 72.7% | 1985 | 2023 |
| Myanmar | AFC | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 39 | -9 | 47.6% | 1952 | 2023 |
| Pakistan | AFC | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 57.1% | 1952 | 2023 |
| Singapore | AFC | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 41 | -3 | 42.9% | 1957 | 2025 |
| South Korea | AFC | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 51 | -37 | 14.3% | 1958 | 2011 |
| Sri Lanka | AFC | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 61.1% | 1952 | 2021 |
| Maldives | AFC | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 72.2% | 1987 | 2025 |
| Indonesia | AFC | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 31.3% | 1951 | 2004 |
| Hong Kong | AFC | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 43.8% | 1958 | 2025 |
| Japan | AFC | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 38 | -23 | 26.7% | 1954 | 2006 |
| Vietnam Republic | AFC | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 46.7% | 1959 | 1973 |
| Afghanistan | AFC | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 57.1% | 1941 | 2024 |
| China PR | AFC | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -17 | 0% | 1956 | 2018 |
| United Arab Emirates | AFC | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 32 | -25 | 14.3% | 1979 | 2021 |
| Oman | AFC | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 | -17 | 0% | 1994 | 2021 |
| Taiwan | AFC | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 66.7% | 1964 | 2018 |
| Yemen | AFC | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 11.1% | 1984 | 2010 |
| Friendly | 133 | 39 | 33 | 61 | 29.3% |
| Merdeka Tournament | 75 | 27 | 19 | 29 | 36% |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 57 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 21.1% |
| SAFF Cup | 53 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 64.2% |
| Asian Games | 44 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 40.9% |
| AFC Asian Cup qualification | 44 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 31.8% |
| Nehru Cup | 41 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 24.4% |
| South Asian Games | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 63.6% |
| AFC Asian Cup | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 18.8% |
| Intercontinental Cup | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% |
| AFC Challenge Cup | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 50% |
| Korea Cup | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0% |
Goals with a named scorer in these matches — older friendlies mostly have none.
| Sunil Chhetri | 37 | 8 | 2007–2024 |
| Jeje Lalpekhlua | 8 | 0 | 2011–2019 |
| Manvir Singh | 6 | 0 | 2018–2023 |
| Anirudh Thapa | 4 | 0 | 2019–2023 |
| I. M. Vijayan | 4 | 0 | 1993–2001 |
| Jo Paul Ancheri | 4 | 0 | 2001 |
| Sandesh Jhingan | 4 | 0 | 2016–2023 |
| Bhupinder Thakur | 3 | 0 | 1993 |
| Lallianzuala Chhangte | 3 | 0 | 2018–2024 |
| Sumeet Passi | 3 | 0 | 2016–2018 |
| Ashique Kuruniyan | 2 | 0 | 2018–2022 |
| Baichung Bhutia | 2 | 1 | 2001 |
Recorded caps: line-ups are known for 14% of these matches.
| Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | 54 | 53 | 2015–2026 |
| Sunil Chhetri | 52 | 52 | 2011–2025 |
| Anirudh Thapa | 48 | 38 | 2017–2024 |
| Sandesh Jhingan | 44 | 42 | 2015–2026 |
| Manvir Singh | 39 | 31 | 2017–2025 |
| Udanta Singh | 35 | 22 | 2016–2024 |
| Pritam Kotal | 34 | 31 | 2015–2023 |
| Subashish Bose | 34 | 32 | 2018–2024 |
| Ashique Kuruniyan | 30 | 22 | 2018–2025 |
| Lallianzuala Chhangte | 30 | 19 | 2016–2026 |
| Rahul Bheke | 28 | 28 | 2019–2026 |
| Sahal Abdul Samad | 25 | 14 | 2019–2024 |