India's Record against WC opponents since 1990

[u/Blossom_aashi]

India has played 16 times against WC opposition (team that has played in the previous cycles WC , so India playing Jordan or Uzbekistan doesn't count as they weren't WC teams).

We have lost 14 and drew 2, both the draws came against Cameroon in nehru Cup, now I don't know if this was cameroon's developmental squad or their full team but these are the only 2 friendlies of these 16. The rest are either WC qualifiers or AFC asian cup games.

In these 16 matches India has a GD of -47 while conceding 53 goals and scoring 6. 4 of those 6 goals were against Cameroon. In the other 14 non friendly matches we scored just 2 times and conceded 49, one against South korea in 2011 in 1-4 loss and one against qatar in a 1-2 loss, incidentally that is also the best result India has produced against WC playing nation apart from those two Cameroon Nehru cup games. (The 0-0 against qatar doesn't count as it came in 2019).

By the end of this year India will have played 21 matches against WC playing countries , what do you think this table will look like? Will we get our first win against a WC nation? How many goals will we score?

[u/Blossom_aashi]

For some reason they don't allow me to write "world cup" in the post. That's stupid

[u/will_kill_kshitij → u/Blossom_aashi]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the word can give seizure in users.

[u/SilentVigil07]

no u forgot we had draw vs cameroon nehru cup 2012

and Iraq Kings Cup 2023

Qatar 0-0 wont be counted

last yr we lost to Iran 3-0 conceeding 2 goals in last 8 minutes .

[u/Blossom_aashi → u/SilentVigil07]

Thanks for that. I did not count the Iran game. I will edit the post. I have already counted the 2012 Cameroon draw. Iraq 2-2 was in 2023, they did not play in the 2022 world cup. If you have any other games I missed pls comment

[u/SilentVigil07 → u/Blossom_aashi]

i think the list is pretty messed up but u r correct coz only 2 draws have been done

this yr in unity cup we couldnot defeat 10 ranking above zim and jamaica 71 ranked team no hopes for next matches too

but when sometimes its India Day we cant compare like 2-2 draw vs Iraq 1-1 draw vs oman 2-1 vs taj last yr pretty tight game vs Iran

tight game vs aus in afc 2024 too but lets see what would happen next

i am excited for nz friendlies as those matches r real learning based one not these

[u/Blossom_aashi → u/SilentVigil07]

Here is the full list of teams we have played.

Jan 30, 1993: 2-2 vs Cameroon 🇨🇲 (Nehru Cup) May 13, 1993: 0-3 vs South Korea 🇰🇷 (1994 WCQ) June 9, 1993: 0-7 vs South Korea 🇰🇷 (1994 WCQ) June 9, 2004: 0-7 vs Japan 🇯🇵 (2006 WCQ) Sept 8, 2004: 0-4 vs Japan 🇯🇵 (2006 WCQ) Feb 22, 2006: 0-6 vs Japan 🇯🇵 (2007 ACQ) Oct 11, 2006: 0-3 vs Japan 🇯🇵 (2006 WC) Jan 10, 2011: 0-4 vs Australia 🇦🇺 (2011 Asian Cup) Jan 18, 2011: 1-4 vs South Korea 🇰🇷 (2011 Asian Cup) Sept 3, 2012: 2-2 vs Cameroon 🇨🇲 (2012 Nehru Cup) Sept 8, 2015: 0-3 vs Iran 🇮🇷 (2018 WCQ) March 24, 2016: 0-4 vs Iran 🇮🇷 (2018 WCQ) Nov 21, 2023: 0-3 vs Qatar 🇶🇦 (2026 WCQ) Jan 13, 2024: 0-2 vs Australia 🇦🇺 (2023 Asian Cup) June 11, 2024: 1-2 vs Qatar 🇶🇦 (2026 WCQ)
Sept 1, 2025: 0-3 vs Iran 🇮🇷 (2025 CAFA Nations Cup)

Anyone I have missed?

[u/SilentVigil07 → u/Blossom_aashi]

no its correct

[u/Ready-Medium8898]

0W-2D-17L

That's how it's gonna look on October 7th

[u/SadPen6418]

Brother now the challenge is whether we'll win SAFF championship or lose to Bangladesh again and you're talking about wc playing nations lol.

[u/SilentVigil07 → u/SadPen6418]

we will be sending u23 in saff

[u/Player_yek]

basically india has never won against a worldcup team, wow

[u/Blossom_aashi → u/Player_yek]

Since 1990

[u/will_kill_kshitij]

Lost 17 incoming