Head to head · Men's national teams
India v Japan
India and Japan have met 15 times since 1954: Japan lead 10–4.
4India wins
1draw
10Japan wins
Goals: India 15, Japan 38 · 15 meetings
- The first meeting on record was on Monday, 3 May 1954: India 3–2 Japan in Manila.
- The most recent was on Wednesday, 11 October 2006: India 0–3 Japan (AFC Asian Cup qualification).
- India's biggest win: India 3–0 Japan, 1966.
- Japan's biggest win: Japan 7–0 India, 2004.
- 15 of the 15 meetings were competitive matches and 0 were friendlies.
Compare their ratings over time
Every meeting
| 2006 | ||
| 11 Oct | India 0–3 Japan AFC Asian Cup qualification · Bengaluru, India |
Japan |
| 22 Feb | Japan 6–0 India AFC Asian Cup qualification · Yokohama, Japan |
Japan |
| 2004 | ||
| 8 Sept | India 0–4 Japan FIFA World Cup qualification · Calcutta, India |
Japan |
| 9 Jun | Japan 7–0 India FIFA World Cup qualification · Saitama, Japan |
Japan |
| 1998 | ||
| 3 Dec | Japan 1–0 India Asian Games · Trang, Thailand (neutral) |
Japan |
| 1981 | ||
| 3 Sept | India 2–3 Japan Merdeka Tournament · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (neutral) |
Japan |
| 1976 | ||
| 8 Aug | India 1–5 Japan Merdeka Tournament · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (neutral) |
Japan |
| 1970 | ||
| 19 Dec | Japan 0–1 India Asian Games · Bangkok, Thailand (neutral) |
India |
| 17 Dec | Japan 1–0 India Asian Games · Bangkok, Thailand (neutral) |
Japan |
| 1966 | ||
| 10 Dec | Japan 2–1 India Asian Games · Bangkok, Thailand (neutral) |
Japan |
| 17 Aug | India 3–0 Japan Merdeka Tournament · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (neutral) |
India |
| 1965 | ||
| 15 Aug | India 1–1 Japan Merdeka Tournament · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (neutral) |
Draw |
| 1962 | ||
| 29 Aug | India 2–0 Japan Asian Games · Jakarta, Indonesia (neutral) |
India |
| 1961 | ||
| 6 Aug | India 1–3 Japan Merdeka Tournament · Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (neutral) |
Japan |
| 1954 | ||
| 3 May | India 3–2 Japan Asian Games · Manila, Philippines (neutral) |
India |
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Results from the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results and fixtures from API-Football and some venues from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Penalty shoot-outs count as wins. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.