Head to head · Men's national teams
India v Sri Lanka
India and Sri Lanka have met 18 times since 1952: India lead 11–2.
11India wins
5draws
2Sri Lanka wins
Goals: India 31, Sri Lanka 14 · 18 meetings
- The first meeting on record was on Monday, 24 March 1952: Ceylon 1–2 India in Colombo.
- The most recent was on Thursday, 7 October 2021: India 0–0 Sri Lanka (SAFF Championship).
- India's biggest win: India 3–0 Sri Lanka, 2011.
- Sri Lanka's biggest win: Sri Lanka 1–0 India, 1995.
- 13 of the 18 meetings were competitive matches and 5 were friendlies.
Compare their ratings over time
Every meeting
| 2021 | ||
| 7 Oct | India 0–0 Sri Lanka SAFF Championship · Malé, Maldives (neutral) |
Draw |
| 2018 | ||
| 5 Sept | India 2–0 Sri Lanka SAFF Championship · Dhaka, Bangladesh (neutral) |
India |
| 2015 | ||
| 25 Dec | India 2–0 Sri Lanka SAFF Championship · Thiruvananthapuram, India |
India |
| 2011 | ||
| 7 Dec | India 3–0 Sri Lanka SAFF Championship · New Delhi, India |
India |
| 2009 | ||
| 26 Aug | India 3–1 Sri Lanka Nehru Cup · New Delhi, India |
India |
| 2003 | ||
| 14 Jan | India 1–1 Sri Lanka SAFF Championship · Dhaka, Bangladesh (neutral) |
Draw |
| 2000 | ||
| 5 May | India 0–1 Sri Lanka Friendly · Malé, Maldives (neutral) |
Sri Lanka |
| 1999 | ||
| 27 Nov | Sri Lanka 1–3 India AFC Asian Cup qualification · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (neutral) |
India |
| 1996 | ||
| 24 Sept | Sri Lanka 1–1 India FIFA World Cup qualification · Doha, Qatar (neutral) |
Draw |
| 1995 | ||
| 23 Dec | India 1–0 Sri Lanka South Asian Games · Madras, India |
India |
| 2 Apr | Sri Lanka 1–0 India SAFF Championship · Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka |
| 29 Mar | Sri Lanka 2–2 India SAFF Championship · Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Draw |
| 1993 | ||
| 22 Dec | India 2–0 Sri Lanka South Asian Games · Dhaka, Bangladesh (neutral) |
India |
| 1989 | ||
| 25 Sept | India 2–1 Sri Lanka South Asian Games · Islamabad, Pakistan (neutral) |
India |
| 1955 | ||
| 18 Dec | Ceylon 3–4 India Friendly · Dhaka, Pakistan (neutral) |
India |
| 1954 | ||
| 21 Dec | India 1–1 Ceylon Friendly · Calcutta, India |
Draw |
| 1953 | ||
| 27 Oct | Ceylon 0–2 India Friendly · Yangon, Burma (neutral) |
India |
| 1952 | ||
| 24 Mar | Ceylon 1–2 India Friendly · Colombo, Ceylon |
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.