Founded: 1920 Affiliated to Fifa: 1945
First match played: | |||||||
09/1941 | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | 0 | - | 0 | Draw | Friendly |
Latest match played: | |||||||
01/09/2000 | Austria | Austria | 1 | - | 5 | Loss | Friendly |
Biggest win: | |||||||
02/06/1997 | Maldives | Syria | 17 | - | 0 | Win | World Cup - qualifier |
Biggest loss: | |||||||
28/05/1950 | Turkey | Turkey | 1 | - | 6 | Loss | Friendly |
Longest unbeaten streak: 18 (1998-2000) Current unbeaten streak: 0
Opponent | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Algeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Australia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
Austria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Bahrain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
Bangladesh | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cambodia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Chile | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
China | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 |
Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Czechoslovakia* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Denmark | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
East Germany* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Guatemala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Guinea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Hungary | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
India | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 |
Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Iraq | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 8 |
Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Israel | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Jamaica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Japan | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 |
Jordan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Kenya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Kuwait | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 19 |
Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
Laos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Malaysia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Maldives | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
Mexico | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Morocco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Myanmar 1) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
Nepal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
North Korea | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
North Yemen* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Oman | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
Pakistan | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 12 |
Palestine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Peru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Qatar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Romania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Saudi Arabia | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 |
Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Singapore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
South Korea | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 |
South Yemen* | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Soviet Union* | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Syria | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 |
Taiwan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Tajikistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Turkey | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Uganda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Yemen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Total | 303 | 157 | 75 | 71 | 537 | 265 |
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Last updated 25/09/2000
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