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World Cup 2022 Qualifiers: India's record against Group E opponents

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The Blue Tigers have been drawn against Bangladesh, Oman, Afghanistan and Qatar in the second round of the Asian qualifiers...

The Indian national team are to embark on the round 2 qualification of the 2022 FIFA World Cup from Group E from 5 September 2019. It is set to be a joint preliminary qualification for the 2023 AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Asian Cup as well.

Igor Stimac's side have been drawn alongside Qatar, Oman, Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Group E of the Asian Qualifiers in the draw held in Malaysia on Wednesday.

Here, Goal takes a look at how India has fared against their group opponents in the past.
 

v Oman 

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Games won: 1
Games drawn: 3
Games lost: 4
 
DateMatchResultScoreCompetition
4 Aug 1991Oman v IndiaD1-1Olympics
21 Sep 1994Oman v IndiaW1-4Independence
31 Mar 2004India v OmanL1-5FIFA World Cup
17 Nov 2004Oman v IndiaD0-0FIFA World Cup
23 Feb 2012Oman v IndiaL5-1International Friendly
11 Jun 2015India v OmanL1-2FIFA World Cup
13 Oct 2015Oman v IndiaL3-0FIFA World Cup
27 Dec 2018India v OmanD0-0International Friendly

India's best result in all of their FIFA World Cup qualifiers was a draw against Oman, way back in 2004. Their 2018 World Cup qualifiers under former coach Stephen Constantine who was in his second stint with the Blue Tigers both ended in defeats. The practice match ahead of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup was one of the most positive results in recent times.
 

v Qatar 

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Games won: 1
Games drawn: 0
Games lost: 1
 
DateMatchResultScoreCompetition
27 Sep 1996Qatar v IndiaL6-0FIFA World Cup
17 Jul 2011Qatar v IndiaW1-2International Friendly

After their practice match that was supposed to be held in December 2010 as part of their preparations for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup was called off, India faced Qatar in another practice game in the following year to prepare for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Sunil Chhetri contributed by scoring the opener from the spot and former international Sushil Singh scored the eventual winner. 
 

v Bangladesh 

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Games won: 15
Games drawn: 11
Games lost: 2
 
DateMatchResultScoreCompetition
14 Dec 1978India v BangladeshW3-0Asian Games
21 Nov 1982India v BangladeshW2-0Asian Games
30 Mar 1985Bangladesh v IndiaW1-2FIFA World Cup qualifier
12 Apr 1985India v BangladeshW2-1FIFA World Cup qualifier
25 Dec 1985Bangladesh v IndiaW1-1 (4-1 p)South Asian Games
6 Feb 1988Bangladesh v IndiaD0-0AFC Asian Cup
15 Jun 1988India v BangladeshD0-0AFC Asian Cup
23 Oct 1989Bangladesh v IndiaD1-1South Asian Games
26 Dec 1991Bangladesh v IndiaL2-1South Asian Games
14 Sep 1994India v BangladeshW4-2Independence
31 Mar 1995Bangladesh v IndiaW0-0 (4-2 p)SAFF Championship
27 Dec 1995India v BangladeshW1-0International Friendly
7 Sep 1997India v BangladeshW3-0SAFF Championship
15 Oct 1998India v BangladeshD0-0South Asian Nations Cup
22 Apr 1999India v BangladeshD0-0SAFF Championship
1 May 1999India v BangladeshW2-0SAFF Championship
2 Oct 1999India v BangladeshL0-1South Asian Games
28 Nov 1999India v BangladeshD2-2AFC Asian Cup
2 May 2000India v BangladeshD1-1Golden Jubilee Tournament
29 Jul 2000India v BangladeshW1-0International Friendly
27 Sep 2002India v BangladeshW3-0Asian Games
18 Jan 2003Bangladesh v IndiaD1-1SAFF Championship
12 Dec 2005India v BangladeshD1-1SAFF Championship
17 Dec 2005India v BangladeshW2-0SAFF Championship
20 Aug 2007India v BangladeshW1-0Nehru Cup
11 Dec 2009Bangladesh v IndiaW0-1SAFF Championship
3 Sep 2013Bangladesh v IndiaD1-1SAFF Championship
5 Mar 2014India v BangladeshD2-2International Friendly

The two SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) nations faced each other mostly in the SAFF Championship wherein India have an unbeaten record against Bangladesh. In fact, India has not faced a defeat in the last decade since their solitary goal defeat in the South Asian Games. Among World Cup qualification matches between the two countries in 1985, the Indian national team recorded 2-1 victories in both legs.
 

v Afghanistan 

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Games won: 7
Games drawn: 2
Games lost: 1
   
DateMatchResultScoreCompetition
7 Mar 1951India v AfghanistanW3-0Asian Games
27 Aug 1959Afghanistan v IndiaW2-5Olympics
24 Jul 1976Afghanistan v IndiaD1-1International Friendly
12 Jan 2003Afghanistan v IndiaW0-4SAFF Championship
30 Jul 2008India v AfghanistanW1-0AFC Challenge Cup
5 Dec 2009India v AfghanistanW1-0SAFF Championship
3 Dec 2011India v AfghanistanD1-1SAFF Championship
11 Dec 2011India v AfghanistanW4-0SAFF Championship
11 Sep 2013Afghanistan v IndiaL2-0SAFF Championship
3 Jan 2016India v AfghanistanW2-1 (a.e.t.)SAFF Championship

Like Bangladesh, Afghanistan has also faced India mostly in the SAFF Championship - thrice (2011, 2013 and 2016) in the title deciding clash of the competition and winning one of them. This will be the first time India and Afghanistan will be involved in a FIFA World Cup qualifier.
 

2022 World Cup Asian Qualifiers round 2 fixtures:

Date Home Away
5 September 2019India Oman
9 September 2019QatarIndia
15 October 2019India Bangladesh
14 November 2019AfghanistanIndia
19 Novermber 2019OmanIndia
26 March 2020India Qatar
4 June 2020BangladeshIndia
9 June 2020India Afghanistan
  
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