Shabbir Ali - International Appearances


The outstanding Indian player obtained 72 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 26- 1-1956
Country: India   
Caps:	72	(W17-D15-L40 – GF72-GA138 – %34.03)
Goals:	 6 [*]
Age First Cap:	 18 yr 178 d   23- 7-1974 vs. Thailand 4-2
Age Last Cap:    28 yr 317 d    9-12-1984 vs. China  0-3
National Team Career: 10 yr 139 d
[*] according to some sources Shabbir Ali scored 23 goals; this is being investigated


Cap    Date 	Venue        	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1   23- 7-74	Ipoh     	Thailand	4-2	Merdeka Tournament
 2   25- 7-74	Ipoh     	Malaysia	1-4	Merdeka Tournament
 3   27- 7-74	Ipoh     	Hongkong	2-2	Merdeka Tournament
 4    2- 8-74	Ipoh     	Indonesia 	0-0 [1]	Merdeka Tournament
 5   21- 7-76   Kabul   	Pakistan	1-1 	Jasson Celebrat. Cup
 6   24- 7-76	Kabul   	Afghanistan	1-1	Jasson Celebrat. Cup
 7    8- 8-76	Kuala Lumpur 	Japan   	1-5	Merdeka Tournament
 8   10- 8-76	Kuala Lumpur 	Malaysia	1-5	Merdeka Tournament
 9   11- 8-76	Kuala Lumpur 	Thailand	2-6	Merdeka Tournament
10   13- 8-76	Kuala Lumpur 	Burma   	2-2	Merdeka Tournament
11   14- 8-76	Kuala Lumpur 	Indonesia	3-1	Merdeka Tournament
12   16- 8-76	Kuala Lumpur 	South Korea	0-8	Merdeka Tournament
13   11- 9-76	Seoul   	South Korea	0-4	President's Cup
14   15- 9-76	Seoul   	Singapore	1-2	President's Cup
15   19- 9-76	Seoul   	Malaysia	0-4	President's Cup
16    5- 9-77	Busan   	South Korea	0-3	President's Cup
17    7- 9-77	Seoul   	Thailand	0-4	President's Cup
18   31-10-77	Bangkok  	Thailand	1-1	King's Cup
19    4-11-77	Bangkok  	Singapore	2-1	King's Cup
20    6-11-77	Bangkok  	South Korea XI	1-0	King's Cup
21   10-11-77	Bangkok  	Malaysia	0-3	King's Cup
22   24- 2-80	Singapore	China   	0-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
23   26- 2-80	Singapore	Singapore	0-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
24    3- 3-80	Singapore	Sri Lanka	4-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
25    7- 3-80	Singapore	Iran    	0-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
26   10- 3-80	Singapore	North Korea	1-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
27    1- 9-81	Kuala Lumpur 	New Zealand	0-0	Merdeka Tournament
28    3- 9-81	Kuala Lumpur 	Japan   	2-3	Merdeka Tournament
29    5- 9-81	Kuala Lumpur 	UA Emirates	2-0	Merdeka Tournament
30   11- 9-81	Kuala Lumpur 	Indonesia	1-0	Merdeka Tournament
31   15- 9-81	Kuala Lumpur 	Malaysia	2-2	Merdeka Tournament
32   26-10-81	Abu Dhabi 	UA Emirates	0-2	
33   28-10-81	Abu Dhabi 	UA Emirates	1-3	
34   16- 2-82	Calcutta 	China   	1-1	Nehru Cup
35   18- 2-82	Calcutta 	South Korea	2-2	Nehru Cup
36   25- 2-82	Calcutta 	Uruguay 	1-3	Nehru Cup
37    5- 6-82	Seoul   	Indonesia	0-1	President's Cup
38    9- 6-82	Busan   	South Korea	0-1	President's Cup
39   13- 6-82	Seoul   	Bahrain 	0-0	President's Cup
40    6- 8-82	Kuala Lumpur 	Thailand	0-0	Merdeka Tournament
41    9- 8-82	Kuala Lumpur 	Ghana   	0-1	Merdeka Tournament
42   11- 8-82	Penang   	Singapore	0-3	Merdeka Tournament
43   20-11-82	New Delhi 	Bangladesh	2-0	Asian Games
44   22-11-82	New Delhi 	Malaysia	1-0	Asian Games
45   24-11-82	New Delhi 	China   	2-2	Asian Games
46   27-11-82	New Delhi 	Saudi Arabia	0-1	Asian Games
47    1-10-83	New Delhi 	Saudi Arabia	1-2	Olympic G. Qualifier 
48   17-10-83	Singapore	Singapore	1-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
49   19-10-83	Singapore	Indonesia	4-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
50   22-10-83	Singapore	Malaysia	3-3	Olympic G. Qualifier
51   25-10-83	Singapore	Malaysia	0-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
52   29-10-83	Kuala Lumpur 	Singapore	1-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
53   31-10-83	Kuala Lumpur 	Indonesia	1-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
54    6-11-83	Riyadh  	Saudi Arabia	0-5	Olympic G. Qualifier
55   11- 1-84	Calcutta 	Poland  	1-2	Nehru Cup
56   14- 1-84	Calcutta 	Argentina	0-1	Nehru Cup
57   25- 1-84	Calcutta 	China   	0-3	Nehru Cup
58    9- 6-84	San Fernando	Trinidad/Tobago	3-1	
59   11- 6-84	San Fernando	Trinidad/Tobago	0-3	
60   16- 6-84	Panamaribo	Surinam 	2-6	
61   19- 6-84	Panamaribo	Surinam 	1-4	
62   22- 6-84	Arima   	Trinidad/Tobago	0-3	
63   21- 8-84	Beijing 	China   	0-2	Great Wall Cup
64   23- 8-84	Beijing 	Algeria 	1-0	Great Wall Cup
65   12-10-84	Calcutta 	North Yemen   	4-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
66   14-10-84	Calcutta 	Malaysia	2-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
67   17-10-84	Calcutta 	Pakistan	2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
68   19-10-84	Calcutta 	South Korea	0-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
69    2-12-84	Singapore	Singapore	0-2	Asian Nations Cup
70    4-12-84	Singapore	UA Emirates	0-2	Asian Nations Cup
71    7-12-84	Singapore	Iran    	0-0	Asian Nations Cup
72    9-12-84	Singapore	China   	0-3	Asian Nations Cup

[1] India lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.


Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    72   17   15   40   72- 138       49      34.03

Types of Matches

Merdeka Tournament	18
Olympic Games Qualifier	13
President's Cup		 8
Friendlies		 7
Nehru Cup		 6
Asian Cup Qualifier	 4
Asian Games		 4
Asian Nations Cup	 4
King’s Cup		 4
Great Wall Cup 		 2	 
Jasson Celebrat. Cup	 2

Total                   72


Goals:	
Cap  9	1 goal
Cap 11 	3 goals
Cap 28	1 goal
Cap 45	1 goal

Total	6 goals

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