Sri Lanka national football team fixtures and results between 1950 and 1979 are as follows:
Win Draw Loss |
1952
editWin Draw Lose
1953
editWin Draw Lose
24 October Colombo Cup | Burma | 3–2 | Ceylon | Rangoon, Burma |
Samuel 22', 60', 64' | Report | Ossen 21' Aziz 47' |
2 November Colombo Cup | Pakistan | 6–0 | Ceylon | Rangoon, Burma |
Akbar 7' Ismail 10', 13' Gunaid 11' (o.g.) Kutty 37', 42' |
Report |
5 November Non-FIFA friendly | Burma | 7–9 | Ceylon | Rangoon, Burma |
Boomgardt ?', ?', ?' ? ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' |
Report | Azeez ?', ?' K.Fernando ?', ?', ?' A.Fernando ?' ? ?', ?', ?' |
1954
editWin Draw Lose
21 December Colombo Cup | India | 1–1 | Ceylon | Calcutta, India |
N. Mohammed ?' | Report | Fernando ?' | Stadium: Eden Gardens |
1955
editWin Draw Lose
18 December Colombo Cup | India | 4–3 | Ceylon | Dacca, East Pakistan |
Banerjee ?', ?' Mewalal Sattar |
Report Report |
Ranasinghe ?', ?' Fernando |
Stadium: Dacca Stadium |
21 December Colombo Cup | Pakistan | 2–1 | Ceylon | Dacca, East Pakistan |
Fakhri ?', ?' | FIFA RSSSF Report |
Ranasinghe | Stadium: Dacca Stadium Attendance: 20,000 |
25 December Colombo Cup | Burma | 3–1 | Ceylon | Dacca, East Pakistan |
Suk Bahadur ?', ?' (pen.) Aung Myint |
Report Report |
Sainoon | Stadium: Dacca Stadium |
1963
editWin Draw Lose
27 November 1964 Olympic Q. P.R. | Ceylon | 3-5 | India | Ceylon |
Report |
7 December 1964 Olympic Q. P.R. | India | 7-0 | Ceylon | India |
Report |
1964
editWin Draw Lose
8 January Friendly | Ceylon | 0-14 | East Germany | Ceylon |
1965
edit1968
edit17 March 1968 Olympic Q. | Israel | 7–0 | Ceylon | Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel |
George Borba 1', 63' Mordechai Spiegler 11', 59', 85' W.N.C. Perera 30' (o.g.) Giora Spiegel 47' |
Report | Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Wanchai Suwaree (Thailand) |
22 March 1968 Olympic Q. | Israel | 4–0 | Ceylon | Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Giora Spiegel 55' Rahamim Talbi 62' Shmuel Rosenthal 66' George Borba 77' |
Report | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland) |
1971
edit13 December Asian Cup Q. | Iraq | 5-0 | Ceylon | Kuwait |
Ali Kadhim Shamil Kamil Naqis Sattar |
Report |
16 December Asian Cup Q. | Ceylon | 0-5 | Iraq | Kuwait |
Report | Ali Kadhim Shamil Kamil Naqis Sattar |
19 December Asian Cup Q. | Jordan | 2-1 | Ceylon | Kuwait |
Report |
22 December Asian Cup Q. | Bahrain | 3-0 | Ceylon | Kuwait |
Report |
1972
edit22 March 1972 Olympic Q. | Israel | 3-0 | Ceylon | Burma |
24 March 1972 Olympic Q. | Burma | 5-1 | Ceylon | Burma |
26 March 1972 Olympic Q. | Thailand | 5-0 | Ceylon | Burma |
7 June Jakarta Anniversary t. | Malaysia | 3-0 | Sri Lanka | Jakarta |
9 June Jakarta Anniversary t. | Burma | 4-2 | Sri Lanka | Jakarta |
11 June Jakarta Anniversary t. | Indonesia | 8-0 | Sri Lanka | Jakarta |
Jacob Sihasale Abdul Kadir Risdianto Waskito |
13 June Jakarta Anniversary t. | Sri Lanka | 3-1 | Laos | Jakarta |
12 July Merdeka Tournament | Malaysia | 4-1 | Sri Lanka | Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur |
Hamzah Hussein 48' S. Abdullah 56' 58' 61' |
M. Nizarden 76' | Attendance: 15.000 |
16 July Merdeka Tournament | Japan | 5-0 | Sri Lanka | Perak Stadium, Ipoh |
Kamamoto 5' 9' 58' 65' 89' |
20 July Merdeka Tournament | Philippines | 4-1 | Sri Lanka | Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur |
Juan Gutierrez 34' M. Martinez 44' I.Lozano 59' Miguel Crame 63' |
Hassimdeen 70' |
22 July Merdeka Tournament | Khmer Republic | 6-1 | Sri Lanka | Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur |
Doeur Soekhom 35' Sea Cheng Eang 39' 66' Sok Sun Seah 42' Doeuk Miladord 63' (pen) 87' |
Hassimdeen 69' |
25 July Merdeka Tournament | Singapore | 6-1 | Sri Lanka | Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur |
S. P. Leong 24' 62' 84' Samat Alipitchay 44' 56' S. Rajagopal 87' |
Clement da Silva 25' |
1979
edit2 May Asian Cup Q. | Malaysia | 3-1 | Sri Lanka | Bangkok |
4 May Asian Cup Q. | Thailand | 4-0 | Sri Lanka | Bangkok |
6 May Asian Cup Q. | Hong Kong | 5-0 | Sri Lanka | Bangkok |
8 May Asian Cup Q. | Sri Lanka | 4-0 | Singapore | Bangkok |
10 September President's Cup | Bahrain | 1-0 | Sri Lanka | Seoul Stadium, Seoul |
15:45 UTC+9 | Dosanghud 18' |
12 September President's Cup | South Korea | 6-0 | Sri Lanka | Daegu Civil Stadium, Daegu |
18:45 UTC+9 | Huh Jung-Moo 27' Shin Hyun-Ho 36', 40' Lee Jang-Soo 64' Yoo Gun-Soo 71' Lee Young-Moo 87' |
14 September President's Cup | Bangladesh | 3-1 | Sri Lanka | Cheongju Stadium, Cheongju |
14:00 UTC+9 |
16 September President's Cup | Sudan | 1-0 | Sri Lanka | Incheon Civil Stadium, Incheon |
14:00 UTC+9 | Abryu 71' |
22 November King's Cup | Thailand | 5-1 | Sri Lanka | Thailand |