Sri Lanka national football team results (1950–1979)
Sri Lanka national football team fixtures and results in 1950–1979 are as follows:
1952[edit]
Win Draw Lose
1953[edit]
Win Draw Lose
| 2 November Colombo Cup | Pakistan  | 6-0 |  Ceylon | Rangoon, Burma |
Akbar  ?' Ismail ?', ?' Gunaid (o.g.) ?' Kutty ?', ?' |
Report |
1954[edit]
Win Draw Lose
| 21 December Colombo Cup | India  | 1-1 | Ceylon | Calcutta, India |
| N. Mohammed ?' |
Report | Fernando ?' |
Stadium: Eden Gardens |
1955[edit]
Win Draw Lose
| 18 December Colombo Cup | India | 4–3 | Ceylon | Dacca, East Pakistan |
| Banerjee ?', ?' Mewalal Sattar |
Report | Narasinghe ?', ?' Penl |
Stadium: Dacca Stadium |
| 21 December Colombo Cup | Pakistan | 2-1 | Ceylon | Dacca , East Pakistan |
| Report |
| 25 December Colombo Cup | Burma  | 3-1 | Ceylon | Dacca , East Pakistan |
| Report |
1963[edit]
Win 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[edit]
Win Draw Lose
| 8 January Friendly | Ceylon | 0-14 |  East Germany | Ceylon |
| 12 January Friendly | Ceylon | 1-12 | East Germany | Ceylon |
| Walles 70' |
Report | Heino 1', 40', 62', 88' Wolfgang 3', 61' Hermann 20', 47', 89' Jürgen 37' Gerd 42' Otto 79' |
Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Mantare(SRI) |
1965[edit]
1968[edit]
| 17 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[edit]
| 13 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[edit]
| 22 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' |
Hasshimdeen 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' |
Hashimdeen 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[edit]
| 2 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 |