Bhutan national football team results

Bhutan men's national football team
FIFA ranking
Current	189 3 (15 September 2016)
Highest	159 (June 2015)
Lowest	209 (November 2014 – February 2015)
First international
	Nepal 3–1 Bhutan ; (Kathmandu, Nepal; 1 April 1982)
Biggest win
	Bhutan 6–0 Guam ; (Thimphu, Bhutan; April 23, 2003)
Biggest defeat
	Kuwait 20–0 Bhutan ; (Kuwait City, Kuwait; February 14, 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	None
Best result	Qualifying – second round
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	None
South Asian Football Federation Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 2003)
Best result	Semi-finals, 2008

This is a list of all the recorded matches played by the Bhutan national football team, which represents Bhutan in international men's football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Bhutan, the Bhutan Football Federation, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Federation and the regional body the South Asian Football Federation. Bhutan play their home games at the national stadium, Changlimithang. It is one of the younger national teams in the world having played its first match in 1982.

The team are currently one of the very weakest in the world and are, as of March 2016 are ranked 46th and last in the Asian Football Confederation with zero points and 193rd in the world on the official FIFA / Coca Cola rankings.^[1] Their highest ranking achieved was 159th, which they last reached in April 2015 following their two World Cup qualifying victories over Sri Lanka.^[1]

The team are also ranked extremely low on the all time Elo ratings at 230th out of 234 as of the end of 2015.^[2] There are no FIFA affiliated teams ranked below them with the other four spots taken by Kiribati, Tibet, the Northern Marianas Islands and Palau respectively.^[2]

Despite being one of the weakest national teams of all time, they had, as results show below, never been beaten at home and indeed, had never concede a goal in an official international at Changlimithang until the 6–0 loss to China in 2015.

Results

This is a list of all football matches played by Bhutan national football team from their recorded debut in the 1982 ANFA Cup in Nepal.

1980s

Some sources suggest that Bhutan regularly sent international teams to compete in tournaments abroad from the 1960s.^[3] However, it is not known the extent to which these were genuinely international teams or merely representative teams, as many of the players are said not to have been of Bhutanese origin.^[3] Regardless of their nature, none of the results of any of these hinted at tournaments are known, with the first recorded instance of Bhutan playing an international match being against Nepal in the ANFA Cup in 1982. After this match, the team regularly participated in the football tournaments held as part of the South Asian Games, however, they were generally unsuccessful and indeed failed to score a competitive goal against international opposition between 1982 and 1987.

1982

April 1982 1982 ANFA Cup	Kunming Army Team	3–1	Bhutan	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
	Unknown , ,	Report	Unknown

April 1982 1982 ANFA Cup	Nepal	3–1	Bhutan	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
	Unknown , ,	Report	Unknown

1984

18 September 1984 1984 South Asian Games	Bangladesh	2–0	Bhutan	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
	Unknown ,	Report

20 September 1984 1984 South Asian Games	Nepal	5–0	Bhutan	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
	Unknown , , , ,	Report

21 September 1984 1984 South Asian Games	Maldives	1–0	Bhutan	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
	Unknown	Report

1985

22 December 1985 1985 South Asian Games	Nepal	1–0	Bhutan	Dhaka
	Unknown	Report

23 December 1985 1985 South Asian Games	India	3–0	Bhutan	Dhaka
	Unknown , ,	Report

1986

5 June 1986 1986 ANFA Cup	Guangzhou	6–1	Bhutan	Kathmandu
		Report

? June 1986 1986 ANFA Cup	Nepal	4–0	Bhutan	Kathmandu
		Report

? June 1986 1986 ANFA Cup	Bhutan	Draw	Hong Kong Gurkhas	Kathmandu
		Report

? June 1986 1986 ANFA Cup	Nepal Youth	Draw	Bhutan	Kathmandu
		Report

1987

22 November 1987 1987 South Asian Games	Bangladesh	3–0	Bhutan	Calcutta
	Das Hamid , Ali	Report

23 November 1987 1987 South Asian Games	Nepal	6–2	Bhutan	Calcutta
	G. Thapa , , , , Unknown	Report	Basnet , ^[4]

1990s

Following their regular appearances at the South Asian Games during the 1980s, Bhutan disappeared completely from the international stage for some twelve years resurfacing only at the end of the 1990s to compete again at the South Asian Games. Their time away from competitive football had done nothing to strengthen the team as they lost all of their games at the tournament for a fourth consecutive time.

1999

26 September 1999 1999 South Asian Games	Nepal	7–0	Bhutan	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
	Kadka 2', 5' Joshi 18' Amatya 59' Rayamajhi 62' B. Thapa 77', 86'	Report

28 September 1999 1999 South Asian Games	India	3–0	Bhutan	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
	Imivalappil 1', 8', 49'	Report

26 September 1999 1999 South Asian Games	Pakistan	2–1	Bhutan	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
	Yousaf 61', 74'	Report	Chhetri 26'

2000s

2000

Following nearly twenty years of competition restricted to South Asia, Bhutan entered a continental competition for the first time, competing in the qualifying rounds for the AFC Asian Cup. This series of matches was arguably the nadir of Bhutanese football as they lost heavily not only against relative minnows Yemen and Turkmenistan, but suffered the ignominy of a then world record 20–0 defeat to Kuwait.^[5]

? January 2000 ANFA Coca Cola Invitational Tournament	Bhutan	0–6	Soongsil University	Kathmandu
		Report

26 January 2000 ANFA Coca Cola Invitational Tournament	Nepal Red	1–0	Bhutan	Kathmandu
		Report

12 February 2000 2000 AFC Cup Q.	Bhutan	0–3	Nepal	Kuwait City
		Report	21' Gaba 29' Joshi 60' Rayamajhi

14 February 2000 2000 AFC Cup Q.	Kuwait	20–0	Bhutan	Kuwait City
	Al-Houwaidi 17', 36' (pen.), 39', 52' (pen.), 57' Abdullah 20', 24', 38', 45' (pen.), 47', 50', 59', 89' Al-Mutairi 21', 51', 63' Bakhit 31' Al-Shammari 21' Sakeen 65' Jassem 77' (pen.)	Report

16 February 2000 2000 AFC Cup Q.	Bhutan	0–8	Turkmenistan	Kuwait City
		Report	Molyev 35' Banianov 37' Lumadev 48', 61' Agabayev 79'

18 February 2000 2000 AFC Cup Q.	Yemen	11–2	Bhutan	Kuwait City
	Briek 4' Al-Salimi 18', 55' Al-Nono 15', 56', 87' Tahous 24', 81' Al-Gharbani 25', 26' Al-Kahta 82'	Report	42' Ogissen 45' Won Dei

2001

28 April 2001 Friendly	Bangladesh	3–0	Bhutan
		Report

2002

Just over twenty years since their début on the international stage, Bhutan recorded their first win, a victory over Montserrat in a game organised by a Dutch advertising agency, and sanctioned by FIFA to coincide with the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final.

30 June 2002 Friendly	Bhutan	4–0	Montserrat	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
	Dorji 4', 67', 77' Chhetri 75'	Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

27 December 2002 Jigme Wangchuk Memorial King Cup	Bhutan	0–1	Bangladesh	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
		Report

2003

They were unable initially to continue this form into the next edition of the SAFF Championship, but following a disappointing performance in those games, they were comparatively successful in the preliminary round of Qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup. Hosting Guam and Mongolia, they recorded a 6–0 win over Guam and a 0–0 draw with Mongolia to set a new record victory margin the first time that the side gained positive results in two consecutive competitive games and their best set of results until the two victories over Sri Lanka in 2015. They qualified for the next round where they were outclassed in all games by stronger opposition.

02 January 2003 Jigme Wangchuk Memorial King Cup	Bhutan	0–5	Bangladesh	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
		Report

11 January 2003 2003 SAFF Gold Cup	Maldives	6–0	Bhutan	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka
	Nizam 2' Lutfy 11' Shiham 24' 25' 67' Umar 77'	Report		Referee: AD Silva (Sri Lanka)

13 January 2003 2003 SAFF Gold Cup	Nepal	2–0	Bhutan	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka
	Rayamajhi 14' Thapa 87'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Raj (India)

15 January 2003 2003 SAFF Gold Cup	Bangladesh	3–0	Bhutan	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka
	Farhad 3' 54' Kanchan 78'	Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Raj (India)

23 April 2003 2004 AFC Cup Q.	Bhutan	6–0	Guam	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
	Dorji 32', 35' Chhetri 59' P. Tshering 76' (pen.) Chophel 88' Nedup 89'	Report

27 April 2003 2004 AFC Cup Q.	Bhutan	0–0	Mongolia	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
		Report

6 October 2003 2004 AFC Cup Q.	Indonesia	2–0	Bhutan	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
	31' Yulianto 59' Arif	Report

8 October 2003 2004 AFC Cup Q.	Saudi Arabia	6–0	Bhutan	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
	Basha 7' Jumaa 9', 25' Al-Qahtani 28' Al-Janoubi 42' Wadaani 90'	Report

10 October 2003 2004 AFC Cup Q.	Bhutan	0–8	Yemen	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
		Report	20', 25', 82' Bashi 35' Al-Habibshi 59' Al-Shiri 67', 88' Al-Salemi 74' Aziz

13 October 2003 2004 AFC Cup Q.	Bhutan	0–2	Indonesia	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
		Report	19' Ivakdalam 33' Arif

15 October 2003 2004 AFC Cup Q.	Bhutan	0–4	Saudi Arabia	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
		Report	4', 25', 79' Jumaa 40' (pen.) Temim	Referee: Jaafaar Mahdi Al-Khabbaz (Bahrain)

17 October 2003 2004 AFC Cup Q.	Yemen	4–0	Bhutan	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
	Al-Jajjam 3', 20' Al-Amki 33' Al-Salimi 81'	Report

2005

8 December 2005 2005 SAFF Gold Cup	Bangladesh	3–0	Bhutan	Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
	Ferhad 42', 58' Ameli 85'	Report

10 December 2005 2005 SAFF Gold Cup	India	3–0	Bhutan	Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
	Bhutia 45' Gawli 51' Abdul Hakim 64'	Report

12 December 2005 2005 SAFF Gold Cup	Nepal	3–1	Bhutan	Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
	Tamang 10' Thapa 16' Gurung 29'	Report	47' Pradhan

2006

Bhutan gained only their third positive competitive result, and their first in the AFC Challenge Cup in a 0–0 draw with Brunei, although this was not enough to see them through to the next stage.

2 April 2006 2006 AFC Challenge Cup	Nepal	2–0	Bhutan	MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
18:00	Pradeep 52', 68'	Report		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh)

4 April 2006 2006 AFC Challenge Cup	Bhutan	0–1	Sri Lanka	MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
15:30		Report	45' Karu	Attendance: 2,220 Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)

6 April 2006 2006 AFC Challenge Cup	Bhutan	0–0	Brunei	MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
18:00		Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi (Oman)

2007

Two friendly games against Tibet saw Bhutan gain a win and a draw from two matches for only the second time in their history. However, although these matches are counted in the official Elo ratings, Tibet are not a member of FIFA and so these matches do not count in the official FIFA rankings.

31 October 2007 Friendly	Bhutan	2–2	Tibet	India
	Unknown ,	Report	, Unknown

2 November 2007 Friendly	Bhutan	3–2	Tibet	India
	Unknown , ,	Report	, Unknown

2008

A further creditable 1–1 draw was gained against Brunei in an otherwise unsuccessful AFC Challenge Cup qualification campaign. However, later in the year Bhutan achieved arguably their best ever performance in an official competition, reaching the semi finals of the SAFF Championships, beating Afghanistan in their group stage before losing ultimately to India in the semi finals to a last minute goal in extra time.

13 May 2008 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Q.	Tajikistan	3–1	Bhutan	Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field, Iloilo City
15:30 UTC+8	Hakimov 27' 88' (pen.) Rabiev 60'	Report	69' P. Tshering	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)

15 May 2008 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Q.	Bhutan	1–1	Brunei	Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field, Iloilo City
15:30 UTC+8	Dhendup 12'	Report	76' Bin Salleh	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Chaiya Alee Mahapab (Thailand)

17 May 2008 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Q.	Philippines	3–0	Bhutan	Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field, Iloilo City
15:30 UTC+8	Gould 41' P. Younghusband 43' Rinchen 58' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)

4 June 2008 2008 SAFF Championship	Bangladesh	1–1	Bhutan	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
11:30	Arup Kumar Baidya 26'	Report	79' Nima Sangay

6 June 2008 2008 SAFF Championship	Sri Lanka	2–0	Bhutan	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
14:00	Gunarathna 24', 35'	Report

8 June 2008 2008 SAFF Championship	Afghanistan	1–3	Bhutan	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
12:00	H. A. Habib 88'	Report	13' Y. Dorji 31', 80' Y. Gyeltshen

11 June 2008 2008 SAFF Championship	India	2–1 (aet)	Bhutan	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
11:00	Chetri 30' Gouramangi 120+1'	Report	18' K. Dorji

2009

14 April 2009 2010 AFC Challenge Cup. Q.	Philippines	1–0	Bhutan	Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
21:00	Gould 13'	Report		Attendance: 200 Referee: Kadhim Oda Lazim (Iraq)

16 April 2009 2010 AFC Challenge Cup. Q.	Bhutan	0–7	Turkmenistan	Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
21:00		Report	13', 67', 79' Ataýew 16'Çoňkaýew 47' Urazow 62'Mingazow 90+3'Mirzoýew	Attendance: 300 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

18 April 2009 2010 AFC Challenge Cup. Q.	Bhutan	0–5	Maldives	Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
21:00		Report	4', 36' Ashfaq 45+1' (pen.), 47'Fazeel 80' Umair	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Kadhim Oda Lazim (Iraq)

29 November 2009 Friendly	Nepal	2–1	Bhutan	Kolkata
	Unknown ,	report	P. Tshering

4 December 2009 2009 SAFF Championship	Bangladesh	4–1	Bhutan	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
18.00 (UTC+6)	Das 11' Haque 22', 51' Ameli 72'	Report	Dhendup 42' (pen.)

6 December 2009 2009 SAFF Championship	Sri Lanka	6–0	Bhutan	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
16.00 (UTC+6)	Ediri 7', 25' Kasun Jayasuriya 39', 66', 78' Gunarathne 90'	Report

8 December 2009 2009 SAFF Championship	Pakistan	7–0	Bhutan	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
16.00 (UTC+6)	Essa 21', 54' Reis Ashraf 23' Arif Mehmood 28', 35', 66' Shabhir Khan 45'	Report

2010s

Having lost their last eight games in a row, their successes in the SAFF Championships were now a distant memory and matters have not improved in the years since, their losing run stretched to nineteen games. However, following an eighteen-month absence from the international arena and entering the World Cup for the very first time, Bhutan produced two shock results in beating Sri Lanka in both legs of the AFC first qualifying round to proceed to the group qualifying round and record back to back victories for the first time in their history. The next stage of qualifying was not successful for Bhutan as they lost all of their matches including a 15–0 defeat to Qatar and a 12–0 defeat to China in addition to an overall 15–0 loss to Thai club side Buriram United in two unofficial back to back friendlies. A fourteen match losing streak was broken however when they drew 0–0 with Bangladesh in the first leg of their 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Play-off Round tie. The second leg saw Bhutan record their first ever victory over Bangladesh in a 3–1 win, which saw them progress to the third round of qualifying for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

2011

17 March 2011 Friendly	Nepal	1–0	Bhutan	Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara
	Sahukhala 28'	Report

19 March 2011 Friendly	Nepal	2–1	Bhutan	Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara
	B.S. Chhetri 24' Khawas 75'	Report	90' Gyeltshen

23 March 2011 2012 AFC Challenge Cup. Q.	Bhutan	0–3	Afghanistan	Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Gurgaon
15:00 UTC+5:30		Report^{[permanent dead link]}	2', 36', 80' Walizada	Attendance: 200 Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)

25 March 2011 2012 AFC Challenge Cup. Q.	Afghanistan	2–0	Bhutan	Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Gurgaon
15:00 UTC+5:30	Nadeem 61' Kohistani 65'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)

3 December 2011 2011 SAFF Championship	Sri Lanka	3–0	Bhutan	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
18:00	Zain 29' Bandara 35', 65'	Report		Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

5 December 2011 2011 SAFF Championship	Bhutan	0–5	India	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
18:00		Report	29' Nabi 44', 58' Clifford 69', 84' Chhetri	Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

7 December 2011 2011 SAFF Championship	Bhutan	1–8	Afghanistan	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
15:00	C. Gyeltshen 22'	Report	4' Yamrali 10' Amiri 15', 18', 45+2', 83' Arezou 48' (pen.) Sharityar 60' Mashriqi	Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

2012

14 November 2012 Friendly	Thailand	5–0	Bhutan	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
12:30	Suntornpanavej 4' 5' 35' Thamrongsupakorn 28' Petch-Aporn 49'	Report		Referee: Teetichai Nualjan (Thailand)

2013

2 September 2013 2013 SAFF Championship	Afghanistan	3–0	Bhutan	Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu
15:30	Amiri 37' Azadzoy 76' Barakzai 88'	Report		Referee: Sudish Pandey (Nepal)

4 September 2013 2013 SAFF Championship	Bhutan	2–8	Maldives	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
18:30	P. Tshering 25' C. Gyeltshen 35'	Report	16', 69' Fasir 45+3' Umair 48', 51', 76', 79' Ashfaq 82' Umar	Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

6 September 2013 2013 SAFF Championship	Sri Lanka	5–2	Bhutan	Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu
15:30	Izzadeen 19', 26', 50', 90+3' P. Dorji 32' (o.g.)	Report	45' P. Tshering 58' Tenzin	Referee: Pratap Singh (India)

2015

12 March 2015 2018 WC Q. Round 1	Sri Lanka	0–1	Bhutan	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
15:00 UTC+5:30		Report	86' T. Dorji	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

17 March 2015 2018 WC Q. Round 1	Bhutan	2–1	Sri Lanka	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimpu
16:00 UTC+6:00	C. Gyeltshen 5', 90'	[1]	34' Zarwan	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Marai Al Awaji (KSA)

11 June 2015 World Cup Qualifier Second Round	Hong Kong	7–0	Bhutan	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok
	McKee 19' 57' Kwesi 23' Lo Kwan Yee 30' Ju Yingzhi 42' Lam Ka Wai 49' (Pen.) Karikari 68'	Report		Attendance: 6,326 Referee: Charymurat Kurbanov (Turkmenistan)

16 June 2015 World Cup Qualifier Second Round	Bhutan	0–6	China	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimpu
		Report	45+2', 60', 76' Yang Xu 55' Wu Lei 67', 83' Yu Dabao	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Arumughan Rowan (India)

20 August 2015 Friendly	Cambodia	2–0	Bhutan	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
18:30	Samoeun 17' Sokpheng 58'	Report		Attendance: 8,000

3 September 2015 World Cup Qualifier	Qatar	15–0	Bhutan	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
19:00 UTC+3	Musa 8', 28' Kasola 18' Assadalla 21', 45', 63' Al Haidos 25', 87' Muntari 37', 41', 48' Afif 57' Khoukhi 62', 70' Mohammad 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Attendance: 2,022 Referee: Mohammad Abu Loum (Jordan)

8 October 2015 World Cup Qualifier Second Round	Bhutan	3–4	Maldives	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimpu
18:00 UTC+6	T. Dorji 85' C. Gyeltshen 88' B. Basnet 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	11' Nashid 23', 33', 57' (pen.) Ashfaq	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

13 October 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round	Bhutan	0–1	Hong Kong	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
18:00 UTC+6		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	89' Chan Siu Ki	Attendance: 7,280 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

12 November 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round	China	12–0	Bhutan	Helong Stadium, Changsha
19:35 UTC+8	Mei Fang 10' Yang Xu 13', 21' (pen.), 37', 52' Yu Dabao 16', 39' Yu Hanchao 34', 72' Wang Yongpo 66', 81' Zhang Xizhe 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Attendance: 27,358 Referee: Marai Al-Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

17 November 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round	Bhutan	0–3	Qatar	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
18:00 UTC+6		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	22' Muntari 36', 90' Al Haidos	Attendance: 4,128 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

24 December 2015 2015 SAFF Championship	Maldives	3–1	Bhutan	Trivandrum International Stadium, Kariavattom
15:30 UTC+5:30	Imaz 9' Abdulla 31' Ashfaq 70'	Report	20' T. Dorji	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sudish Pandey (Nepal)

26 December 2015 2015 SAFF Championship	Bhutan	0–3	Afghanistan	Trivandrum International Stadium, Kariavattom
18:30 UTC+5:30		Report	14', 51' Amani 42' Saighani	Attendance: 1,817 Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

28 December 2015 2015 SAFF Championship	Bhutan	0–3	Bangladesh	Trivandrum International Stadium, Kariavattom
15:30 UTC+5:30		Report	8' Barman 24' (pen.), 67' Rony	Referee: Pranjal Banerji (India)

2016

24 March 2016 Friendly	Buriram United	6–0	Bhutan	New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram
17.30 UTC+5	Weslley , Túñez , Kim (o.g.)	Report

25 March 2016 Friendly	Buriram United	9–0	Bhutan	New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram
17.30 UTC+5	Kim 13' Weslley , , Kaio , , Krutyai ,	Report

29 March 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round	Maldives	4–2	Bhutan	National Football Stadium, Male
21:00 UTC+5	Asadhulla 37' Ashfaq 81' (pen.), 90+4' Hassan 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	7' C. Gyeltshen 48' (pen.) T. Dorji	Attendance: 4,102 Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

13 August 2016 Unofficial Friendly	Bhutan	0–3	India	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
16:00 UTC+6		Report	2' Passi 19' Lalpekhlua 21' Narzary

6 September 2016 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Play-off Round	Bangladesh	0–0	Bhutan	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
19:00 UTC+6		Report		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

11 October 2016 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Play-off Round	Bhutan	3–1	Bangladesh	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
18:00 UTC+6	J. Dorji 4' C. Gyeltshen 26', 76'	Report	63' Islam	Attendance: 6,120 Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)

2017

28 March 2017 Asian Cup qualifier	Oman	14–0	Bhutan	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
19:00	Al-Muqbali 2', 35', 40', 43', 68', 85' Al-Mahaijri 25' Al-Khaldi 30' Mabrook 44' Basnet 54' (o.g.) Al-Hajri 70', 74', 90+1' (pen.), 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

13 June 2017 Asian Cup qualifier	Bhutan	0–2	Maldives	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
19:00		Report	Fasir 42' (pen.) Ah. Abdulla 75'	Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)

5 September 2017 Asian Cup qualifier	Bhutan	v	Palestine
19:00

10 October 2017 Asian Cup qualifier	Palestine	v	Bhutan
19:00

14 November 2017 Asian Cup qualifier	Bhutan	v	Oman
19:00

2018

27 March 2018 Asian Cup qualifier	Maldives	v	Bhutan
19:00

Summary record

By venue

As at 10 October 2016:

Venue	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Win %	Loss %
Home	12	4	1	7	18	25	−7	33%	58%
Away*	28	1	2	25	6	138	−132	4%	89%
Neutral*	49	2	6	42	25	172	−147	4%	86%
Total*	89	7	8	74	49	335	−286	8%	83%

NB: Listing includes ANFA Cup matches against teams other than the official Nepal national team, four unofficial friendly matches against Tibet and Bangladesh and two unofficial charity matches against Buriram United.
*: Total includes two drawn matches in the 1986 ANFA cup against Hong Kong Gurkhas (classed as played at a neutral venue) and Nepal Youth (classed as played at an away venue) for which no score is available. The results are included here statistically as 0–0 for the purpose of completeness.

By year

As at 31 March 2016:

Year	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Win %	Loss %
1982	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0%	100%
1984	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0%	100%
1985	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0%	100%
1986*	4	0	2	2	1	10	−9	0%	50%
1987	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0%	100%
1999	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0%	100%
2000	6	0	0	6	2	49	−47	0%	100%
2001	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0%	100%
2002	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	50%	50%
2003	12	1	1	10	6	42	−36	8%	83%
2005	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0%	100%
2006	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	0%	67%
2007	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	50%	0%
2008	7	1	2	4	5	15	−10	14%	57%
2009	7	0	0	7	2	32	−30	0%	100%
2011	7	0	0	7	2	24	−22	0%	100%
2012	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	0%	100%
2013	3	0	0	3	4	16	−12	0%	100%
2015	13	2	0	11	7	60	−53	15%	85%
2016	6	1	1	4	5	23	−18	17%	67%
Total*	89	7	8	74	49	335	-286	8%	83%

NB: Listing includes ANFA Cup matches against teams other than the official Nepal national team, four unofficial friendly matches against Tibet and Bangladesh and two unofficial charity matches against Buriram United.
*: 1986 includes two drawn matches in the ANFA cup against Hong Kong Gurkhas and Nepal Youth for which no score is available. The results are included here statistically as 0–0 for the purpose of completeness.

By competition

As at 10 February 2016:

Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Win %	Loss %
AFC Asian Cup*	14	2	2	10	11	69	−58	14%	71%
AFC Challenge Cup	11	0	2	9	2	28	−26	0%	82%
ANFA Cup	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0%	100%
FIFA World Cup	10	2	0	8	8	53	−45	20%	80%
Friendly	7	1	0	6	6	15	−9	14%	86%
SAFF Championship	22	1	1	20	11	86	−75	5%	91%
South Asian Games	10	0	0	10	3	33	−30	0%	100%
Official Total	75	5	5	65	39	290	-251	7%	87%
ANFA Cup**	6	0	2	4	2	16	−12	0%	67%
Friendly	7	1	1	5	5	28	−23	14%	71%
Unofficial Total**	13	1	3	9	7	44	-34	8%	69%
Overall Total**	89	7	8	74	49	335	-286	8%	83%

NB: Unofficial matches includes ANFA Cup matches against teams other than the official Nepal national team, four friendly matches against Tibet and Bangladesh and two charity matches against Buriram United.
*: AFC Asian Cup matches exclude qualifying matches from the Asian section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification following the ratification in 2014 of a proposal to merge the preliminary qualification rounds of the FIFA World Cup with those of the AFC Asian Cupby the AFC Competitions Committee. The new qualification structure will take place in three stages, with the first two merging with the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.^[6] These matches are counted only in the FIFA World Cup total.
**: Unofficial ANFA Cup matches includes two drawn games in the 1986 competition against Hong Kong Gurkhas and Nepal Youth for which no score is available. The results are included here statistically as 0–0 for the purpose of completeness.

By opponent

As at 6 September 2016:

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Win %	Loss %
Afghanistan	6	1	0	5	2	22	−20	17%	83%
Bangladesh	10	1	2	7	5	23	−18	10%	70%
Brunei	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0%	0%
Cambodia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0%	0%
China	2	0	0	2	0	18	−18	0%	100%
Guam	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100%	0%
Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0%	100%
India	5	0	0	5	1	16	−15	0%	100%
Indonesia	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0%	100%
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	0	20	−20	0%	100%
Maldives	8	0	0	8	8	33	−25	0%	100%
Mongolia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%	0%
Montserrat	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100%	0%
Nepal	13	0	0	13	6	41	−35	0%	100%
Pakistan	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0%	100%
Philippines	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0%	100%
Qatar	2	0	0	2	0	18	−18	0%	100%
Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0%	100%
Sri Lanka	7	2	0	5	5	18	−13	29%	71%
Tajikistan	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0%	100%
Thailand	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	0%	100%
Turkmenistan	2	0	0	2	0	15	−15	0%	100%
Yemen	3	0	0	3	2	23	−21	0%	100%
Official Total	76	6	5	65	42	291	-249	8%	86%
Bangladesh	2	0	0	2	0	6	−21	0%	100%
Buriram United	2	0	0	2	0	15	−15	0%	100%
Guangzhou Football Team	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5	0%	100%
Hong Kong Gurkhas	1	0	1	0	?	?	?	0%	0%
India	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0%	100%
Kunming Army Team	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0%	100%
Nepal Red	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0%	100%
Nepal Youth	1	0	1	0	?	?	?	0%	0%
Soongsil University	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0%	100%
Tibet	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	50%	0%
Unofficial Total*	13	1	3	9	7	44	-37	8%	69%
Overall Total*	89	7	8	74	49	335	-286	8%	83%

**Key**
	>50% Wins
	50% Wins
	<50% Wins

NB: Unofficial matches includes ANFA Cup matches against teams other than the official Nepal national team, four friendly matches against Tibet and Bangladesh and two charity matches against Buriram United.
*: Includes unofficial matches in the 1986 ANFA Cup against Hong Kong Gurkhas and Nepal Youth which sources indicate were drawn but for which no score is available. The results are included here statistically as 0–0 for the purpose of completeness.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Bhutan attempted to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2015. Drawn against Sri Lanka, they produced a shock result over the two legs of the first round to progress to the next round. They were drawn in group C of the second round, but were unable to progress to the next stage.

FIFA World Cup							FIFA World Cup qualification record
Hosts / Year	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930 to 2014	Did not enter						Did not enter
2018	Did not qualify						10	2	0	8	8	53
2022	To be determined						To be determined
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	8	8	53

AFC Asian Cup

Prior to 2015, Bhutan had only attempted to qualify for the AFC Asian Cup on two occasions, both of which ended unsuccessfully. In their first attempt, they lost all of their matches, including a then world record 20–0 defeat to Kuwait. They were marginally more successful in the next iteration. Qualifying was divided into two stages. Bhutan hosted their group in the Preliminary stage, finishing in first place after a 0–0 draw with Mongolia and a 6–0 victory over Guam, a result that is still a record win for the nation. However, progressing to the second stage, they lost all six of their games and failed to progress to the competition proper. for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the qualifying rounds for the 2018 FIFA World Cup were used as the first two stages of qualifying for this competition. Bhutan were eliminated in the second round of World Cup qualifying and entered the play-off round where they were drawn against Bangladesh. Bhutan beat them 3–1 over two legs to progress to the third round of qualifying for the first time.

AFC Asian Cup							AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Hosts / Year	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1956 to 1996	Did not enter						Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify						4	0	0	4	2	42
2004	Did not qualify						8	1	1	6	6	26
2007 to 2015	Did not enter						Did not enter
2019*	To be determined						12	3	1	8	11	54
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	4	2	18	19	122

*: 2019 qualification campaign also includes qualifying matches from the Asian section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification as in 2014, a proposal to merge the preliminary qualification rounds of the FIFA World Cup with those of the AFC Asian Cup was ratified by the AFC Competitions Committee. The new qualification structure will take place in three stages, with the first two merging with the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.^[6]

AFC Challenge Cup

Bhutan have a dismal record in the AFC Challenge Cup, not only have they never qualified for the competition, but they have only managed a single draw, 1–1 against Brunei during the 2008 qualifying campaign. In addition, this is the only match in which they have ever managed to score. The AFC Challenge Cup has been discontinued by the AFC, with all nations now entering qualifying for the AFC Cup due to the expansion of the Asian Cup to the 24-nation format from the 16-nation one after the 2015 edition.^[7]^[8]

AFC Challenge Cup								AFC Challenge Cup qualification record
Hosts / Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2006	Group	3	0	1	2	0	3	No qualification stage
2008	Did not qualify							3	0	1	2	1	6
2010	Did not qualify							3	0	0	3	0	13
2012	Did not qualify							2	0	0	2	0	5
2014	Did not enter							Did not enter
Total		3	0	1	2	0	3	8	0	1	7	1	24

South Asian Football Federation Cup

Bhutan have an almost equally poor record in the South Asian Football Federation Cup. Only once have they managed to make it out of the group stage of the competition, with this being the only time they have managed to achieve any form of positive result.

South Asian Football Federation Cup
Hosts / Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1993 to 1999	Did not enter
2003	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	11
2005	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	9
2008	Semi-finals	4	1	1	2	5	6
2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	17
2011	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	16
2013	Group stage	3	0	0	3	4	16
2015	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	9
Total		22	1	1	20	7	84

South Asian Games

Early in their competitive history, Bhutan's sole participation in international football was their attendance at the South Asian Games. Taking part in the first three editions of the games, they failed to win a single game, losing all their matches and failing to score a goal until their final group game in 1987 against Nepal.^[9] Following this edition they did not enter a team again and from 2004 the national team has been ineligible as the tournament was changed to an under-23 competition.^[10]

South Asian Games
Hosts / Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1984	Fourth**	3	0	0	3	0	8
1985	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	0	4
1987	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	2	9
1989 to 1995	Did not enter
2004 to 2016	Not eligible
Total		7	0	0	7	2	21

**It is unclear from the sources provided whether there was a third place playoff or whether the Maldives were awarded the bronze medal on the strength of their group performance alone, either way Bhutan finished in fourth and last place.^[11]

ANFA Cup

The ANFA Cup refers to a series of invitational association football knockout tournaments organised by the All Nepal Football Association.^[12] A national team has represented Bhutan at a number of editions of this tournament. Some of the matches have been against other national teams with the remainder against clubs or other representative teams. Again they have struggled to achieve any real success, their only positive results coming in 1986 in non-international matches against teams representing the Hong Kong Gurkhas and Nepal Youth respectively.^[13]

ANFA Cup
Hosts / Year	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1980 to 1981	Did not compete
1982	2	0	0	2	2	6
1983 to 1985	Did not compete
1986	4	0	2	2	-	-
1987 to 1989	Did not compete
2000	2	0	0	2	0	7
2009, 2010, 2014	Did not compete
Total	8	0	2	6	-	-

Source: RSSSF.

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

References

^ ^a ^b "Bhutan – Ranking". fifa.com. FIFA. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings web site and Advanced Satellite Consulting. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "A look at football in Bhutan". raonline.ch. RA Online / Kuensel. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
^ "Bhutan national football team statistics and records: top scorers". 11v11.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017. {{cite web}}: horizontal tab character in |title= at position 17 (help)
^ "FIFA Factsheet – Biggest margin victories/losses" (PDF). fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". AFC. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
^ "Revamp of AFC competitions". Asian Football Confederation. January 25, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". Asian Football Confederation. April 16, 2014. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Garin, Erik; King, Ian (16 December 2010). "3rd South Asian Federation Games 1987 (Calcutta, India)". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Courtney, Barrie; Hai Naveed, Malik Riaz (25 June 2006). "9th South Asian Federation Games 2004 (Pakistan)". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ Garin, Erik; Morrison, Neil (6 November 2009). "1st South Asian Federation Games 1984". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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^ Garin, Erik; Stokkermans, Karel; Lewis, Tom; Morrison, Neil (13 January 2011). "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

External links

[FIFA2-1] "Bhutan – Ranking". fifa.com. FIFA. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

[ELO2-2] "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings web site and Advanced Satellite Consulting. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

[RAOLook-3] "A look at football in Bhutan". raonline.ch. RA Online / Kuensel. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[4] "Bhutan national football team statistics and records: top scorers". 11v11.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017. {{cite web}}: horizontal tab character in |title= at position 17 (help)

[5] "FIFA Factsheet – Biggest margin victories/losses" (PDF). fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[ExCO_approval-6] "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". AFC. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

[7] "Revamp of AFC competitions". Asian Football Confederation. January 25, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[8] "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". Asian Football Confederation. April 16, 2014. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[9] Garin, Erik; King, Ian (16 December 2010). "3rd South Asian Federation Games 1987 (Calcutta, India)". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[10] Courtney, Barrie; Hai Naveed, Malik Riaz (25 June 2006). "9th South Asian Federation Games 2004 (Pakistan)". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[11] Garin, Erik; Morrison, Neil (6 November 2009). "1st South Asian Federation Games 1984". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[12] "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[13] Garin, Erik; Stokkermans, Karel; Lewis, Tom; Morrison, Neil (13 January 2011). "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

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