India vs Maldives
Saff Championship
India11 November 2026
Maldives
Match information
- Competition
- Saff Championship
- Date
- 11 November 2026
- Kick-off
- Stadium
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Clubs
India
- Founded
- 1937
- Country
- India
- Stadium
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
- City
- New Delhi
- Capacity
- 78 000
- Surface
- grass
Maldives
- Founded
- 1982
- Country
- Maldives
- Stadium
- National Football Stadium (Maldives)
- City
- Malé, North Malé Atoll, Kaafu Atoll
- Capacity
- 11 850
- Surface
- grass
Recent form
IndiaDDLLW
MaldivesLDLLL
Head-to-head
- 19 March 2025 • Friendlies • India 3 : 0 Maldives (Half-time 1 : 0)
- 13 October 2021 • SAFF Championship • India 3 : 1 Maldives (Half-time 1 : 1)
Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.
Coaches
- India
- Ahmed Jamil Khalid
- Maldives
- Ali Suzain
Squad - India
| # | Player | Age | Apps | Goals | Assists | YC | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 1 |  Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.65 |
| 1 | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 |  Albino Gomes | 32 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 |  Hrithik Tiwari | 24 | - | - | - | - | - |
 Som Kumar | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Defenders | |||||||
| 2 |  Rahul Bheke | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.00 |
| 3 |  Roshan Singh Naorem | 27 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Valpuia | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 |  Anwar Ali | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.20 |
| 5 |  Sandesh Jhingan | 33 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 |  Akash Mishra | 24 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 |  Mehtab Singh | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.30 |
| 12 |  Tekcham Singh | 21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 |  Bijoy Varghese | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 |  Jay Gupta | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Pramveer Ranbir | 19 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | Nikhil Poojari | 31 | - | - | - | - | - |
 Nikhil Barla | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pramveer Singh | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 7 |  Anirudh Thapa | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 |
| 8 |  Apuia | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Lalengmawia | 28 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Louis Nickson Macarton | 22 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 |  Singh Jeakson | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 |
| 18 |  Sahal Samad | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.20 |
| 24 | Ricky Shabong | 23 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Noufal PN | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Forwards | |||||||
| 7 |  Lallianzuala Chhangte | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 |
| 9 | Manvir Singh | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 |  Manvir Singh | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 |
| 10 | Irfan Yadwad | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 |  Ryan Williams | 33 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 |  Rahim Ali | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 |
| 14 |  Farukh Choudhary | 29 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 |  Vikram Partap Singh | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 |
| 17 | K Sanan Mohammed | 22 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 |  Edmund Lalrindika | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.60 |
| 22 |  Ashique Kuruniyan | 29 | - | - | - | - | - |
 Parthib Gogoi | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Squad - Maldives
| # | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||
| 1 |  Hussain Shareef | 28 |
| 18 | Mohamed Shafeeu | 38 |
| 18 | Mohamed Yaameen | 20 |
| 22 | Mohamed Faisal | 38 |
| Mohamed Ashwaan | - | |
| Defenders | ||
| 2 |  Samooh Ali | 30 |
| 3 | Ahmed Numaan | 33 |
| 4 |  Hussain Sifaau | 30 |
| 8 | Ibrahim Aisham | 29 |
| 13 | Ahmed Abdulla | 39 |
| 13 | Hassan Eenaaz | - |
| 14 | Haisham Hassan | 27 |
| 15 | Ali Amdhan | 34 |
| 23 | Ali Shamis | 32 |
| Ahmed Rasheed | 22 | |
| Nashiu Shiham | 19 | |
| Midfielders | ||
| 5 |  Mohamed Irufaan | 32 |
| 6 | Ahmed Aiham | 23 |
| 7 | Ali Ashfaq | 41 |
| 10 |  Hamza Mohamed | 31 |
| 12 | Ahmed Aiham | 28 |
| 12 | Nisham Mohamed Rasheed | 27 |
| 16 | Ahzam Rasheed | 19 |
| 17 |  Ibrahim Mahudhee Hussain | 33 |
| 20 | Muzdhan Hassan | 20 |
| 21 | Ibrahim Hassan | 30 |
| Ahmed Aiham | 24 | |
| Nassah Nasir | 19 | |
| Forwards | ||
| 9 |  Hassan Naiz | 30 |
| 10 |  Ali Fasir | 38 |
| 11 | Abdulla Looth | 21 |
| 13 | Mohamed Imran | 17 |
| 16 | Ali Haafiz | - |
| 19 | Ahmed Rizuvan | 31 |
Head-to-head
Last 2 meetings
India wins2
Draws0
Maldives wins0
- Goals: India
- 6 (3.0)
- Goals: Maldives
- 1 (0.5)
- Goals per match
- 3.5
- Both teams scored
- 1 / 2
- Over 2.5 goals
- 2 / 2
Results
- 19 March 2025 • Friendlies • India 3 : 0 Maldives (Half-time 1 : 0)
- 13 October 2021 • SAFF Championship • India 3 : 1 Maldives (Half-time 1 : 1)
Form: last 10 matches
| India | Maldives | |
|---|---|---|
| W-D-L | 2-2-6 | 1-1-8 |
| Scored (per match) | 9 (0.9) | 3 (0.3) |
| Conceded (per match) | 22 (2.2) | 27 (2.7) |
| Clean sheets | 0 / 10 | 0 / 10 |
| Both teams scored | 6 / 10 | 2 / 10 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 5 / 10 | 6 / 10 |
Recent form - India
- W5 November 2026 • Saff Championship • Pakistan 2 : 3 India (Half-time 0 : 3)
- L6 October 2026 • Friendlies • India 1 : 6 Uruguay (Half-time 1 : 2)
- L3 October 2026 • Friendlies • India 0 : 4 Brazil (Half-time 0 : 2)
- D25 September 2026 • Friendlies • India 1 : 1 Panama (Half-time 1 : 0)
- D9 June 2026 • Friendlies • Tajikistan 1 : 1 India (Half-time 0 : 1)
- L5 June 2026 • Friendlies • Tajikistan 3 : 1 India (Half-time 1 : 0)
- L30 May 2026 • Friendlies • India 0 : 1 Zimbabwe (Half-time 0 : 1)
- L27 May 2026 • Friendlies • Jamaica 2 : 0 India (Half-time 1 : 0)
- W31 March 2026 • Asian Cup Qualification • India 2 : 1 Hong Kong (Half-time 1 : 0)
- L18 November 2025 • Asian Cup Qualification • Bangladesh 1 : 0 India (Half-time 1 : 0)
Recent form - Maldives
- L1 October 2026 • Friendlies • Maldives 0 : 6 Lebanon (Half-time 0 : 3)
- L28 September 2026 • Friendlies • Kyrgyzstan 5 : 0 Maldives (Half-time 5 : 0)
- L24 September 2026 • Friendlies • China 3 : 0 Maldives (Half-time 0 : 0)
- D7 June 2026 • Friendlies • Maldives 1 : 1 Bangladesh U23 (Half-time 1 : 0)
- L4 June 2026 • Friendlies • Maldives 0 : 3 Pakistan (Half-time 0 : 0)
- L1 June 2026 • Friendlies • Maldives 0 : 1 Afghanistan (Half-time 0 : 0)
- W31 March 2026 • Asian Cup Qualification • Maldives 2 : 1 Timor-Leste (Half-time 0 : 0)
- L18 November 2025 • Asian Cup Qualification • Maldives 0 : 2 Philippines (Half-time 0 : 2)
- L14 October 2025 • Asian Cup Qualification • Maldives 0 : 3 Tajikistan (Half-time 0 : 2)
- L9 October 2025 • Asian Cup Qualification • Tajikistan 2 : 0 Maldives (Half-time 2 : 0)