Bhutan national football team results
By competition

As at 10 February 2016:

Competition Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff Win % Loss % AFC Asian Cup*1422101169−5814%71% AFC Challenge Cup11029228−260%82% ANFA Cup200217−60%100% FIFA World Cup10208853−4520%80% Friendly7106615−914%86% SAFF Championship2211201186−755%91% South Asian Games100010333−300%100% Official Total75556539290-2517%87% ANFA Cup**6024216−120%67% Friendly7115528−2314%71% Unofficial Total**13139744–348%69% Overall Total**89787449335–2868%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.[4] 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.

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 Link 1956 to Link 1996did not enterdid not enter Link 2000did not qualify4004242 Link 2004did not qualify8116626 Link Link Link Link 2007

to Link 2015did not enterdid not enter Link 2019*did not qualify123181154 Total00000024421819122

*: 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.[4]

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.[5][6]

AFC Challenge Cup AFC Challenge Cup qualification record Hosts / Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA Pld W D* L GF GA Link 2006Group 301203No qualification stage Link 2008did not qualify301216 Link 2010did not qualify3003013 Link 2012did not qualify200205 Link 2014did not enterdid not enter Total3012038017124

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.[7] 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.[8]

South Asian Games Hosts / Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA Link 1984Fourth**300308 Link 1985Group stage200204 Link 1987Group stage200229 Link 1989 to Link 1995did not enter Link 2004 to Link 2016Not eligible Total7007221

**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.[9]