Pradip Kumar Banerjee - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Indian player scored 16 international goals in 52 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 23- 6-1936
Country: India
Caps:	52	(W27-D8-L17 – GF110-GA83 – %59.62)
Goals:	16
Age First Cap:	 19 yr 178 d  18-12-1955 vs. Ceylon 4-3
Age Last Cap:    30 yr 173 d  13-12-1966 vs. Iran 1-4
National Team Career: 10 yr 360 d

Cap Goals     Date      Venue	        Opponent       Score    Competition

 1  2	 2  18-12-55	Dhaka   	Ceylon  	4-3	Colombo Cup
 2  2	 4  20-12-55	Dhaka   	Burma   	5-2	Colombo Cup
 3  1	 5  24-12-55	Dhaka   	Pakistan	2-1	Colombo Cup
 4	 5   1-12-56	Melbourne	Australia	4-2	Olympic Games
 5	 5   4-12-56	Melbourne	Yugoslavia	1-4	Olympic Games
 6	 5   7-12-56	Melbourne	Bulgaria	0-3	Olympic Games
 7  2	 7  12-12-56	Sydney  	Australia	7-1	
 8	 7  26- 5-58	Tokyo   	Burma   	3-2	Asian Games
 9	 7  27- 5-58	Tokyo   	Indonesia	1-2	Asian Games
10	 7  29- 5-58	Tokyo   	Hongkong	5-2	Asian Games
11	 7  31- 5-58	Tokyo   	South Korea	1-3	Asian Games
12	 7   1- 6-58	Tokyo   	Indonesia	1-4	Asian Games
13  1    8  27- 8-59	Kabul		Afghanistan	5-2 	Olympic G. Qualifier
14	 8  31- 8-59	Kuala Lumpur	Singapore	2-0	Merdeka Tourn.
15	 8   3- 9-59	Kuala Lumpur	Hongkong	2-0	Merdeka Tourn.
16	 8   4- 9-59	Kuala Lumpur	Malaya  	1-1	Merdeka Tourn.
17	 8   6- 9-59	Kuala Lumpur	South Vietnam 	2-2	Merdeka Tourn.
18  1	 9   8- 9-59	Penang  	South Korea	1-1	
19	 9  14- 4-60	Calcutta	Indonesia	4-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
20	 9  30- 4-60	Jakarta 	Indonesia	2-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
21	 9  26- 8-60	L'Aquila	Hungary 	1-2	Olympic Games
22  1	10  29- 8-60	Grosseto	France  	1-1	Olympic Games
23	10   1- 9-60	Pescara 	Peru    	1-3	Olympic Games
24	10   3- 8-61	Kuala Lumpur	South Vietnam 	1-2	Merdeka Tourn.
25	10   6- 8-61	Kuala Lumpur 	Japan   	1-3	Merdeka Tourn.
26  1	11   9- 8-61	Kuala Lumpur	Malaya  	2-1	Merdeka Tourn.
27	11  26- 8-62	Jakarta 	South Korea	0-2	Asian Games
28  2   13  28- 8-62	Jakarta 	Thailand	4-1	Asian Games
29  1   14  29- 8-62	Jakarta 	Japan   	2-0	Asian Games
30      14   1- 9-62	Jakarta 	South Vietnam 	3-2	Asian Games
31  1	15   4- 9-62	Jakarta 	South Korea	2-1	Asian Games
32	15  22-12-63	Colombo 	Ceylon  	5-3	Olympic G. Qualifier
33	15  29-12-63	Bangalore	Ceylon  	7-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
34	15  27- 5-64	Tel-Aviv	South Korea	2-0	Asian Nations Cup
35	15  29- 5-64	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	0-2	Asian Nations Cup
36	15   2- 6-64	Tel-Aviv	Hongkong	3-1	Asian Nations Cup
37	15   6- 6-64	Tehran  	Iran    	0-3	Olympic G. Qualifier
38	15  19- 6-64	New Delhi	Iran    	1-3	Olympic G. Qualifier
39	15  24- 8-64	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia 	1-1 [1]	Merdeka Tourn.
40	15  27- 8-64	Kuala Lumpur	Cambodia	4-0	Merdeka Tourn.
41	15  29- 8-64	Ipoh    	Thailand	2-1	Merdeka Tourn.
42  1	16   4- 9-64	Kuala Lumpur	South Korea	2-1	Merdeka Tourn.
43	16   6- 9-64	Kuala Lumpur	Burma   	0-1	Merdeka Tourn.
44	16  15- 8-65	Kuala Lumpur	Japan   	1-1	Merdeka Tourn.
45	16  18- 8-65	Ipoh    	Malaysia	2-0	Merdeka Tourn.
46	16  21- 8-65	Kuala Lumpur	Hongkong	2-2	Merdeka Tourn.
47	16  24- 8-65	Kuala Lumpur	South Korea	0-1	Merdeka Tourn.
48	16  26- 8-65	Kuala Lumpur	South Vietnam 	2-0	Merdeka Tourn.
49	16  28- 8-65	Ipoh    	Burma   	1-1	Merdeka Tourn.
50	16  10-12-66	Bangkok 	Japan   	1-2	Asian Games
51	16  12-12-66	Bangkok 	Malaysia	2-1	Asian Games
52	16  13-12-66	Bangkok 	Iran    	1-4	Asian Games

[1] a.e.t., India won by coin toss.

NB: the following match in which Banerjee played are not considered full internationals by FIFA:

	     1- 9-64	Kuala Lumpur	Japan XI	3-2	Merdeka Tourn.


NB2: Banerjee was named as Indian Player of the 20th Century by International Federation of 
     Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) and bestowed with FIFA Centennial Order of Merit,
     the highest honour of FIFA.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    52	  27    8   17	110-  83      62      59.62

Types of           Matches    Goals

Merdeka Tournament	18	 2
Asian Games		13	 4
Olympic G. Qualifier	 7	 1
Olympic Games		 6	 1
Asian Nations Cup	 3	 0
Colombo Cup      	 3	 5
Friendlies 		 2	 3
	
Total 			52	16

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