| team SRI LANKA | ||
| World cup history | ||
| Appearances: | 8 | |
| FIFA world cup appearances: | 0 | |
| Tournament | Result | |
| FIFA world cup 1930 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1934 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1934 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1938 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1938 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1950 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1950 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1954 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1954 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1958 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1958 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1962 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1962 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1966 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1966 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1970 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1970 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1974 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1974 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1978 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1978 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1982 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1982 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1986 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1986 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1990 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1990 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1994 | 8: + 0; = 0; - 8: 0 - 26 0 | |
| FIFA world cup 1994 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1998 | 3: + 1; = 1; - 1: 4 - 4 4 | |
| FIFA world cup 1998 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2002 | 6: + 1; = 1; - 4: 8 - 20 4 | |
| FIFA world cup 2002 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2006 | 8: + 1; = 3; - 4: 7 - 11 6 | |
| FIFA world cup 2006 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2010 | 2: + 0; = 0; - 2: 0 - 6 0 | |
| FIFA world cup 2010 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2014 | 2: + 0; = 1; - 1: 1 - 5 1 | |
| FIFA world cup 2014 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2018 | 2: + 0; = 0; - 2: 1 - 3 0 | |
| FIFA world cup 2018 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2022 | 8: + 0; = 0; - 8: 2 - 25 0 | |
| FIFA world cup 2022 | did not participate | |
| Best achievement: | Round 3 Preliminaries AFC (2006) | |
| Indicators | ||
| MP: + W; =D; -L; GF‒ GA Pts (3 points for each win) | ||
| Qualifying campaigns | 39: +3: =6; -30; 23 ‒ 100 15 | |
| Percentage indicators | +7,69%; =15,38%; -76,92%; 0,59 ‒ 2,56 12,82% | |
| FIFA world cup | Didn't participate in final tournaments | |
| Percentage indicators | ||
| Total: | 39: +3: =6; -30; 23 ‒ 100 15 | |
| Percentage indicators | +7,69%; =15,38%; -76,92%; 0,59 ‒ 2,56 12,82% | |
| Matches played (on neutral field): | 39 (13) | |
| Goals scored - total: | 23 | |
| - home: | 8 (34,78%) | |
| - away: | 1 (4,35%) | |
| - neutral field: | 14 (60,87%) | |
| Goals against: - total: | 100 | |
| - home: | 14 (14%) | |
| - away: | 51 (51%) | |
| - neutral field: | 35 (35,00%) | |
| Average goals scored per match: | 0,59 | |
| Average goals against per match: | 2,56 | |
| Points scored (3 points for each win): - home: | 6/30 (20,00%) | |
| - away: | 1/48 (2,08%) | |
| - neutral field: | 8/39 (20,51%) | |
| Biggest win: | 3:0 - Philippines, Laos | |
| Biggest defeat: | 0:8 - Korea Republic | |
| Games without conceding goals: | 3 (7,69%) | |
| Games without goals scored: | 28 (71,79%) | |
| Wins with a big score: | 2 | |
| Defeats with a big score: | 16 | |
| Own goals (is scored/is passed) | 0 / 0 | |
| Cautions (on average per match) | 69 (1,77) | |
| Expulsions (on average per match) | 7 (0,18) | |
| - second yellow cards | 2 | |
| - straight red cards | 5 | |
| Players acted | 135 | |
| Attendance: in total (average) | 310 541 (8 172) | |
| Top scorer: | Kasun JAYASURIYA (02 06 10) and Imthyas RAHEEM (02 06) - 3 goals scored each | |
| The greatest number of matches: | Dudley STEINWALL (94 98 02 06) - 20 games | |