TEAM:
Goalkeepers: Debashish Mukherjee, Henry Menezes (Mahindra&Mahindra, Maharashtra), Bibhas Saha (Punjab).
Defenders: Abdul Majid, Tarun Dey (East Bengal Club - Vice-CAPTAIN), Amit Bhadra (East Bengal Club), Deepak Kumar (JCT Mills), Mastan Ahmed, Pem Dorji (Bengal), Musheer Ahmed, Sudip Chatterjee (Bengal - CAPTAIN).
Midfielder: Satyajit Chatterjee (Mohun Bagan AC), P. Vijay Kumar, Victor Amalraj, Mauricio Afonso (Dempo SC).
Forwards: Babu Mani (Bengal), Uttam Mukherjee (East Bengal Club), John Araujo (MRF, Goa), Ganeshan, Kuljit Singh (Punjab).
COACH: SYED NAYEEMUDDIN (Bengal); CHEF-de-MISSION: T.O. ABDULLAH (Kerala); MANAGER: C.R. VISWANATHAN; Physiotherapist: DIPTI KUMAR GHOSH (Bengal).
RESULTS:
Qualifiers
Group 1 - all matches held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
15-Jun-88: India 0-0 Bangladesh
17-Jun-88: India 0-1 Thailand
19-Jun-88: India 1-1 China
21-Jun-88: India 0-1 North Yemen - Goal: 0-1 Mohammed Al Sharani.
24-Jun-88: India 0-1 United Arab Emirates
India finish fifth with just two points from four matches.