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India to Host Uruguay After Brazil, Panama Friendlies
India’s football team is planning three big friendly matches at home.
It will play Panama in Bengaluru on September 26.
Three days later, India will face Brazil in Kolkata.
On October 6, India will play Uruguay in the same Kolkata stadium.
These games are part of one FIFA international break.
Uruguay have won the World Cup twice, while Brazil have won it five times.
Panama also played in the 2026 World Cup, according to the report.
The matches will give Indian fans a chance to watch several international teams.
India will face Uruguay in an international friendly on October 6, 2026, at Kolkata’s Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan.
The Uruguay match will take place three days after India plays Brazil at the same stadium.
India will meet Panama at Bengaluru’s Sree Kanteerava Stadium on September 26.
The fixtures fall within the FIFA international window from September 21 to October 6, which allows up to four matches.
Uruguay are ranked 20th, Panama 44th and India 138th in the FIFA rankings cited in the report.
- Who
- India will play Uruguay, Brazil and Panama; the Indian team is coached by Khalid Jamil.
- What
- The teams will play international football friendlies.
- Where
- The Panama match will be at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru; the Brazil and Uruguay matches will be at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
- When
- Panama will play India on September 26, Brazil three days before October 6, and Uruguay on October 6, 2026.
- Why
- The fixtures are scheduled during the FIFA international window from September 21 to October 6.
Key facts
- Uruguay match
- October 6, 2026, at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
- Brazil match
- Scheduled three days before the Uruguay match at the same venue
- Panama match
- September 26 at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
- FIFA window
- September 21 to October 6; a country may play a maximum of four matches
- FIFA rankings cited
- India 138th, Uruguay 20th and Panama 44th
- Uruguay World Cup record
- World champions in 1930 and 1950
- India’s Bengaluru return
- The Panama fixture will be India’s first appearance in Bengaluru since the 2023 SAFF Championship campaign
Quotes
All India Football Federation
India’s national football governing body
“The Indian men's national team will welcome another heavyweight of world football to Kolkata, with two-time FIFA World Cup champions Uruguay set to face India in an international friendly match at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan on October 6, 2026. The fixture will be India's third high-profile international friendly of the window.”
telegraphindia.com
“La Celeste's arrival in Kolkata adds another major fixture to an unprecedented run of international football for Indian fans, with three World Cup-playing nations — Panama, Brazil and Uruguay — set to visit the country within the same Fifa window.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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