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Early years
The early matches involving sides from the Dutch East Indies were organised by the Nederlandsch Indische Voetbal Bond (NIVB) or its successor, the Nederlandsch Indische Voetbal Unie (NIVU). The matches prior to independence in 1945 are not recognised by PSSI (the Football Association of Indonesia).

The first recorded football match involving a side from the Dutch East Indies was against a side from Singapore on March 28, 1921. The match was played in Batavia and was won 1–0. This was followed by matches against an Australian XI in August 1928 (won 2–1) and a team from Shanghai two years later (4–4).

In 1934, a team from Java represented the Dutch East Indies in the Far Eastern Games played in Manila, Philippines. Despite defeating Japan 7–1 in their first match, the next two matches ended in defeats (2–0 to China and 3–2 to the host nation) resulting in a second-place finish in the tournament for the Javan team. Although not recognized by PSSI, these matches are treated as the first matches involving the Indonesian national side by the World Football Elo ratings.

1938 FIFA World Cup
Indonesia, was the first Asian team to participate in the World Cup when they qualified to the 1938 tournament after their opponent Japan withdrew from qualification. They A 6–0 first-round loss in Reims,France to eventual finalists Hungary remains the country's only appearance in the World Cup.

1950 era
After second world war followed by Indonesian independence war, the highlight of the footballing history of independent Indonesia came at 1956 Olympics in Melbourne,Australia. They forced powerful Soviet Union 0-0 draw, unfortunately they lost 0-4 in the replay match, Soviet Union later got gold medal. This remain the country's only appearance in the Olympics.

In 1958, the team tasted their first World Cup action as Indonesia in the qualifying rounds. They got past China in the first round, but subsequently refused to play their next opponents Israel due to political issues. The team subsequently suffered a ban from FIFA World Cup from 1958 to 1970 due to unfavorable internal and external political situation.

Uniquely, shortly after that they got bronze medal at 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo,Japan. They beat India 4-1 at third place match. They also ever draw 2-2 with East Germany in a friendly match. Notable player in this era such as : Ramang.

1960-1984 era
In this era, they lift Merdeka Tournament trophy at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3 times (ie 1961,1962,1969). They also champion of 1968 King's Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.

Indonesia return to the World Cup qualification in 1974. They was eliminated in the first round with only one win (from 6 matches) against New Zealand. In 1978 qualification, they only win single match (from 4 matches), ie against host Singapore. Four years later they recorded 2 victory at qualifying matches (from 8 matches), ie against Chinese Taipei and Australia.

1985-1995 era
1986 qualification is clearly better performance for Indonesia, as they advance from first round with 4 win, 1 draw, and 1 lose, to became top of the group. Unfortunately they lost to South Korea in the second round.

They also reach semifinal at 1986 Asian Games after beating United Arab Emirates at quarter final. But they lost to host South Korea, later they lost to Kuwait in a third place match.

Milestone in this era is the gold medal in 1987 and 1991 Southeast Asian Games. In 1987 they beat Malaysia 1-0, While in 1991 they beat Thailand 4-3 on the penalty shoot-out. Notable player in this era is Ricky Yacobi.

While, in 1990 qualification they failed in the first round with only once win (against Hong Kong), 3 draw and 2 lost. They also get only single victory (against Vietnam) in 1994 qualification.

Asian Cup
This era is clearly recognised by good milestone of 4 times sequence appearance in AFC Asian Cup final. In Southeast Asia they only less than Thailand with participated 6 times, but Indonesia recorded better performance with 2 match victory in the tournament, while Thailand only recorded once.

Indonesia's first appearance in the Asian Cup was in the United Arab Emirates in 1996. During the tournament Indonesia only gained one point from 2-2 draw against Kuwait in the first round. In that match, striker Widodo C Putro gained fame for scoring a beautiful goal with bicycle kick. Their second appearance in Asian Cup was in Lebanon in 2000: again, they gained only one point from three games, and again, from a goalless draw against Kuwait.

Indonesia eventually established better record in 2004, beating Qatar 2–1 to record their first ever victory in the history of tournament. Nevertheless, as luck had it, the win was unfortunately not enough to qualify for the second round.

Their participation in 2007 was especially notable as Indonesia acted as one (of four) co-hosts of the tournament. The national team proceeded by defeating Bahrain 2–1 in the first match, however, the next two ties proved tough as they face Asian giants Saudi Arabia and South Korea. Despite arguably decent performance both ties ended in narrow 1–2 and 0–1 defeat—thus sealing their fate as third place in the group.

World Cup qualification
While in 1998 World cup qualification they crush Cambodia 8-0 in the opening match. Only lost single match when visiting Uzbekistan, but draw 4 other match make them failed to advanced.

Indonesia recorded better performance in 2002 qualification, beating Maldives and Cambodia, in home and away match. They have same point and shared group leader with China, but losing home and away match against China make them eliminated. Later China advanced to the 2002 World Cup.

Four years later they finished third in a second round group, with 2 win, 1 draw and 3 lost. Group winner, Saudi Arabia later also advanced to the 2006 World Cup.

ASEAN Football Championship
Also in this era, Indonesia has somewhat decent record in ASEAN Football Championship (AFF Championship), reaching the final four times (2000, 2002, 2004, and 2010), albeit never able to lift the trophy. Their claim of regional titles came via Southeast Asian Games in 1987 and 1991.

It was perceived that, right after the historic 2004 Asian Cup campaign, Indonesia might be on verge of growing stature in ASEAN football scene. Under the guidance of former Aston Villa and England striker Peter Withe, the South-East Asian outfit looked set to continue success in terms of football development and FIFA World Rankings. However they failed on the group stage of ASEAN Football Championship, and on January 18, 2007, Withe was immediately sacked. He was replaced by Bulgarian Ivan Venkov Kolev.

After the Withe era, the inability to fulfill ASEAN target has been cited as reason for Indonesian managerial rolling door. During two years time Indonesia national team had seen Kolev succeeded by local coach Benny Dollo, who was in turn getting sacked in 2010. As of recently Indonesian national team head coach position is held by Alfred Riedl, former national coach of Vietnam and Laos. But he failed to lift any cups during his time and in July 2011, he was replaced by Wim Rijsbergen.

The 1998 Tiger Cup controversy
The regional 1998 ASEAN Football Championship tournament was perhaps infamous in respect to Indonesian football history. In what was supposedly a sporting event, the group stage match between Thailand and Indonesia was marred with an unsportsmanlike attempt. At the time both teams had already qualified for semi-finals, but with knowledge that winners would have to face hosts Vietnam, while the losing team would play the supposedly weaker Singapore. There was also technical incentive that facing Vietnam would mean moving training bases from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi – which none of the teams would wish to do.

The first half saw very little action as both teams barely making attempt to score. During the second half both teams managed to score, partly thanks to half-hearted defending, resulting in a 2–2 tie after 90 minutes. However the real infamy didn't take place until extra time, in which Indonesian defender Mursyid Effendi deliberately kicked the ball into his own goal, despite the Thais' attempts to stop him doing so. FIFA fined both teams $40,000 for "violating the spirit of the game", while Mursyid Effendi was banned from domestic football for one year and international football for life.

Ironically in the semi-finals, Thailand lost to Vietnam, and Indonesia also lost to Singapore, pitting the teams together once again for the third-place playoff. Indonesia eventually won by penalty shootout, as in the final, unfancied Singapore made one of the competition's biggest shocks by defeating Vietnam.

Suspension
The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) could possibly be suspended due to governmental interference in its affairs, The National Sports Committee (KONI) will take over the beleagured PSSI if it fails to end months of chaos by the weekend. KONI encourage the PSSI and KPSI to reconcile and work together to improve Indonesian football, if it fail then KONI will take over PSSI. FIFA have not state whether Indonesia would be suspended but on March 20, 2012 FIFA will announced it. The PSSI has been given until 15 June 2012 to settle the issues at stake, notably the control of the breakaway league, failing which the case will be referred to the FIFA Emergency Committee for suspension.