Since the inception of the Indian association football league competition, the I-League, in 2007, 45 players have scored three or more goals in a single match. The first player to achieve the feat was Brazilian Edu, who scored three times for JCT in a 3–1 victory over East Bengal. Eight players have scored more than three goals in a match: Odafa Onyeka Okolie, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Tolgay Özbey, Ranti Martins, Beto, Gbeneme Friday, Bektur Talgat Uulu and Dudu Omagbemi. Baljit Sahni holds the record for the quickest I-League hat-trick, netting three times against Shillong Lajong in 54 minutes.
Okolie has scored three or more goals 13 times in the I-League, more than any other player. Seven players have each scored hat-tricks for two or more different clubs: Okolie (Sporting Goa, Churchill Brothers and Mohun Bagan), Muritala Ali (Mahindra United and Mohun Bagan), Martins (Dempo, Prayag United and East Bengal), Josimar (Prayag United and Salgaocar), Lalpekhlua (Indian Arrows and Pailan Arrows), Özbey (East Bengal and Dempo) and C. K. Vineeth (Prayag United and Bengaluru).
Hat-tricks
Key4Player scored four goals5Player scored five goals6Player scored six goalsPlayer scored hat-trick as a substitute*The home team
Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first
Player Nationality For Against Result DateRefEdu JCT East Bengal* 3–1 Churchill Brothers* East Bengal 3–2 Salgaocar* Mohun Bagan 4–5 4 Churchill Brothers Salgaocar* 5–1 Dempo* Sporting Goa 4–1 4 Churchill Brothers* Mahindra United 4–2 Churchill Brothers Vasco* 4–1 6 Churchill Brothers* Vasco 9–1 JCT* Shillong Lajong 5–1 Mahindra United Salgaocar* 4–1 Mahindra United Air India* 4–0 Churchill Brothers Chirag United* 4–2 4 Churchill Brothers Mumbai* 5–1 5 Churchill Brothers* AIFF 6–0 Pune* JCT 4–0 Viva Kerala* Air India 7–1 4 Indian Arrows Air India* 5–2 East Bengal Air India* 3–0 4 Pailan Arrows* Mohun Bagan 5–4 Mohun Bagan Indian Arrows* 4–5 6 Dempo* Air India 14–0 Beto4 Dempo* Air India 14–0 Mohun Bagan Pailan Arrows* 3–1 Sporting Goa* Salgaocar 4–2 Josimar Prayag United* Pune 5–1 4 East Bengal HAL* 8–1 Churchill Brothers* Shillong Lajong 6–0 Churchill Brothers* Sporting Goa 5–0 Mohun Bagan Churchill Brothers* 3–2 Churchill Brothers* Chirag United Kerala 4–0 HAL* Pune 4–6 4 Mumbai HAL* 5–1 Chirag United Kerala East Bengal* 3–4 Pailan Arrows Chirag United Kerala* 3–0 Prayag United* Air India 5–1 Churchill Brothers* ONGC 5–0 Mohun Bagan* Sporting Goa 3–1 5 Prayag United* United Sikkim 10–1 Churchill Brothers* Sporting Goa 8–4 East Bengal Salgaocar* 4–1 Dempo* United Sikkim 7–0 Prayag United Air India* 4–1 Mohun Bagan Sporting Goa* 5–1 Josimar Salgaocar* United Sikkim 9–0 Sporting Goa* Shillong Lajong 5–1 4 Dempo Churchill Brothers* 4–1 Mumbai* Churchill Brothers 4–2 Shillong Lajong Mohammedan* 5–4 Pune* Shillong Lajong 5–2 5 East Bengal Dempo* 5–1 Royal Wahingdoh* Salgaocar 4–2 Shillong Lajong* Bharat 3–1 Shillong Lajong* East Bengal 5–1 Sporting Goa* Pune 4–0 East Bengal* Shillong Lajong 4–0 Salgaocar DSK Shivajians* 3–2 East Bengal Aizawl* 3–2 Bengaluru* Mumbai 3–0 East Bengal Minerva Punjab* 5–0 4 Churchill Brothers* Chennai City 6–1 4 East Bengal* Chennai City 7–0 Chennai City* Indian Arrows 4–1 Churchill Brothers* Shillong Lajong 4–2 Chennai City* Shillong Lajong 6–1 Chennai City* Gokulam Kerala 3–2 Chennai City NEROCA* 3–3 East Bengal* Shillong Lajong 5–0 Punjab* NEROCA 3–2 NEROCA* TRAU 5–0 Mohun Bagan* NEROCA 6–2 Churchill Brothers Indian Arrows* 5–2 Real Kashmir NEROCA* 4–3 TRAU Mohammedan* 4–0 TRAU Real Kashmir* 3–1 NEROCA* Sreenidi Deccan 3–2 Gokulam Kerala* Kenkre 6–2 Gokulam Kerala* Sudeva Delhi 4–0 Lalromawia Sreenidi Deccan* Gokulam Kerala 3–1 Sreenidi Deccan Sudeva Delhi* 3–0 Punjab Sudeva Delhi 8–0 Sudeva Delhi* NEROCA 3–3 Mohammedan* Sudeva Delhi 5–2 Rajasthan United Delhi* 3–4 Gokulam Kerala* Rajasthan United 5–0 Aizawl NEROCA* 3–1 Rajasthan United* TRAU 5–4 Mohammedan* Rajasthan United 5–1 Churchill Brothers NEROCA* 3–2 Rajasthan United* NEROCA 5–1 Delhi* Shillong Lajong 3–1 Inter Kashi* Delhi 5–1 Dé Namdhari* Aizawl 3–1 Sreenidi Deccan Aizawl* 4–3 Shillong Lajong* Bengaluru 5–0 Shillong Lajong Sreenidi Deccan* 5–5 Aizawl* Delhi 4–2 Gokulam Kerala* Inter Kashi 6–2 Churchill Brothers* Shillong Lajong 6–1 Dempo* Bengaluru 8–1 Dempo* Aizawl 5–2 Gokulam Kerala* Dempo 3–4
Multiple hat-tricks RankPlayerHat-tricksLast hat-trick1 Odafa Onyeka Okolie1330 May 20152 Ranti Martins712 March 20163 Pedro Manzi411 February 20194 Muritala Ali329 May 2011 Cornell Glen30 May 2015 Tolgay Özbey28 March 20147 David Castañeda29 January 2025 Marcus Joseph24 March 2025 Josimar13 April 2013 Lalrinzuala Lalbiaknia22 January 2025 Jeje Lalpekhlua29 May 2011 Luka Majcen15 April 2022 David Opara4 April 2012 Bidyashagar Singh10 March 2021 Douglas Tardin18 January 2025 C. K. Vineeth18 January 2017
Hat-tricks by nationality Rank NationHat-tricksLast hat-trick13411 March 202321822 January 20253818 January 20259 November 20235624 March 20256328 March 20147 May 20257222 December 202313 February 202415 April 20221011 March 202329 January 202011 March 202417 December 201130 January 201129 January 201722 April 201711 October 20126 April 202524 January 20251 December 202410 April 201214 February 20168 March 20245 November 2011
See also List of Indian Super League hat-tricks List of Indian Women's League hat-tricks List of India national football team hat-tricks
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