List of India national football team hat-tricks


The first player ever to score a hat-trick for India in an international football match was R. Lumsden. He achieved the feat in a friendly match against Australia on 24 September 1938, at the Sydney Showground, although India lost the match 5–4. This is the only instance when India have lost a game in which a player scored a hat-trick for the team. Lumsden was the only footballer to score a hat-trick for India before independence. Since independence in 1947, nine Indian players have scored a hat-trick in an international football match. No Indian player has ever scored more than three goals in a single game. The first player after independence to score a hat-trick for India was Sheoo Mewalal in a 4–0 victory over Burma in the 1952 Colombo Quadrangular Tournament.
Sunil Chhetri is the only Indian footballer to have scored a hat-trick more than once; he has achieved the feat three times, the latest of which came in India's 5–0 victory over Chinese Taipei in the opening match of the 2018 Intercontinental Cup. This is also the most recent instance of an Indian player scoring a hat-trick in an international football match. Chhetri's first hat-trick came in the final of the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup against Tajikistan, which helped India not only to win the cup but also to qualify directly for the AFC Asian Cup in 2011, the first time in 27 years that the team reached the final tournament.
Neville D'Souza was the first Asian to score a hat-trick in the history of Olympic football. He achieved the feat in a 4–2 victory over Australia at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. With four goals in three matches, he not only finished the tournament as joint top-scorer but also helped India become the first Asian team to reach the semi-finals of the tournament. Shabbir Ali scored the fastest hat-trick for the national team. He achieved the feat in a 3−1 victory over Indonesia on 16 August 1976, at the 1976 Merdeka Tournament. His goals came at the 7th, 33rd and 35th minutes of the match.
As of 5 September 2019, India have conceded thirteen hat-tricks, the most recent being scored by Ashraf Nu'man in a 4–2 defeat by Palestine in a friendly match on 6 February 2013. Branko Zebec was the first player to score a hat-trick against India, scoring four times for Yugoslavia in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Two other players, Bader Al-Mutawa of Kuwait in a friendly fixture and Ismail Abdullatif of Bahrain in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, have scored four goals against India. The only instance of India not losing a game even after conceding a hat-trick occurred against Yemen in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match on 4 May 2001, which ended in a 3–3 draw.

Hat-tricks for India

, ten players have scored a hat-trick for the national team.
, the first ever Indian and Asian hat-trick scorer at the Olympics
is the only Indian footballer to have scored a hat-trick more than once.
DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResult
24 9 19383Sydney Showground, AustraliaFriendly4–5
16 3 19523Colombo, Ceylon 1952 Colombo Quadrangular Tournament4–0
26 12 19543Eden Gardens, Kolkata 1954 Calcutta Quadrangular Tournament3–1
1 12 19563Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne1956 Summer Olympics4–2
16 08 19673Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur1967 Merdeka Tournament4–0
5 08 19713Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur1971 Merdeka Tournament5–1
23 07 19743Ipoh, Malaya1974 Merdeka Tournament4–2
16 08 19763Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur1976 Merdeka Tournament3–1
26 09 19993Kathmandu, Nepal1999 South Asian Games5–2
13 08 20083Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi2008 AFC Challenge Cup4–1
08 10 20103Balewadi Sports Complex, PuneFriendly3–1
1 06 20183Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai2018 Intercontinental Cup5–0

Hat-tricks conceded by India

, India have conceded thirteen hat-tricks in total.
of Yugoslavia was the first player to score a hat-trick against India.
DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResult
15 07 19524Helsingen Pallokentta, Helsinki1952 Summer Olympics1–10
02 11 19693Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur1969 Merdeka Tournament0–6
07 08 19713Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur1971 Merdeka Tournament1–3
10 08 19763Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur1976 Merdeka Tournament0–8
07 09 19773Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan1977 President's Cup Football Tournament0–4
09 06 19933Seoul, South Korea1994 FIFA World Cup qualification0–7
13 01 20013Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, KochiMillennium Super Soccer Cup0–3
04 05 20013Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a2002 FIFA World Cup qualification3–3
16 08 20063Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification0–3
14 11 20104Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu DhabiFriendly1–9
14 01 20114Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha2011 AFC Asian Cup2–5
29 11 20113Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, MargaoFriendly0–5
06 02 20133Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, KochiFriendly2–4