List of India national football team hat-tricks

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Sheoo Mewalal (some mistakenly pronounce Sahu) played for India in the 1950s.
Sheoo Mewalal, the first hat-trick scorer for India since independence

The first player ever to score a hat-trick (three or more goals in a match) for India in an international football match was R. Lumsden. He achieved the feat in an official friendly match against Australia on 24 September 1938, at the Sydney Showground, although India lost the match 4–5. 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.[1][2][3] Since independence in 1947, eleven 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.[3][4]

K. Appalaraju and Sunil Chhetri are the only Indian footballers to have scored a hat-trick more than once. Appalaraju achieved the feat twice in the two-legged tie against Ceylon during the 1964 Olympic Qualifiers. Chhetri has achieved the feat four times, the latest of which came in India's 4–0 victory over Pakistan in the opening match of the 2023 SAFF Championship.[3][5][6] 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.[7][8][9]

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.[10][11][12] 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.[13][14][15] Shabbir Ali scored the fastest hat-trick for the national team.[16][17] 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.[18]

As of 29 March 2021, India have conceded nineteen hat-tricks, the most recent being scored by Ali Mabkhout in a 0–6 defeat by the United Arab Emirates in a friendly match.[19][20] Branko Zebec was the first player to score a hat-trick against India, scoring four times for Yugoslavia in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.[21] Two other players, Bader Al-Mutawa of Kuwait in a friendly fixture and Ismail Abdullatif of Bahrain in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, have also scored four goals against India.[22][23][24] 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.[25]

Hat-tricks for India

As of 21 June 2023, eleven players have scored a hat-trick for the national team.[3]
Only FIFA-recognized international matches by the India national football team have been considered in the following list.
Result in the table lists India's goal tally first
Neville D'Souza played for India from 1953 to 1956 and scored eleven times for India.
Neville D'Souza, the first ever Indian and Asian hat-trick scorer at the Olympics
Sunil Chhetri in India blue jersey in 2008 with old AIFF crest.
Sunil Chhetri has scored a hat-trick four times, the most by any Indian footballer.
Date Goals Player Opponent Venue Competition Result Ref.
24 September 1938
3
 R. Lumsden Australia Australia Sydney Showground, Sydney Friendly
4–5
 [1]
16 March 1952
3
 Sheoo Mewalal Myanmar Burma Colombo, Ceylon 1952 Colombo Quadrangular Tournament
4–0
 [4]
26 December 1954
3
 Puran Bahadur Thapa Pakistan Pakistan Eden Gardens, Kolkata 1954 Calcutta Quadrangular Tournament
3–1
 [26]
1 December 1956
3
 Neville D'Souza Australia Australia Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics
4–2
 [10][11]
22 December 1963
3
 K. Appalaraju Dominion of Ceylon Ceylon Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 1964 Olympic Qualifiers
5–3
 [27]
29 December 1963
3
 Bangalore
7–0
 [28]
16 August 1967
3
 Marto Gracias Hong Kong Hong Kong Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1967 Merdeka Tournament
4–0
 [29][30]
5 August 1971
3
 Subhash Bhowmick Philippines Philippines Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1971 Merdeka Tournament
5–1
 [31][32]
23 July 1974
3
 Magan Singh Rajvi Thailand Thailand Ipoh, Malaya 1974 Merdeka Tournament
4–2
 [33]
16 August 1976
3
 Shabbir Ali Indonesia Indonesia Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1976 Merdeka Tournament
3–1
 [18][16]
30 June 1986
3
 Krishanu Dey Thailand Thailand Stadium Jalan Raja Muda, Kuala Lumpur 1986 Merdeka Tournament
3–1
 [34]
26 September 1999
3
 I. M. Vijayan Pakistan Pakistan Kathmandu 1999 South Asian Games
5–2
 [26][35]
13 August 2008
3
 Sunil Chhetri Tajikistan Tajikistan Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi 2008 AFC Challenge Cup
4–1
 [7][8]
8 October 2010
3
 Vietnam Vietnam Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune Friendly
3–1
 [36][37]
1 June 2018
3
 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai 2018 Intercontinental Cup
5–0
 [38][39]
21 June 2023
3
 Pakistan Pakistan Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore 2023 SAFF Championship
4–0
 [5][6]

Hat-tricks conceded by India

As of 29 March 2021, India have conceded fifteen hat-tricks in total.
Result in the table lists India's goal tally first
Branko Zebec in 1953 playing for CF Barcelona in a friendly match
Branko Zebec of Yugoslavia was the first player to score a hat-trick against India.
Date Goals Player Opponent Venue Competition Result Ref.
15 July 1952
4
 Branko Zebec Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Helsingen Pallokentta, Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics
1–10
 [21]
16 September 1955
3
 Eduard Streltsov Soviet Union Soviet Union Dinamo Stadium, Moscow Friendly
1–11
 [40]
16 September 1955
3
 Sergei Salnikov Soviet Union Soviet Union Dinamo Stadium, Moscow Friendly
1–11
 [41]
8 December 1959
3
 Rafi Levi Israel Israel Maharaja College Ground, Kochi 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1–3
 [42][43][44]
2 November 1969
3
 Ye Nyunt Myanmar Burma Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1969 Merdeka Tournament
0–6
 [45]
6 August 1971
3
 Ye Nyunt Myanmar Burma Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1971 Merdeka Tournament
1–9
 [46]
7 August 1971
3
 Kainun Waskito Indonesia Indonesia Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1971 Merdeka Tournament
1–3
 [47]
18 September 1971
3
 Viktor Kolotov Soviet Union Soviet Union Dynamo Stadium, Moscow Friendly
0–5
 [48]
10 August 1976
3
 Cha Bum-Kun South Korea South Korea Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1976 Merdeka Tournament
0–8
 [49]
7 September 1977
3
 Cherdsak Chaiyabutr Thailand Thailand Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan 1977 President's Cup Football Tournament
0–4
 [50]
9 June 1993
3
 Lee Gi-bum South Korea South Korea Seoul, South Korea 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
0–7
 [51]
13 January 2001
3
 Tryggvi Guðmundsson Iceland Iceland Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Millennium Super Soccer Cup
0–3
 [52][53]
4 May 2001
3
 Adel Al-Salimi Yemen Yemen Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3–3
 [25][54]
16 August 2006
3
 Yasser Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
0–3
 [55][56]
14 November 2010
4
 Bader Al-Mutawa Kuwait Kuwait Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Friendly
1–9
 [22][57]
14 January 2011
4
 Ismail Abdullatif Bahrain Bahrain Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 2011 AFC Asian Cup
2–5
 [23][24][58]
29 November 2011
3
 Bruce Musakanya Zambia Zambia Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao Friendly
0–5
 [59][60]
6 February 2013
3
 Ashraf Nu'man State of Palestine Palestine Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Friendly
2–4
 [61][62]
29 March 2021
3
 Ali Mabkhout United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Zabeel Stadium, Dubai Friendly
0–6
 [19][20]

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