List of India national football team hat-tricks
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The first player ever to score a
hat-trick A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
(three or more goals in a match) for
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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
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. Since independence in 1947, ten 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 Sheoo Mewalal (also known as Sahu Mewalal; 1 July 1926 – 27 December 2008) was an Indian footballer in Kolkata. He played as a striker and was known for his fitness, bicycle kicks, and goal-scoring abilities, especially using the rabona kick ...
in a 4–0 victory over
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in the 1952 Colombo Quadrangular Tournament.
K. Appalaraju K. Appalaraju was an Indian professional football player. He was part of the Indian Squad that finished runners-up in 1964 AFC Asian Cup. He scored a goal in a 2–0 win over South Korea in 1964 Asian Cup. He also scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 w ...
and
Sunil Chhetri Sunil Chhetri (born 3 August 1984) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Indian Super League club Bengaluru and the India national team. Widely regarded as the greatest Indian footballer of all time, h ...
are the only Indian footballers to have scored a hat-trick more than once. Appalaraju achieved the feat twice in the
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against Ceylon during the 1964 Olympic Qualifiers. Chhetri has achieved the feat
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, 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
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against
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, 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
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. 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.
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scored the fastest hat-trick for the national team. He achieved the feat in a 3−1 victory over
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on 16 August 1976, at the 1976 Merdeka Tournament. His goals came at the 7th, 33rd and 35th minutes of the match. As of 29 March 2021, India have conceded fourteen hat-tricks, the most recent being three goals scored by
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in a 0–6 defeat by the
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in a friendly match.
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was the first player to score a hat-trick against India, scoring four times for
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in the
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. Two other players,
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of
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in a friendly fixture and
Ismail Abdullatif Ismail (Ismaeel) Abdullatif Ismail Hassan, also spelled Abdullatif ( ar, إسماعيل عبد اللطيف; born September 11, 1986), is a Bahraini professional football forward, currently playing for Al Khalidiya SC and the Bahrain national fo ...
of
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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
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in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match on 4 May 2001, which ended in a 3–3 draw.


Hat-tricks for India

, ''eleven players have scored a hat-trick for the national team''. :''Only FIFA-recognized international matches by the
India national football team The India national football team represents India in international football and is governed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The team is affiliated to FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Indian team, which was once cons ...
have been considered in the following list.'' :Result in the table lists India's goal tally first


Hat-tricks conceded by India

, ''India have conceded fourteen hat-tricks in total.'' :Result in the table lists India's goal tally first


See also

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History of the India national football team The history of the India national football team dates back to the 1920s. They have never played in the FIFA World Cup, World Cup although they qualified in 1950 FIFA World Cup, 1950. They have had no entries in the tournament from 1950 onwards. I ...
* India national football team at the Olympics *
India national football team at the FIFA World Cup qualification The India national football team has participated in nine editions of FIFA World Cup qualification. This is the complete list of all the nation's matches played, along with records against each opponent. Summary Tournaments 1986 FIFA World Cup ...
* India at the AFC Asian Cup


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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
Hat-tricks A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wi ...
hat-tricks A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wi ...