List of I-League hat-tricks

Since the inception of the Indian association football league competition, the I-League, in 2007, around more than 15 players scored three or more goals in a single match. The first player to achieve the feat was Brazilian Eduardo da Silva Escobar, who scored three times for JCT in a 3–1 victory over East Bengal. Four players have scored more than three goals in a match, these four players are, Odafe Onyeka Okolie, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Tolgay Γ–zbey and Roberto Mendes Silva. Baljit Sahni holds the record for the quickest I-League hat-trick, netting three times against Shillong Lajong in 54 minutes.

Odafe has scored three or more goals nine times in the I-League, more than any other player. Two players have each scored hat-tricks for two different clubs: Odafe Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers and Mohun Bagan) and Muritala Ali (Mahindra United and Mohun Bagan).

Hat-tricks

Player↓ Nationality↓ For↓ Against↓ Result↓ Date↓ Ref
da Silva Escobar, EduardoEduardo da Silva Escobar  Brazil JCT East Bengal 3–1 02007-11-30 30 November 2007 [1]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie  Nigeria Churchill Brothers East Bengal 3–2 02007-12-13 13 December 2007 [2]
Chimaokwu, FelixFelix Chimaokwu  Nigeria Salgaocar Mohun Bagan 5-4 02007-12-22 22 December 2007 [3]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie4  Nigeria Churchill Brothers Salgaocar 5–1 02007-12-31 31 December 2007 [4]
Ranty Martins  Nigeria Dempo Sporting Clube de Goa 4–1 02008-01-13 13 January 2008 [5]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie4  Nigeria Churchill Brothers Mahindra United 4–2 02008-01-14 14 January 2008 [6]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie  Nigeria Churchill Brothers Vasco 4–1 02008-10-25 25 October 2008 [7]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie6  Nigeria Churchill Brothers Vasco 9–1 02009-02-21 21 February 2009 [8]
Sahni, BaljitBaljit Sahni  India JCT Shillong Lajong 5–1 02009-10-04 4 October 2009 [9]
Ali, MuritalaMuritala Ali  Nigeria Mahindra United Salgaocar 4–1 02009-10-18 18 October 2009 [10]
Ali, MuritalaMuritala Ali  Nigeria Mahindra United Air India 4–0 02009-11-12 12 November 2009 [11]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie  Nigeria Churchill Brothers Prayag United 4–2 02010-03-07 7 March 2010 [12]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie  Nigeria Churchill Brothers Mumbai 5–1 02010-12-18 18 December 2010 [13]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie5  Nigeria Churchill Brothers Pailan Arrows 6–0 02011-01-03 3 January 2011 [14]
Mandjou, KeitaKeita Mandjou  Guinea Pune JCT 4–0 02011-01-30 30 January 2011
Kumar, AnilAnil Kumar  India Chirag United Club Kerala Air India 7-1 02011-02-20 20 February 2011
Lalpekhlua, JejeJeje Lalpekhlua  India Pailan Arrows Air India 5–2 02011-03-13 13 March 2011
Ozbey, TolgayTolgay Ozbey  Australia East Bengal Air India 3–0 02011-04-04 4 April 2011
Lalpekhlua, JejeJeje Lalpekhlua  India Pailan Arrows Mohun Bagan 5–4 02011-05-29 29 May 2011
Ali, MuritalaMuritala Ali  Nigeria Mohun Bagan Pailan Arrows 5-4 02011-05-29 29 May 2011
Ranty Martins  Nigeria Dempo* Air India 14–0 02011-05-30 30 May 2011 [15]
Mendes Silva, RobertoRoberto Mendes Silva  Brazil Dempo Air India 14–0 02011-05-30 30 May 2011 [16]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie  Nigeria Mohun Bagan Pailan Arrows 3–1 02011-10-23 23 October 2011 [17]
Moga, JamesJames Moga South Sudan Sporting Goa Salgaocar 4–2 02011-11-05 5 November 2011 [18]
da Silva, JosimarJosimar da Silva  Brazil Prayag United Pune 5–1 02011-11-05 5 November 2011 [19]
Ozbey, TolgayTolgay Ozbey4  Australia East Bengal HAL 8–1 02011-11-23 23 November 2011 [20]

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