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 Özbey 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. Three players have each scored hat-tricks for two different clubs: Odafe Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers and Mohun Bagan), Muritala Ali (Mahindra United and Mohun Bagan) Ranti Martins for (Dempo and Prayag United).

Hat-tricks

Player	Nationality	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
da Silva Escobar, EduardoEduardo da Silva Escobar	Brazil	JCT	East Bengal	3–1	30 November 2007	[1]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	East Bengal	3–2	13 December 2007	[1]
Chimaokwu, FelixFelix Chimaokwu	Nigeria	Salgaocar	Mohun Bagan	5–4	22 December 2007	[1]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie^4	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	Salgaocar	5–1	31 December 2007	[1]
Ranty Martins	Nigeria	Dempo	Sporting Clube de Goa	4–1	13 January 2008	[1]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie^4	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	Mahindra United	4–2	14 January 2008	[1]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	Vasco	4–1	25 October 2008	[2]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie^6	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	Vasco	9–1	21 February 2009	[3]
Sahni, BaljitBaljit Sahni	India	JCT	Shillong Lajong	5–1	4 October 2009	[4]
Ali, MuritalaMuritala Ali	Nigeria	Mahindra United	Salgaocar	4–1	18 October 2009	[5]
Ali, MuritalaMuritala Ali	Nigeria	Mahindra United	Air India	4–0	12 November 2009	[6]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	Prayag United	4–2	7 March 2010	[7]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	Mumbai	5–1	18 December 2010	[8]
Onyeka Okolie, OdafeOdafe Onyeka Okolie^5	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	Pailan Arrows	6–0	3 January 2011	[9]
Mandjou, KeitaKeita Mandjou	Guinea	Pune	JCT	4–0	30 January 2011
Kumar, AnilAnil Kumar	India	Chirag United Club Kerala	Air India	7–1	20 February 2011
Lalpekhlua, JejeJeje Lalpekhlua^4	India	Pailan Arrows	Air India	5–2	13 March 2011
Ozbey, TolgayTolgay Ozbey	Australia	East Bengal	Air India	3–0	4 April 2011
Lalpekhlua, JejeJeje Lalpekhlua	India	Pailan Arrows	Mohun Bagan	5–4	29 May 2011
Ali, MuritalaMuritala Ali	Nigeria	Mohun Bagan	Pailan Arrows	5–4	29 May 2011
Ranty Martins^6	Nigeria	Dempo	Air India	14–0	30 May 2011	[10]
Mendes Silva, RobertoRoberto Mendes Silva^4	Brazil	Dempo	Air India	14–0	30 May 2011	[10]
Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Nigeria	Mohun Bagan	Pailan Arrows	3–1	23 October 2011
James Moga	South Sudan	Sporting Clube de Goa	Salgaocar	4–2	5 November 2011
Josimar	Brazil	Prayag United	Pune	5–1	5 November 2011
Tolgay Ozbey^4	Australia	East Bengal	HAL	8–1	23 November 2011
Henry Antchouet	Gabon	Churchill Brothers	Shillong Lajong	6–0	17 December 2011
David Opara	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	Sporting Clube de Goa	5–0	28 December 2011
Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Nigeria	Mohun Bagan	Churchill Brothers	3–2	15 January 2012
David Opara	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	Chirag United Kerala	4–0	4 April 2012
Rohit Chand	Nepal	HAL	Pune	4–6	10 April 2012
Gbeneme Friday^4	Nigeria	Mumbai	HAL	5–1	14 April 2012
David Sunday	Nigeria	Chirag United Kerala	East Bengal	3–4	16 April 2012
Chinadorai Sabeeth	India	Pailan Arrows	Chirag United Kerala	3–0	25 April 2012
Ranti Martins	Nigeria	Prayag United	Air India	5–1	7 October 2012
Akram Moghrabi	Lebanon	Churchill Brothers	ONGC	5–0	11 October 2012
Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Nigeria	Mohun Bagan	Sporting Goa	3–1	4 November 2012
Ranti Martins^5	Nigeria	Prayag United	United Sikkim	10–1	10 November 2012
Bineesh Balan	India	Churchill Brothers	Sporting Goa	8–4	16 December 2012
Chidi Edeh	Nigeria	East Bengal	Salgaocar	4–1	5 January 2013
Koko Sakibo	Nigeria	Dempo	United Sikkim	7–0	19 January 2013
C.K. Vineeth	India	Prayag United	Air India	4–1	2 February 2013
Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Nigeria	Mohun Bagan	Sporting Goa	5–1	7 April 2013
Josimar	Brazil	Salgaocar	United Sikkim	9–0	13 April 2013
Kalu Ogba	Nigeria	Sporting Goa	Shillong Lajong	5–1	14 December 2013
Tolgay Özbey^4	Australia	Dempo	Churchill Brothers	4–1	28 March 2014
Yusif Yakubu	Ghana	Mumbai	Churchill Brothers	4–2	13 April 2014
Cornell Glen	Trinidad and Tobago	Shillong Lajong	Mohammedan	5–4	16 April 2014
Thongkhosiem Haokip	India	Pune FC	Shillong Lajong	5–2	29 January 2015
Ranti Martins^5	Nigeria	East Bengal	Dempo	5–1	1 March 2015
Satiyasen Singh	India	Royal Wahingdoh	Salgaocar	4–2	3 May 2015
Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Nigeria	Sporting Goa	Pune	4–0	30 May 2015
Cornell Glen	Trinidad and Tobago	Shillong Lajong	East Bengal	5–1	30 May 2015
Ranti Martins	Nigeria	East Bengal	Shillong Lajong	4–0	9 February 2016
Darryl Duffy	Scotland	Salgaocar	DSK Shivajians	3–2	14 February 2016
Ranti Martins	Nigeria	East Bengal	Aizawl	3–2	12 March 2016

Notes

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals
• ⁵ Player scored 5 goals
• ⁶ Player scored 6 goals

Players with most hat-tricks

Rank	Player	Hat-tricks
1	Odafe Onyeka Okolie	13
2	Ranti Martins	7
3	Muritala Ali	3
	Tolgay Özbey
5	Jeje Lalpekhlua	2
	Josimar
	David Opara
	Cornell Glen

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