List of India women's national football team hat-tricks

For the men's record, see List of India national football team hat-tricks.
Bala Devi in an interview.
Ngangom Bala Devi has scored a hat-trick 7 times, the most by any Indian footballer.

India women's national football team started playing in the late 1970s.[1] Their first major tournament was 1980 AFC Women's Championship.[2] In the next edition of the tournament in 1981, the first ever hat-trick (three or more goals in a match) for India was scored by Shanti Mullick. She scored 4 goals in a 5−0 victory over Singapore on 8 June 1981.[3] She was also the first player to score more than three goals in a match for India. In the 1981 edition two hat-tricks were scored, the second one was scored by Shukla Nag in an 8−0 win over Philippines.[3] As of 23 June 2025, 21 different players scored 34 hat-tricks for India.

2010 South Asian Games−football tournament was the first tournament where three different players scored hat-trick for India. Mandakini Devi scored against Sri Lanka, Bembem Devi scored against Pakistan and Naobi Chanu scored against Bangladesh, which helped India to reach the final of the tournament and eventually they won the gold medal.[4][5] The first player to have scored double hat-trick (six goals) in a single match for India was Sasmita Mallik. She scored 7 goals in an 18−0 victory over Bhutan at the 2010 SAFF Women's Championship, which is India's biggest win till date. Along with Mallik, Ngangom Bala Devi and Tababi Devi also scored hat-trick in that match, thus became most number of hat-tricks scored in a single match by Indian players.[6][7]

However, a similar feat was achieved at the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship by the Indian team when Indumathi Kathiresan, Bala Devi and Irom Prameshwori Devi scored one hat-trick each in 12−0 victory over Afghanistan on 17 September 2014.[8] In the same edition, Bala Devi scored three hat-tricks; scored one each against the Maldives, Afghanistan and Nepal, the most by any Indian in a single tournament. These helps her to take her tally to 16 goals in 5 matches − the highest by any player in a single edition of the championship.[9] Bala Devi went on to score 7 hat-tricks in her international career, the most by an Indian. Kamala Devi achieved the feat thrice, where as, Shanti Mullick, Bembem Devi, Sasmita Mallik and Pyari Xaxa each scored two hat-tricks for the national team. The most recent hat-trick was scored by Xaxa in a 13−0 victory over Mongolia at the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification on 23 June 2025.[10]

Hat-tricks for India

As of 23 June 2025, twenty-one players have scored a hat-trick for the national team.
Result in the table lists India's goal tally first
Date Goals Player Opponent Venue Competition Result Ref.
8 June 1981
4
 Shanti Mullick Singapore Singapore Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 1981 AFC Women's Championship
5−0
 [3]
10 June 1981
4
 Shukla Nag Philippines Philippines
8−0
10 April 1983
4
 Shanti Mullick Philippines Philippines National Stadium, Thailand 1983 AFC Women's Championship
5−0
 [11]
9 December 1997
3
 Chaoba Devi Langam Guam Guam Guangdong, China 1997 AFC Women's Championship
10−0
 [12]
5
 Lokeshwari Devi
12 June 2005
5
 Sujata Kar Guam Guam Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Vietnam 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
10−0
 [13]
29 January 2010
3
 Mandakini Devi Moirangthem Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Kamalapur, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2010 South Asian Games
8−1
 [4]
3
 Bembem Devi Oinam Pakistan Pakistan
6−0
3
 Naobi Chanu Laishram Bangladesh Bangladesh
7−0
13 December 2010
7
 Sasmita Mallik Bhutan Bhutan Bir Shrestha Ruhul Amin Stadium, Bangladesh 2010 SAFF Women's Championship
18−0
 [6]
5
 Bala Devi Ngangom
4
 Tababi Devi Thongam
17 December 2010
3
 Kamala Devi Yumnam Bangladesh Bangladesh
6−0
 [14]
21 December 2010
3
 Bala Devi Ngangom Pakistan Pakistan
8−0
 [15]
18 March 2011
3
 Bala Devi Ngangom Bangladesh Bangladesh B. S. Mohammad Mostafa Stadium, Bangladesh 2012 Summer Olympics qualifiers
3−0
 [16]
11 September 2012
3
 Pinky Bompal Magar Bhutan Bhutan CR & FC Grounds, Sri Lanka 2012 SAFF Women's Championship
11−0
 [17]
14 September 2012
3
 Kamala Devi Yumnam Afghanistan Afghanistan
11−0
 [18]
3
 Bembem Devi Oinam
14 September 2014
5
 Sasmita Mallik Maldives Maldives Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, South Korea 2014 Asian Games
15−0
 [19]
5
 Kamala Devi Yumnam
13 November 2014
4
 Bala Devi Ngangom Maldives Maldives Jinnah Sports Stadium, Pakistan 2014 SAFF Women's Championship
8−0
 [20]
17 November 2014
3
 Indumathi Kathiresan Afghanistan Afghanistan
12−0
 [21]
4
 Bala Devi Ngangom
3
 Prameshwori Devi Irom
21 November 2014
4
 Bala Devi Ngangom Nepal Nepal
6−0
 [22]
11 November 2018
4
 Bala Devi Ngangom Bangladesh Bangladesh Thuwunna Stadium, Myanmar 2020 AFC Women's Olympic qualifiers
7−1
 [23]
27 January 2019
3
 Ratanbala Devi Nongmaithem Indonesia Indonesia Benteng Taruna Stadium, Indonesia Friendly
3−0
 [24]
1 March 2019
3
 Sanju Yadav Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Gold City Ground, Alanya, Turkey 2019 Turkish Women's Cup
10−0
 [25]
10 September 2022
4
 Anju Tamang Maldives Maldives Dashrath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal 2022 SAFF Women's Championship
9−0
 [26]
30 December 2024
3
 Pyari Xaxa Maldives Maldives Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru, India Friendly
14−0
 [27]
4
 Lynda Kom Maldives Maldives
2 January 2025
4
 Lhingdeikim Kipgen Maldives Maldives Friendly
11−1
 [28]
23 June 2025
5
 Pyari Xaxa Mongolia Mongolia 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
13−0
 [10]

See also

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