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List of UEFA Europa League hat-tricks

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Since the rebranding of the UEFA Cup as the UEFA Europa League in 2009, 65 different players from 32 countries have scored three or more goals in a single match (a hat-trick) on 81 occasions, representing 50 clubs from 19 countries. The first to do so was Liédson for Sporting CP against Dutch club Heerenveen on 17 September 2009, the first matchday of the new competition.[1]

Five players have gone on to score more than three goals in a match, with Radamel Falcao, Edinson Cavani, Willian José and Patson Daka managing four goals, and Athletic Bilbao's Aritz Aduriz scoring all five in a 5–3 win over Genk on 3 November 2016.[2] Falcao and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have scored the most hat-tricks in the Europa League, with three each; all of Falcao's hat-tricks came for Porto in their victorious 2010–11 campaign, while Aubameyang is the only player to score a hat-trick for three different clubs (Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal and Marseille).[2] Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Diogo Jota are the only players to score hat-tricks in consecutive appearances.[3][4]

Daka holds the record for the quickest hat-trick in the competition, with just nine minutes between his first and third goals for Leicester City against Spartak Moscow on 20 October 2021.[nb 1] João Félix is the youngest scorer of a Europa League hat-trick, with his three goals against Eintracht Frankfurt on 11 April 2019 coming at the age of 19 years and 152 days.[5] Elvis Manu is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in a match his team lost, having done so in Ludogorets Razgrad's 4–3 loss to LASK on 29 October 2020. Ademola Lookman became the first player to score a hat-trick in the Europa League era final, having done so for Atalanta against Bayer Leverkusen on 22 May 2024.

The season with the most hat-tricks was 2014–15, with twelve.

Hat-tricks

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As of 22 May 2024[6]

Key
4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
Player's team lost the match
Player's team drew the match
() Number of times player scored a hat-trick (only for players with multiple hat-tricks)
Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Portugal Liédson Portugal Sporting CP Netherlands Heerenveen 3–2 17 September 2009 [1]
Peru Claudio Pizarro Germany Werder Bremen Netherlands Twente 4–1 25 February 2010
Spain David Villa Spain Valencia Germany Werder Bremen 4–4 18 March 2010
Germany Patrick Helmes Germany Bayer Leverkusen Norway Rosenborg 4–0 16 September 2010
Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Belgium Anderlecht 3–1 16 September 2010
Latvia Artjoms Rudņevs Poland Lech Poznań Italy Juventus 3–3 16 September 2010
Togo Emmanuel Adebayor England Manchester City Poland Lech Poznań 3–1 21 October 2010
England Steven Gerrard England Liverpool Italy Napoli 3–1 4 November 2010
Uruguay Edinson Cavani (1) Italy Napoli Netherlands Utrecht 3–3 2 December 2010
Colombia Radamel Falcao (1) Portugal Porto Austria Rapid Wien 3–1 2 December 2010
Colombia Radamel Falcao (2) Portugal Porto Russia Spartak Moscow 5–1 7 April 2011
Colombia Radamel Falcao (3)4 Portugal Porto Spain Villarreal 5–1 28 April 2011
Argentina Matías Suárez Belgium Anderlecht Greece AEK Athens 4–1 15 September 2011
Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1) Germany Schalke 04 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 3–1 23 February 2012
Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (2) Germany Schalke 04 Netherlands Twente 4–1 15 March 2012
Chile Eduardo Vargas Italy Napoli Sweden AIK 4–0 20 September 2012
Paraguay Raúl Bobadilla (1) Switzerland Young Boys Italy Udinese 3–1 25 October 2012
Uruguay Edinson Cavani (2)4 Italy Napoli Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4–2 8 November 2012
England Jermain Defoe England Tottenham Hotspur Slovenia Maribor 3–1 8 November 2012
Slovenia Tim Matavž Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Italy Napoli 3–1 6 December 2012
Czech Republic Libor Kozák Italy Lazio Germany VfB Stuttgart 3–1 14 March 2013
Spain Jonathan Soriano (1) Austria Red Bull Salzburg Sweden Elfsborg 4–0 19 September 2013
Turkey Olcan Adın Turkey Trabzonspor Cyprus Apollon Limassol 4–2 28 November 2013
Spain Roberto Soldado England Tottenham Hotspur Russia Anzhi Makhachkala 4–1 12 December 2013
Spain Paco Alcácer Spain Valencia Switzerland Basel 5–0 10 April 2014
Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis Greece PAOK Belarus Dinamo Minsk 6–1 18 September 2014
Romania Claudiu Keșerü (1) Romania FCSB Denmark AaB 6–0 18 September 2014
Algeria Hillal Soudani Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Romania Astra Giurgiu 5–1 18 September 2014
Brazil Alan Austria Red Bull Salzburg Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 4–2 23 October 2014
England Harry Kane England Tottenham Hotspur Greece Asteras Tripolis 5–1 23 October 2014
Croatia Andrej Kramarić Croatia Rijeka Netherlands Feyenoord 3–1 23 October 2014
Netherlands Jonathan de Guzmán Italy Napoli Switzerland Young Boys 3–0 6 November 2014
Israel Lior Refaelov Belgium Club Brugge Denmark Copenhagen 4–0 6 November 2014
Spain Jonathan Soriano (2) Austria Red Bull Salzburg Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 5–1 6 November 2014
Croatia Marko Pjaca Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Scotland Celtic 4–3 11 December 2014
Belgium Romelu Lukaku England Everton Switzerland Young Boys 4–1 19 February 2015
Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Italy Napoli Russia Dynamo Moscow 3–1 12 March 2015
Argentina Franco Di Santo Germany Schalke 04 Greece Asteras Tripolis 4–0 1 October 2015
Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1) Germany Borussia Dortmund Azerbaijan Gabala 3–1 22 October 2015
Paraguay Raúl Bobadilla (2) Germany FC Augsburg Netherlands AZ 4–1 5 November 2015
Argentina Erik Lamela England Tottenham Hotspur France Monaco 4–1 10 December 2015
France Guillaume Hoarau Switzerland Young Boys Cyprus APOEL 3–1 20 October 2016
Spain Aritz Aduriz5 Spain Athletic Bilbao Belgium Genk 5–3 3 November 2016
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko (1) Italy Roma Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 4–1 24 November 2016
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko (2) Italy Roma Spain Villarreal 4–0 16 February 2017
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović England Manchester United France Saint-Étienne 3–0 16 February 2017
France Nabil Fekir France Lyon Netherlands AZ 7–1 23 February 2017
Germany Lars Stindl Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Italy Fiorentina 4–2 23 February 2017
Portugal André Silva Italy Milan Austria Austria Wien 5–1 14 September 2017
Portugal Manuel Fernandes (1) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Czech Republic Fastav Zlín 3–0 28 September 2017
Argentina Emiliano Rigoni Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Norway Rosenborg 3–1 19 October 2017
Brazil Willian José4 Spain Real Sociedad North Macedonia Vardar 6–0 19 October 2017
Brazil Júnior Moraes Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Serbia Partizan 4–1 7 December 2017
Portugal Manuel Fernandes (2) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow France Nice 3–2 22 February 2018
Italy Ciro Immobile Italy Lazio Romania FCSB 5–1 22 February 2018
England Ruben Loftus-Cheek England Chelsea Belarus BATE Borisov 3–1 25 October 2018
Japan Takumi Minamino Austria Red Bull Salzburg Norway Rosenborg 5–2 8 November 2018
France Olivier Giroud England Chelsea Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 5–0 14 March 2019
Portugal João Félix Portugal Benfica Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 11 April 2019 [5]
Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (2) England Arsenal Spain Valencia 4–2 9 May 2019
Romania Claudiu Keșerü (2) Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad Russia CSKA Moscow 5–1 19 September 2019
Morocco Munir Spain Sevilla Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 5–2 7 November 2019
Portugal Diogo Jota (1) England Wolverhampton Wanderers Turkey Beşiktaş 4–0 12 December 2019
Portugal Diogo Jota (2) England Wolverhampton Wanderers Spain Espanyol 4–0 20 February 2020
Japan Daichi Kamada Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Austria Red Bull Salzburg 4–1 20 February 2020
Argentina Jonathan Calleri Spain Espanyol England Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 27 February 2020
Uruguay Darwin Núñez Portugal Benfica Poland Lech Poznań 4–2 22 October 2020
Turkey Yusuf Yazıcı (1) France Lille Czech Republic Sparta Prague 4–1 22 October 2020
Austria Michael Liendl Austria Wolfsberger AC Netherlands Feyenoord 4–1 29 October 2020
Netherlands Elvis Manu Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad Austria LASK 3–4 29 October 2020
Czech Republic Lukáš Juliš Czech Republic Sparta Prague Scotland Celtic 4–1 5 November 2020
Turkey Yusuf Yazıcı (2) France Lille Italy Milan 3–0 5 November 2020
Croatia Mislav Oršić Croatia Dinamo Zagreb England Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 18 March 2021
Zambia Patson Daka4 England Leicester City Russia Spartak Moscow 4–3 20 October 2021
Portugal Vitinha Portugal Braga Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 3–3 13 October 2022
Germany Kevin Volland France Monaco Serbia Red Star Belgrade 4–1 3 November 2022
Argentina Ángel Di María Italy Juventus France Nantes 3–0 23 February 2023
Italy Vincenzo Grifo Germany SC Freiburg Serbia TSC 3–1 26 October 2023
Austria Michael Gregoritsch Germany SC Freiburg Greece Olympiacos 5–0 30 November 2023
Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (3) France Marseille Netherlands Ajax 4–3 30 November 2023
France Benjamin Bourigeaud France Rennes Italy Milan 3–2 22 February 2024
Nigeria Ademola Lookman Italy Atalanta Germany Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 22 May 2024

Multiple hat-tricks

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Eleven players have scored more than one hat-trick in the UEFA Europa League; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Radamel Falcao are the only players to do so three times, and only Aubameyang has scored a hat-trick for three different clubs.[2]

Rank Player Hat-tricks
1 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 3
Colombia Radamel Falcao
3 Paraguay Raúl Bobadilla 2
Uruguay Edinson Cavani
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko
Portugal Manuel Fernandes
Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Portugal Diogo Jota
Romania Claudiu Keșerü
Spain Jonathan Soriano
Turkey Yusuf Yazıcı

Hat-tricks by nationality

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The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players from a single nation.

As of 22 May 2024
Europe League hat-tricks by nationality
Rank Nation Hat-tricks Last hat-trick
1  Portugal 8 13 October 2021
2  Argentina 7 23 February 2023
3  Spain 6 3 November 2016
4  England 4 25 October 2018
 France 22 February 2024
 Netherlands 29 October 2020
6  Brazil 3 7 December 2017
 Colombia 28 April 2011
 Croatia 18 March 2021
 Gabon 30 November 2023
 Germany 3 November 2021
 Turkey 5 November 2020
 Uruguay 22 October 2020
14  Austria 2 30 November 2023
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 February 2017
 Czech Republic 5 November 2020
 Italy 26 October 2023
 Japan 20 February 2020
 Paraguay 5 November 2015
 Romania 19 September 2019
21  Algeria 1 18 September 2014
 Belgium 19 February 2015
 Chile 20 September 2012
 Greece 18 September 2014
 Israel 6 November 2014
 Latvia 16 September 2010
 Morocco 7 November 2019
 Nigeria 22 May 2024
 Peru 25 February 2010
 Russia 16 September 2010
 Slovenia 6 December 2012
 Sweden 16 February 2017
 Togo 21 October 2010
 Zambia 20 October 2021

Hat-tricks by club

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The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players from given club.

As of 22 May 2024
Europe League hat-tricks by club
Rank Club Hat-tricks Last hat-trick
1 Italy Napoli 5 12 March 2015
2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 4 8 November 2018
England Tottenham Hotspur 10 December 2015
4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 3 18 March 2021
Germany Schalke 04 1 October 2015
Portugal Porto 28 April 2011
7 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 2 29 October 2020
England Chelsea 14 March 2019
England Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 February 2020
France Lille 5 November 2020
Germany SC Freiburg 30 November 2023
Italy Lazio 22 February 2018
Italy Roma 16 February 2017
Portugal Benfica 22 October 2020
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 22 February 2018
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 19 October 2017
Spain Valencia 10 April 2014
Switzerland Young Boys 20 October 2016
19 Austria Wolfsberger AC 1 29 October 2020
Belgium Anderlecht 15 September 2011
Italy Atalanta 22 May 2024
Belgium Club Brugge 6 November 2014
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 5 November 2020
Croatia Rijeka 23 October 2014
England Arsenal 9 May 2019
England Everton 19 February 2015
England Leicester City 20 October 2021
England Liverpool 4 November 2010
England Manchester City 21 October 2010
England Manchester United 16 February 2017
France Lyon 23 February 2017
France Marseille 30 November 2023
France Monaco 3 November 2022
France Rennes 22 February 2024
Germany FC Augsburg 5 November 2015
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 16 September 2010
Germany Borussia Dortmund 22 October 2015
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 23 February 2017
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 20 February 2020
Germany Werder Bremen 25 February 2010
Greece PAOK 18 September 2014
Italy Milan 14 September 2017
Italy Juventus 23 February 2023
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 December 2012
Poland Lech Poznań 16 September 2010
Portugal Braga 13 October 2022
Portugal Sporting CP 17 September 2009
Romania FCSB 18 September 2014
Spain Athletic Bilbao 3 November 2016
Spain Espanyol 27 February 2020
Spain Real Sociedad 19 October 2017
Spain Sevilla 7 November 2019
Turkey Trabzonspor 28 November 2013
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 7 December 2017

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Daka scored his first goal in the 45th minute, at the end of the first half, and his third in the 54th; although these two times are nine minutes apart, this does not take first-half injury time into account.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Liedson treble sinks plucky Heerenveen". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "1. Facts & Figures" (PDF). UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook 2019/20. Union of European Football Associations. p. 18. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ Curran, Paul (15 March 2012). "Huntelaar hat-trick sends Schalke through". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ^ Stone, Simon (20 February 2020). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 Espanyol: Nuno staying focused as fans dream of glory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Europa League round-up: Joao Felix hat-trick; English refs award three pens and a red". BBC Sport. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Europa League » Statistics » Most goals by a player per game". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 22 May 2024.