List of UEFA Europa League hat-tricks

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