List of UEFA Europa League hat-tricks
Since the UEFA Europa League was created in 2009, 55 different players from 29 countries have scored three or more goals (hat-tricks) on 66 occasions for 43 clubs from 18 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] Four players have gone on to score more than three goals in a match, with Radamel Falcao, Edinson Cavani and Willian José 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 has scored the most hat-tricks in the Europa League, with three, all for Porto in their victorious 2010–11 campaign; nine players have scored two Europa League hat-tricks, with only Raúl Bobadilla, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Claudiu Keșerü doing so for two different clubs,[2] and only Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Diogo Jota doing so in consecutive appearances.[3][4] Keșerü holds the record for the quickest hat-trick in the competition, with just 10 minutes between his first and third goals for FCSB against Augsburg on 18 September 2014.[2] 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]
Hat-tricks
As of 12 March 2020[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) |
Multiple hat-tricks
Ten players have scored more than one hat-trick in the UEFA Europa League; Radamel Falcao is the only player to do so three times, and only Raúl Bobadilla, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Claudiu Keșerü have done so for more than one club.[2]
| Rank | Player | Hat-tricks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Radamel Falcao
|
3 |
| 2 |  Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
|
2 |
 Edinson Cavani
| ||
 Jonathan Soriano
| ||
 Raúl Bobadilla
| ||
 Edin Džeko
| ||
 Manuel Fernandes
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 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
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 Claudiu Keșerü
| ||
| Diogo Jota
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See also
References
- ^ a b "Liedson treble sinks plucky Heerenveen". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook 2019/20" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. p. 18. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
{{cite web}}:|chapter=ignored (help) - ^ Curran, Paul (15 March 2012). "Huntelaar hat-trick sends Schalke through". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ Stone, Simon (20 February 2020). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 Espanyol: Nuno staying focused as fans dream of glory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Europa League » Statistics » Most goals by a player per game". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 April 2020.