List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

This is a list of all hat-tricks scored during FIFA World Cups; that is, the occasions when a footballer has scored three or more goals in a single football World Cup match (not including FIFA World Cup qualification matches). Scoring a hat-trick in a World Cup is a relatively rare event: only 50 hat-tricks have been scored in over 700 matches in the 19 editions of the World Cup tournament. As FIFA is the governing body of football (soccer), official hat-tricks are only noted when FIFA recognises that at least three goals were scored by one player in one match.

The first hat-trick was scored by Bert Patenaude of United States, playing against Paraguay in the 1930 FIFA World Cup; the most recent (as of 25 June 2014) was by Xherdan Shaqiri of Switzerland, playing against Honduras in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The only World Cup not to have at least one hat-trick scored was the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The record number of hat-tricks in a single World Cup tournament is eight, which occurred during the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.

Notable World Cup hat-tricks

• Bert Patenaude was the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match, on 17 July 1930 against Paraguay. However, until 10 November 2006 the first hat-trick that FIFA acknowledged had been scored by Guillermo Stábile of Argentina, two days after Patenaude. In 2006 FIFA announced that Patenaude's claim to being the first hat-trick scorer was valid, as teammate Tom Florie's goal in the match against Paraguay was reattributed to him.
• Four players have scored two hat-tricks in World Cup matches: Sándor Kocsis (both 1954); Just Fontaine (both 1958); Gerd Müller (both 1970); and Gabriel Batistuta (1994 and 1998). Batistuta is thus the only person to score hat-tricks in two World Cups. He has another unique record of scoring hat-tricks, both were achieved on 21 June of the year, against World Cup finals debutants (Greece and Jamaica), and each time the third goal was a penalty. Kocsis and Müller scored their hat-tricks in consecutive matches.
• Oleg Salenko is the only player in World Cup history to have scored five goals in a single match. He did this during the 1994 FIFA World Cup match between Russia and Cameroon.
• One player has scored a hat-trick on his international début: Guillermo Stábile (1930).
• One player has scored four goals for the losing side: Ernest Wilimowski (5-6, 1938).
• Two players have scored a hat-trick for the losing side: Josef Hügi (5-7, 1954); and Igor Belanov (3-4, 1986).
• There have been three occasions when two hat-tricks have been scored in the same match. Two occurred during the 1938 FIFA World Cup: when Sweden defeated Cuba, Gustav Wetterström and Harry Andersson, both playing for Sweden, scored three goals, with the former completing his in the first half. In the Brazil vs Poland, Leônidas did it for Brazil and Ernest Wilimowski for Poland. One occurred during the 1954 FIFA World Cup: when Austria defeated Switzerland, Theodor Wagner and Josef Hügi scored hat-tricks for Austria and Switzerland respectively.
• Only one player has scored a hat-trick in a World Cup Final. Geoff Hurst scored three for England against West Germany in the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final. This is also the longest hat-trick to be completed - most time between the first and third goals. His first goal came at 10', while the second goals were in extra time at 98' and 120'.
• The quickest hat-trick to be completed is Erich Probst's three goals during the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He scored his third in the 24th minute, after scoring his first goal in the 4th minute and his second in the 21st.
• The briefest hat-trick to be completed - that is, the shortest time between the first and third goals - is the one by László Kiss in 1982 against El Salvador. He scored at 69', 72', and 76', making the time between his first and third 7 minutes. This is also the only hat-trick scored by a substitute.
• The only players to have scored from three headers in a single match are Tomáš Skuhravý in 1990 and Miroslav Klose in 2002.
• The youngest player to score a hat-trick is Pelé at 17 years and 244 days.

List of World Cup hat-tricks

Key
4	Player scored four goals
5	Player scored five goals

FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

Sequence	Player	Time of goals	For	Result	Against	Tournament	Round	Date	Ref
1.	Bert Patenaude	10', 15', 50'	United States	3–0	Paraguay	1930, Uruguay	First round	17 July 1930
2.	Guillermo Stábile	8', 17', 80'	Argentina	6–3	Mexico	1930, Uruguay	First round	19 July 1930
3.	Pedro Cea	18', 67', 72'	Uruguay	6–1	Yugoslavia	1930, Uruguay	Semi-final	27 July 1930
4.	Angelo Schiavio	18', 29', 64'	Italy	7–1	United States	1934, Italy	First round	27 May 1934
5.	Edmund Conen	66', 70', 87'	Germany	5–2	Belgium	1934, Italy	First round	27 May 1934
6.	Oldřich Nejedlý	19', 71', 80'	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Germany	1934, Italy	Semi-final	3 June 1934
7.	Ernest Wilimowski4	53', 59', 89', 118'	Poland	5–6 a.e.t.	Brazil	1938, France	First round	5 June 1938
8.	Leônidas	18', 93', 104'	Brazil	6–5 a.e.t.	Poland	1938, France	First round	5 June 1938
9.	Gustav Wetterström	32', 37', 44'	Sweden	8–0	Cuba	1938, France	Quarter-final	12 June 1938
10.	Harry Andersson	9', 81', 89'	Sweden	8–0	Cuba	1938, France	Quarter-final	12 June 1938
11.	Óscar Míguez	14', 45', 56'	Uruguay	8–0	Bolivia	1950, Brazil	First round	2 July 1950
12.	Ademir4	17', 36', 52', 58'	Brazil	7–1	Sweden	1950, Brazil	Final round	9 July 1950
13.	Sándor Kocsis	24', 36', 50'	Hungary	9–0	South Korea	1954, Switzerland	First round	17 June 1954
14.	Erich Probst	4', 21', 24'	Austria	5–0	Czechoslovakia	1954, Switzerland	First round	19 June 1954
15.	Carlos Borges	17', 47', 57'	Uruguay	7–0	Scotland	1954, Switzerland	First round	19 June 1954
16.	Sándor Kocsis4	3', 21', 67', 78'	Hungary	8–3	West Germany	1954, Switzerland	First round	20 June 1954
17.	Burhan Sargun	37', 64', 70'	Turkey	7–0	South Korea	1954, Switzerland	First round	20 June 1954
18.	Max Morlock	30', 60', 77'	West Germany	7–2	Turkey	1954, Switzerland	First round	23 June 1954
19.	Theodor Wagner	25', 27', 53'	Austria	7–5	Switzerland	1954, Switzerland	Quarter-final	26 June 1954
20.	Josef Hügi	17', 19', 58'	Switzerland	5–7	Austria	1954, Switzerland	Quarter-final	26 June 1954
21.	Just Fontaine	24', 30', 67'	France	7–3	Paraguay	1958, Sweden	First round	8 June 1958
22.	Pelé	52', 64', 75'	Brazil	5–2	France	1958, Sweden	Semi-final	24 June 1958
23.	Just Fontaine4	16', 36', 78', 89'	France	6–3	West Germany	1958, Sweden	Third-place playoff	28 June 1958
24.	Flórián Albert	1', 6', 53'	Hungary	6–1	Bulgaria	1962, Chile	First round	3 June 1962
25.	Eusébio4	27', 43' (pen.), 56', 59' (pen.)	Portugal	5–3	North Korea	1966, England	Quarter-final	23 July 1966
26.	Geoff Hurst	18', 98', 120'	England	4–2 a.e.t.	West Germany	1966, England	Final	30 July 1966
27.	Gerd Müller	27', 52' (pen.), 88'	West Germany	5–2	Bulgaria	1970, Mexico	First round	7 June 1970
28.	Gerd Müller	19', 26', 39'	West Germany	3–1	Peru	1970, Mexico	First round	10 June 1970
29.	Dušan Bajević	8', 30', 81	Yugoslavia	9–0	Zaire	1974, West Germany	First round	18 June 1974
30.	Andrzej Szarmach	30', 34', 50'	Poland	7–0	Haiti	1974, West Germany	First round	19 June 1974
31.	Rob Rensenbrink	40' (pen.), 62', 79' (pen.)	Netherlands	3–0	Iran	1978, Argentina	First round	3 June 1978
32.	Teófilo Cubillas	36' (pen.), 39' (pen.), 79'	Peru	4–1	Iran	1978, Argentina	First round	11 June 1978
33.	László Kiss	69', 72', 76'	Hungary	10–1	El Salvador	1982, Spain	First round	15 June 1982
34.	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	9', 57', 66'	West Germany	4–1	Chile	1982, Spain	First round	20 June 1982
35.	Zbigniew Boniek	4', 26', 53'	Poland	3–0	Belgium	1982, Spain	Second round	28 June 1982
36.	Paolo Rossi	5', 25', 74	Italy	3–2	Brazil	1982, Spain	Second round	5 July 1982
37.	Preben Elkjær Larsen	11', 67', 80'	Denmark	6–1	Uruguay	1986, Mexico	First round	8 June 1986
38.	Gary Lineker	9', 14', 34'	England	3–0	Poland	1986, Mexico	First round	11 June 1986
39.	Igor Belanov	27', 70', 111' (pen.)	Soviet Union	3–4 a.e.t.	Belgium	1986, Mexico	Second Round	15 June 1986
40.	Emilio Butragueño4	43', 56', 80', 88' (pen.)	Spain	5–1	Denmark	1986, Mexico	Second Round	18 June 1986
41.	Míchel	22', 61', 81'	Spain	3–1	South Korea	1990, Italy	First round	17 June 1990
42.	Tomáš Skuhravý	12', 63', 82'	Czechoslovakia	4–1	Costa Rica	1990, Italy	Second Round	23 June 1990
43.	Gabriel Batistuta	2', 44', 89' (pen.)	Argentina	4–0	Greece	1994, United States	First round	21 June 1994
44.	Oleg Salenko5	14', 41', 44' (pen.), 72', 75'	Russia	6–1	Cameroon	1994, United States	First round	28 June 1994
45.	Gabriel Batistuta	72', 80', 82' (pen.)	Argentina	5–0	Jamaica	1998, France	First round	21 June 1998
46.	Miroslav Klose	20', 25', 70'	Germany	8–0	Saudi Arabia	2002, South Korea/Japan	First round	1 June 2002
47.	Pauleta	14', 65', 77'	Portugal	4–0	Poland	2002, South Korea/Japan	First round	10 June 2002
48.	Gonzalo Higuaín	33', 76', 80'	Argentina	4–1	South Korea	2010, South Africa	First round	17 June 2010
49.	Thomas Müller	12' (pen.), 45', 78'	Germany	4–0	Portugal	2014, Brazil	First round	16 June 2014
50.	Xherdan Shaqiri	6', 31', 71'	Switzerland	3–0	Honduras	2014, Brazil	First round	25 June 2014

See also

• FIFA World Cup
• FIFA World Cup records

References

• "FIFA Facts: World Cup Goals" (PDF). FIFA. pp. pages 2–3. Retrieved 2007-12-06. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
• "World Cup Trivia - Hat-tricks". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-10-09.