List of UEFA Europa League hat-tricks

Since the rebranding of the UEFA Cup as the UEFA Europa League in 2009, 66 different players from 32 countries have scored three or more goals in a single match (a hat-trick) on 82 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

As of 13 March 2025[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
Bruno Fernandes Manchester United Real Sociedad 4–1 13 March 2025

Multiple hat-tricks

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

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

As of 13 March 2025
Europe League hat-tricks by nationality
Rank Nation Hat-tricks Last hat-trick
1 Portugal 9 13 March 2025
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

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

As of 13 March 2025
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
Manchester United 13 March 2025
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
20 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
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

Notes

  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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  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. 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.
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