FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

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Angelo Schiavio, the fourth player in history to score a hat-trick at the FIFA World Cup.

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 Finals match (not including FIFA World Cup qualification matches). Scoring a hat-trick in a World Cup is a relatively rare event: only 48 hat-tricks have been scored in over 700 matches in the 18 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 the 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 2006) was by Pauleta of Portugal, playing against Poland in the 2002 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.

1 Notable World Cup hat-tricks
2 List of World Cup hat-tricks
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References

[edit] Notable World Cup hat-tricks

Bert Patenaude was the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match, on 19 July 1930 against Paraguay. However, until November 10, 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 Bert 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 Patenaude.

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. 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 debut: Guillermo Stábile (1930).

Three players have scored a hat-trick for the losing side: Ernest Wilimowski (5-6, 1938); 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 Tore Keller, 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.

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.

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. The oldest player to score a hat-trick is Tore Keller at 33 years and 159 days.

[edit] List of World Cup hat-tricks

FIFA World Cup finals series hat-tricks
No.	Player	Team	Opponent	Goals	World Cup	Round	Date
1.^[1]	Bert Patenaude	USA	Paraguay	3 – (10', 15', 50')	1930, Uruguay	First round	1930-07-17
2.^[2]	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	Mexico	3 – (8', 17', 80')	1930, Uruguay	First round	1930-07-19
3.	Pedro Cea	Uruguay	Yugoslavia	3 – (18', 67', 72')	1930, Uruguay	Semi-final	1930-07-27
4.^[3]	Angelo Schiavio	Italy	USA	3 – (18', 29', 64')	1934, Italy	First round	1934-05-27
5.^[3]	Edmund Conen	Germany	Belgium	3 – (66', 70', 87')	1934, Italy	First round	1934-05-27
6.	Oldřich Nejedlý	Czechoslovakia	Germany	3 – (19', 71', 80')	1934, Italy	Semi-final	1934-06-03
7.^[4]	Ernest Wilimowski	Poland	Brazil	4 – (53', 59', 89', 118' et.)	1938, France	First round	1938-06-05
8.^[4]	Leônidas da Silva	Brazil	Poland	3 – (18', 93' et., 104' et.)	1938, France	First round	1938-06-05
9.^[4]	Gustav Wetterström	Sweden	Cuba	3 – (32', 37', 44')	1938, France	Quarter-final	1938-06-12
10.^[4]	Tore Keller	Sweden	Cuba	3 – (9', 80', 81')	1938, France	Quarter-final	1938-06-12
11.	Gyula Zsengellér	Hungary	Sweden	3 – (19', 39', 85')	1938, France	Semi-final	1938-06-16
12.	Oscar Míguez	Uruguay	Bolivia	3 – (14', 45', 56')	1950, Brazil	First round	1950-07-02
13.	Ademir Marques de Menezes	Brazil	Sweden	4 – (17', 36', 52', 58')	1950, Brazil	Final round	1950-07-09
14.^[5]	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary	Korea Republic	3 – (24', 36', 50')	1954, Switzerland	First round	1954-06-17
15.^[3]^[6]	Erich Probst	Austria	Czechoslovakia	3 – (4', 21', 24')	1954, Switzerland	First round	1954-06-19
16.^[3]	Carlos Borges	Uruguay	Scotland	3 – (17', 47', 57')	1954, Switzerland	First round	1954-06-19
17.^[3]^[7]	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary	West Germany	4 – (3', 21', 67', 78')	1954, Switzerland	First round	1954-06-20
18.^[3]	Burhan Sargun	Turkey	Korea Republic	3 – (37', 64', 70')	1954, Switzerland	First round	1954-06-20
19.	Max Morlock	West Germany	Turkey	3 – (30', 60', 77')	1954, Switzerland	First round	1954-06-23
20.^[4]	Theodor Wagner	Austria	Switzerland	3 – (25', 27', 53')	1954, Switzerland	Quarter-final	1954-06-26
21.^[4]	Josef Hügi	Switzerland	Austria	3 – (17', 19', 58')	1954, Switzerland	Quarter-final	1954-06-26
22.^[5]	Just Fontaine	France	Paraguay	3 – (24', 30', 67')	1958, Sweden	First round	1958-06-08
23.	Pelé	Brazil	France	3 – (52', 64', 75')	1958, Sweden	Semi-final	1958-06-24
24.^[7]	Just Fontaine	France	West Germany	4 – (16', 36', 78', 89')	1958, Sweden	Third-place playoff	1958-06-28
25.	Flórián Albert	Hungary	Bulgaria	3 – (1', 6', 53')	1962, Chile	First round	1962-06-03
26.	Eusébio	Portugal	Korea DPR	4 – (27', 43' pen., 56', 59' pen.)	1966, England	Quarter-final	1966-07-23
27.^[8]	Geoff Hurst	England	West Germany	3 – (18', 101' et., 120' et.)	1966, England	Final	1966-07-30
28.^[5]	Gerd Müller	West Germany	Bulgaria	3 – (27', 52' pen., 88')	1970, Mexico	First round	1970-06-07
29.^[7]	Gerd Müller	West Germany	Peru	3 – (19', 26', 39')	1970, Mexico	First round	1970-06-10
30.	Dušan Bajević	Yugoslavia	Zaire	3 – (8', 30', 81)	1974, West Germany	First round	1974-06-18
31.	Andrzej Szarmach	Poland	Haiti	3 – (30', 34', 50')	1974, West Germany	First round	1974-06-19
32.	Rob Rensenbrink	Netherlands	Iran	3 – (40' pen., 62', 79' pen.)	1978, Argentina	First round	1978-06-03
33.	Teófilo Cubillas	Peru	Iran	3 – (36' pen., 39' pen., 79')	1978, Argentina	First round	1978-06-11
34.^[9]	László Kiss	Hungary	El Salvador	3 – (69', 72', 76')	1982, Spain	First round	1982-06-15
35.	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	West Germany	Chile	3 – (9', 57', 66')	1982, Spain	First round	1982-06-20
36.	Zbigniew Boniek	Poland	Belgium	3 – (4', 26', 53')	1982, Spain	Second round	1982-06-28
37.	Paolo Rossi	Italy	Brazil	3 – (5', 25', 74)	1982, Spain	Second round	1982-07-05
38.	Preben Elkjær Larsen	Denmark	Uruguay	3 – (11', 67', 80')	1986, Mexico	First round	1986-06-08
39.	Gary Lineker	England	Poland	3 – (9', 14', 34')	1986, Mexico	First round	1986-06-11
40.	Igor Belanov	USSR	Belgium	3 – (27', 70', 111' et. pen.)	1986, Mexico	Round of 16	1986-06-15
41.	Emilio Butragueño	Spain	Denmark	4 – (43', 56', 80', 88' pen.)	1986, Mexico	Round of 16	1986-06-15
42.	Míchel	Spain	Korea Republic	3 – (22', 61', 81')	1990, Italy	First round	1990-06-17
43.	Tomáš Skuhravý	Czechoslovakia	Costa Rica	3 – (12', 63', 82')	1990, Italy	Round of 16	1990-06-23
44.^[5]	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	Greece	3 – (2', 44', 89' pen.)	1994, United States	First round	1994-06-21
45.^[10]	Oleg Salenko	Russia	Cameroon	5 – (14', 41', 44' pen., 72', 75')	1994, United States	First round	1994-06-28
46.^[7]	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	Jamaica	3 – (72', 80', 82' pen.)	1998, France	First round	1998-06-21
47.	Miroslav Klose	Germany	Saudi Arabia	3 – (20', 25', 70')	2002, South Korea & Japan	First round	2002-06-01
48.	Pauleta	Portugal	Poland	3 – (14', 65', 77')	2002, South Korea & Japan	First round	2002-06-10

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

^ The first hat-trick in the history of World Cup matches.
^ Until November 10, 2006 was thought to be the first hat-trick in the history of World Cup matches - see Notable World Cup hat-tricks (section) for more details.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f One of two hat-tricks scored on the same day (but different matches).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f One of two hat-tricks scored in the same match.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d First of two World Cup hat-tricks scored by this player.
^ The quickest hat-trick to be completed in World Cup history.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Second of two World Cup hat-tricks scored by this player.
^ Only player in history to score a World Cup hat-trick in the Final.
^ The briefest hat-trick (the shortest time between the first and third goals in a hat-trick) to be completed in World Cup history. Also the only hat-trick scored by a substitute.
^ Only occasion in World Cup history where five goals were scored by one player in a single match.

[edit] References

FIFA release (revised edition) 1, 2. FIFA. Retrieved on 2006-11-10. Both errors in the below version were corrected.
FIFA release 1, 2. FIFA. Retrieved on 2006-10-09. Includes two errors: the "hat trick on international debut" table lists Harry Andersson as scoring a hat-trick on debut; the official FIFA report said Andersson only scored one goal; however, some sources such as RSSSF indicated that it was him but not Tore Keller who scored a hat-trick in that match. (link) Moreover, the list of hat-tricks omitted the one by Josef Hügi.
"American Bert Patenaude credited with first hat trick in FIFA World Cup history", FIFA, 2006-11-10. Retrieved on 2006-11-11.
Pauleta and Klose revive a vibrant hat-trick past 1. Yahoo (2002-06-11). Retrieved on 2006-10-09. Includes one error: it lists a second hat-trick for Max Morlock during the 1954 FIFA World Cup against Austria, however no other sources (including FIFA) list this as a hat-trick. RSSSF list him as only scoring one goal.
No hat-tricks for the first time? 1. Yahoo (2006-07-02). Retrieved on 2006-10-09. This later version removes the error from the 2002 Yahoo publication (see above).
World Cup 2006 Missing a Hat-trick 1. Ohmynews (2006-07-06). Retrieved on 2006-10-09.
World Cup Trivia - Hat-tricks 1. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2006-10-09.
Bert Patenaude's 1930 hat-trick profile 1. World Football Register. Retrieved on 2006-12-01.