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All we ever wanted to know: Champions League hat-tricks

  • September 14, 2018
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PLAYERS

Most hat-tricks

7= Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
7= Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
3= Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus 2, AC Milan)
3= Mario Gomez (Bayern)
3= Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar)

All of Ronaldo’s hat-tricks to date came in an 18-month spell between Dec 2015 and May 2017.

Most hat-tricks in one season

3 Cristiano Ronaldo (2015/16)
2= Cristiano Ronaldo (2016/17)
2= Lionel Messi (2011/12, 2016/17)
2= Luiz Adriano (2014/15)
2= Mario Gómez (2011/12)

Ronaldo and Messi strike back-to-back hat-tricks in 2016/17, as did Luiz Adriano in 2014/15 when he scored 8 goals opposite dual meetings with BATE Borisov.

Fastest hat-tricks

Gomis gets a round rolling

Gomis gets a round rolling©Getty Images

8 mins Bafétimbi Gomis (Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Lyon, 07/12/2011)
9 mins Mike Newell (Blackburn 4-1 Rosenborg, 06/12/1995)
11 mins Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid 8-0 Malmö, 08/12/2015)
12 mins Luiz Adriano (BATE Borisov 0-7 Shakhtar, 21/10/2014)
14 mins Neymar (Barcelona 6-1 Celtic, 11/12/2013)

Newell still binds a record for quickest ever ideal hat-trick, scoring with his left foot, right feet and head.

Youngest hat-trick scorer

Raúl González, 18 years and 114 days (Real Madrid 6-1 Ferencváros, 18/10/1995)

Oldest hat-trick scorer

Claudio Pizarro, 34 years and 34 days (Bayern 6-1 LOSC Lille, 07/11/2012)

Pizarro was not done: three-and-a-half years later, by now personification for Werder Bremen, a Peruvian became a oldest male to record a Bundesliga hat-trick.

Debut hat-tricks

Van Basten non-stop adult in style

Van Basten non-stop adult in style©Bob Thomas/Getty Images

Marco outpost Basten (AC Milan 4-0 IFK Göteborg, 25/11/1992)
Faustino Asprilla (Newcastle United 3-2 Barcelona, 17/09/1997)
Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Maccabi Haifa 3-0 Olympiacos, 24/09/2002)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United 6-2 Fenerbahçe, 28/09/2004)
Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese 3-0 Panathinaikos, 14/09/2004)
Grafite (Wolfsburg 3-1 CSKA Moskva, 15/09/2009)
Yacine Brahimi (Porto 6-0 BATE Borisov, 17/09/2014)

Van Basten finished with 4 on his debut, a attainment that stays unmatched.

Hat-tricks for mixed clubs

Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus 2, AC Milan)
Marco Simone (AC Milan, Monaco)
Roy Makaay (Deportivo, Bayern)
Ruud outpost Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United)
Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan)
Didier Drogba (Marseille, Chelsea)
Michael Owen (Liverpool, Manchester United)
Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona, Inter)
Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund, Bayern)

Most idea in Champions League game

Luiz Adriano on 'special' idea record

Luiz Adriano on ‘special’ idea record

5= Lionel Messi (Barcelona 7-1 Leverkusen, 07/03/2012)
5= Luiz Adriano (BATE 0-7 Shakhtar, 21/10/2014)
4= Marco outpost Basten (AC Milan 4-0 IFK Göteborg, 25/11/1992)
4= Simone Inzaghi (Lazio 5-1 Marseille, 14/03/2000)
4= Dado Pršo (Monaco 8-3 Deportivo, 05/11/2003)
4= Ruud outpost Nistelrooy (Manchester United 4-1 Sparta Praha, 03/11/2004)
4= Andriy Shevchenko (Fenerbahçe 0-4 AC Milan, 23/11/2005)
4= Lionel Messi (Barcelona 4-1 Arsenal, 06/04/2010)
4= Bafétimbi Gomis (Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Lyon, 07/12/2011)
4= Mario Gomez (Bayern 7-0 Basel, 13/03/2012)
4= Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund 4-1 Real Madrid, 24/04/2013)
4= Zlatan Ibrahimović (Anderlecht 0-5 Paris Saint-Germain, 23/10/2013)
4= Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid 8-0 Malmö, 08/12/2015)

Ronaldo strike a quickest ‘poker’, with 4 in 21 mins possibly side of half-time as Madrid kick Malmö 8-0 in 2015. Incidentally, Lewandowski’s 4 goals opposite Madrid in 2013 enclosed 3 in a space of 7 minutes!

First hat-trick

Marco outpost Basten (AC Milan 4-0 IFK Göteborg, 25/11/1992)

Hat-tricks by defenders

Kurzawa hits 3 opposite Anderlecht

Kurzawa hits 3 opposite Anderlecht

Layvin Kurzawa (Paris Saint-Germain 5–0 Anderlecht, 31/10/2017)

Most UEFA Champions League goals with no hat-trick

42 Thomas Müller (Bayern)
32 Edinson Cavani (Napoli, Paris Saint-Germain)
29= Patrick Kluivert (Ajax, Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven)
29= Arjen Robben (PSV Eindhoven, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern)
29= David Trezeguet (Monaco, Juventus)

CLUBS

Most hat-tricks scored

Barcelona's many new three-way in 2016

Barcelona’s many new three-way in 2016

12 Barcelona (6 players)
11 Real Madrid (4)
7 Bayern (5)
6= Arsenal (6)
6= Manchester United (5)
5 AC Milan (5)

The following clubs have never scored a hat-trick: Leverkusen (95 matches), Benfica (94), Roma (90).

Most hat-tricks conceded

6 Anderlecht
5 Olympiacos
4 BATE Borisov

The following clubs have never conceded a hat-trick: Juventus (180 matches), Chelsea (156), Dortmund (106), Liverpool (101).

GENERAL

Most hat-tricks in one season

9 2016/17
8= 2013/14
8= 2004/05
8= 2002/03

There was a second organisation theatre in 1999/2000 and 2000/01, and 157 matches overall. The stream format, with 125 games per season, was introduced in 2003/04.

Most hat-tricks on one matchday

3= 08-19/12/2015 (Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Olivier Giroud)
3= 25-26/11/2014 (Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero, Mario Mandžukić)
3= 22-23/11/2005 (Andriy Shevchenko, Levan Kobiashvili, Adriano)

Most hat-tricks on one night

3 23/11/2005 (Andriy Shevchenko, Levan Kobiashvili, Adriano)

Hat-tricks by nationality

The other Portuguese hat-trick scorer? Rui Pedro

The other Portuguese hat-trick scorer? Rui Pedro©AFP/Getty Images

13 Brazil (9 players)
10= Argentina (3)
10= France (9)
9 England (7)
8= Spain (7)
8= Portugal (2)

Players from 33 countries have scored UEFA Champions League hat-tricks over a years. Among those not nonetheless on a list: Belgium, Czech Republic, Egypt.

Win, remove or draw?

Ronaldo: My Magic Moment

Ronaldo: My Magic Moment

108 Wins
2 Draws
2 Losses

The usually hat-trick scorers to finish on a losing side were Ronaldo (Manchester United 4-3 Real Madrid in 2003) and Gareth Bale (Tottenham 3-4 Internazionale, 2010).

Hat-tricks by stage

90 Group stage
12 Round of 16 (including second organisation stage)
6 Quarter-finals
4 Semi-finals
0 Finals

Article source: https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2566405.html?rss=2566405+All+you+ever+wanted+to+know:+Champions+League+hat-tricks

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