List of Croatia national football team hat-tricks

Davor Šuker scored two hat-tricks for Croatia

Since the inception of international association football matches in 1872, nine Croatian footballers have scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first player to score a hat-trick for Croatia was August Lešnik in a friendly match against Slovakia in 1942. Davor Šuker was the first player in modern Croatian national team history to achieve this feat, scoring three times in a 7–1 victory over Estonia in 1995. He is also the one of two players alongside Mario Mandžukić who scored a hat-trick more than once, grabbing his second hat-trick in Croatia's 7–0 win against Australia. Mladen Petrić has scored the greatest number of goals in one game, netting four times against Andorra.^[1]

The most recent hat-trick was scored by Mario Mandžukić in Croatia's 6–0 victory over Kosovo in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.^[2]

Croatia have conceded four hat-tricks since 1941, the most recent being scored by Theo Walcott in a 4–1 defeat by England in the qualifications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The other three hat-tricks were scored by Ján Arpáš, Primož Gliha and Zlatan Muslimović.

Hat-tricks for Croatia

Date	Goals	Player	Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result^[a]	Report
6 September 1942	3	Lešnik, AugustAugust Lešnik	Slovakia	Stadion Concordije, Zagreb	Friendly	6–1
9 April 1944	3	Wölfl, FranjoFranjo Wölfl	Slovakia	Stadion Concordije, Zagreb	Friendly	7–3
3 September 1995	3	SzukerDavor Šuker	Estonia	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	1996 UEFA Euro qualifying	7–1	HNS-CFF.hr
13 March 1996	3	Vlaović, GoranGoran Vlaović	South Korea	Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb	Friendly	3–0	HNS-CFF.hr
6 June 1998	3	SzukerDavor Šuker	Australia	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	Friendly	7–0	HNS-CFF.hr
24 March 2001	3	Balaban, BoškoBoško Balaban	Latvia	Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying	4–1	HNS-CFF.hr
7 October 2006	4	Petrić, MladenMladen Petrić	Andorra	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	2008 UEFA Euro qualifying	7–0	HNS-CFF.hr
15 November 2006	3	da Silva, EduardoEduardo da Silva	Israel	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	2008 UEFA Euro qualifying	4–3	HNS-CFF.hr
4 June 2016	3	Mandžukić, MarioMario Mandžukić	San Marino	Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka	Friendly	10–0	HNS-CFF.hr
4 June 2016	3	Kalinić, NikolaNikola Kalinić	San Marino	Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka	Friendly	10–0	HNS-CFF.hr
6 October 2016	3	Mandžukić, MarioMario Mandžukić	Kosovo	Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër	2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying	6–0	HNS-CFF.hr

Hat-tricks conceded by Croatia

Date	Goals	Player	Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result^[a]	Report
9 April 1944	3	Arpáš, JánJán Arpáš	Slovakia	Stadion Concordije, Zagreb	Friendly	7–3
2 April 1997	3	Gliha, PrimožPrimož Gliha	Slovenia	Stadion Poljud, Split	1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying	3–3	Sportnet.hr
22 August 2007	3	Muslimović, ZlatanZlatan Muslimović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo	Friendly	5–3	Sportnet.hr
10 September 2008	3	Walcott, TheoTheo Walcott	England	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying	1–4	Sportnet.hr

Notes

^a The result is presented with Croatia's score first.

References

1. Krušelj, Dražen (5 September 2010). "Nitko od mene ništa nije očekivao, pa sam mogao opušteno igrati". Jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 April 2011.
2. Korać, Branimir (6 October 2016). "Optimizam s pokrićem, Hrvatska i bez važnih aduta prejaka za Kosovo". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 October 2016.