List of England national football team hat-tricks

Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick in the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, which England won 4–2.

Since the inception of international association football matches in 1872, 57 England male footballers have scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first players to score a hat-trick for England were Howard Vaughton and Arthur Alfred Brown, both Aston Villa players; in a friendly match against Ireland in 1882, they scored nine goals between them.^[1] Four players, Vaughton, Steve Bloomer, Willie Hall and Malcolm Macdonald, have scored five goals in one match. Jimmy Greaves has scored the greatest number of hat-tricks, with six. Five players, Albert Allen, Frank Bradshaw, Walter Gilliat, John Veitch and John Yates, have scored hat-tricks on their only international appearance.

In the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick, generally considered one of the most famous of all time.^[2][3][4] The most recent hat-trick was scored by Jermain Defoe in England's 4–0 victory over Bulgaria in the opening match of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.^[5]

England have conceded eleven hat-tricks since 1872, the most recent being scored by Zlatan Ibrahimović who scored four goals in a 4–2 defeat by Sweden in a friendly match in November 2012. Richard Hofmann was the first player from outside the Home Nations to score a hat-trick against England, scoring three times for Germany in a friendly match in May 1930. Previously only the Scottish players John McDougall, George Ker, John Smith, Robert Smyth McColl and Alex Jackson had scored hat-tricks against England.

Hat-tricks for England

Wartime internationals, not regarded as official matches, are not included in the list.

Bryan Robson scored a hat-trick in an 8–0 victory against Turkey in 1984.

Gary Lineker scored five hat-tricks for England.

Michael Owen scored a hat-trick against Germany in 2001.

Peter Crouch scored a hat-trick in a friendly fixture against Jamaica in 2006.

Theo Walcott scored three times against Croatia in a World Cup qualifying game in 2008.

Date	Goals	Player	Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result^[a]	Ref
18 February 1882	5	Vaughton, HowardHoward Vaughton	Ireland	Bloomfield, Belfast	Friendly	13–0	[6]
18 February 1882	4	Brown, Arthur AlfredArthur Alfred Brown	Ireland	Bloomfield, Belfast	Friendly	13–0	[6]
3 February 1883	3	Mitchell, ClementClement Mitchell	Wales	Kensington Oval, London	Friendly	5–0	[6]
23 February 1884	3	Cursham, HenryHenry Cursham	Ireland	Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast	1884 British Home Championship	8–1	[6]
13 March 1886	4	Spilsbury, BenjaminBenjamin Spilsbury	Ireland	Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast	1886 British Home Championship	6–1	[6]
5 February 1887	3	Lindley, TinsleyTinsley Lindley	Ireland	Bramall Lane, Sheffield	1887 British Home Championship	7–0	[6]
4 February 1888	3	Dewhurst, FredFred Dewhurst	Wales	Nantwich Road, Crewe	1888 British Home Championship	5–1	[6]
7 April 1888	3	Allen, AlbertAlbert Allen	Ireland	Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast	1888 British Home Championship	5–1	[6]
2 March 1889	3	Yates, JohnJohn Yates	Ireland	Anfield, Liverpool	1889 British Home Championship	6–1	[6]
15 March 1890	3	Geary, FredFred Geary	Ireland	Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast	1890 British Home Championship	9–1	[6]
25 February 1893	3	Gilliat, WalterWalter Gilliat	Ireland	Wellington Road, Perry Barr	1893 British Home Championship	6–1	[6]
12 March 1894	3	Veitch, JohnJohn Veitch	Wales	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	1894 British Home Championship	5–1	[6]
16 March 1896	5	Bloomer, SteveSteve Bloomer	Wales	Arms Park, Cardiff	1896 British Home Championship	9–1	[6]
20 February 1897	3	Wheldon, FredFred Wheldon	Ireland	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1897 British Home Championship	6–0	[6]
18 February 1899	4	Smith, GilbertGilbert Smith	Ireland	Roker Park, Sunderland	1899 British Home Championship	13–2	[6]
18 February 1899	4	Settle, JimmyJimmy Settle	Ireland	Roker Park, Sunderland	1899 British Home Championship	13–2	[6]
18 March 1901	4	Bloomer, SteveSteve Bloomer	Wales	St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne	1901 British Home Championship	6–0	[7]
16 March 1908	3	Woodward, VivianVivian Woodward	Wales	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	1908 British Home Championship	7–1	[7]
8 June 1908	3	Bradshaw, FrankFrank Bradshaw	Austria	Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna	Friendly	11–1	[7]
8 June 1908	4	Woodward, VivianVivian Woodward	Austria	Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna	Friendly	11–1	[7]
10 June 1908	4	Hilsdon, GeorgeGeorge Hilsdon	Hungary	Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest	Friendly	7–0	[7]
31 May 1909	4	Woodward, VivianVivian Woodward	Hungary	Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest	Friendly	8–2	[7]
1 June 1909	3	Woodward, VivianVivian Woodward	Austria	Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna	Friendly	8–1	[7]
10 February 1912	3	Fleming, HaroldHarold Fleming	Ireland	Dalymount Park, Dublin	1912 British Home Championship	6–1	[7]
24 May 1926	3	Osborne, FrankFrank Osborne	Belgium	Kielstadion, Antwerp	Friendly	5–3	[8]
11 May 1927	3	Dean, DixieDixie Dean	Belgium	Stadium in Molenbeek, Molenbeek, Brussels	Friendly	9–1	[8]
21 May 1927	3	Dean, DixieDixie Dean	Luxembourg	Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette	Friendly	5–2	[8]
11 May 1929	4	Camsell, GeorgeGeorge Camsell	Belgium	Dudenpark, Brussels	Friendly	5–1	[8]
20 November 1929	3	Camsell, GeorgeGeorge Camsell	Wales	Stamford Bridge, London	1930 British Home Championship	6–0	[8]
2 December 1936	3	Drake, TedTed Drake	Hungary	Arsenal Stadium, London	Friendly	6–2	[9]
17 May 1937	3	Steele, FreddieFreddie Steele	Sweden	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Stockholm	Friendly	4–0	[9]
23 October 1937	3	Mills, GeorgeGeorge Mills	Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	1938 British Home Championship	5–1	[9]
1 December 1937	3	Matthews, StanleyStanley Matthews	Czechoslovakia	White Hart Lane, London	Friendly	5–4	[9]
16 November 1938	5	Hall, WillieWillie Hall	Ireland	Old Trafford, Manchester	1939 British Home Championship	7–0	[9]
28 September 1946	3	Mannion, WilfWilf Mannion	Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	1947 British Home Championship	7–2	[10]
27 November 1946	4	Lawton, TommyTommy Lawton	Netherlands	Leeds Road, Huddersfield	Friendly	8–2	[10]
25 May 1947	4	Mortensen, StanStan Mortensen	Portugal	Estádio Nacional, Jamor	Friendly	10–0	[10]
25 May 1947	4	Lawton, TommyTommy Lawton	Portugal	Estádio Nacional, Jamor	Friendly	10–0	[10]
19 November 1947	3	Mortensen, StanStan Mortensen	Sweden	Arsenal Stadium, London	Friendly	4–2	[10]
9 October 1948	3	Mortensen, StanStan Mortensen	Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	1949 British Home Championship	6–2	[10]
15 October 1949	3	Milburn, JackieJackie Milburn	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	1950 FIFA World Cup qualifier 1950 British Home Championship	4–1	[10]
16 November 1949	4	Rowley, JackJack Rowley	Ireland	Maine Road, Manchester	1950 FIFA World Cup qualifier 1950 British Home Championship	9–2	[10]
14 May 1950	4	Finney, TomTom Finney	Portugal	Estádio Nacional, Jamor	Friendly	5–3	[11]
10 November 1954	3	Bentley, RoyRoy Bentley	Wales	Wembley Stadium, London	1954 British Home Championship	3–2	[12][13]
2 April 1955	4	Wilshaw, DennisDennis Wilshaw	Scotland	Wembley Stadium, London	1955 British Home Championship	7–2	[14]
5 December 1956	3	Taylor, TommyTommy Taylor	Denmark	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton	1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier	5–2	[15]
8 May 1957	3	Taylor, TommyTommy Taylor	Republic of Ireland	Wembley Stadium, London	1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier	5–1	[16]
22 October 1958	3	Haynes, JohnnyJohnny Haynes	USSR	Wembley Stadium, London	Friendly	5–0	[17]
28 May 1959	3	Charlton, BobbyBobby Charlton	USA	Wrigley Field, Los Angeles	Friendly	8–1	[11]
19 October 1960	3	Charlton, BobbyBobby Charlton	Luxembourg	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City	1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier	9–0	[18]
19 October 1960	3	Greaves, JimmyJimmy Greaves	Luxembourg	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City	1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier	9–0	[18]
15 April 1961	3	Greaves, JimmyJimmy Greaves	Scotland	Wembley Stadium, London	1961 British Home Championship	9–3	[19]
10 May 1961	3	Charlton, BobbyBobby Charlton	Mexico	Wembley Stadium, London	Friendly	8–0	[18]
20 May 1962	3	Greaves, JimmyJimmy Greaves	Peru	Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima	Friendly	4–0	[18]
5 June 1963	3	Charlton, BobbyBobby Charlton	Switzerland	St. Jakob-Park, Basel	Friendly	8–1	[18]
20 November 1963	4	Greaves, JimmyJimmy Greaves	Northern Ireland	Wembley Stadium, London	1963 British Home Championship	8–3	[18]
20 November 1963	3	Paine, TerryTerry Paine	Northern Ireland	Wembley Stadium, London	1963 British Home Championship	8–3	[18]
17 May 1964	3	Byrne, JohnnyJohnny Byrne	Portugal	Estádio Nacional, Jamor	Friendly	4–3	[18]
27 May 1964	4	Hunt, RogerRoger Hunt	USA	Downing Stadium, New York City	Friendly	10–0	[18]
27 May 1964	3	Pickering, FredFred Pickering	USA	Downing Stadium, New York City	Friendly	10–0	[18]
3 October 1964	3	Greaves, JimmyJimmy Greaves	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	1964 British Home Championship	4–3	[18]
29 June 1966	4	Greaves, JimmyJimmy Greaves	Norway	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Friendly	6–1	[18]
30 July 1966	3	Hurst, GeoffGeoff Hurst	West Germany	Wembley Stadium, London	1966 FIFA World Cup Final	4–2	[3]
12 March 1969	3	Hurst, GeoffGeoff Hurst	France	Wembley Stadium, London	Friendly	5–0	[18]
16 April 1975	5	Macdonald, MalcolmMalcolm Macdonald	Cyprus	Wembley Stadium, London	1976 European Championship qualifier	5–0	[20]
15 December 1982	3	Blissett, LutherLuther Blissett	Luxembourg	Wembley Stadium, London	1984 European Championship qualifier	9–0	[21]
14 November 1984	3	Robson, BryanBryan Robson	Turkey	Besiktas Inönü Stadyumu, Istanbul	1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier	8–0	[3]
16 October 1985	3	Lineker, GaryGary Lineker	Turkey	Wembley Stadium, London	1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier	5–0	[22]
11 June 1986	3	Lineker, GaryGary Lineker	Poland	Estadio Universitario, Monterrey	1986 FIFA World Cup finals	3–0	[22]
18 February 1987	4	Lineker, GaryGary Lineker	Spain	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid	Friendly	4–2	[22]
14 October 1987	3	Lineker, GaryGary Lineker	Turkey	Wembley Stadium, London	1988 European Championship qualifier	8–0	[22]
12 June 1991	4	Lineker, GaryGary Lineker	Malaysia	Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur	Friendly	4–2	[22]
17 February 1993	4	Platt, DavidDavid Platt	San Marino	Wembley Stadium, London	1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier	6–0	[20]
17 November 1993	4	Wright, IanIan Wright	San Marino	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna	1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier	7–1	[20]
27 March 1999	3	Scholes, PaulPaul Scholes	Poland	Wembley Stadium, London	Euro 2000 qualifier	3–1	[20]
4 September 1999	3	Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer	Luxembourg	Wembley Stadium, London	Euro 2000 qualifier	6–0	[23]
1 September 2001	3	Owen, MichaelMichael Owen	Germany	Olympiastadion, Munich	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier (details)	5–1	[24]
31 May 2005	3	Owen, MichaelMichael Owen	Colombia	Giants Stadium, New York City	Friendly	3–2	[25]
3 June 2006	3	Crouch, PeterPeter Crouch	Jamaica	Old Trafford, Manchester	Friendly	6–0	[26]
10 September 2008	3	Walcott, TheoTheo Walcott	Croatia	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier	4–1	[27]
3 September 2010	3	Defoe, JermainJermain Defoe	Bulgaria	Wembley Stadium, London	2012 European Championship qualifier	4–0	[5]

Hat-tricks conceded by England

England have conceded eleven hat-tricks, the first five of which were scored by players from Scotland.

Zlatan Ibrahimović scored four goals against England. He achieved the feat for Sweden in 2012 at the opening game of the Friends Arena.

Date	Goals	Player	Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result ^[a]	Ref(s)
2 March 1878	3	McDougall, JohnJohn McDougall	Scotland	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Friendly	2–7	[6]
13 March 1880	3	Ker, GeorgeGeorge Ker	Scotland	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Friendly	4–5	[6]
12 March 1881	3	Smith, JohnJohn Smith	Scotland	Kennington Oval, London	Friendly	1–6	[6]
7 April 1900	3	McColl, Robert SmythRobert Smyth McColl	Scotland	Celtic Park, Glasgow	1900 British Home Championship	1–4	[7]
31 March 1928	3	Jackson, AlexAlex Jackson	Scotland	Wembley Stadium, London	1928 British Home Championship	1–5	[8]
10 May 1930	3	Hofmann, RichardRichard Hofmann	Germany	Deutsches Stadion, Berlin	Friendly	3–3	[28]
25 November 1953	3	Hidegkuti, NándorNándor Hidegkuti	Hungary	Wembley Stadium, London	Friendly	3–6	[29][30]
11 May 1958	3	Petaković, AleksandarAleksandar Petaković	Yugoslavia	Jugoslavija Narodna Armia, Belgrade	Friendly	0–5	[11]
17 May 1959	3	Seminario, JuanJuan Seminario	Peru	Estadio Nacional, Lima	Friendly	1–4	[11]
15 June 1988	3	van Basten, MarcoMarco van Basten	Netherlands	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf	1988 European Championship finals	1–3	[31]
14 November 2012	4	Ibrahimović, ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	Friends Arena, Solna Municipality	Friendly	2–4	[32]

Notes

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

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