Below is the list of players that have scored a hat-trick in a

Kategoria Superiore The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Albanian football league system, it is the country's primary football compet ...

match since the beginning of the league in 1930. The first edition was held in 1911, but it is not officially recognized by AFA. The fixture between Besëlidhja Lezhë and

Tomori Berat KF Tomori is an Albanian football club based in the city of Berat. The club's home ground is the Tomori Stadium and they currently participate in the Kategoria e Parë. History The sport of football was introduced to the city of Berat in the ear ...

Lezhë Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality. One of the main strongholds of the Labeatai, the earliest of the fortification walls of Lezhë are of typical Illyrian const ...

in 2001 saw both Xhelal Farruku and Gëzim Tabaku score a hat-trick for the home team, while Kliton Cafi scored three goals of Tomori. This is also the only match in which three players have scored a hat-trick.

Refik Resmja Refik Shaban Resmja (1 January 1931 – 6 September 1997) was an Albanian professional footballer. He started his career with Tirana, but shortly after signed with Partizani Tirana where he established himself as one of the greatest players of ...

is the only player in history to score a hat-trick in four consecutive matches, while

Indrit Fortuzi Indrit Shaban Fortuzi (born 23 November 1973) is an Albanian retired national football forward who has played almost all his career for Tirana. Club career Nicknamed ''Zogu'' (bird), he has also played for Dinamo Tirana and in Greece for Ira ...

and

Pero Pejić Pero Pejić (born 28 November 1982) is a Croatian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. With over 100 goals to his name, he is the highest scoring foreign player in Albanian football history. In 2015, Pero Pejić was one of ...

are the only players to score a hat-trick in two consecutive matches. Resmja is also the only player to score six and seven goals in one match, while he, Roland Dervishi,

Dorian Bylykbashi Dorian Bylykbashi (born 8 August 1980, in Elbasan) is a former Albanian footballer. He mainly played as an attacking midfielder and he has previously played for KF Elbasani and Vllaznia Shkodër in Albania as well as for Ukrainian side Kryvbas ...

and Indrit Fortuzi are the only players to have scored five goals in one match. Refik Resmja has scored three or more goals in ten times in the Kategoria Superiore, more than any other player. He has set this record in only one season, during 1951 Albanian Superliga season where he scored 59 goals in only 23 matches, being followed by

Vioresin Sinani Vioresin Sinani (born 4 November 1977) is an Albanian former footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his career at Vllaznia Shkodër as well as stints with Dinamo Tirana, Tirana and Besa Kavajë in Albania. He also played ...

with nine hat-tricks and Croatian forward Pero Pejić with seven hat-tricks;

Hamdi Salihi Hamdi Abdullah Salihi (born 19 January 1984) is an Albanian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the assistant manager of Albania. Nicknamed 'The Bomber' by his former international coach Otto Barić who would compare ...

has scored six hat-trick while Indrit Fortuzi and Daniel Xhafa have scored five hat-tricks each. Only two players have each scored hat-tricks for three clubs: Pero Pejić (

Dinamo Tirana Futboll Club Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian professional football club based in the country's capital Tirana. They play in the Kategoria e Parë, the second tier of Albanian football, in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1950 during the communist r ...

Skënderbeu Korçë , reign = 28 November 1443 – 17 January 1468 , predecessor = Gjon Kastrioti , successor = Gjon Kastrioti II , spouse = Donika Arianiti , issue = Gjon Kastrioti II , royal house = Kastrioti , father ...

and Kukësi) and Daniel Xhafa (

Bylis Ballsh KF Bylis, also known as Bylis Ballsh, is an Albanian football club based in Ballsh, Mallakastër District. The club's home ground is the Adush Muça Stadium and they currently compete in the Kategoria Superiore. History Early history The club ...

Teuta Durrës Teuta ( Illyrian: *''Teutana'', 'mistress of the people, queen'; grc, Τεύτα; lat, Teuta) was the queen regent of the Ardiaei tribe in Illyria, who reigned approximately from 231 BC to 228/227 BC. Following the death of her spouse Agro ...

and

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Hat-tricks

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Multiple hat-tricks

The following table lists the minimum number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored two or more hat-tricks. Bold are still active in the Albanian Superliga.

References

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Hat-tricks A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...

Hat-tricks

Multiple hat-tricks

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