Since the inception of the French

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league League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football Sports * Sports league * Rugby league, full contact footba ...

competition,

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

, in 1948, more than 200 players from 49 countries have scored three goals (a

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) or more in a single match. The French former striker

Thadée Cisowski Thadée Cisowski (16 February 1927 – 24 February 2005), originally Tadeusz Cisowski, was a French former footballer who played as a striker. A son of Polish immigrants, he was one of the best goalscorers in Championnat de France. In the Worl ...

is the player with the most Ligue 1 hat-tricks in history, with 22 scored between clubs

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

and RC Paris. The foreign players with the most hat-tricks are Gunnar Andersson of Sweden and

Delio Onnis Delio Onnis (born 24 March 1948) is a former professional football player who played as striker. Born in Italy, his family emigrated to Argentina in his youth and he was nicknamed ''"El Tano"'' (the Italian) in Argentina. With 299 goals, he is ...

of Argentina, each of whom scored twelve. Algerian former footballer

Ahmed Oudjani Ahmed Oudjani (19 March 1937 – 15 January 1998) was an Algerian football striker. Biography Oudjani was a member of the Algerian FLN team before the country gained its independence. He is also the all-time top scorer in RC Lens history, havi ...

(in a 10–2 win for Lens against RC Paris on 8 December 1963), Malian former footballer Salif Keïta (in an 8–0 win for

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

against Sedan on 4 June 1971) and Argentine former footballer Carlos Bianchi (in a 6–1 win for

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by ...

against Paris Saint-Germain on 9 August 1974) each scored six goals in a match, the most ever scored in a single Ligue 1 game.

Hat-tricks

1940s

Michel Platini en 1978, 'Argentina 78', Panini figurina n°90

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Statistics

Multiple hat-tricks

The following table lists the minimum number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored three or more hat-tricks. Players in bold are still active in Ligue 1.

Hat-tricks by nationality

Notes

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(YUG, 1945–1992) split into Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH, 1992–1995),

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(CRO, 1992–present), Republic of Macedonia (MKD, 1993–2019),

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(SVN, 1992–present), and

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(YUG, 1992–2003). *

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(TCH, 1918–1992) split into the

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(CZE, 1993–present) and

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(SVK, 1993–present). * Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH, 1992–1995), as a conclusion of the

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, reconstituted into

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(BIH, 1995–present). *

(YUG, 1992–2003), while being reconstituted from a

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into a state union, was renamed

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(SCG, 2003–2006). *

(SCG, 2003–2006), split into

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(SRB, 2006–present) and

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(MNE, 2006–present). * Republic of Macedonia was known internationally as the

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(FYROM) from 1993 until 2019 due to a naming dispute with

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. From 2019, as a result of an agreement between the two disputing parties, the country was renamed

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(MKD).

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