List of FIFA Club World Cup hat-tricks

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Luis Suárez, the first player to score a hat-trick at the Club World Cup.

Since the inception of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2000, four players from four countries have scored three goals (a hat-trick) or more in a single match on four occasions for three clubs from two leagues. The first player to achieve the feat was Luis Suárez, who scored three times for Barcelona in a 3–0 victory over Guangzhou Evergrande on 17 December 2015.

Notable hat-tricks[]

  • Luis Suárez was the first player to score a hat-trick in FIFA Club World Cup competition. He scored a hat-trick in the 2015 semi-finals against Guangzhou Evergrande.[1]
  • Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to score a hat-trick in the final of the competition. He scored a hat-trick in the 2016 final against Kashima Antlers.[2]
  • Luis Suárez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Hamdou Elhouni hold the record for having scored the only hat-tricks in the competition's history.[3]
  • Real Madrid is the only club to score more than one hat-trick, with both of their hat-tricks coming against Kashima Antlers, in 2016 and 2018.
  • Kashima Antlers is the only club to concede multiple hat-tricks, both of them to Real Madrid.

List of hat-tricks[]

No. Player Club Opponent Goals Goal Times Score Tournament Round Date Ref
1 Uruguay Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona China Guangzhou Evergrande 3 Goal 39', 50', 67' (pen.) 3–0 2015, Japan Semi-finals 17 December 2015 [1]
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid Japan Kashima Antlers 3 Goal 60' (pen.), 98', 104' 4–2 (a.e.t.) 2016, Japan Final 18 December 2016 [2]
3 Wales Gareth Bale Spain Real Madrid Japan Kashima Antlers 3 Goal 44', 53', 55' 3–1 2018, United Arab Emirates Semi-finals 19 December 2018 [4]
4 Libya Hamdou Elhouni Tunisia Espérance de Tunis Qatar Al-Sadd 3 Goal 6', 42', 74' 6–2 2019, Qatar Match for fifth place 17 December 2019 [5]

Statistics[]

By player[]

No. Player Hat-tricks
1 Uruguay Luis Suárez 1
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Wales Gareth Bale
Libya Hamdou Elhouni

By club[]

No. Club Hat-tricks
1 Spain Real Madrid 2
2 Spain Barcelona 1
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis

By league[]

No. League Hat-tricks
1 Spain La Liga 3
2 Tunisia Tunisian Ligue 1 1

By nation[]

No. Nation Hat-tricks
1 Libya Libya 1
Portugal Portugal
Uruguay Uruguay
Wales Wales

References[]

  1. ^ a b "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015 - Matches - Futbol Club Barcelona-Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC - FIFA.com". 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016 - Matches - Real Madrid - FIFA.com". 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Luis Suarez scores first ever hat-trick in Club World Cup". FC Barcelona.
  4. ^ "Kashima Antlers 1–3 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019™ - Matches - Al Sadd Sports Club - Espérance Sportive de Tunis - FIFA.com". 17 December 2019. Archived from the original on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
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