List of Premier Soccer League hat-tricks

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Aubrey Ngoma (pictured here during his time with Cape Town City) is one of the players to score a hat-trick of more than three goals.

The first hat-trick in the Premier Soccer League was scored in 1996, and there have been over 150 hat-tricks scored since then. Pollen Ndlanya is the player with most hat-tricks, having scored six. The fastest hat-trick was scored by James Chamanga, between the 20th and 25th minute for Moroka Swallows in December 2007.

Hat-tricks[]

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Key
4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
Scored hat-trick as a substitute Player scored hat-trick as a substitute
* The home team
Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first
Player Nationality For Result Against Date Ref
James Chamanga5  Zambia Moroka Swallows* 6–2 Platinum Stars 9 December 2007 [2]
Thulasizwe Mbuyane  South Africa Orlando Pirates* 4–0 Jomo Cosmos 29 August 2009 [3]
Ayanda Dlamini  South Africa AmaZulu 4–0 Moroka Swallows* 16 December 2009 [4]
Bradley Grobler  South Africa Platinum Stars* 3–1 Mpumalanga Black Aces 2 February 2011 [5]
Lennox Bacela  South Africa Bloemfontein Celtic* 5–0 SuperSport United 27 February 2011 [6]
Anthony Laffor  Liberia SuperSport United* 5–2 Santos FC 16 April 2011 [7]
Bryce Moon  South Africa Golden Arrows* 3–2 AmaZulu 7 May 2011 [8]
Nyasha Mushekwi  Zimbabwe Mamelodi Sundowns* 3–1 Bloemfontein Celtic 21 May 2011 [9]
Siyabonga Nomvethe  South Africa Moroka Swallows* 3–2 Golden Arrows 29 April 2012 [10]
Bernard Parker4  South Africa Kaizer Chiefs 6–0 AmaZulu* 11 August 2012 [11]
Aubrey Ngoma4  South Africa University of Pretoria 5–1 Ajax Cape Town* 29 September 2012 [12]
Edward Manqele  South Africa Moroka Swallows* 3–2 Mpumalanga Black Aces 30 August 2013 [13]
Sibusiso Vilakazi  South Africa Bidvest Wits* 3–2 SuperSport United 25 February 2014 [14]
Richard Henyekane  South Africa Free State Stars 3–1 Bidvest Wits* 15 March 2014 [15]
 South Africa Mpumalanga Black Aces* 5–2 Moroka Swallows 15 March 2014 [16]
Eleazar Rodgers  South Africa Platinum Stars* 4–2 AmaZulu 22 November 2014 [17]
Sibusiso Vilakazi  South Africa Bidvest Wits* 4–2 Ajax Cape Town 10 December 2014 [18]
Mogakolodi Ngele  Botswana Platinum Stars 3–3 Orlando Pirates* 8 April 2015 [19]
4  South Africa Polokwane City* 4–1 SuperSport United 16 January 2016 [20]
James Keene  England Bidvest Wits* 5–0 Polokwane City 22 January 2016 [21]
Jeremy Brockie  New Zealand SuperSport United 4–2 Jomo Cosmos* 27 February 2016 [22]
Lerato Manzini  South Africa Chippa United* 4–1 Platinum Stars 27 April 2016 [23]
Gabadinho Mhango4Scored hat-trick as a substitute  Malawi Golden Arrows 4–2 Mpumalanga Black Aces* 27 April 2016 [24]
Anthony Laffor  Liberia Mamelodi Sundowns 3–0 University of Pretoria* 4 May 2016 [25]
Tendai Ndoro  Zimbabwe Orlando Pirates* 3–1 Golden Arrows 24 August 2016 [26]
Bhongolwethu Jayiya  South Africa Cape Town City* 4–1 Chippa United 3 April 2017 [27]
Rhulani ManziniScored hat-trick as a substitute  South Africa Chippa United* 3–0 SuperSport United 17 May 2017 [28]
Mwape Musonda  Zambia Black Leopards* 3–2 Chippa United 10 March 2019 [29]
Charlton Mashumba  Zimbabwe Polokwane City 3–5 Cape Town City* 6 November 2019 [30]
Samir Nurković  Serbia Kaizer Chiefs* 5–3 Bloemfontein Celtic 7 December 2019 [31]
Gabadinho Mhango  Malawi Orlando Pirates 4–1 Polokwane City* 7 January 2020 [32]
Fagrie Lakay  South Africa Cape Town City 4–1 Golden Arrows* 29 August 2020 [33]
Lebohang Maboe  South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns* 3–0 Black Leopards 5 September 2020 [34]
Bienvenu Eva Nga  Cameroon Chippa United* 3–1 Maritzburg United 3 November 2020 [35]
Themba Zwane  South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns* 4–3 Amazulu 23 November 2020 [36]
Lebogang Manyama  South Africa Kaizer Chiefs* 3–2 Golden Arrows 2 June 2021 [37]

Multiple hat-tricks[]

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored two or more hat-tricks. Players in bold are still active in the Premier Soccer League.

Rank Player Hat-tricks
1 Liberia Anthony Laffor 2
Malawi Gabadinho Mhango
South Africa Sibusiso Vilakazi

Hat-tricks by nationality[]

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players from a single nation.

Rank Nation Hat-tricks
1  South Africa 22
2  Zimbabwe 3
3  Liberia 2
 Malawi
 Zambia
6  Botswana 1
 Cameroon
 England
 New Zealand
 Serbia

References[]

  1. ^ "Premier Soccer League >> Statistics >> Most goals scored by a player per game". World Football.
  2. ^ "Chamanga demolishes Stars". Kick Off. 9 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Pirates show their class with 4-0 win". Cape Argus. 31 August 2009. Pirates overwhelmed Cosmos with a hat-trick from Thulasizwe Mbuyane and a late strike from Thembinkosi "Terror" Fanteni.
  4. ^ "Swallows embarrassed by AmaZulu". Independent Online. 16 December 2009. Dlamini put the final nail into the Swallows' coffin in the 85th minute to complete his hat-trick.
  5. ^ "Grobler guides Stars to victory". Independent Online. 3 February 2011. Platinum Stars climbed to the top half of the table after a Bradley Grobler hat-trick...
  6. ^ "Five-star Celtic thrash SuperSport". Independent Online. 27 February 2011. Bacela completed his hatrick in the 84th minute...
  7. ^ "Laffor's hat-trick siezes victory". Sport24. 16 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Moon hits bulls eye for Arrows". Independent Online. 8 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Mushekwi hat-trick downs Celtic". Kick Off. 21 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Nomvete hat-trick sinks Arrows". Kick Off. 29 April 2012.
  11. ^ "Parker shines as Chiefs thrash Amazulu". Independent Online. 12 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Ajax self-destruct against Tuks". Kick Off. 29 September 2012. Ngoma continued to run in front of goal and completed his hat-trick...
  13. ^ "Manqele hat-trick shoots downs Aces". Kick Off. 30 August 2013.
  14. ^ "Vilakazi Hat-trick Sinks SuperSport". Soccer Laduma. 25 February 2014.
  15. ^ "Stars outwit Wits". Sport24. 15 March 2014.
  16. ^ "Mpumalanga Black Aces - Moroka Swallows 5:2". World Football. 15 March 2014.
  17. ^ "Rodgers hat-trick sinks AmaZulu". Sport24. 22 November 2014.
  18. ^ "Vilakazi hat-trick floors Ajax". Sport24. 10 December 2014.
  19. ^ "Ngele slams hat-trick in pulsating draw". The Citizen. 8 April 2015.
  20. ^ "Mncwango hammers SuperSport". Kick Off. 16 January 2016. It’s the first time a player has netted four times in a match since...
  21. ^ "Keene hat-trick buries Polokwane". Kick Off. 15 March 2016. The English striker netted a hat-trick...
  22. ^ "Jeremy Brockie secures the match ball with hat-trick for SuperSport United". Stuff.co.nz. 28 February 2016.
  23. ^ "Manzini hat-trick hands Chilli Boys vital victory". The Herald. 28 April 2016.
  24. ^ "Gabadinho rescues victory for Golden Arrows". Malawi Broadcasting Corporation. 28 April 2016. Frank Gabadinho Mhango came off the bench to score four goals for his side...
  25. ^ "Sundowns ride on Laffor hattrick". The Independent. 6 May 2016.
  26. ^ "Tendai Ndoro scores hat-trick as Orlando Pirates cruise to victory". The Chronicle. 25 August 2016.
  27. ^ "Jayiya hat-trick sinks Chippa". The Citizen. 3 April 2017.
  28. ^ Nkanjeni, Vuyokazi (18 May 2017). "Hat-trick hero lifts Chilli Boys". The Herald.
  29. ^ Gleeson, Mark (11 March 2019). "Mwape Musonda hat-trick against Chippa United was the 150th of SL era". The Herald.
  30. ^ Said, Nick (6 November 2019). "Cape Town City beat Polokwane City in eight-goal thriller". The Times. Striker Charlton Mashumba scored a hat-trick for the visitors...
  31. ^ "Chiefs sink Celtic in 8-goal thriller". Kick Off. 7 December 2019. Nurkovic continued haunting the visitors 12 minutes later as the Serbian bagged his first hat-trick in the Absa Premiership...
  32. ^ Ntsoelengoe, Tshepo (7 January 2020). "Mhango hat-trick helps Bucs thrash Polokwane City". The Citizen.
  33. ^ "Fagrie Lakay hat-trick helps CT City to win over Arrows". News24. 29 August 2020.
  34. ^ "Maboe hat-trick gives Mamelodi Sundowns third straight title". Yahoo Sports. 5 September 2020.
  35. ^ "Eva Nga hat-trick hands Chippa victory against 10-man Maritzburg". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  36. ^ "Hat-trick hero Zwane helps Sundowns to win over AmaZulu in high scoring thriller". News24. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  37. ^ "Sensational Manyama hat-trick keeps Kaizer Chiefs' Top 8 hopes alive, Leopards relegated". News24. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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