List of Romania national football team hat-tricks
This page is a list of the hat-tricks scored for the Romania national football team .[ 1] Since Romania's first international association football match in 1922, there have been 24 occasions when a Romanian player has scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first hat-trick was scored by Gheorghe Ciolac against Bulgaria on 21 April 1929. The record for the most goals scored in an international game by a Romanian player is five, which has been achieved on just one occasion: by Rudolf Wetzer against Greece in 1930, at the 1929-31 Balkan Cup .
Iuliu Bodola holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored by a Romanian player with three, the first two coming in 1931 in a Friendly against Lithuania and in a Balkan Cup match against Greece , and his third came at the 1936 Friendship Cup in a 3–2 win over Yugoslavia . He is closely followed by the likes of Gheorghe Ciolac , Florin Răducioiu and Gheorghe Popescu .
Hat-tricks scored by Romania
No.
Player
Opponent
Goals[ a]
Score[ b]
Venue
Competition
Date
Ref(s)
1
Gheorghe Ciolac
Bulgaria
3 – (64', 71', 73')
3–0
ONEF Stadium , Bucharest
Friendly
21 April 1929
2
Rudolf Wetzer
Greece
5 – (8', 34', 75', 76', 80')
8–1
ONEF Stadium , Bucharest
1929–31 Balkan Cup
25 May 1930
3
Iuliu Bodola
Lithuania
3 – (3', 41', 81')
4–2
LFLS Stadionas, Kaunas
Friendly
26 August 1931
4
Iuliu Bodola
Greece
3 – (13', 35', 84')
4–2
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium , Athens
1929–31 Balkan Cup
29 November 1931
5
Gheorghe Ciolac
Bulgaria
3 – (57', 61', 66')
7–0
ONEF Stadium , Bucharest
1933 Balkan Cup
4 June 1933
6
Graţian Sepi
Hungary
4 – (8', 32', 47', 83')
5–1
ONEF Stadium , Bucharest
1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs
24 September 1933
7
Iuliu Bodola
Yugoslavia
3 – (21', 46', 51')
3–2
ONEF Stadium , Bucharest
1936 King Carol II Cup
10 May 1936
8
Iuliu Farkaș
Albania
3 – (29', 69', 79')
4–0
Qemal Stafa Stadium , Tirana
1947 Balkan Cup
25 May 1947
9
Gheorghe Váczi
East Germany
3 – (23', 32', 43')
3–1
ONEF Stadium , Bucharest
Friendly
26 October 1952
10
Mircea Dridea
Poland
3 – (26', 45', 55')
3–2
Stadion Dziesięciolecia Manifestu Lipcowego , Warsaw
Friendly
30 August 1959
11
Constantin Frățilă
Switzerland
3 – (12', 25', 38')
4–2
Stadionul Republicii , Bucharest
UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
2 November 1966
12
Emil Dumitriu
Cyprus
3 – (24', 52', 77')
7–0
Stadionul Național , Bucharest
UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
23 April 1967
13
Ion Dumitru
Greece
3 – (7', 32', 77')
6–1
Stadionul Steaua , Bucharest
Friendly
21 September 1977
14
Anghel Iordănescu
Yugoslavia
3 – (21', 55', 79')
4–1
Stadionul Național , Bucharest
1977–80 Balkan Cup final
27 August 1980
15
Gabi Balint
Faroe Islands
3 – (3', 39', 78')
7–0
Stadionul Steaua , Bucharest
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 May 1992
16
Florin Răducioiu
Faroe Islands
4 – (23', 58', 60', 76')
4–0
Svangaskarð , Toftir
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 September 1993
17
Florin Răducioiu
Azerbaijan
3 – (1', 68', 76')
4–1
Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium , Trabzon
UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
26 April 1995
18
Viorel Moldovan
Georgia
3 – (26', 29', 36')
5–0
Stadionul Ghencea , Bucharest
Friendly
24 April 1996
19
Gheorghe Popescu
North Macedonia
3 – (36', 45', 90')
3–0
Gradski Stadium Skopje , Skopje
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
14 December 1996
20
Gheorghe Popescu
Liechtenstein
4 – (28', 30', 68', 82')
8–0
Stadionul Steaua , Bucharest
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
29 March 1997
21
Dorinel Munteanu
Liechtenstein
3 – (44', 45', 69')
8–1
Sportpark Eschen-Mauren , Eschen
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 September 1997
22
Adrian Ilie
Liechtenstein
3 – (32', 45', 53')
7–0
Stadionul Steaua , Bucharest
UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
2 September 1998
23
Cosmin Contra
Luxembourg
3 – (45', 47', 85')
7–0
Stade Josy Barthel , Luxembourg City , Luxembourg
UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
16 October 2002
24
Ciprian Marica
Trinidad and Tobago
3 – (31', 33', 81')
4–0
Arena Naţională , Bucharest
Friendly
4 June 2013
Hat-tricks conceded by Romania
No.
Player
Opponent
Goals[ a]
Score[ b]
Venue
Competition
Date
Ref(s)
1
Karl Kanhäuser
Austria
3 – (2', 52', 85')
1–4
Simmeringer Had , Vienna
Friendly
20 May 1924
2
Kees Pijl
Netherlands
4 – (28', 52', 60', 67')
0–6
Stade Olympique de Colombes , Colombes
1924 Summer Olympics
27 May 1924
3
Józef Nawrot
Poland
3 – (8', 25', 78')
0–5
Stadionul ONEF , Colombes
Friendly
3 October 1932
4
Axel Nilsson
Sweden
3 – (70', 73', 87')
1–7
Stockholms Olympiastadion , Stockholm
Friendly
1 September 1935
5
Josef Bican
Czechoslovakia
4 – (28', 49', 61', 81')
2–6
Stadion Letná , Prague
1937–38 Eduard Benes Cup
4 December 1938
6
Fritz Walter
Germany
3 – (33', 76', 81')
3–9
Waldstadion , Frankfurt
Friendly
14 July 1940
7
Fritz Walter
Germany
3 – (44', 49', 55')
0–7
Stadion Edwarda Szymkowiaka , Bytom
Friendly
16 August 1942
8
Béla Egresi
Hungary
3 – (43', 61', 72')
0–9
Megyeri úti Stadion , Budapest
1948 Balkan Cup
6 June 1948
9
Ferenc Puskás
Hungary
3 – (44', 64', 83')
1–5
Stadionul Republicii , Bucharest
1948 Balkan Cup
24 October 1948
10
Gerard Cieślik
Poland
3 – (18', 25', 76')
3–3
Stadion Olimpijski , Wrocław
Friendly
14 May 1950
11
Vicente Guillot
Spain
3 – (7', 20', 70')
0–6
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu , Madrid
1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
1 November 1962
12
Safet Sušić
Yugoslavia
3 – (14', 51', 62')
0–4
Stadionul Steaua , Bucharest
1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
13 November 1977
13
Peter Dubovský
Czechoslovakia
3 – (59', 83', 90')
2–5
Všešportový areál , Košice
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 June 1993
14
Robert Lewandowski
Poland
3 – (29', 57', 62')
1–3
Stadion Narodowy , Warsaw
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 June 2017
15
Erling Haaland
Norway
3 – (13', 64', 74')
0–4
Ullevaal Stadion , Oslo
2020–21 UEFA Nations League
11 October 2020
16
Stefan Mugoša
Montenegro
3 – (42', 56', 63')
0–3
Stadionul Rapid-Giulești , Bucharest
2022–23 UEFA Nations League
14 June 2022
See also
Notes
^ a b Goals column is sorted by the time elapsed between the first and the third goal.
^ a b Romania's score is shown first. Scores are sorted by goal difference and number of goals in the match.
References
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