List of Scotland national football team hat-tricks


Since Scotland's first international association football match on 30 November 1872, 31 players have scored three goals or more in a game. The first player to do so was John McDougall, in a match against England on 2 May 1878. The most goals scored by a single player in a match is four, which has occurred on eleven occasions, although some sources credit Hughie Gallacher with a fifth goal in the 1928–29 British Home Championship match against Ireland on 23 February 1929. Denis Law is the only player to have scored four goals in a single match more than once. Robert Smyth McColl, Law and Gallacher are tied for the most number of hat-tricks for Scotland's international team, with three hat-tricks each.
The last player to score a hat-trick for Scotland was John McGinn, in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against San Marino on 13 October 2019. McGinn, Steven Fletcher, Robert Snodgrass and James Forrest have all scored hat-tricks for Scotland during the 2010s. The first of these hat-tricks ended a long wait for a Scotland hat-trick, as the previous one was registered when Colin Stein scored four goals in the 8–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over Cyprus on 17 May 1969.
Scotland have conceded seven hat-tricks in total, with the first one scored on 2 April 1955 by Dennis Wilshaw in a 1954–55 British Home Championship match against England. Scotland had not conceded a hat-trick for the first 83 years of international matches, a total of 244 matches. Nico Claesen of Belgium was the first player from outside the Home Nations to score a hat-trick against Scotland, in the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying match on 1 April 1987. Scotland had only conceded four hat-tricks until the 2003-04 season when hat-tricks were scored against them in two successive matches, first by Ruud van Nistelrooy in a UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying playoff match against the Netherlands, and then by Robert Earnshaw in a friendly against Wales.

Hat-tricks for Scotland

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Wartime internationals, not regarded as official matches, are not included in the list.
The result is presented with Scotland's score first.
DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResultRef
02 03 18783Hampden Park, GlasgowFriendly7–2
13 03 18803Hampden Park, GlasgowFriendly5–4
12 03 18813Kennington Oval, LondonFriendly6–1
14 03 18853Hampden Park, Glasgow1884–85 British Home Championship8–2
23 03 18853Acton Park, Wrexham1884–85 British Home Championship8–1
20 03 18863Ulster Ground, Belfast1885–86 British Home Championship7–2
24 03 18884*Solitude Ground, Belfast1887–88 British Home Championship10–2
09 03 18893Ibrox Park, Glasgow1888–89 British Home Championship7–0
22 03 18904*Underwood Park, Paisley1889–90 British Home Championship5–0
18 03 18933Racecourse Ground, Wrexham1892–93 British Home Championship8–0
18 03 18934*Racecourse Ground, Wrexham1892–93 British Home Championship8–0
19 03 18983Fir Park, Motherwell1897–98 British Home Championship5–2
18 03 18993Racecourse Ground, Wrexham1898–99 British Home Championship6–0
25 03 18993Celtic Park, Glasgow1898–99 British Home Championship9–1
07 04 19003Celtic Park, Glasgow1899–1900 British Home Championship4–1
23 02 19014*Celtic Park, Glasgow1900–01 British Home Championship11–0
23 02 19014*Celtic Park, Glasgow1900–01 British Home Championship11–0
01 03 19023Grosvenor Park, Belfast1901–02 British Home Championship5–1
14 03 19084*Dalymount Park, Dublin1907–08 British Home Championship5–0
27 02 19263Ibrox Park, Glasgow1925–26 British Home Championship4–0
27 02 19283Wembley Stadium, London1927–28 British Home Championship5–1
27 10 19283Ibrox Park, Glasgow1927–28 British Home Championship4–2
23 02 19294*Windsor Park, Belfast1928–29 British Home Championship7–3
26 05 19293Brann Stadion, BergenFriendly7–3
26 05 19323Stade Olympique, ColombesFriendly3–1
01 10 19493Windsor Park, Belfast1949–50 British Home Championship /
1950 FIFA World Cup qualifying		8–2
01 11 19504*Hampden Park, Glasgow1950–51 British Home Championship6–2
20 05 19513Stade Heysel, BrusselsFriendly5–0
30 04 19523Hampden Park, GlasgowFriendly6–0
08 05 19573Hampden Park, Glasgow1958 FIFA World Cup qualification4–2
07 10 19613Windsor Park, Belfast1961–62 British Home Championship6–1
07 11 19624*Windsor Park, Belfast1962–63 British Home Championship5–1
04 06 19633Brann Stadion, BergenFriendly3–4
07 11 19634*Hampden Park, GlasgowFriendly6–1
17 05 19694*Hampden Park, Glasgow1970 FIFA World Cup qualification8–0
29 03 20153Hampden Park, GlasgowUEFA Euro 2016 qualifying6–1
11 10 20153Estádio Algarve, FaroUEFA Euro 2016 qualifying6–0
04 09 20163Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali2018 FIFA World Cup qualification5–1
20 11 20183Hampden Park, Glasgow2018–19 UEFA Nations League3–2
13 10 20193Hampden Park, GlasgowUEFA Euro 2020 qualifying6–0

Hat-tricks conceded by Scotland

Wartime internationals, not regarded as official matches, are not included in the list. The result is presented with Scotland's score first.
Scotland have conceded seven hat-tricks, four of which have been scored by players from the Home Nations.
DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResultRef
02 04 19554*Wembley Stadium, London1954–55 British Home Championship2–7
15 04 19613Wembley Stadium, London1960–61 British Home Championship3–9
19 05 19793Ninian Park, Cardiff1978–79 British Home Championship0–3
01 04 19873Stade Constant Vanden Stock, BrusselsUEFA Euro 1988 qualifying1–4
19 11 20033Amsterdam Arena, AmsterdamUEFA Euro 2004 qualifying playoff0–6
18 02 20043Millennium Stadium, CardiffFriendly0–4
27 05 20123EverBank Field, JacksonvilleFriendly1–5