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List of Belgium national football team hat-tricks

List of Belgium national football team hat-tricks

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Since the inception of international association football matches, 28 Belgium male footballers have scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first player to score a hat-trick for Belgium was Pierre-Joseph Destrebecq, while on the books of Union Saint-Gilloise, in a friendly match against France in 1905.[1] Three players, Robert De Veen, Bert De Cleyn and Josip Weber, have scored five goals in one match. Romelu Lukaku has scored the greatest number of hat-tricks for Belgium, with four.

Belgium have conceded 44 hat-tricks since 1904, the most recent being scored by Haris Seferovic in a 2–5 UEFA Nations League loss against Switzerland.[2] Undoubtedly, the most famous hat-trick against Belgium came during the 1986 FIFA World Cup, when Belgium overcame three goals by Ihor Belanov to move past the Soviet Union into the quarter finals.[3]

Hat-tricks for Belgium

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    Lukaku hat-trick goals against Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 were counted by RBFA but not officially recognised by FIFA due to an excessive number of substitutions according to the Laws of the Game.[36]

Hat-tricks conceded by Belgium

Belgium have conceded 44 hat-tricks.

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a The result is presented with Belgium's score first.


References

  1. "International football MATCH report: 07.05.1905 Belgium vs France". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  2. "Football MATCH: 18.11.2018 Switzerland v Belgium". eu-football.info. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. "Gibraltar - Belgium". fifa.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. "Belgium vs. Gibraltar". ESPN FC. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

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