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. 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. Undoubtedly, the most famous hat-trick against Belgium came during the 1986 FIFA World Cup, when Belgium overcame three goals by Igor Belanov to move past the Soviet Union into the quarter-finals.
Hat-tricks for Belgium DateGoalsPlayer OpponentVenueCompetitionResultRef. Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Brussels Friendly Beerschot Stadion, Antwerp Friendly Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Brussels Friendly Stade de la FGSPF, Gentilly Friendly Rue de Forest, Brussels Friendly Stadion Broodstraat, Antwerp Friendly Stadion Broodstraat, Antwerp Friendly Stadion Broodstraat, Antwerp Friendly Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Friendly Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Friendly Bosuilstadion, Antwerp Friendly Bosuilstadion, Antwerp Friendly Stade du Mambourg, Charleroi Friendly Heysel Stadium, Brussels Friendly Heysel Stadium, Brussels Friendly Bosuilstadion, Antwerp Friendly Stadion De Kuip, Rotterdam Friendly Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification Heysel Stadium, Brussels Friendly Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification Stade Municipal, Luxembourg UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Regenboogstadion, Waregem 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Stade de Sclessin, Liège 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Stade Municipal, Luxembourg UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Stade Grimonprez-Jooris, Lille (France) 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification Heysel Stadium, Brussels Friendly Heysel Stadium, Brussels Friendly Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification Cristal Arena, Genk Friendly Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Friends Arena, Solna UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
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Hat-tricks conceded by Belgium Belgium have conceded 44 hat-tricks.
Date Goals Player Opponent Venue Competition ResultRef. Beerschot Stadion, Antwerp Friendly Vélodrome de Longchamps, Brussels Friendly White Hart Lane, Tottenham Friendly White Hart Lane, Tottenham Friendly Prinsenlaan, Rotterdam Friendly De Hout, Haarlem Friendly Beerschot Stadion, Antwerp Friendly DFC-terrein aan de Markettenweg, Dordrecht Friendly Vélodrome de Longchamps, Brussels Friendly Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes (France) 1924 Summer Olympics Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes (France) 1924 Summer Olympics Het Nederlandsche Sportpark, Amsterdam Friendly Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp Friendly Stadium in Molenbeek, Molenbeek Friendly Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1928 Summer Olympics Dalymount Park, Dublin Friendly Parc Duden, Brussels Friendly Bosuilstadion, Antwerp Friendly Jubelstadion, Brussels Friendly Wedaustadion, Duisburg Friendly Dalymount Park, Dublin 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam Friendly Stadio Giovanni Berta, Florence (Italy) 1934 FIFA World Cup Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam Friendly Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam Friendly Stadion De Kuip, Rotterdam Friendly San Siro, Milan Friendly Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam Friendly Ninian Park, Cardiff Friendly Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam Friendly Heysel Stadium, Brussels Friendly Stadion De Kuip, Rotterdam Friendly Heysel Stadium, Brussels 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification Stadion De Kuip, Rotterdam Friendly Stadion De Kuip, Rotterdam Friendly Heysel Stadium, Brussels 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Friendly Heysel Stadium, Brussels UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Stadion De Kuip, Rotterdam UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Camp Nou, Barcelona (Spain) 1982 FIFA World Cup Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes UEFA Euro 1984 Estadio Nou Camp León, León (Mexico) 1986 FIFA World Cup Stadion De Kuip, Rotterdam Friendly Swissporarena, Lucerne 2018–19 UEFA Nations League
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The result is presented with Belgium's score first.
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