The A-League Men is the top and only professional men's soccer league in Australia. Since its inaugural season in 2005–06, more than thirty individual players have scored hat-tricks in A-League Men matches, including five players who have scored four or more goals in a match.
Statistics The first hat-trick was scored by Ante Milicic for Newcastle Jets in a win over New Zealand Knights. Jamie Maclaren has scored the most hat-tricks, with eight. In the 2007 A-League Grand Final, Archie Thompson scored five goals in Melbourne Victory's win over Adelaide United. Two hat-tricks have been scored in a single match on two occasions. The first was when Marcos Flores and Sergio van Dijk both scored three goals for Adelaide United against North Queensland Fury in January 2011. The second was when Jamie Maclaren scored three goals for Melbourne City and Roy O'Donovan scored three goals for Brisbane Roar in November 2019. Shane Smeltz and Bobô are the only players to have scored hat-tricks in consecutive matches. Brody Burkitt, Henrique and Adrian Segecic are the only players to have scored a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute. Besart Berisha holds the record for the fastest hat-trick, scoring three goals in six minutes for Brisbane Roar against Adelaide United.
Hat-tricks
Key4Player scored four goals5Player scored five goalsPlayer scored hat-trick as a substitute*The home team
Player Nationality For Against Result Date Australia Newcastle Jets New Zealand Knights* 2–4 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners* 1–5 Perth Glory Adelaide United* 2–4 Perth Glory* New Zealand Knights 4–1 Adelaide United Central Coast Mariners* 1–3 5 Melbourne Victory* Adelaide United 6–0 Perth Glory Sydney FC* 2–4 Newcastle Jets* Melbourne Victory 4–2 Queensland Roar* Sydney FC 3–1 4 Gold Coast United* North Queensland Fury 5–0 Gold Coast United* Brisbane Roar 5–1 Melbourne Victory* Perth Glory 6–2 Perth Glory* Melbourne Victory 3–1 Adelaide United* North Queensland Fury 8–1 Adelaide United* North Queensland Fury 8–1 Gold Coast United* Newcastle Jets 5–1 4 Brisbane Roar* Adelaide United 7–1 4 Perth Glory* Melbourne Victory 4–2 Perth Glory* Melbourne Heart 3–0 Central Coast Mariners* Sydney FC 7–2 Western Sydney Wanderers* Adelaide United 6–1 4 Sydney FC* Wellington Phoenix 7–1 Central Coast Mariners* Melbourne Victory 6–2 Newcastle Jets* Melbourne Heart 3–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney FC* 2–5 Melbourne Heart Wellington Phoenix* 0–5 Adelaide United Melbourne Victory* 4–3 Perth Glory* Brisbane Roar 3–2 Melbourne Victory* Melbourne City 5–2 Henrique Brisbane Roar Newcastle Jets* 0–4 Wellington Phoenix* Melbourne City 5–1 Melbourne Victory* Sydney FC 3–3 Melbourne City Newcastle Jets* 2–5 Sydney FC* Brisbane Roar 5–4 Brisbane Roar* Central Coast Mariners 6–1 Perth Glory* Melbourne City 3–1 4 Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers* 2–5 Melbourne City* Sydney FC 3–0 Brisbane Roar* Melbourne Victory 5–0 Western Sydney Wanderers* Brisbane Roar 5–4 Perth Glory Melbourne City* 2–3 Melbourne Victory* Wellington Phoenix 6–1 Melbourne Victory Western Sydney Wanderers* 0–3 Western Sydney Wanderers* Melbourne City 3–1 Brisbane Roar* Central Coast Mariners 5–1 Newcastle Jets Central Coast Mariners* 1–5 Bobô Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix* 1–4 Bobô Sydney FC* Perth Glory 6–0 Melbourne Victory* Central Coast Mariners 5–2 Newcastle Jets Central Coast Mariners* 2–8 Sydney FC* Central Coast Mariners 5–2 Melbourne Victory Brisbane Roar* 0–5 Wellington Phoenix* Newcastle Jets 4–1 Wellington Phoenix* Melbourne City 3–2 Melbourne City Brisbane Roar* 4–3 Brisbane Roar* Melbourne City 4–3 Sydney FC* Brisbane Roar 5–1 Western United* Central Coast Mariners 6–2 Melbourne City Central Coast Mariners* 2–4 Macarthur FC* Adelaide United 4–0 Adelaide United* Central Coast Mariners 3–2 5 Melbourne City* Melbourne Victory 7–0 4 Perth Glory* Western Sydney Wanderers5–1Sydney FCCentral Coast Mariners*0–5Newcastle Jets*Perth Glory6–1Western United*Perth Glory6–0Melbourne City*Macarthur FC6–14 February 2023Melbourne CityWestern United*1–322 April 2023Central Coast MarinersMelbourne City*1–63 June 20234Melbourne Victory*Newcastle Jets5–329 October 2023Wellington Phoenix*Brisbane Roar5–24 November 20234Melbourne VictoryWestern Sydney Wanderers*3–410 December 2023 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City* 3–3 Melbourne City* Brisbane Roar 8–1 28 December 2023 Macarthur FC* Western United 3–3 12 January 2024 Adelaide United Sydney FC* 4–3 13 January 2024 Macarthur FC* Western Sydney Wanderers 4–3 4 February 2024 Adelaide United* Western United 4–1 29 March 2024 Melbourne City* Perth Glory 8–0 14 April 2024 Western Sydney Wanderers* Newcastle Jets 4–1 8 November 2024 Sydney FC* Perth Glory 3–0 8 January 2025 Sydney FC* Central Coast Mariners 4–1 11 January 2025 Auckland FC* Wellington Phoenix 6–1 22 February 2025 Macarthur FC Brisbane Roar* 1–5 4 April 2025 Western United* Adelaide United 3–2 9 May 2025 Newcastle Jets* Melbourne Victory 5–2 24 October 2025 Sydney FC Newcastle Jets* 1–4 1 November 2025 Perth Glory Melbourne City* 1–3 28 December 2025 * 5–1 29 December 2025 Adelaide United Brisbane Roar* 2–3 24 January 2026 Newcastle Jets Adelaide United* 2–3 8 February 2026
Multiple hat-tricks The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored two or more hat-tricks.
Rank PlayerHat-tricks1 Jamie Maclaren 82 Besart Berisha53 Shane Smeltz44 Andy Keogh3 Bruno Fornaroli6 Bobô2 Nathan Burns Adam Le Fondre Roy O'Donovan Archie Thompson Sergio van Dijk David Williams
See also A-League Golden Boot Lists of hat-tricks
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References
External links A-League Men official website