This page is a list of the hat-tricks scored for the Romania national football team. 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 OpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDateRef(s) ONEF Stadium, Bucharest Friendly ONEF Stadium, Bucharest 1929–31 Balkan Cup LFLS Stadionas, Kaunas Friendly Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens 1929–31 Balkan Cup ONEF Stadium, Bucharest 1933 Balkan Cup ONEF Stadium, Bucharest 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs ONEF Stadium, Bucharest 1936 King Carol II Cup Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana 1947 Balkan Cup ONEF Stadium, Bucharest Friendly Stadion Dziesięciolecia Manifestu Lipcowego, Warsaw Friendly Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Stadionul Național, Bucharest UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest Friendly Stadionul Național, Bucharest 1977–80 Balkan Cup final Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification Svangaskarð, Toftir 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest Friendly Gradski Stadium Skopje, Skopje 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Arena Națională, Bucharest Friendly
Hat-tricks conceded by Romania No.Player OpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDateRef(s) Simmeringer Had, Vienna Friendly Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes 1924 Summer Olympics Stadionul ONEF, Colombes Friendly Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm Friendly Stadion Letná, Prague 1937–38 Eduard Benes Cup Waldstadion, Frankfurt Friendly Stadion Edwarda Szymkowiaka, Bytom Friendly Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest 1948 Balkan Cup Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest 1948 Balkan Cup Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław Friendly Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Všešportový areál, Košice 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 2020–21 UEFA Nations League Stadionul Rapid-Giulești, Bucharest 2022–23 UEFA Nations League Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw 2026-27 UEFA Nations League
See also Romania national football team results
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