List of Denmark national football team hat-tricks

Poul Nielsen holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored by a Danish player with eight

This page is a list of the hat-tricks scored for the Denmark national football team . ^[1] Since Denmark's first international football match in 1908, there have been 56 occasions when a Danish player has scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first hat-trick was scored by Vilhelm Wolfhagen against France B in the team's first-ever game on 19 October 1908. Poul Nielsen holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored by a Danish player with eight, five of which came against Norway. The record for the most goals scored in an international game by a Danish player is ten, which has been achieved on just one occasion: by Sophus Nielsen against France in the 1908 Summer Olympics semi-finals of the 1908 Summer Olympics, ^[2] which was also a world record until it was broken by Archie Thompson broke it when he scored 13 goals in a 31–0 victory over American Samoa in 2001. ^[3]

Preben Elkjær are the only Danish players to have scored a hat-trick at the FIFA World Cup finals.

Hat-tricks scored by Denmark

No.	Player	Opponent	Goals	Score	Venue	!Competition	!Date	Ref(s)
1	Vilhelm Wolfhagen	France B	4 – (15', 17', 67', 72')	9–0	White City Stadium, London	1908 Summer Olympics First round	19 October 1908	[4]
2	Sophus Nielsen	France	10 – (3', 4', 6', 39', 46', 48', 52', 64', 66', 76')	17–1		1908 Summer Olympics semi-finals	22 October 1908	[2]
3	Vilhelm Wolfhagen (2)		4 – (60', 72', 82', 89')	17–1
4	Anthon Olsen	Norway	3 – (4', 70', 88')	7–0	Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm	1912 Summer Olympics quarter-finals	30 June 1912	[5]
5	Kristian Gyldenstein	Sweden	3 – (17', 56', 61')	8–0	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	Friendly	25 May 1913	[6]
6	Poul Nielsen		6 – (5', 10', 29', 47', 50', 53')	10–0			5 October 1913	[7]
7	Poul Nielsen (2)	Germany	4 – (5', 7', 42', 87')	4–1	Hamburg, Stadion Hoheluft		26 October 1913	[8]
8	Poul Nielsen (3)	Norway	3 – (20', 63', 69')	4–3	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen		17 May 1914	[9]
9	Poul Nielsen (4)		3 – (23', 37', 71'	8–1			19 September 1915	[10]
10	Anthon Olsen (2)		3 – (28', 65', 77')	8–1
11	Poul Nielsen (5)		4 – (25', 40', 47', 70')	8–0			15 October 1916	[11]
12	Michael Rohde		3 – (2', 10', 57')	8–0
13	Victor Klein		3 – (9', 13', 25')	12–0			7 October 1917	[12]
14	Poul Nielsen (6)		5 – (71', 75', 77', 78', 81')	6–2
15	Poul Nielsen (7)		3 – (24', 42', 59')	4–1			12 June 1919	[13]
16	Poul Nielsen (8)		3 – (7', 51', 75')	3–1			2 October 1921	[14]
17	Viggo Jørgensen	Netherlands	3 – (44', 58', 84')	4–1			13 June 1926	[15]
18	Pauli Jørgensen	Finland	3 – (17', 41', 85')	8–0		1929–32 Nordic Football Championship	13 October 1929	[16]
19	Pauli Jørgensen (2)	Sweden	3 – (17', 65', 88')	6–1			22 June 1930	[17]
20	Pauli Jørgensen (3)	Germany	3 – (13', 58', 90'	6–3		Friendly	7 September 1930	[18]
21	Pauli Jørgensen (4)	Norway	3 – (3', 54', 80')	6–3		Dansk Boldspil-Union 50th Anniversary Tournament	18 June 1939	[19]
22	Oskar Theisen	Finland	3 – (39', 57', 89')	8–1		1937–47 Nordic Football Championship	17 September 1939	[20]
23	Kaj Hansen	Sweden	3 – (23', 37', 41')	3–3		Friendly	20 October 1940	[21]
24	Karl Aage Hansen	Norway	5 – (20', 52', 78', 89')	7–1			20 October 1946	[22]
25	Carl Aage Præst	Poland	3 – (39', 73', 88')	8–0			26 June 1948	[23]
26	John Hansen	Italy	3 – (31', 55', 75', 81')	5–3	Highbury, London	1948 Olympic Games	5 August 1948	[24]
27	Egon Jensen		3 – (5', 41', 80')	6–2	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík	Knattspyrnusamband Íslands 10th Anniversary Tournament	10 July 1957	[25]
28	Harald Nielsen	Finland	3 – (20', 22', 53')	4–0	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen	1956–59 Nordic Football Championship	4 October 1959	[26]
29	Harald Nielsen (2)	Greece	3 – (16', 47', 86')	7–2		Friendly	3 July 1960	[27]
30	Henning Enoksen		3 – (34', 51', 90')	7–2
31	Jørn Sørensen	Finland	3 – (7', 52', 85')	9–1		1960–63 Nordic Football Championship	15 October 1961	[28]
32	Ole Madsen	Norway	3 – (31', 44', 87')	6–1			11 June 1962	[29]
33	Ole Madsen (2)	Malta	3 – (9', 14', 49')	6–1		1964 Euro qualifying	28 June 1962	[30]
34	Ole Madsen (3)	Luxembourg	3 – (10', 32', 46')	3–3	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City		4 December 1963	[31]
35	Ulrik Le Fevre	Iceland	3 – (57', 62', 67')	14–2	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen	Friendly	23 August 1967	[32]
36	Finn Laudrup		3 – (7', 28', 85')	14–2
37	Kresten Bjerre		3 – (13'(pen.), 71', 76'(pen.))	14–2
38	Erik Dyreborg	Norway	5 – (40', 41', 57', 60', 63')	5–0	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	1964–67 Nordic Football Championship	24 September 1967	[33]
39	Tommy Troelsen	Norway	3 – (22', 24', 77'(pen.))	5–1	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen	1968–71 Nordic Football Championship	23 June 1968	[34]
40	Finn Wiberg	Luxembourg	3 – (15'(pen.), 35', 70'(pen.))	5–1		Friendly	20 November 1968	[35]
41	Bent Jensen	Bermuda	3 – (12', 38', 85')	5–1	Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton		12 January 1969	[36]
42	Bent Jensen (2)		3 – (37'(pen.), 68', 77')	6–0	Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg		1 July 1969	[37]
43	Bent Jensen (3)	Finland	3 – (12', 14', 43')	5–2	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen	1968–71 Nordic Football Championship	10 September 1969	[38]
44	Kristen Nygaard	Mexico	3 – (37', 47', 65'(pen.))	3–0		Friendly	16 August 1972	[39]
45	Henning Jensen	Indonesia	3 – (17', 35', 76')	9–0			3 September 1974	[40]
46	Niels-Christian Holmstrøm		3 – (15', 41', 71')	9–0
47	Preben Elkjær	Northern Ireland	3 – (30', 33', 83')	4–0		UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying	6 June 1979	[41]
48	Michael Laudrup	Luxembourg	3 – (17', 24', 70')	6–0		UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying	12 October 1983	[42]
49	Preben Elkjær (2)	Uruguay	3 – (11', 68', 80')	6–1	Estadio Neza 86, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl	1986 FIFA World Cup Group stage	8 June 1986	[43]
50	Ebbe Sand	Malta	3 – (8', 64', 79')	4–1	Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia	2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying	24 March 2001	[44]
51	Claus Jensen	Egypt	3 – (31', 68', 70')	4–1	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo	Friendly	12 February 2003	[45]
52	Peter Madsen	Poland	3 – (23', 30', 90+1')	5–1	Stadion Poznań, Poznań		18 August 2004	[46]
53	Nicklas Bendtner	United States	3 – (33', 83', 90+1')	3–2	Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus		25 March 2015	[47]
54	Christian Eriksen	Bulgaria	3 – (72', 74', 82')	4–0	Suita City Football Stadium, Suita	2006 Kirin Cup Soccer Third place play-off	7 June 2016	[48]
55	Thomas Delaney	Armenia	3 – (16', 81', 90+3')	4–1	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	4 September 2017	[49]
56	Christian Eriksen (2)	Republic of Ireland	3 – (32', 63', 73')	5–1	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	2018 FIFA World Cup play-offs	14 November 2017	[50]
57	Rasmus Højlund	Finland	3 - (21', 82', 90+3')	3–1	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	23 March 2023

Statistics

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by Hungarian players who have scored two or more hat-tricks. [1] Multiple hat-tricks Rank Player Hat-tricks 1 Poul Nielsen 8 2 Pauli Jørgensen 4 3 Ole Madsen 3 Bent Jensen 5 Vilhelm Wolfhagen 2 Anthon Olsen Harald Nielsen Preben Elkjær Christian Eriksen Hat-tricks by competition Competition Hat-tricks Friendlies 31 Nordic Football Championship 9 UEFA Euro qualifying 4 UEFA Euro 0 Summer Olympics 5 FIFA World Cup qualification 3 FIFA World Cup 1 Others 3 Total 56

Hat-tricks by opponent Rank Opponent Hat-tricks 1   Norway 15 2   Finland 6 3   Sweden 4 4   France 3   Iceland   Luxembourg 7   Poland 2   Bermuda   Greece   Germany   Indonesia   Italy   Malta 14   Armenia 1   Bulgaria   Egypt   Mexico   Netherlands   Northern Ireland   Republic of Ireland   United States   Uruguay Total 57

See also

• Denmark national football team

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