Since the inception of the football one-group Norwegian top-flight league competition, Eliteserien, in 1963, a number of players have scored three goals (a hat-trick) or more in a single match.
Sigurd Rushfeldt has scored three or more goals eleven times in Eliteserien, more than any other player. Petter Belsvik has scored ten; Stig Johansen and Bengt Sæternes have scored seven hat-tricks each. Belsvik (HamKam, Molde, Rosenborg, Stabæk and Start) is the only player to have scored hat-tricks for five different clubs. Five players have scored hat-tricks and still ended up on the losing side: Jostein Flo, Steffen Iversen, Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson, Bengt Sæternes and Anthony Ujah.
Two players have scored a double hat-trick (6 goals) in a match; Odd Iversen and Jan Fuglset. Kenneth Nysæther, Harald Martin Brattbakk and Thorstein Helstad have scored five goals in a match. Erik Karlsen holds the record for the quickest Norwegian top division hat-trick, netting three times for Lillestrøm against Mjøndalen in 2 minutes 30 seconds. [1] [2]
The 1996 season holds the record for the most hat-tricks in a season, with twenty.
This list show all players who have scored three goals or more in a single match from the start of the 1989 season and onwards.
This list is under construction.
Key | |
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4 | Player scored four goals |
5 | Player scored five goals |
Player's team lost the match | |
Player's team drew the match | |
* | The home team |
The following table lists the minimum number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored two or more hat-tricks.
Players in bold are still active in the Eliteserien.
Rank | Player | Hat-tricks | Last hat-trick |
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1 | Sigurd Rushfeldt | 11 | 29 May 2011 |
2 | Petter Belsvik | 10 | 15 October 2000 |
3 | Stig Johansen | 7 | 3 August 2005 |
Bengt Sæternes | 16 June 2011 | ||
5 | Thorstein Helstad | 6 | 5 July 2008 |
Mons Ivar Mjelde | 20 April 1997 | ||
Amahl Pellegrino | 24 September 2023 | ||
8 | Harald Martin Brattbakk | 5 | 5 May 1996 |
Tore André "Totto" Dahlum | 8 May 1999 | ||
Christian Gytkjær | 6 August 2016 | ||
Ohi Omoijuanfo | 8 August 2021 | ||
12 | Jostein Flo | 4 | 16 August 1998 |
Tore André Flo | 13 July 1997 | ||
Magne Hoseth | 29 May 2011 | ||
Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen | 5 May 1996 | ||
Kasper Junker | 9 December 2020 | ||
Ola Kamara | 3 July 2015 | ||
Daniel Nannskog | 14 September 2008 | ||
Arild Sundgot | 26 August 2007 | ||
Ole Martin Årst | 16 June 2011 | ||
21 | Geir Frigård | 3 | 13 June 2004 |
Veigar Páll Gunnarsson | 5 July 2010 | ||
Steffen Iversen | 1 August 2010 | ||
Frode Johnsen | 22 September 2013 | ||
Kjell Roar Kaasa | 18 July 1993 | ||
Viðar Örn Kjartansson | 13 September 2020 | ||
Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen | 14 October 2001 | ||
Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 21 April 1996 | ||
Frank Strandli | 2 July 1997 | ||
Egil Østenstad | 8 September 1996 | ||
31 | Mostafa Abdellaoue | 2 | 26 November 2017 |
Mushaga Bakenga | 20 June 2021 | ||
Stein Berg-Johansen | 8 October 1989 | ||
Veton Berisha | 30 April 2022 | ||
Torgeir Børven | 24 June 2020 | ||
Pape Paté Diouf | 3 July 2011 | ||
Mohamed Elyounoussi | 30 May 2015 | ||
Abderrazak Hamdallah | 25 October 2013 | ||
Espen Hoff | 4 May 2008 | ||
Bernt Hulsker | 6 May 2001 | ||
Tommy Høiland | 10 May 2015 | ||
Andreas Lund | 20 June 1999 | ||
Karl-Petter Løken | 18 August 1991 | ||
Kjetil Løvvik | 12 September 1998 | ||
Mike McCabe | 5 August 1990 | ||
Kenneth Nysæther | 24 September 1995 | ||
Marcus Pedersen | 15 April 2018 | ||
Rade Prica | 10 April 2011 | ||
Arild Stavrum | 21 April 1996 | ||
Ole Bjørn Sundgot | 13 October 1996 | ||
Alexander Sørloth | 9 August 2015 | ||
Gøran Sørloth | 18 October 1992 | ||
Anthony Ujah | 20 March 2011 | ||
Ibrahima Wadji | 22 December 2020 |
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