List of Greece national football team hat-tricks

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Fanis Gekas holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored by a Greek player with two

This page is a list of the hat-tricks scored for the Greece national football team . [1] Since Greece's first international association football match in 1929, there have been 10 occasions when a Greek player has scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first hat-trick was scored by Antonis Tsolinas against Bulgaria on 7 December 1930, at the 1929-31 Balkan Cup. The record for the most goals scored in an international game by a Greek player is five, which has been achieved on just one occasion: by Dimitris Saravakos against Egypt in 1990, and he is closely followed by Antonis Tsolinas and Fanis Gekas who both managed to score 4 goals.

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Fanis Gekas holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored by a Greek player with two, the first coming in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Malta and the second came in a 2010 World Cup qualifier in a 5–2 win over Latvia.

Hat-tricks scored by Greece

No.PlayerOpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDateRef(s)
1
 Antonis Tsolinas Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 4 – (4', 50', 51', 60')
6–1
 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens 1929–31 Balkan Cup 7 December 1930
[2]
2
 Antonis Papantoniou Flag of Syria.svg Syria 3 – (15', 17', 60')
8–0
 Friendly 25 November 1949
[3]
3
 Nikos Lekatsas Flag of Syria.svg Syria 3 – (18', 23', 71')
4–0
 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 1951 Mediterranean Games 14 October 1951
[4]
4
 Giorgos Darivas Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 3 – (15', 44', 80')
3–0
 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens 1950–53 Mediterranean Cup 29 February 1952
[5]
5
 Giorgos Sideris Flag of Austria.svg Austria 3 – (28', 34'(pen.), 62')
4–1
 Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying 4 October 1967
[6]
6
 Nikos Gioutsos Flag of Israel.svg Israel 3 – (8', 23', 48')
3–3
 Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Friendly 12 March 1969
[7]
7
 Thomas Mavros Flag of Finland.svg Finland 3 – (38', 44', 78'(pen.))
8–1
 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying 11 October 1978
[8]
8
 Dimitris Saravakos Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 5 – (47', 79', 80'(pen.), 88'(pen.), 90')
6–1
 Olympic Stadium of Athens, Athens Friendly 10 October 1990
[9]
9
 Fanis Gekas Flag of Malta.svg Malta 3 – (33', 72', 74')
5–0
 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 17 November 2007
10
 Fanis Gekas Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 4 – (4', 47'(pen.), 57', 90+2')
5–2
 2010 World Cup qualification 10 October 2009

Hat-tricks conceded by Greece

No.PlayerOpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDateRef(s)
1
 Rudolf Wetzer Flag of Romania.svg Romania 5 – (8', 34', 75', 76', 80')
1–8
 Stadionul Oficiul Național de Educație Fizică, Bucharest 1929–31 Balkan Cup 25 May 1930
2
 Aleksandar Tomašević Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Yugoslavia 3 – (38', 75', 83')
1–4
 Stadion Beogradski, Belgrade 1929–31 Balkan Cup 15 March 1931
3
 Iuliu Bodola Flag of Romania.svg Romania 3 – (13', 18', 84')
2–4
 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens 1929–31 Balkan Cup 29 November 1931
4
 Slavko Kodrnja Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Yugoslavia 3 – (12', 20', 72')
3–5
 Stadionul Oficiul Național de Educație Fizică, Bucharest 1933 Balkan Cup 3 June 1933
5
 Lyubomir Angelov Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 3 – (26', 28', 63')
2–5
 Yunak Stadium, Sofia 1935 Balkan Cup 16 June 1935
6
 Luigi Brugola Flag of Italy.svg Italy B 3 – (35', 45', 80')
1–7
 Stadio Vomero, Naples 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup 22 April 1956
7
 Harald Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3 – (16', 47', 86')
2–7
 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen Friendly 3 July 1960
8
 Henning Enoksen 3 – (34', 51', 90')
9
 Anatoliy Banishevskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3 – (25', 59', 82')
1–4
 Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification 3 October 1965
10
 Ion Dumitru Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 3 – (7', 32', 77')
1–6
 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest Friendly 21 September 1977
11
 Vahid Halilhodžić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 3 – (12', 20', 72')
1–4
 Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje 1977–80 Balkan Cup 15 November 1978
12
 Vicky Peretz Flag of Israel.svg Israel 3 – (29', 41', 80')
1–4
 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Friendly 14 February 1979
13
 Oleh Protasov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3 – (2', 49', 57')
0–4
 Olympic Stadium, Athens Friendly 23 March 1988
14
 Gabriel Batistuta Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 3 – (2', 44', 90'(pen.))
0–4
 Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough 1994 FIFA World Cup 21 June 1994

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