Since the inception of international association football matches in 1872, nine Croatian footballers have scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first player to score a hat-trick for Croatia was August Lešnik in a friendly match against Slovakia in 1942. Davor Šuker was the first player in modern Croatia national team history to achieve this feat, scoring three times in a 7–1 victory over Estonia in 1995. He is also the one of two players alongside Mario Mandžukić who scored a hat-trick more than once, grabbing his second hat-trick in Croatia's 7–0 win against Australia. Mladen Petrić has scored the greatest number of goals in one game, netting four times against Andorra.[1]
The most recent hat-trick was scored by Mario Mandžukić in Croatia's 6–0 victory over Kosovo in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.[2]
Croatia have conceded four hat-tricks since 1941, the most recent being scored by Theo Walcott in a 4–1 defeat by England in the qualifications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The other three hat-tricks were scored by Ján Arpáš, Primož Gliha and Zlatan Muslimović.
4 - player has scored 4 goals
| Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Competition | Result | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadion Concordije, Zagreb | Friendly | data-sort-value="06" | |||||
| Stadion Concordije, Zagreb | Friendly | data-sort-value="07" | |||||
| Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb | data-sort-value="07" | HNS-CFF.hr | |||||
| Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb | Friendly | data-sort-value="03" | HNS-CFF.hr | ||||
| Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb | Friendly | data-sort-value="07" | HNS-CFF.hr | ||||
| Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | data-sort-value="04" | HNS-CFF.hr | ||||
| 4 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb | data-sort-value="07" | HNS-CFF.hr | ||||
| Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan | data-sort-value="04" | HNS-CFF.hr | |||||
| Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka | Friendly | HNS-CFF.hr | |||||
| Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | data-sort-value="6" | HNS-CFF.hr | ||||
| Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Competition | Result | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadion Concordije, Zagreb | Friendly | data-sort-value="7" | ||||||
| Stadion Poljud, Split | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | data-sort-value="3" | Sportnet.hr | |||||
| Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo | Friendly | data-sort-value="5" | Sportnet.hr | |||||
| Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | data-sort-value="1" | Sportnet.hr |
The result is presented with Croatia's score first.