Since France's first international association football match in 1904, there have been 26 occasions when a French player has scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first hat-trick was scored by Eugène Maës against Italy in 1912. The record for the most goals scored in an international by a French player is five, which has been achieved on two occasions: by Maës against Luxembourg in 1913, and by Thadée Cisowski against Belgium in 1956.[1]
Just Fontaine holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored by a French player, with five between 1953 and 1959.[2] Two of these came at the 1958 World Cup finals, when France finished in third place. In the 1984 European Championships, Michel Platini scored hat-tricks in consecutive first-round matches, against Belgium and Yugoslavia.[3] Kylian Mbappé became the second-ever player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final when he did so in 2022 against Argentina. The last French player to score a hat-trick was Kylian Mbappé, who scored three times against Gibraltar in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match.
France have conceded 41 hat-tricks in their history, 31 of which came before the Second World War. In the post-war period, the only player to have scored two hat-tricks against France is Pelé; the first of these occurred in the 1958 World Cup semi-finals. Pelé is also the only non-European player to have scored a hat-trick against France. The Danish forward Sophus Nielsen holds the record for the most goals scored against France in a match, with ten in a 17–1 win at the 1908 Olympic Games in London. England's Geoff Hurst scored the last hat-trick scored against France, in a friendly in 1969.
| Date | Goals | Player | Opponent | Venue | Competition | Result | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campo Piazza d’Armi, Turin | Friendly | data-sort-value="04" | [4] | ||||||
| Stade de Paris, Saint-Ouen | Friendly | data-sort-value="08" | [5] | ||||||
| Stade de Paris, Saint-Ouen | 1924 Summer Olympics | data-sort-value="07" | [6] | ||||||
| Colombes, Paris | Friendly | data-sort-value="04" | [7] | ||||||
| Stade Buffalo, Montrouge | Friendly | data-sort-value="04" | [8] | ||||||
| Yunak Stadium, Sofia | Friendly | data-sort-value="05" | [9] | ||||||
| Stade Municipale, Luxembourg City | 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification | data-sort-value="06" | [10] | ||||||
| Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam | Friendly | data-sort-value="05" | [11] | ||||||
| Estádio Nacional, Lisbon | Friendly | data-sort-value="04" | [12] | ||||||
| Parc des Princes, Paris | 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification | data-sort-value="08" | [13] | ||||||
| Colombes, Paris | 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification | data-sort-value="06" | |||||||
| Idrottsparken, Norrköping | 1958 FIFA World Cup | data-sort-value="07" | [14] | ||||||
| Ullevi, Gothenburg | 1958 FIFA World Cup | data-sort-value="06" | [15] | ||||||
| Colombes, Paris | Friendly | data-sort-value="05" | [16] | ||||||
| Colombes, Paris | 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying | data-sort-value="05" | [17] | ||||||
| Parc des Princes, Paris | UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | data-sort-value="03" | [18] | ||||||
| Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification | data-sort-value="03" | [19] | ||||||
| Giants Stadium, East Rutherford | Friendly | data-sort-value="06" | [20] | ||||||
| Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes | UEFA Euro 1984 | data-sort-value="05" | [21] | ||||||
| Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne | UEFA Euro 1984 | data-sort-value="03" | [22] | ||||||
| Parc des Princes, Paris | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification | data-sort-value="06" | [23] | ||||||
| FIFA XI | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille | Friendly | data-sort-value="05" | [24] | |||||
| Roazhon Park, Rennes | Friendly | data-sort-value="05" | [25] | ||||||
| Parc des Princes, Paris | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | data-sort-value="08" | [26] | ||||||
| Lusail Stadium, Lusail | 2022 FIFA World Cup final | data-sort-value="33" | [27] | ||||||
| Allianz Riviera, Nice | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | data-sort-value="14" | [28] |
| Date | Goals | Player | Opponent | Venue | Competition | Result | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Brussels | Friendly | data-sort-value="00" | [29] | ||||||
| Parc des Princes, Paris | Friendly | data-sort-value="00.915" | [30] | ||||||
| Parc des Princes, Paris | Friendly | data-sort-value="00.915" | |||||||
| Park Royal, London | Friendly | data-sort-value="00.912" | [31] | ||||||
| Park Royal, London | Friendly | data-sort-value="00.912" | |||||||
| White City Stadium, London | 1908 Summer Olympics | data-sort-value="01.917" | [32] | ||||||
| White City Stadium, London | 1908 Summer Olympics | data-sort-value="01.917" | |||||||
| Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Brussels | Friendly | data-sort-value="02" | [33] | ||||||
| Stade de FGSPF, Gentilly | Friendly | data-sort-value="00.911" | [34] | ||||||
| Stade de FGSPF, Gentilly | Friendly | data-sort-value="00" | [35] | ||||||
| Goldstone Ground, Brighton | Friendly | data-sort-value="01.910" | [36] | ||||||
| Goldstone Ground, Brighton | Friendly | data-sort-value="01.910" | |||||||
| Arena Civica, Milan | Friendly | data-sort-value="02" | [37] | ||||||
| Stade Charentonneau, Maisons-Alfort | Friendly | data-sort-value="00" | [38] | ||||||
| Uccle Stadium, Brussels | Friendly | data-sort-value="01" | [39] | ||||||
| Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg City | Friendly | data-sort-value="04" | [40] | ||||||
| Üllői Úti Stadion, Budapest | Friendly | data-sort-value="01" | [41] | ||||||
| Velodromo Sempione, Milan | Friendly | data-sort-value="04" | [42] | ||||||
| Velodromo Sempione, Milan | Friendly | data-sort-value="04" | |||||||
| Olympic Stadium, Antwerp | 1920 Summer Olympics | data-sort-value="01" | [43] | ||||||
| Stade Pershing, Vincennes | Friendly | data-sort-value="00" | [44] | ||||||
| Gressbanen, Oslo | Friendly | data-sort-value="00" | [45] | ||||||
| Üllői Úti Stadion, Budapest | Friendly | data-sort-value="01.913" | [46] | ||||||
| Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne | Friendly | data-sort-value="03" | [47] | ||||||
| Estadio Torrero, Saragossa | Friendly | data-sort-value="01" | [48] | ||||||
| Colombes, Paris | Friendly | data-sort-value="01" | [49] | ||||||
| Stadio Littoriale, Bologna | Friendly | data-sort-value="00" | [50] | ||||||
| Colombes, Paris | Friendly | data-sort-value="03" | [51] | ||||||
| Colombes, Paris | Friendly | data-sort-value="01" | [52] | ||||||
| Yunak Stadium, Sofia | Friendly | data-sort-value="05" | |||||||
| Parc des Princes, Paris | Friendly | data-sort-value="01" | [53] | ||||||
| Prater Stadium, Vienna | Friendly | data-sort-value="01" | [54] | ||||||
| De Kuip, Rotterdam | Friendly | data-sort-value="01" | [55] | ||||||
| Colombes, Paris | Friendly | data-sort-value="01" | [56] | ||||||
| Heysel Stadium, Brussels | Friendly | data-sort-value="01" | [57] | ||||||
| Colombes, Paris | Friendly | data-sort-value="02" | [58] | ||||||
| Råsunda Stadium, Solna | 1958 FIFA World Cup | data-sort-value="02" | [59] | ||||||
| St. Jakob-Park, Basle | Friendly | data-sort-value="02" | [60] | ||||||
| Colombes, Paris | Friendly | data-sort-value="02" | [61] | ||||||
| Népstadion, Budapest | Friendly | data-sort-value="02" | [62] | ||||||
| Wembley Stadium, London | Friendly | data-sort-value="00" | [63] |