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List of Scotland national football team hat-tricks

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thumb|right|alt=A head and upper shoulders shot of a statue of a footballer|[[Denis Law]], who scored three hat tricks for Scotland, pictured here in a statue outside [[Old Trafford]]. Since Scotland's first international association football match on 30 November 1872, in a match against England on 2 May 1878. although some reports credit at least one of their goals to other players. Denis Law is the only player to have scored four goals in a single match more than once. Robert Smyth McColl, Gallacher and Law are tied for the most hat tricks for Scotland's international team, with three hat tricks each.

The most recent player to score a hat-trick for Scotland was Ché Adams, in a friendly against Liechtenstein on 9 June 2025. Steven Fletcher (twice), Robert Snodgrass, James Forrest and John McGinn and Adams have all scored hat tricks for Scotland since 2015. The first of those ended a long wait for a Scotland hat-trick dating back to 17 May 1969, when Colin Stein scored four goals in the 8–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over Cyprus.

Scotland have conceded eight hat-tricks in total, with the first scored by England's Fred Spiksley in 1893 – this does not appear in all records, with the last goal of a 5–2 scoreline being mistakenly attributed to Jack Reynolds for some time. The second instance, 62 years later, featuring four goals by Dennis Wilshaw of England on 2 April 1955 in a 1954–55 British Home Championship match, remains the highest individual player total for either team in the fixture and the only occasion an opposing player has scored four times in a match.

Nico Claesen of Belgium was the first player from outside the Home Nations to score a hat trick against Scotland, in the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying match on 1 April 1987. Scotland had only conceded five hat tricks until the 2003–04 season when the feat was achieved against them in successive matches, first by Ruud van Nistelrooy for the Netherlands in a UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying playoff match against them, and then by Robert Earnshaw for Wales in a friendly. The most recent hat trick conceded by Scotland was in May 2012, when Landon Donovan scored three times in a 5–1 win for the United States in a friendly.

Hat tricks for Scotland

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More than a hat-trick scored *

;Table Wartime internationals, not regarded as official matches, are not included in the list. The result is presented with Scotland's score first.

DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResultRef
Hampden Park [I], GlasgowFriendly
Hampden Park [I], GlasgowFriendly
Kennington Oval, LondonFriendly
Hampden Park [II], Glasgow1884–85 British Home Championship
Acton Park, Wrexham1884–85 British Home Championship
Ulster Ground, Belfast1885–86 British Home Championship
Solitude Ground, Belfast1887–88 British Home Championship
Ibrox Park [I], Glasgow1888–89 British Home Championship
Underwood Park, Paisley1889–90 British Home Championship
Ulster Ground, Belfast1889–90 British Home Championship
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham1892–93 British Home Championship
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham1892–93 British Home Championship
Fir Park, Motherwell1897–98 British Home Championship
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham1898–99 British Home Championship
Celtic Park, Glasgow1898–99 British Home Championship
Celtic Park, Glasgow1899–1900 British Home Championship
Celtic Park, Glasgow1900–01 British Home Championship
Celtic Park, Glasgow1900–01 British Home Championship
Grosvenor Park, Belfast1901–02 British Home Championship
Dalymount Park, Dublin1907–08 British Home Championship
Ibrox Park, Glasgow1925–26 British Home Championship
Wembley Stadium, London1927–28 British Home Championship
Ibrox Park, Glasgow1927–28 British Home Championship
Windsor Park, Belfast1928–29 British Home Championship
Brann Stadion, BergenFriendly
Stade Olympique, ColombesFriendly
Windsor Park, Belfast1949–50 British Home Championship /
1950 FIFA World Cup qualifying
Hampden Park, Glasgow1950–51 British Home Championship
Stade Heysel, BrusselsFriendly
Hampden Park, GlasgowFriendly
Hampden Park, Glasgow1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
Windsor Park, Belfast1961–62 British Home Championship
Windsor Park, Belfast1962–63 British Home Championship
Brann Stadion, BergenFriendly
Hampden Park, GlasgowFriendly
Alexander Park, WinnipegFriendly
Hampden Park, Glasgow1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
Hampden Park, GlasgowUEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
Estádio Algarve, FaroUEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Hampden Park, Glasgow2018–19 UEFA Nations League
Hampden Park, GlasgowUEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
Rheinpark Stadion, VaduzFriendly

Hat-tricks conceded by Scotland

Wartime internationals, not regarded as official matches, are not included in the list. The result is presented with Scotland's score first.

Scotland have conceded eight hat-tricks, five of which have been scored by players from the Home Nations.

DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResultRef
Athletic Ground, Richmond1892–93 British Home Championshiptitle=England 5 Scotland 2 (1 April 1893)url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1892-93/M0049Sco1893.htmlwebsite=englandfootballonlineaccess-date=12 July 2018date=18 May 2018}}
Wembley Stadium, London1954–55 British Home Championship
Wembley Stadium, London1960–61 British Home Championship
Ninian Park, Cardiff1978–79 British Home Championship
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, BrusselsUEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Amsterdam Arena, AmsterdamUEFA Euro 2004 qualifying playoff
Millennium Stadium, CardiffFriendly
EverBank Field, JacksonvilleFriendly

Notes

A full list of Scotland results for 1872–1880, 1881–1890, 1891–1900, 1901–1910, 1911–1920, 1921–1930, 1931–1939, 1946–1950, 1951–1955, 1956–1960, 1961–1965, 1966–1970, 1971–1975, 1976–1980, 1981–1985, 1986–1990, 1991–1995, 1996–2001, 2002–2005, 2006–2010, 2011–2015, 2016–2020, 2021–2022 are listed on the RSSSF website. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

Some sources attribute another goal in this match, elsewhere credited to Robert Calderwood, to William Anderson – this would make a hat-trick for Anderson, completed earlier chronologically than that of Joseph Lindsay.

Hughie Gallacher is credited with Scotland's sixth goal (his fifth) in some sources, although RSSSF credit it to Alex James.

This is Scotland's only hat-trick in a game that they lost.

One of the goals is credited to Jack Reynolds in some sources.

Joe Harper is credited with five goals in some sources, but only three in others.

References

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  • {{cite web|title=Scotland – International Results

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