, since the 1992 inception of the top level Croatian association football league competition, the Prva HNL, 132 players have scored three goals (a hat-trick) or more in a single match. Including players repeating the accomplishment, the feat has been achieved 195 times.
The first player to achieve the feat was Dean Ljubančić, in May 1992, who scored three times for Rijeka in a 3–0 victory over Istra. Eighteen players, on a total of 21 occasions, have scored more than three goals in a match: Marijo Dodik holds the record for most goals in a match, netting six times for Slaven Belupo in a 7–1 victory over Varteks, in October 2000; Goran Vlaović scored more than three goals in three different games (twice in 1993, once in 1995), while Mate Dragičević achieved it in two different games (both in 2002).
In January 1994, both Goran Vlaović and Igor Cvitanović scored hat-tricks for Croatia Zagreb twice in a week, against Dubrovnik in an 8–2 victory and a week later against Osijek in a 7–1 win. In April 2008, Rijeka's Radomir Đalović and Zadar's Želimir Terkeš scored opposing hat-tricks in a match that Rijeka won 5–3; of the 195 total hat-tricks, Terkeš' was the first, and one of only four total, scored by a player on the losing club. The July 2009 fixture between Rijeka and Lokomotiva saw Rijeka's brothers Ahmad and Anas Sharbini both score a hat-trick for the home team.
Eighteen players have score more than one hat-trick, of which four players have each accomplished the feat six different times: Igor Cvitanović, Igor Pamić, Goran Vlaović and Davor Vugrinec. Four players have each scored hat-tricks for at least three clubs: Igor Pamić (Istra, Pazinka, Osijek), Davor Vugrinec (Varteks, Rijeka, Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb), Zoran Zekić (Zadar, Kamen Ingrad, Cibalia) and Ivan Krstanović (NK Zagreb, Rijeka, Zadar).
Hat-tricks Key6Player scored six goals5Player scored five goals4Player scored four goals*Hat-trick scorer's team first in result
PlayerNationalityForAgainstResultDateReport Rijeka Istra HRnogomet.com Radnik Osijek HRnogomet.com Inker Zaprešić Cibalia HRnogomet.com HAŠK Građanski Radnik HRnogomet.com Šibenik Radnik HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Varteks HRnogomet.com 4 Croatia Zagreb Belišće HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Dubrovnik HRnogomet.com Istra Zadar HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Šibenik HRnogomet.com Hajduk Split Pazinka HRnogomet.com Primorac Dubrovnik HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Radnik HRnogomet.com Pazinka Primorac HRnogomet.com 5 Croatia Zagreb Pazinka HRnogomet.com Varteks Pazinka HRnogomet.com Belišće Radnik HRnogomet.com Pazinka Belišće HRnogomet.com Osijek Belišće HRnogomet.com Pazinka Dubrava HRnogomet.com Hajduk Split Istra HRnogomet.com Belišće Varteks HRnogomet.com Segesta Dubrava HRnogomet.com Hajduk Split Radnik HRnogomet.com 4 Croatia Zagreb Dubrovnik HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Dubrovnik HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Osijek HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Osijek HRnogomet.com Neretva Belišće HRnogomet.com Šibenik NK Zagreb HRnogomet.com 4 Hajduk Split Belišće HRnogomet.com Osijek Primorac HRnogomet.com Segesta Osijek HRnogomet.com 4 Inker Zaprešić Istra HRnogomet.com Šibenik Primorac Sem-Tem HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Zadar HRnogomet.com Osijek Segesta HRnogomet.com Osijek Hajduk Split HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Segesta HRnogomet.com Segesta Rijeka HRnogomet.com 4 Croatia Zagreb Istra HRnogomet.com Inker Zaprešić Cibalia HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Hrvatski Dragovoljac HRnogomet.com Rijeka Istra HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Šibenik HRnogomet.com Mladost 127 Orijent HRnogomet.com Osijek Rijeka HRnogomet.com Varteks Istra HRnogomet.com Hrvatski Dragovoljac Šibenik HRnogomet.com Hrvatski Dragovoljac Istra HRnogomet.com 4 NK Zagreb Samobor HRnogomet.com Hrvatski Dragovoljac Slaven Belupo HRnogomet.com Hrvatski Dragovoljac Slaven Belupo HRnogomet.com 4 Samobor Slaven Belupo HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Zadarkomerc HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Zadarkomerc HRnogomet.com Zadarkomerc Hajduk Split HRnogomet.com Mladost 127 Šibenik HRnogomet.com Hajduk Split Slaven Belupo HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb NK Zagreb HRnogomet.com Šibenik Mladost 127 HRnogomet.com Varteks Šibenik HRnogomet.com 4 Varteks Mladost 127 HRnogomet.com 4 Šibenik Zadarkomerc HRnogomet.com Osijek Rijeka HRnogomet.com Hrvatski Dragovoljac Istra HRnogomet.com Cibalia Rijeka HRnogomet.com Croatia Zagreb Osijek HRnogomet.com Rijeka Hrvatski Dragovoljac HRnogomet.com NK Zagreb Rijeka Sportnet.hr NK Zagreb Rijeka Sportnet.hr Istra Vukovar '91 HRnogomet.com Cibalia Vukovar '91 Sportnet.hr Rijeka Slaven Belupo HRnogomet.com Osijek Hrvatski Dragovoljac Sportnet.hr 6 Slaven Belupo Varteks Sportnet.hr Hrvatski Dragovoljac Šibenik HRnogomet.com Varteks Hrvatski Dragovoljac Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Osijek Sportnet.hr Rijeka Hrvatski Dragovoljac HRnogomet.com Dinamo Zagreb Slaven Belupo Sportnet.hr Varteks Hajduk Split Sportnet.hr TŠK Slaven Belupo Sportnet.hr 4 NK Zagreb TŠK Sportnet.hr Rijeka Šibenik Sportnet.hr Varteks Zadar Sportnet.hr Osijek Hrvatski Dragovoljac Sportnet.hr 4 Šibenik Hrvatski Dragovoljac Sportnet.hr Zadar TŠK Sportnet.hr 4 Šibenik TŠK Sportnet.hr Zadar Šibenik Sportnet.hr Pomorac Osijek Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Varteks Sportnet.hr Slaven Belupo Zadar Sportnet.hr Osijek Varteks Sportnet.hr Kamen Ingrad Varteks Sportnet.hr Osijek NK Zagreb HRnogomet.com Osijek Kamen Ingrad HRnogomet.com 4 Dinamo Zagreb Rijeka Sportnet.hr Međimurje Zadar HRnogomet.com Dinamo Zagreb Zadar Sportnet.hr Rijeka Cibalia Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Inter Zaprešić Sportnet.hr Rijeka Varteks Sportnet.hr Rijeka Međimurje Sportnet.hr Pula Staro Češko Inter Zaprešić Sportnet.hr Rijeka Hajduk Split Sportnet.hr Rijeka Kamen Ingrad Sportnet.hr Varteks Kamen Ingrad Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Varteks Sportnet.hr Rijeka Cibalia Sportnet.hr Cibalia Osijek Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Cibalia Sportnet.hr Šibenik Kamen Ingrad Sportnet.hr Rijeka NK Zagreb Sportnet.hr Osijek Međimurje Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Sportnet.hr Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Sportnet.hr Međimurje Varteks Sportnet.hr Osijek Međimurje Sportnet.hr Hajduk Split Zadar Sportnet.hr Zadar Međimurje Sportnet.hr NK Zagreb Zadar Sportnet.hr 4 NK Zagreb Međimurje Sportnet.hr Rijeka Zadar Sportnet.hr Zadar Rijeka Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Rijeka Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Cibalia Sportnet.hr Hajduk Split Slaven Belupo Sportnet.hr Inter Zaprešić Cibalia Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Sesvete Sportnet.hr Šibenik Inter Zaprešić Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Sesvete Sportnet.hr Rijeka Slaven Belupo Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Varteks Sportnet.hr Inter Zaprešić Rijeka Sportnet.hr Rijeka Lokomotiva Sportnet.hr Rijeka Lokomotiva Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Osijek Sportnet.hr Inter Zaprešić Zadar Sportnet.hr NK Zagreb Osijek Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Sesvete Sportnet.hr Croatia Sesvete Inter Zaprešić Sportnet.hr Rijeka Međimurje Sportnet.hr Cibalia Croatia Sesvete Sportnet.hr Hajduk Split Croatia Sesvete Sportnet.hr Inter Zaprešić Lokomotiva Sportnet.hr NK Zagreb Rijeka Sportnet.hr Zadar Rijeka Sportnet.hr Inter Zaprešić Zadar Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Rijeka Sportnet.hr Istra 1961 Osijek Sportnet.hr Rijeka Istra 1961 Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Slaven Belupo Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Slaven Belupo Sportnet.hr Rijeka Lokomotiva Sportnet.hr Lokomotiva Dinamo Zagreb Sportnet.hr Rijeka Hajduk Split Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Zadar Sportnet.hr Rijeka Zadar Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Lokomotiva Sportnet.hr 5 Rijeka Lokomotiva Sportnet.hr Osijek NK Zagreb Sportnet.hr Zadar Lokomotiva Sportnet.hr NK Zagreb Zadar Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb RNK Split Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Inter Zaprešić Sportnet.hr Inter Zaprešić NK Zagreb Sportnet.hr Lokomotiva Istra 1961 Sportnet.hr Inter Zaprešić Osijek Sportnet.hr Slaven Belupo Cibalia Sportnet.hr 4 Dinamo Zagreb Cibalia Sportnet.hr 4 Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Sportnet.hr Dinamo Zagreb Rijeka Hajduk Split Rudeš Dinamo Zagreb Lokomotiva Rijeka Cibalia Rijeka Cibalia Rudeš Cibalia Rijeka Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Slaven Belupo Osijek Inter Zaprešić Dinamo Zagreb Rudeš 4 Rijeka Inter Zaprešić Hajduk Split Rudeš Istra 1961 Varaždin Gorica Varaždin Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Inter Zaprešić Osijek Lokomotiva Inter Zaprešić Dinamo Zagreb Rijeka 4 Rijeka Istra 1961 Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Šibenik Varaždin Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Istra 1961 Rijeka Hrvatski Dragovoljac Hajduk Split Hrvatski Dragovoljac Rijeka Šibenik Osijek Slaven Belupo Osijek Rudeš Dinamo Zagreb Rudeš Osijek Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Dinamo Zagreb Rijeka Osijek Osijek Gorica Hajduk Split Lokomotiva
Multiple hat-tricks The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored three or more hat-tricks. Bold denotes players still playing in the Prva HNL, italics denotes players still playing professional football.
RankPlayerHat-tricks1st Igor Cvitanović6 Igor Pamić Goran Vlaović Davor Vugrinec5th Tomislav Erceg4 Mislav Oršić Ahmad Sharbini8th Mijo Caktaš3 Duje Čop Héber Marijo Dodik Ángelo Henríquez Andrej Kramarić Ivan Krstanović Alen Peternac Joško Popović Eduardo da Silva El Arabi Hillel Soudani Zoran Zekić
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