This page is a list of the hat-tricks scored for the Denmark national football team. Since Denmark's first international football match in 1908, there have been 56 occasions when a Danish player has scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first hat-trick was scored by Vilhelm Wolfhagen against France B in the team's first-ever game on 19 October 1908. Poul Nielsen holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored by a Danish player with eight, five of which came against Norway. The record for the most goals scored in an international game by a Danish player is ten, which has been achieved on just one occasion: by Sophus Nielsen against France in the 1908 Summer Olympics semi-finals of the 1908 Summer Olympics, which was also a world record until it was broken by Archie Thompson broke it when he scored 13 goals in a 31–0 victory over American Samoa in 2001.
Preben Elkjær are the only Danish players to have scored a hat-trick at the FIFA World Cup finals.
Hat-tricks scored by Denmark No.Player OpponentGoalsScoreVenue!Competition!DateRef(s) Vilhelm Wolfhagen France B White City Stadium, London 1908 Summer Olympics First round 19 October 1908 Sophus Nielsen France 1908 Summer Olympics semi-finals 22 October 1908 Vilhelm Wolfhagen (2) Anthon Olsen Norway Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm 1912 Summer Olympics quarter-finals 30 June 1912 Kristian Gyldenstein Sweden Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Friendly 25 May 1913 Poul Nielsen 5 October 1913 Poul Nielsen (2) Germany Hamburg, Stadion Hoheluft 26 October 1913 Poul Nielsen (3) Norway Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen 17 May 1914 Poul Nielsen (4) 19 September 1915 Anthon Olsen (2) Poul Nielsen (5) 15 October 1916 Michael Rohde Victor Klein 7 October 1917 Poul Nielsen (6) Poul Nielsen (7) 12 June 1919 Poul Nielsen (8) 2 October 1921 Viggo Jørgensen Netherlands 13 June 1926 Pauli Jørgensen Finland 1929–32 Nordic Football Championship 13 October 1929 Pauli Jørgensen (2) Sweden 22 June 1930 Pauli Jørgensen (3) Germany Friendly 7 September 1930 Pauli Jørgensen (4) Norway Dansk Boldspil-Union 50th Anniversary Tournament 18 June 1939 Oskar Theisen Finland 1937–47 Nordic Football Championship 17 September 1939 Kaj Hansen Sweden Friendly 20 October 1940 Karl Aage Hansen Norway 20 October 1946 Carl Aage Præst Poland 26 June 1948 John Hansen Italy Highbury, London 1948 Olympic Games 5 August 1948 Egon Jensen Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Knattspyrnusamband Íslands 10th Anniversary Tournament 10 July 1957 Harald Nielsen Finland Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen 1956–59 Nordic Football Championship 4 October 1959 Harald Nielsen (2) Greece Friendly 3 July 1960 Henning Enoksen Jørn Sørensen Finland 1960–63 Nordic Football Championship 15 October 1961 Ole Madsen Norway 11 June 1962 Ole Madsen (2) Malta 1964 Euro qualifying 28 June 1962 Ole Madsen (3) Luxembourg Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City 4 December 1963 Ulrik Le Fevre Iceland Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen Friendly 23 August 1967 Finn Laudrup Kresten Bjerre Erik Dyreborg Norway Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 1964–67 Nordic Football Championship 24 September 1967 Tommy Troelsen Norway Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen 1968–71 Nordic Football Championship 23 June 1968 Finn Wiberg Luxembourg Friendly 20 November 1968 Bent Jensen Bermuda Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton 12 January 1969 Bent Jensen (2) Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg 1 July 1969 Bent Jensen (3) Finland Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen 1968–71 Nordic Football Championship 10 September 1969 Kristen Nygaard Mexico Friendly 16 August 1972 Henning Jensen Indonesia 3 September 1974 Niels-Christian Holmstrøm Preben Elkjær Northern Ireland UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying 6 June 1979 Michael Laudrup Luxembourg UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying 12 October 1983 Preben Elkjær (2) Uruguay Estadio Neza 86, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl 1986 FIFA World Cup Group stage 8 June 1986 Ebbe Sand Malta Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying 24 March 2001 Claus Jensen Egypt Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Friendly 12 February 2003 Peter Madsen Poland Stadion Poznań, Poznań 18 August 2004 Nicklas Bendtner United States Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus 25 March 2015 Christian Eriksen Bulgaria Suita City Football Stadium, Suita 2006 Kirin Cup Soccer Third place play-off 7 June 2016 Thomas Delaney Armenia Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 4 September 2017 Christian Eriksen (2) Republic of Ireland Aviva Stadium, Dublin 2018 FIFA World Cup play-offs 14 November 2017 Rasmus Højlund Finland Parken Stadium, Copenhagen UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying 23 March 2023
Statistics
The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by Danishplayers who have scored two or more hat-tricks. + Multiple hat-tricksRank PlayerHat-tricks 1 Poul Nielsen 8 2 Pauli Jørgensen 4 3 Ole Madsen 3 Bent Jensen 5 Vilhelm Wolfhagen 2 Anthon Olsen Harald Nielsen Preben Elkjær Christian Eriksen
+ Hat-tricks by competition Competition Hat-tricks Friendlies 31 Nordic Football Championship 9 UEFA Euro qualifying 4 UEFA Euro 0 Summer Olympics 5 FIFA World Cup qualification 3 FIFA World Cup 1 Others 3 Total 56
+ Hat-tricks by opponent Rank Opponent Hat-tricks 1 15 2 6 3 4 4 3 7 2 14 1 Total 57
See also Denmark national football team
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