List of Yugoslavia national football team hat-tricks

This page is a list of the hat-tricks scored for the Yugoslavia national football team and Serbia and Montenegro national football team. From Yugoslavia's first international match on 28 August 1920 against Czechoslovakia to their last on 21 June 2006 against Ivory Coast, there were forty four recorded hat-tricks. The first hat-trick was scored by Slavin Cindrić in 1926 against Bulgaria in a international friendly, with the final hat-trick being scored by Mateja Kežman in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification against Faroe Islands. The most goals scored in a single game is five, achieved by Dušan Bajević against Venezuela during the Brazil Independence Cup.

The player with the most hat-tricks scored for Yugoslavia is Safet Sušić, scoring three during his international career. The teams which Yugoslavia have scored the most hat-tricks against are Austria, Bulgaria and Greece, with three each. Dušan Bajević is the only Yugoslavia player to have scored a hat-trick at the FIFA World Cup, coming against Zaire in 1974.

Yugoslavia have conceded twenty-four hat-tricks in total, with Czechoslovakia scoring five. The most hat-tricks scored by an individual against Yugoslavia is two, achieved by Jan Vaník. Pedro Cea of Uruguay scored the only World Cup hat-trick against Yugoslavia during the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

Hat-tricks scored by Yugoslavia Scores and results list Yugoslavia's/Serbia and Montenegro's goal tally first. Player DateOpponentVenueGoalsResultCompetition 1Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslavia3 – (75', 83', 87')3–1Friendly2BSK Stadion, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (38', 78', 87')4–11929–31 Balkan Cup3Stadionul ONEF, Bucharest, Romania3 – (12', 20', 72')5–31933 Balkan Cup4Stadionul ONEF, Bucharest, Romania3 – (9', 54', 75')4–01933 Balkan Cup5BSK Stadion, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (50', 76', 80')8–4Friendly6Stadion Jugoslavija, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (24', 42', 51')4–1Friendly7 (2)BSK Stadion, Belgrade, Yugoslavia4 – (3', 19', 44', 75')9–3Friendly8BSK Stadion, Belgrade, Yugoslavia4 – (10', 20', 21', 28')7–1Friendly9Stadion Jugoslavija, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (12', 19', 26')6–01950 FIFA World Cup qualification10BSK Stadion, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (54', 56', 86')5–1Friendly11Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland4 – (17', 23', 60', 87')10–11952 Summer Olympics12 (2)Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland3 – (14', 43', 67')10–11952 Summer Olympics13JNA Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (14', 51', 87' pen)4–2Friendly14 (3)JNA Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (10', 14', 24')5–2Friendly15Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales3 – (62' pen, 77', 89')3–1Friendly16Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken, Saarland3 – (5', 71', 84')5–1Friendly17 (2)Koševo City Stadium, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia3 – (40', 41', 71')5–1Friendly18Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland3 – (10', 14', 44')4–1Friendly19 (2)JNA Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (35', 38', 68')4–2Friendly20Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia3 – (16', 35', 56')9–11956 Summer Olympics21Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia3 – (10', 84', 90')9–11956 Summer Olympics22JNA Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (56', 77', 83')5–0Friendly23 (2)Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria3 – (31', 66', 70')4–3Friendly24JNA Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (2', 13', 49')7–0Friendly25Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy36–11960 Summer Olympics26Stadio Flaminio, Rome, Italy33–31960 Summer Olympics27Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan4 6–11964 Summer Olympics28JNA Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (9', 73', 87')9–11970 FIFA World Cup qualification29JNA Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (39', 57', 89')9–11970 FIFA World Cup qualification30Estádio Belford Duarte, Curitiba, Brazil5 – (5', 6', 53', 68', 74')10–0Brazil Independence Cup31 (2)Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, West Germany3 – (8', 30', 81')9–01974 FIFA World Cup32Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania3 – (14', 51', 62')6–41978 FIFA World Cup qualification33City Park, Skopje, Yugoslavia3 – (33', 58', 84' pen)4–11977–80 Balkan Cup34 (2)Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslavia3 – (28', 36', 66')4–1Friendly35 (3)JNA Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (23', 54', 70')4–2Friendly36Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia3 – (25', 35', 84')4–0UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying37Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (13', 33', 82')4–01990 FIFA World Cup qualification38Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (32', 52', 85')4–1UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying39 (2)Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (47', 60', 62')4–1UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying40 (2)Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden3 – (33', 66', 75')3–4Friendly41Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands3 – (7', 36', 45')8–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification42Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary3 – (26', 41', 51')7–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification43 (2)Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia4 – (44', 48' pen, 71', 88')5–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification44Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands3 – (24', 82', 89')6–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Hat-tricks conceded by Yugoslavia Scores and results list Yugoslavia's/Serbia and Montenegro's goal tally first. Player DateOpponentVenueGoalsResultCompetition 1Stadion Broodstraat, Antwerp, Belgium3 – (34', 50', 75')0–71920 Summer Olympics2Stadion Broodstraat, Antwerp, Belgium3 – (20', 46', 79' pen)0–71920 Summer Olympics3 (2)Letná Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia4 – (59', 63', 78', 86')1–6Friendly4Stadion Concordia, Zagreb, Yugoslavia3 – (4', 69', 87')1–4Friendly5Jan DvořáčekLetná Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia3 – (36', 40', 66')0–7Friendly6Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France3 – (17', 37', 61')1–4Friendly7Stadion Concordia, Zagreb, Yugoslavia4 – (17', 27', 41', 52')2–6Friendly8Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay3 – (18', 67', 72')1–61930 FIFA World Cup9Edmund Szyc Stadium, Poznań, Poland3 – (4', 12', 51')3–6Friendly10Yunak Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria3 – (25', 28', 66')3–31935 Balkan Cup11Stadionul ONEF, Bucharest, Romania3 – (21', 46', 51')2–31936 King Alexander's Cup12Stadion Concordia, Zagreb, Yugoslavia3 – (8', 68', 73')1–5Friendly13Karl DeckerBSK Stadion, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (29', 70', 73')2–5Friendly14Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslavia3 – (15', 70', 79')4–4Friendly15JNA Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (4', 34', 69')2–4Friendly16Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslavia3 – (19', 24', 61')2–3Friendly17EusébioEurope XIJNA Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia4 – (23' pen, 43', 52', 55')2–7Friendly18Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Tokyo, Japan45–61964 Summer Olympics19Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia3 – (82', 115', 119')2–4UEFA Euro 197620Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania3 – (21', 55' pen, 84' pen)1–41977–80 Balkan Cup21Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France3 – (59', 61', 76')2–3UEFA Euro 198422ZicoEstádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil3 – (29', 59' pen, 76')2–4Friendly23Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, Argentina 3 – (45' pen, 85', 89')1–3Friendly24Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands3 – (24', 38', 54')1–6UEFA Euro 2000

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