# List of Romania national football team hat-tricks

This page is a list of the hat-tricks scored for the Romania national football team. Since Romania's first international association football match in 1922, there have been 24 occasions when a Romanian player has scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first hat-trick was scored by Gheorghe Ciolac against Bulgaria on 21 April 1929. The record for the most goals scored in an international game by a Romanian player is five, which has been achieved on just one occasion: by Rudolf Wetzer against Greece in 1930, at the 1929–31 Balkan Cup.
Iuliu Bodola holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored by a Romanian player with three, the first two coming in 1931 in a Friendly against Lithuania and in a Balkan Cup match against Greece, and his third came at the 1936 Friendship Cup in a 3–2 win over Yugoslavia. He is closely followed by the likes of Gheorghe Ciolac, Florin Răducioiu and Gheorghe Popescu.

## Hat-tricks scored by Romania

| No. | Player | Opponent | Goals | Score | Venue | Competition | Date |
| 1 | Gheorghe Ciolac | Bulgaria | 3 – (64', 71', 73') | 3–0 | ONEF Stadium, Bucharest | Friendly | 21 April 1929 |
| 2 | Rudolf Wetzer | Greece | 5 – (8', 34', 75', 76', 80') | 8–1 | ONEF Stadium, Bucharest | 1929–31 Balkan Cup | 25 May 1930 |
| 3 | Iuliu Bodola | Lithuania | 3 – (3', 41', 81') | 4–2 | LFLS Stadionas, Kaunas | Friendly | 26 August 1931 |
| 4 | Iuliu Bodola | Greece | 3 – (13', 35', 84') | 4–2 | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens | 1929–31 Balkan Cup | 29 November 1931 |
| 5 | Gheorghe Ciolac | Bulgaria | 3 – (57', 61', 66') | 7–0 | ONEF Stadium, Bucharest | 1933 Balkan Cup | 4 June 1933 |
| 6 | Grațian Sepi | Hungary | 4 – (8', 32', 47', 83') | 5–1 | ONEF Stadium, Bucharest | 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs | 24 September 1933 |
| 7 | Iuliu Bodola | Yugoslavia | 3 – (21', 46', 51') | 3–2 | ONEF Stadium, Bucharest | 1936 King Carol II Cup | 10 May 1936 |
| 8 | Iuliu Farkaș | Albania | 3 – (29', 69', 79') | 4–0 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana | 1947 Balkan Cup | 25 May 1947 |
| 9 | Gheorghe Váczi | East Germany | 3 – (23', 32', 43') | 3–1 | ONEF Stadium, Bucharest | Friendly | 26 October 1952 |
| 10 | Mircea Dridea | Poland | 3 – (26', 45', 55') | 3–2 | Stadion Dziesięciolecia Manifestu Lipcowego, Warsaw | Friendly | 30 August 1959 |
| 11 | Constantin Frățilă | Switzerland | 3 – (12', 25', 38') | 4–2 | Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest | UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | 2 November 1966 |
| 12 | Emil Dumitriu | Cyprus | 3 – (24', 52', 77') | 7–0 | Stadionul Național, Bucharest | UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | 23 April 1967 |
| 13 | Ion Dumitru | Greece | 3 – (7', 32', 77') | 6–1 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest | Friendly | 21 September 1977 |
| 14 | Anghel Iordănescu | Yugoslavia | 3 – (21', 55', 79') | 4–1 | Stadionul Național, Bucharest | 1977–80 Balkan Cup final | 27 August 1980 |
| 15 | Gabi Balint | Faroe Islands | 3 – (3', 39', 78') | 7–0 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | 6 May 1992 |
| 16 | Florin Răducioiu | Faroe Islands | 4 – (23', 58', 60', 76') | 4–0 | Svangaskarð, Toftir | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | 8 September 1993 |
| 17 | Florin Răducioiu | Azerbaijan | 3 – (1', 68', 76') | 4–1 | Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying | 26 April 1995 |
| 18 | Viorel Moldovan | Georgia | 3 – (26', 29', 36') | 5–0 | Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest | Friendly | 24 April 1996 |
| 19 | Gheorghe Popescu | North Macedonia | 3 – (36', 45', 90') | 3–0 | Gradski Stadium Skopje, Skopje | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | 14 December 1996 |
| 20 | Gheorghe Popescu | Liechtenstein | 4 – (28', 30', 68', 82') | 8–0 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | 29 March 1997 |
| 21 | Dorinel Munteanu | Liechtenstein | 3 – (44', 45', 69') | 8–1 | Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | 6 September 1997 |
| 22 | Adrian Ilie | Liechtenstein | 3 – (32', 45', 53') | 7–0 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying | 2 September 1998 |
| 23 | Cosmin Contra | Luxembourg | 3 – (45', 47', 85') | 7–0 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying | 16 October 2002 |
| 24 | Ciprian Marica | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 – (31', 33', 81') | 4–0 | Arena Naţională, Bucharest | Friendly | 4 June 2013 |

## Hat-tricks conceded by Romania

| No. | Player | Opponent | Goals | Score | Venue | Competition | Date |
| 1 | Karl Kanhäuser | Austria | 3 – (2', 52', 85') | 1–4 | Simmeringer Had, Vienna | Friendly | 20 May 1924 |
| 2 | Kees Pijl | Netherlands | 4 – (28', 52', 60', 67') | 0–6 | Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes | 1924 Summer Olympics | 27 May 1924 |
| 3 | Józef Nawrot | Poland | 3 – (8', 25', 78') | 0–5 | Stadionul ONEF, Colombes | Friendly | 3 October 1932 |
| 4 | Axel Nilsson | Sweden | 3 – (70', 73', 87') | 1–7 | Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm | Friendly | 1 September 1935 |
| 5 | Josef Bican | Czechoslovakia | 4 – (28', 49', 61', 81') | 2–6 | Stadion Letná, Prague | 1937–38 Eduard Benes Cup | 4 December 1938 |
| 6 | Fritz Walter | Germany | 3 – (33', 76', 81') | 3–9 | Waldstadion, Frankfurt | Friendly | 14 July 1940 |
| 7 | Fritz Walter | Germany | 3 – (44', 49', 55') | 0–7 | Stadion Edwarda Szymkowiaka, Bytom | Friendly | 16 August 1942 |
| 8 | Béla Egresi | Hungary | 3 – (43', 61', 72') | 0–9 | Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest | 1948 Balkan Cup | 6 June 1948 |
| 9 | Ferenc Puskás | Hungary | 3 – (44', 64', 83') | 1–5 | Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest | 1948 Balkan Cup | 24 October 1948 |
| 10 | Gerard Cieślik | Poland | 3 – (18', 25', 76') | 3–3 | Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław | Friendly | 14 May 1950 |
| 11 | Vicente Guillot | Spain | 3 – (7', 20', 70') | 0–6 | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid | 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying | 1 November 1962 |
| 12 | Safet Sušić | Yugoslavia | 3 – (14', 51', 62') | 0–4 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | 13 November 1977 |
| 13 | Peter Dubovský | Czechoslovakia | 3 – (59', 83', 90') | 2–5 | Všešportový areál, Košice | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | 2 June 1993 |
| 14 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 3 – (29', 57', 62') | 1–3 | Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | 10 June 2017 |
| 15 | Erling Haaland | Norway | 3 – (13', 64', 74') | 0–4 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League | 11 October 2020 |
| 16 | Stefan Mugoša | Montenegro | 3 – (42', 56', 63') | 0–3 | Stadionul Rapid-Giulești, Bucharest | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League | 14 June 2022 |