13 Players Who Have Scored Four Or More Goals In A Single Champions League Match

Champions League is one of the most exciting competition to play in, after FIFA World Cup. It is the dream of every player to stand in front the fans listening to sound of the Champions League anthem. It is a difficult tournament to score a goal. But there are many players who have scored hat-trick of goals, however, we will look at 13 players who have scored four or more goals in single game in the competition.

In this category, Leo Messi and Robert Lewandowski appeared two times.

Let's look at them below:

Marco van Basten: 1992
AC Milan 4-0 IFK Goteborg

Every good book should have a memorable opening line and Marco van Basten provided it for the inaugural UEFA Champions League group stage. Swedish title holders Göteborg resisted until just after the half-hour.

The legendary Dutchman scored all four goals for Milan during their thrashing of Goteborg. He picked up the Ballon d’Or a month later.


Simone Inzaghi: 2000
Lazio 5-1 Marseilles

On 14 march 2000, Simone Inzaghi enters the history book of the Champions League. The Lazio striker scored four goals against Marseille in the second group game of the competition. A record set that was set by Dutch legend Marco van Basten.


Dado Prso: 2003
Monaco 8-3 Deportivo La Coruna



On the 6th of November 2003 Croatian international Dado Prso celebrated his 29th birthday in amazing style by scoring four times, including a first-half hat-trick, in Monaco's record 8-3 thrashing of Deportivo La Coruna in Group C.

Ruud Van Nistelrooy : 2004
Manchester United 4-1 Sparta Prague

Ruud van Nistelrooy scored all four goals as Manchester United demolished Sparta Prague 4-1 in an entertaining Champions League Group D game.

Andriy Shevchenko : 2005
Fenerbahce 0-4 AC Milan

On a very good night for Ukrainian striker, Andriy Shevchenko scored all four goals - equalling the Champions League record for goals in a match - as Milan trashed Fenerbahce in Istanbul 4-0 to go top of a very tight Group E.

Shevchenko struck his first in the 15th minute - his 50th goal in European competition - after a cool through-ball from Clarence Seedorf, who was to be the instigator of much of Milan's better play. The Ukrainian added a second just after the break before sealing an impressive away victory with two goals in six minutes midway through the second half.

Leo Messi: 2010
Barcelona 5-1 Arsenal



Leo Messi highly regarded as the greatest player of all time. The Argentine destroyed Arsenal in their Champions League quarter-final tie in 2010.

The Gunners thought they were going to stage an upset after taking the lead through Nicklas Bendtner but it was a one-sided affair after that goal.

Messi tore the Arsenal defence apart with four brilliant goals that seemed to show his brilliance from different perspectives.

His first goal, a power-strike from outside the box, and his third on the night, a cheeky chip, were the standout goals.


Bafetimbi Gomis: 2011
Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Olympique Lyon

Gomis scored four times in a game mared with controversy. Their massive win in the last group game saw Lyon sneak through the group at the expense of Ajax.

The Dutch side would later report the game for match fixing.


Leo Messi: 2012
Barcelona 7-1 Bayern Leverkusen

Lionel Messi on March 7, 2012, recorded his name in the history books of the Champions League by scoring five goals in a match for the Catalan giants.

Messi became the first player ever to score five goals in a Champions League tie and the Argentina international achieved this success against Bayer Leverkusen.

Robert Lewandowski: 2013
Dortmund 4-1 Real Madrid

The Polish 🇵🇱 striker scored four crucial goals in the first leg of Champions League semi final.

Lewandowski opened the scoring in the eighth minute, only for Cristiano Ronaldo to equalize against the run of play two minutes before the interval.

Lewandowski beat the offside trap to claim his second in the 50th, and the Poland striker completed his hat trick in stunning fashion five minutes later.

He rounded off the scoring with a penalty in the 67th, after Xabi Alonso fouled Marco Reus.


Zlatan Ibrahimovic: 2013
Anderlecht 0-5 Paris Saint-German

Paris St. Germain recorded a 5-0 UEFA Champions League Group C win over Anderlecht, the big Swedish striker delivered a first-half hat-trick for the Parisians and notched a fourth goal later in the match.

Ibrahimovic opened the scoring in the 17th minute at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in Brussels. He side-footed a shot home after receiving an assist from Gregory van der Wiel.

Just five minutes later, Ibrahimovic buried home his second goal of the match as he put home yet another pass from van der Wiel that put the Ligue 1 side up by two goals.

With PSG in the driver's seat, Ibrahimovic let loose a screaming shot in the 36th minute that beat Anderlecht keeper Thomas Kaminski with ease to take make it three. He added another in the second half to make it four in the game.

Luiz Adriano : 2014
Bate 0-7 Shakhtar Donetsk 

Shakhtar Donetsk forward Luiz Adriano scored 5 against BATE Borisov in a 7-0 win on a UEFA Champions League night laden with goals and records. In the process, the Brazilian equalled the record for most goals in a match set by Lionel Messi. Messi had achieved the feat at the Nou Camp against a hapless Bayer Leverkusen side in March 2012.

Cristiano Ronaldo : 2015
Real Madrid 8-0 Malmo

Cristiano Ronaldo highly regarded as one of the greatest players in the world set a record for goals scored in the group stage of the Champions League of 11 when he scored four in an 8-0 win against Malmo in Group A on Tuesday.

The goals came in 22 minutes. The Portugal forward made it 3-0 to his team seven minutes before half-time at the Bernabéu and added three more in the 47th, 50th and 59th minutes.

He is currently the all time top scorer in the Champions League with 128 goals.


Serge Gnabry: 2019
Bayern Munich 7:2 Tottenham Hotspur

Serge Gnabry scored four second-half goals as Bayern Munich turned on the style away to Tottenham Hotspur, the Bundesliga leaders recording a crushing 7-2 victory to make it two wins from two at start their UEFA Champions League group stage campaign.

Robert Lewandowski : 2019
Bayern Munich 6-0 Red Star

Lewandowski became the second man to score four or more goals in two different Champions League games.

The giant striker scored four times in an incredible 16-minute second-half blitz to help give Bayern Munich a crushing 6-0 win at Red Star Belgrade to clinch top spot in UEFA Champions League Group B.


Josip Ilicic: 2020
Atalanta 4-3 Valencia

Atalanta's Josip Ilicic is the oldest player to score an away Champions League hat-trick - aged 32 years and 41 days

Josip Ilicic scored four goals against Valencia as Atalanta eased into the Champions League quarter-finals in the competition's first match to be played behind closed doors because of the outbreak of c0r0navirus.

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