Erling Haaland most goals in a match: Every career hat-trick for Man City and Norway star

Dom Farrell

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Erling Haaland most goals in a match: Every career hat-trick for Man City and Norway star image

Erling Haaland was back at his ruthless best as Norway racked up a huge World Cup qualifying win over Moldova on Tuesday.

Haaland bagged five goals as Ståle Solbakken's side hammered the Eastern European minnows 11-1.

It's a result that bolsters the Manchester City star's hopes of playing at his first major international tournament in North America next summer, with Norway top of UEFA Group I on the back of five wins out of five.

Hat-tricks have become a key part of Haaland's record-breaking story and Moldova are unlikely to be the last team to suffer so heavily at his expense.

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What is the most goals Erling Haaland has scored in a match?

The five-goal haul against Moldova only equalled Haaland's best effort over 90 minutes.

In 2022/23, he scored five in a 7-0 demolition of RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League last 16. A year later, he did likewise as City beat Luton Town 6-2 in the FA Cup.

Although he has never gone beyond five in senior football, Haaland famously scored nine times in the same game for Norway against Honduras at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2019.

How many hat-tricks has Haaland scored?

Overall for club and country, Haaland has scored 26 senior hat-tricks as of September 9, 2025.

The bulk of those have come for Manchester City. He has claimed 11 matchballs for the 10-time English champions, although a year had passed since his most recent City treble by the time he plundered five against Moldova.

That was Haaland's fifth international hat-trick for Norway, the same amount that he netted in just 10 months with RB Salzburg.

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Haaland's exploits in Austria paved the way for a move to Borussia Dortmund, for whom he scored four hat-tricks.

The teenage Haaland scored his first hat-trick for Molde in June 2017.

Erling Haaland: Every hat-trick

DateCompetitionTeamOpponentScoreGoals
07-01-2018EliteserienMoldeBrannW    4-04
07-19-2019OFB-CupRB SalzburgParndorfW    7-13
08-10-2019Austrian BundesligaRB SalzburgWolfsbergerW    5-23
09-14-2019Austrian BundesligaRB SalzburgTSV HartbergW    7-23
09-17-2019Champions LeagueRB SalzburgGenkW    6-23
11-10-2019Austrian BundesligaRB SalzburgWolfsbergerW    3-03
01-18-2020BundesligaBorussia DortmundAugsburgW    5-33
10-11-2020Nations LeagueNorwayRomaniaW    4-03
11-21-2020BundesligaBorussia DortmundHertha BerlinW    5-24
08-07-2021DFB-PokalBorussia DortmundWehen WiesbadenW    3-03
09-07-2021UEFA WCQNorwayGibraltarW    5-13
04-30-2022BundesligaBorussia DortmundBochumW    4-33
08-27-2022Premier LeagueManchester CityCrystal PalaceW    4-23
08-31-2022Premier LeagueManchester CityNottingham ForestW    6-03
10-02-2022Premier LeagueManchester CityManchester United

W    6-3

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01-22-2023Premier LeagueManchester CityWolvesW    3-03
03-14-2023Champions LeagueManchester CityRB LeipzigW    7-05
03-18-2023FA CupManchester CityBurnleyW    6-03
09-02-2023Premier LeagueManchester CityFulhamW.    5-13
02-27-2024FA CupManchester CityLuton TownW    6-25
05-04-2024Premier LeagueManchester CityWolvesW   5-14
06-05-2024International friendlyNorwayKosovoW   3-03
08-24-2024Premier LeagueManchester CityIpswich TownW   4-13
08-31-2024Premier LeagueManchester CityWest HamW   3-13
11-17-2024Nations LeagueNorwayKazakhstanW   5-03
09-09-2025UEFA WCQNorwayMoldovaW 11-15

Dom Farrell

Dom is the senior content producer for Sporting News UK. He previously worked as fan brands editor for Manchester City at Reach Plc. Prior to that, he built more than a decade of experience in the sports journalism industry, primarily for the Stats Perform and Press Association news agencies. Dom has covered major football events on location, including the entirety of Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup in Paris and St Petersburg respectively, along with numerous high-profile Premier League, Champions League and England international matches. Cricket and boxing are his other major sporting passions and he has covered the likes of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennadiy Golovkin and Vasyl Lomachenko live from ringside.