11th July 2021
The three players scored five goals each in a UEFA European Championship Qualification match are:
- Malcolm Macdonald (England 5–0 Cyprus 16 April 1975)
- Tibor Nyilasi (Hungary 8–1 Luxembourg 19 October 1975)
- Marco van Basten (Netherlands 8–0 Malta 19 December 1990)
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