Erling Haaland recovered from early penalty woe to net a hat-trick in Norway's 5-0 World Cup qualification win over Israel
Haaland claimed the matchball despite having an early penalty and a retake saved on an eventful day in Oslo.
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 six wins out of six.
At the very least, they are guaranteed a playoff spot and the gargantuan goal difference that Haaland has helped to rack up also plays in their favour.
In Norway's previous qualifier, Haaland scored five in an 11-1 win over Moldova and he has 12 goals in six 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
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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.
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How many hat-tricks has Haaland scored?
Overall for club and country, Haaland has scored 27 senior hat-tricks as of October 11, 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
Date Competition Team Opponent Score Goals
07-01-2018 Eliteserien Molde Brann W 4-0 4
07-19-2019 OFB-Cup RB Salzburg Parndorf W 7-1 3
08-10-2019 Austrian Bundesliga RB Salzburg Wolfsberger W 5-2 3
09-14-2019 Austrian Bundesliga RB Salzburg TSV Hartberg W 7-2 3
09-17-2019 Champions League RB Salzburg Genk W 6-2 3
11-10-2019 Austrian Bundesliga RB Salzburg Wolfsberger W 3-0 3
01-18-2020 Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund Augsburg W 5-3 3
10-11-2020 Nations League Norway Romania W 4-0 3
11-21-2020 Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund Hertha Berlin W 5-2 4
08-07-2021 DFB-Pokal Borussia Dortmund Wehen Wiesbaden W 3-0 3
09-07-2021 UEFA WCQ Norway Gibraltar W 5-1 3
04-30-2022 Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund Bochum W 4-3 3
08-27-2022 Premier League Manchester City Crystal Palace W 4-2 3
08-31-2022 Premier League Manchester City Nottingham Forest W 6-0 3
10-02-2022 Premier League Manchester City Manchester United W 6-3 3
01-22-2023 Premier League Manchester City Wolves W 3-0 3
03-14-2023 Champions League Manchester City RB Leipzig W 7-0 5
03-18-2023 FA Cup Manchester City Burnley W 6-0 3
09-02-2023 Premier League Manchester City Fulham W. 5-1 3
02-27-2024 FA Cup Manchester City Luton Town W 6-2 5
05-04-2024 Premier League Manchester City Wolves W 5-1 4
06-05-2024 International friendly Norway Kosovo W 3-0 3
08-24-2024 Premier League Manchester City Ipswich Town W 4-1 3
08-31-2024 Premier League Manchester City West Ham W 3-1 3
11-17-2024 Nations League Norway Kazakhstan W 5-0 3
09-09-2025 UEFA WCQ Norway Moldova W 11-1 5
10-11-2025 UEFA WCQ Norway Israel W 5-0 3