<Ul> <Li> The European Cup's first hat - trick was scored by Péter Palotás of MTK Hungária against Anderlecht on 7 September 1955, in the second match ever played in the competition . </Li> <Li> Only three players managed to score a hat - trick in a final, Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1960, Ferenc Puskás in 1960 (4 goals) and in 1962, and Pierino Prati in 1969 . Puskás is the only player to score a hat - trick in a final and lose it (1962). </Li> <Li> The first hat - trick of the Champions League era was scored by PSV Eindhoven's Juul Ellerman against FK Žalgiris on 16 September 1992 . </Li> <Li> Only Cristiano Ronaldo has scored three hat - tricks in a single Champions League season (3 + 4 + 3 goals), in the 2015--16 UEFA Champions League . Four players have scored two hat - tricks in a single Champions League season: Lionel Messi (3 + 5 goals) and Mario Gómez (3 + 4 goals), both in the 2011--12 season, Luiz Adriano, who scored hat - tricks in two consecutive games of group stage (5 + 3 goals) in the 2014--15 season and Cristiano Ronaldo who scored hat - tricks in two consecutive games of knockout stage (3 + 3 goals) in the 2016--17 season </Li> <Li> The fastest - ever Champions League hat - trick was scored by Bafétimbi Gomis, who scored three goals in seven minutes for Lyon against Dinamo Zagreb in the 2011--12 season . </Li> <Li> The youngest player to score a hat - trick is Wayne Rooney, aged 18 years, 335 days on his Champions League and Manchester United debut, in a 6--2 home win against Fenerbahçe on 28 September 2004 . </Li> <Li> Seven players have scored a hat - trick on their debut in the Champions League: <Ul> <Li> Marco van Basten (Milan), Faustino Asprilla (Newcastle United), Yakubu (Maccabi Haifa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese), Grafite (Wolfsburg), and Yacine Brahimi (Porto) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo both have scored 7 hat - tricks in the Champions League . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The European Cup's first hat - trick was scored by Péter Palotás of MTK Hungária against Anderlecht on 7 September 1955, in the second match ever played in the competition . </Li> <Li> Only three players managed to score a hat - trick in a final, Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1960, Ferenc Puskás in 1960 (4 goals) and in 1962, and Pierino Prati in 1969 . Puskás is the only player to score a hat - trick in a final and lose it (1962). </Li> <Li> The first hat - trick of the Champions League era was scored by PSV Eindhoven's Juul Ellerman against FK Žalgiris on 16 September 1992 . </Li>

Teams with most goals in champions league history