The A-League is the top and only professional soccer league in Australia. Since its inaugural season, 2005–06, more than forty players have scored hat-tricks in A-League matches, by scoring three goals in one game. In addition, five players have scored more than three goals in a match. The first hat-trick was scored by Ante Milicic for Newcastle Jets in a win over New Zealand Knights. In the 2007 A-League Grand Final, Archie Thompson scored five goals in Melbourne Victory's win over Adelaide United.
On one occasion, two hat-tricks have been scored in a single match, when Marcos Flores and Sergio van Dijk both scored three goals for Adelaide United against North Queensland Fury.Shane Smeltz is the only player to have scored hat-tricks in consecutive matches.Henrique is currently the only player to have scored a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute.Besart Berisha holds the record for the fastest ever A-League hat-trick, scoring three goals in six minutes for Brisbane Roar against Adelaide United.
Smeltz and Berisha have scored the most hat-tricks, with four. Following them are Jamie Maclaren with three and Van Dijk, Nathan Burns, Thompson, and Andy Keogh with two hat-tricks each.