Since the UEFA Europa League was created in 2009, 61 different players from 31 countries have scored three or more goals (hat-tricks) on 73 occasions for 47 clubs from 19 countries. The first to do so was Liédson for Sporting CP against Dutch club Heerenveen on 17 September 2009, the first matchday of the new competition. Five players have gone on to score more than three goals in a match, with Radamel Falcao, Edinson Cavani, Willian José and Patson Daka managing four goals, and Athletic Bilbao's Aritz Aduriz scoring all five in a 5–3 win over Genk on 3 November 2016. Falcao has scored the most hat-tricks in the Europa League, with three, all for Porto in their victorious 2010–11 campaign; ten players have scored two Europa League hat-tricks, with only Raúl Bobadilla, Pierre-Emerick Aubame