following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA Cup/Europa League: Allan Simonsen (1977–78 with Borussia Mönchengladbach) in the 1978–79 season with Borussia Mönchengladbach Dieter Hoeneß (1981–82 with Bayern Munich) in the 1979–80 season with Bayern Munich Torbjörn Nilsson (1984–85 and 1985–86 with Göteborg) in the 1981–82 season with Göteborg Gerd Müller is the only player to have been top scorer in this competition as well as in the World Cup and the European Championship: 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, and 1976–77 top scorer with Bayern Munich, 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 top scorer with West Germany The following top scorers have also won the FIFA World Cup Golden Boot: Just Fontaine (1958–59) at the 1958 FIFA World Cup Flórián Albert (1965–66) at the 1962 FIFA World Cup Eusébio (1964–65, 1965–66, and 1967–68) at the 1966 FIFA World Cup Paolo Rossi (1982–83) at the 1982 FIFA World Cup The following top scorers have also been top scorers in the UEFA European Championship: Michel Platini (1984–85) at the UEFA Euro 1984 Marco van Basten (1988–89) at the UEFA Euro 1988 Cristiano Ronaldo (2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18) at the UEFA Euro 2012 and the UEFA Euro 2020 Most goals in a single season Hat-tricks 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. The first hat-trick of the Champions League era was scored by PSV Eindhoven's Juul Ellerman against Žalgiris on 16 September 1992. Only three players managed to score a hat-trick in a final: Alfredo Di Stéfano for Real Madrid against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960 Ferenc Puskás for Real Madrid against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960 (four goals) and for Real Madrid against Benfica in 1962 – Puskás in 1962 is the only player to score a hat-trick in a final and lose Pierino Prati for Milan against Ajax in 1969 Only Cristiano Ronaldo has scored three hat-tricks in a single Champions League season (3+4+3 goals), doing so in 2015–16. Six players have scored two hat-tricks in a single Champions League season: Lionel Messi (3+5 goals and 3+3 goals) in 2011–12 and 2016–17 Mario Gómez (3+4 goals) in 2011–12 Luiz Adriano, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of the group stage (5+3 goals) in 2014–15 Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games of