Burke into Bundesliga history books with Union Berlin hat-trick

Oliver Burke became the first Scottish player to score a hat-trick in the Bundesliga during Union Berlin’s thrilling 4-3 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.

Having made their worst start to a top-flight campaign, Union got their season up and running in stunning fashion to move up to 10th in the standings.

Ilyas Ansah had given Union a ninth-minute lead before Burke doubled his team’s advantage soon after, racing on to Andrej Ilic’s pass and finishing past Kaua Santos.

Eintracht were able to reduce the deficit in the third minute of first-half stoppage time through Nathaniel Brown, only for Burke to score twice in quick succession after the break.

Having doubled his tally in the 53rd minute, Burke found himself behind the Eintracht defence again soon after, providing a deft chip to complete his treble.

All three of his goals were teed up by Ilic, though Union were made to withstand a nervy final few minutes after Can Uzun and Jonathan Burkardt made matters interesting.

But Union, who saw manager Steffen Baumgart sent off in the closing stages, were able to hold on to clinch just their second league victory of 2025-26.

Oliver Burke has become the first Scottish player to ever score a hat-trick in the Bundesliga.

All three of his goals for Union Berlin vs Eintracht Frankfurt today were assisted by Andrej Ilic. pic.twitter.com/qrm68f7MFe

— Opta Analyst (@OptaAnalyst) September 21, 2025