List of international goals scored by Aleksandar Mitrović

Aleksandar Mitrović is a Serbian professional footballer who has represented the Serbia national football team as a forward since his debut on 7 June 2013 in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Belgium.[1] On 6 September 2013, he scored his first international goal in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Croatia, in what was his third international appearance. Since then, he has become Serbia's all-time record goalscorer with 57 goals in 89 matches.

Mitrović playing for Serbia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

With six goals in UEFA Group D, Mitrović led Serbia's successful campaign to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[2] On 9 June 2018, he scored his first international hat-trick in a friendly against Bolivia.[3] Later that month, he scored the opening goal in a 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage match against Switzerland, which ultimately ended in a 2–1 loss; Serbia were eliminated in the group stage.[4] With six goals, he finished as the top scorer of the inaugural 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, in which Serbia were promoted to League B.[5] In UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B, Mitrović scored ten goals, second in the group behind only Cristiano Ronaldo's eleven.[6] Serbia finished third in the group, but advanced to the play-offs through the UEFA Nations League. They were eliminated by Scotland via penalty shoot-out after Mitrović failed to convert his spot kick.[7] By scoring his 39th goal in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Portugal on 27 March 2021, Mitrović surpassed the all-time goal-scoring record for Serbia and its precursor Yugoslavia that had been held by Stjepan Bobek.[8][a] On 14 November 2021, he scored the deciding, last-minute goal in a 2–1 away win over Portugal that resulted in Serbia qualifying directly for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[9] He scored a total of six goals in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League, including a hat-trick against Sweden on 24 September 2022. Three days later, he scored his 50th international goal in a 2–0 away win over Norway that resulted in Serbia being promoted to League A for the first time.[10][11] He scored two goals at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[12]

In total, Mitrović has scored 15 goals in FIFA World Cup qualification, three goals in the FIFA World Cup finals, 10 goals in friendlies, 15 goals in UEFA European Championship qualifying and an all-time record 14 goals[11] in the UEFA Nations League. The opponent against whom he has scored most often is Lithuania, with eight goals. His most successful goal-scoring year was 2018, when he scored 12 goals in 13 international appearances. The only year in which he has failed to score for Serbia was 2014.

List of international goals

As of match played 17 October 2023. Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first. Green indicates a match that Serbia won, red a match that Serbia lost and yellow a match that ended in a draw.
List of international goals scored by Aleksandar Mitrović[13]
No.Cap[14]DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
136 September 2013Red Star Stadium,[b] Belgrade, Serbia  Croatia1–11–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[16]
2157 September 2015Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France  France1–21–2Friendly[17]
32025 May 2016Užice City Stadium, Užice, Serbia  Cyprus1–02–1Friendly[18]
4225 June 2016Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco  Russia1–11–1Friendly[19]
5249 October 2016Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Austria1–03–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification[20]
62–1
72512 November 2016Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Wales1–11–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification[21]
82724 March 2017Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia2–13–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification[22]
92811 June 2017Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Wales1–11–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification[23]
10292 September 2017Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Moldova3–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification[24]
113310 November 2017Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China  China2–02–0Friendly[25]
123527 March 2018The Hive Stadium, London, England  Nigeria1–02–0Friendly[26]
132–0
14379 June 2018Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria  Bolivia1–05–1Friendly[27]
153–0
165–1
173922 June 2018Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia   Switzerland1–01–22018 FIFA World Cup[28]
184210 September 2018Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Romania1–02–22018–19 UEFA Nations League C[29]
192–1
204311 October 2018Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro1–02–02018–19 UEFA Nations League C[30]
212–0
224517 November 2018Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Montenegro2–02–12018–19 UEFA Nations League C[31]
234620 November 2018Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Lithuania2–04–12018–19 UEFA Nations League C[32]
244910 June 2019Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Lithuania1–04–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification[33]
252–0
26507 September 2019Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Portugal2–32–4UEFA Euro 2020 qualification[34]
275110 September 2019Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg1–03–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification[35]
283–1
295210 October 2019Mladost Stadium, Kruševac, Serbia  Paraguay1–01–0Friendly[36]
305314 October 2019LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania1–02–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification[37]
312–0
325414 November 2019Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Luxembourg1–03–2UEFA Euro 2020 qualification[38]
332–0
345517 November 2019Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Ukraine2–12–2UEFA Euro 2020 qualification[39]
35563 September 2020VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia  Russia1–21–32020–21 UEFA Nations League B[40]
365914 October 2020Türk Telekom Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey2–02–22020–21 UEFA Nations League B[41]
376224 March 2021Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Republic of Ireland2–13–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification[42]
383–1
396327 March 2021Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Portugal1–22–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification[43]
406430 March 2021Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan1–02–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification[44]
412–1
42654 September 2021Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Luxembourg1–04–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification[45]
432–0
446914 November 2021Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal  Portugal2–12–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification[46]
45735 June 2022Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Slovenia1–04–12022–23 UEFA Nations League B[47]
467412 June 2022Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia2–02–22022–23 UEFA Nations League B[48]
477524 September 2022Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Sweden1–14–12022–23 UEFA Nations League B[49]
482–1
493–1
507627 September 2022Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Norway2–02–02022–23 UEFA Nations League B[50]
517828 November 2022Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar  Cameroon3–13–32022 FIFA World Cup[51]
52792 December 2022Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar   Switzerland1–12–32022 FIFA World Cup[52]
538310 September 2023Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania  Lithuania1–03–1UEFA Euro 2024 qualification[53]
542–0
553–0
568517 October 2023Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Montenegro1–03–1UEFA Euro 2024 qualification[54]
572–1

Hat-tricks

No.OpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDate
1  Bolivia3 – (1–0', 3–1', 5–1')5–1Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, AustriaFriendly9 June 2018
2  Sweden3 – (1–1', 2–1', 3–1')4–1Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia2022–23 UEFA Nations League B24 September 2022
3  Lithuania3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0')3–1Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, LithuaniaUEFA Euro 2024 qualification10 September 2023

Statistics

As of match played 25 March 2024[13]

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