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List of international goals scored by Romelu Lukaku

Romelu Lukaku is a Belgian professional footballer who represents the Belgium national football team as a striker. Aged 17, he made his debut for his country in a 1–0 defeat to Croatia in Brussels in March 2010. His first and second international goals came on his eighth appearance for Belgium, in a 2–0 friendly victory over Russia.

Lukaku celebrating his first goal against Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

As of 26 March 2024, Lukaku is his country's top scorer with 83 goals in 114 appearances.[1] The Belgian Football Association confirmed that he had broken the national record when Lukaku scored his 31st international goal in a match against Japan in November 2017.[2] FIFA, however, did not initially recognise the record as three goals had been scored against Luxembourg in a friendly in May 2014 later declared by the organisation as an unofficial friendly due to too many substitutions being made.[1][3] He scored twice against Tunisia in the group stages of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, a game after which football journalist Nick Ames praised him for a "laudable act of sportsmanship" as he had indicated to the referee that he had not been fouled in the penalty area, denying himself the chance of a hat-trick.[4] The two goals took his overall tally in the 2018 World Cup to four and made him Belgium's highest scorer in a single World Cup tournament,[4] and made him the first player since Diego Maradona in the 1986 FIFA World Cup to score back-to-back braces (two goals in a single game).[5]

As of November 2023, Lukaku has scored four hat-tricks during his international career,[1] including the treble against Luxembourg, with the others coming in a 9–0 win against Gibraltar in a 2018 World Cup qualifier in August 2017, a 3–0 victory against Sweden in a Euro 2024 qualifier in March 2023, and four goals in a 5–0 win over Azerbaijan in November 2023, also a Euro 2024 qualifier.[1] Lukaku has scored more goals in friendlies than in any other format, with 23. He has scored eighteen goals in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, five in FIFA World Cup finals, 21 in qualifying for the UEFA European Championship, six in the European Championship finals and ten in the UEFA Nations League.[1] Lukaku scored his four most recent goals in the aforementioned 5–0 UEFA Euro qualifying win against Azerbaijan in November 2023.[6]

International goals

As of match played 19 November 2023
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lukaku goal.
Key
‡Indicates match was not officially recognised by FIFA
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1817 November 2010Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion, Voronezh, Russia  Russia1–02–0Friendly[7]
22–0
31615 August 2012King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Netherlands3–24–2[8]
42311 October 2013Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia  Croatia1–02–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[9]
52–0
62826 May 2014Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium  Luxembourg1–05–1‡Friendly[10]
73–1
84–1
9291 June 2014Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Sweden1–02–0[11]
10331 July 2014Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil  United States2–02–1 (a.e.t.)2014 FIFA World Cup[12]
113712 November 2014King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Iceland3–13–1Friendly[13]
124329 March 2016Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal  Portugal1–21–2[14]
134428 May 2016Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland   Switzerland1–12–1[15]
14451 June 2016King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Finland1–11–1[16]
15465 June 2016  Norway1–03–2[17]
164818 June 2016Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France  Republic of Ireland1–03–0UEFA Euro 2016[18]
173–0
18536 September 2016GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  Cyprus1–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification[19]
192–0
20547 October 2016King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina4–04–0[20]
215613 November 2016  Estonia7–18–1[21]
228–1
235725 March 2017  Greece1–11–1[22]
246131 August 2017Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium  Gibraltar3–09–0[23]
255–0
269–0
27623 September 2017Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens, Greece  Greece2–12–1[24]
286310 October 2017King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Cyprus4–04–0[25]
296410 November 2017  Mexico2–13–3Friendly[26]
303–3
316514 November 2017Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium  Japan1–01–0[27]
326627 March 2018King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Saudi Arabia1–04–0[28]
332–0
34686 June 2018  Egypt1–03–0[29]
356911 June 2018  Costa Rica2–14–1[30]
363–1
377018 June 2018Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia  Panama2–03–02018 FIFA World Cup[31]
383–0
397123 June 2018Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia  Tunisia2–05–2[32]
403–1
41767 September 2018Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland1–04–0Friendly[33]
427711 September 2018Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Iceland2–03–02018–19 UEFA Nations League A[34]
433–0
447812 October 2018King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Switzerland1–02–1[35]
452–1
46808 June 2019  Kazakhstan3–03–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying[36]
478111 June 2019  Scotland1–03–0[37]
482–0
49829 September 2019Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1–04–0[38]
508310 October 2019King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  San Marino1–09–0[39]
514–0
528416 November 2019Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia  Russia4–04–1[40]
538611 October 2020Wembley Stadium, London, England  England1–01–22020–21 UEFA Nations League A[41]
548714 October 2020Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Iceland1–02–1[42]
552–1
568918 November 2020Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium  Denmark2–14–2[43]
573–1
589024 March 2021  Wales3–13–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification[44]
599127 March 2021Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic  Czech Republic1–11–1[45]
60936 June 2021King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Croatia1–01–0Friendly[46]
619412 June 2021Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia  Russia1–03–0UEFA Euro 2020[47]
623–0
639621 June 2021  Finland2–02–0[48]
64982 July 2021Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany  Italy1–21–2UEFA Euro 2020[49]
65992 September 2021Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia2–15–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification[50]
663–1
671005 September 2021King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Czech Republic1–03–0[51]
681017 October 2021Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy  France2–02–32021 UEFA Nations League Finals[52]
6910524 March 2023Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Sweden1–03–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying[53]
702–0
713–0
7210628 March 2023RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany  Germany2–03–2Friendly[54]
7310717 June 2023King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Austria1–11–1UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying[55]
7410820 June 2023Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia1–03–0[56]
752–0
7611012 September 2023King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium3–05–0[57]
774–0
7811113 October 2023Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  Austria3–03–2[58]
7911216 October 2023King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Sweden1–11–1 [note 1][61]
8011319 November 2023  Azerbaijan1–05–0[6]
812–0
823–0
834–0

Hat-tricks

No.OpponentGoalsResultVenueCompetitionDate
1  Luxembourg3 – (1–0', 3–1', 4–1')5–1Cristal Arena, Genk, BelgiumFriendly26 May 2014
2  Gibraltar3 – (3–0', 5–0', 9–0')9–0Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium2018 FIFA World Cup qualification31 August 2017
3  Sweden3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0')3–0Friends Arena, Solna, SwedenUEFA Euro 2024 qualifying24 March 2023
4  Azerbaijan4 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0', 4–0')5–0King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium19 November 2023

Statistics

As of match played 26 March 2024[62]

See also

Notes

References

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