List of international goals scored by Romelu Lukaku

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

, Lukaku is his country's top scorer with 94 goals in 135 appearances, and also ranks as the second-highest European men's international goalscorer, behind only Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo. The Belgian Football Association confirmed that Lukaku had broken the national record when he scored his 31st international goal in a match against Japan in November 2017. 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.

Lukaku scored twice against Tunisia in the group stage 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. 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, also becoming the first player since Diego Maradona in 1986 to score back-to-back World Cup braces (two goals in a single game). Lukaku's goal against New Zealand at the 2026 World Cup took his career tally in the competition to six, overtaking Marc Wilmots as Belgium's record World Cup scorer.

As of October 2026, Lukaku has scored four hat-tricks during his international career, 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. Out of all his opponents, he has scored the most against Estonia, with eight goals against the side. Lukaku has more goals in friendlies than in any other format, with 26. He has scored 19 goals in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, eight in FIFA World Cup finals, 21 in qualifying for the UEFA European Championship, six in the European Championship finals and 14 in the UEFA Nations League. Lukaku scored his most recent goal in a 3–0 Nations League win against Turkey in October 2026.

International goals

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 FIFAIndicates Belgium won the matchIndicates the match ended in a drawIndicates Belgium lost the match + International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competitionCapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1817 November 2010Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion, Voronezh, Russia1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" Friendly 22–031615 August 2012King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium3–2align=center 42311 October 2013Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 52–062826 May 2014Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium1–0rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" Friendly 73–184–19291 June 2014Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden1–0style="text-align:center" 10331 July 2014Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil2–0style="text-align:center" 2014 FIFA World Cup 113712 November 2014King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium3–1align=center Friendly 124329 March 2016Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal1–2align=center 134428 May 2016Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland1–1align=center 14451 June 2016King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–1align=center 15465 June 20161–0align=center 164818 June 2016Stade Atlantique, Bordeaux, France1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" UEFA Euro 2016 173–018536 September 2016GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 192–020547 October 2016King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium4–0align=center 215613 November 20167–1rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 228–1235725 March 20171–1align=center 246131 August 2017Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium3–0rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" 255–0269–027623 September 2017Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens, Greece2–1align=center 286310 October 2017King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium4–0align=center 296410 November 20172–1rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" Friendly 303–3316514 November 2017Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium1–0align=center 326627 March 2018King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 332–034686 June 20181–0align=center 356911 June 20182–1rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 363–1377018 June 2018Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia2–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2018 FIFA World Cup 383–0397123 June 2018Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia2–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 403–141767 September 2018Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1–0 align=center Friendly 427711 September 2018Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland2–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A 433–0447812 October 2018King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 452–146808 June 20193–0align=center UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 478111 June 20191–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 482–049829 September 2019Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 1–0align=center 508310 October 2019King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 514–0528416 November 2019Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia4–0 align=center 538611 October 2020Wembley Stadium, London, England 1–0align=center 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A 548714 October 2020Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 552–1568918 November 2020Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium 2–1rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 573–1589024 March 20213–1align=center 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification599127 March 2021Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic1–1align=center 60936 June 2021King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–0align=center Friendly619412 June 2021Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" UEFA Euro 2020623–0639621 June 20212–0align=center 64982 July 2021Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany1–2align=center UEFA Euro 202065992 September 2021Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia2–1rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification663–1671005 September 2021King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–0align=center 681017 October 2021Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy2–0align=center 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals6910524 March 2023Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden1–0rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying702–0713–07210628 March 2023RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany2–0align=center Friendly7310717 June 2023King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–1align=center UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying7410820 June 2023Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 752–07611012 September 2023King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium3–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 774–07811113 October 2023Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria3–0align=center 7911216 October 2023King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–1align=center 8011319 November 20231–0rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" 812–0823–0834–0841158 June 20241–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" Friendly852–08612120 March 2025Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain1–0align=center 2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs8712223 March 2025Cegeka Arena, Genk, Belgium2–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 883–0891249 June 2025King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–0style="text-align:center" 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification901252 June 2026Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka, Croatia2–0style="text-align:center" Friendly9112926 June 2026BC Place, Vancouver, Canada4–1style="text-align:center" 2026 FIFA World Cup921301 July 2026Lumen Field, Seattle, United States1–2style="text-align:center" 2026 FIFA World Cup931316 July 20264–1style="text-align:center" 941342 October 2026Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium3–0align=center 2026–27 UEFA Nations League A

Hat-tricks

OpponentGoalsResultVenueCompetitionDate 1 3 – (1–0', 3–1', 4–1') 5–1 Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium Friendly 26 May 2014 2 3 – (3–0', 5–0', 9–0') 9–0 Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 31 August 2017 3 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 3–0 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying 24 March 2023 4 4 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0', 4–0') 5–0 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 19 November 2023

Statistics

+ Appearances and goals by year Year Goals 2010 8 2 2011 5 0 2012 5 1 2013 8 2 2014 11 6 2015 5 0 2016 14 11 2017 9 9 2018 14 14 2019 5 7 2020 5 5 2021 12 11 2022 3 0 2023 9 15 2024 7 2 2025 4 4 2026 11 5 Total 135 94

+ Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 26 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 19 FIFA World Cup finals 8 UEFA European Championship qualifiers 21 6 14 Total 94

+ Goals by opponent Opponent Goals 8 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 94

See also List of top international men's football goalscorers by country List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

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