List of international goals scored by Aleksandar Mitrović

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Mitrović playing for Serbia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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.

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[edit]

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] Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 3 6 September 2013 Red Star Stadium,[b] Belgrade, Serbia  Croatia 1–1 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [16]
2 15 7 September 2015 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France  France 1–2 1–2 Friendly [17]
3 20 25 May 2016 Užice City Stadium, Užice, Serbia  Cyprus 1–0 2–1 Friendly [18]
4 22 5 June 2016 Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco  Russia 1–1 1–1 Friendly [19]
5 24 9 October 2016 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Austria 1–0 3–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [20]
6 2–1
7 25 12 November 2016 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Wales 1–1 1–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [21]
8 27 24 March 2017 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia 2–1 3–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [22]
9 28 11 June 2017 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Wales 1–1 1–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [23]
10 29 2 September 2017 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Moldova 3–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [24]
11 33 10 November 2017 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China  China 2–0 2–0 Friendly [25]
12 35 27 March 2018 The Hive Stadium, London, England  Nigeria 1–0 2–0 Friendly [26]
13 2–0
14 37 9 June 2018 Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria  Bolivia 1–0 5–1 Friendly [27]
15 3–0
16 5–1
17 39 22 June 2018 Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia   Switzerland 1–0 1–2 2018 FIFA World Cup [28]
18 42 10 September 2018 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Romania 1–0 2–2 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C [29]
19 2–1
20 43 11 October 2018 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro 1–0 2–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C [30]
21 2–0
22 45 17 November 2018 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Montenegro 2–0 2–1 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C [31]
23 46 20 November 2018 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Lithuania 2–0 4–1 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C [32]
24 49 10 June 2019 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Lithuania 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification [33]
25 2–0
26 50 7 September 2019 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Portugal 2–3 2–4 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification [34]
27 51 10 September 2019 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification [35]
28 3–1
29 52 10 October 2019 Mladost Stadium, Kruševac, Serbia  Paraguay 1–0 1–0 Friendly [36]
30 53 14 October 2019 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification [37]
31 2–0
32 54 14 November 2019 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Luxembourg 1–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification [38]
33 2–0
34 55 17 November 2019 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Ukraine 2–1 2–2 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification [39]
35 56 3 September 2020 VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia  Russia 1–2 1–3 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B [40]
36 59 14 October 2020 Türk Telekom Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 2–0 2–2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B [41]
37 62 24 March 2021 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Republic of Ireland 2–1 3–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [42]
38 3–1
39 63 27 March 2021 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Portugal 1–2 2–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [43]
40 64 30 March 2021 Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 1–0 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [44]
41 2–1
42 65 4 September 2021 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Luxembourg 1–0 4–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [45]
43 2–0
44 69 14 November 2021 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal  Portugal 2–1 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [46]
45 73 5 June 2022 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Slovenia 1–0 4–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B [47]
46 74 12 June 2022 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia 2–0 2–2 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B [48]
47 75 24 September 2022 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Sweden 1–1 4–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B [49]
48 2–1
49 3–1
50 76 27 September 2022 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Norway 2–0 2–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B [50]
51 78 28 November 2022 Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar  Cameroon 3–1 3–3 2022 FIFA World Cup [51]
52 79 2 December 2022 Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar   Switzerland 1–1 2–3 2022 FIFA World Cup [52]
53 83 10 September 2023 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification [53]
54 2–0
55 3–0
56 85 17 October 2023 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Montenegro 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification [54]
57 2–1

Hat-tricks[edit]

No. Opponent Goals Score Venue Competition Date
1  Bolivia 3 – (1–0', 3–1', 5–1') 5–1 Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria Friendly 9 June 2018
2  Sweden 3 – (1–1', 2–1', 3–1') 4–1 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B 24 September 2022
3  Lithuania 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 3–1 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania UEFA Euro 2024 qualification 10 September 2023

Statistics[edit]

As of match played 25 March 2024[13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Footnotes
  1. ^ FIFA and UEFA consider Serbia to have inherited all of Yugoslavia's international football records.[8]
  2. ^ The name of the venue was changed to Rajko Mitić Stadium in December 2014.[15]
Citations
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