Lewandowski with Poland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Robert Lewandowski is a Polish professional footballer who has been representing the Poland national football team as a forward since his debut in 2008. Since then, Lewandowski has scored 82 goals in 146 international appearances, making him the country's all-time top scorer.[1][2] On 5 October 2017, Lewandowski scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 win over Armenia to take his tally to 50 goals for Poland, surpassing the previous record of 48 goals set by Włodzimierz Lubański to become the all-time top scorer for Poland.[3] Lewandowski made his debut for Poland on 10 September 2008, three weeks after his 20th birthday, against San Marino where he came on as a substitute and scored a goal in a 2–0 away win in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.[4][5] Only Włodzimierz Lubański scored a goal on his debut for the national team at a younger age than Lewandowski, having been 16 at the time. Lewandowski scored another qualifying goal against the same team on 1 April 2009, in a 10–0 victory.[6]

On 7 September 2014, in Poland's first UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier, away against Gibraltar, Lewandowski scored his first international hat-trick, netting four goals in a 7–0 win.[7] He has scored six international hat-tricks, and on one occasion, four international goals in a single match. Out of all his opponents, he has scored the most against Gibraltar and San Marino, netting six goals against each team. Lewandowski has scored two goals in the FIFA World Cup, five in the UEFA European Championship, two in the UEFA Nations League and 19 in UEFA European Championship qualification. The remainder of his goals, 30, have come in FIFA World Cup qualification. His most productive calendar years in terms of international goals were 2015 and 2021, when he scored eleven goals in seven and twelve games, respectively for Poland.

International goals

As of 21 November 2023[1][2]
No.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1110 September 2008San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino2–02–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2419 November 2008Croke Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland3–13–2Friendly
371 April 2009Kolporter Arena, Kielce, Poland San Marino4–010–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
41923 January 201080th Birthday Stadium, Korat, Thailand Singapore1–06–12010 King's Cup
52–0
6203 March 2010Stadion Miejski Polonii, Warsaw, Poland Bulgaria2–02–0Friendly
7267 September 2010Stadion Miejski Wisły, Kraków, Poland Australia1–11–2
82917 November 2010Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland Ivory Coast1–03–1
93–1
10309 February 2011Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal Norway1–01–0
11366 September 2011Stadion Energa Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland Germany1–02–2
12377 October 2011Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea[note 1] South Korea1–02–2
133811 October 2011Brita-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany Belarus2–02–0
14422 June 2012Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland Andorra2–04–0
15438 June 2012Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Greece1–01–1UEFA Euro 2012
165326 March 2013Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland San Marino1–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
173–0
18566 September 2013Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Montenegro1–11–1
19616 June 2014Stadion Energa Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland Lithuania2–12–1Friendly
20627 September 2014Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal[note 2] Gibraltar3–07–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
214–0
226–0
237–0
246813 June 2015Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Georgia2–04–0
253–0
264–0
27694 September 2015Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany Germany1–21–3
28707 September 2015Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland[note 2] Gibraltar3–08–1
294–0
30718 October 2015Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Scotland1–02–2
312–2
327211 October 2015Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Republic of Ireland2–12–1
337313 November 2015Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Iceland3–24–2Friendly
344–2
358130 June 2016Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France Portugal1–01–1 (3–5 pen.)UEFA Euro 2016
36824 September 2016Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan2–02–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
37838 October 2016Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Denmark1–03–2
382–0
393–0
408411 October 2016Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Armenia2–12–1
418511 November 2016Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania Romania2–03–0
423–0
438626 March 2017Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro1–02–1
448710 June 2017Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Romania1–03–1
452–0
463–0
47894 September 2017Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Kazakhstan3–03–0
48905 October 2017Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Armenia2–06–1
493–0
505–1
51918 October 2017Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Montenegro3–24–2
529327 March 2018Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland South Korea1–03–2Friendly
53948 June 2018Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland Chile1–02–2
549512 June 2018Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Lithuania1–04–0
552–0
5610424 March 2019Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Latvia1–02–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
5710610 June 2019Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Israel2–04–0
5810910 October 2019Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia1–03–0
592–0
603–0
6111219 November 2019Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Slovenia2–13–2
6211414 October 2020Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland Bosnia and Herzegovina1–03–02020–21 UEFA Nations League A
633–0
6411725 March 2021Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary Hungary3–33–32022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6511828 March 2021Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland Andorra1–03–0
662–0
6712119 June 2021La Cartuja, Seville, Spain Spain1–11–1UEFA Euro 2020
6812223 June 2021Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia Sweden1–22–3
692–2
701232 September 2021Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Albania1–04–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
711245 September 2021San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino1–07–1
723–0
7312812 November 2021Estadi Nacional, Andorra La Vella, Andorra Andorra1–04–1
744–1
7512929 March 2022Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland Sweden1–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
761318 June 2022King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Belgium1–01–62022–23 UEFA Nations League A
7713626 November 2022Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar Saudi Arabia2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup
781384 December 2022Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar France1–31–3
7914220 June 2023Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova Moldova2–02–3UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
801437 September 2023Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Faroe Islands1–02–0
812–0
8214621 November 2023Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Latvia2–02–0Friendly

Hat-tricks

No. Opponent Goals Score Venue Competition Date
1  Gibraltar 4 – (3–0', 4–0', 6–0', 7–0') 7–0 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 7 September 2014
2  Georgia 3 – (2–0', 3–0', 4–0') 4–0 Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland 13 June 2015
3  Denmark 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 3–2 Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 8 October 2016
4  Romania 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 3–1 Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland 10 June 2017
5  Armenia 3 – (2–0', 3–0', 5–1') 6–1 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 5 October 2017
6  Latvia 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 3–0 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 10 October 2019

Statistics

As of match played 21 November 2023

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Not officially recognised by FIFA as a Tier 1 International Match.
  2. 1 2 Not officially recognised by FIFA as a Tier 1 International Match, but was an official UEFA match.

References

  1. 1 2 "Robert Lewandowski". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "National Team A Squad". PZPN. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Robert Lewandowski becomes Poland's all-time leading scorer". ESPN FC. ESPN Inc. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "San Marino – Poland 0:2 (0:1)". FIFA. 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "San Marino-Poland 0:2. A Torture For Fans". World Cup Blog. 11 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Mole, Giles (2 April 2009). "European World Cup qualifying round-up: Poland put 10 past woeful San Marino". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Poland's Robert Lewandowski scores four in seven-goal rout of Gibraltar". The Guardian. Press Association. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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