List of international goals scored by Edin Džeko

Edin Džeko is a Bosnian professional footballer who has been representing the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team as a forward since his debut in a 3–2 win over Turkey on 2 June 2007.^[1] He also scored his first international goal in the match to level the scores at 2–2 in stoppage time of the first half.^[1][2] As of 7 June 2025, Džeko has scored 68 goals in 141 international appearances, making him Bosnia and Herzegovina's all-time leading goalscorer.^[3] He is also 28th on the all-time men's international goalscoring list and 9th in the list of UEFA players.^[4]

Džeko with Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2015

On 8 September 2012, Džeko scored his first international hat-trick in an 8–1 World Cup qualification win over Liechtenstein. This brought him up to 24 international goals, surpassing the record of 22 set by Elvir Bolić and Zvjezdan Misimović.^[5] Liechtenstein are also the team that Džeko has scored more times against than any other, with eight goals against them.

The majority of Džeko's goals have come in qualifying matches. He has scored 25 goals in World Cup qualifiers, including nine during the 2010 World Cup qualification round, where he finished as the joint second-highest scorer, alongside England's Wayne Rooney and one behind Greece's Theofanis Gekas.^[6] Džeko has also scored seventeen goals in European Championship qualifiers (including one in the 2016 play-offs), and nine goals in the UEFA Nations League. He has only scored once in the World Cup finals, in a 3–1 win against Iran during the 2014 group stage.^[7] The remainder of Džeko's goals, fifteen, have come in friendlies.

International goals

Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first.^[8]

Table key

	Indicates won the match
	Indicates the match ended in a draw (a penalty shootout is statistically a draw regardless of shootout results)
	Indicates Bosnia and Herzegovina lost the match

List of international goals scored by Edin Džeko

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 June 2007	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Turkey	2–2	3–2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2	10 September 2008	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Estonia	5–0	7–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3				6–0
4	11 October 2008	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	1–0	1–2
5	15 October 2008	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Armenia	2–0	4–1
6	20 November 2008	Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia	Slovenia	3–1	4–3	Friendly
7	28 March 2009	Cristal Stadium, Genk, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	4–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	1 April 2009	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina		1–0	2–1
9				2–0
10	6 June 2009	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Cannes, France	Oman	1–0	2–1	Friendly
11	12 August 2009	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Iran	1–0	2–3
12				2–0
13	10 October 2009	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	14 October 2009	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Spain	1–5	2–5
15	3 June 2010	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany	Germany	1–0	1–3	Friendly
16	3 September 2010	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
17	17 November 2010	Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovakia	3–1	3–2	Friendly
18	26 March 2011	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Romania	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
19	7 October 2011		Luxembourg	1–0	5–0
20	11 October 2011	Stade de France, Paris, France	France	1–0	1–1
21	1 June 2012	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	Mexico	1–1	1–2	Friendly
22	7 September 2012	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	5–0	8–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
23				6–1
24				7–1
25	11 September 2012	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Latvia	4–1	4–1
26	16 October 2012		Lithuania	3–0	3–0
27	22 March 2013		Greece	1–0	3–1
28				3–0
29	7 June 2013	Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	5–0	5–0
30	14 August 2013	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	United States	1–0	3–4	Friendly
31				3–4
32	11 October 2013	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Liechtenstein	1–0	4–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
33				4–0
34	30 May 2014	Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, United States	Ivory Coast	1–0	2–1	Friendly
35				2–0
36	25 June 2014	Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil	Iran	1–0	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup
37	4 September 2014	Tušanj City Stadium, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Liechtenstein	3–0	3–0	Friendly
38	13 October 2014	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Belgium	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
39	28 March 2015	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Andorra	1–0	3–0
40				2–0
41				3–0
42	12 June 2015	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Israel	2–1	3–1
43	3 September 2015	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	1–3
44	6 September 2015	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Andorra	2–0	3–0
45	13 November 2015	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Republic of Ireland	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs
46	29 March 2016	Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–0	2–0	Friendly
47	6 September 2016	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Estonia	2–0	5–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
48	10 October 2016	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Cyprus	1–0	2–0
49				2–0
50	28 March 2017	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania	Albania	1–0	2–1	Friendly
51	3 September 2017	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Gibraltar	1–0	4–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
52				4–0
53	11 September 2018	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Austria	1–0	1–0	2018–19 UEFA Nations League B
54	15 October 2018	Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Northern Ireland	1–0	2–0
55				2–0
56	11 June 2019	Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy	Italy	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
57	5 September 2019	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Liechtenstein	3–0	5–0
58	8 September 2019	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	1–1	2–4
59	4 September 2020	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy	Italy	1–0	1–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
60	1 September 2021	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg, France	France	1–0	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
61	29 March 2022	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Luxembourg	1–0	1–0	Friendly
62	14 June 2022	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Finland	2–2	3–2	2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
63				3–2
64	26 September 2022	Stadionul Rapid-Giulești, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	1–2	1–4
65	8 September 2023	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Liechtenstein	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
66	7 September 2024	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Netherlands	2–3	2–5	2024–25 UEFA Nations League A
67	11 October 2024	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Germany	1–2	1–2
68	7 June 2025		San Marino	1–0	1–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Hat-tricks

See also: Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team records and statistics

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Goals	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	7 September 2012	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	3 – (46', 64', 80')	8–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[9]
2	28 March 2015	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Andorra	3 – (13', 49', 62')	3–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	[10]

Statistics

As of match played 7 June 2025^[1][11]

Džeko playing in a friendly against Austria in 2015

Appearances and goals by year Year Apps Goals 2007 7 1 2008 6 5 2009 10 8 2010 8 3 2011 10 3 2012 9 6 2013 9 7 2014 10 5 2015 7 7 2016 7 4 2017 6 3 2018 10 3 2019 8 3 2020 5 1 2021 6 1 2022 8 4 2023 7 1 2024 6 2 2025 2 1 Total 141 68 Goals by competition Competition Goals FIFA World Cup qualification 26 FIFA World Cup finals 1 Friendlies 15 UEFA European Championship qualification 17 UEFA Nations League 9 Total 68

Goals by opponent Opponent Goals  Liechtenstein 8  Belgium 5  Andorra 4  Estonia 4  Iran 3  Luxembourg 3  Armenia 2  Cyprus 2  Finland 2  France 2  Germany 2  Gibraltar 2  Greece 2  Italy 2  Ivory Coast 2  Latvia 2  Northern Ireland 2  Turkey 2  United States 2  Albania 1  Austria 1  Israel 1  Lithuania 1  Mexico 1  Netherlands 1  Oman 1  Republic of Ireland 1  Romania 1  San Marino 1  Slovenia 1  Spain 1   Switzerland 1 Total 68

See also

• Association football portal
• Bosnia and Herzegovina portal

• Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team records and statistics
• Idol Nacije