After the impressive performance at the U-20 World Cup and a good run of form with Red Bull Salzburg, scoring six goals in the first four matches of the 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga season, Haaland was named by manager Lars Lagerbäck to the Norway senior team squad on 28 August 2019, to face Malta and Sweden in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches; he made his senior national team debut on 5 September 2019 against Malta.