 On 21 March 2011, Lasogga was first invited to the U-21 team of Germany when he was nominated for the friendly matches against the Netherlands and Italy.On 25 March 2011, he debuted in the starting line-up in the friendly against the Netherlands and scored the 1–0 lead.Lasogga was nominated on 16 May 2013 by former U-21 coach Rainer Adrion for the preliminary squad for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, and on 28 May 2013 made it into the final squad.