Progression of Australia association football goalscoring record
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This is a progressive list of association footballers who have held or co-held the record for internationals goals scored for the Australia national soccer team, beginning with William Maunder, who scored in the 3–1 defeat by New Zealand in Australia's first international game.
The record is held by Tim Cahill, with 50 goals, a record he set after scoring twice against Syria in 2017.[1] Cahill moved beyond Damian Mori's 29 international goals when he scored twice against Ecuador in September 2014.[2] Mori had taken the position of Australia's leading goalscorer in April 2001, when his four goals saw him overtakes Attila Abonyi.[3]
Criteria
[edit]This list contains records from only "A" internationals, as recognised by Football Federation Australia.
Australia record
[edit]Player | Goals | Date | Opponent | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Maunder | 1 | 17 June 1922 | New Zealand | 1–3 | |
Wilfred Bratten | 1 | 24 June 1922 | New Zealand | 1–1 | Jointly with Maunder |
George Brown | 1 | 8 July 1922 | New Zealand | 1–3 | Jointly with Maunder and Bratten |
William Maunder | 2 | 9 June 1923 | New Zealand | 2–1 | |
Percy Lennard | 2 | 16 June 1923 | New Zealand | 2–3 | Jointly with Maunder |
William Maunder | 3 | 30 June 1923 | New Zealand | 1–4 | |
5 | 23 June 1924 | Canada | 4–1 | 2 goals | |
6 | 12 July 1924 | Canada | 1–4 | ||
George Smith | 7 | 24 June 1933 | New Zealand | 4–2 | 2 goals |
11 | 4 July 1936 | New Zealand | 7–1 | 4 goals | |
16 | 11 July 1936 | New Zealand | 10–0 | 5 goals | |
Attila Abonyi | 16 | 24 March 1973 | Indonesia | 6–0 | 2 goals, to equal Smith |
Ray Baartz | 16 | 24 March 1973 | Indonesia | 6–0 | Jointly with Abonyi and Smith |
Attila Abonyi | 17 | 18 August 1973 | Iran | 3–0 | |
Ray Baartz | 17 | 11 November 1973 | South Korea | 2–2 | Jointly with Abonyi |
18 | 27 April 1974 | Uruguay | 2–0 | ||
Attila Abonyi | 18 | 2 March 1976 | New Zealand | 3–1 | Jointly with Baartz |
19 | 18 August 1976 | Hong Kong | 2–0 | ||
20 | 20 October 1976 | Indonesia | 1–1 | ||
21 | 24 October 1976 | Hong Kong | 2–0 | ||
22 | 13 March 1977 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | ||
23 | 16 March 1977 | Chinese Taipei | 2–1 | ||
24 | 30 October 1977 | Hong Kong | 5–2 | ||
25 | 13 November 1977 | Singapore | 2–0 | ||
Damian Mori | 26 | 9 April 2001 | Tonga | 22–0 | 4 goals |
27 | 6 July 2001 | Vanuatu | 2–0 | ||
28 | 8 July 2001 | New Caledonia | 11–0 | ||
29 | 14 July 2001 | Tahiti | 2–1 | ||
Tim Cahill | 31 | 5 March 2014 | Ecuador | 3–4 | 2 goals |
32 | 26 May 2014 | South Africa | 1–1 | ||
33 | 13 June 2014 | Chile | 1–3 | ||
34 | 18 June 2014 | Netherlands | 2–3 | ||
35 | 8 September 2014 | Saudi Arabia | 3–2 | ||
36 | 18 November 2014 | Japan | 1–2 | ||
37 | 9 January 2015 | Kuwait | 4–1 | ||
39 | 22 January 2015 | China | 2–0 | 2 goals | |
41 | 8 September 2015 | Tajikistan | 3–0 | 2 goals | |
42 | 12 November 2015 | Kyrgyzstan | 3–0 | ||
45 | 17 November 2015 | Bangladesh | 4–0 | 3 goals | |
47 | 29 March 2016 | Jordan | 5–1 | 2 goals | |
48 | 6 September 2016 | United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | ||
50 | 10 October 2017 | Syria | 2–1 | 2 goals |
See also
[edit]- Australia national soccer team records and statistics
- List of international goals scored by Tim Cahill
References
[edit]General
- Howe, Andrew (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8.
- Howe, Andrew. "Official Media Guide of Australia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup" (PDF). Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Howe, Andrew. "The Australian National Men's Football Team" (PDF). ozfootball.net. Football Federation Australia.
Specific
- ^ Prenderville, Liam (10 October 2017). "Tim Cahill ends Syria's World Cup dream as 50th Australia goal puts Socceroos two games from Russia". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Cahill takes over the mantle". Socceroos. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ Cockerill, Michael (10 April 2001). "Tonga lashing: Socceroos win 22–0". Sydney Morning Herald.