Progression of Australia association football goalscoring record

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

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This list contains records from only "A" internationals, as recognised by Football Federation Australia.

Australia record

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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

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References

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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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Cahill takes over the mantle". Socceroos. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. ^ Cockerill, Michael (10 April 2001). "Tonga lashing: Socceroos win 22–0". Sydney Morning Herald.