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

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

Australia record
PlayerGoalsDateOpponentScoreNotes
William Maunder117 June 1922 New Zealand1–3
Wilfred Bratten124 June 1922 New Zealand1–1Jointly with Maunder
George Brown18 July 1922 New Zealand1–3Jointly with Maunder and Bratten
William Maunder29 June 1923 New Zealand2–1
Percy Lennard216 June 1923 New Zealand2–3Jointly with Maunder
William Maunder330 June 1923 New Zealand1–4
William Maunder523 June 1924 Canada4–1Maunder scored twice in this game
William Maunder612 July 1924 Canada1–4
George Smith724 June 1933 New Zealand4–2Smith scored twice in this game to overtake Maunder
George Smith114 July 1936 New Zealand7–1Smith scored four times in this game
George Smith1611 July 1936 New Zealand10–0Smith scored five times in this game
Attila Abonyi1624 March 1973 Indonesia6–0Abonyi scored twice in this game to equal Smith
Ray Baartz1624 March 1973 Indonesia6–0Jointly with Abonyi and Smith
Attila Abonyi1718 August 1973 Iran3–0
Ray Baartz1711 November 1973 South Korea2–2Jointly with Abonyi
Ray Baartz1827 April 1974 Uruguay2–0
Attila Abonyi182 March 1976 New Zealand3–1Jointly with Baartz
Attila Abonyi1918 August 1976 Hong Kong2–0
Attila Abonyi2020 October 1976 Indonesia1–1
Attila Abonyi2124 October 1976 Hong Kong2–0
Attila Abonyi2213 March 1977 Chinese Taipei3–0
Attila Abonyi2316 March 1977 Chinese Taipei2–1
Attila Abonyi2430 October 1977 Hong Kong5–2
Attila Abonyi2513 November 1977 Singapore2–0
Damian Mori269 April 2001 Tonga22–0Mori scored four times in this game to overtake Abonyi
Damian Mori276 July 2001 Vanuatu2–0
Damian Mori288 July 2001 New Caledonia11–0
Damian Mori2914 July 2001 Tahiti2–1
Tim Cahill315 March 2014 Ecuador3–4Cahill scored twice in this game
Tim Cahill3226 May 2014 South Africa1–1
Tim Cahill3313 June 2014 Chile1–3
Tim Cahill3418 June 2014 Netherlands2–3
Tim Cahill358 September 2014 Saudi Arabia3–2
Tim Cahill3618 November 2014 Japan1–2
Tim Cahill379 January 2015 Kuwait4–1
Tim Cahill3922 January 2015 China PR2–0Cahill scored twice in this game
Tim Cahill418 September 2015 Tajikistan3–0Cahill scored twice in this game
Tim Cahill4212 November 2015 Kyrgyzstan3–0
Tim Cahill4517 November 2015 Bangladesh4–0Cahill scored three times in this game
Tim Cahill4729 March 2016 Jordan5–1Cahill scored twice in this game
Tim Cahill486 September 2016 United Arab Emirates1–0
Tim Cahill5010 October 2017 Syria2–1Cahill scored twice in this game

See also

References

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.
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