Progression of Australia association football goalscoring record

This is a progressive list of football players who have held or co-held the record for goals scored for the Australia national soccer team. The list begins with William Maunder, who scored in the 3–1 defeat by New Zealand in June 1922. The record is held by Tim Cahill, with 50 goals. Cahill moved beyond Damian Mori's 29 international goals when he scored twice against Ecuador in September 2014.[1]

Criteria

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

Record
PlayerGoalsDateOpponentScoreNotes
William Maunder 1 17 June 1922  New Zealand 1–3
Wilf Bratton 24 June 1922  New Zealand 1–1 Jointly with Maunder
George Brown 8 July 1922  New Zealand 1–3 Jointly with Maunder and Bratton
William Maunder 2 9 June 1923  New Zealand 2–1
Percy Lennard 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 Maunder scored twice in this match
6 12 July 1924  Canada 1–4
George Smith 7 24 June 1933  New Zealand 4–2 Smith scored twice in this match to overtake Maunder
11 4 July 1936  New Zealand 7–1 Smith scored four times in this match
16 11 July 1936  New Zealand 10–0 Smith scored five times in this match
Attila Abonyi 24 March 1973  Indonesia 6–0 Abonyi scored twice in this match to equal Smith
Ray Baartz Jointly with Abonyi and Smith
Attila Abonyi 17 18 August 1973  Iran 3–0
Ray Baartz 11 November 1973  South Korea 2–2 Jointly with Abonyi
18 27 April 1974  Uruguay 2–0
Attila Abonyi 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 Mori scored three times in this match to overtake Abonyi
27 6 July 2001  Vanuatu 2–0
28 8 July 2001  New Caledonia 11–0
29 14 July 2001  Tahiti 2–1
Tim Cahill 19 November 2013  Costa Rica 1–0 Jointly with Mori
31 5 March 2014  Ecuador 3–4 Cahill scored twice in this match
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 PR 2–0 Cahill scored twice in this match
41 8 September 2015  Tajikistan 3–0 Cahill scored twice in this match
42 12 November 2015  Kyrgyzstan 3–0
45 17 November 2015  Bangladesh 4–0 Cahill scored three times in this match
47 29 March 2016  Jordan 5–1 Cahill scored twice in this match
48 6 September 2016  United Arab Emirates 1–0
50 10 October 2017  Syria 2–1 Cahill scored twice in this match
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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.

Specific
  1. "Cahill takes over the mantle". Socceroos. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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