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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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
523 June 1924 Canada4–12 goals
612 July 1924 Canada1–4
George Smith724 June 1933 New Zealand4–22 goals
114 July 1936 New Zealand7–14 goals
1611 July 1936 New Zealand10–05 goals
Attila Abonyi1624 March 1973 Indonesia6–02 goals, 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
1827 April 1974 Uruguay2–0
Attila Abonyi182 March 1976 New Zealand3–1Jointly with Baartz
1918 August 1976 Hong Kong2–0
2020 October 1976 Indonesia1–1
2124 October 1976 Hong Kong2–0
2213 March 1977 Chinese Taipei3–0
2316 March 1977 Chinese Taipei2–1
2430 October 1977 Hong Kong5–2
2513 November 1977 Singapore2–0
Damian Mori269 April 2001 Tonga22–04 goals
276 July 2001 Vanuatu2–0
288 July 2001 New Caledonia11–0
2914 July 2001 Tahiti2–1
Tim Cahill315 March 2014 Ecuador3–42 goals
3226 May 2014 South Africa1–1
3313 June 2014 Chile1–3
3418 June 2014 Netherlands2–3
358 September 2014 Saudi Arabia3–2
3618 November 2014 Japan1–2
379 January 2015 Kuwait4–1
3922 January 2015 China2–02 goals
418 September 2015 Tajikistan3–02 goals
4212 November 2015 Kyrgyzstan3–0
4517 November 2015 Bangladesh4–03 goals
4729 March 2016 Jordan5–12 goals
486 September 2016 United Arab Emirates1–0
5010 October 2017 Syria2–12 goals

See also

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References

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General

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.