List of international goals scored by Gerd Müller explained

Gerd Müller was a German professional footballer who represented the West Germany national football team as a striker between 1966 and 1974. He scored his first international goal on 8 April 1967, when he netted four goals in a UEFA Euro 1968 qualifier against Albania. Since then, Müller become his country's all-time top scorer with 68 goals in 62 games until being overtaken by Miroslav Klose on 6 June 2014.^[1] He held the record for goals scored in FIFA World Cup tournaments between 1974 and 2006. This record was bettered in 2006 by Brazil's Ronaldo, and eight years later by fellow country man Miroslav Klose, who also broke Müller's record for goals for Germany.^[2]

Müller netted eight international hat-tricks, which is a national record and the third best in Europe behind Sweden's Sven Rydell with 9 and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo with 10. On half of those occasions he added a fourth goal in the same match, against Albania, Cyprus, Soviet Union and Switzerland.^[3] This tally includes back-to-back hat-tricks at the 1970 FIFA World Cup against Bulgaria and Peru, being the only player alongside Sándor Kocsis to have done so.

International goals

Scores and results list West Germany's goal tally first.

class=unsortable	!	class=unsortable	Date !	class=unsortable	Venue !	Cap	Opponent	class=unsortable	Score !	class=unsortable	Result !	class=unsortable	Competition
1	8 April 1967	Dortmund, Germany	2		1–0	align=center rowspan="4"	6–0	UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
2					2–0
3					3–0
4					6–0
5	27 September 1967	Berlin, Germany	4		4–0	5–1	Friendly
6	7 October 1967	Hamburg, Germany	5		2–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
7	13 October 1968	Vienna, Austria	7		1–0	2–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying
8	23 November 1968	Nicosia, Cyprus	8		1–0	1–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying
9	26 March 1969	Frankfurt, Germany	9		1–1	1–1	Friendly
10	16 April 1969	Glasgow, Scotland	10		1–0	1–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying
11	10 May 1969	Nuremberg, Germany	11		1–0	1–0
12	21 May 1969	Essen, Germany	12		1–0	align=center rowspan="4"		12–0
13					7–0
14					9–0
15					12–0
16	21 September 1969	Vienna, Austria	13		1–1	1–1	Friendly
17	22 October 1969	Hamburg, Germany	15		2–1	3–2	1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying
18	3 June 1970	León, Mexico	20		2–1	2–1	1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage
19	7 June 1970		21		2–1	align=center rowspan="3"	5–2	1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage
20					3–1
21					5–1
22	10 June 1970		22		1–0	align=center rowspan="3"	3–1	1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage
23					2–0
24					3–0
25	14 June 1970		23		3–2	3–2 (a.e.t.)	1970 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals
26	17 June 1970	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	24		2–1	align=center rowspan="2"	3–4 (a.e.t.)	1970 FIFA World Cup Semi-finals
27	17 June 1970	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	24		3–3			1970 FIFA World Cup Semi-finals
28	9 September 1970	Nuremberg, Germany	26		2–0	align=center rowspan="2"	3–1	Friendly
29	9 September 1970	Nuremberg, Germany	26		3–1			Friendly
30	17 October 1970	Cologne, Germany	27		1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
31	17 February 1971	Tirana, Albania	28		1–0	1–0
32	25 April 1971	Istanbul, Turkey	29		1–0	align=center rowspan="2"		3–0
33	25 April 1971	Istanbul, Turkey	29		2–0
34	22 June 1971	Oslo, Norway			2–0	align=center rowspan="3"	7–1	Friendly
35					4–0
36					5–0
37	30 June 1971	Copenhagen, Denmark	32		1–1	3–1
38	8 September 1971	Hanover, Germany	33		2–0	align=center rowspan="3"	5–0
39					3–0
40					5–0
41	10 October 1971	Warsaw, Poland	34		1–1	align=center rowspan="2"	3–1	UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
42	10 October 1971	Warsaw, Poland	34		2–1
43	29 April 1972	London, England	37		3–1	3–1
44	26 May 1972	Munich, Germany	39		1–0	align=center rowspan="4"	4–1	Friendly
45					2–0
46					3–0
47					4–0
48	14 June 1972	Antwerp, Belgium	40		1–0	align=center rowspan="2"	2–1	UEFA Euro 1972 Semi-finals
49	14 June 1972	Antwerp, Belgium	40		2–0			UEFA Euro 1972 Semi-finals
50	18 June 1972	Brussels, Belgium	41		1–0	align=center rowspan="2"	3–0	UEFA Euro 1972 Final
51	18 June 1972	Brussels, Belgium	41		3–0			UEFA Euro 1972 Final
52	15 November 1972	Düsseldorf, Germany	42		1–0	align=center rowspan="4"	5–1	Friendly
53					2–0
54					3–0
55					5–0
56	28 March 1973	Düsseldorf, Germany	43		1–0	align=center rowspan="2"	3–0	Friendly
57	28 March 1973	Düsseldorf, Germany	43		2–0
58	5 September 1973		47		1–0	1–0
59	10 October 1973	Hanover, Germany	48		1–0	align=center rowspan="2"	4–0
60	10 October 1973	Hanover, Germany	48		3–0
61	13 October 1973	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	49		1–0	align=center rowspan="2"	2–1
62	13 October 1973	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	49		2–0
63	17 April 1974	Dortmund, Germany	54		4–0	align=center rowspan="2"	5–0
64	17 April 1974	Dortmund, Germany	54		5–0
65	18 June 1974	Hamburg, Germany	57		3–0	3–0	1974 FIFA World Cup Group stage
66	26 June 1974	Düsseldorf, Germany	59		2–0	2–0	1974 FIFA World Cup Group stage
67	3 July 1974	Frankfurt, Germany	61		1–0	1–0	1974 FIFA World Cup Group stage
68	7 July 1974	Munich, Germany	62		2–1	2–1	1974 FIFA World Cup Final

Hat-tricks

	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund, Germany	data-sort-value="Albania"	data-sort-value="15"	4 – (6', 25', 73', 85'(pen.))	6–0	UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying	^[4]
2	Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen, Germany	data-sort-value="Cyprus"	data-sort-value="29"	4 – (3', 43', 49', 85')	12–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying	^[5]
3	Nou Camp, León, Mexico	data-sort-value="Bulgaria"	data-sort-value="29"	3 – (28', 52'(pen.), 82')	5–2	1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage	^[6]
4	Nou Camp, León, Mexico	data-sort-value="Peru"	data-sort-value="45"	3 – (20', 26', 39')	3–1	1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage	^[7]
5	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	data-sort-value="Norway"	data-sort-value="62"	3 – (30', 47', 52')	7–1	Friendly	^[8]
6	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany	data-sort-value="Mexico"	data-sort-value="62"	3 – (12', 14', 55')	5–0		^[9]
7	Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany	data-sort-value="Soviet Union"	data-sort-value="62"	4 – (49', 52', 58', 65')	4–1		^[10]
8	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany	data-sort-value="Switzerland"	data-sort-value="62"	4 – (23', 30', 47', 77')	5–1		^[11]

Statistics

Germany national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1966	1	0
1967	4	6
1968	3	2
1969	7	9
1970	12	13
1971	8	12
1972	7	13
1973	8	7
1974	12	6
Total	62	68

Goals by competition
Competition	Goals
Friendlies	29
UEFA European Championship qualifying	12
UEFA European Championship	4
FIFA World Cup qualification	9
FIFA World Cup	14
Total	68

Goals by opponent
Opponent	Goals
	7
	5
	5
	5
	4
	4
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	2
	2
	2
	2
	2
	2
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
Total	68

External links

Web site: Gerhard "Gerd" Müller - Goals in International Matches. RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

Notes and References

Web site: Gerhard "Gerd" Müller – Goals in International Matches . Rsssf.com . 25 March 2005 . 24 October 2011 . 1 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181001104938/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/mueller-intlg.html . live .
Web site: Klose breaks World Cup goal record . Goal.com . 8 July 2014 . 6 July 2015 . 10 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201110162354/https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/67/world-cup-2014/2014/07/08/4945539/klose-breaks-world-cup-goal-record . live .
Web site: Gerd Müller . eu-football.info . 28 June 2022 .
Web site: West Germany vs Albania, 8 April 1967 . EU-football.info . 28 June 2022 .
Web site: West Germany vs Cyprus, 21 May 1969, World Cup qualification . EU-football.info . 28 June 2022 .
Web site: Bulgaria vs West Germany, 7 June 1970, World Cup . EU-football.info . 28 June 2022 .
Web site: Peru vs West Germany, 10 June 1970, World Cup . EU-football.info . 28 June 2022 .
Web site: Norway vs West Germany, 22 June 1971 . EU-football.info . 28 June 2022 .
Web site: West Germany vs Mexico, 8 September 1971 . EU-football.info . 28 June 2022 .
Web site: West Germany vs Soviet Union, 26 May 1972 . EU-football.info . 28 June 2022 .
Web site: West Germany vs Switzerland, 15 November 1972 . EU-football.info . 28 June 2022 .