Progression of Australia association football goalscoring record explained

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

Player Goals Date Opponent Score Notes
1 1–3
1 1–1 Jointly with Maunder
1 1–3 Jointly with Maunder and Bratten
2 2–1
2 2–3 Jointly with Maunder
3 1–4
align=center 5 4–1 2 goals
align=center 6 1–4
align=center 7 4–2 2 goals
align=center 11 7–1 4 goals
16 10–0 5 goals
16 6–0 2 goals, to equal Smith
16 6–0 Jointly with Abonyi and Smith
17 3–0
17 2–2 Jointly with Abonyi
18 2–0
18 3–1 Jointly with Baartz
19 2–0
20 1–1
21 2–0
22 3–0
23 2–1
24 5–2
25 2–0
26 22–0 4 goals
27 2–0
28 11–0
29 2–1
31 3–4 2 goals
32 1–1
33 1–3
34 2–3
35 3–2
36 1–2
37 4–1
39 2–0 2 goals
41 3–0 2 goals
42 3–0
45 4–0 3 goals
47 5–1 2 goals
48 1–0
50 2–1 2 goals

See also

References

General

Specific

Notes and References

  1. News: Tim Cahill ends Syria's World Cup dream as 50th Australia goal puts Socceroos two games from Russia. 12 October 2020. Daily Mirror. Liam. Prenderville. 10 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Cahill takes over the mantle. Socceroos. 7 March 2014. 23 July 2020.
  3. News: Sydney Morning Herald. 10 April 2001. Tonga lashing: Socceroos win 22–0. Cockerill, Michael.