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List of international goals scored by Gerd Müller

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 with West Germany at the 1974 FIFA World Cup final.

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 edit

Scores and results list West Germany's goal tally first.
G Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 April 1967 Dortmund, Germany 2   Albania 1–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
2 2–0
3 3–0
4 6–0
5 27 September 1967 Berlin, Germany 4   France 4–0 5–1 Friendly
6 7 October 1967 Hamburg, Germany 5   Yugoslavia 2–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
7 13 October 1968 Vienna, Austria 7   Austria 1–0 2–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying
8 23 November 1968 Nicosia, Cyprus 8   Cyprus 1–0 1–0
9 26 March 1969 Frankfurt, Germany 9   Wales 1–1 1–1 Friendly
10 16 April 1969 Glasgow, Scotland 10   Scotland 1–0 1–1 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying
11 10 May 1969 Nuremberg, Germany 11   Austria 1–0 1–0
12 21 May 1969 Essen, Germany 12   Cyprus 1–0 12–0
13 7–0
14 9–0
15 12–0
16 21 September 1969 Vienna, Austria 13   Austria 1–1 1–1 Friendly
17 22 October 1969 Hamburg, Germany 15   Scotland 2–1 3–2 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying
18 3 June 1970 León, Mexico 20   Morocco 2–1 2–1 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage
19 7 June 1970 21   Bulgaria 2–1 5–2 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage
20 3–1
21 5–1
22 10 June 1970 22   Peru 1–0 3–1 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage
23 2–0
24 3–0
25 14 June 1970 23   England 3–2 3–2 (a.e.t.) 1970 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals
26 17 June 1970 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 24   Italy 2–1 3–4 (a.e.t.) 1970 FIFA World Cup Semi-finals
27 3–3
28 9 September 1970 Nuremberg, Germany 26   Hungary 2–0 3–1 Friendly
29 3–1
30 17 October 1970 Cologne, Germany 27   Turkey 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
31 17 February 1971 Tirana, Albania 28   Albania 1–0 1–0
32 25 April 1971 Istanbul, Turkey 29   Turkey 1–0 3–0
33 2–0
34 22 June 1971 Oslo, Norway   Norway 2–0 7–1 Friendly
35 4–0
36 5–0
37 30 June 1971 Copenhagen, Denmark 32   Denmark 1–1 3–1
38 8 September 1971 Hanover, Germany 33   Mexico 2–0 5–0
39 3–0
40 5–0
41 10 October 1971 Warsaw, Poland 34   Poland 1–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
42 2–1
43 29 April 1972 London, England 37   England 3–1 3–1
44 26 May 1972 Munich, Germany 39   Soviet Union 1–0 4–1 Friendly
45 2–0
46 3–0
47 4–0
48 14 June 1972 Antwerp, Belgium 40   Belgium 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 1972 Semi-finals
49 2–0
50 18 June 1972 Brussels, Belgium 41   Soviet Union 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 1972 Final
51 3–0
52 15 November 1972 Düsseldorf, Germany 42    Switzerland 1–0 5–1 Friendly
53 2–0
54 3–0
55 5–0
56 28 March 1973 Düsseldorf, Germany 43   Czechoslovakia 1–0 3–0 Friendly
57 2–0
58 5 September 1973 Moscow, USSR 47   Soviet Union 1–0 1–0
59 10 October 1973 Hanover, Germany 48   Austria 1–0 4–0
60 3–0
61 13 October 1973 Gelsenkirchen, Germany 49   France 1–0 2–1
62 2–0
63 17 April 1974 Dortmund, Germany 54   Hungary 4–0 5–0
64 5–0
65 18 June 1974 Hamburg, Germany 57   Australia 3–0 3–0 1974 FIFA World Cup Group stage
66 26 June 1974 Düsseldorf, Germany 59   Yugoslavia 2–0 2–0 1974 FIFA World Cup Group stage
67 3 July 1974 Frankfurt, Germany 61   Poland 1–0 1–0 1974 FIFA World Cup Group stage
68 7 July 1974 Munich, Germany 62   Netherlands 2–1 2–1 1974 FIFA World Cup Final

Hat-tricks edit

See also: List of Germany national football team hat-tricks
No. Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition Ref.
1 8 April 1967 Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund, Germany   Albania 4 – (6', 25', 73', 85'(pen.)) 6–0 UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying [4]
2 21 May 1969 Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen, Germany   Cyprus 4 – (3', 43', 49', 85') 12–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying [5]
3 7 June 1970 Nou Camp, León, Mexico   Bulgaria 3 – (28' , 52'(pen.), 82') 5–2 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage [6]
4 10 June 1970   Peru 3 – (20', 26', 39') 3–1 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage [7]
5 22 June 1971 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway   Norway 3 – (30', 47', 52') 7–1 Friendly [8]
6 8 September 1971 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany   Mexico 3 – (12', 14', 55') 5–0 [9]
7 26 May 1972 Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany   Soviet Union 4 – (49', 52', 58', 65') 4–1 [10]
8 15 November 1972 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany    Switzerland 4 – (23', 30', 47', 77') 5–1 [11]

Statistics edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Gerhard "Gerd" Müller – Goals in International Matches". Rsssf.com. 25 March 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Klose breaks World Cup goal record". Goal.com. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Gerd Müller". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  4. ^ "West Germany vs Albania, 8 April 1967". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  5. ^ "West Germany vs Cyprus, 21 May 1969, World Cup qualification". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Bulgaria vs West Germany, 7 June 1970, World Cup". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Peru vs West Germany, 10 June 1970, World Cup". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Norway vs West Germany, 22 June 1971". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  9. ^ "West Germany vs Mexico, 8 September 1971". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  10. ^ "West Germany vs Soviet Union, 26 May 1972". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  11. ^ "West Germany vs Switzerland, 15 November 1972". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

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