Progression of association football goalscoring Oceania record

This is a progressive list of men's association footballers who have held or co-held the Oceania record for international goals since 1922.

Criteria edit

The criteria used by national FAs in considering a match as a full international were not historically fixed. Particularly for the early decades, and until more recently for FAs outside UEFA and CONMEBOL, counts of goals were often considered unreliable. IFFHS and RSSSF have spent much effort trying to produce definitive lists of full international matches, and corresponding data on players' international caps and goals. Australia and New Zealand's FAs have their own official caps and goals database, however other OFC members' FA's do not have their own caps and goals database. Using the data by the FA, NZF RSSSF and NFT, the following records can be retrospectively produced. Note that, at the time, these records may not have been recognised.

Although Australia played in the OFC, they were moved to the AFC confederation in 2006. This affects Tim Cahill, who scored 8 Oceania goals and 42 Asian goals. Australia's player goals in the AFC have been removed for consistency and only count their players' goals from 1922 to 2005.

Oceania record edit

Player Country Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Notes
Ted Cook   New Zealand 2 17-06-1922 Dunedin   Australia 3–1 Cook scored twice in this match.[1]
3 24-06-1922 Wellington   Australia 1–1 [1]
4 08-07-1922 Auckland   Australia 3–1 [1]
George Campbell   New Zealand 7 30-06-1923 Newcastle   Australia 4–1 Campbell scored four times in this match to overtake Cook.[1]
George Smith   Australia 7 24-06-1933 Sydney   New Zealand 4–2 Smith scored twice in this match to equal Campbell.[2]
11 04-07-1936 Dunedin   New Zealand 7–1 Smith scored four times in this match.[2]
16 11-07-1936 Wellington   New Zealand 10–0 Smith scored five times in this match.[2]
Jock Newall   New Zealand 17 28-09-1952 Papeete   Tahiti 5–3 Newall scored four times in this match to overtake Smith.[1]
Attila Abonyi   Australia 17 18-08-1973 Sydney   Iran 3–0 [2]
Ray Baartz   Australia 17 11-11-1973 Seoul   South Korea 2–2 Jointly with Abonyi.[2]
18 27-04-1974 Sydney   Uruguay 2–0 [2]
Attila Abonyi   Australia 18 02-03-1976 Melbourne   New Zealand 3–1 Jointly with Baartz.[2]
19 18-08-1976 Gosford   Hong Kong 2–0 [2]
20 20-10-1976 Jakarta   Indonesia 1–1 [2]
21 24-10-1976 Hong Kong   Hong Kong 2–0 [2]
22 13-03-1977 Ba   Chinese Taipei 3–0 [2]
23 16-03-1977 Ba   Chinese Taipei 2–1 [2]
24 30-10-1977 Hong Kong   Hong Kong 5–2 [2]
25 13-11-1977 Singapore   Singapore 2–0 [2]
Damian Mori   Australia 26 09-04-2001 Coffs Harbour   Tonga 22–0 Mori scored four times in this match to overtake Abonyi.[3]
27 06-07-2002 Auckland   Vanuatu 2–0 [3]
28 08-07-2002 Auckland   New Caledonia 11–0 [3]
29 12-07-2002 Auckland   Tahiti 2–1 [3]
Esala Masi   Fiji 29 17-05-2004 Apia   Samoa 4–0 Jointly with Mori.[4]
30 12-08-2005 Lautoka   India 1–0 [4]
31 14-08-2005 Suva   India 2–1 [4]
Commins Menapi   Solomon Islands 31 13-07-2007 Apia   American Samoa 12–1 Menapi scored four times in this match to equal Masi.[5]
33 27-08-2007 Apia   Tonga 4–0 Menapi scored twice in this match.[5]
34 05-09-2007 Apia   New Caledonia 2–3 [5]
Chris Wood   New Zealand 34 13-10-2023 Murcia   DR Congo 1–1 Wood scored to equal Menapi.[6]
Roy Krishna   Fiji 35 18-11-2023 Honiara   Northern Mariana Islands 10–0 Krishna scored three times to overtake Wood.[7]
36 21-03-2024 Honiara   Solomon Islands 0–2 [7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "New Zealand Results 1904–59". ultimatenzsoccer.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Howe, Andrew (12 October 2006). "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). ozfootball.net. Football Federation Australia.
  3. ^ a b c d Damian Mori – Goals in International Matches RSSSF
  4. ^ a b c Esala Masi at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ^ a b c Commins Menapi – International Goals RSSSF
  6. ^ Christopher Grant Wood - Goals in International Matches RSSSF
  7. ^ a b Roy Krishna - Goals in International Matches RSSSF