List of international goals scored by Gerd Müller

Gerd Müller (1945–2021) 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.
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International goals
- Scores and results list West Germany's goal tally first.
G | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 April 1967 | Dortmund, Germany | 2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 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 | |
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 | 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 | 5–2 | 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage | |
20 | 3–1 | ||||||
21 | 5–1 | ||||||
22 | 10 June 1970 | 22 | ![]() |
1–0 | 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 | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | 1970 FIFA World Cup Semi-finals |
27 | 3–3 | ||||||
28 | 9 September 1970 | Nuremberg, Germany | 26 | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
29 | 3–1 | ||||||
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 | 3–0 | |
33 | 2–0 | ||||||
34 | 22 June 1971 | Oslo, Norway | ![]() |
2–0 | 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 | 5–0 | |
39 | 3–0 | ||||||
40 | 5–0 | ||||||
41 | 10 October 1971 | Warsaw, Poland | 34 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying |
42 | 2–1 | ||||||
43 | 29 April 1972 | London, England | 37 | ![]() |
3–1 | 3–1 | |
44 | 26 May 1972 | Munich, Germany | 39 | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
45 | 2–0 | ||||||
46 | 3–0 | ||||||
47 | 4–0 | ||||||
48 | 14 June 1972 | Antwerp, Belgium | 40 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 1972 Semi-finals |
49 | 2–0 | ||||||
50 | 18 June 1972 | Brussels, Belgium | 41 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 1972 Final |
51 | 3–0 | ||||||
52 | 15 November 1972 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 42 | ![]() |
1–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
53 | 2–0 | ||||||
54 | 3–0 | ||||||
55 | 5–0 | ||||||
56 | 28 March 1973 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 43 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
57 | 2–0 | ||||||
58 | 5 September 1973 | Moscow, USSR | 47 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | |
59 | 10 October 1973 | Hanover, Germany | 48 | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–0 | |
60 | 3–0 | ||||||
61 | 13 October 1973 | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 49 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 | |
62 | 2–0 | ||||||
63 | 17 April 1974 | Dortmund, Germany | 54 | ![]() |
4–0 | 5–0 | |
64 | 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 |
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Hat-tricks
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Goals | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 8 April 1967 | Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund, Germany | ![]() |
4 – (6', 25', 73', 85'(pen.)) | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | [4] |
2 | 21 May 1969 | Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen, Germany | ![]() |
4 – (3', 43', 49', 85') | 12–0 | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying | [5] |
3 | 7 June 1970 | Nou Camp, León, Mexico | ![]() |
3 – (28' , 52'(pen.), 82') | 5–2 | 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage | [6] |
4 | 10 June 1970 | ![]() |
3 – (20', 26', 39') | 3–1 | 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage | [7] | |
5 | 22 June 1971 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | ![]() |
3 – (30', 47', 52') | 7–1 | Friendly | [8] |
6 | 8 September 1971 | Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany | ![]() |
3 – (12', 14', 55') | 5–0 | [9] | |
7 | 26 May 1972 | Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany | ![]() |
4 – (49', 52', 58', 65') | 4–1 | [10] | |
8 | 15 November 1972 | Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany | ![]() |
4 – (23', 30', 47', 77') | 5–1 | [11] |
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Statistics
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Source: "List of international goals scored by Gerd Müller", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 20th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_goals_scored_by_Gerd_Müller.
Further Reading

Gerd Müller

Miroslav Klose

Germany national football team

Portugal national football team

Just Fontaine

Vivian Woodward

Lukas Podolski

List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

Thomas Müller
List of Germany international footballers

Germany at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup top goalscorers

Donis Avdijaj
List of international goals scored by Miroslav Klose

List of international goals scored by Sándor Kocsis
References
- ^ "Gerhard "Gerd" Müller – Goals in International Matches". Rsssf.com. 25 March 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ "Klose breaks World Cup goal record". Goal.com. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ "Gerd Müller". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "West Germany vs Albania, 8 April 1967". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "West Germany vs Cyprus, 21 May 1969, World Cup qualification". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Bulgaria vs West Germany, 7 June 1970, World Cup". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Peru vs West Germany, 10 June 1970, World Cup". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Norway vs West Germany, 22 June 1971". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "West Germany vs Mexico, 8 September 1971". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "West Germany vs Soviet Union, 26 May 1972". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "West Germany vs Switzerland, 15 November 1972". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
External links
- "Gerhard "Gerd" Müller - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
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