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. 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 countryman Klose.

Müller netted eight international hat-tricks, which is a national record and the third-best in Europe, behind Sweden's Sven Rydell with nine and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo with ten. On half of those occasions he added a fourth goal in the same match, against Albania, Cyprus, the Soviet Union and Switzerland. 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.

+ List of international goals scored by Gerd MüllerNo.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition12Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund, Germany1–06–0UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying22–033–046–054Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany4–05–1Friendly65Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany2–13–1UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying77Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria1–02–01970 FIFA World Cup qualification88GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus1–01–01970 FIFA World Cup qualification99Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany1–11–1Friendly1010Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1–01–11970 FIFA World Cup qualification1111Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany1–01–01970 FIFA World Cup qualification1212Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen, Germany1–012–01970 FIFA World Cup qualification137–0149–01512–01613Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria1–11–1Friendly1715Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany2–13–21970 FIFA World Cup qualification1820Estadio León, León, Mexico2–12–11970 FIFA World Cup1921Estadio León, León, Mexico2–15–21970 FIFA World Cup203–1215–12222Estadio León, León, Mexico1–03–11970 FIFA World Cup232–0243–02523Estadio León, León, Mexico3–23–21970 FIFA World Cup2624Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico2–13–41970 FIFA World Cup273–32826Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany2–03–1Friendly293–13027Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany1–11–1UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying3128Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania1–01–0UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying3229Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey1–03–0UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying332–03430Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway2–07–1Friendly354–0365–03732Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark1–13–1Friendly3833Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany2–05–0Friendly393–0405–0413410th-Anniversary Stadium, Warsaw, Poland1–13–1UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying422–14337Wembley Stadium, London, England3–13–1UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying4439Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany1–04–1Friendly452–0463–0474–04840Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, Belgium1–02–1UEFA Euro 1972492–05041Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–03–0UEFA Euro 1972513–05242Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany1–05–1Friendly532–0543–0555–05643Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany1–03–0Friendly572–05847Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union1–01–0Friendly5948Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany1–04–0Friendly603–06149Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany1–02–1Friendly622–06354Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany4–05–0Friendly645–06557Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany3–03–01974 FIFA World Cup6659Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany2–02–01974 FIFA World Cup6761Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany1–01–01974 FIFA World Cup6862Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany2–12–11974 FIFA World Cup

Hat-tricks

Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition 1 Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund, Germany 4 – (6', 25', 73', 85'(pen.)) 6–0 UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying 2 Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen, Germany 4 – (3', 43', 49', 85') 12–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying 3 Nou Camp, León, Mexico 3 – (28', 52' (pen.), 82') 5–2 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage 4 3 – (20', 26', 39') 3–1 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage 5 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway 3 – (30', 47', 52') 7–1 Friendly 6 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany 3 – (12', 14', 55') 5–0 7 Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany 4 – (49', 52', 58', 65') 4–1 8 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany 4 – (23', 30', 47', 77') 5–1

Statistics

Germany national teamYearAppsGoals19661019674619683219697919701213197181219727131973871974126Total6268

+ 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

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

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