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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 country man Miroslav Klose, who also broke Müller's record for goals for Germany.

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. 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.

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

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
2	21 May 1969	Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen, Germany	Cyprus	4 – (3', 43', 49', 85')	12–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying
3	7 June 1970	Nou Camp, León, Mexico	Bulgaria	3 – (28' , 52'(pen.), 82')	5–2	1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage
4	10 June 1970		Peru	3 – (20', 26', 39')	3–1	1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage
5	22 June 1971	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	3 – (30', 47', 52')	7–1	Friendly
6	8 September 1971	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany	Mexico	3 – (12', 14', 55')	5–0
7	26 May 1972	Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany	Soviet Union	4 – (49', 52', 58', 65')	4–1
8	15 November 1972	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany	Switzerland	4 – (23', 30', 47', 77')	5–1

Statistics

Germany national team Year Apps Goals 1966 1 0 1967 4 6 1968 3 2 1969 7 9 1970 12 13 1971 8 12 1972 7 13 1973 8 7 1974 12 6 Total 62 68

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  Soviet Union 7  Albania 5  Austria 5  Cyprus 5  Hungary 4   Switzerland 4  Bulgaria 3  France 3  Mexico 3  Norway 3  Peru 3  Poland 3  Turkey 3  Belgium 2  Czech Republic 2  England 2  Italy 2  Scotland 2  Yugoslavia 2  Australia 1  Denmark 1  Morocco 1  Netherlands 1  Wales 1 Total 68

See also

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

References

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.

External links

• "Gerhard "Gerd" Müller - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

• Lists of association football international goals by player
• Germany national football team records and statistics