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[]
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. 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[]
Player | Country | Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Notes |
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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.[4] | ||
34 | 05-09-2007 | Apia | New Caledonia | 2–3 | [4] |
See also[]
- Progression of association football goalscoring record
- Progression of association football caps Oceania record
- List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "New Zealand Results 1904–59". ultimatenzsoccer.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Damian Mori – Goals in International Matches RSSSF
- ^ a b c d e Esala Masi at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Commins Menapi – International Goals RSSSF
- Association football record progressions
- National association football team records and statistics