Müller with West Germany at the 1974 FIFA World Cup final .
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.[ 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.
International goals [ edit ]
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
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
[ 4]
2
21 May 1969
Georg-Melches-Stadion , Essen , Germany
Cyprus
4 – (3', 43', 49', 85')
12–0
1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying
[ 5]
3
7 June 1970
Nou Camp , León , Mexico
Bulgaria
3 – (28' , 52'(pen .), 82')
5–2
1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage
[ 6]
4
10 June 1970
Peru
3 – (20', 26', 39')
3–1
1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage
[ 7]
5
22 June 1971
Ullevaal Stadion , Oslo , Norway
Norway
3 – (30', 47', 52')
7–1
Friendly
[ 8]
6
8 September 1971
Niedersachsenstadion , Hanover , Germany
Mexico
3 – (12', 14', 55')
5–0
[ 9]
7
26 May 1972
Olympiastadion , Munich , Germany
Soviet Union
4 – (49', 52', 58', 65')
4–1
[ 10]
8
15 November 1972
Rheinstadion , Düsseldorf , Germany
Switzerland
4 – (23', 30', 47', 77')
5–1
[ 11]
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
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^ "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 .
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^ "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 .
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