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The highest-scoring international matches

The highest-scoring international is Australia 31–0 American Samoa on 11 April 2001, 31 goals in World Cup qualifying.

Matches
#MatchScoreCompetitionDate
1AustraliavAmerican Samoa31–0World Cup qualifying11 Apr 2001
2TahitivCook IslandsHead-to-head30–0South Pacific Games13 Sept 1971
3AustraliavTonga22–0World Cup qualifying9 Apr 2001
4LibyavOman21–0Arab Cup3 Apr 1966
5KazakhstanvGuam20–1East Asian Games13 May 1997
6GuamvNorth KoreaHead-to-head0–21EAFF Championship11 Mar 2005
7American SamoavPapua New GuineaHead-to-head0–20South Pacific Games15 Dec 1987
8KuwaitvBhutan20–0AFC Asian Cup qualifying14 Feb 2000
9ChinavGuamHead-to-head19–0AFC Asian Cup qualifying26 Jan 2000
10IranvGuamHead-to-head19–0World Cup qualifying24 Nov 2000
11FrancevDenmarkHead-to-head1–17Olympic Games22 Oct 1908
12Solomon IslandsvTahitiHead-to-head0–18South Pacific Games6 Sept 1963
13GuamvNew CaledoniaHead-to-head0–18South Pacific Games15 Sept 1991
14JapanvPhilippinesHead-to-head2–15Friendly7 May 1917
15JapanvPhilippinesHead-to-head2–15Far Eastern Championship Games10 May 1917
16Cook IslandsvPapua New GuineaHead-to-head1–16South Pacific Games11 Sept 1971
17MaldivesvIranHead-to-head0–17World Cup qualifying2 Jun 1997
18AustraliavCook Islands17–0Oceania Nations Cup19 Jun 2000
19Dominican RepublicvBritish Virgin IslandsHead-to-head17–0CFU Caribbean Cup qualifying14 Oct 2010
20GermanyvRussiaHead-to-head16–0Olympic Games1 Jul 1912
21MalaysiavPhilippinesHead-to-head15–1Asian Games26 Aug 1962
22DenmarkvIcelandHead-to-head14–2Friendly23 Aug 1967
23Cook IslandsvFijiHead-to-head1–15South Pacific Games15 Sept 1971
24AlgeriavYemen15–1Palestine Cup17 Aug 1973
25Cook IslandsvSolomon IslandsHead-to-head0–16South Pacific Games21 Aug 1995
26AustraliavCook Islands16–0Oceania Nations Cup28 Sept 1998
27TajikistanvGuam16–0World Cup qualifying26 Nov 2000
28South KoreavNepalHead-to-head16–0AFC Asian Cup qualifying29 Sept 2003
29Hong KongvGuamHead-to-head15–1EAFF Championship21 Jun 2007
30EnglandvNorthern IrelandHead-to-head13–2British Home Championship18 Feb 1899
31EgyptvLaos15–0Friendly15 Nov 1963
32KenyavGhanaHead-to-head2–13Friendly11 Dec 1965
33GuamvTahiti0–15South Pacific Games9 Sept 1991
34FijivGuamHead-to-head14–1South Pacific Games12 Sept 1991
35GrenadavAnguilla14–1CFU Caribbean Cup qualifying15 Apr 1998
36MongoliavUzbekistan0–15Asian Games5 Dec 1998
37St LuciavUS Virgin IslandsHead-to-head14–1CFU Caribbean Cup qualifying14 Apr 2001
38GuamvHong KongHead-to-head0–15EAFF Championship7 Mar 2005
39American SamoavVanuatuHead-to-head0–15South Pacific Games29 Aug 2007
40QatarvBhutan15–0World Cup qualifying3 Sept 2015
41Trinidad and TobagovAnguilla15–0Friendly10 Nov 2019
42SwedenvNorwayHead-to-head11–3Friendly12 Jul 1908
43HungaryvFranceHead-to-head13–1Friendly12 Jun 1927
44ItalyvEgyptHead-to-head11–3Olympic Games9 Jun 1928
45UgandavKenyaHead-to-head13–1Friendly25 Aug 1932
46UgandavKenyaHead-to-head9–5Friendly17 May 1937
47CuraçaovPuerto RicoHead-to-head14–0Central American and Caribbean Games15 Dec 1946
48North KoreavSomalia14–0Friendly11 Nov 1963
49ChinavTanzaniaHead-to-head10–4Friendly28 Jun 1966
50North KoreavYemenHead-to-head14–0GaNEFo30 Nov 1966

Men’s internationals between FIFA members and historic national sides, through 6 October 2026. Scores include extra time but not penalty shootouts. Methodology.