Denis Law - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding Scottish player scored 30 international goals in 55 matches for his National Team, which is the record number of goals scored (shared with Kenny Dalglish) by an individual player for Scotland. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 24/ 2/1940 Country: Scotland Caps: 55 (W24-D13-L18 - GF105-GA84 - %55.45) Goals: 30 (% 0.55 per match) Age First Cap: 18 yr 236 d 18/10/1958 vs. Wales 3-0 Age Last Cap: 34 yr 110 d 14/ 6/1974 vs. Zaire 2-0 National Team Career: 15 yr 239 d

Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 1 1 18/10/58 Cardiff Wales 3-0 British Champ. 2 1 5/11/58 Glasgow N. Ireland 2-2 British Champ. 3 1 27/ 5/59 Amsterdam Netherlands 2-1 4 1 3/ 6/59 Lisboa Portugal 0-1 5 1 3/10/59 Belfast N. Ireland 4-0 British Champ. 6 1 4/11/59 Glasgow Wales 1-1 British Champ. 7 1 9/ 4/60 Glasgow England 1-1 British Champ. 8 1 2 4/ 5/60 Glasgow Poland 2-3 9 2 29/ 5/60 Wien Austria 1-4 10 1 3 9/11/60 Glasgow N. Ireland 5-2 British Champ. 11 3 15/ 4/61 London England 3-9 British Champ. 12 2 5 26/ 5/61 Glasgow Czechoslovakia 3-2 World Cup Qualifier 13 5 29/11/61 Brussel Czechoslovakia 2-4 World Cup Qualifier 14 5 14/ 4/62 Glasgow England 2-0 British Champ. 15 1 6 20/10/62 Cardiff Wales 3-2 British Champ. 16 4 10 7/11/62 Glasgow N. Ireland 5-1 British Champ. 17 10 6/ 4/63 London England 2-1 British Champ. 18 2 12 8/ 5/63 Glasgow Austria 4-1 [1] 19 3 15 4/ 6/63 Bergen Norway 3-4 20 15 9/ 6/63 Dublin Ireland 0-1 21 1 16 13/ 6/63 Madrid Spain 6-2 22 4 20 7/11/63 Glasgow Norway 6-1 23 1 21 20/11/63 Glasgow Wales 2-1 British Champ. 24 21 11/ 4/64 Glasgow England 1-0 British Champ. 25 21 12/ 5/64 Hannover West Germany 2-2 26 21 3/10/64 Cardiff Wales 2-3 British Champ. 27 1 22 21/10/64 Glasgow Finland 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 28 22 25/11/64 Glasgow N. Ireland 3-2 British Champ. 29 1 23 10/ 4/65 London England 2-2 British Champ. 30 23 8/ 5/65 Glasgow Spain 0-0 31 1 24 23/ 5/65 Chorz�w Poland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 32 24 27/ 5/65 Helsinki Finland 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 33 24 2/10/65 Belfast N. Ireland 2-3 British Champ. 34 24 13/10/65 Glasgow Poland 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 35 1 25 2/ 4/66 Glasgow England 3-4 British Champ. 36 1 26 22/10/66 Cardiff Wales 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 37 1 27 15/ 4/67 London England 3-2 European Ch. Qual. 38 27 10/ 5/67 Glasgow Soviet Union 0-2 39 27 21/10/67 Belfast N. Ireland 0-1 European Ch. Qual. 40 1 28 6/11/68 Glasgow Austria 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 41 28 16/ 4/69 Glasgow West Germany 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 42 28 6/ 5/69 Glasgow N. Ireland 1-1 British Champ. 43 1 29 26/ 4/72 Glasgow Peru 2-0 44 1 30 20/ 5/72 Glasgow N. Ireland 2-0 British Champ. 45 30 24/ 5/72 Glasgow Wales 1-0 British Champ. 46 30 27/ 5/72 Glasgow England 0-1 British Champ. 47 30 29/ 6/72 Belo Horizonte Yugoslavia 2-2 Independence Cup 48 30 2/ 7/72 Porto Alegre Czechoslovakia 0-0 Independence Cup 49 30 5/ 7/72 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 0-1 Independence Cup 50 30 26/ 9/73 Glasgow Czechoslovakia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 51 30 17/10/73 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 52 30 14/11/73 Glasgow West Germany 1-1 53 30 27/ 3/74 Frankfurt West Germany 1-2 54 30 11/ 5/74 Glasgow N. Ireland 0-1 British Champ. 55 30 14/ 6/74 Dortmund Zaire 2-0 World Cup

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Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage 55 24 13 18 105- 84 61 55.45

30 Goals in 55 Matches (% 0.55 per match)

Types of Goals Friendlies 12 British Championship 11 World Cup Qualifier 5 European Ch. Qual. 2

Total goals: 30

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Author: Roberto Mamrud (robert@elsitio.net) Last updated: 5 Oct 2002