This article is about the men ‘s team. For the women ‘s team, see Australia women ‘s national soccer team
The Australia men’s national soccer team represents Australia in international men ‘s soccer. officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing torso for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is presently a member of the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation ( AFF ) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation ( OFC ) in 2006.
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Australia is the entirely national team to have been a champion of two confederations, having won the OFC Nations Cup four times between 1980 and 2004, adenine well as the AFC asian Cup at the 2015 consequence on home soil. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup tournament on five occasions, in 1974 and from 2006 to 2018. The team has besides represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup four times .
history [edit ]
early years [edit ]
The beginning Australia team playing New Zealand in 1922 The inaugural Australia national team was constituted in 1922 for a tour of New Zealand, [ 5 ] which included two defeats and a draw. For the next 36 years, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa became regular opponents in tour ( exhibition ) matches. [ 6 ] During that period, Australia besides competed against Canada and India during their tours of Australia in 1924 and 1938 respectively. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Australia recorded their worst ever defeat on 30 June 1951 as they lost 17–0 in a match to a tour England side. [ 9 ] Australia had a rare opportunity to compete on the world ‘s stage during the team ‘s inaugural major international tournament as hosts of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. however, an inexperienced squad proved to be rationality for the team ‘s disappoint performance. [ 10 ] With the second coming of brassy air change of location, Australia began to diversify its crop of opponents. [ 6 ] however, its geographic isolation continued to play a character in its destiny for the following 30 years. [ 6 ] Australia won the 1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup against seven other nations, but this gained little recognition domestically. [ 11 ] After failing to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in 1966 and 1970, losing in play-offs to North Korea and Israel respectively, Australia finally appeared at their first World Cup in West Germany, 1974. [ 12 ] After managing alone a draw from Chile and losses from East Germany and West Germany, the team which was made up of by and large amateurish players was eliminated at the end of the first orotund, finishing last in their group without scoring a finish. It would prove to be the entirely appearance for the australian team until the World Cup tournament returned to Germany more than three decades by and by in 2006. [ 12 ] Over a 40-year period, the australian team was known for its near misses in its attempts to qualify for the World Cup ; they lost play-offs in 1966 to North Korea, 1970 to Israel, 1986 to Scotland, 1994 to Argentina, 1998 to Iran and 2002 to Uruguay .
First successes and “ golden generation ” [edit ]
The team ‘s previously hapless record in World Cup rival was not reflected in their reasonable performances against solid european and south american sides. In 1988, Australia defeated reigning populace champions Argentina 4–1 in the australian Bicentennial Gold Cup. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] In 1997, Australia drew with reigning worldly concern champions Brazil 0–0 in the group stage and then defeated Uruguay 1–0 in the semi-finals to reach the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Final. [ 15 ] In 2001, after a victory against reigning global champions France in the group stage, Australia finished the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in third base rate after defeating Brazil 1–0 in the third-place decider. [ 16 ] Australia defeated England 3–1 at West Ham United ‘s Boleyn Ground in 2003 as Wayne Rooney made his external debut. [ 17 ] In early 2005, it was reported that Football Federation Australia had entered into discussions to join the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) and end an about 40-year affiliation with the Oceania Football Confederation ( OFC ). [ 18 ] many commentators and fans, most notably soccer broadcaster and former Australian captain Johnny Warren, felt that the only way for Australia to progress was to abandon Oceania. [ 19 ] On 13 March, the AFC executive committee made a solid decision to invite Australia to join the AFC. [ 20 ] After the OFC executive committee unanimously endorsed Australia ‘s proposed act, FIFA approved the move on 30 June 2005. [ 20 ] Australia joined Asia, with the act taking effect on 1 January 2006, though until then, Australia had to compete for a 2006 World Cup status as an OFC member country. [ 20 ] After a successful political campaign, the team took the first steps towards qualification for the 2006 World Cup. [ 21 ] After coach Frank Farina stood down from the position after Australia ‘s blue performance at the 2005 Confederations Cup, Guus Hiddink was announced as the newly national coach. [ 21 ] Australia, ranked 49th, would then have to play the 18th ranked Uruguay in a replay of the 2001 qualification play-off for a spotlight in the 2006 World Cup. After a 5–0 friendly win against Jamaica, [ 22 ] the first branch of the play-off tournament was lost ( 1–0 ), with the return leg inactive to be played in Australia four days late in Sydney on 16 November 2005. [ 23 ]
Australia playing Uruguay at Stadium Australia to determine the survive stipulate spots for the 2006 World Cup. The second leg of the qualifying play-off was played in presence of a crowd of 82,698 at Stadium Australia. [ 24 ] Australia led Uruguay 1–0 after 90 minutes following a finish by Mark Bresciano in the first half. The aggregate was tied, and excess time was played. Neither team scored after two periods of supernumerary clock time, bringing the plot to a penalty gunfight. Australia won the penalty gunfight ( 4–2 ), making Australia the inaugural ever team to qualify for a World Cup via a penalty gunfight. [ 25 ] australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer made two saves, with John Aloisi scoring the winning penalty for a place in the World Cup, Australia ‘s first qualification in 32 years. [ 23 ] Australia went into the 2006 World Cup as the second lowest-ranked side. Although their ranking vastly improved in subsequent months after a series of exhibition matches against high-profile teams, including a 1–1 draw against the Netherlands, and a 1–0 win at the sold-out 100,000 capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground against the then european champions Greece., [ 26 ] for the 2006 World Cup, Australia was placed into Group F, along with Japan, Croatia and defending champions Brazil. In their open group game, Australia defeated Japan 3–1, with Tim Cahill scoring two goals ( 84 ‘, 89 ‘ ) and John Aloisi scoring one ( 90+2 ‘ ) in the last eight minutes. Their goals made history, being the first gear always scored by Australia ‘s men ‘s soccer team in a World Cup and it was besides the foremost victory of an Oceania team in World Cups, a well as all three goals being scored in the last seven minutes of the game, which was never ahead done in a World Cup match. [ 27 ] Australia met Brazil in their second group game, which Australia lost to Brazil 2–0. Australia faced Croatia in their third meet. The final examination mark ( 2–2 ) was adequate to see Australia proceed to the circle of 16, where they were eliminated from the competition after a 1–0 get the better of by the eventual champions Italy after conceding a controversial punishment in the 93rd moment. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] The personnel casualty marked the official end of Hiddink ‘s tenure as Australia ‘s home coach. [ 30 ] The success achieved at the 2006 World Cup subsequently saw the team named AFC National Team of the Year, [ 31 ] deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as being dubbed the “ fortunate genesis “ in the history of the Socceroos. [ 32 ]
late success [edit ]
Led by passenger car Graham Arnold, Australia went to their inaugural asian Cup in 2007, sending a impregnable team which included 15 players from the previous class ‘s World Cup team. In Group A they played against Oman ( 1–1 draw ), Thailand ( 4–0 win ) and eventual champions Iraq ( 3–1 loss ), assuring Australia ‘s progress to the quarter-final stage of the tournament. Though after drawing 1–1 with Japan after extra time, Australia exited the tournament on penalties at the quarter-final degree. An international friendly on 11 September 2007 against Argentina ( 1–0 loss ) was Graham Arnold ‘s concluding plot as head bus, with the position finally being filled by Pim Verbeek on 6 December 2007. [ 33 ] Australia began their 2010 World Cup campaign in the third gear round of qualification, drawn into a group, composed of Qatar, Iraq and China PR, in which Australia finished first. Australia finally saw progress through to the 2010 World Cup after well winning the fourth round of qualification in a group consisting of Japan, Bahrain, Qatar and Uzbekistan. [ 34 ] Australia ‘s qualification was already assured before the final two games, last topping its group ahead of Japan by five points .
Australia was drawn into Group D in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which featured three-time earth champion Germany, Ghana and Serbia. On 14 June 2010, Australia faced Germany. Pim Verbeek ‘s storm decision to play without a accredit striker saw Australia comprehensively defeated 4–0. Verbeek received dense criticism for his tactics, [ 35 ] with SBS ( Australia ‘s World Cup broadcaster ) headman soccer analyst Craig Foster calling for his contiguous sack. [ 36 ] Australia ‘s irregular group match against Ghana resulted in a draw of 1–1, and their third and final group match against Serbia resulted in a 2–1 win. ultimately Australia ‘s heavy passing to Germany saw them eliminated in the group stage. Pim Verbeek completed his term as australian coach at the end of the 2010 World Cup and was soon replaced by Holger Osieck. [ 37 ] In 2010, Australia qualified for their second AFC Asian Cup, topping their qualification group. A successful political campaign at the 2011 AFC asian Cup saw Australia become runner-up to Japan, after losing in the Final 1–0 in extra time. [ 38 ] In 2012, Australia agreed to compete in the East asian Cup. [ 39 ] Australia travelled to Hong Kong to compete in a serial of qualification matches with the hopes of qualifying for the 2013 East asian Cup. Despite handing respective debuts and fielding an in-experienced police squad, Australia was successful, finishing ahead of Hong Kong, North Korea, Guam and Chinese Taipei to progress to the 2013 East asian Cup, where Australia finally finished last behind Japan, South Korea and China PR. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] On 26 August 2013, Australia became full members of the ASEAN Football Federation [ 42 ] but as part of their capture agreement with the sub-confederation, their national team is barred from participating in the AFF Championship due to their perceived wide gap in football act standards between Australia and the stay of the region. [ 43 ]
Australia ‘s 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification began with a series of friendlies against the United Arab Emirates ( 0–0 ), Germany ( 1–2 win ), New Zealand ( 3–0 succeed ), Serbia ( 0–0 ) and Wales ( 1–2 gain ). [ 44 ] Australia ‘s World Cup crusade started in the third rung of qualification, with Australia topping their group to progress to the one-fourth cycle. After winning their last fourth round-game, Australia finished as runner-up in their group, qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on 18 June 2013. [ 45 ] shortly after achieving reservation to the World Cup, Australia played a series of friendly matches against Brazil and France, suffering consecutive 6–0 defeats. This along with previous poor performances during the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign resulted in director Holger Osieck ‘s sack, bringing his four-year tenure as Australia ‘s director to an end. [ 46 ]
New generation : the 2015 asian Cup triumph [edit ]
After a two-week search for a new director, Ange Postecoglou was finally appointed in the position. [ 47 ] Postecoglou was tasked with regenerating the australian national team, which was deemed to have been besides reliant on members of their Golden generation of 2006, subsequently leading to a stagnation of results, culminating in consecutive 6–0 defeats to Brazil and France. [ 48 ] In his first game as Australia ‘s director, a home friendly match against Costa Rica, Australia won 1–0 courtesy of a goal from Tim Cahill. [ 49 ] For the 2014 World Cup, Australia were drawn in Group B alongside reigning Cup holders Spain, 2010 runner-up Netherlands and Chile. [ 50 ] Their first match was off to a lackluster startle, having conceded two goals in the possibility 15 minutes from Alexis Sánchez and Jorge Valdivia. Despite a goal from Tim Cahill that inspired a belated revival from Postecoglou ‘s team, they ultimately lost to Chile 3–1. Their second match against the Netherlands was a close one, but their efforts ended in a 3–2 loss, frankincense earning their early exit along with the spanish team. australian fans praised the team for their outstanding efforts in a bully group. In the end, Australia finished Group B with a third, back-to-back kill to early world champions Spain, 3–0. Australia ‘s competitive World Cup performances in a difficult group lead to believe that a new Golden genesis was about to begin. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] In their first external match proceeding the World Cup, Australia played World Cup quarter-finalists Belgium in Liège, with Australia going down 2–0. Four days former, Australia achieved their first international win in ten months, and just their irregular win under Ange Postecoglou, with a 3–2 victory over Saudi Arabia in London. After drawing against the United Arab Emirates, and suffering consecutive losses against Qatar and Japan, combined with previous hapless results earlier in the class, Australia slipped to 94 and 102 in the FIFA World Rankings, their lowest ever ranking. [ 53 ]
The new class saw Australia host the 2015 AFC asian Cup, with the team making their third consecutive appearance in the tournament. Australia won their first two group matches against Kuwait and Oman comfortably, with scorelines of 4–1 and 4–0 respectively. This guaranteed their reservation for the smasher stage, despite losing their final group pit against South Korea in Brisbane 1–0. [ 54 ] They faced China PR in the quarter-finals and won 2–0, courtesy of a second-half brace from Tim Cahill. In the semi-finals, Australia won 2–0 over the United Arab Emirates and advanced to the final for the moment time in a quarrel. They faced South Korea in the final examination on 31 January at Stadium Australia, winning 2–1 after excess time to claim their first asian championship and qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] After Australia qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Ange Postecoglou resigned from his position as coach ; [ 57 ] and erstwhile director of the Netherlands national team, Bert van Marwijk, was subsequently appointed as his surrogate. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] [ 60 ] On 8 March 2018, after van Marwijk ‘s first team announcement, the FFA announced that Graham Arnold will take the coaching role from after the 2018 FIFA World Cup until the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [ 61 ] With vanguard Marwijk, Australia was grouped with Denmark, France and Peru. The first gear catch of Australia against eventual world champions France was praised by a valiant feat, in which Australia lone lost 1–2 by a virtual own goal from Aziz Behich. [ 62 ] After the defeat to France, Australia produced another outstanding performance, drawing Denmark 1–1. [ 63 ] however, in the crucial peer against already eliminated Peru, Australia lost 0–2 and crashed out from the World Cup with only a point, became the lone team from the AFC to be winless in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 64 ] Subsequently, van Marwijk left his mail and Arnold came to replace him as the new coach of the Socceroos. Under Graham Arnold, Australia started their 2019 AFC asian Cup in hope of defending the title, being grouped with Jordan, Syria and Palestine, but their hope was shattered by a shocking 0–1 defeat to Jordan. [ 65 ] Australia soon returned to the slipstream by beating Palestine 3–0 [ 66 ] before winning an significant confrontation with a hard-fought 3–2 winnings over Syria, [ 67 ] eliminating both Palestine and Syria in the process. The win gave Australia to qualify for the orotund of sixteen, where they overcame Uzbekistan after winning on penalties 4–2, having drawn 0–0 for 120 minutes. [ 68 ] In the quarter-finals, however, in the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, the place where Australia had lost their open pit against Jordan, Australia once again failed to register any acquire in the lapp ground, losing to the host United Arab Emirates 0–1 due to a mistake from Miloš Degenek, finally failing to defend the claim. [ 69 ]
team double [edit ]
Media coverage [edit ]
australian matches are broadcast by Paramount+ and on free-to-air by Network 10. [ 70 ] former coverage has been provided by Fox Sports ( 2018–2021 ), [ 71 ] Ten net on its 10 Bold distribution channel, ABC, [ 72 ] SBS until 2016 and Nine on its 9Go ! distribution channel ( 2016–2017 ). The home team has set multiple ratings records for both subscription and free-to-air television. Australia ‘s final examination 2006 World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay was the highest rate program in SBS history with an audience of 3.4 million viewers, [ 73 ] while a 2010 World Cup qualifying match against Uzbekistan set a record for the highest subscription television audience, with an average of 431,000 viewers. [ 74 ] The 2015 asian Cup Final against South Korea had a total range of 5.3 million Australians overall. [ 75 ]
Kit [edit ]
Australia ‘s first national kit out, 1922 Australia ‘s inaugural kit was sky blue with a maroon wicket on the socks, the colours representing the states of New South Wales and Queensland, a look that was evocative of the australian national rugby league team ‘s strips of the period. [ 76 ] They wore the predominantly lighter blue kit out until 1924 when they changed to green and gold. [ 77 ] Australia has worn a yellow jersey, normally accompanied by green shorts, and yellow socks since the 1960s. The tinge of the socks altered throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s from white to the same green as the shorts to the same yellow semblance as the jersey. This peculiarity of the uniform refers to exactly the combination of colors used in it : although the area ‘s flag has the colors blue, crimson and white, the selection uses shades of green and yellow. That ‘s because, unlike many national teams, who base their colors on the flag, the australian team uses as a free-base the colors of a typical plant in the state, the acacia, which has green leaves and chicken flowers. Their current away kit is a turquoise shirt with a gold band on either side of the shirt, the coat of arms being on top of a navy background. It is accompanied by dark blue shorts ( besides containing the gold stripes ) and turquoise socks. Australia ‘s kits have been produced by manufacturers including Umbro, Adidas, KingRoo, and since 2004 by Nike. [ 78 ] quite than displaying the logo of Football Australia, Australia ‘s jersey traditionally features the coat of arms of Australia over the left breast. The team first wore the traditional green and yellow colours in 1924. [ 79 ] Australia ‘s 1974 World Cup kits were produced by Adidas as were all other national team kits in the tournament, with Adidas sponsoring the event. The kits, however, contained Umbro brand, due to the manufacturer ‘s australian partnership at the fourth dimension. [ 80 ] Nike renewed the kit manufacturer deal with FFA for another 11 years in 2012, handing them the rights to make national team kits until 2022. [ 81 ] In the lead-up to the 2014 World Cup, the new kits to be worn by the team were revealed. The design of the modern kits included a knit yellow shirt with a green collar, plain dark green shorts and white socks, a tribute to the 1974 Socceroos. Inside the binding of the neck besides had woven the quote, “ We Socceroos can do the impossible ”, from Peter Wilson, the captain of the 1974 australian team. [ 82 ] This kit was well received. [ 83 ] In March 2016, FFA revealed the new Socceroos kit, which featured a yellow jersey, yellow shorts and k socks. This was reportedly in accordance with a FIFA directing, instructing all national teams to have matching shirts and shorts. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] This kit out was met with wide public competition, primarily due to the color change of the shorts from the traditional green to yellow. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] [ 86 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ]
Kit suppliers [edit ]
Kit supplier
Period
Notes
Umbro
1974–1983
1974 FIFA World Cup jerseys were manufactured by Adidas
but featured an Umbro logo.
Adidas
1983–1989
Kingroo
1990–1993
Patrick
1993
Adidas
1993–2004
Nike
2004–present
Current deal runs until 2023.[89]
dub [edit ]
Socceroos livery on a Qantas 747–400 Australia ‘s nickname, “ Socceroos ”, was coined in 1967 by Sydney journalist Tony Horstead in his coverage of the team on a grace enlistment to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. [ 90 ] It is normally used by both the australian people and the governing consistency, the FFA. [ 91 ] The nickname represents a cultural leaning for the use of colloquialisms in the nation. It besides represents the australian English use of the mutant ‘s appoint. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] The name itself is similar to most other australian national representative sporting team dub ; used colloquially when referring to the team, in the media or in conversation. similarly, the name is derived from a well-known symbol of Australia, in this case, the kangaroo. The words soccer and kangaroo are combined into a portmanteau parole as soccer-roo ; such as Olyroos for the Australia Olympic soccer team [ 94 ] or Hockeyroos for the australian national women ‘s field hockey team.
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Rivalries [edit ]
One of the matches of the 2006 World Cup was a group stagecoach equal between Australia and Japan at Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Australia ‘s longtime rivals are trans-Tasman neighbor New Zealand. [ 95 ] The two teams ‘ history dates back to 1922, where they first met in both their international debuts. The competition between the Socceroos and the All Whites ( New Zealand ) is part of a wide-eyed friendly competition between the neighbours Australia and New Zealand, which applies not merely to sport but to the culture of the two countries. The competition was intensified when Australia and New Zealand were both members of the OFC, regularly competing in OFC Nations Cup finals and in FIFA World Cup qualifications, where only one team from the OFC progressed to the World Cup. Since Australia left the OFC to join the AFC in 2006, rival between the two teams has been less frequent. however, the competition between the two teams is hush potent, with the occasional match receiving much media and public attention. [ 96 ] After joining the AFC, Australia began to develop a boisterous competition with companion Asian powerhouse Japan. [ 97 ] The competition began at the 2006 World Cup, where the two countries were grouped together. The competition continued with the two countries meeting regularly in diverse AFC competitions, including the 2011 asian Cup final and qualification for the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 World Cups. [ 98 ] Another major rival within Asia is South Korea, who Australia came up against in three World Cup reservation campaigns in the 1970s and, since joining the AFC, have met regularly including the victory by Australia in the 2015 asian Cup final. [ 99 ]
Supporters [edit ]
The main supporter group of the australian national team is Socceroos Active Support ( SAS ). [ 100 ] SAS was founded in January 2015 as an freelancer group, [ 101 ] who uses social media to organise and keep in touch. This replaced the former active support group Terrace Australis, [ 102 ] who were founded by Football Federation Australia and fans in 2013, during Australia ‘s 2014 World Cup qualification campaign. [ 103 ] Its administration came in the awaken of inadequate off-field action and minimal community date. [ 104 ] previously, the emergence of Terrace Australis saw the Green and Gold Army relinquish its function as a hub for active confirm, which it had claimed since its administration in 2001. [ 105 ] [ 106 ] Since the 2015 AFC asian Cup exuberate, the supporters had encouraged people in Australia to focus more on the national team, and the state ‘s soccer pride .
home plate stadium [edit ]
Australia does not have a dedicate national stadium, rather the team plays at different venues throughout the country for exhibition or tournament purposes. In recent years, major international matches have normally been rotated around respective big grounds, including Stadium Australia in Sydney, Hunter Stadium in Newcastle and Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. International matches have besides been played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in Melbourne and Canberra Stadium in Canberra. Australia historically played at the Gabba in Brisbane, which hosted Australia ‘s first international meet on home-soil on 9 June 1923. [ 107 ] early historic venues which regularly hosted external dwelling matches include Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne equally well as the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney Showground, Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney and Subiaco Oval in Perth. In England, the Socceroos have besides played several “ home ” games previously at Craven Cottage in Fulham ( Fulham Football Club ‘s home plate establish ), and Loftus Road in Shepherd ‘s Bush ( Queens Park Rangers ‘ dwelling ground ), owing to the fact there is a large australian expatriate residential district in West London, and that a high proportion of the aged team play in european leagues. [ citation needed ]
holocene results and fixtures [edit ]
2021 [edit ]
On 12 March 2021, AFC confirmed the hosts for the group phase scheduled to take put from 31 May to 15 June 2021. [ 108 ]
2022 [edit ]
Coaching staff [edit ]
Players [edit ]
For all past and present players who have appeared for the home team, see List of Australia external soccer players
current police squad [edit ]
The follow 24 players were named in the police squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers from 11–16 November 2021. [ 110 ] [ 111 ]
Caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2021, after the game against China.
late call-ups [edit ]
The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for choice .
INJ Withdrew due to injury
Records [edit ]
Australia presently hold the earth criminal record for the largest win and the most goals scored by a player in an external match. [ 112 ] Both records were achieved during the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against American Samoa on 11 April 2001. Australia won 31–0 with Archie Thompson scoring 13 goals and David Zdrilic scoring 8. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] Two days before the 31–0 succeed, Australia broke the record for largest winnings with a 22–0 winnings over Tonga. [ 114 ] With 13 and 8 goals respectively, both Thompson and Zdrilic broke the previous record jointly held by another australian, Gary Cole, who scored seven goals against Fiji in 1981, [ 115 ] and irani Karim Bagheri, who besides scored seven goals against Maldives in 1997. [ 116 ]
- As of 14 November 2019[117][118]
Most cap players [edit ]
Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer is the most cap actor in the history of Australia with 109 caps .
top goalscorers [edit ]
Tim Cahill is Australia ‘s top scorer with 50 goals .
Most clean sheets [edit ]
Rank
Name
Clean sheets
Caps
Ratio
Career
1
Mark Schwarzer
44
109
0.4
1993–2013
2
Zeljko Kalac
24
54
0.44
1992–2006
3
Mathew Ryan
22
64
0.34
2012–
4
Jeff Olver
13
37
0.35
1985–1989
5
Robert Zabica
12
27
0.44
1990–1994
competitive phonograph record [edit ]
For the all-time record of the national team against opposing nations, see Australia national soccer team all-time record
Overview
Event
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
FIFA World Cup
0
0
0
0
FIFA Confederations Cup
0
1
1
0
AFC Asian Cup
1
1
0
0
OFC Nations Cup
4
2
0
0
Total
5
4
1
0
FIFA World Cup [edit ]
Australia’s FIFA World Cup record
Qualification record
Year
Round
Pos
Pld
W
D*
L
GF
GA
Squad
Outcome
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Confederation
1930
Did not participate
Did not participate
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
Did Not Qualify
Play-off
2
0
0
2
2
9
CAF/AFC/OFC
1970
Play-off
9
3
5
1
12
8
AFC/OFC
1974
Group stage
14th
3
0
1
2
0
5
Squad
Play-off
11
5
5
1
21
10
1978
Did Not Qualify
4th
12
6
2
4
20
11
1982
2nd
8
4
2
2
22
9
1986
Play-off
8
4
3
1
20
4
OFC
1990
2nd
6
2
2
2
11
7
1994
Play-off
10
7
1
2
21
7
1998
Play-off
8
6
2
0
34
5
2002
Play-off
8
7
0
1
73
4
2006
Round of 16
16th
4
1
1
2
5
6
Squad
Play-off
9
7
1
1
31
5
2010
Group stage
21st
3
1
1
1
3
6
Squad
1st
14
9
3
2
19
4
AFC
2014
30th
3
0
0
3
3
9
Squad
2nd
14
8
4
2
25
12
2018
3
0
1
2
2
5
Squad
Play-off
22
14
6
2
51
18
2022
To be determined
in progress
14
11
2
1
37
6
2026
Total
Round of 16
5/23
16
2
4
10
13
31
155
93
38
24
399
119
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Home venue
FIFA Confederations Cup [edit ]
Australia’s FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year
Result
Position
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
1992
No OFC representative invited
1995
1997
Runners-up
2nd
5
2
1
2
4
8
1999
Did not qualify
2001
Third place
3rd
5
3
0
2
4
2
2003
Did not qualify
2005
Group stage
8th
3
0
0
3
5
10
2009
Did not qualify
2013
2017
Group stage
6th
3
0
2
1
4
5
Total
Runners-up
4/10
16
5
3
8
17
25
AFC asian Cup [edit ]
Australia’s AFC Asian Cup record
AFC Asian Cup qualification
Host nation(s) and year
Round
Pos
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
1956–2004
Not AFC member
2007
Quarter-finals
7th
4
1
2
1
7
5
4
3
0
1
7
3
2011
Runners-up
2nd
6
4
1
1
13
2
6
3
2
1
6
4
2015
Champions
1st
6
5
0
1
14
3
Qualified as hosts
2019
Quarter-finals
7th
5
2
1
2
6
4
8
7
0
1
29
4
2023
Qualified
8
8
0
0
28
2
Total
1 title
4/17
21
12
4
5
40
14
26
21
2
3
70
13
Champions Runners-up Third place/semi-finalists
summer Olympics [edit ]
OFC Nations Cup [edit ]
Australia’s OFC Nations Cup record
Year
Result
Position
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
1973
Did not participate
1980
Champions
1st
4
4
0
0
24
4
1996
Champions
1st
4
3
1
0
14
0
1998
Runners-up
2nd
4
3
0
1
23
3
2000
Champions
1st
4
4
0
0
26
0
2002
Runners-up
2nd
5
4
0
1
23
2
2004
Champions
1st
7
6
1
0
32
4
2008–onwards
Not OFC member
Total
4 titles
6/10
28
24
2
2
142
13
minor tournaments [edit ]
all-time criminal record [edit ]
FIFA Rankings [edit ]
A line chart depicting the history of Australia ‘s year-end placements in the FIFA World Rankings Last update was on 18 February 2021 informant : [ 119 ] Best Ranking Worst Ranking Best Mover Worst Mover
Australia ‘s FIFA world rankings
Rank
Year
Games
Played
Best
Worst
Rank
Move
Rank
Move
41
2020
0
41
1
42
1
42
2019
10
41
2
46
3
41
2018
11
32
4
43
7
38
2017
13
38
7
55
10
47
2016
10
40
17
68
9
57
2015
14
57
37
100
2
100
2014
11
53
4
102
14
58
2013
12
36
7
59
7
36
2012
13
20
2
36
9
23
2011
17
19
5
26
2
26
2010
13
19
4
26
6
21
2009
12
14
13
32
10
28
2008
13
28
10
48
5
48
2007
10
39
4
52
6
39
2006
13
33
9
48
4
48
2005
12
48
9
60
4
58
2004
12
49
40
89
9
82
2003
3
45
6
82
13
50
2002
4
43
4
50
3
48
2001
16
46
18
77
5
73
2000
15
63
29
92
6
89
1999
0
50
89
11
39
1998
9
32
3
39
6
35
1997
19
31
17
36
4
50
1996
12
48
9
61
9
51
1995
9
47
11
58
8
58
1994
6
44
2
58
6
49
1993
10
49
12
65
13
Honours [edit ]
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other :
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See besides [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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