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The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, [6] the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).
Lucas Neill has the most captaincies of Australia, with 61. This article lists all the 'captains of the Australia national men's soccer team. The first Australia captain was Alex Gibb; he captained Australia in their first international match, against New Zealand on 17 June 1922. He went on to captain Australia on five further occasions ...
Mark Schwarzer is Australia's most capped player. The Australia men's national soccer team represents the country of Australia in international association football.It is fielded by Football Australia, the governing body of soccer in Australia, and competes as a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which encompasses the countries of Asia, having previously been a part of the ...
Australia women's national soccer team; Australia national soccer team may also refer to: Australia men's national soccer B team;
In November 2022, he was named in his second World Cup squad, [51] and was named in the starting team of the opening match against France as a right midfielder. [52] On 28 March 2023, Irvine became the 63rd captain of Australia in a friendly against Ecuador at Docklands Stadium. [5] In December 2023, he was called up for the Asian Cup in Qatar ...
The first Australia national side (wearing light blue shirts) that toured New Zealand in 1922. The Australia men's national soccer team played their first international match in 1922. They have won one AFC Asian Cup title in 2015 in addition to four OFC Nations Cup titles in 1980, 1996, 2000 and 2004.
Australia's 32-man preliminary squad was announced on 6 May 2018. [15] The squad was reduced to 26 players on 14 May, [ 16 ] then extended to 27 players on 28 May. [ 17 ] The final squad was announced on 3 June.
Before 1965, the Australia national soccer team had been under the leadership of a selection committee and a trainer. Appointed in 1965, Tiko Jelisavčić had been the first Australia manager. In his first game as manager, [1] he led Australia to a 1–6 loss against North Korea at Stade Olympique, Phnom Penh in the 1966 FIFA World Cup ...