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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 were to lose all three games in a tough group at Brazil 2014. In the Qatar 2022 edition, Australia made it to the last 16 for only the second time, before falling 2–1 to Argentina, which, like what happened to 2006 Italy, Argentina would eventually claim the World Cup title in 2022.
The finals of both tournaments held every four years in alternate even numbered years. Excluding the tournament years in which Australia either did not enter or failed to qualify for the finals, the Australia national team has nominated the following squads of players to compete in the finals:
Australia's final 2006 World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay was the highest rating program in SBS history with an audience of 3.4 million viewers, [93] 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. [94]
The berths for the inaugural 1930 tournament were filled by invitation only. The 1934 one was the first one to have an actual qualifying phase.The first ever World Cup qualifying match was played on 11 June 1933, when Sweden defeated Estonia 6–2 in Stockholm, and the first goal was scored 7 minutes into the game, with some sources [1] attributing it to Swedish captain Knut Kroon while others ...
Australia have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have played between four and nine, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include his usual playing position while with the team, the number of caps earned and goals scored in all international matches, and ...
The European section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams that are members of the Union of European Football Associations . [1] A total of 13 slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA teams. [2]
Australia had a difficult trip to Jordan, where they lost both recent World Cup qualifying matches away and fell to the same opponent in the earlier Asian Cup, but Adam Taggart turned hero as Australia bypassed Jordan 1–0 in Amman, ending the country's winless streak in Jordan and helped Australia to have its best performance in the World Cup ...