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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).
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 ...
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 ...
Football Australia has appointed former Asian Champions League winning manager Tony Popovic as the new head coach of the Australian men's team until the end of the 2026 World Cup. Popovic, 51 ...
Longest Australia career Mark Schwarzer, 20 years, 38 days, 31 July 1993 – 7 September 2013 Shortest Australia career Raphael Bove, 1 minute, 6 November 1998, 0–0 vs. United States Most consecutive appearances comprising entire Australia career Alan Westwater, 14, 28 May 1967 – 4 April 1968 Youngest player
Australia won the match 2–0 thanks to goals by Ajdin Hrustic and Yengi. [17] Irankunda made his senior international debut in the match and assisted the first goal. [ 18 ] In their last qualifying match of the group, Australia beat Palestine 5–0 to record a perfect 6 wins out of 6 games and top the group.
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 ...
The lists shown below shows the Australia men's national soccer team all-time record against opposing nations. The statistics are composed of FIFA World Cup , FIFA Confederations Cup , OFC Nations Cup , AFC Asian Cup and Summer Olympics matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.