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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).
"OzFootball - The Australian Football Site" Howe, Andrew. "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-14; Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. 25 May 2018. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8. Inline citations
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
The second match was the renewal of the Soccer Ashes against New Zealand. [10] Australia won the match 2–0, with Souttar scoring the first and Irvine scoring the second. [11] Despite being eligible for Italy and playing for them at youth level, Alessandro Circati made his debut for Australia, playing well and with composure. [12]