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The national team was invited to play in the 1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup hosted in South Vietnam. They began against their rivals' New Zealand with the result being a 5–3 win. They had then won against host South Vietnam 1–0 by a goal from Johnny Warren. Australia finished their group stage by winning 5–1 against Singapore.
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).
22 June 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 1: Australia : 0–0 Chile West Berlin, West Germany: 16:00 UTC+1: Report: Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Jafar Namdar Note: While official match reports show Richards as having been booked twice (in the 37th and 83rd minutes), the referee showed Richards cards on four occasions.
23 September – Richmond defeats Geelong 16.18 (114) to 15.15 (105) in front of 109,396 people to win the 1967 Victorian Football League Grand Final [42] Ross Smith of St Kilda wins the 1967 Brownlow Medal [43] Sturt Football Club won the 1967 South Australian National Football League grand final, defeating Port Adelaide 13.10 (88) to 10.17 ...
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
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The national team had been nicknamed "the Socceroos" by journalist Tony Horstead on a 1967 tour to South Vietnam. [22] FFA chairman Frank Lowy commented "It has been commonly used and is a much loved name but we may see it fade out as evolution takes place", and suggested few national football teams had nicknames . [ 21 ]
FFA's desire for Australian success in the forthcoming FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup, as well as a desire to rejuvenate the national team was also a key factor to the sacking of Osieck. FFA Chairman Frank Lowy said "the long-term interests of Australian football were paramount in making the change [in head coach]". [61]