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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).
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 ...
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'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 national soccer team may also refer to: Australia men's national soccer B team; Australia men's national under-23 soccer team; Australia men's national under-20 soccer team; Australia men's national under-17 soccer team; Australia national futsal team; Australia national beach soccer team; Australia Paralympic soccer team; Australia ...
Foster represented Australia at under-16 level, reaching the quarter finals at the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship in China. [11] [12] He was the 419th player [12] for the Australia national team (the Socceroos) from 1996 to 2000, [13] earning 29 caps, and was the team's 40th captain, [14] [15] and scoring nine goals. [7]
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 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 ]