Australian national soccer team

This article is about Australia's men's national soccer team . For the women's team, see Australian Women's National Football Team .

Australia
Commonwealth of Australia

Nickname (s)	Socceroos
Association	Football Federation Australia
confederacy	AFC
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Graham Arnold
Assistant coach	René Meulensteen , Kenny Lowe
captain	Mark Milligan
Record scorer	Tim Cahill (50)
Record player	Mark Schwarzer (109)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	OUT
FIFA rank	42nd (1457 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
550 games 277 wins 118 draws 155 defeats
statistics
First international New Zealand 3-1 Australia ( Dunedin , New Zealand ; June 17, 1922 )
Biggest win Australia 31-0 American Samoa ( Coffs Harbor , Australia; April 11, 2001 )
Biggest defeat Australia 8-0 South Africa ( Adelaide , Australia; September 17, 1955 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	5 ( first : 1974 )
Best results	Round of 16, 2006
Oceania Championship
Participation in the finals	7 ( first : 1973 )
Best results	First in 1980 , 1996 , 2000 , 2004
Asian Championship
Participation in the finals	3 ( first : 2007 )
Best results	First 2015
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals	4 ( first : 1997 )
Best results	Finale, 1997
(As of November 14, 2019)

The Australian national soccer team represents the oceanic state of Australia as the official soccer selection . In 2015, the team, known by the nickname Socceroos , won the Asian Cup , before that they won the Oceania Cup four times (1980, 1996, 2000 and 2004). Furthermore, she can boast five World Cup appearances (1974, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018) and reached the final of the Confederations Cup in 1997 , which was lost to Brazil. In 2005, Australia left the Ocean Football Association (OFC) to increase its chances for World Cup qualification and is currently a member of the Asian Football Association (AFC). At the Copa América 2021 , Australia will participate as a visiting team.

Participation in soccer world championships

2006 World Cup preliminary round against Brazil

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year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	not participated
1934	Italy	not participated
1938	France	not participated
1950	Brazil	not participated
1954	Switzerland	not participated
1958	Sweden	not participated
1962	Chile	not participated
1966	England	not qualified				Failed in the qualification to North Korea .
1970	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of Israel failed, which could qualify for 1970 so far only time for a World Cup.
1974	Germany	Preliminary round	GDR , FR Germany , Chile	14th	Rale Rašić	Eliminated as last group.
1978	Argentina	not qualified				In the qualification in the second round on Iran have failed.
1982	Spain	not qualified				New Zealand failed in the first round of qualification .
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification in the intercontinental playoff against Scotland failed.
1990	Italy	not qualified				In the qualification in the 2nd round, Israel failed, which could not qualify either.
1994	United States	not qualified				In the qualification in the intercontinental playoff against Argentina failed.
1998	France	not qualified				In the qualifying play-offs against the Asia-Fourth on Iran have failed.
2002	South Korea / Japan	not qualified				In the qualification in the play-offs against the South American fifth to Uruguay failed.
2006	Germany	Round of 16	Italy	16.	Guus Hiddink	Australia were eliminated with a penalty converted in the fifth minute of added time. This is the latest penalty ever awarded in a World Cup match in regular time.
2010	South Africa	Preliminary round	Germany , Ghana , Serbia	21st	Pim Verbeek	Australia took part in the qualification as a member of the Asian Association for the first time and was able to qualify as one of four teams there straight away. Since New Zealand was also able to qualify again for the first time since 1982, two oceanic states took part in a World Cup for the first time. Both were eliminated as third in the group in the preliminary round. After their opening defeat against Germany, Australia managed a draw against Ghana and a win against Serbia. Due to the worse goal difference, it was only enough to third place behind Ghana.
2014	Brazil	Preliminary round	Chile , Netherlands , Spain	30th	Ange Postecoglou	Australia qualified as the second team for the World Cup on June 18th in the 4th qualifying round . In the finals, Australia first met Chile and the Netherlands and lost both games, so the team can no longer reach the knockout round and the first encounter with Spain (0: 3) no longer had any influence.
2018	Russia	Preliminary round	France , Denmark , Peru	28.	Bert van Marwijk	Australia needed the most qualifiers and scored the most qualifying goals. In the finals it was only enough to draw against Denmark, against France and Peru they lost.
2022	Qatar

Participation in soccer championships of the Oceania

1973 in New Zealand	not participated
1980 in New Caledonia	Oceania Champion
1996 in various countries	Oceania Champion
1998 in Australia	Second
2000 in Tahiti	Oceania Champion
2002 in New Zealand	Second
2004 in Australia	Oceania Champion

Germany versus Australia in the 2005 Confederations Cup

Participation in the Confederations Cup

1992 in Saudi Arabia	not participated
1995 in Saudi Arabia	not qualified
1997 in Saudi Arabia	Second
1999 in Mexico	not qualified
2001 in Japan and South Korea	Third
2003 in France	not qualified
2005 in Germany	Preliminary round
2009 in South Africa	not qualified
2013 in Brazil	not qualified
2017 in Russia	Preliminary round

Participation in the soccer Asian championship

2007 in Southeast Asia	Quarter finals
2011 in Qatar	Second
2015 in Australia	Asian champion
2019 in the UAE	Quarter finals

Participation in the East Asian Football Championship

2008 in the PRC	not participated
2010 in Japan	not participated
2013 in South Korea	Fourth
2015 in the PRC	not participated
2017 in Japan	not participated

title

• Football Oceania Championship (4) - 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004
• Football Asian Cup (1) - 2015

Squad

The following players have been appointed for the 2018 World Cup in Russia:

• Performance data as of June 26, 2018 (after the game against Peru)

Surname	birthday	Games	Gates	society	debut	Last use
goalkeeper
Brad Jones	03/19/1982	6th	0	Feyenoord Rotterdam	2007	June 9, 2018
Mathew Ryan	04/08/1992	47	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	2012	June 26, 2018
Danny Vukovic	March 27, 1985	1	0	KRC Genk	2018	March 27, 2018
Defense
Aziz Behich	December 16, 1990	26th	2	Bursaspor	2012	June 26, 2018
Miloš Degenek	04/28/1994	18th	0	Yokohama F. Marinos	2016	June 1, 2018
Matthew Jurman	December 8, 1989	4th	0	Suwon Bluewings	2017	15th November 2017
James Meredith	04/04/1988	2	0	Millwall FC	2015	17th November 2015
Joshua Risdon	07/27/1992	11	0	Western Sydney Wanderers	2015	June 26, 2018
Trent Sainsbury	01/05/1992	38	3	Grasshoppers Club Zurich	2014	June 26, 2018
midfield
Jackson Irvine	03/07/1993	21st	2	Hull City	2013	June 26, 2018
Mile Jedinak	08/03/1984	79	20th	Aston Villa	2008	June 26, 2018
Robbie Kruse	05.10.1988	67	5	VfL Bochum	2011	June 26, 2018
Massimo Luongo	09/25/1992	36	5	Queens Park Rangers	2014	June 9, 2018
Mark Milligan	08/04/1985	71	6th	al-Ahli	2006	June 26, 2018
Aaron Mooy	09/15/1990	37	5	Huddersfield Town	2012	June 26, 2018
Tom Rogic	12/16/1992	40	7th	Celtic Glasgow	2012	June 26, 2018
Storm
Daniel Arzani	01/04/1999	5	1	Melbourne City FC	2004	June 26, 2018
Tim Cahill	December 6, 1979	107	50	Millwall FC	2004	June 26, 2018
Tomi Juric	07/22/1991	38	8th	FC Luzern	2013	June 26, 2018
Mathew Leckie	02/04/1991	56	6th	Hertha BSC	2012	June 26, 2018
Jamie Maclaren	07/29/1993	6th	0	Hibernian Edinburgh	2016	June 1, 2018
Andrew Nabbout	12/17/1992	24	7th	Urawa Red Diamonds	2018	June 21, 2018
Dimitri Petratos	11/10/1992	2	0	Newcastle Jets	2018	June 1, 2018

In 2017, the following were also appointed or appointed:

Surname	birthday	Games	Gates	society	debut
goalkeeper
Mark Birighitti	04/17/1991	1	0	NAC Breda	2013
Adam Federici	January 31, 1985	16	0	Bournemouth AFC	2010
Eugene Galekovic	06/12/1981	8th	0	Melbourne City	2009
Mitchell Langerak	08/22/1988	8th	0	Nagoya Grampus	2013
Defense
Alex Gersbach	05/08/1997	4th	0	RC Lens	2016
Craig Goodwin	December 16, 1991	3	0	Sparta Rotterdam	2013
Rhyan Grant	02/26/1991	0	0	Sydney FC
Dylan McGowan	08/06/1991	1	0	Gangwon FC	2017
Ryan McGowan	08/15/1989	20th	0	Bradford City	2012
Brad Smith	04/09/1994	19th	0	Bournemouth AFC	2014
Matthew Spiranovic	06/27/1988	35	0	without a club	2008
Rhys Williams	07/14/1988	14th	0	Melbourne Victory	2009
midfield
Mustafa Amini	04/20/1993	2	0	Aarhus GF	2017
Ryan Edwards	11/17/1993	0	0	Partick Thistle
Craig Goodwin	December 16, 1991	3	0	Sparta Rotterdam	2013
Ajdin Hrustic	07/05/1996	1	0	FC Groningen	2017
Chris Ikonomidis	05/04/1995	6th	0	Western Sydney Wanderers	2015
James Jeggo	02/12/1992	0	0	SK Sturm Graz	-
Riley McGree	11/02/1998	0	0	Newcastle Jets	-
Matt McKay	01/11/1983	59	2	Brisbane Roar	2006
Storm
Nathan Burns	05/07/1988	24	3	Wellington Phoenix	2007
Awer Mabil	09/15/1995	0	0	FC Paços de Ferreira

Record player

On March 5, 2014, Tim Cahill scored two goals in a 3: 4 against Ecuador , making him the sole record scorer. (As of November 14, 2019)

Record player
Games	player	Period	Gates
109	Mark Schwarzer	1993-2013	0
108	Tim Cahill	2004-2018	50
96	Lucas Neill	1996-2013	1
95	Brett Emerton	1998-2012	20th
87	Alex Tobin	1988-1998	2
84	Mark Bresciano	2001-2015	13
84	Paul Wade	1986-1996	10
80	Mark Milligan	2006 – active	6th
80	Luke Wilkshire	2004-2014	8th
79	Mile Jedinak	2008-2018	20th
76	Tony Vidmar	1991-2006	3
74	Robbie Kruse	2011 – active	5
68	Scott Chipperfield	1998-2010	12
65	Peter Wilson	1970-1979	3
63	Mathew Leckie	2012 – active	11
62	Brett Holman	2006-2013	9
61	Attila Abonyi	1967-1977	25th
60	John Kosmina	1977-1988	25th
60	Stan Lazaridis	1993-2006	0

Record shooters
Gates	player	Period	Games
50	Tim Cahill	2004-2018	108
29	Damian Mori	1992-2002	45
28	Archie Thompson	2001-2013	54
27	John Aloisi	1997-2008	55
25th	Attila Abonyi	1967-1977	61
25th	John Kosmina	1977-1988	60
20th	Brett Emerton	1998-2012	95
20th	Mile Jedinak	2008-2018	79
20th	David Zdrilic	1997-2010	31
19th	Graham Arnold	1985-1997	56
18th	Ray Baartz	1967-1974	48
17th	Harry Kewell	1998-2012	58
17th	Aurelio Vidmar	1991-2001	44
16	Gary Cole	1978-1982	<30
16	Joshua Kennedy	2006-2014	36
16	George Smith	1933-1936	<30

National coach

Surname	Period	Games	Victories	Indecisive	Dutch	Win rate	successes
Tiko Jelisavcic	1965	6th	3	0	3	50%
Jozef Vengloš	1965-1967	7th	4th	1	2	57%
Joe Vlatsis	1967-1969	23	13	7th	3	57%
Ralé Rasic	1970-1974	31	16	9	6th	52%	Preliminary round of the 1974 World Cup
Brian Green	1976	2	2	0	0	100%
Jim Shoulder	1976-1988	25th	10	7th	8th	40%
Rudi Gutendorf	1979-1981	18th	3	8th	7th	17%	Winning the OFC Nations Cup 1980
(* ) Les mock flight	1981-1983	12	8th	1	3	67%
Frank Arok	1983-1989	46	21st	14th	11	46%
Les Scheinflug (interim trainer during Arok's absence)	1983	4th	3	0	1	75%
Les Scheinflug (interim trainer)	1990	1	1	0	0	100%
Eddie Thomson	1990-1996	56	26th	11	19th	46%	Winning the OFC Nations Cup 1996
Les Scheinflug (interim trainer during Thomson's absence)	1992	3	2	1	0	67%
Vic Fernandez (interim coach during Thomson's absence)	1992	2	1	0	1	50%
Les Scheinflug (interim trainer during Thomson's absence)	1994	1	1	0	0	100%
Raul Blanco (interim trainer)	1996	2	2	0	0	100%
Terry Venables	1997-1998	23	15th	3	5	65%	Runner -up in the 1997 Confederations Cup
Raul Blanco (interim trainer)	1998-1999	5	3	1	1	60%
Frank Farina	1999-2005	58	34	9	15th	59%	Won the OFC Nations Cup in 2000, third in the Confederations Cup in 2001, Won the OFC Nations Cup in 2004
Guus Hiddink	2005-2006	13	8th	2	3	62%	Round of 16 of the 2006 World Cup
Graham Arnold (interim trainer)	2006-2007	15th	6th	4th	5	40%
Rob Baan (interim trainer)	2007	1	1	0	0	100%
Pim Verbeek	2007-2010	33	18th	9	6th	55%	Preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup
Han Berger (interim trainer)	2010	1	0	0	1	0%
Holger Osieck	2010-2013	45	23	10	12	51%
Aurelio Vidmar (interim trainer)	2013	1	1	0	0	100%
Ange Postecoglou	2013-2017	49	22nd	12	15th	45%	Asian champion 2015
Bert van Marwijk	2018	7th	2	2	3	29%
Graham Arnold	since 2018	14th	9	2	3	64%

As of November 14, 2019

Others

Australia is the only nation to win two continental competitions (Asia and Oceania) for men and the only one to do so for men and women.

Australia holds the world record for the highest victory of a national team, this achieved in the 31-0 victory over American Samoa on April 11, 2001 during qualification for the 2002 World Cup .

See also

• List of internationals for the Australian national football team
• Australian National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
• Australian National Football Team (U-20 Men)
• Australian National Football Team (U-23 Men)

Web links

Commons : Australia National Soccer Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Australian Association (English)
• All the games and results of the Australian national team on ozfootball.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ socceroos.com: Mark Milligan named Caltex Socceroos captain
2. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
3. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2010 (PDF file; 195 kB)
4. ↑ Australia, Iran and South Korea buy World Cup tickets. In: fussball-wm-total.de. FOOTBALL World Cup total, June 18, 2013, accessed on October 23, 2013 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} rsssf.com: Australia - Record International Players
6. ↑ Guinness World Records Ltd .: Guinness World Records 2006. Verlag der Rekorde GmbH, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 978-3-89681-009-0 , p. 226.