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Australia national association football team

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The Australian national association football team represents Australia in international association football. The team is controlled by the governing body for association football in Australia Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and also an invitee member of the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is the Socceroos. Australia is a four-time OFC champion and AFC Men's Team of the Year for 2006. The team represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup tournaments in 1974, 2006 and 2010, and has qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Nickname(s) Association Sub-confederation Confederation Head coach Captain Most caps Top scorer FIFA code FIFA ranking Highest FIFA ranking

Australia

Socceroos Football Federation Australia AFF (South-East Asia) AFC (Asia) Holger Osieck Lucas Neill Mark Schwarzer (108) Damian Mori (29) AUS 40 14 (September 2009)

Contents
1 History 1.1 Early years 1.2 Golden era 1.3 Recent success 2 Team image 2.1 Media coverage 2.2 Kit 2.3 Nickname 2.4 Rivalries 2.5 Supporters 3 Coaching staff 4 Players 4.1 Current squad 4.2 Recent call-ups 5 Results and fixtures 5.1 2012 5.2 2013 6 Records 7 Competitive record 7.1 FIFA World Cup 7.2 FIFA Confederations Cup 7.3 OFC Nations Cup 7.4 AFC Asian Cup 7.5 EAFF East Asian Cup 7.6 AFF Championship 8 Honours 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

Lowest FIFA ranking 92 (June 2000) Elo ranking Highest Elo ranking Lowest Elo ranking 25 9 (November 2001) 75 (November 1965)

First colours

Second colours

First international New Zealand 31 Australia (Dunedin, New Zealand; 17 June 1922) Biggest win Australia 310 American Samoa (Coffs Harbour, Australia; 11 April 2001)
(World Record for international matches)[1]

History
Main article: History of the Australia national association football team

Early years
The first Australian national team was constituted in 1922 for a tour of New Zealand.[2] During the tour, Australia suffered two defeats and scraped a draw.[2] Australia, New Zealand, Republic of China and South Africa became regular opponents in exhibition matches for the next 25 years.[3] With the advent of cheap air travel, Australia diversified its range of opponents.[3] However, its geographical isolation continued to play a role in its destiny for the next 80 years.[3] After failing to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in 1966 and 1970, losing in play-offs to North Korea and Israel respectively, Australia eventually played at their first World Cup in West Germany, 1974.[4] It would prove to be the only appearance for the Australian team until the World Cup tournament returned to Germany more than three decades later in 2006.[4] Over that 32 year time span, as well as the 8 years prior, the Australian team was known for its near misses in its attempts to qualify for the World Cup; they lost play-offs in 1966 (to North Korea), 1970 (to Israel), 1986 (to Scotland), 1994 (to Argentina), and most notably 1998 against Iran and 2002 against Uruguay.[4]
Biggest defeat Australia 08 South Africa (Adelaide, Australia; 17 September 1955) World Cup Appearances Best result 4 (First in 1974) Round of 16, 2006 Asian Cup Appearances Best result 2 (First in 2007) Runners-up, 2011 OFC Nations Cup Appearances Best result 6 (First in 1980) Champions, 1980, 1996,

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The team's previously poor record in World Cup competition was not reflected in their reasonable 2000, 2004 performances against strong European and South American sides. In 1988, Australia defeated Argentina Confederations Cup 41 in the Bicentennial Gold Cup.[5] In 1997, Australia drew with Brazil 00 in the group stage and then 3 (First in 1997) Appearances defeated Uruguay 10 in the semi-finals to reach the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Final.[6] In 2001, Runners-up, 1997 Best result after a victory against France in the group stage, Australia finished the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in 3rd place after defeating Brazil 10 in the third-place decider.[7] Australia also drew with France 11 in Melbourne in November 2001, and won 31 against England in an international friendly in London in 2003.[8]

Golden era
In early 2005, it was thought that FFA had entered into discussions with AFC for Australia to join Asia and leave Oceania.[9] Many commentators and fans, most notably football broadcaster and former Australian captain Johnny Warren, felt that the only way for Australia to progress was to abandon OFC.[10] On 13 March, AFC executive committee made a unanimous decision to invite Australia to join the AFC.[11] After OFC executive committee unanimously endorsed Australia's proposed move, FIFA approved the move on 30 June 2005.[11] Australia would join Asia, with the move taking effect on 1 January 2006, though until then, Australia would have to compete for a 2006 FIFA World Cup position as an OFC member country. After a successful campaign, the team took the first steps towards qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[12] Though after coach Frank Farina stood down from the position after Australia's dismal performance at the 2005 Confederations Cup, Guus Hiddink was announced as the new national coach.[12] Australia, ranked 49th, would then have to play the 18th ranked Uruguay in a rematch of the 2001 qualification play-off for a spot in the 2006 World Cup. After a successful friendly match against Jamaica (Australia's biggest high-profile win: 50),[13] the first leg of the play-off tournament was lost (10), with the return leg still to be played in Australia four days later in Sydney on 16 November 2005. The second leg of the qualifying play-off was played in front of a crowd of 82,698 at Stadium Australia.[14] Australia led Uruguay 10 after 90 minutes following a goal by Mark Bresciano in the first half. The aggregate was tied, and extra time was played. Neither team scored after two periods of extra time, bringing the game to a penalty shootout. Australia won the penalty shootout (42), making Australia the first ever team to qualify for a World Cup via a penalty shootout.[15] Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer made two saves, with John Aloisi scoring the winning penalty for a place in the World Cup, Australia's first qualification in 32 years. Immediately after the qualification, Australia went into the 2006 World Cup as the second lowest-ranked side. Although their ranking vastly improved in subsequent months after a series of exhibition matches against high profile teams, including a 31 win against Liechtenstein, a 11 draw against Netherlands, and a 10 win at the sold out 100,000 capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground against the then current European Champions Greece.[16] For the 2006 World Cup, Australia was placed into Group F, along with Japan, Croatia and defending champions Brazil. In their opening group game, Australia defeated Japan 31, with Tim Cahill scoring two goals (84', 89') and John Aloisi scoring one (90+2') in the last eight minutes. Their goals made history, being the first ever scored by Australia in a World Cup, as well as all three goals being scored in the last seven minutes of the game, which was never before done in a World Cup match.[17] Australia met Brazil in their second group game, where Australia lost to Brazil 20. Australia faced Croatia in their third match. The final score (22) was enough to see Australia proceeded to the knockout stage where Australia was eliminated from the competition after a 10 defeat by Italy. Coach Guus Hiddink officially resigned from his position following the World Cup exit.

Recent success
In 2007, led by coach Graham Arnold, Australia went to their first Asian Cup sending a strong squad which included 15 players from the World Cup team. A ring of satisfying matches in the Group A against Oman (11 draw), Thailand (40 win) and Iraq (31 loss) assured Australia's progression to the quarter final stage of the tournament. Though after drawing 11 with Japan after extra time, Australia exited the tournament on penalties at the quarter final stage. An international friendly on 11 September 2007 against Argentina (10 loss) was Graham Arnold's last game as head coach, with the position eventually being filled by Pim Verbeek on 6 December 2007.[18] Australia began their 2010 World Cup campaign in the third round of qualification, drawn into a group, composed of Qatar, Iraq and China, in which Australia finished first. Australia eventually saw progression through to the 2010 FIFA World Cup after comfortably wining the fourth round of qualification in a group consisting of Japan, Bahrain, Qatar and Uzbekistan.[19] Australia's qualification was already assured before the final two games, finally topping its group ahead of Japan by 5 points. Australia were drawn into Group D of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, featuring three-time world champion Germany, Ghana and Serbia. On 14 June 2010, Australia faced Germany. Pim Verbeek's surprising decision to play without a recognised striker saw Australia comprehensively defeated 40. Verbeek received heavy criticism for his tactics,[20] with SBS (Australia's World Cup broadcaster) chief football analyst Craig Foster calling for his immediate sacking.[21] Australia's second group match against Ghana resulted in a draw of 11, and their third and final group match against Serbia resulted in a 21 win. Ultimately Australia's heavy loss to Germany saw them eliminated in group stage. Pim Verbeek completed his term as Australian coach at the end of the 2010 World Cup and was soon replaced by Holger Osieck.[22] In 2010 Australia qualified for their second AFC Asian Cup, topping their qualification group. A successful campaign at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup saw Australia become runners-up to Japan, after losing in the Final 10 in extra time.[23] In 2012, Australia agreed to compete in the EAFF East Asian Cup.[24] Australia traveled to Hong Kong to compete in a series of qualification matches with the hopes of qualifying for the 2013 East Asian Cup. Despite handing several debuts and fielding in-experienced squad, Australia was successful, finishing ahead of Hong Kong, North Korea, Guam and Chinese Taipei, and progressing to the 2013 East Asian Cup.[25] Australia's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification began with a series of friendlies against United Arab Emirates (00), Germany (12 win), New Zealand (30 win), Serbia (00) and Wales (12 win).[26] Australia's World Cup campaign started in the third round of qualification, with Australia topping their group to progress to the fourth round. After winning their last fourth round-game, Australia finished as runners-up in their group, qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on 18 June 2013.[27]

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Team image
Media coverage
Australian matches have been broadcasted by free-to-air network SBS and subscription sports network Fox Sports. The 2006 World Cup qualification game against Uruguay was the highest rating program in SBS history with 3.4 million viewers,[28] while a 2010 World Cup qualification game against Japan set a record for the highest subscription television audience.[29]

Kit
Australia has a history of wearing the colours green and gold, which is associated with all of the country's sporting national teams. In 2004, Australia agreed a 20 year partnership with American manufacturer Nike to provide the national teams kit.[30] In past years Australia's kits were manufacturer by Adidas, Kingaroo and Umbro. Home kits

1974 WC

1985

1990

1991

1993

1995

1997

1998

2002

2004

2004 OFC

2005

2006 WC

2007

2008

2010 WC

2012

Away kits

1985

1988

1990

1993

1997

1998

1998

2000

2001

2002

2005

2005

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2007

2008

2010 WC

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Nickname
Australia's nickname the Socceroos was coined in 1967 by Sydney journalist Tony Horstead in his coverage of the team on a goodwill tour to South Vietnam.[31] The nickname is commonly used by both the Australian people and the Australian governing body of football: FFA.[32] The name itself is similar to most other Australian national representative sporting team nicknames; used informally when referring to the team, in the media or in conversation. Similarly, the name is derived from a well-known symbol of Australia, in this case the kangaroo. The words soccer and kangaroo are combined into a portmanteau word as soccer-roo; such as Olyroos for the Australia Olympic football team.

Rivalries
See also: AustraliaNew Zealand association football rivalry Australia's long time rivals are Trans-Tasman neighbors New Zealand. The two teams history dates back to 1922, where the teams first met in both their international debuts. The rivalry between the Socceroos (Australia) and the All Whites (New Zealand) is part of a wider friendly rivalry between the geographical neighbors Australia and New Zealand, which applies not only to sport but to the culture of the two countries. The rivalry was intensified when

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Australia and New Zealand were both members of the OFC, regularly competing in OFC Nations Cup finals and in FIFA World Cup qualifications, where only one team from the OFC progressed to the World Cup. Since Australia left the OFC to join the AFC in 2006, competition between the two teams has been less regular. Although the rivalry between the two teams is still strong, with the occasional match receiving much media and public attention. After joining the AFC, Australia began to developed a fierce rivalry with fellow Asian-powerhouse Japan. The rivalry began at the 2006 FIFA World Cup where the two countries were grouped together. The rivalry continued since with the two countries meeting regularly in various AFC competitions.

Supporters
The main supporter group of the Australian national team is Terrace Australis. The group was founded by FFA and fans in 2013, during Australia's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. Its establishment came in the wake of poor off-field action and minimal community engagement. The birth of Terrace Australis saw the Green and Gold Army (GGA) relinquish from its role as a hub for active support, which it had claimed since its establishment in 2001.[33][34]

Coaching staff
See also: List of Australia national association football team managers Position Head coach Assistant coach Assistant coach Goalkeeping coach Name Holger Osieck Aurelio Vidmar Robbie Hooker Tony Franken

Players
Current squad
The following 23 players were called up for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup against South Korea, Japan and China on 20 July, 25 July and 28 July 2013 respectively.[35] Caps and goals correct as of 28 July 2013. # 1 12 18 3 4 6 11 13 15 22 5 10 16 17 20 23 24 25 7 19 21 26 29 Pos. GK GK GK DF DF DF DF DF DF DF MF MF MF MF MF MF MF MF FW FW FW FW FW Mark Birighitti Nathan Coe Michael Thwaite Ryan McGowan Robert Cornthwaite Craig Goodwin Jade North Trent Sainsbury Ivan Franji Mark Milligan Dario Vidoi Ruben Zadkovich Matt McKay Aaron Mooy Joshua Brillante Erik Paartalu Mitch Nichols Archie Thompson Mitchell Duke Adam Taggart Connor Pain Tomi Juri Player Eugene Galekovi Date of birth (age) 12 June 1981 17 April 1991 1 June 1984 2 May 1983 15 August 1989 24 October 1985 16 December 1991 7 January 1982 5 January 1992 10 September 1987 4 August 1985 8 April 1987 23 May 1986 11 January 1983 15 September 1990 March 25, 1993 3 May 1986 1 May 1989 23 October 1978 18 January 1991 June 2, 1993 11 November 1993 22 July 1991 Caps 8 1 3 13 6 8 2 41 0 5 24 18 3 41 3 1 2 4 53 3 4 1 3 Goals 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 28 2 3 0 1 Club Adelaide United Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory Perth Glory Shandong Luneng Taishan Chunnam Dragons Newcastle Jets Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Brisbane Roar Melbourne Victory Adelaide United Newcastle Jets Unattached Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle Jets Tianjin Teda Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Central Coast Mariners Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory Western Sydney Wanderers

Recent call-ups
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The following players have also been called up to the Australia squad within the last 12 months. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) 6 October 1972 22 August 1988 8 April 1992 31 January 1985 19 March 1982 9 March 1978 1 October 1981 3 April 1979 11 September 1988 14 July 1988 16 February 1983 29 June 1991 16 December 1990 13 October 1988 14 October 1982 27 January 1987 27 June 1988 30 November 1983 11 February 1980 6 December 1979 27 March 1984 3 August 1984 10 December 1991 15 May 1989 16 December 1992 22 June 1987 22 February 1979 4 September 1981 26 November 1993 10 March 1988 14 June 1992 30 September 1990 14 August 1984 28 December 1988 19 December 1985 4 April 1989 20 August 1982 5 October 1988 12 October 1983 4 February 1991 21 February 1992 21 August 1983 Caps Goals 108 0 2 6 3 92 78 21 10 11 2 1 5 4 3 1 16 46 69 64 62 38 10 10 6 11 95 18 3 0 0 0 50 3 14 0 30 25 21 2 2 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 13 28 9 3 1 0 0 1 20 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 3 5 0 2 0 Club Chelsea Borussia Dortmund Club Brugge Reading Liverpool Unattached Dynamo Moscow Umm-Salal Utrecht Middlesbrough Al-Wahda Heracles Almelo Melbourne Heart Perth Glory Brisbane Roar Shanghai Shenxin Unattached Unattached Al-Gharafa New York Red Bulls Al-Nasr Crystal Palace Utrecht Austria Wien Celtic Mainz 05 Sydney FC Melbourne Heart Parma Guangzhou R&F Fortuna Dsseldorf Adelaide United Sassuolo Utrecht Bristol City Aston Villa Nagoya Grampus Bayer Leverkusen Al-Ain FSV Frankfurt AZ Millwall v. v. v. v. v. v. v. v. v. v. v. v. Latest call-up Iraq, 18 June 2013 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Oman, 26 March 2013 Romania, 6 February 2013 Iraq, 16 October 2012 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Oman, 26 March 2013 Oman, 26 March 2013 Romania, 6 February 2013

GK Mark Schwarzer GK Mitchell Langerak GK Mathew Ryan GK Adam Federici GK Brad Jones DF Lucas Neill DF Luke Wilkshire DF Saa Ognenovski DF Michael Zullo DF Rhys Williams DF Dino ulbi DF Jason Davidson DF Aziz Behich DF Scott Jamieson DF Matt Smith DF Michael Marrone DF Matthew piranovi DF David Carney MF Mark Bresciano MF Tim Cahill MF Brett Holman MF Mile Jedinak MF Tommy Oar MF James Holland MF Tom Rogi MF Nikita Rukavytsya MF Brett Emerton MF Richard Garcia MF Terry Antonis MF Rostyn Griffiths MF Ben Halloran MF Osama Malik MF Carl Valeri MF Adam Sarota MF Neil Kilkenny MF Chris Herd FW Joshua Kennedy FW Robbie Kruse FW Alex Brosque FW Mathew Leckie FW Eli Babalj FW Scott McDonald

2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification v. v. v. v. v. v. v. v. v. v. South Korea, 14 November 2012 Jordan, 11 September 2012 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Romania, 6 February 2013

2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification v. v. v. v. South Korea, 14 November 2012 South Korea, 14 November 2012 Scotland, 15 August 2012 Scotland, 15 August 2012

2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Final Tournament v. v. v. v. Iraq, 18 June 2013 Iraq, 18 June 2013 Romania, 6 February 2013 Scotland, 15 August 2012

2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification

Results and fixtures

Main article: List of Australia national football team results

2012
See also: 2012 Australia national football team season
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29 Australia February

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Saudi Arabia

Melbourne,

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2012
17:30 UTC+8

2 June 2012
23:00 UTC+8

Denmark
Agger 31' (pen.) Bjelland 67'

20
Report (http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/socceroos/matchcentre/Denmark-v-QantasSocceroos-Intl-Friendly/2423) Summary (http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2012/06/02/world/friendlies/denmark/australia/1283707/)

Australia

Copenhagen, Denmark Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 15,888 Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

8 June Oman 2012

21:00 UTC+8

00
Report (http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257777/match=300191841/index.html) Summary (http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2012/06/08/asia/wc-qualifyingasia/oman/australia/1269297/)

Australia

Muscat, Oman Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

4 12 June Australia

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Report Summary (http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2012/06/12/asia/wc-qualifyingasia/australia/japan/1269299/)

Japan
Kurihara
23', 89' 64'

2012
18:00 UTC+8 Milligan Wilkshire
69' (pen.) 25', 55' (http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257777/match=300191848/index.html) Kurihara

Brisbane, Australia Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 40,189 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

5 16 August

Scotland

31

Australia
18'

2012
03:00 Rhodes Summary Bresciano 29' UTC+8 Davidson 63' (o.g.) (http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/15/world/friendlies/scotland/australia/1313649/) McCormack 76'

Edinburgh, Scotland Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 11,110 Referee: Tom Hagen (Norway) Sidon, Lebanon Stadium: Saida International Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Konstantinos Nikolaidis (Greece) Amman, Jordan Stadium: Amman International Stadium Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) Doha, Qatar Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic)

6 7 September

Lebanon

03

Australia

2012
01:30 UTC+8 Summary Cahill 20' (http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2012/09/06/world/friendlies/lebanon/australia/1384346/) McKay 23' Thompson

88'

12 Jordan September 2012

Deeb

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Australia

00:00 UTC+8 Abdel-Fattah

73'

Report

Thompson

50' (pen.) (http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257777/match=300191854/index.html) 85'

16 October 2012

Iraq

12

Australia

22:15 Abdul-Zahra Report Cahill 80' UTC+8 72' (http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257777/match=300191851/index.html) Thompson

84'

14 November 2012

South Korea

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Australia

Hwaseong, South Korea

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Summary Rukavytsya (http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2012/11/14/world/friendlies/korea- Cornthwaite republic/australia/1403922/)
44' 88'

Stadium: Hwaseong Stadium Referee: Wang Zhe (China) Hong Kong Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 4,160 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan) Hong Kong Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 989 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand) Hong Kong Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Referee: Wang Zhe (China PR)

10

3 December 2012
20:30 UTC+8

Hong Kong
Lam Hok Hei
88', 90'

01

Australia
85'

Report Emerton (http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/socceroos/matchcentre/HongKong-v-Qantas-Socceroos-EAFF-East-Asian-Cup/2942)

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5 December 2012
20:30 UTC+8

North Korea
An Yong-Hak
64'

11

Australia
4'

Report Thompson (http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/socceroos/matchcentre/DPRKorea-v-Qantas-Socceroos-EAFF-East-Asian-Cup/2943)

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7 December 2012
17:50 UTC+8

Guam

09

Australia

Report Mooy 12' (http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/socceroos/matchcentre/lineup/Guam- Babalj 20', 56' v-Qantas-Socceroos-EAFF-East-Asian-Cup/2944) Marrone 43' Thompson 59', 63', 65' (pen.) Milligan 71' Garcia 83'

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9 December 2012
17:00 UTC+8

Australia
Garcia Cornthwaite Taggart 20', Behich 34', Mooy Yang Chao-hsun
11' 29' 57' 47'

80
Report Socceroos-v-Chinese-Taipei-EAFF-East-Asian-Cup/2945)

Chinese Taipei

Hong Kong Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Referee: Kim DaeYong (Korea Republic)

17' (http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/socceroos/matchcentre/lineup/Qantas-

82' (o.g.)

2013
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6 February 2013

Australia

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Romania
34' 79' 83'

Marbella, Spain Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella Sydney, Australia

Wilkshire 44' (pen.) Report Tnase Cornthwaite 53' (http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/socceroos/matchcentre/matchstats/Romania- Torje v-Qantas-Socceroos-Intl-Friendly/2966) Stancu 2

26 March 2013

Australia
Cahill Holman
52'

22
Report Socceroos-v-Oman-FIFA-World-Cup-Qualifier/2585)

Oman
Al-Muqbali
7' 49' (o.g.)

85' (http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/socceroos/matchcentre/matchstats/Qantas- Jedinak

Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 34,603 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Saitama, Japan Stadium: Saitama Stadium Attendance: 62,172 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) Melbourne, Australia Stadium: Docklands Stadium Attendance: 43,785 Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) Sydney, Australia Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 80,523 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) Seoul, South

3 4 June 2013 Honda

Japan
90+1' (pen.)

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Australia
82'

411 June 2013

Australia
Bresciano Cahill Kruse Neill
15' 76' 84'

40
Report Socceroos-v-Jordan-FIFA-World-Cup-Qualifier/2539)
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Jordan

5 18 June 2013 22:15 UTC+8

Australia
Kennedy
83'

10
Report (http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/socceroos/matchcentre/matchstats/QantasSocceroos-v-Iraq-FIFA-World-Cup-Qualifier/2540)

Iraq

6 20 July 2013

South Korea

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Report (http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/socceroos/matchcentre/matchstats/KoreaRepublic-v-Socceroos-EAFF-East-Asian-Cup/3230) Korea Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,571 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

7 25 July 2013 20:00 UTC+9

Japan
Saito Osako
56' 26'

32
Report v-Socceroos-EAFF-East-Asian-Cup/3231)
79' (http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/socceroos/matchcentre/matchstats/Japan- Juri

Australia
Duke
76' 78'

Hwaseong, South Korea Stadium: Hwaseong Stadium Referee: Kim JongHyeok (South Korea) Seoul, South Korea Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

8 28 July 2013 17:15 UTC+9

Australia
Mooy Taggart Duke
30' 90+3'

34
Report v-China-EAFF-East-Asian-Cup/3233)
89' (http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/socceroos/matchcentre/matchstats/Socceroos- Sun

China PR
Yu Dabao Ke Yang Xu Wu Lei TBC Stadium: TBC
5' 56' 87' 88'

9 10 11

7 September 2013 November 2013 November 2013

Brazil Australia Australia

v v v

Australia TBC TBC

TBC, Australia Stadium: TBC TBC, Australia Stadium: TBC

Records
Main article: Australia national association football team records Mark Schwarzer holds the record for most Australia appearances with 106. He is the only Australia player to have reached 100 caps. Brett Emerton is second, having played 95 times. Lucas Neill played for Australia 91 times and is the third most capped player. Damian Mori holds the title of Australia's highest goalscorer, scoring 29 goals between 1992 and 2002, during which time he played for Australia on 45 occasions. Archie Thompson and Tim Cahill are the second highest goalscorers, each with 28 goals. Australia currently hold the world record for the largest win and the most goals scored by a player in an international match. Both records were recorded during the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against American Samoa on 11 April 2001. Australia won 310 with Archie Thompson scoring 13 goals and David Zdrilic scoring 8 goals.[36][37] Two days before the 310 win, Australia broke the record for largest win with a 220 win over Tonga. Both wins surpassed the previous record held by Kuwait who beat Bhutan 200 on 14 February 2000.[38] With 13 and 8 goals respectively, both Thompson and Zdrilic broke the previous record jointly held by another Australian, Gary Cole, who scored seven goals against Fiji in 1981,[39] and Iranian Karim Bagheri, who also scored seven goals against Maldives in 1997.[40]

Competitive record
Main article: Australia national association football team all-time record For single-match results of the national team, see single-season articles and the team's results page.

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Australia at the FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup record Year 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 Total 4/20 Round of 16 Group stage Qualified To be determined 0 Titles 10 2 3 5 8 17 16th 21st 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 3 6 6 Did not qualify Group stage Did not qualify 14th 3 0 1 2 0 5 Did not participate Result Position Pld W D

FIFA World Cup Qualification record L GF GA Pld W D 2 9 11 12 8 8 6 10 8 8 9 14 14 0 3 5 6 4 4 2 7 6 7 7 9 8 0 5 5 2 2 3 2 1 2 0 1 3 4 L GF GA 2 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 12 9 8

21 10 20 11 22 20 11 21 34 73 31 19 9 4 7 7 5 4 5 4

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119 68 30 21 311 95

FIFA Confederations Cup

Main article: Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA Confederations Cup record Year 1992 1995 1997 1999 2001 Third place 2003 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 Total 3/9 Group stage Result Position Pld W D L GF GA

No OFC representative invited Runners-up 2nd 3rd 8th 5 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 4 4 5 8 2 10

Did not qualify Did not qualify

Did not qualify To be determined 0 Titles 13 5 1 7 13 20

OFC Nations Cup

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OFC Nations Cup record Year 1973 1980 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 Total Champions Champions Runners-up Champions Runners-up Champions 6/7 Result Position 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 4 Titles Pld W D 4 4 4 4 5 7 4 3 3 4 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 L GF GA 0 0 1 0 1 0 24 14 23 26 23 32 4 0 3 0 2 4 Did not participate

28 24 2

2 142 13

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record Year 2007 2011 2015 Total Result Quarterfinals Runners-up Qualified 3/3 0 Titles 10 5 3 2 20 7 Position 7th 2nd Pld W D 4 6 1 4 2 1 L GF GA 1 7 5 2 1 13

EAFF East Asian Cup

EAFF East Asian Cup record Year 2008 2010 2013 Total Fourth place 1/3 Result Position Pld W D L GF GA

Did not participate 4th 0 Titles 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 5 5 7 7

AFF Championship
AFF Championship record Year 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Total 0/4 To be determined 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 Were not full ASEAN members Result Position Pld W D L GF GA

Honours
FIFA World Cup Winners (0): Runners-up (0): Knockout Stage (1): 2006 Appearances: (4) :1974, 2006, 2010, 2014 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (0): Runners-up (1): 1997 Third Place: (1): 2001 Appearances: (3) :1997,2001, 2005 AFC Asian Cup
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Winners (0): Runners-up (1): 2011 Appearances (3): 2007, 2011,2015 OFC Nations Cup Winners (4): 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004 Runners-up (2): 1998, 2002 Appearances (6): 1998, 2002, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004 EAFF East Asian Cup Winners (0): Runners-up (0): Appearances (1): 2013 Trans-Tasman Cup Winners (5): 1976, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2001 AFC Men's Team of the Year: 2006

See also
General List of Australian national association football team captains Australia 310 American Samoa Squads FIFA World Cup 2010 FIFA World Cup squad 2006 FIFA World Cup squad 1974 FIFA World Cup squad FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squad 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squad 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup squad AFC Asian Cup 2011 AFC Asian Cup squad 2007 AFC Asian Cup squad

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