Australia men's national soccer team

Australia
Nickname(s)	Socceroos
Association	Football Australia
Confederation	AFC (Asia; 2006–present); OFC (Oceania; 1966–2006)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Graham Arnold
Captain	Mathew Ryan
Most caps	Mark Schwarzer (109)
Top scorer	Tim Cahill (50)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	AUS
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	27 11 (22 December 2022)
Highest	14 (September 2009)
Lowest	102 (November 2014)
First international
	New Zealand 3–1 Australia ; (Dunedin, New Zealand; 17 June 1922)
Biggest win
	Australia 31–0 American Samoa ; (Coffs Harbour, Australia; 11 April 2001); (World record for senior international matches)
Biggest defeat
	Australia 0–8 South Africa ; (Adelaide, Australia; 17 September 1955)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1974)
Best result	Round of 16 (2006, 2022)
Asian Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2007)
Best result	Champions (2015)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1980)
Best result	Champions (1980,; 1996, 2000, 2004)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1997)
Best result	Runners-up (1997)
Medal record
Men's football
FIFA Confederations Cup
AFC Asian Cup
OFC Nations Cup
AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
Website	www.socceroos.com.au

Australia national soccer team is the national soccer team of Australia. Its official nickname is "the Socceroos". The team is under the control of the Football Australia which is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. It has also been invited to join the ASEAN Football Federation.

Australia has one of the best teams in Asia according to the FIFA Men's World Ranking. Australia has qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times (in 1974, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022). Australia has made it to the Round of 16 twice (in 2006 and 2022).

Players

Current squad

The following 25 players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Bangladesh and Palestine on 6 and 11 June 2024, respectively.^[5]
Caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2024, after the match against Palestine.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Paul Izzo	(1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Melbourne Victory
12	1GK	Lawrence Thomas	(1992-05-09) 9 May 1992 (age 32)	1	0	Western Sydney Wanderers
18	1GK	Joe Gauci	(2000-07-04) 4 July 2000 (age 24)	4	0	Aston Villa

2	2DF	Gethin Jones	(1995-10-13) 13 October 1995 (age 29)	6	0	Bolton Wanderers
3	2DF	Ryan Strain	(1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27)	6	0	St Mirren
5	2DF	Jordan Bos	(2002-10-29) 29 October 2002 (age 22)	15	1	Westerlo
13	2DF	Alessandro Circati	(2003-10-10) 10 October 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Parma
16	2DF	Aziz Behich	(1990-12-16) 16 December 1990 (age 33)	71	2	Melbourne City
19	2DF	Harry Souttar	(1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 26)	30	11	Leicester City
21	2DF	Cameron Burgess	(1995-10-21) 21 October 1995 (age 29)	9	0	Ipswich Town
	2DF	Kye Rowles	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 26)	21	1	Heart of Midlothian

8	3MF	Connor Metcalfe	(1999-11-05) 5 November 1999 (age 25)	23	0	FC St. Pauli
10	3MF	Ajdin Hrustic	(1996-07-05) 5 July 1996 (age 28)	27	4	Heracles Almelo
14	3MF	Cameron Devlin	(1998-06-07) 7 June 1998 (age 26)	4	0	Heart of Midlothian
17	3MF	Keanu Baccus	(1998-06-07) 7 June 1998 (age 26)	19	1	Mansfield Town
22	3MF	Jackson Irvine (captain)	(1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 31)	70	11	FC St. Pauli
23	3MF	Josh Nisbet	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Central Coast Mariners

4	4FW	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	(1999-04-09) 9 April 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Newcastle Jets
6	4FW	Martin Boyle	(1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 31)	29	9	Hibernian
7	4FW	Mathew Leckie	(1991-02-04) 4 February 1991 (age 33)	79	14	Melbourne City
9	4FW	Adam Taggart	(1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 (age 31)	19	7	Perth Glory
11	4FW	Kusini Yengi	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 25)	8	4	Portsmouth
15	4FW	Daniel Arzani	(1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 25)	7	1	Melbourne Victory
20	4FW	Nestory Irankunda	(2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 18)	2	1	Bayern Munich
	4FW	Mitch Duke	(1991-01-18) 18 January 1991 (age 33)	40	12	Machida Zelvia

Home stadiums

By state and territory
Canberra Stadium Manuka Oval class=notpageimage\| Location map of home stadiums in the Australian Capital Territory.
Newcastle Sydney Central Coast C.ex International Stadium (Coffs Harbour) class=notpageimage\| Location map of home stadiums in New South Wales.
Melbourne Queen Elizabeth Oval (Bendigo) class=notpageimage\| Location map of home stadiums in Victoria.
By city
Adelaide Oval Hindmarsh Stadium Kensington Oval Marsden Sports Complex Norwood Oval class=notpageimage\| Location map of home stadiums in Adelaide.
Lang Park The Gabba class=notpageimage\| Location map of home stadiums in Brisbane.
1 Docklands Stadium 2 Lakeside Stadium class=notpageimage\| Location map of home stadiums in Melbourne. 1. Melbourne Cricket Ground 2. AAMI Park
McDonald Jones Stadium Number 1 Sports Ground class=notpageimage\| Location map of home stadiums in Newcastle.
The Gardens Sporting Complex Central Coast Stadium class=notpageimage\| Location map of home stadiums in western Newcastle and the Central Coast.
HBF Park WACA Ground class=notpageimage\| Location map of home stadiums in Perth.
Accor Stadium Sydney Cricket Ground Western Sydney Stadium Leichhardt Oval St George Stadium class=notpageimage\| Location map of home stadiums in Sydney.

Rivalries

References

↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
↑ "Aussie footballers smash world record". BBC Sport. 11 April 2001. Retrieved 10 June 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
↑ "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
↑ "Subway Socceroos squad for final Round Two World Cup Qualifiers confirmed". Socceroos. Football Australia. 29 May 2024.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

[2] "Aussie footballers smash world record". BBC Sport. 11 April 2001. Retrieved 10 June 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-3] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

[4] "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

[5] "Subway Socceroos squad for final Round Two World Cup Qualifiers confirmed". Socceroos. Football Australia. 29 May 2024.

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