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Football national side
Australia
National team · Australia
«Socceroos»
68
Matches
38
wins
14
draws
16
losses
116–54
Goals
+62
Difference
1.7
Scored per game
Form
W
14 Jun · Home Turkey · 2:0
L
19 Jun · Away USA · 0:2
D
26 Jun · Away Paraguay · 0:0
D
3 Jul · Home Egypt · 1:1
D
25 Sep · Home Brazil · 1:1
L
29 Sep · Home Brazil · 2:4
Tim Cahill remains the reference point for anyone talking about the Socceroos: 50 goals in 108 caps, a scoring run through three World Cups, and a hand in the 2015 Asian Cup win that stands as the country's one major title. His finish against Japan in 2006 is the kind of moment the team is still measured against.
Australia's first international match came on 17 June 1922, a 3–1 defeat to New Zealand in Dunedin, and that fixture set the tone for a rivalry that has outlasted every tournament change since. The two countries have played for the Soccer Ashes, a trophy first created in 1923 and revived in 2023, and for years settled their Trans-Tasman meetings through a dedicated cup, which Australia won four times between 1986 and 1995.
The nickname Socceroos did not come naturally. Fans voted for "Emus" in 1967, and it took a journalist, Tony Horstead, coining an alternative in 1972 to give the team the name that stuck through the 1974 World Cup campaign — its first appearance at the tournament.
The Asian Cup win in 2015 followed a runners-up finish in 2011, and Australia has since made the World Cup a regular fixture rather than an occasional breakthrough.
With no fixed home ground, the team's biggest occasions tend to migrate between the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Accor Stadium, and the other major venues across the country, drawing crowds shaped by whichever city gets the fixture that year.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 29 Sep | Friendlies |
Brazil
H
|
2:4 | L |
| 25 Sep | Friendlies |
Brazil
H
|
1:1 | D |
| 3 Jul | World Cup |
Egypt
H
|
1:1 | D |
| 26 Jun | World Cup |
Paraguay
A
|
0:0 | D |
| 19 Jun | World Cup |
USA
A
|
0:2 | L |
| 14 Jun | World Cup |
Turkey
H
|
2:0 | W |
Standing
Asian CupGroup stage · Group B
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Australia
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4:1 | 7 |
| 2 |
 Uzbekistan
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4:1 | 5 |
| 3 |
 Syria
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1:1 | 4 |
| 4 |
 India
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0:6 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 68
68
Matches
38
wins
14
draws
16
losses
116–54
Goals
+62
Difference
1.7
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 68 | 35 | 33 |
| Scored | 116 | 74 | 42 |
| Conceded | 54 | 22 | 32 |
| Scored per game | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.3 |
| Conceded per game | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Difference | +62 | +52 | +10 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Australia
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 |  Patrick Beach |
Goalkeeper | 6 | ||
| 26 |  Tete Yengi |
Forward | 6 | ||
| 25 |  Lucas Herrington |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 12 |  Paul Izzo |
Goalkeeper | 6 | ||
| 13 |  Aiden O'Neill |
Midfielder | 6 | ||
| 17 |  Nestory Irankunda |
Forward | 6 | ||
| 3 |  Alessandro Circati |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 22 |  Jackson Alexander Irvine |
Midfielder | 6 | ||
| 8 |  Connor Metcalfe |
Forward | 6 | ||
| 19 | |
 Harry James Souttar |
Defender | 27 | 6 |
| 16 |  Aziz Eraltay Behich |
Midfielder | 6 | ||
| 6 |  Jason Kato Geria |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 2 |  Miloš Degenek |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 24 |  P. Okon-Engstler |
Midfielder | 6 | ||
| 10 |  Nishan Velupillay |
Forward | 6 | ||
| 1 |  Mathew David Ryan |
Goalkeeper | 5 | ||
| 10 |  Ajdin Hrustić |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 21 | |
 Cameron Robert Burgess |
Defender | 30 | 5 |
| 15 |  Kai Clifton Trewin |
Defender | 5 | ||
| 9 | |
 Mohamed Touré |
Forward | 22 | 5 |
| 14 | |
 Cameron Devlin |
Midfielder | 28 | 5 |
| 20 | |
 Cristian Volpato |
Forward | 22 | 5 |
| 11 |  Awer Bul Mabil |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 5 |  Jordan Bos |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 4 |  Jacob Michael Italiano |
Midfielder | 4 | ||
| 7 |  Mathew Allan Leckie |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 5 |  K. Bos |
Forward | 1 | ||
| 23 | |
 Yaya Dukuly |
Forward | 23 | 1 |
| 1 | |
 Jacob Chapman |
Goalkeeper | 25 | 1 |
| 15 |  Dylan Leonard |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 7 |  Patrick Yazbek |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 21 |  Kealey Adamson |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 14 |  Riley Patrick McGree |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 20 |  Eli Adams |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 11 | |
 M. Yunis |
Forward | 21 | 1 |
Fixtures of Australia
Honours of Australia
- OFC Nations Cup 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004 4
- Trans-Tasman Cup 1986, 1988, 1991, 1995 4
- AFC Asian Cup 2015 1
- OFC Nations Cup 1998, 2002 2
- AFC Asian Cup 2011 1
- FIFA Confederations Cup 1997 1
- FIFA Confederations Cup 2001 1
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