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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).
In November, Australia played their first games of the second round of the qualification path for the 2026 World Cup. In the first match, they beat Bangladesh 7–0 in Melbourne, with Souttar and Borrello scoring a goal each, Mitchell Duke scoring a brace, and Jamie Maclaren scoring his second hat-trick for the national team. [ 13 ]
Australia lost the final group match against Saudi Arabia 1–0 with Salem Al-Dawsari scoring the only goal from the penalty spot. The final group day also confirmed Australia's opponents for the Asian play-off and possible interconfederational play-off. [8] Ahead of the Asian play-off, Australia scheduled a friendly match against Jordan in Doha.
Australia won the match 2–0 thanks to goals by Ajdin Hrustic and Yengi. [17] Irankunda made his senior international debut in the match and assisted the first goal. [ 18 ] In their last qualifying match of the group, Australia beat Palestine 5–0 to record a perfect 6 wins out of 6 games and top the group.
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A list of Australia national soccer team results: Australia national soccer team results (1922–1949) Australia national soccer team results (1950–1979)
This is a list of Australia men's national soccer team head coaches. The list was first established in 1965 with the appointment of Tiko Jelisavčić . Before this, the Australia team was selected by a committee, a process in which Australia would select coaches and trainers to prepare the side for single games.
"OzFootball - The Australian Football Site" Howe, Andrew. "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-14; Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. 25 May 2018. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8. Inline citations