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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 ]
The league system in Australia since 1977 has involved one top divisional league controlled by Football Australia and many leagues run within each state below. [ 1 ] The National Soccer League (NLS) stood from 1977 to 2004 as the top nationwide tier above the current state-based league systems.
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.
A list of Australia national soccer team results: . Australia national soccer team results (1922–1949) Australia national soccer team results (1950–1979) Australia national soccer team results (1980–1999)
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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.
The 2022 World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches were postponed from 2020 to 2021 as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [1] Australia had also accepted an invitation to participate in the 2020 Copa América as a guest nation, [2] but this competition was also postponed to 2021, [3] and Australia subsequently withdrew.