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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).
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.
In Australia, soccer, also known as association football, is the most played outdoor team sport, [3] [4] and ranked in the top ten for television audience as of 2015. [5] The national governing body of the sport is Football Australia (FA) which comprises nine state and territory member federations, which oversee the sport within their respective region.
The lists shown below shows the Australia men's national soccer team all-time record against opposing nations. The statistics are composed of FIFA World Cup , FIFA Confederations Cup , OFC Nations Cup , AFC Asian Cup and Summer Olympics matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.
Australia continued qualification for the World Cup starting the second half of the fixtures in third position. Despite remaining undefeated with an away draw to Iraq [1] and home wins over the United Arab Emirates [2] and Saudi Arabia, [3] by the middle of the year Australia hadn't improved from third, the position that sends a team into further qualification matches.
In the second game, played in Saitama, Australia managed to draw 1–1 with Japan with Shogo Taniguchi's own goal being the first they conceded in nine matches. Unfortunately an own goal by Cameron Burgess levelled the scores. In the game, Luke Brattan made his first senior international appearance, making him the oldest debutant for the ...
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