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Mark Schwarzer is Australia's most capped player. The Australia men's national soccer team represents the country of Australia in international association football.It is fielded by Football Australia, the governing body of soccer in Australia, and competes as a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which encompasses the countries of Asia, having previously been a part of the ...
The World Cup and Asian Cup, are the primary competitive tournaments the Australia men's national soccer team enters. The finals of both tournaments held every four years in alternate even numbered years.
Australia were to lose all three games in a tough group at Brazil 2014. In the Qatar 2022 edition, Australia made it to the last 16 for only the second time, before falling 2–1 to Argentina, which, like what happened to 2006 Italy, Argentina would eventually claim the World Cup title in 2022.
On 14 June 2010, Australia faced Germany. Pim Verbeek's surprising decision to play without a recognised striker saw Australia comprehensively defeated 4–0. Verbeek received heavy criticism for his tactics, [38] with SBS (Australia's World Cup broadcaster) chief soccer analyst Craig Foster calling for his immediate sacking. [39]
1974 World Cup: John Kosmina: 19 November 1977 Hong Kong: Kuwait City, Kuwait: 0–1 1978 World Cup Qualifiers: Ken Boden: 5 December 1980 Hong Kong: Hong Kong: 0–1 Friendly: Ken Murphy: 8 October 1985 Israel: National Stadium, Ramat Gan: 2–1 1986 World Cup Qualifiers: Garry McDowall: 20 March 1988 Israel: Queen Elizabeth II Park ...
In the first game Australia drew with Iraq 1–1 with a header from Mathew Leckie proving the vital goal to earn a point, but this unimpressive away draw to Iraq left Australia flounder as the country got a poor record of four straight draws in a World Cup qualification, which would stand until Ukraine broke the record in the 2022 FIFA World ...
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. Only "A" internationals are included.
Australia have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have played between four and nine, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include his usual playing position while with the team, the number of caps earned and goals scored in all international matches, and ...