Australia national soccer team records - wikipedia Australia national soccer team records The following details the Australia national soccer team records, as made by an individual or the team. Contents 1 Honours 1.1 Minor tournaments 2 Player records 2.1 Most appearances 2.2 Top goalscorers 2.3 Most goals in a match 2.4 Most captaincies 3 Team records 3.1 Largest wins 3.2 Largest defeats 4 See also 5 References Honours FIFA Confederations Cup Runners - up ( 1 ) : 1997 Third Place ( 1 ) : 2001 OFC Nations Cup Winners ( 4 ) : 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004 Runners - up ( 2 ) : 1998, 2002 AFC Asian Cup Winners ( 1 ) : 2015 Runners - up ( 1 ) : 2011 AFC Men 's Team of the Year : 2006, 2015 Minor tournaments 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup -- Champions 1983 Merlion Cup -- Champions 1988 Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup -- Runner - up 1990 Indonesian Independence Cup − Champions 1994 Kirin Cup -- Runner - up Player records This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2016 ) As of 10 October 2017 Players in bold are still available for selection. Players in italics are still active at club level. Most appearances Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer is the most capped player in the history of Australian men 's football with 109 caps. See also : List of Australia international soccer players with over 50 caps # Name Caps Goals First cap Latest cap Mark Schwarzer 109 0 31 July 1993 8 September 2013 Tim Cahill 103 50 30 March 2004 10 October 2017 Lucas Neill 96 27 March 1996 19 November 2013 Brett Emerton 95 20 7 February 1998 9 December 2012 5 Alex Tobin 87 9 March 1988 6 November 1998 6 Paul Wade 84 10 3 August 1986 1 November 1996 Mark Bresciano 84 13 1 June 2001 22 January 2015 8 Luke Wilkshire 80 8 9 October 2004 26 May 2014 9 Tony Vidmar 76 6 February 1991 7 October 2006 10 Mile Jedinak 71 15 22 March 2008 8 June 2017 Top goalscorers Midfielder Tim Cahill is the top scorer in the history of Australia with 50 goals. # Name Goals Caps Avg. First cap Latest cap Tim Cahill 50 103 0.49 30 March 2004 10 October 2017 Damian Mori 29 45 0.64 4 September 1992 14 July 2002 Archie Thompson 28 53 0.53 28 February 2001 8 September 2013 John Aloisi 27 55 0.49 12 March 1997 6 February 2008 5 John Kosmina 25 60 0.42 18 August 1976 22 September 1988 Attila Abonyi 25 61 0.41 4 June 1967 25 November 1977 7 David Zdrilic 20 30 0.67 18 January 1997 29 March 2005 Brett Emerton 20 95 0.21 7 February 1998 9 December 2012 9 Graham Arnold 19 56 0.34 23 October 1985 29 November 1997 10 Ray Baartz 18 48 0.38 28 May 1967 27 April 1974 Most goals in a match Archie Thompson has scored the most goals for Australia in a single match, with 13 goals against American Samoa. # Player Goals Score Opponent Competition Date Archie Thompson 13 31 -- 0 American Samoa 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 April 2001 David Zdrilic 8 31 -- 0 American Samoa 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 April 2001 Gary Cole 7 10 -- 0 Fiji 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification 14 August 1981 John Aloisi 6 22 -- 0 Tonga 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 9 April 2001 Frank Parsons 6 8 -- 1 New Zealand Friendly 11 September 1948 6 John Aloisi 5 13 -- 0 Solomon Islands 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 June 1997 Damian Mori 5 13 -- 0 Solomon Islands 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 June 1997 George Smith 5 10 -- 0 New Zealand Friendly 11 July 1936 Most captaincies Lucas Neill has captained Australia on 61 occasions, more than any other Australian captain. See also : List of Australian national soccer team captains # Name Captaincies First captaincy Latest captaincy Lucas Neill 61 7 October 2006 19 November 2013 Peter Wilson 60 11 November 1971 13 June 1979 Paul Wade 46 25 August 1990 1 November 1996 Alex Tobin 30 11 February 1995 6 November 1998 Charlie Yankos 30 25 October 1986 16 April 1989 6 Mile Jedinak 29 5 March 2014 8 June 2017 7 John Kosmina 25 6 October 1982 9 March 1988 8 Johnny Warren 24 5 November 1967 1 December 1970 Paul Okon 24 9 October 1996 7 September 2003 10 Mark Viduka 17 3 August 2005 21 July 2007 Team records Australia 's largest ever win was a 31 -- 0 win over American Samoa, a match which has also broken numerous World records. Largest wins # Score Opponent Competition Date 31 -- 0 ( WR ) American Samoa 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 April 2001 22 -- 0 Tonga 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 9 April 2001 17 -- 0 Cook Islands 2000 OFC Nations Cup 19 June 2000 16 -- 0 Cook Islands 1998 OFC Nations Cup 28 September 1998 5 13 -- 0 Solomon Islands 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 June 1997 Largest defeats # Score Opponent Competition Date 8 -- 0 South Africa Friendly 17 September 1955 7 -- 0 Croatia Friendly 6 June 1998 6 -- 0 Brazil Friendly 8 September 2013 6 -- 0 France Friendly 12 October 2013 6 -- 0 Brazil 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Final 21 December 1997 6 1 -- 7 India Friendly 12 December 1956 See also Australia at the FIFA World Cup Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup Australia at the OFC Nations Cup Australia at the AFC Asian Cup References ^ Jump up to : `` Australia Socceroos Football Soccer History ''. Socceroos.com.au. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 03. ^ Jump up to : `` FIFA World Cup TM -- Previous Editions ''. FIFA.com. 2015 - 02 - 26. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 03. Jump up ^ `` South Africa national football team : record v Australia ''. 11v11.com. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Australia v Croatia by Thomas Esamie ''. Ozfootball.net. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Croatia national football team : record v Australia ''. 11v11.com. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 03. Australia national soccer team General Football Federation Australia History Coaches Statistics Results Records All - time record FIFA World Cup record FIFA Confederations Cup record OFC Nations Cup record AFC Asian Cup record Hat - tricks FFA Australian Football Awards Players Players Captains 50 + caps World Cups 2006 2014 Continental Cups OFC : 1980 1998 2000 2002 AFC : 2007 2011 2015 Confederations Cups 1997 2001 2005 2017 Rivalries New Zealand Japan Matches Noted matches Australia 31 -- 0 American Samoa Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup Trans - Tasman Cup Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australia_national_soccer_team_records&oldid=804802367 '' Categories : Australia national soccer team Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from March 2016 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 11 October 2017, at 07 : 20. About Wikipedia

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