Australia men's national soccer team

**Australia national soccer team** is the national soccer team of Australia. Its official nickname is "the **Socceroos**". The team is under the control of the Football Australia which is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. It has also been invited to join the ASEAN Football Federation.

Australia has one of the best teams in Asia according to the FIFA Men's World Ranking. Australia has qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times (in 1974, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022). Australia has made it to the Round of 16 twice (in 2006 and 2022).

### Current squad

The following 25 players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Bangladesh and Palestine on 6 and 11 June 2024, respectively.

_Caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2024, after the match against Palestine._

## Rivalries

- Australia-England football rivalry
- Australia–Japan football rivalry
- Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry
- Australia–South Korea football rivalry
- Australia–Uruguay football rivalry

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Australia
- **badge**: Australia national football team badge.svg
- **badge size**: 180px
- **nickname**: Socceroos
- **association**: Football Australia
- **sub-confederation**: ASEAN Football Federation, AFF (Southeast Asia)
- **confederation**: Asian Football Confederation, AFC (Asia; 2006–present)
Oceania Football Confederation, OFC (Oceania; 1966–2006)
- **coach**: Graham Arnold
- **captain**: Mathew Ryan
- **most caps**: Mark Schwarzer (109)
- **top scorer**: Tim Cahill (List of international goals scored by Tim Cahill, 50)
- **home stadium**: List of soccer stadiums in Australia, Various
- **fifa trigramme**: AUS
- **fifa max**: 14
- **fifa max date**: September 2009
- **fifa min**: 102
- **fifa min date**: November 2014
- **elo max**: 9
- **elo max date**: 14 August 2001
- **elo min**: 75
- **elo min date**: November 1965
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- **first game**: 1922 New Zealand v Australia soccer match, 3–1
(Dunedin, New Zealand; 17 June 1922)
- **largest win**: Australia 31–0 American Samoa, 31–0
(Coffs Harbour, Australia; 11 April 2001)
<small>(World record for senior international matches)</small>
- **largest loss**: 0–8
(Adelaide, Australia; 17 September 1955)
- **world cup apps**: 6
- **world cup first**: 1974
- **world cup best**: Round of 16 (2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006, 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022)
- **regional name**: AFC Asian Cup, Asian Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 4
- **regional cup first**: 2007 AFC Asian Cup, 2007
- **regional cup best**: **Champions** (2015 AFC Asian Cup, 2015)
- **2ndregional name**: OFC Nations Cup
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 6
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1980 OFC Nations Cup, 1980
- **2ndregional cup best**: **Champions** (1980 OFC Nations Cup, 1980,
1996 OFC Nations Cup, 1996, 2000 OFC Nations Cup, 2000, 2004 OFC Nations Cup, 2004)
- **confederations cup apps**: 4
- **confederations cup first**: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, 1997
- **confederations cup best**: Runners-up (1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, 1997)