Australia national football team

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General

Kit history

Australia
Nickname(s)	Socceroos
Association	Football Federation Australia
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Ange Postecoglou
Captain	Mile Jedinak
Most caps	Mark Schwarzer (109)
Top scorer	Tim Cahill (31)
Home Stadium	Various
FIFA code	AUS
World Cup appearances	4 (First in 1974)
Best result	Round of 16, 2006
Asian Cup appearances	2 (First in 2007)
Best result	Runners-up, 2011

The Australia national football team is the national association football team of Australia and is controlled by the Football Federation Australia. Australia is the only national team to have been a champion of two confederations, having won the OFC Nations Cup four times between 1980 and 2004, as well as the AFC Asian Cup at the 2015 event on home soil. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup tournament on four occasions, in 1974, 2006, 2010 and 2014. The team has also represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup four.

Players

For all past and present players who have appeared for the national team, see Australia national team players.

Current squad

The following players were called up as part of the 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Caps and goals correct as of 26 May 2014 (v. South Africa).

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mathew Ryan	8 April 1992 (1992-04-08)	6	0	Club Brugge
12	1GK	Mitchell Langerak	22 August 1988 (1988-08-22)	3	0	Borussia Dortmund
18	1GK	Eugene Galekovic	12 June 1981 (1981-06-12)	8	0	Adelaide United
2	2DF	Ivan Franjić	10 September 1987 (1987-09-10)	8	0	Brisbane Roar
3	2DF	Jason Davidson	29 June 1991 (1991-06-29)	6	0	Heracles Almelo
6	2DF	Matthew Špiranović	27 June 1988 (1988-06-27)	17	0	Western Sydney Wanderers
8	2DF	Bailey Wright	28 July 1992 (1992-07-28)	0	0	Preston North End
19	2DF	Ryan McGowan	15 August 1989 (1989-08-15)	9	0	Shandong Luneng Taishan
22	2DF	Alex Wilkinson	13 August 1984 (1984-08-13)	2	0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
5	3MF	Mark Milligan	4 August 1985 (1985-08-04)	28	2	Melbourne Victory
10	3MF	Ben Halloran	14 June 1992 (1992-06-14)	1	0	Fortuna Düsseldorf
11	3MF	Tommy Oar	10 December 1991 (1991-12-10)	14	1	Utrecht
13	3MF	Oliver Bozanić	8 January 1989 (1989-01-08)	3	0	Luzern
14	3MF	James Troisi	3 July 1988 (1988-07-03)	10	1	Melbourne Victory
15	3MF	Mile Jedinak (c)	3 August 1984 (1984-08-03)	43	4	Crystal Palace
16	3MF	James Holland	15 May 1989 (1989-05-15)	13	0	Austria Wien
17	3MF	Matt McKay	11 January 1983 (1983-01-11)	46	1	Brisbane Roar
20	3MF	Dario Vidošić	8 April 1987 (1987-04-08)	22	2	Sion
21	3MF	Massimo Luongo	25 September 1992 (1992-09-25)	1	0	Swindon Town
23	3MF	Mark Bresciano (vice-captain)	11 February 1980 (1980-02-11)	73	13	Al-Gharafa
4	4FW	Tim Cahill (vice-captain)	6 December 1979 (1979-12-06)	68	32	New York Red Bulls
7	4FW	Mathew Leckie	4 February 1991 (1991-02-04)	7	1	FSV Frankfurt
9	4FW	Adam Taggart	2 June 1993 (1993-06-02)	4	3	Newcastle Jets

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Australia squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Mark Birighitti 17 April 1991 (1991-04-17) 1 0 Newcastle Jets 2014 FIFA World Cup 27-man preliminary squad GK Brad Jones 19 March 1982 (1982-03-19) 4 0 Liverpool v. Ecuador, 5 March 2014 GK Mark Schwarzer 6 October 1972 (1972-10-06) 109 0 Chelsea v. Brazil, 7 September 2013 GK Nathan Coe 1 June 1984 (1984-06-01) 3 0 Melbourne Victory 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, July 2013 DF Luke Wilkshire 1 October 1981 (1981-10-01) 80 8 Dynamo Moscow 2014 FIFA World Cup 27-man preliminary squad DF Curtis Good 23 March 1993 (1993-03-23) 1 0 Newcastle United 2014 FIFA World Cup 30-man preliminary squad DF Lucas Neill 9 March 1978 (1978-03-09) 96 1 Doncaster Rovers v. Costa Rica, 19 November 2013 DF Rhys Williams 14 July 1988 (1988-07-14) 14 0 Middlesbrough v. Costa Rica, 19 November 2013 DF Michael Zullo 11 September 1988 (1988-09-11) 10 0 Adelaide United v. Costa Rica, 19 November 2013 DF David Carney 30 November 1983 (1983-11-30) 48 6 Newcastle Jets v. Canada, 16 October 2013 DF Saša Ognenovski 3 April 1979 (1979-04-03) 22 1 Sydney FC v. Canada, 16 October 2013 DF Robert Cornthwaite 24 October 1985 (1985-10-24) 8 3 Jeonnam Dragons v. Brazil, 7 September 2013 DF Jade North 7 January 1982 (1982-01-07) 41 0 Brisbane Roar 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, July 2013 DF Michael Thwaite 2 May 1983 (1983-05-02) 13 0 Perth Glory 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, July 2013 DF Craig Goodwin 16 December 1991 (1991-12-16) 2 0 Newcastle Jets 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, July 2013 DF Trent Sainsbury 5 January 1992 (1992-01-05) 0 0 Zwolle 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, July 2013 MF Tom Rogić 16 December 1992 (1992-12-16) 9 0 Celtic 2014 FIFA World Cup 27-man preliminary squad MF Adam Sarota 28 December 1988 (1988-12-28) 3 0 Utrecht 2014 FIFA World Cup 30-man preliminary squad MF Joshua Brillante 25 March 1993 (1993-03-25) 1 0 Newcastle Jets 2014 FIFA World Cup 30-man preliminary squad MF Brett Holman 27 March 1984 (1984-03-27) 63 9 Al-Nasr v. Ecuador, 5 March 2014 MF Chris Herd 4 April 1989 (1989-04-04) 0 0 Aston Villa v. Ecuador, 5 March 2014 MF Nikita Rukavytsya 22 June 1987 (1987-06-22) 13 1 FSV Frankfurt v. Canada, 16 October 2013 MF Jackson Irvine 7 March 1993 (1993-03-07) 1 0 Kilmarnock v. Canada, 16 October 2013 MF Mitch Nichols 1 May 1989 (1989-05-01) 4 0 Cerezo Osaka 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, July 2013 MF Aaron Mooy 15 September 1990 (1990-09-15) 3 3 Western Sydney Wanderers 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, July 2013 MF Ruben Zadkovich 23 May 1986 (1986-05-23) 3 0 Perth Glory 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, July 2013 MF Erik Paartalu 3 May 1986 (1986-05-03) 2 0 Muangthong United 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, July 2013 FW Joshua Kennedy 20 August 1982 (1982-08-20) 36 17 Nagoya Grampus 2014 FIFA World Cup 27-man preliminary squad FW Robbie Kruse 5 October 1988 (1988-10-05) 28 3 Bayer Leverkusen v. Costa Rica, 19 November 2013 FW Archie Thompson 23 October 1978 (1978-10-23) 54 28 Melbourne Victory v. Brazil, 7 September 2013 FW Mitchell Duke 18 January 1991 (1991-01-18) 4 2 Central Coast Mariners v. Brazil, 7 September 2013 FW Tomi Jurić 22 July 1991 (1991-07-22) 3 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, July 2013 FW Connor Pain 11 November 1993 (1993-11-11) 1 0 Melbourne Victory 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, July 2013 FW Alex Brosque 12 October 1983 (1983-10-12) 21 5 Al-Ain v. Iraq, 18 June 2013 Current coaching staff Alumni Former players Main article:List of Australian international players Managers Main article:List of Australia international managers 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 Runners-up (1): 2011 AFC Men's Team of the Year: 2006 External links Australia Australian competitions Australian coaches Australian players Australian stadiums