The Australia men’s national soccer team represents Australia in international men’s soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006.
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 five occasions, in 1974 and from 2006 to 2018. The team has also represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup four times.
Graham James Arnold is an Australian association football manager and former player. Arnold was appointed to work as an assistant coach of the Australian national football team in 2000. He was then appointed to the position of Australian assistant coach in 2000, becoming interim coach in July 2006. On 6 September 2006 Australia was defeated 2–0 in an Asian Cup qualifying game against lowly-ranked Kuwait. The FFA confirmed Arnold would remain Head Coach through to the end of 2007 Asian Cup campaign. Australia started their Asian Cup campaign drawing with Oman in its opening Group stage game in Bangkok. Media pressure focused on Arnold and on 13 July 2007 Australia were beaten 3–1 by the eventual winners Iraq in the 2007 Asian Cup.
Australia FIFA World Cup 2022 Squad
S.NO. | Player | Club |
Goalkeeper | ||
1 | andrew redmayne | Sydney FC |
2 | Mathew Ryan | Real Sociedad |
3 | Daniel Vukovic | NEC Nijmegen |
Defender | ||
4 | Aziz Behich | Giresunspor |
5 | Milos Degenek | Australia national football team |
6 | Craig Goodwin | Adelaide United |
7 | Rhyan Grant | Sydney FC |
8 | Fran Karacic | Brescia Calcio |
9 | Joel King | Â Sydney FC |
10 | Â Ryan McGowan | Kuwait SC |
11 | Kye Rowles | Â Central Coast Mariners FC |
12 | Â Trent Sainsbury | Kortrijk |
midfielder | ||
13 | Martin Boyle | Al-Faisaly |
14 | Ajdin Hrustic | Eintracht Frankfurt |
15 | Â Jackson Irvine | FC St. Pauli |
16 | James Jeggo | Aris |
17 | Riley McGree | Middlesbrough |
18 | Connor Metcalfe | Melbourne City |
19 | Aaron Mooy | Shanghai Port F.C. |
20 | Â Tomas Rogic | Celtic |
Forward | ||
21 | Brandon Borrello | Â SG Dynamo Dresden |
22 | Mitchell Duke | Fagiano Okayama |
23 | Mathew Leckie | Melbourne City FC |
24 | Jamie Maclaren | Melbourne City |
25 | Marco Tilio | Melbourne City |