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Australia men's national soccer team records and statistics

Australia men's national soccer team records and statistics

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This article lists various soccer records in relation to the Australia men's national soccer team. The page is updated where necessary after each Australia match, and is correct as of 28 March 2023.

Individual appearances

Appearances

Most appearances
Mark Schwarzer, 109, 31 July 1993 – 7 September 2013
Tim Cahill, 108, 30 March 2004 – 20 November 2018
Lucas Neill, 96, 9 October 1996 – 19 September 2013
Brett Emerton, 95, 7 February 1998 – 9 December 2012
Alex Tobin, 87, 9 March 1988 – 6 November 1998
Marco Bresciano, 84, 1 June 2001 – 22 January 2015
Paul Wade, 84, 3 August 1986 – 1 November 1996
Mark Milligan, 80, 7 June 2006 – 19 October 2019
Mathew Ryan, 80, 5 December 2012 – 24 March 2023
Luke Wilkshire, 80, 9 October 2004 – 26 May 2014
First player to reach 100 appearances
Mark Schwarzer, 6 September 2012, 3–0 vs. Lebanon
Fastest player to reach 100 appearances
Tim Cahill, 30 March 2004 – 25 June 2017
Most consecutive appearances
Alex Tobin, 63, 4 November 1970 – 30 October 1977
Most appearances as a substitute
Archie Thompson, 34, 28 February 2001 – 7 September 2013
Most consecutive appearances as a substitute
Mark Jankovics, 6, 15 June 1980 – 2 December 1980
Most appearances as a substitute without ever starting a game
Jim Campbell, 4, 27 January 1983 – 18 December 1983
Most appearances in competitive matches (World Cup, Confederations Cup, Asian Cup, Nations Cup and qualifier)
Mark Schwarzer, 61, 15 August 1993 – 18 June 2013
Longest Australia career
Mark Schwarzer, 20 years, 38 days, 31 July 1993 – 7 September 2013
Shortest Australia career
Raphael Bove, 1 minute, 6 November 1998, 0–0 vs. United States
Most consecutive appearances comprising entire Australia career
Alan Westwater, 14, 28 May 1967 – 4 April 1968
Youngest player
Duncan Cummings, 17 years, 139 days, 6 August 1975, vs. China
Oldest player
Mark Schwarzer, 40 years, 336 days, 7 September 2013, vs. Brazil
Most appearances at the World Cup finals
Mathew Leckie, 10, 13 June 2014 – 3 December 2022
Mathew Ryan, 10, 13 June 2014 – 3 December 2022
Most appearances without ever playing at the World Cup finals
Alex Tobin, 87, 9 March 1988 – 6 November 1999
Most appearances at the Asian Cup finals
Tim Cahill, 16, 8 July 2007 – 27 January 2015
Most consecutive years of appearances
Tim Cahill, 14, 2004 to 2018 inclusive
Longest gap between appearances
Ted Drain, 8 years, 74 days, 10 May 1947, 1–2 vs. South Africa – 24 September 1955, 0–6 vs. South Africa[1]
Most appearances by a set of brothers
Aurelio and Tony Vidmar, 120, 1991 – 2006[note 1]
Capped by another country
Ken Hough (New Zealand)
Apostolos Giannou (Greece)

Goals

See also: Progression of Australia association football goalscoring record
See also: Australia 31–0 American Samoa and Tonga 0–22 Australia
First goal
William Maunder, 17 June 1922, vs. New Zealand
Most goals
Tim Cahill, 50, 31 May 2004 – 10 October 2017
Most goals in competitive matches (World Cup, Nations Cup, Asian Cup and qualifiers)
Tim Cahill, 39, 2 June 2004 – 10 October 2017
Most goals in a match
Archie Thompson, 13, 11 April 2001, vs. American Samoa
Four goals or more in a match on the greatest number of occasions
George Smith, Damian Mori, twice
Three goals or more in a match on the greatest number of occasions
Damian Mori, four times
Scoring in most consecutive appearances
George Smith, 5, 5 June 1933 – 11 July 1936
Jack Hughes, 5, 3 September 1938 – 1 October 1938
Jim Cunningham, 5, 31 May 1947 – 28 August 1948
Most goals on debut
Frank Parsons, 3, 14 August 1948, 6–0 vs. New Zealand
Ian Hunter, 3, 26 February 1980, 11–2 vs. Papua New Guinea
Most appearances, scoring in every match
Jack Hughes, 6, 17 June 1933 – 1 October 1938
Most goals in a World Cup tournament
Tim Cahill, 2, 2006 World Cup
Brett Holman, 2, 2010 World Cup
Tim Cahill 2, 2014 World Cup
Mile Jedinak, 2, 2018 World Cup
Most goals in total at World Cup tournaments
Tim Cahill, 5, 12 June 2006 – 18 June 2014
First goal in a World Cup finals match
Tim Cahill, 12 June 2006, 3–1 vs. Japan
First goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign
Les Scheinflug, 21 November 1965, 1–6 vs. North Korea
Youngest goalscorer
Duncan Cummings, 17 years, 139 days, 6 August 1975, vs. China
Oldest goalscorer
Tim Cahill, 37 years, 308 days, 10 June 2017, vs. Syria
First goal by a substitute
Ian Johnston, 8 December 1965, vs. Malaysia
First player to score a hat-trick
George Smith, 17 June 1933, 6–4 vs. New Zealand
Most appearances for an outfield player without ever scoring
Stan Lazaridis, 60, 15 April 1993 – 7 October 2006
Most different goalscorers in a match
9, 9 April 2001, 22–0 vs. Tonga[note 2]
Most goals against the same opponent
George Smith, 16 vs. New Zealand, 5 June 1933 – 18 July 1936
Highest goals to games average
George Smith, 16 goals in 6 games, average 2.66 goals per game.

Captains

First captain
Alex Gibb, 17 June 1922, vs. New Zealand
Most appearances as captain
Peter Wilson and Lucas Neill, both 61

Discipline

Most red cards
Ray Richards and Brett Emerton, 2 each
List of all Australia players sent off
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Team records

Biggest victory
31–0 vs. American Samoa, 11 April 2001
Heaviest defeat
0–8 vs. South Africa, 17 September 1955
Biggest away victory
10–0 vs. New Zealand, 11 July 1936
Biggest away defeat
0–7 vs. Croatia, 25 September 1998
Biggest victory at the World Cup finals
3–1 vs. Japan, 12 June 2006
Heaviest defeat at the World Cup finals
0–4 vs. Germany, 13 June 2010
Biggest victory at the OFC Nations Cup finals
17–0 vs. Cook Islands, 19 June 2000
First defeat to a non-Oceania team
0–1 vs. Canada, 14 June 1924
Most consecutive victories
14, 26 October 1996 vs. Tahiti – 1 October 1997 vs. Tunisia
Most consecutive matches without defeat
20, 21 September 1996 vs. Kuwait – 12 December 1997 vs. Mexico
Most consecutive matches without victory
7, 31 May 1980 – 11 November 1980
Most consecutive defeats
5, 3 September 1955 to 1 October 1955
Most consecutive draws
4, Achieved on two occasions, most recently 6 October 2016 – 23 March 2017
Most consecutive matches without scoring
4, Achieved on four occasions, most recently 25 February 1996 – 23 April 1996
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal
6, Achieved on two occasions, most recently 17 November 2007 – 1 June 2008

Miscellaneous

First substitute
Arthur McCartney (for Cliff Almond), 10 September 1955, 0–2 vs. South Africa
Australia players who later became manager/head coach
Les Scheinflug, 6 appearances as a player, 1965–1968, 19 matches as manager, 1974–1994
Frank Farina, 37 appearances as a player, 1984–1995, 58 matches as manager, 1999–2005
Graham Arnold, 54 appearances as a player, 1985–1997, 23 matches as manager, 2006–2019
Aurelio Vidmar, 44 appearances as a player, 1991–2001, 1 match as manager, 2013
Ange Postecoglou, 4 appearances as a player, 1986, 49 matches as manager, 2013–2017
Graham Arnold, 54 appearances as a player, 1985–1997, ongoing as manager, 2018–present
Father and son both capped
Alex Gibb (6 caps, 1922–1923) and Lex Gibb (8 caps, 1938–1948)[3]
Percy Lennard (3 caps, 1923) and Jack Lennard (6 caps, 1954–1956)[4]
Andy Henderson (2 caps, 1924) and Bill Henderson (6 caps, 1954–1956)[5]
Cliff van Blerk (2 caps, 1967) and Jason van Blerk (27 caps, 1990–2000)[3]
John Coyne (4 caps, 1979–1980) and Chris Coyne (7 caps, 2008–2009)[6][7]
Vic Bozanic (1 cap, 1980) and Oliver Bozanic (7 caps, 2013–)[8]
Alan Davidson (51 caps, 1980–1993) and Jason Davidson (22 caps, 2012–2015)[3][8]
Mark Robertson (1 cap, 2001) and Alex Robertson (1 cap, 2023–)[9][note 3]

See also

References

General

  • "OzFootball - The Australian Football Site". Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  • Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. 25 May 2018. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8.

Inline citations

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    Comito, Matthew (10 June 2021). "Stat attack: Records tumble in Kuwait as Socceroos notch best winning streak in decades". Socceroos.
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    Esamie, Thomas; Punshon, John; Stock, Greg. "Socceroo 1924 Matches". OzFootball. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
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    Davutovic, David; Smithies, Tom (2014-06-21). "Like father, like son: Davidson makes mark". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
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    Fairs, Syd (1953-07-28). "Soccer Round-up". Illawarra Daily Mercury. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
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    "Family immortalised". Parramatta Advertiser. 29 October 2008.
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    Monteverde, Marco (11 October 2008). "Pim's defensive future unleashed". Daily Telegraph.
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    Cockerill, Michael (6 January 1999). "Olyroos call on foreign legion". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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    Lynch, Michael (2014-06-19). "Socceroos following in fathers' footsteps". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
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    Clarke, George (25 March 2023). "Man City debutant Robertson aims high with Socceroos". FTBL.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-25.

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Aurelio Vidmar made 44 and Tony Vidmar 76 of their collective 120 appearances.
  2. [N 2]
    The goalscorers were John Aloisi (6), Damian Mori (4), Kevin Muscat (4), Scott Chipperfield (3), David Zdrilic, Tony Popovic, Tony Vidmar, Archie Thompson and Con Boutsianis
  3. [N 3]
    Mark's father Alex also represented Australia in B international matches
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