Futsal_5_A-Side_Australia_National_Futsal_Team

Australia national futsal team

Australia national futsal team

National sports team


The Australia national futsal team, nicknamed the Futsalroos, represents Australia in men's international futsal. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is currently a member of both the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is the Futsalroos.

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Australia is a five-time OFC champion. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA Futsal World Cup tournaments on 7 occasions, but have never advanced beyond the group stage of the competition. After the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Football Australia decided not to continue investing and developing futsal in Australia. The F-League was disbanded in 2017, and Australia national futsal team is quickly becoming weaker than before.

History

Coaching staff

Head coach Australia Miles Downie
Assistant coach Brazil Bruno Cannavan

Players

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

Current squad

The following 14 players were named in the squad for the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup.[2]

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Results and fixtures

2019

11 October 2019 International Friendly Australia  4–3  Solomon Islands Sydney, Australia
  • Fogarty ?', ?'
  • Giovenali ?', ?'
Report
Stadium: The Centre Dural
13 October 2019 International Friendly Australia  3–2  Solomon Islands Sydney, Australia
  • G. Giovenali ?'
  • Niski ?'
Report
  • Bule ?', ?'
Stadium: Valentine Sports Park
Referee: Darius Turner (Australia)
21 October 2019 2019 AFF Futsal Championship Group B Vietnam  2–0  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Report Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,122
Referee: Takeshi Fujita (Japan)
22 October 2019 2019 AFF Futsal Championship Group B Australia  6–4  Malaysia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Lynch 1', 14'
  • W. Giovenali 3'
  • Cooper 6'
  • Niski 18'
  • Basger 38'
Report
  • G. Giovenali 20' (o.g.)
  • Ridzwan 29', 34', 38'
Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 145
Referee: Khalil Balhawan (Lebanon)
23 October 2019 2019 AFF Futsal Championship Group B Indonesia  8–3  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Ardiansyah N. 4'
  • Andri 17', 22'
  • Subhan 25', 34'
  • Bambang 33'
  • Iqbal 39', 40'
Report
  • Basger 14'
  • Fogarty 29', 33'
Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 562
Referee: Timur Ramazanov (Turkmenistan)

2022

6 April 2022 (2022-04-06) 2022 AFF Futsal Championship Australia  1–6  Myanmar Bangkok, Thailand
11:00 UTC+7 Stadium: Indoor Stadium Huamark
6 April 2022 (2022-04-06) 2022 AFF Futsal Championship Vietnam  5–1  Australia Bangkok, Thailand
11:00 UTC+7 Stadium: Indoor Stadium Huamark

2023

7 October 2023 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup Q Australia  0–4  Japan Taipei, Taiwan
19:00 UTC+8 Report
Stadium: University of Taipei Gymnasium
9 October 2023 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup Q Chinese Taipei  2–3  Australia Taipei, Taiwan
19:00 UTC+8
  • Huang Wei-lun 33'
  • Huang Po-chun 36'
Report
  • Fornito 18'
  • Adeli 38', 40'
Stadium: University of Taipei Gymnasium

2024

21 February 2024 2024 PacificAus Sport Futsal Series Solomon Islands  1–2  Australia Honiara, Solomon Islands
18:00 UTC+11
  • Leai ?'
Report
  • De Melo ?'
  • Fornito ?'
Stadium: Friendship Hall
23 February 2024 2024 PacificAus Sport Futsal Series Solomon Islands  2–6  Australia Honiara, Solomon Islands
18:00 UTC+11
  • Leai ?', ?'
Report
  • De Melo ?'
  • Guerreiro ?'
  • Adeli ?', ?'
  • Fornito ?'
  • Sweedan ?'
Stadium: Friendship Hall
25 February 2024 2024 PacificAus Sport Futsal Series Solomon Islands  2–8  Australia Honiara, Solomon Islands
18:00 UTC+11
  • Mana 8'
  • Timmi ?'
Report
  • Adeli 1', 14' (pen.), ?', ?', ?'
  • Giovenali ?'
  • Fornito ?'
  • Cox ?'
Stadium: Friendship Hall
24 March 2024 2024 NSDF Futsal Championship Thailand  3–4  Australia Nonthaburi, Thailand
14:00 UTC+7 Report Stadium: Nonthaburi Province Stadium
25 March 2024 2024 NSDF Futsal Championship Afghanistan  5–4  Australia Nonthaburi, Thailand
16:30 UTC+7 Report Stadium: Nonthaburi Province Stadium
27 March 2024 2024 NSDF Futsal Championship Malaysia  3–4  Australia Nonthaburi, Thailand
16:30 UTC+7 Report Stadium: Nonthaburi Province Stadium
28 March 2024 2024 NSDF Futsal Championship Final Thailand  9–2  Australia Nonthaburi, Thailand
16:30 UTC+7 Report Stadium: Nonthaburi Province Stadium
11 April 2024 Friendly South Korea  2–5  Australia
Report
13 April 2024 Friendly Japan  3–3  Australia
Report
  • Fornito
  • Rogan
  • Guerreiro
17 April 2024 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup GS Uzbekistan  3–2  Australia Bangkok, Thailand
16:00 UTC+7
  • Usmonov 21'
  • Rakhmatov 21', 36'
Report
  • Giovenali 5'
  • Garner 38'
Stadium: Bangkok Arena
Referee: Eisa Abdulhoussain (Kuwait)
19 April 2024 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup GS Australia  2–4  Saudi Arabia Bangkok, Thailand
16:00 UTC+7
  • De Melo 23'
  • Dib 29'
Report
  • Aroan 23', 26'
  • Al-Maleh 31'
  • Al-Maghrabi 40'
Stadium: Bangkok Arena
Referee: An Ran (China)
21 April 2024 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup GS Iraq  6–2  Australia Bangkok, Thailand
21:00 UTC+7
  • Al-Husaynat 16'
  • Sulaiman 30', 33'
  • Al-Obaidi 31', 34'
  • Al-Bayati 36'
Report
Stadium: Indoor Stadium Huamark
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabiafshar (Iran)

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup

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OFC Futsal Championship

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^Australia was no longer part of the OFC. They appeared as a guest nation.

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

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AFF Futsal Championship

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Honours

Runners-up (4): 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015
Champions (5): 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2013

Other Federations

In addition to the FFA administered Futsal, an organisation known as the Federation of Australian Futsal (FAF)[3] considers itself the governing body of Futsal in Australia under the membership of the international body, Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF). The AMF organises the AMF Futsal World Cup.

AMF Futsal World Cup

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See also


References

  1. "Futsalroos squad named for AFC Futsal Asian Cup Thailand 2024™". Football Australia. 3 April 2024.
  2. "Futsal – Federation of Australian Futsal". 2 October 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

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