Australia men's national soccer team records and statistics

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
Player Date Against Location Result Type of Game
Gilbert Storey[2] 23 June 1924  Canada Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney 4–1 Friendly
Ray Richards 2 December 1970  Mexico Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 0–3 Friendly
Ray Richards 22 June 1974  Chile Olympiastadion, Berlin 0–2 1974 World Cup
John Kosmina 19 November 1977  Hong Kong Kuwait City, Kuwait 0–1 1978 World Cup Qualifiers
Ken Boden 5 December 1980  Hong Kong Hong Kong 0–1 Friendly
Ken Murphy 8 October 1985  Israel National Stadium, Ramat Gan 2–1 1986 World Cup Qualifiers
Garry McDowall 20 March 1988  Israel Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch 0–0 1988 Olympic Qualifiers
Dave Mitchell 25 September 1988  Soviet Union Busan Gudeok Stadium, Pusan 0–3 1988 Olympic Games
Wally Savor 19 March 1989  Israel National Stadium, Ramat Gan 1–1 1990 World Cup Qualifier
Mike Petersen 20 September 1992  Tahiti Perry Park, Brisbane 2–0 1994 World Cup Qualifier
Robert Zabica 31 July 1993  Canada Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 1–2 1994 World Cup Qualifier
Milan Blagojevic 10 February 1996  Japan Brandon Park, Wollongong 1–4 Friendly
Joe Spiteri 24 April 1996  Chile Estadio Regional, Antofagasta 0–3 Friendly
Tony Popovic 18 September 1996  South Africa Johannesburg Athletics Stadium, Doornfontein 0–2 Friendly
Mark Viduka 21 December 1997  Brazil King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh 0–6 1997 Confederations Cup
Goran Lozanovski 7 February 1998  Chile Olympic Park, Melbourne 0–1 Friendly
Fausto De Amicis 15 February 1998  Japan Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 0–3 Friendly
Jason van Blerk 9 February 2000  China Estadio Playa Ancha, Valparaiso 1–2 Friendly
Craig Moore 9 June 2001  Japan Nissan Stadium, Yokohama 0–1 2001 Confederations Cup
Danny Tiatto 20 June 2001  New Zealand Westpac Trust Stadium, Wellington 2–0 2002 World Cup Qualifier
Patrick Kisnorbo 6 June 2004  Solomon Islands Hindmarsh Stadium 2–2 2006 World Cup Qualifier
Luke Wilkshire 4 June 2006  Netherlands De Kuip Stadium, Rotterdam 1–1 Friendly
Brett Emerton 22 June 2006  Croatia Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart 2–2 World Cup
Lucas Neill 13 July 2007  Iraq Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok 1–3 2007 Asian Cup
Vince Grella 21 July 2007  Japan Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi 1–1 (3–4 pen.) 2007 Asian Cup
Mile Sterjovski 23 May 2008  Ghana Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 1–0 Friendly
Rhys Williams 18 November 2009  Oman Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 2–1 2011 Asian Cup Qualifier
Tim Cahill 13 June 2010  Germany Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban 1–1 2010 World Cup
Harry Kewell 19 June 2010  Ghana Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg 1–1 2010 World Cup
Brett Emerton 7 September 2010  Poland Wisla Kraków Stadium, Kraków 2–1 Friendly
Mark Milligan 12 June 2012  Japan Lang Park, Brisbane 1–1 2012 World Cup Qualifier
Mitchell Langerak 5 March 2014  Ecuador The Den, London 3–4 Friendly

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

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

Notes

  1. ^ Aurelio Vidmar made 44 and Tony Vidmar 76 of their collective 120 appearances.
  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. ^ Mark's father Alex also represented Australia in B international matches