Australia national soccer team records and statistics

This article lists various football records in relation to the Australia national soccer team. The page is updated where necessary after each Australia match, and is correct as of 14 November 2019.

Appearances
See also: Progression of Australia association football caps record
Most appearances
Mark Schwarzer, 109, 31 July 1993 – 7 September 2013[1]
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
Luke Wilkshire, 80, 9 October 2004 – 26 May 2014
Mile Jedinak, 79, 22 March 2008 – 26 June 2018
First player to reach 100 appearances
Mark Schwarzer, 6 September 2012, 3–0 vs. Lebanon[1]
Fastest player to reach 100 appearances
Tim Cahill, 25 June 2017, 1–1 vs. Chile[2]
Youngest player
Duncan Cummings, 17 years, 139 days, 6 August 1975, 1–0 vs. China
Oldest player
Mark Schwarzer, 40 years, 336 days, 7 September 2013, 0–6 vs. Brazil
Oldest debutant
Danny Vukovic, 33 years, 0 days, 27 March 2018, 0–0 vs. Colombia

Goals
See also: Progression of Australia association football goalscoring record
First goal
Bill Maunder, 17 June 1922, 1–3 vs. New Zealand
Most goals
Tim Cahill, 50, 31 May 2004 – 10 October 2017
Most goals in a match
Archie Thompson, 13, 11 April 2001, 31–0 vs. American Samoa[3]
Youngest goalscorer
Duncan Cummings, 17 years, 139 days, 6 August 1975, 1–0 vs. China
Oldest goalscorer
Tim Cahill, 37 years, 308 days, 10 June 2017, 2–1 vs. Syria

Captains
First captain
Alex Gibb, 17 June 1922, 1–3 vs. New Zealand
Most appearances as captain
Lucas Neill, 61

Team records
Biggest victory
31–0 vs. American Samoa, 11 April 2001
Heaviest defeat
0–8 vs. South Africa, 17 September 1955
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 200

See also

References

General

  • "Official Media Guide of Australia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup" (PDF). howe.how. Football Federation Australia.

Specific

  1. "Mark Schwarzer – Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  2. "Tim Cahill – Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. Gibbons, Connor (15 April 2020). "Archie's 135-year revelation: Another player scored 13 goals in one game!". Socceroos. Football Federation Australia.
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