| The Australian National Football team is nicknamed | | | | Zealand over the years. |
| the “Socceroos”. They will be playing in their | | | | Alex Tobin is the most capped player in Australian |
| 3rd World Cup in 2010 in South Africa. Australia | | | | soccer history. He played in 87 matches for his |
| played in their first FIFA World Cup in 1974. Australia | | | | country between 1988 and 1998. Damian Mori holds |
| reached the round of the last 16 teams at the 2006 | | | | the record for the most goals scored by an |
| FIFA World Cup in Germany. | | | | Australian player. He scored 29 goals in 45 matches |
| FIFA ranks Australia as the 14th best team in the | | | | between 1992 and 2002. Australia could be |
| world. They were one of the first countries to qualify | | | | responsible for one of the upsets at theWorld Cup in |
| for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The first Australian | | | | South Africa, who knows? Australia faced the World |
| National Football team was constituted in 1922. | | | | Cup hosts, South Africa in a friendly match in 2008 |
| Australia holds the world record for the biggest win in | | | | which resulted in 2 all draw. In 2005 Australia also |
| an international match. They beat American Samoa 31 | | | | played against South Africa in Durban and drew 1 |
| – 0 in 2001. In 1955 Australia suffered their | | | | – 1. The Australian National football team has |
| biggest loss in history against South Africa (8 – | | | | been coached by Pim Verbeek (former player from |
| 0). They’ve played 62 matches against New | | | | the Netherlands) since 2007. |