This article lists various football records in relation to the Australia national football team. The page is updated where necessary after each Australia match, and is correct as of 3 December 2022.

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 Mark Bresciano ( ; ; born 11 February 1980) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Born in Melbourne, Bresciano played youth football for Bulleen Lions, before moving into the National Soccer League with ...

, 84, 1 June 2001 – 22 January 2015 :

Paul Wade Paul Wade (born 20 March 1962) is an Australian retired soccer player, who is best known for his long-term role as captain of the Socceroos, Australia's national soccer team. Club career Born in Cheshire, England, Wade moved to Australia w ...

, 84, 3 August 1986 – 1 November 1996 : Mark Milligan, 80, 7 June 2006 – 19 October 2019 :

Luke Wilkshire Luke Wilkshire (born 2 October 1981) is an Australian football coach and a former player. Born in Wollongong, Wilkshire played youth football for Albion Park, Wollongong Wolves ,and the Australian Institute of Sport before making his profession ...

, 80, 9 October 2004 – 26 May 2014 : Mile Jedinak, 79, 22 March 2008 – 26 June 2018 :

Mathew Ryan Mathew David Ryan (born 8 April 1992) is an Australian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Danish club F.C. Copenhagen and captains the Australia men's national soccer t ...

, 79, 5 December 2012 – 3 December 2022 ; 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 Mark Jankovics (born 5 April 1956) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a striker. Career Jankovics started his career with Australian top flight side Saints. Before the 1978 season, he signed for Marconi Stallions in the Austr ...

, 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 George Alan Westwater (born 26 March 1946) is an Australian former footballer. He was named in the Football Federation Australia's "Team of the Decade" for the period 1963-1970 as a midfielder. Biography Westwater was born in Bridge of Allan ...

, 14, 28 May 1967 – 4 April 1968 ; Youngest player :

Duncan Cummings Duncan Cummings (born 20 March 1958 in Manchester, England) is an Australian former association football player and coach. Club career Cummings joined Melbourne Hungaria Soccer Club as a 12-year-old in 1970. After six seasons with Melbourne he ...

, 17 years, 139 days, 6 August 1975, vs.

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

; Oldest player : Mark Schwarzer, 40 years, 336 days, 7 September 2013, vs. Brazil ; Most appearances at the World Cup finals :

Mathew Leckie Mathew Allan Leckie (born 4 February 1991) is an Australian footballer who plays for Melbourne City FC in the A-League and the Australian national team (for whom he has previously been the captain). Leckie, being a quick and agile player, is us ...

, 10, 13 June 2014 – 3 December 2022 :

, 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 :

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, 8 years, 74 days, 10 May 1947, 1–2 vs. South Africa – 24 September 1955, 0–6 vs. South Africa ; Most appearances by a set of brothers :

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and Tony Vidmar, 120, 1991 – 2006 Aurelio Vidmar made 44 and Tony Vidmar 76 of their collective 120 appearances. ; Capped by another country :

Ken Hough Kenneth William Hough (24 October 1928 – 20 September 2009) was a cricketer and association football player who represented both New Zealand and Australia in football. He also represented New Zealand in Test cricket. Hough was born in Auburn, ...

( New Zealand) : Apostolos Giannou ( Greece)

Goals

; First goal :

William Maunder William "Podge" Maunder (30 November 1902 – 25 June 1964) was an Australian soccer player. Maunder is recognised as the player who scored Australia's first international goal. Early life Maunder was born in Newcastle in 1902. His father, kno ...

, 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 Jack Hughes (born May 14, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey center and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). A product of the U.S. National Development Team, Hughes was drafted first ove ...

, 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 :

, 6, 17 June 1933 – 1 October 1938 ; Most goals in a World Cup tournament : Tim Cahill, 2,

2006 World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...

Brett Holman Brett Trevor Holman (born 27 March 1984) is a former Australian professional footballer who last played for Brisbane Roar in the A-League as an attacking midfielder. Born in Sydney, Holman played youth football for Northern Spirit before maki ...

, 2,

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: Tim Cahill 2,

2014 World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...

: Mile Jedinak, 2,

2018 World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...

; 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 Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

; First goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign :

Les Scheinflug Ladislav "Les" Scheinflug (born 1 October 1938) is a former football (soccer) player and coach. Biography Arriving in Australia in the early 1950s he lived as a youth at Villawood Migrant Hostel and played for the hostel soccer team (Villawood ...

, 21 November 1965, 1–6 vs. North Korea ; Youngest goalscorer :

, 17 years, 139 days, 6 August 1975, vs.

; Oldest goalscorer : Tim Cahill, 37 years, 308 days, 10 June 2017, vs.

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

; 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 Stan Lazaridis (born 16 August 1972) is an Australian former footballer. He was predominantly a left winger though he had been known to perform at left back. He last played for his home-town club Perth Glory and made 58 official appearances for ...

, 60, 15 April 1993 – 7 October 2006 ; Most different goalscorers in a match : 9, 9 April 2001, 22–0 vs. TongaThe 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 ; 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 Alex Gibb was an Australian professional Association football, soccer player who played as many half-back roles with Queensland clubs and was captained for the Australia national soccer team, Australia national team. Gibb is recognised as Austra ...

, 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

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.

, 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 :

, 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 Angelos Postecoglou ( el, Άγγελος Ποστέκογλου, ; born 27 August 1965) is an Australian association football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Born in Greece, he moved ...

, 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 :

(6 caps, 1922–1923) and Lex Gibb (8 caps, 1938–1948) :

Percy Lennard Percy Lennard (1900–1975) was an Australian soccer player. Early life Lennard was born in Inverell in 1900. As a young child, he moved to Kurri Kurri where he attended a local public school. At the age of 18, despite having shown potentia ...

(3 caps, 1923) and

Jack Lennard Jack Lennard (2 April 1930 – 22 July 2003) was an Australian football (soccer) player. Jack Lennard began his first grade career with Cessnock in 1947, when he was 17 years old. From 1948 to 1955, he played with Lysaghts Orb (Mayfield United) ...

(6 caps, 1954–1956) : Andy Henderson (2 caps, 1924) and Bill Henderson (6 caps, 1954–1956) : Cliff van Blerk (2 caps, 1967) and

Jason van Blerk Jason van Blerk (born 16 March 1968 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian footballer. He played primarily as a midfielder, but could also play in defense. He played for clubs, both overseas and locally. He also represented Australia ...

(27 caps, 1990–2000) : John Coyne (4 caps, 1979–1980) and Chris Coyne (7 caps, 2008–2009) : Vic Bozanic (1 cap, 1980) and Oliver Bozanic (7 caps, 2013–) : Alan Davidson (51 caps, 1980–1993) and

Jason Davidson Jason Alan Davidson (born 29 June 1991) is an Australian professional Soccer player who plays as a defender for Belgian club Eupen. Club career Hume City On 26 January 2009, he signed with Victorian Premier League club Hume City, becoming the ...

(22 caps, 2012–2015) :

Mark Robertson Mark Robertson may refer to: * Mark Robertson (soccer) (born 1977), Australian soccer player * Mark Robertson (bassist), American musician and record producer * Mark Robertson (rugby union) (born 1984), Scottish rugby union player See also * Mark ...

(1 cap, 2001) and Alex Robertson (1 cap, 2023–)Mark's father Alex also represented Australia in B international matches

References

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