The Australia National Futsal Team represents

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in men's international

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. The team is controlled by the governing body for

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, which is currently a member of both the

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(AFC) and the regional

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(AFF) since leaving the

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(OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is the ''Futsalroos''. Australia is a five-time OFC champion. The team has represented Australia at the

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tournaments on 7 occasions, but have never advanced beyond the group stage of the competition. After the

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decided not to continue investing and developing futsal in Australia. The

F-League The F-League was an amateur and semi-professional futsal league endorsed and supported by Football Federation Australia and administered by Football NSW. As Australia's only endorsed national competition played under full FIFA laws of the game ...

was disbanded in 2017, and Australia national futsal team is quickly becoming weaker than before.

History

Coaching staff

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 2022 AFF Futsal Championship from 2–10 April 2022.

Results and fixtures

2019

2022

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup

OFC Futsal Championship

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

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFF Futsal Championship

Honours

AFF Futsal Championship The AFF Futsal Championship or ASEAN Futsal Championship is an international futsal competition of the Southeast Asian nations and is sanctioned by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). It was first held in 2001 which took place every two years o ...

:''Runners-up (4):''

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OFC Futsal Championship The OFC Futsal Championship is the main national futsal competition of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) nations. It was first held in 1992. The competition was initially held every four years. From 2008 onwards, however, it became an ann ...

:Champions (5):

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

Other Federations

In addition to the FFA administered Futsal, an organisation known as the Federation of Australian Futsal (FAF)https://futsalaustralia.org.au/ considers itself the governing body of Futsal in Australia under the membership of the international body,

Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF) The World Futsal Association (AMF) is the governing body of futsal (football of salon 'futsalon'' in Spanish fútbol de salón 'microfutbol'' for both fully and non-independent states or regions, headquartered in Asuncion, Paraguay. It was ...

. The AMF organises the

AMF Futsal World Cup The AMF Futsal World Championships (previously called the FIFUSA Futsal World Championships) is the international championships for futsal, the indoor version of football organized by FIFUSA (1971–2002) and AMF (2003–present). The world cha ...

AMF Futsal World Cup

References

External links

Official Futsalroos Website

OzFootball's Futsalroos section.
FFAA's National Team & UEFS Associated Member. International Tours Information

Futsal4all Australia

Interview with Steven Knight

Photographs
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