Graham James Arnold (born 3 August 1963) is an Australian
soccer manager and former player. Arnold was appointed to work as an assistant coach of the Australian national soccer team in 2000. After head coach
Frank Farina
Frank Farina OAM (born 5 September 1964) is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former player who played as a forward.
His playing career spanned Australia, Belgium, France, Italy and England, and was a major player for the Australia ...
was sacked in 2005, Arnold worked with
Guus Hiddink for the
2006 FIFA 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 th ...
campaign, in which they made the second round of the finals. After Hiddink left, he became interim coach of the
Socceroos
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated wit ...
. Arnold went on to qualify Australia's U23 men's national soccer team (nicknamed the Olyroos) for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Arnold then went on to assist Pim Verbeek for qualification of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Arnold went on to take the manager role at A-League club the
Central Coast Mariners
Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League, A-League Men, under ...
between 2010 and 2013, where he guided the club to a Premiership and a Championship. He is a member of the
Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame. Arnold went on to win two Premierships, one Championship and an FFA Cup with Sydney FC. In August 2018, Arnold was appointed head coach of the Socceroos - Australia's senior men's national soccer team.
Arnold holds a number of A-League records: he has managed the second most games of any manager in the A-League (211), he has achieved the second most wins in the competition's history (116), he has the best career winning percentage of any A-League manager (54.9%), he has the best career unbeaten percentage of any A-League manager (81.5%), and he is one of just three managers to have won multiple A-League championships. In 2018 he replaced
Bert van Marwijk
Lambertus van Marwijk (; born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who was recently the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. As a player, he played for the Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV and Fortuna Sittard amongst other club ...
as Australian coach after the
2018 FIFA World Cup.
Personal life
Arnold Place in the Sydney suburb of
Glenwood is named for him.
His daughter, Elissa Arnold, was as of February 2017 partner of
Trent Sainsbury, a Socceroo player.
Playing career
Club
Arnold was a striker who started his career at Gwawley Bay in 1969. He played for them and Sutherland representative teams concurrently until 1979 when he moved to Canterbury-Marrickville in the
New South Wales Premier League
The National Premier Leagues NSW is a semi-professional soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. The competition is conducted by Football NSW, the organising body in New South Wales (the other being the National Premier Leagues Norther ...
. He then moved to
Sydney Croatia in Australia's now defunct
National Soccer League, where he was both the league's top goal scorer and player of the year in 1986. This was followed by a move overseas, where he made a name for himself in the Netherlands, playing for
Roda JC Kerkrade
Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...
and
NAC Breda. He also spent time in Belgium with
R.F.C. de Liège and
R. Charleroi S.C. He went on to play for
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( ja, サンフレッチェ広島, translit=''Sanfuretche Hiroshima'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the co ...
in Japan towards the end of his career, before finally returning home to play for the
Northern Spirit FC
North West Sydney Spirit FC is an Australian soccer club. It was the successor of the defunct Northern Spirit FC, a professional soccer club based in North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales. Northern Spirit entered the National Soccer League in t ...
.
International
Graham Arnold has represented Australia's senior national team 56 times in 'A' international matches, scoring 19 goals (85 caps, 33 goals including unofficial matches and 'B' internationals). He was given his full debut by
Frank Arok
Ferenc "Frank" Arok ( hu, Árok Ferenc; 20 January 1932 – 12 January 2021) was a Yugoslavian-Australian ethnic Hungarian association football player and coach.
Career
Arok played for FK Jedinstvo in Yugoslavia during the 1950s before coach ...
in a
World Cup
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Qualifier against
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
at
Adelaide
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's
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium (currently known as Coopers Stadium due to sponsorship from Adelaide-based company Coopers Brewery) is a multi-purpose stadium in Hindmarsh, an inner western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Austral ...
on 23 October 1985. He scored on his debut as the "
Socceroos
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated wit ...
" went on to record a 7–0 victory. His international playing career came to a sad end on 29 November 1997 in a
World Cup
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Qualifier against
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
at the
MCG
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
when the score ended 2–2 and Australia was eliminated on the
away goals rule after leading 2–0.
Managerial career
Arnold had a cameo role as a coach very early on in his career. He was coach for 2 games while he was a player at
Sydney Croatia during the 1989/90 season. However, his proper coaching career started in 1998, when he was appointed player/manager of the
Northern Spirit FC
North West Sydney Spirit FC is an Australian soccer club. It was the successor of the defunct Northern Spirit FC, a professional soccer club based in North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales. Northern Spirit entered the National Soccer League in t ...
. He was the coach for 2 seasons, making the playoffs in their debut season.
Australia
![Asian Cup Australia-Oman II](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Asian_Cup_Australia-Oman_II.jpg)
He was then appointed to the position of Australian assistant coach in 2000, becoming interim coach in July 2006.
On 6 September 2006 Australia was defeated 2–0 in an
Asian Cup qualifying game against lowly-ranked
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
. The
FFA confirmed Arnold would remain Head Coach through to the end of 2007 Asian Cup campaign.
Australia started their Asian Cup campaign drawing with
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...
in its opening Group stage game in Bangkok. Media pressure focused on Arnold and on 13 July 2007 Australia were beaten 3–1 by the eventual winners
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
in the
2007 Asian Cup
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. Australia went on to be beaten by Japan in penalty shootout in the Quarter Finals. Arnold then continued in the role as Manager of the Australian U-23 side, qualifying through to the 2008 Olympics.
He was also linked with the manager's position at
Bolton Wanderers and
Norwich City
Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...
in England but lost out to
Gary Megson
Gary John Megson (born 2 May 1959) is an English former football player and manager.
He has previously managed Norwich City, Blackpool, Stockport County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers ...
and
Glenn Roeder
Glenn Victor Roeder (13 December 1955 – 28 February 2021) was an English professional football player and manager.
As a player, Roeder played as a defender for Arsenal, Leyton Orient, Queens Park Rangers, Notts County, Newcastle United, Watfo ...
respectively. With the appointment of Dutchman
Pim Verbeek
Peter Tim Dirk "Pim" Verbeek (12 March 1956 – 28 November 2019) was a Dutch football manager who last coached the Oman national football team.
Playing career
As a player, Verbeek was a defender or a midfielder and spent his entire career at S ...
as the Australian manager, Arnold along with
Henk Duut
Henk Duut (born 14 January 1964 in Rotterdam) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a defender. Currently, he works as a coach at the Guangzhou Evergrande youth academy.
Playing career Club
Duut started his football career at amateur side ...
served as his assistant to the national side during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Central Coast Mariners
On 9 February 2010, it was announced that Arnold will take on the position of head coach for the
Central Coast Mariners
Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League, A-League Men, under ...
until the end of the 2012–2013 season. Arnold is recognised as one of the A-League's greatest ever managers, in part due to his contribution to the
Central Coast Mariners Football Club between 2010 and 2013. At the conclusion of the 2011–12 A-League season he rejected a lucrative contract from
Sydney FC and decided to stay on with the Mariners signing a one-year extension to his original contract with the club. In his three full seasons with the Mariners, Arnold guided the club to two
A-League Grand Finals (
winning one), as well as the 2011–12 A-League Premiership. On 21 April 2013, he guided the Mariners to a 2–0 victory over
Western Sydney Wanderers
Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, or simply as Wanderers) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier ...
to win the A-League Championship for the first time in the club's history.
This success in Australia's top flight ensured that the Mariners secured three successive qualifications for the
AFC Champions League in
2012
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,
2013
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, and
2014
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. In 2013, Arnold guided the Mariners to the knockout phase of Asia's premier club competition, in part thanks to a stunning
1–0 win away to
Suwon Bluewings in Suwon, Korea Republic just 48 hours after their 2013 A-League Grand Final victory in Sydney, Australia.
Arnold is also recognised for having developed many young Australian talents during his time with the Mariners. Australian internationals
Tom Rogic,
Trent Sainsbury,
Mathew Ryan
Mathew David Ryan (born 8 April 1992) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish club F.C. Copenhagen and captains the Australia national team.
Born in Sydney, Ryan played youth football for Marconi Stallion ...
,
Mitchell Duke
Mitchell Thomas Duke (born 18 January 1991) is an Australian international soccer player who plays for Machida Zelvia in the J2 League. Duke was born in Liverpool, New South Wales and played youth soccer with Paramatta Eagles before starting h ...
,
Mustafa Amini,
Bernie Ibini, and
Oliver Bozanic
Oliver John Bozanic (born 8 January 1989) is an Australian football player who plays as a midfielder for Perth Glory, on loan from Western Sydney Wanderers.
Bozanic was born in Sydney but started his professional career in England before return ...
all developed their game under Arnold at the Mariners, and went on to enjoy great careers abroad. Some of Arnold's tenure at the Central Coast Mariners is highlighted in the 2013 fly-on-the-wall sports documentar
'The Code: Life with the Mariners' The documentary charts the team's 2013 A-League Grand Final winning season, showcasing the culture and unity of the club under Arnold, as well as other characters and contributors at the club.
Vegalta Sendai
In the month of November 2013 Graham was a target for a few clubs in Asia, especially
Vegalta Sendai
is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in J2 League. The team is located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.
History
Founded in 1988 as ''Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Soccer Club'', Vegalta joined the J-League in 1999 after p ...
in Japan's
J1 League. Although interest again raised from the Australian Football Federation to make Graham the national team coach, he always wanted to stay in club football over the national team setup and within weeks agreed terms with Sendai to be the first Australian coach to coach at the highest level in Japanese football. Graham recruited his assistant from the Central Coast Mariners
Andrew Clark to join him in Japan. On 9 April 2014, it was announced by Vegalta Sendai that Arnold had mutually terminated his contract after an winless 6-game streak endured by Sendai.
Sydney FC
2014–2015 Season
Arnold was appointed as the new head coach of
Sydney FC on 8 May 2014. In his first season with the Sky Blues, they were runners-up in the
2014–15 A-League
The 2014–15 A-League was the 38th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 10th season of the A-League since its establishment in 2004. Brisbane Roar were both the defending A-League Premiers and Champions. The regular season commen ...
season, finishing second behind Melbourne Victory, and losing the
2015 A-League Grand Final
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to them.
2015–2016 Season
After the successful 2014–15 season, they saw an unsuccessful 2015–16 A-League season, finishing in 7th place and missing out on the Finals Series. He was, however, able to lead the team to a top place finish in Group H for their
2016 AFC Champions League
The 2016 AFC Champions League was the 35th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 14th under the current AFC Champions League title.
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors defeated Al-Ain ...
campaign. They were eventually knocked out by Chinese team
Shandong Luneng
Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is th ...
3–3 on aggregate in the Round of 16.
2016–2017 Season
Arnold started his revamp of the squad by releasing 13 players in the pre-season. To solve the teams goalscoring issues, he bought in Brazilian striker
Bobô as their new marquee to play alongside former teammate
Filip Hološko under the new 2 marquee rule. In addition to this, he also brought in 5 Australian players, including
Bernie Ibini on loan,
Socceroo
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated wi ...
Alex Wilkinson (two whom have worked with Arnold at the Central Coast) and
Danny Vukovic from rival club
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victor ...
. The season started off with a bang, with Sydney FC defeating their rivals Western Sydney Wanderers 4–0 in round 1. He led the team to a runners-up finish after being defeated 1–0 in the FFA Cup Final by Melbourne City.
Into the January transfer window, fan favourite
Matthew Jurman
Matthew John Jurman ( ; ) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a centre-back and captains A-League club Newcastle Jets.
Club career Youth career
After graduating from Westfields Sports High School in 2007, Jurman furthered his football d ...
joined K-League club
Suwon Samsung Bluewings, while keeper
Vedran Janjetović swapped with
Andrew Redmayne to cross city rivals,
Western Sydney Wanderers
Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, or simply as Wanderers) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier ...
after a dispute about not playing after being displaced by Vukovic. To replace Jurman, Dutch defender
Jordy Buijs
Jordy Buijs () (born 28 December 1988, in Ridderkerk) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Fagiano Okayama. He can also play as a midfielder.
Buijs is a player with a great ability to read the game and who is stead ...
signed. The team was able to go on undefeated for 19 games in the league before eventually being defeated 1–0 in a controversial game against the Wanderers. This defeat only made the team stronger, as they went the remainder of the season undefeated, gaining 19 points out of a possible 21 for the remaining 7 games. His team was eventually crowned premiers after Melbourne Victory was unable to defeat Brisbane Roar, while Sydney had 4 games remaining. Arnold's 3rd season with Sydney proved fruitful, in addition to winning the premiership, the squad had broken multiple records, including the most points in a single season, breaking Brisbane Roar's 2010–11 season of 65 points in 3 fewer games with 66 points, as well as being the only top-flight football team in Australia to stay outright 1st throughout the whole season. Arnold was also named Coach of the Year at the Dolan Warren Gala Night. He ended the season with a 1–1 in the Grand Final, winning 4–2 on penalties against Melbourne Victory, becoming the first manager to win the championship with more than one club. Arnold went on to win the 2017-2018 Premiership, becoming the first coach in A League history to win back to back Premierships.
One of the highlights of Arnold's tenure at Sydney FC was his ability to recruit impactful foreign players to the club. Arnold signed the likes of
Milos Ninkovic,
Bobo
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,
Filip Holosko,
Adrian Mierzejewski, and
Marc Janko to the Sky Blues, each of whom made telling contributions to Sydney's success between 2014 and 2018 alongside a raft of key Australian players including
Brandon O'Neill,
Rhyan Grant,
Andrew Redmayne, and
Joshua Brillante
Joshua Brillante (born 25 March 1993) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Australian A-league club Melbourne Victory. He was named captain of Melbourne Victory ahead of the 2021/22 season. Brillant ...
.
Return to the Australian National Team
On 8 March 2018, after a vigorous search, it was announced that he would replace
Bert van Marwijk
Lambertus van Marwijk (; born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who was recently the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. As a player, he played for the Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV and Fortuna Sittard amongst other club ...
as Australian coach after the
2018 FIFA World Cup following his notable success with
A-League club
Sydney FC,
as well as also taking charge of the
Olyroos. Almost immediately after Australia's uninspired performance at the tournament reached its climax, Arnold officially took the reigns in the box seat of the national team. He opened his account strongly, with his team executing a comprehensive 4–0 win away to
Kuwait national football team
The Kuwait national football team ( ar, منتخب الكويت لكرة القدم) is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. Kuwait made one World Cup finals appearance, in 1982, managing one point in ...
. In November 2018, Arnold's men were given their first genuine test of what was proclaimed by Australian media as the 'new era' of the Socceroos, drawing 1–1 against rivals South Korea in front of 32,922 fans at Brisbane's
Lang Park in a friendly on 18 November 2018. On the day prior to the match, Arnold announced that
Socceroos
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated wit ...
veteran
Mark Milligan
Mark Daniel Milligan (born 4 August 1985) is an Australian former professional footballer. Starting his career as a defender, Milligan has spent much of his later career playing as a midfielder. He is currently a football expert commentary and ...
would be appointed captain for an indefinite period.
His first tournament on his second stint was the
2019 AFC Asian Cup
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, where Australia, as the defending champions, crashed out in the quarter-finals, where his team began with a shock 0–1 defeat to
Jordan
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before ending the campaign with the same scoreline, this time to the
hosts on the
same stadium, thus suffered criticisms for the team's poor form in the tournament. Despite criticisms, he was able to guide the Olyroos to a third-place finish in
2020 AFC U-23 Championship
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, thus qualifying for the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
(delayed a year due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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), as well as achieving for the first-time ever a straight eight wins in the
second round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to reach the
third round
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.
In June 2022, Arnold guided Australia to its fifth consecutive FIFA World Cup Finals appearance, leading the Socceroos to play-off wins over UAE on 7 June, and
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on 13 June in Doha, Qatar. In the
second play-off against Peru, Arnold made a key decision prior to the penalty shoot-out, substituting goalkeeper captain
Mathew Ryan
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Born in Sydney, Ryan played youth football for Marconi Stallion ...
for
Andrew Redmayne. Redmayne performed strongly in the shoot-out, saving a decisive penalty to help lift Australia to another World Cup; Arnold himself had been subjects of heavy criticism for Australia's under-performance at the third round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.
[https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/socceroos-australia-graham-arnold-world-cup-qatar-2022-souttar-meulensteen-ryan-maradona-argentina] In the
2022 FIFA World Cup, he led Australia to the round of 16 for the second time after 2006 when he was an assistant coach, following a 1–0 win over
Denmark
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in the last group stage match, making him the first Australian-born manager to achieve this feat, defying all odds and criticism aimed against him.
Australia were later eliminated by Argentina after a thrilling 2–1 defeat, despite the
Socceroos
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated wit ...
putting up late scare to equalize. Following the tournament, Arnold was named the best coach at the 2022 World Cup by French sports newspaper
L'Équipe
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.
Club statistics
National team statistics
International goals
Managerial statistics
Honours
Player
*
NSL Cup:
1987
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Individual
*
NSW Player of the Year: 1985
*
National Soccer League Player of the Year: 1986
*
National Soccer League Golden Boot: 1986
*
Football Australia Hall of Fame: 2004
Manager
Central Coast Mariners
*
A-League Championship:
2013
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,
runners-up:
2010-11
*
A-League Premiership:
2011–12
Sydney
*
A-League Championship:
2017
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, runners-up:
2014-15
*
A-League Premiership:
2016–17,
2017–18
*
FFA Cup
The Australia Cup, formerly known as the FFA Cup until the 2021 season, is the national football knockout cup competition in Australia. This annual competition is organised by Football Australia, formerly known as Football Federation Austral ...
Winners:
2017
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Individual
*
A-League Coach of the Year:
2011–12,
2016–17,
2017–18
*
A-League All Star Team Manager: 2011–12
*
PFA Manager of the Season: 2011–12, 2016-17, 2017-18
Australia (Assistant Manager)
*
FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Medal:
2001
*
OFC Nations Cup
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:
2000
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Australia U23
*
AFC U23 Asian Cup Bronze Medal:
2020
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Record
* Under Arnold, Australia (Socceroos) becam
first nation in FIFA World Cup qualifying history to win eleven (11) consecutive matches in a single qualification campaign(September 2018 - October 2021)
Olympic Games Association
Graham Arnold has enjoyed a long association with the Olympic Games, having attended four Men's Football Tournament hailing back to Seoul 1988.
* At
Seoul 1988, Arnold was a member of Australia's squad under Frank Arok. Australia made the Quarter Finals, with Arnold playing in every match.
* At
Athens 2004, Arnold was Assistant Coach of the 'Olyroos' alongside Frank Farina. Australia made the Quarter Finals after performing strongly in Group C which contained Argentina, Serbia & Montenegro, and Tunisia.
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Beijing 2008
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
, Arnold was the Head Coach of the 'Olyroos'. He mentored Australia's U23 men's national football team through a challenging qualification path in Asia, which included an away day in Pyongyang in North Korea where Australia recorded a vital 1-1 draw. At the Olympics proper, the Olyroos competed in Group A alongside Serbia, Ivory Coast, and eventual gold medal winners, Argentina. After drawing 1-1 with Serbia on matchday one, Australia lost late and by the narrowest of margins to a star-studded Argentina and Ivory Coast in its final group games.
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Tokyo 2020
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
(held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Arnold was the Head Coach of the 'Olyroos'. Australia hadn't qualified for the Olympic Games since Beijing 2008 (when Arnold was last in charge), however again Arnold guided Australia's U23 men's national football team through qualification in Asia. At Tokyo 2020 the Olyroos played their group games in Sapporo (two matches) and Miyagi (one match). The Olyroos pulled of
one of the shocks of Olympic football historyin their first game, defeating Argentina - widely fancied to challenge for gold - 2-0. The Olyroos then narrowly lost to a star-studded Spain side on matchday two, before incurring a 2-0 defeat to Egypt on the third and final matchday. Arnold took charge of the Olyroos while he was mentoring the Socceroos in a bid to build more depth for Australia's senior national teams, and to help players develop their careers. Many of the young players that gained experience throughout the Olyroos' Tokyo 2020 qualification campaign and campaign proper have already graduated to the senior national team, and some, to bigger club stages abroad. These players include
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Genreau was born in Paris, France, to French parents So ...
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Connor Metcalfe
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Club career
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Marco Tilio
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Early life
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1963 births
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