The Australia national soccer team played their first international match in 1922. They have won four Nations Cup titles, in 1980, 1996, 2000 and 2004 and one Asian Cup in 2015. However, they have never won the FIFA World Cup, with their best performance being a finish in the Round of 16 in 2006 and 2022.
Australia is the most successful team in the ICC ODI World Cup which has been won the World Cup 5 times and finished as the runner-up 2 times. After Australia, India and West Indies won the World Cup title 2 times.
1988 | 4-1 win | Bicentennial Gold Cup
Australia's solitary triumph over the Argentines happened in their inaugural meeting at the Sydney Football Stadium. It was a surprise win over the reigning world champions at the time and will be forever synonymous with a stunning long-range free-kick from Charlie Yankos.
Messi overcame a personal hoodoo against Australia, scoring in the knockout stage of the World Cup for Argentina for the first time. All eight of his previous goals had come in the group stage.
World Cup 2022: Argentina vs Australia recap as Socceroos lose 2-1 in gutsy effort. Australia's incredible World Cup run has ended at the hands of Argentina, going down 2-1.
Australia is the most successful team in the competition's history, winning five tournaments and finishing as runner-up twice. Twice, teams have won successive tournaments: the West Indies won the first two editions (1975 and 1979) and Australia won three in a row (1999, 2003 and 2007).
Australia hold the honour of having won the most World Cup trophies in the history of the tournament, having won the competition a record five times, with no other side having won more than two. They achieved these successes in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2015.
Australian Rules Football is clearly the most popular spectator sport in Australia, though in terms of participation more men play golf, cricket and tennis. Rugby league is another popular sport, but not as a sport to play.
The Australian Sports Commission's official AusPlay survey has shown that soccer is once again the most popular sport to play in the country. The 'beautiful game' has 1,154,153 participants, followed by golf (742,231), Aussie Rules (699,940) and tennis (648,210).
Roast lamb has been declared Australia's national dish in a major poll that shows we're still a country of meat eaters at heart.
Viewership the NRL has 137 million viewers a season. The AFL has 126 million viewers a season.
Australia won the T20 World Cup for the first time. The top run-scorer of the T20 World Cup 2021 was Babar Azam.
Brazil, with five wins, are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, with three titles; France and inaugural winner Uruguay, each with two titles; and England and Spain, with one title each.
Of 80 different nations that have appeared in the tournament, 13 have made it to the final, and 8 have won. Brazil, the only team that has participated in every World Cup, is also the most successful team in the competition, having won five titles and finished second twice.
Yet Australians have fought in ten wars. Some of these have been in distant lands, others much closer to home. All of them were begun by other nations and involved Australia because of its overseas ties; alliances formed through sentiment, loyalty or simply for reasons of security.
Founded in 1904 to provide unity among national soccer associations, the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) boasts 209 members, rivaling that of the United Nations, and is arguably the most prestigious sports organization in the world.
Australia have qualified for the World Cup after beating Peru in a penalty shootout, becoming the penultimate team to reach the tournament. Victory in the inter-confederation play-offs in Qatar ensures Australia will join Group D alongside France, Denmark and Tunisia.
Brazil 2002
This side are the only Brazilian team to have won seven games in a World Cup tournament. They cruised to the title, outscoring their opponents by 18 goals to four.
Team wins, losses, draws and ties
As of September 2022, Australia has played 174 T20I matches resulting in 94 victories, 76 defeats, 3 ties and 4 no results for an overall winning percentage of 54.41.
The top two teams from this tournament will advance to the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, scheduled to take place in India in October and November.
The precise level of kicking in the AFL is not seen in rugby because generally only one or two players are required as kickers. Watching AFL players hit somebody on the lead from 50 yards is mighty impressive. In terms of physical intensity there is no argument. Rugby dominates hands down.
The AFL has a longer history with the original VFA being formed in 1877. It was supposedly a rugby like game to keep cricketers fit during the winter, but turned into more than that, today COMPETING against cricket for Australia's most popular sport.