Socceroos Archive

The AFC Asian Cup Finals, the Australian Open and the Superbowl have delivered four epic finishes within three days as entertaining as anyone could have wanted. It was a fantastic quadruple of major sporting triumphs that will live long in the memory …

On the 12 February 2003 the Australian national football team played their first international fixture of the year against England at the Boleyn Ground in London. England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson gave a run out to 22 of his players over the course of …

Australia lost its third and final World Cup match 3-0 against World Champions Spain in Curitiba, Brazil on Tuesday morning (AEST). It was another great start against world-class opposition by the Socceroos as they took the game to Spain in an attacking and well-organised …

The Socceroos lost 3-2 against Holland in Porto Alegre on Thursday morning (AEST). In a highly entertaining game, Australia once again boosted their potential in the eyes of the global sporting public in the world’s number one sport. It was the game that said …

A courageous display by Australia in their opening World Cup match was not enough to get them over the line in a 3-1 loss against Chile in Cuiaba, Brazil on Saturday afternoon (AEST). The Socceroos made it a tough exercise for themselves from the …

  Only a few years ago Harry Kewell’s name was first on the Socceroos team sheet but age, fluctuations in form and a changing of generations in the Socceroos set up have seen Kewell not represent the green and gold since 2012. …

Debutant Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou got off to a winning start with a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica at Allianz Stadium on Tuesday night. The match started with a curious tactical choice by the Costa Ricans who played with a defensive high …

The Socceroos have booked their place at next year’s World Cup finals in Brazil after a nervy 1-0 win over Iraq on Tuesday night. The home town crowd in Sydney had to endure an intense match where only a win could guarantee …

The Socceroos drew 2-2 against Oman in Sydney on Tuesday night in front of a dissapointed partisan crowd at ANZ Stadium. The poor result puts added pressure on coach Holger Osieck to qualify for next year’s World Cup finals which will be …