Australia national futsal team

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Australia
Australia national football team badge.svg
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Futsalroos
AssociationFootball Australia
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachRob Varela
FIFA codeAUS
FIFA ranking33 [1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 United States 1–1 Australia 
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 6 January 1989)
Biggest win
 Australia 23–1 Samoa 
(Port Vila, Vanuatu; 4 August 1996)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 13–1 Australia 
(Singapore, Singapore; 28 November 2001)
World Cup
Appearances7 (First in 1989)
Best result1st Round, 7 times
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances7 (First in 2006)
Best result4th place (2012)
AFF Futsal Championship
Appearances4 (First in 2007)
Best resultSilver Runners-up (2007, 2013, 2014, 2015)

The Australia national futsal team represents Australia in men's international futsal. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a member of both the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (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 FIFA Futsal World Cup tournaments on seven occasions, but have never advanced beyond the group stage of the competition.

History[]

Coaching staff[]

Manager Australia
Team Manager Australia

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 2019 AFF Futsal Championship[2] from 21–23 October 2019.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Club
1 GK (1977-09-30) 30 September 1977 (age 44)
12 GK Australia
2 FP (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 29) Australia Vic Vipers
3 FP (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 (age 31)
4 FP (1987-08-14) 14 August 1987 (age 34) Australia Dural Warriors
5 FP Australia Dural Warriors
6 FP (1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 (age 27) Australia Dural Warriors
7 FP (1988-03-26) 26 March 1988 (age 33) England
8 FP Australia
9 FP Australia
10 FP (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991 (age 31) Australia
11 FP Australia Dural Warriors
13 FP Australia Dural Warriors
14 FP Australia

Results and fixtures[]

2019[]

11 October 2019 International Friendly Australia  4–3  Solomon Islands Sydney, Australia
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13 October 2019 International Friendly Australia  3–2  Solomon Islands Sydney, Australia
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Referee: (Australia)
21 October 2019 2019 AFF Futsal Championship Group B Vietnam  2–0  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 28'
  • 37'
Report Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,122
Referee: (Japan)
22 October 2019 2019 AFF Futsal Championship Group B Australia  6–4  Malaysia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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  • 38'
Report
  • 20' (o.g.)
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Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 145
Referee: (Lebanon)
23 October 2019 2019 AFF Futsal Championship Group B Indonesia  8–3  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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  • Andri 17', 22'
  • 25', 34'
  • 33'
  • 39', 40'
Report
  • 14'
  • 29', 33'
Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 562
Referee: (Turkmenistan)

Competitive record[]

FIFA Futsal World Cup[]

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Netherlands 1989 1st round 11th 3 1 1 1 6 8
Hong Kong 1992 1st round 12th 3 1 0 2 9 11
Spain 1996 1st round 15th 3 0 0 3 4 26
Guatemala 2000 1st round 15th 3 0 0 3 3 22
Chinese Taipei 2004 1st round 15th 3 0 0 3 2 18
Brazil 2008 Did not qualify
Thailand 2012 Group stage 20th 3 1 0 2 5 17
Colombia 2016 Group stage 18th 3 1 0 2 5 16
Lithuania 2020 Did not qualify
Total 7/8 0 Titles 21 4 1 16 34 118

OFC Futsal Championship[]

OFC Futsal Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Australia 1992 Champion 1st 4 4 0 0 28 6
Vanuatu 1996 Champion 1st 6 6 0 0 69 8
Vanuatu 1999 Champion 1st 6 6 0 0 41 4
Australia 2004 Champion 1st 5 5 0 0 20 0
New Zealand 2013^ Champion 1st 5 5 0 0 24 2
Total 5/5 5 Titles 26 26 0 0 182 20

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

AFC Futsal Championship[]

AFC Futsal Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uzbekistan 2006 Group stage 7th 3 2 0 1 14 13
Japan 2007 Quarter finals 8th 4 1 1 2 6 13
Thailand 2008 Quarter finals 7th 4 2 0 2 13 10
Uzbekistan 2010 Quarter finals 7th 4 2 0 2 15 20
United Arab Emirates 2012 Fourth place 4th 6 3 0 3 12 19
Vietnam 2014 Quarter finals 6th 4 2 0 2 10 14
Uzbekistan 2016 Quarter finals 5th 6 4 0 2 17 16
Chinese Taipei 2018 Withdrew
Turkmenistan 2020 Did not qualify
Total 7/9 0 Titles 31 16 1 14 87 105

AFF Futsal Championship[]

AFF Futsal Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Thailand 2006 Did not participate
Thailand 2007 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 15 14
Thailand 2008 Did not participate
Vietnam 2009
Vietnam 2010
Thailand 2012
Thailand 2013 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 42 7
Malaysia 2014 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 30 13
Thailand 2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 46 15
Thailand 2016 Did not participate
Vietnam 2017 Withdrew
Indonesia 2018 Did not participate
Vietnam 2019 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 9 14
Total 4/11 0 Titles 26 19 0 7 142 63

Honours[]

Runners-up (4): 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • OFC Futsal Championship
Champions (5): 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2013

Other Federations[]

In addition to the FFA administered Futsal, an organisation known as the Federation of Australian Futsal (FAF)[3] considers itself the governing body of Futsal in Australia under the membership of the international body, Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF). The AMF organises the AMF Futsal World Cup.

AMF Futsal World Cup[]

AMF Futsal World Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Brazil 1982 Did not participate
Spain 2nd round 8th ? ? ? ? ? ?
Australia 2nd round 6th 5 2 0 3 30 19
Italy 1st round 11th ? ? ? ? ? ?
Argentina Did not participate
Mexico Did not participate
Bolivia 1st round 13th 3 0 1 2 8 15
Paraguay 2003 1st round 19th 3 0 0 3 5 29
Argentina 2007 Did not participate
Colombia 2011 Did not qualify
Belarus 2015 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 4 14
Argentina 2019 To be determined
Total 6/11 0 Titles 14 2 1 11 47 77

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Futsal World Ranking
  2. ^ "NSW PLAYERS DOMINATE FUTSALROOS SQUAD". Football New South Wales. 30 September 2019.
  3. ^ https://futsalaustralia.org.au/

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