List of Australia national soccer team captains

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Lucas Neill has the most captaincies of Australia, with 61

This article lists all the captains of the Australia national men's soccer team.

The first Australia captain was Alex Gibb; he captained Australia in their first international match, against New Zealand on 17 June 1922. He went on to captain Australia on five further occasions, captained Australia in their first international on home soil, 9 June 1923 vs. New Zealand, and was the first international captain to win a match.

Since then, Lucas Neill went on to set the record for most captaincies of his country, with 61.

List of captains[]

Captains by tournament[]

  • Bold indicates tournament winners
  • Italics indicates tournament hosts
Player Tournament(s)
Peter Wilson
Eddie Krncevic
Paul Wade
Alex Tobin
Paul Okon
Damian Mori
Tony Vidmar
Craig Moore
Mark Viduka
Lucas Neill
Mile Jedinak
Mark Milligan

Captains by appearances as captain[]

Figures include all recognised matches up to 8 June 2021. The default order for this list is by most appearances as captain, then chronological order of first captaincy. Only confirmed captaincies are counted.

  • Bold indicates active players
# Player Australia career Caps as captain Total caps First captaincy Last captaincy
1 Lucas Neill 1996–2013 61 96 7 October 2006 19 November 2013
2 Peter Wilson 1970–1979 61 65 11 November 1971 13 June 1979
3 Paul Wade 1990–1996 46 84 25 August 1990 1 November 1996
4 Mile Jedinak 2008–2018 35 79 5 March 2014 26 June 2018
5 Charlie Yankos 1983–1989 30 49 25 August 1986 16 April 1989
5 Alex Tobin 1988–1988 30 87 11 February 1995 6 November 1998
7 John Kosmina 1976–1988 25 60 6 October 1982 9 March 1988
8 Johnny Warren 1965–1974 24 42 5 November 1967 1 December 1970
8 Paul Okon 1991–2003 24 28 9 October 1996 7 September 2003
9 Mark Milligan 2006–2019 18 80 20 July 2013 10 October 2019
10 Mark Viduka 1994–2007 17 43 3 August 2005
11 Craig Moore 1995–2010 13 52 18 February 2004
12 Mark Schwarzer 1993–2013 10 109 21 May 2004
13 Jimmy Rooney 1970–1980 9 57 24 October 1976 31 May 1980
13 Murray Barnes 1975–1981 9 32 18 June 1978 14 August 1981
13 Tim Cahill 2004–2018 9 108 26 May 2014 10 October 2017
14 Pat Hughes 1965–1967 7 13 26 November 1965 4 June 1967
14 Aurelio Vidmar 1991–2001 7 44 21 June 1995 28 February 2001
16 Alex Gibb 1922–1923 6 6 17 June 1922 30 June 1922
16 1939–1953 6 10 14 June 1950 23 July 1950
16 Tony Vidmar 1991–2006 6 76 9 June 2001 4 June 2004
16 Harry Kewell 1996–2012 6 58 22 March 2008
20 Judy Masters 1923–1924 5 ? 7 June 1924 26 July 2014
20 Tony Henderson 1979–1983 5 27 11 June 1980 2 December 1980
20 Graham Arnold 1985–1997 5 54 6 June 1993 23 March 1996
20 Kevin Muscat 1994–2006 5 46 9 April 2001 16 August 2006
20 Steve Horvat 1994–2002 5 32 15 August 2001 14 July 2002
20 Brett Emerton 1998–2012 5 95 6 February 2007 9 December 2012
26 Cec Drummond 1947–1951 4 ? 14 August 1948 11 September 1948
26 Joe Marston 1949–1959 4 ? 3 September 1955 23 August 1958
26 Bob Bignall 1949–1959 4 8 24 September 1955 12 December 1956
26 Trent Sainsbury 2014–present 4 48 1 June 2018 7 June 2021
30 George Smith 1933–1936 3 6 5 June 1933 24 July 1933
30 Alec Cameron 1933–1936 3 6 4 July 1936 18 July 1936
30 Bill Coolahan 1938 3 3 3 September 1938 1 October 1938
30 Reg Date 1947–1950 3 5 24 May 1947 14 June 1947
30 Kevin O'Neill 1950–1958 3 12 28 August 1954 1 October 1955
30 Les Scheinflug 1965–1968 3 6 21 November 1965 8 December 1965
30 Stan Ackerley 1965–1969 3 27 31 March 1968 23 November 1969
30 Josip Skoko 1997–2007 3 51 6 June 2004 6 September 2006
38 1947–1950 2 4 10 May 1947 7 June 1947
38 Tom Jack 1950–1955 2 11 14 August 1954 10 September 1955
38 Gary Marocchi 1975–1978 2 13 11 June 1978 14 June 1978
38 Peter Raskopoulos 1980–1987 2 15 30 August 1981 6 September 1981
38 Zeljko Kalac 1992–2006 2 54 4 October 2000 7 October 2000
38 Matt McKay 2006–2016 2 59 7 December 2012 28 July 2013
38 Mathew Ryan 2012–present 2 59 15 October 2019 14 November 2019
38 Matthew Leckie 2012–present 2 63 11 September 2019 3 June 2021
46 1933–1941 1 11 10 September 1938
46 Jimmy Osborne 1933–1941 1 7 24 September 1938
46 Eddie Krncevic 1979–1989 1 35 26 February 1980
46 David Ratcliffe 1982–1986 1 21 23 October 1985
46 Joe Watson 1979–1986 1 17 10 August 1986
46 Alan Davidson 1980–1991 1 51 12 October 1988
46 Frank Farina 1984–1995 1 37 18 June 1995
46 Milan Ivanović 1991–1998 1 59 15 February 1998
46 Craig Foster 1996–2000 1 29 15 February 2000
46 Mehmet Durakovic 1990–2002 1 64 12 July 2002
46 Vince Grella 2003–2010 1 46 12 July 2002
46 Jason Culina 2005–2011 1 58 3 March 2010
46 Aziz Behich 2012–present 1 38 7 June 2019

References[]

General

  • "Australian Soccer Captains". ak-tsc.de. The Southern Cross.
  • "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). ozfootball.net. 12 October 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  • Howe, Andrew (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8.

Specific'

  1. ^ Only one of Australia's matches of the tournament is recognised as a full international match
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