Soccer records and statistics in Australia

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This article concerns soccer records in Australia. Unless otherwise stated, records are taken from the A-League or National Soccer League. Where a different record exists for the top flight (National Soccer League 1977–2004, and A-League 2005–present), this is also given.

National team[]

League[]

Records in this section refer to the Australian top division, as a combination of the A-League or National Soccer League.

Titles[]

• Most Premiership titles: 6, Sydney City
• Most Championship titles: 5, Sydney FC
• Most consecutive Premiership titles: 2, several clubs
• Most consecutive Championship titles: 3, Sydney City: 1980, 1981, 1982^[1]

Top flight appearances[]

• Most seasons overall: 28 seasons, Marconi Stallions and South Melbourne
• Fewest seasons overall: 1 season, Canterbury Marrickville, Collingwood Warriors, Mooroolbark, Western United and Wollongong United

Wins[]

• Most wins overall: 378, South Melbourne
• Most consecutive wins: 10, Western Sydney Wanderers (13 January 2013 to 16 March 2013)
• Most wins in a season: 20, South Melbourne (2000–01 NSL)

Draws[]

• Most draws overall: 194, Adelaide City
• Most consecutive draws: 6, Wellington Phoenix (4 September 2009 to 17 October 2009)
• Most draws in a season: 15, Wollongong City (1983 NSL)

Losses[]

• Most losses overall: 255, Wollongong Wolves
• Fewest losses in a season: 1, Brisbane Roar (2011–12 A-League)
• Most consecutive losses: 16, Canberra Cosmos (30 March 1998 to 10 January 1999)

Points[]

• Most points overall: 1,317, South Melbourne
• Most points in a season: 70 (16 wins, 2 draws), Melbourne Knights (1994–95 NSL)
• Fewest points in a season: 6, New Zealand Knights (2005–06 A-League)

Games without a win[]

• Most consecutive league games without a win: 23, Canberra Cosmos (22 February 1998 to 24 January 1999)

Goals[]

• Most league goals scored in a season: 80, Wollongong Wolves (2000–01 NSL)
• Most goals scored in total: 1,293, Marconi Stallions
• Most consecutive games without scoring: 6, jointly by:
  • Parramatta Eagles (11 December 1993 to 9 January 1994)
  • Preston Lions (11 October 1987 to 28 February 1988)
  • Preston Lions (12 July 1989 to 18 November 1989)
  • New Zealand Knights (10 September 2006 to 14 October 2006)
  • Newcastle Jets (4 December 2015 to 9 January 2016)

Scorelines[]

• Record win: Marconi Stallions 9–0 Blacktown City (16 March 1980)
• Highest scoring draw: Newcastle Breakers 5–5 Canberra Cosmos (16 February 1996)

Disciplinary[]

• Most red cards in a career (individual): 13, Andrew Marth (Sunshine George Cross, Melbourne Knights and Carlton)

Transfers[]

• Highest transfer fee received: A$1.7 million
  • Zeljko Kalac, from Sydney United to Leicester City (1995)^[2]

Individual[]

Appearances[]

• Most Championships won by an individual player 5, Gerry Gomez, , Michael Theo
• Most career league appearances: 522, Alex Tobin (1984 to 2004)
• Most career league appearances as a goalkeeper: 479, Clint Bolton (1993 to 2013)
• Most career league appearances as a substitute:, 115, Matt Simon (2006 to 2020)
• Most career league appearances at one club: 446, Sergio Melta (Adelaide City, 1977 to 1995)
• Most career consecutive league appearances: 214, Bobby Russell (1980 to 1988)
• Oldest player: Bobby Charlton, 42 years and 150 days (for Blacktown City vs. St George, 9 March 1980)
• Youngest player: Daniel Watkins, 14 years and 268 days (for Parramatta Eagles vs. Morwell Falcons, 2 April 1995)

Goals[]

• Most career league goals: 240, Damian Mori (446 matches, for South Melbourne, Sunshine George Cross, Melbourne Croatia, Adelaide City, Perth Glory, Central Coast Mariners and Queensland Roar, 1989 to 2008)
• Most consecutive league matches scored in: 8, Andy Keogh
• Most league goals in a season: 31, Damian Mori (1995–96 NSL)
• Most goals in a game: 6, jointly by:
  • Pat Brodnik (for Wollongong Wolves vs. West Adelaide, 18 March 1990)
  • Ivan Kelic (for Melbourne Knights vs. Wollongong Macedonia, 24 March 1991)
• Fastest goal: 3.7 seconds, Damian Mori (for Adelaide City vs. Sydney United, 3 December 1995)
• Fastest hat-trick (time between first and third goals): 6 minutes, joint record:
  • Jason Bennett (for Newcastle Breakers, 11 October 1996)
  • Besart Berisha (for Brisbane Roar, 28 October 2011)
• Fastest player to 100 Australian goals: Besart Berisha — 156 games
• Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal: 728 minutes, Jeff Olver (Heidelberg, 15 July 1984 to 9 September 1984)
• Youngest goalscorer: Danny Wright, 15 years and 289 days (for Brisbane Lions v Blacktown City, 17 August 1980)
• Oldest goalscorer: Bobby Charlton, 42 years and 150 days (for Blacktown City v St George-Budapest, 9 March 1980)

FFA Cup[]

Final[]

Team[]

• Most wins: 3, Adelaide United (2014, 2018, 2019)
• Most consecutive wins: 2, Adelaide United (2018, 2019)
• Most appearances in finals: 4, Adelaide United (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• Most Final appearances without win: 2, Perth Glory (2014, 2015)
• Most Final appearances without defeat: 1, Melbourne Victory (2015)
• Longest winning streak in finals: 2, Adelaide United (2018, 2019)
• Biggest win: 4 goals, Adelaide United 4–0 Melbourne City (2019)
• Most goals in a final: 4 goals, Adelaide United 4–0 Melbourne City (2019)
• Most defeats in finals: 2, Perth Glory (2014, 2015) and Sydney FC (2016, 2018)

Individual[]

• Most wins: 3, Michael Marrone (Adelaide United: 2014, 2018, 2019) and Michael Jakobsen (Melbourne City: 2016 & Adelaide United: 2018, 2019)
• Most appearances in finals: 4, Michael Marrone (Adelaide United: 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• Most goals in a final: 2, Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United: 2018)
• Most goals in finals: 2, Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) and Nikola Mileusnic (Adelaide United)
• Youngest FFA Cup finalist: Al Hassan Toure (Adelaide United, 19 years, 146 days
• Youngest player to score in an FFA Cup Final: Al Hassan Toure (Adelaide United, 19 years, 146 days)

All rounds[]

This section refers to the Round of 32 onwards, and not the preliminary rounds for member federations.

• Most FFA Cup goals scored: 55, Adelaide United and Sydney FC
• Most FFA Cup goals conceded: 26, Western Sydney Wanderers
• Highest FFA Cup goal difference: +36, Adelaide United and Sydney FC
• Most FFA Cup games played: 24, Adelaide United
• Most FFA Cup games won: 21, Adelaide United
• Largest winning margin : Shamrock Rovers Darwin 0–8 Sydney FC (First round, 2 August 2017)
• Most clubs competing in a season: 765 (2020)
• Most consecutive games without defeat: 10, Adelaide United (1 August 2018 to present)
• Most career appearances: 20, Joshua Brillante
• Most career goals: 12, Besart Berisha
• Most goals by a player in a single FFA Cup season: 8, Bobô (for Sydney FC in 2017)
• Most goals by a player in a single FFA Cup game: 4, Matt Sim (for Central Coast Mariners in 2014) and Bobô (for Sydney FC in 2017)
• Youngest player: Kynan West, 16 years and 56 days (for Devonport, 2018)

Attendance records[]

• Record A-League attendance: 61,880 – Western Sydney Wanderers vs. Sydney FC, played at Stadium Australia (2016–17)
• Record FFA Cup attendance: 18,751 – Melbourne City vs. Sydney FC, played at AAMI Park (2016 FFA Cup Final)

List of Australian record competition winners[]

These tables list the clubs that have won honours an Australian record number of times. It lists all international competitions organised by Asian Football Confederation, Oceanian Football Confederation and FIFA as well as competitions organised by the Australian governing body Football Federation Australia.

Ongoing competitions[]

Discontinued competitions[]

Managers[]

• Most league title wins: 3, joint record:
  • Eddie Thomson (Sydney City)
  • Graham Arnold (Central Coast Mariners and Sydney FC)
• Most top-flight league games coached: 468, Zoran Matić
• Most OFC Champions League/AFC Champions League wins: 12, Tony Popovic

See also[]

• Australia national soccer team records and statistics

References[]

General

• Howe, Andrew. "Isuzu Ute A-League 2021/22 Season Guide" (PDF). A-League Men. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
• "FFA Cup statistics". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

Specific