Nickname(s) | Futsalroos | ||
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Association | Football Australia | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Head coach | Miles Downie | ||
FIFA code | AUS | ||
FIFA ranking | 37 [1] | ||
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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 | |||
Appearances | 7 (First in 1989 ) | ||
Best result | 1st Round, 7 times | ||
AFC Futsal Championship | |||
Appearances | 8 (First in 2006 ) | ||
Best result | 4th place (2012) | ||
AFF Futsal Championship | |||
Appearances | 6 (First in 2007 (guests)) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2007, 2013, 2014, 2015) |
The Australia national futsal team, nicknamed the Futsalroos, represents Australia in men's international futsal. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, 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 7 occasions, but have never advanced beyond the group stage of the competition. After the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Football Australia decided not to continue investing and developing futsal in Australia. The F-League was disbanded in 2017, and Australia national futsal team is quickly becoming weaker than before.
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Head coach | Miles Downie |
Assistant coach | Bruno Cannavan |
For all past and present players who have appeared for the national team, see Australia national futsal team players.
The following 14 players were named in the squad for the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup. [2]
11 October 2019 International Friendly | Australia | 4–3 | Solomon Islands | Sydney, Australia |
Report | Stadium: The Centre Dural |
13 October 2019 International Friendly | Australia | 3–2 | Solomon Islands | Sydney, Australia |
| Report |
| Stadium: Valentine Sports Park Referee: Darius Turner (Australia) |
21 October 2019 2019 AFF Futsal Championship Group B | Vietnam | 2–0 | Australia | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Report | Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium Attendance: 2,122 Referee: Takeshi Fujita (Japan) |
22 October 2019 2019 AFF Futsal Championship Group B | Australia | 6–4 | Malaysia | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Report |
| Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium Attendance: 145 Referee: Khalil Balhawan (Lebanon) |
23 October 2019 2019 AFF Futsal Championship Group B | Indonesia | 8–3 | Australia | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Report | Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium Attendance: 562 Referee: Timur Ramazanov (Turkmenistan) |
6 April 2022 2022 AFF Futsal Championship | East Timor | 4–7 | Australia | Bangkok, Thailand |
13:00 UTC+7 | Stadium: Indoor Stadium Huamark |
6 April 2022 2022 AFF Futsal Championship | Australia | 1–6 | Myanmar | Bangkok, Thailand |
11:00 UTC+7 | Stadium: Indoor Stadium Huamark |
6 April 2022 2022 AFF Futsal Championship | Vietnam | 5–1 | Australia | Bangkok, Thailand |
11:00 UTC+7 | Stadium: Indoor Stadium Huamark |
7 October 2023 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup Q | Australia | 0–4 | Japan | Taipei, Taiwan |
19:00 UTC+8 | Report | Stadium: University of Taipei Gymnasium |
9 October 2023 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup Q | Chinese Taipei | 2–3 | Australia | Taipei, Taiwan |
19:00 UTC+8 |
| Report | Stadium: University of Taipei Gymnasium |
21 February 2024 2024 PacificAus Sport Futsal Series | Solomon Islands | 1–2 | Australia | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
18:00 UTC+11 |
| Report | Stadium: Friendship Hall |
23 February 2024 2024 PacificAus Sport Futsal Series | Solomon Islands | 2–6 | Australia | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
18:00 UTC+11 |
| Report | Stadium: Friendship Hall |
25 February 2024 2024 PacificAus Sport Futsal Series | Solomon Islands | 2–8 | Australia | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
18:00 UTC+11 | Report | Stadium: Friendship Hall |
24 March 2024 2024 NSDF Futsal Championship | Thailand | 3–4 | Australia | Nonthaburi, Thailand |
14:00 UTC+7 | Report | Stadium: Nonthaburi Province Stadium |
25 March 2024 2024 NSDF Futsal Championship | Afghanistan | 5–4 | Australia | Nonthaburi, Thailand |
16:30 UTC+7 | Report | Stadium: Nonthaburi Province Stadium |
27 March 2024 2024 NSDF Futsal Championship | Malaysia | 3–4 | Australia | Nonthaburi, Thailand |
16:30 UTC+7 | Report | Stadium: Nonthaburi Province Stadium |
28 March 2024 2024 NSDF Futsal Championship Final | Thailand | 9–2 | Australia | Nonthaburi, Thailand |
16:30 UTC+7 | Report | Stadium: Nonthaburi Province Stadium |
11 April 2024 Friendly | South Korea | 2–5 | Australia | |
Report |
17 April 2024 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup GS | Uzbekistan | 3–2 | Australia | Bangkok, Thailand |
16:00 UTC+7 | Report | Stadium: Bangkok Arena Referee: Eisa Abdulhoussain (Kuwait) |
19 April 2024 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup GS | Australia | 2–4 | Saudi Arabia | Bangkok, Thailand |
16:00 UTC+7 | Report |
| Stadium: Bangkok Arena Referee: An Ran (China) |
21 April 2024 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup GS | Iraq | 6–2 | Australia | Bangkok, Thailand |
21:00 UTC+7 |
| Report | Stadium: Indoor Stadium Huamark Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabiafshar (Iran) |
FIFA Futsal World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1989 | 1st round | 11th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
1992 | 1st round | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
1996 | 1st round | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 |
2000 | 1st round | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
2004 | 1st round | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
2008 | did not qualify | |||||||
2012 | Group stage | 20th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
2016 | Group stage | 18th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
2020 | did not qualify | |||||||
2024 | ||||||||
Total | 7/10 | 0 Titles | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 118 |
OFC Futsal Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1992 | Champion | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 |
1996 | Champion | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 8 |
1999 | Champion | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 |
2004 | Champion | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
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 Asian Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
2006 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 13 |
2007 | Quarter finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
2008 | Quarter finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
2010 | Quarter finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 20 |
2012 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
2014 | Quarter finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
2016 | Quarter finals | 5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 16 |
2018 | Withdrew | |||||||
2020 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2022 | ||||||||
2024 | Group stage | TBC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
Total | 8/11 | 0 Titles | 34 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 93 | 118 |
AFF Futsal Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
2001 | did not participate | |||||||
2003 | ||||||||
2005 | ||||||||
2006 | ||||||||
2007 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 |
2008 | did not participate | |||||||
2009 | ||||||||
2010 | ||||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2013 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 7 |
2014 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 13 |
2015 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 15 |
2016 | did not participate | |||||||
2017 | Withdrew | |||||||
2018 | did not participate | |||||||
2019 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
2022 | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | |
Total | 6/17 | 0 Titles | 29 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 151 | 78 |
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 record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1982 | did not participate | |||||||
1985 | 2nd round | 8th | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
1988 | 2nd round | 6th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 19 |
1991 | 1st round | 11th | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
1994 | did not participate | |||||||
1997 | did not participate | |||||||
2000 | 1st round | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
2003 | 1st round | 19th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 29 |
2007 | did not participate | |||||||
2011 | did not qualify | |||||||
2015 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
2019 | to be determined | |||||||
Total | 6/11 | 0 Titles | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 47 | 77 |
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It promotes the game in Oceania and allows the member nations to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.
Football Australia is the governing body of soccer, futsal, and beach soccer within Australia, headquartered in Sydney. Although the first governing body of the sport was founded in 1911, Football Australia in its current form was only established in 1961 as the Australian Soccer Federation. It was later reconstituted in 2003 as the Australian Soccer Association before adopting the name of Football Federation Australia in 2005. In contemporary identification, a corporate decision was undertaken to institute that name to deliver a "more united football" in a deliberation from the current CEO, James Johnson. The name was changed to Football Australia in December 2020.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries/territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC.
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