List of Australia men's 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.

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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

PlayerTournament(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
Mathew Ryan

Captains by appearances as captain

Figures include all recognised matches up to 10 September 2024. The default order for this list is by most appearances as captain, then chronological order of first captaincy. Only confirmed captaincies are counted.

#PlayerAustralia careerCaps as captainTotal capsFirst captaincyLast captaincy
1 Lucas Neill 1996–201361967 October 200619 November 2013
2 Peter Wilson 1970–1979616511 November 197113 June 1979
3 Paul Wade 1990–1996468425 August 19901 November 1996
4 Mathew Ryan 2012—present389515 October 201910 September 2024
5 Mile Jedinak 2008–201835795 March 201426 June 2018
6 Charlie Yankos 1983–1989304925 August 198616 April 1989
6 Alex Tobin 1988–1988308711 February 19956 November 1998
8 John Kosmina 1976–198825606 October 19829 March 1988
9 Johnny Warren 1965–197424425 November 19671 December 1970
9 Paul Okon 1991–200324289 October 19967 September 2003
11 Mark Milligan 2006–2019188020 July 201310 October 2019
12 Mark Viduka 1994–200717433 August 2005
13 Craig Moore 1995–2010135218 February 2004
14 Mark Schwarzer 1993–20131010921 May 2004
15 Jimmy Rooney 1970–198095724 October 197631 May 1980
15 Murray Barnes 1975–198193218 June 197814 August 1981
15 Tim Cahill 2004–2018910826 May 201410 October 2017
18 Pat Hughes 1965–196771326 November 19654 June 1967
18 Aurelio Vidmar 1991–200174421 June 199528 February 2001
20 Alex Gibb 1922–19236617 June 192230 June 1922
20 Bob Lawrie 1939–195361014 June 195023 July 1950
20 Tony Vidmar 1991–20066769 June 20014 June 2004
20 Harry Kewell 1996–201265822 March 2008
20 Jackson Irvine 2013–present67428 March 202315 October 2024
25 Judy Masters 1923–19245?7 June 192426 July 2014
25 Tony Henderson 1979–198352711 June 19802 December 1980
25 Graham Arnold 1985–19975546 June 199323 March 1996
25 Kevin Muscat 1994–20065469 April 200116 August 2006
25 Steve Horvat 1994–200253215 August 200114 July 2002
25 Brett Emerton 1998–20125956 February 20079 December 2012
31 Cec Drummond 1947–19514?14 August 194811 September 1948
31 Joe Marston 1949–19594?3 September 195523 August 1958
31 Bob Bignall 1949–19594824 September 195512 December 1956
31 Trent Sainsbury 2014–present4611 June 20187 June 2021
31 Mathew Leckie 2012–present47911 September 201925 September 2022
37 George Smith 1933–1936365 June 193324 July 1933
37 Alec Cameron 1933–1936364 July 193618 July 1936
37 Bill Coolahan 1938333 September 19381 October 1938
37 Reg Date 1947–19503524 May 194714 June 1947
37 Kevin O'Neill 1950–195831228 August 19541 October 1955
37 Les Scheinflug 1965–19683621 November 19658 December 1965
37 Stan Ackerley 1965–196932731 March 196823 November 1969
37 Josip Skoko 1997–20073516 June 20046 September 2006
45 Alec Heaney 1947–19502410 May 19477 June 1947
45 Tom Jack 1950–195521114 August 195410 September 1955
45 Gary Marocchi 1975–197821311 June 197814 June 1978
45 Peter Raskopoulos 1980–198721530 August 19816 September 1981
45 Zeljko Kalac 1992–20062544 October 20007 October 2000
45 Matt McKay 2006–20162597 December 201228 July 2013
51 Jack Evans 1933–194111110 September 1938
51 Jimmy Osborne 1933–19411724 September 1938
51 Eddie Krncevic 1979–198913526 February 1980
51 David Ratcliffe 1982–198612123 October 1985
51 Joe Watson 1979–198611710 August 1986
51 Alan Davidson 1980–199115112 October 1988
51 Frank Farina 1984–199513718 June 1995
51 Milan Ivanović 1991–199815915 February 1998
51 Craig Foster 1996–200012915 February 2000
51 Mehmet Durakovic 1990–200216412 July 2002
51 Vince Grella 2003–201014612 July 2002
51 Jason Culina 2005–20111583 March 2010
51 Aziz Behich 2012–present1757 June 2019

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