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Australia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Futsalroos
AssociationFootball Federation Australia
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachRob Varela
FIFA codeAUS
FIFA ranking31 (12 May 2020)[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)
FIFA 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 resultRunners-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

Head coach – Rob Varela Team Manager – Matt Sheppard

Current squad

For all past and present players who have appeared for the national team, see Australia national futsal team players.

The following 14 players have been named in the squad for the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship [2] to be played 21-23 October 2019.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Club
GK Gavin O’Brien
GK Andrew Haim Australia Campbelltown City Quake
FP Adam Cooper (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32) Australia Vic Vipers
FP Jarrod Basger (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 (age 33)
FP Gregory Giovenali (1987-08-14) 14 August 1987 (age 37) Australia Dural Warriors
FP Nathan Niski Australia Dural Warriors
FP Wade Giovenali (1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 (age 30) Australia Dural Warriors
FP Tobias Seeto (1988-03-26) 26 March 1988 (age 36) England London Helvecia
FP Daniel Fornito Australia Inner West Magic
FP Grant Lynch Australia UTS Northside
FP Daniel Fogarty (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991 (age 33) Australia Inner West Magic
FP Carlos De Oliveira Australia Dural Warriors
FP Ahmed Sweedan Australia Dural Warriors
FP Ethan De Melo Australia Mascot Vipers

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Recent fixtures and results

11 October 2019 Friendly Australia  4-3  Solomon Islands Sydney, Australia
Report
13 October 2019 Friendly Australia  3-2  Solomon Islands Sydney, Australia
Report
21 October 2019 2019 AFF Championship GS Vietnam  2-0  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Mạnh Dũng, Minh Trí Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
22 October 2019 2019 AFF Championship GS Australia  6–4  Malaysia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Report (AFC)
Report (AFF)
23 October 2019 2019 AFF Championship GS Indonesia  8–3  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

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
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 1985 2nd round 8th ? ? ? ? ? ?
Australia 1988 2nd round 6th 5 2 0 3 30 19
Italy 1991 1st round 11th ? ? ? ? ? ?
Argentina 1994 Did not participate
Mexico 1997 Did not participate
Bolivia 2000 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/