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List of Australia men's national soccer team captains

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

Lucas Neill has the most captaincies of Australia, with 61

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

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Captains by tournament

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  • 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
Mathew Ryan

Captains by appearances as captain

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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.

  • 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 Mathew Ryan 2012—present 38 95 15 October 2019 10 September 2024
5 Mile Jedinak 2008–2018 35 79 5 March 2014 26 June 2018
6 Charlie Yankos 1983–1989 30 49 25 August 1986 16 April 1989
6 Alex Tobin 1988–1988 30 87 11 February 1995 6 November 1998
8 John Kosmina 1976–1988 25 60 6 October 1982 9 March 1988
9 Johnny Warren 1965–1974 24 42 5 November 1967 1 December 1970
9 Paul Okon 1991–2003 24 28 9 October 1996 7 September 2003
11 Mark Milligan 2006–2019 18 80 20 July 2013 10 October 2019
12 Mark Viduka 1994–2007 17 43 3 August 2005
13 Craig Moore 1995–2010 13 52 18 February 2004
14 Mark Schwarzer 1993–2013 10 109 21 May 2004
15 Jimmy Rooney 1970–1980 9 57 24 October 1976 31 May 1980
15 Murray Barnes 1975–1981 9 32 18 June 1978 14 August 1981
15 Tim Cahill 2004–2018 9 108 26 May 2014 10 October 2017
18 Pat Hughes 1965–1967 7 13 26 November 1965 4 June 1967
18 Aurelio Vidmar 1991–2001 7 44 21 June 1995 28 February 2001
20 Alex Gibb 1922–1923 6 6 17 June 1922 30 June 1922
20 Bob Lawrie 1939–1953 6 10 14 June 1950 23 July 1950
20 Tony Vidmar 1991–2006 6 76 9 June 2001 4 June 2004
20 Harry Kewell 1996–2012 6 58 22 March 2008
20 Jackson Irvine 2013–present 6 74 28 March 2023 15 October 2024
25 Judy Masters 1923–1924 5 ? 7 June 1924 26 July 2014
25 Tony Henderson 1979–1983 5 27 11 June 1980 2 December 1980
25 Graham Arnold 1985–1997 5 54 6 June 1993 23 March 1996
25 Kevin Muscat 1994–2006 5 46 9 April 2001 16 August 2006
25 Steve Horvat 1994–2002 5 32 15 August 2001 14 July 2002
25 Brett Emerton 1998–2012 5 95 6 February 2007 9 December 2012
31 Cec Drummond 1947–1951 4 ? 14 August 1948 11 September 1948
31 Joe Marston 1949–1959 4 ? 3 September 1955 23 August 1958
31 Bob Bignall 1949–1959 4 8 24 September 1955 12 December 1956
31 Trent Sainsbury 2014–present 4 61 1 June 2018 7 June 2021
31 Mathew Leckie 2012–present 4 79 11 September 2019 25 September 2022
37 George Smith 1933–1936 3 6 5 June 1933 24 July 1933
37 Alec Cameron 1933–1936 3 6 4 July 1936 18 July 1936
37 Bill Coolahan 1938 3 3 3 September 1938 1 October 1938
37 Reg Date 1947–1950 3 5 24 May 1947 14 June 1947
37 Kevin O'Neill 1950–1958 3 12 28 August 1954 1 October 1955
37 Les Scheinflug 1965–1968 3 6 21 November 1965 8 December 1965
37 Stan Ackerley 1965–1969 3 27 31 March 1968 23 November 1969
37 Josip Skoko 1997–2007 3 51 6 June 2004 6 September 2006
45 Alec Heaney 1947–1950 2 4 10 May 1947 7 June 1947
45 Tom Jack 1950–1955 2 11 14 August 1954 10 September 1955
45 Gary Marocchi 1975–1978 2 13 11 June 1978 14 June 1978
45 Peter Raskopoulos 1980–1987 2 15 30 August 1981 6 September 1981
45 Zeljko Kalac 1992–2006 2 54 4 October 2000 7 October 2000
45 Matt McKay 2006–2016 2 59 7 December 2012 28 July 2013
51 Jack Evans 1933–1941 1 11 10 September 1938
51 Jimmy Osborne 1933–1941 1 7 24 September 1938
51 Eddie Krncevic 1979–1989 1 35 26 February 1980
51 David Ratcliffe 1982–1986 1 21 23 October 1985
51 Joe Watson 1979–1986 1 17 10 August 1986
51 Alan Davidson 1980–1991 1 51 12 October 1988
51 Frank Farina 1984–1995 1 37 18 June 1995
51 Milan Ivanović 1991–1998 1 59 15 February 1998
51 Craig Foster 1996–2000 1 29 15 February 2000
51 Mehmet Durakovic 1990–2002 1 64 12 July 2002
51 Vince Grella 2003–2010 1 46 12 July 2002
51 Jason Culina 2005–2011 1 58 3 March 2010
51 Aziz Behich 2012–present 1 75 7 June 2019

References

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General

  • "Australian Soccer Captains". ak-tsc.de. The Southern Cross.
  • Howe, Andrew (12 October 2006). "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2017 – via OzFootball.
  • 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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