Australia national futsal team

national sports team

The Australia national futsal team nicknamed the Futsalroos represents Australia in international futsal. They have appeared at the FIFA Futsal World Cup, OFC Futsal Nations Cup and AFC Futsal Championship.

Australia
Nickname(s)Futsalroos
AssociationFootball Australia
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachMiles Downie
FIFA codeAUS
FIFA ranking37 [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)
World Cup
Appearances7 (First in 1989)
Best resultGroup Stage (7 times)
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances8 (First in 2006)
Best result4th place (2012)
AFF Futsal Championship
Appearances6 (First in 2007 (guests))
Best resultSilver Runners-up (2007, 2013, 2014, 2015)

Competitive record

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FIFA Futsal World Cup

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FIFA Futsal World Cup record
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

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OFC Futsal Championship record
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

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AFC Futsal Asian Cup record
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 16th 3 0 0 3 6 13
Total 8/11 0 Titles 34 16 1 17 93 118

AFF Futsal Championship

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AFF Futsal Championship record
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

References

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