List of Australian national soccer team captains
The following is a list of captains of the Australia national soccer team.
The first Australia captain was Alex Gibb: he captained Australia in the first ever international match, against New Zealand on 17 June 1922. He went on to captain Australia on six further occasion, all against New Zealand during 1922 and 1923. Gibb also captained Australia in their first international on home soil, 9 June 1923, and was the first international captain to win a match. Lucas Neill has the record together with Peter Wilson for most captaincies of Australia, with 61.[1]
This list contains only players who have started full international matches as captain.
Bold denotes the incumbent captain.
Updated 15 November 2016 (v Thailand)
# | Name | First captaincy | Last captaincy | Caps as captain |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gibb, AlexAlex Gibb | 17 June 1922 | 30 June 1923 | 6 |
2 | Masters, JudyJudy Masters | 7 June 1924 | 26 July 1924 | 5 |
3 | Maunder, WilliamWilliam Maunder | 28 June 1924 | 28 June 1924 | 1 |
4 | Smith, GeorgeGeorge Smith | 5 June 1933 | 24 July 1933 | 3 |
5 | Cameron, AlecAlec Cameron | 4 July 1936 | 18 July 1936 | 3 |
6 | Coolahan, BillBill Coolahan | 3 September 1938 | 1 October 1938 | 3 |
7 | Evans, JackJack Evans | 10 September 1938 | 10 September 1938 | 1 |
8 | Osborne, JimmyJimmy Osborne | 24 September 1938 | 24 September 1938 | 1 |
9 | Heaney, AlecAlec Heaney | 10 May 1947 | 7 June 1947 | 2 |
10 | Date, RegReg Date | 24 May 1947 | 14 June 1947 | 3 |
11 | Drummond, CecCec Drummond | 14 August 1948 | 11 September 1948 | 4 |
12 | Lawrie, BobBob Lawrie | 14 June 1950 | 23 July 1950 | 6 |
13 | Jack, TomTom Jack | 14 August 1954 | 10 September 1955 | 2 |
14 | O'Neill, KevinKevin O'Neill | 28 August 1954 | 1 October 1955 | 3 |
15 | Marston, JoeJoe Marston | 3 September 1955 | 4 | |
16 | Bignall, BobBob Bignall | 24 September 1955 | 23 August 1958 | 4 |
17 | Scheinflug, LesLes Scheinflug | 21 November 1965 | 8 December 1965 | 3 |
18 | Hughes, PatPat Hughes | 26 November 1965 | 4 June 1967 | 7 |
19 | Warren, JohnnyJohnny Warren | 5 November 1967 | 1 December 1970 | 24 |
20 | Ackerley, StanStan Ackerley | 31 March 1968 | 23 November 1969 | 3 |
21 | Wilson, PeterPeter Wilson | 11 November 1971 | 13 June 1979 | 61 |
22 | Rooney, JimmyJimmy Rooney | 24 October 1976 | 31 May 1980 | 9 |
23 | Marocchi, GaryGary Marocchi | 11 June 1978 | 14 June 1978 | 2 |
24 | Barnes, MurrayMurray Barnes | 18 June 1978 | 14 August 1981 | 9 |
25 | Krncevic, EddieEddie Krncevic | 26 February 1980 | 26 February 1980 | 1 |
26 | Henderson, TonyTony Henderson | 11 June 1980 | 2 December 1980 | 5 |
27 | Raskopoulos, PeterPeter Raskopoulos | 30 August 1981 | 6 September 1981 | 2 |
28 | Kosmina, JohnJohn Kosmina | 6 October 1982 | 9 March 1988 | 25 |
29 | Ratcliffe, DavidDavid Ratcliffe | 23 October 1985 | 23 October 1985 | 1 |
30 | Watson, JoeJoe Watson | 10 August 1986 | 10 August 1986 | 1 |
31 | Yankos, CharlieCharlie Yankos | 25 August 1986 | 16 April 1989 | 30 |
32 | Davidson, AlanAlan Davidson | 12 October 1988 | 12 October 1988 | 1 |
33 | Wade, PaulPaul Wade | 25 August 1990 | 1 November 1996 | 46 |
34 | Arnold, GrahamGraham Arnold | 6 June 1993 | 23 March 1996 | 5 |
35 | Tobin, AlexAlex Tobin | 11 February 1995 | 6 November 1998 | 30 |
36 | Farina, FrankFrank Farina | 18 June 1995 | 18 June 1995 | 1 |
37 | Vidmar, AurelioAurelio Vidmar | 21 June 1995 | 28 February 2001 | 7 |
38 | Okon, PaulPaul Okon | 9 October 1996 | 24 | |
39 | Ivanović, MilanMilan Ivanović | 15 February 1998 | 15 February 1998 | 1 |
40 | Foster, CraigCraig Foster | 15 February 2000 | 15 February 2000 | 1 |
41 | Kalac, ŽeljkoŽeljko Kalac | 4 October 2000 | 7 October 2000 | 2 |
42 | Muscat, KevinKevin Muscat | 9 April 2001 | 5 | |
43 | Vidmar, TonyTony Vidmar | 9 June 2001 | 6 | |
44 | Horvat, SteveSteve Horvat | 15 August 2001 | 5 | |
45 | Durakovic, MehmetMehmet Durakovic | 12 July 2002 | 12 July 2002 | 1 |
46 | Moore, CraigCraig Moore | 18 February 2004 | 13 | |
47 | Schwarzer, MarkMark Schwarzer | 21 May 2004 | 10 | |
48 | Skoko, JosipJosip Skoko | 6 June 2004 | 3 | |
49 | Viduka, MarkMark Viduka | 3 August 2005 | 17 | |
50 | Neill, LucasLucas Neill | 7 October 2006 | 19 November 2013 | 61 |
51 | Grella, VinceVince Grella | 14 November 2006 | 14 November 2006 | 1 |
52 | Emerton, BrettBrett Emerton | 6 February 2007 | 9 December 2012 | 5 |
53 | Kewell, HarryHarry Kewell | 22 March 2008 | 6 | |
54 | Culina, JasonJason Culina | 3 March 2010 | 3 March 2010 | 1 |
55 | McKay, MattMatt McKay | 7 December 2012 | 28 July 2013 | 2 |
56 | Milligan, MarkMark Milligan | 20 July 2013 | 6 September 2016 | 5 |
57 | Jedinak, MileMile Jedinak | 5 March 2014 | 15 November 2016 | 26 |
58 | Cahill, TimTim Cahill | 26 May 2014 | 7 June 2016 | 5 |
References
- ↑ The Australian National Men’s Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia.
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