Australia national futsal team

Australia

Nickname(s)	Futsalroos
Association	Football Federation Australia
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Rob Varela
FIFA code	AUS
FIFA ranking	24 (24 August 2016) [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
Appearances	7 (First in 1989)
Best result	1st Round, 7 times
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 2006)
Best result	4th place, (2012)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1985)
Best result	2nd Round, (1985, 1988)
AFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 2007)
Best result	Runners-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.

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 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.^[2]

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Club 1 GK Angelo Konstantinou (1978-11-08) 8 November 1978 Inner West Magic 12 GK Roberto Maiorana (1989-12-06) 6 December 1989 Inner West Magic 14 GK Peter Spathis (1981-04-09) 9 April 1981 East Coast Heat 2 FP Adam Cooper (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 VIC Vipers 3 FP Jarrod Basger (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 Baku United 4 FP Gregory Giovenali (1987-08-14) 14 August 1987 Dural Warriors (Captain) 5 FP Blake Rosier (1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 Dural Warriors 6 FP Wade Giovenali (1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 Dural Warriors 7 FP Tobias Seeto (1988-03-26) 26 March 1988 Baku United 8 FP Jonathan Barrientos (1988-04-02) 2 April 1988 VIC Vipers 9 FP Christopher Zeballos (1986-06-16) 16 June 1986 East Coast Heat 10 FP Daniel Fogarty (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991 Inner West Magic 11 FP Dean Lockhart (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 Inner West Magic 13 FP Shervin Adeli (1992-05-04) 4 May 1992 East Coast Heat Recent fixtures and results Myanmar  v  Australia 9 October 2015 2015 AFF Championship GS Myanmar  1–3  Australia Bangkok, Thailand 11:30 ICT Khin Zaw Lin  22' Report Fogarty  10' W. Giovenali  14', 15' Stadium: Bangkok Arena Attendance: 150 Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei) Australia  v  Philippines 10 October 2015 2015 AFF Championship GS Australia  13–0  Philippines Bangkok, Thailand 11:30 ICT Niski  6', 7', 23' Basger  13', 35' Lockhart  15', 16', 24' W. Giovenali  19' Cooper  19', 29' Adeli  30' Seeto  37' Report Stadium: Bangkok Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan) Laos  v  Australia 11 October 2015 2015 AFF Championship GS Laos  2–15  Australia Bangkok, Thailand 14:00 ICT Keomanixay  29' Phasawaeng  39' Report Adeli  1', 13' Fogarty  3', 23', 23', 40' Basger  6', 12', 13' G. Giovenali  16', 30' Kelshaw  28', 29' Lockhart  36', 37' Stadium: Bangkok Arena Attendance: 250 Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei) Vietnam  v  Australia 12 October 2015 2015 AFF Championship GS Vietnam  5–6  Australia Bangkok, Thailand 14:00 ICT Thuận  12' Nam  14' Trí  17' Vũ  22' Sơn  27' Tùng  28' Report Kelshaw  13' Fogarty  13', 15', 18', 23' Basger  16' Lockhart  27' G. Giovenali  AM' Stadium: Bangkok Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Hasan Mohammed Al-Gburi (Iraq) Australia  v  Malaysia 14 October 2015 2015 AFF Championship SF Australia  6–2  Malaysia Bangkok, Thailand 19:00 ICT Niski  9' Fogarty  10', 13' Cooper  28', 32' Basger  36' Report Yazadh  21' Nizam  37' Stadium: Bangkok Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ali Reza Sohrabi Balsini (Iran) Thailand  v  Australia 16 October 2015 2015 AFF Championship Final Thailand  5–3  Australia Bangkok, Thailand 19:00 ICT Kritsada  29', 29', 40' Sorasak  34' Warut  35' Report Basger  28' Barrientos  36' Fogarty  39' Stadium: Bangkok Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq) Australia  v  Solomon Islands 24 January 2016 Friendly Australia  3–0  Solomon Islands Sydney, Australia 14:00 AEDT Merrin  ?' W. Giovenali  ?' G. Giovenali  ?' Report Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre Australia  v  Malaysia 11 February 2016 2016 AFC Championship GS Australia  2–1  Malaysia Tashkent, Uzbekistan 19:00 UZT Basger  24' G. Giovenali  26' Report Bahrin  19' Stadium: Uzbekistan Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh (Iran) Qatar  v  Australia 13 February 2016 2016 AFC Championship GS Qatar  2–5  Australia Tashkent, Uzbekistan 19:00 UZT Jaber  3' Oliveira  27' Report Fogarty  2' G. Giovenali  3', 26' Seeto  4', 37' Stadium: Uzbekistan Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: An Ran (China) Japan  v  Australia 15 February 2016 2016 AFC Championship GS Japan  3–1  Australia Tashkent, Uzbekistan 16:30 UZT Henmi  8' Morioka  19' Nibuya  34' Report G. Giovenali  12' Stadium: Uzbekistan Stadium Attendance: 435 Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan) Thailand  v  Australia 17 February 2016 2016 AFC Championship QF Thailand  6–1  Australia Tashkent, Uzbekistan 16:00 UZT Jirawat  5', 39' Suphawut  10', 39' Jetsada  27' Wiwat  33' Report G. Giovenali  20' Stadium: Uzbekistan Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan) Iraq  v  Australia 18 February 2016 2016 AFC Championship 5th place play-off Iraq  3–5  Australia Tashkent, Uzbekistan 16:00 UZT Mustafa  8' Saif  38' Salim  39' Report Basger  6', 20' Fogarty  11', 37' W. Giovenali  35' Stadium: Uzbekistan Stadium Attendance: 230 Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam) Australia  v  Kyrgyzstan 19 February 2016 2016 AFC Championship 5th place match Australia  3–1  Kyrgyzstan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 16:00 UZT Merrin  6' Lynch  20' G. Giovenali  32' Report Kanetov  37' Stadium: Universal Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam) Costa Rica  v  Australia 4 September 2016 Friendly Costa Rica  4–0  Australia Bucaramanga, Colombia Report Stadium: Estadio Vicente Diaz Kazakhstan  v  Australia 6 September 2016 Friendly Kazakhstan  2–1  Australia Bucaramanga, Colombia Dovgan Douglas Report Basger Stadium: Estadio Vicente Diaz Mozambique  v  Australia 11 September 2016 2016 FIFA World Cup GS Mozambique  2–3  Australia Bucaramanga, Colombia 16:00 COT Calo  32' Dino  35' Report Barrientos  10' Cooper  18' G. Giovenali  19' Stadium: Coliseo Bicentenario Attendance: 2,014 Referee: Carlos González (Guatemala) Australia  v  Brazil 14 September 2016 2016 FIFA World Cup GS Australia  1–11  Brazil Bucaramanga, Colombia 18:00 COT G. Giovenali  4' Report Rodrigo  2' Fernandinho  8', 26' Falcão  12', 23', 39' Bateria  19' Dieguinho  25', 40' Jé  28' Lockhart  39' (o.g.) Stadium: Coliseo Bicentenario Attendance: 2,678 Referee: Marc Birkett (England) Australia  v  Ukraine 17 September 2016 2016 FIFA World Cup GS Australia  1–3  Ukraine Bucaramanga, Colombia 16:00 COT Zeballos  38' Report Zhurba  14' Bondar  35' Ovsyannikov  40' Stadium: Coliseo Bicentenario Attendance: 876 Referee: Francisco Rivera (Mexico) Competitive record FIFA Futsal World Cup See also: FIFA Futsal World Cup 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 Total 7/8 0 Titles 21 4 1 16 34 118 AMF Futsal World Cup See also: AMF Futsal World Cup AMF Futsal World Cup record Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA 1982 Did not participate 1985 2nd round 8th ? ? ? ? ? ? 1988 2nd round 6th 5 2 0 3 30 19 1991 1st round 11th ? ? ? ? ? ? 1994 Did not participate 1997 Did not participate 2000 1st round 13th 3 0 1 2 8 15 2003 1st round 19th 3 0 0 3 5 29 2007 Did not participate 2011 Did not qualify 2015 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 4 14 2019 To be determined Total 6/11 0 Titles 14 2 1 11 47 77 OFC Futsal Championship See also: OFC Futsal Championship 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 2000 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 Championship See also: AFC Futsal Championship AFC Futsal Championship 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 Total 7/7 0 Titles 31 16 1 14 87 105 AFF Futsal Championship See also: AFF Futsal Championship AFF Futsal Championship record Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA 2006 Did not participate 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 Total 4/10 0 Titles 23 18 0 5 133 49 Honours AFF Futsal Championship Runners-up (4): 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015 OFC Futsal Championship Champions (5): 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2013 See also Futsal in Australia Football Federation Australia Australia national soccer team References ↑ Futsal World Ranking ↑ "Futsalroos squad announced for FIFA Futsal World Cup". Football Federation Australia. 22 August 2016.  External links Official Futsalroos Website OzFootball's Futsalroos section. FFAA's National Team & UEFS Associated Member. 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