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Trevor Morgan to lead Young Socceroos & assist Olyroos

Football Australia is pleased to announce that Trevor Morgan has been appointed to a new role at the organisation, encompassing the Head Coach position of the Young Socceroos (U-20 men’s national football team), Assistant Coach to Tony Vidmar’s Olyroos (U-23s), as well as the ong

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100 Years of Football Stories: The Shootout

The rising tension among the 82,698 crowd at Telstra Australia reached breaking point when Australia and Uruguay were forced to settle their World Cup playoff in 2005 via a penalty shootout, football’s version of Russian roulette. Both teams were level at one goal each after t

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'I'm not here to please anyone': The story that sums up Pim Verbeek's legacy

The Socceroos top job has drawn a plethora of top Australian and foreign coaches in a century of ups and downs for the national team. Most of them - like Rale Rasic, Guus Hiddink and Ange Postecoglou - left an indelible mark on our game.

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'What an introduction!': Ray Gatt's special Frank Arok experience

They were different days in Australia, both football and media-wise - times when the two almost walked hand in hand. There was no trying to control the narrative or trying to keep players away from the media….no trying to sanitise things. It was raw but it was fun. Sta

Socceroos Australia East Germany 1974 FIFA World Cup

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Micallef: How the 1974 Socceroos raised eyebrows worldwide

The 1974 World Cup group match between Australia and East Germany was eagerly awaited by a group of friends as we waited for kickoff in a social club in Floriana, Malta. We all knew about the mean machines from the DDR that had taken mechanical football to the next level. What pi

Tim Cahill celebrates scoring against Japan at the 2006 World Cup

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Tournament Profile: 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™

As we celebrate a century of Socceroos memories in the lead-up to September's series against New Zealand, each week we'll be looking back at a major tournament the team have played in over the years. We'll be working back in time, covering 11 tournaments that are all signific

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Aussies Abroad Wrap: Mooy and Rowles debut in Scottish Premiership, Brook scores on first League Two start

There was a Scottish Premiership debut for Aaron Mooy and Kye Rowles while Lachlan Brook kicked off the League Two season with a goal on debut and pre-season wrapped up around Europe. Check out our wrap-up of all the weekend's Aussies Abroad action. United Kingdom

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Aussies Abroad Preview: Scottish Premiership & English Championship seasons begin

This weekend a number of our Socceroos and U23's will be back in action as the Scottish Premiership and English Championship seasons kick off, along with the DFB-Pokal Cup in Germany. It's another big weekend for our Aussies abroad as the Scottish Premiership and English Cham

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Aussies Abroad: Aziz Behich signs in Scotland

Socceroos fullback Aziz Behich will pull on Dundee United colours this season, after sealing a two-year deal with the Scottish club. The 31-year-old will enjoy a fresh challenge after playing over 200 times in the Turkish Super Lig, where he first signed with Bursaspor in 201

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Tournament Profile: 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™

As we celebrate a century of Socceroos memories in the lead-up to September's series against New Zealand, each week we'll be looking back at a major tournament the team have played in over the years. We'll be working back in time, covering 11 tournaments that are all signific

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Irvine scores dramatic equaliser, Duke scores and assists, Mooy makes Celtic pre-season debut

Jackson Irvine continued his 2. Bundesliga goalscoring form with a superb header to salvage a point against Hannover while Mitch Duke registered a goal and an assist in Japan and Aaron Mooy debuted for Celtic. Irvine popped up deep into injury time to rescue a point for St.

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PRH partners with Socceroos to inspire children around the country

Penguin Random House Australia (Puffin) has acquired an eight-book publishing program with Football Australia to promote football and the Australian senior national teams, the Socceroos and CommBank Matildas, in the lead-up to a huge 12 months for football in Australia. The ei

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Stat Attack: Bailey Wright's brilliant Sunderland season

Socceroo Bailey Wright enjoyed a high-quality season at Sunderland in League One last campaign, and we delve deeper into the numbers and stats behind his performances both for club and country. Wright played 40 games across Sunderland’s League One season, which ended with a p

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Aussies Abroad Preview: Mooy hoping for Celtic pre-season debut, Davidson and Jeggo kick off in Belgium

Having signed for Celtic this week, Aaron Mooy will be hoping to pull on their famous hoops for the first time in the club's last pre-season hit-out, while Jason Davidson and James Jeggo kick off the season in Belgium. Mooy has officially signed for Celtic, where he will link

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'It's an amazing feeling': Aaron Mooy signs for Celtic

Aaron Mooy has officially signed for Celtic, where we will link up with fellow Aussies Ange Postecoglou and Harry Kewell. Both are part of the coaching staff that lured the Socceroo to the Scottish club, after he agreed to part ways with Chinese outfit Shanghai Port. Speak