FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Australia national football team

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The Australian National Football Team nicknamed a “Socceroos, Aussies. The Australian team could be the first team to qualify for the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa. The team is controlled by Football Federation Australia (FFA). Australia is a four-time Oceania Football Confederation  champion and has  represented at two FIFA World Cup tournaments, in 1974 and 2006. The Australian national team first played at the World Cup finals in West Germany in 1974.
Team configuration 

Nickname(s)	Socceroos, Aussies
Association	Football Federation Australia
Confederation	AFC
Head coach	Netherlands Pim Verbeek
Captain	Lucas Neill
Most caps	Alex Tobin (87)
Top scorer	Damian Mori (29)
FIFA code	AUS
FIFA ranking	23
Highest FIFA ranking	14 (September 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	92 (June 2000)

Current players Australia

Goalkeepers Clint Bolton Eugene Galeković Danny Vukovic Danny Vukovic

Defenders Luke Wilkshire Jade North Simon Colosimo Jon McKain Mark Milligan Scott Jamieson Robert Cornthwaite Andrew Durante Shannon Cole Luke DeVere

Midfielders Jason Culina Mile Sterjovski Jacob Burns Matt McKay Matt Thompson Michael Zullo Stuart Musialik Michael Marrone Thomas Oar    Ben Kantarovski

Strikers Joshua Kennedy Alex Brosque David Williams Mathew Leckie Daniel McBreen

Honours
 FIFA World Cup

     Round of 16:   2006
     Group Stage:  1974
     Qualified: 2010
 FIFA Confederations Cup
    Runners-Up (Silver Medal): 1997

     3rd Place (Bronze Medal): 2001
    Group Stage:  2005

   

Captains 

List of Australian national association football team captains

    Peter Wilson
    Paul Wade
    Alex Tobin
    Charlie Yankos
    John Kosmina
    Johnny Warren
    Paul Okon
     Lucas Neill
     Mark Viduka]
     Mark Viduka
     Craig Moore