List of Australia men's national soccer team captains explained

This article lists all the captains of the Australia national men's soccer team.

The first Australia captain was Alex Gibb; he captained Australia in their first international match, against New Zealand on 17 June 1922. He went on to captain Australia on five further occasions, captained Australia in their first international on home soil, 9 June 1923 vs. New Zealand, and was the first international captain to win a match.

Since then, Lucas Neill went on to set the record for most captaincies of his country, with 61.

List of captains

Captains by tournament

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Captains by appearances as captain

Figures include all recognised matches up to 11 June 2024. The default order for this list is by most appearances as captain, then chronological order of first captaincy. Only confirmed captaincies are counted.

PlayerAustralia careerCaps as captainTotal capsFirst captaincyLast captaincy
1 1996–201361967 October 200619 November 2013
2 1970–1979616511 November 197113 June 1979
3 1990–1996468425 August 19901 November 1996
4 2012—present369315 October 201926 March 2024
5 2008–201835795 March 201426 June 2018
6 1983–1989304925 August 198616 April 1989
6 1988–1988308711 February 19956 November 1998
8 1976–198825606 October 19829 March 1988
9 1965–197424425 November 19671 December 1970
9 1991–200324289 October 19967 September 2003
11 2006–2019188020 July 201310 October 2019
12 1994–200717433 August 2005
13 1995–2010135218 February 2004
14 1993–20131010921 May 2004
15 1970–198095724 October 197631 May 1980
15 1975–198193218 June 197814 August 1981
15 2004–2018910826 May 201410 October 2017
18 1965–196771326 November 19654 June 1967
18 1991–200174421 June 199528 February 2001
20 1922–19236617 June 192230 June 1922
20 1939–195361014 June 195023 July 1950
20 1991–20066769 June 20014 June 2004
20 1996–201265822 March 2008
24 1923–19245?7 June 192426 July 2014
24 1979–198352711 June 19802 December 1980
24 1985–19975546 June 199323 March 1996
24 1994–20065469 April 200116 August 2006
24 1994–200253215 August 200114 July 2002
24 1998–20125956 February 20079 December 2012
30 1947–19514?14 August 194811 September 1948
30 1949–19594?3 September 195523 August 1958
30 1949–19594824 September 195512 December 1956
30 2014–present4611 June 20187 June 2021
30 2012–present47911 September 201925 September 2022
30 2013–present47028 March 202311 June 2024
36 1933–1936365 June 193324 July 1933
36 1933–1936364 July 193618 July 1936
36 1938333 September 19381 October 1938
36 1947–19503524 May 194714 June 1947
36 1950–195831228 August 19541 October 1955
36 1965–19683621 November 19658 December 1965
36 1965–196932731 March 196823 November 1969
36 1997–20073516 June 20046 September 2006
44 1947–19502410 May 19477 June 1947
44 1950–195521114 August 195410 September 1955
44 1975–197821311 June 197814 June 1978
44 1980–198721530 August 19816 September 1981
44 1992–20062544 October 20007 October 2000
44 2006–20162597 December 201228 July 2013
50 1933–194111110 September 1938
50 1933–19411724 September 1938
50 1979–198913526 February 1980
50 1982–198612123 October 1985
50 1979–198611710 August 1986
50 1980–199115112 October 1988
50 1984–199513718 June 1995
50 1991–199815915 February 1998
50 1996–200012915 February 2000
50 1990–200216412 July 2002
50 2003–201014612 July 2002
50 2005–20111583 March 2010
50 2012–present1717 June 2019

References

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Notes and References

  1. Only one of Australia's matches of the tournament is recognised as a full international match

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