Nickname(s) | Olyroos | ||
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Association | Football Australia | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||
Head coach | Tony Vidmar | ||
Captain | Callum Talbot | ||
Most caps | Brett Emerton Mark Milligan (25 each) | ||
Top scorer | Mark Viduka (17) | ||
FIFA code | AUS | ||
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First international | |||
New Caledonia 2–1 Australia (Nouméa, New Caledonia; 6 November 1967) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Australia 12–0 Vanuatu (Adelaide, Australia; 25 January 1996) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Australia 1–6 Poland (Barcelona, Spain; 5 August 1992) Australia 0–5 Japan (Pekanbaru, Indonesia; 15 July 2012) | |||
Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 6 (first in 1992) | ||
Best result | Fourth place (1992) | ||
AFC U-23 Asian Cup | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 2013) | ||
Best result | Third place (2020) | ||
Website | Website |
The Australia national under-23 soccer team represents Australia in international under-23 soccer and at the Olympic Games. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia (FA), which is currently a member of 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 Olyroos.
Australia's first two appearances in the Olympic Games saw the senior men's team participate, but in 1992 the eligibility was restricted to players under the age of 23, while in 1996, it was decided to allow teams to choose three over-age players in the final Olympic squads.
The team has represented Australia at the Olympic Games on six occasions, in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2020 games. The team also represented Australia at the AFC U-23 Championship tournaments in 2013, 2016, 2018 & 2020.