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 (28 December 2015)
Home colours Away colours
World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1989)
Best result	6 times 1st Round
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 2006)
Best result	4th place, 2012

The Australia national futsal team represents Australia in men's international futsal. The team is controlled by the governing body for association football in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), 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 Futsalroos.

Australia is a five-time OFC champion. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA Futsal World Cup tournaments on six occasions.

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 selected for the 2013 AFF Futsal Championship held from 19–27 October 2013 in Thailand.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 FP Jarrod Basger 1990 (age 33–34) Inner West Magic 2 FP Adam Cooper 1990 (age 33–34) Vic Vipers FC 3 FP Fernando de Moraes (1980-01-21) 21 January 1980 Vic Vipers FC 4 FP Daniel Fogarty 1990 (age 33–34) Sydney Scorpions / Inner West Magic 5 FP Gregory Giovenali 1990 (age 33–34) Dural Warriors 6 FP Wade Giovenali 1990 (age 33–34) Dural Warriors 7 FP Shervin Keshavarz Adeli 1990 (age 33–34) Enfield Rovers Futsal Club 8 GK Angelo Konstantinou (1978-11-08) 8 November 1978 Boomerangs F.S. 9 FP Dean Lockhart (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 Sydney Scorpions / Campbelltown City Quake 10 GK Roberto Maiorana 1990 (age 33–34) Sydney Scorpions / Inner West Magic 11 FP Raymond Miller 1990 (age 33–34) Mountain Majik Futsal Club 12 FP Marino Musumeci 1990 (age 33–34) Sydney Scorpions / Inner West Magic 13 FP Tobias Seeto 1990 (age 33–34) London Baku United FC 14 GK Peter Spathis 1990 (age 33–34) East Coast Heat F.C. 16 GK Nick Duduković (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 Campbelltown City Quake

Recent fixtures and results

New Zealand v Australia

8 July 2015 2015 Trans-Tasman Cup	New Zealand	2–4	Australia	Wellington, New Zealand
18:30 NZST	Burns  ?' Eakins  ?'	Report	Musumeci  14' Guerreiro  20' Fernando  ?' Barrientos  30'

New Zealand v Australia

9 July 2015 2015 Trans-Tasman Cup	New Zealand	1–6	Australia	Wellington, New Zealand
18:30 NZST	Eakins  ?' Da Silva  ?'	Report	Fernando  ?', ?' Fogarty  ?' Basger  20' W. Giovenali  ?' Kelshaw  ?'

New Zealand v Australia

10 July 2015 2015 Trans-Tasman Cup 2015 Commonwealth Futsal Cup	New Zealand	2–3	Australia	Wellington, New Zealand
18:30 NZST	Margetts  ?' Peckham  ?'	Report	Fogarty  ?', 35' W. Giovenali  21'

Australia v Vanuatu

11 July 2015 2015 Commonwealth Futsal Cup	Australia	10–2	Vanuatu	Wellington, New Zealand
20:30 NZST	Lockhart  ?' W. Giovenali  ?' Fogarty  ?' Fernando  ?', ?' (pen.) Dunlop  ?', ?' Polkinghorne  ?' Cooper  ?' Guerreiro  ?'	Report	?'  ?'

Malaysia v Australia

12 July 2015 2015 Commonwealth Futsal Cup	Malaysia	0–1	Australia	Wellington, New Zealand
18:30 NZST		Report	W. Giovenali  ?'

Myanmar v Australia

9 October 2015 2015 AFF Futsal 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 Futsal 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 Futsal 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 Futsal 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 Futsal 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 Futsal 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)

Competitive record

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	To be determined
Total	6/7	0 Titles	18	3	1	14	29	102

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
1999	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 not part of OFC, appeared as guest nation.

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	Qualified	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7/7	0 Titles	25	12	1	12	70	89

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
Total	4/9	0 Titles	23	18	0	5	133	49

Honours

• AFF Futsal Championship

Runners-up (2): 2007, 2013

• OFC Futsal Championship

Champions (5): 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2013

See also

• Futsal in Australia
• Football Federation Australia
• Australia national association football team

External links

• Official Futsalroos Website
• [1] OzFootball's Futsalroos section.
• FFAA's National Team & UEFS Associated Member. International Tours Information
• Futsal4all Australia
• Interview with Steven Knight
• Photographs