"By 2016, the FFA announcement of Caltex as sponsors was titled ""Caltex Australia with the Socceroos all the way"". Australian national sports team nicknames In Australia, the national representative team of many sports has a nickname, used informally when referring to the team in the media or in conversation. These nicknames are typically derived from well-known symbols of Australia. Often the nickname is combined with that of a commercial sponsor, such as the ""Qantas Wallabies"" or the ""Telstra Dolphins"". Some names are a portmanteau word with second element ""-roo"", from kangaroo; such as ""Olyroos"" for the Olympic association football team."
"Australia national under-17 soccer team The Australia national under-17 association football team represents Australia in men's international under-17 Football. The team is controlled by the governing body for 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 ""Joeys"". Australia is a ten-time OFC champion and a two-time AFF champion. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments on twelve occasions. The ""Joeys"" best result in"
"Australia national rugby union team is nicknamed the ""Wallabies"". The Australia national association football team (men's) is nicknamed the ""Socceroos"". The Australia national under-23 football team plays Football at the Summer Olympics and is nicknamed ""Olyroos"". The Australia national under-20 football team is nicknamed the ""Young Socceroos"" The Australia national under-17 football team is the ""Joeys"" The Australian Women's field hockey team is nicknamed the ""Hockeyroos"". The Australian national ice hockey team is nicknamed the ""Mighty Roos"". The Australian men's national basketball team is nicknamed the ""Boomers"". The North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League is nicknamed the"
"Australia women's national soccer team The Australian women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer 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 Matildas (from the Australian folk song ""Waltzing Matilda""), having been known as the Female Socceroos before 1995. The current team manager is Alen Stajcic. Australia is a three-time OFC champion, one-time AFC champion and one-time AFF champion, and became the first ever"
"Australia national soccer team The Australian national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer 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. Australia is the only national team to have been a champion of two confederations, having won the OFC Nations Cup four times between 1980 and 2004, as well as the AFC Asian Cup at the 2015 event on"
"U-16 Championship from 20 September – 7 October 2018. Caps correct as of 5 October 2018. ""The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection."" Australia national under-17 soccer team The Australia national under-17 association football team represents Australia in men's international under-17 Football. The team is controlled by the governing body for 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"
"Australia national futsal team The Australia national futsal team represents Australia in men's international futsal. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a member of both 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 seven occasions, but have never advanced beyond the group stage of the competition. Tom Rogic"
"Australian national sports team nicknames In Australia, the national representative team of many sports has a nickname, used informally when referring to the team in the media or in conversation. These nicknames are typically derived from well-known symbols of Australia. Often the nickname is combined with that of a commercial sponsor, such as the ""Qantas Wallabies"" or the ""Telstra Dolphins"". Some names are a portmanteau word with second element ""-roo"", from kangaroo; such as ""Olyroos"" for the Olympic association football team. The oldest nicknames are ""Kangaroos"" and ""Wallabies"" for the rugby league football and rugby union teams. The other names"
"as of 30 October 2018. ""The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection."" Australia national under-20 soccer team The Australia national under-20 soccer team represents Australia in international under-20 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer 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 ""Young Socceroos"". Australia is a twelve-time OFC champion and three-time AFF champion."
"Australia national under-20 soccer team The Australia national under-20 soccer team represents Australia in international under-20 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer 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 ""Young Socceroos"". Australia is a twelve-time OFC champion and three-time AFF champion. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA U-20 World Cup tournaments on fifteen occasions. In their first foray into Asia in"
"Australia national under-23 soccer team The Australia national under-23 football 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 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 ""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,"
"Beitzel's 1967 Australian Football World Tour team was unofficially nicknamed the Galahs from their flashy uniform. Though this side was a precursor of subsequent Australian international rules football teams, the nickname has not been retained. ""Australian Tennis"" magazine invited reader to suggest a nickname for the Davis Cup team in 1996. The Australia Fed Cup team has been called the Cockatoos, first suggested by player Casey Dellacqua in a press conference at the April 2012 match against Germany. The name has been embraced by teammates and used on the website of governing body Tennis Australia. As part of a 1998"
"called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection."" OFC Women's U-20 Qualifying Tournament AFC U-19 Women's Championship Australia women's national under-20 soccer team The Australian women's national under-20 soccer team represents Australia in international women's under-20 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer 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 Young Matildas. ""The following players were called up for the"
"Australia national American football team The Australia national American football team, nicknamed the Australian Outback, represent Australia in international American football (gridiron) competitions. The team is organised by Gridiron Australia, the national governing body for the sport. Organised gridiron football in Australia dates to 1983, with the national governing body, Gridiron Australia, being formed in 1996. Australia was a charter member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), and competed in the inaugural 1999 IFAF World Cup. They have since competed in the Oceania Bowl in 2005 and the Samoa Bowl in 2011, among other international competitions. Australia competed"
"United States men's national Australian rules football team The United States national Australian rules football team, nicknamed the Revolution, represents the United States of America in the sport of Australian rules football. The Revolution are named after the American Revolution (an event which gave the country separation from the British Empire) and wear the colors of the American flag. The team plays in international tournaments, including the Australian Football International Cup, as well as exhibition matches against other countries. The US national team has participated in every International Cup since its inception in 2002. The team's best result has been"
"Australia women's national under-20 soccer team The Australian women's national under-20 soccer team represents Australia in international women's under-20 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer 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 Young Matildas. ""The following players were called up for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification in October 2018. Caps correct as of 28 October 2018."" ""The following players have been"
"team. Out of five names, the popular vote chose ""Matildas"", from the song ""Waltzing Matilda"". The players themselves did not approve of the name, and took years to use the moniker to describe the team. At the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden, Australia were grouped with the United States, China and Denmark. During their opening match against Denmark, they lost 5–0. During the team's second match, a 4–2 loss to China, Angela Iannotta scored Australia's first goal at a World Cup. In the final group match against cup holders the United States, Australia scored first but went on"
"Australian Football International Cup The Australian Football International Cup (also known as the AFL International Cup) is an international sport competition in Australian rules football contested by amateur players only. It is currently co-ordinated by the Australian Football League's game development arm and run every 3 years since 2002. The tournament is the largest international Australian rules football event and the only one that is open to worldwide senior competition, except Australia, the home and world's strongest nation in the game, does not participate as it would most likely dominate the competition. The inaugural tournament was the 2002 Australian Football"
"Australian Football World Tour The Australian Football World Tour was a series of international rules football matches, organised by football sports broadcaster and former VFL umpire Harry Beitzel and Irish born Melbournian, James Harkin in 1967 and 1968. The first team was christened ""The Galahs"" by the Melbourne press after a comment made by the eccentric athletics coach Percy Cerutty, having seen their garish blazers, their slouch hats, and their hats' ostentatious plumes (deliberately chosen by Beitzel to evoke comparisons with the heroes of the Australian Light Horse Regiments in the Boer War and World War I) and to the"
"Oar Brad Smith Nathan Burns Bailey Wright Samantha Kerr Ellie Carpenter Clare Polkinghorne Katrina Gorry Hayley Raso Steph Catley Lisa De Vanna Caitlin Foord Soccer in Australia Soccer, also known as football, is the most played outdoor team sport in Australia, and ranks in the top ten for television audience. The national governing body of the sport is Football Federation Australia (FFA), which organises the A-League, W-League, and FFA Cup, as well as the men's and women's national teams (known as the Socceroos and the Matildas, respectively). The FFA comprises nine state and territory member federations, which oversee the sport"
"Australia women's national under-17 soccer team The Australian women's national under-17 soccer team represents Australia in international women's under-17 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer 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 ""Mini Matildas"". The first Australian women's national under-17 team was assembled in 2007 following Australia's entry into the Asian Football Confederation. ""The following players were called up for 2019 AFC U-16"
"Women's Championship qualification. Caps and goals correct as of 23 September 2018. Australia women's national under-17 soccer team The Australian women's national under-17 soccer team represents Australia in international women's under-17 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer 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 ""Mini Matildas"". The first Australian women's national under-17 team was assembled in 2007 following Australia's entry into the Asian"
"Australia also make use of this term. Most major newspapers in Australia use either ""AFL"" or ""football"" to refer to the sport. The derogatory term ""aerial ping-pong"" is sometimes used mockingly by fans of other codes to refer to the sport. Names of Australian rules football The sport of Australian football has been called by a number of different names throughout its history; but since 1905, after the formation of the Australasian Football Council, the game has been officially called ""Australian football""; and the name has been codified by the sport's governing body, the AFL Commission, as the game's official"
"The nickname represents a cultural propensity for the use of colloquialisms in the country. It also represents the Australian English use of the sport's name. The name itself is similar to most other Australian national representative sporting team nicknames; used informally when referring to the team, in the media or in conversation. Similarly, the name is derived from a well-known symbol of Australia, in this case the kangaroo. The words ""soccer"" and ""kangaroo"" are combined into a portmanteau word as ""soccer-roo""; such as ""Olyroos"" for the Australia Olympic soccer team. Australia's long time rivals are trans-Tasman neighbours New Zealand. The"
"Australia men's national ice hockey team The Australian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Australia. As of 2017, the Australian team is ranked 33rd in the IIHF World Rankings. The official nickname of Australia's national ice hockey team is the Mighty Roos. Some Australian national team players are expatriates of Canada and other hockey-playing nations, who have since become outright citizens of Australia or who hold dual citizenship. Australia's ice hockey team has participated in just one Winter Olympics: the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, California. Australia lost both their games against powerhouses Czechoslovakia"
"Australia international rules football team The Australia international rules football team is Australia's senior representative team in International rules football, a hybrid sport derived from Australian rules football and Gaelic football. The current team is solely made up of players from the Australian Football League. Although Australian rules football is played around the world at an amateur level, Australia is considered far too strong to compete against at senior level. Hence, selection in the Australian international rules team is the only opportunity that Australian rules footballers have to represent their country. Until 2004 the majority of the men's Australian squad"
"Today, the common names for the sport are ""Australian rules football"" or ""football"", and common nicknames for the sport are ""footy"", ""Aussie rules"" or sometimes ""AFL"" (a genericised abbreviation of Australian Football League, the sport's largest competition and only fully professional league). The first ""Laws of Australian football"" were established in Melbourne in 1859 by Tom Wills of the Melbourne Football Club. This led to the development of the terms ""the Victorian Game"" or ""Victorian Rules"", although in Victoria, the general term was just ""football"" as early as 1860. As late as 1954, the term ""Melbourne Rules"" was being used"
"Australia Paralympic soccer team The Australia Paralympic soccer team represents Australia in international 7-a-side competition for athletes with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury or symptoms acquired from stroke and at the Paralympic Games. The team was founded in 1998, by the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) and the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) and is controlled in partnership by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA). The team's official nickname is the ""Pararoos"". In 1998, the team was founded by the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) and the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association"
"All-Australian team The All-Australian team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best performed during the season. As no other country could assemble a senior Australian rules team of the same quality, the All-Australian team never plays a game. From 1998 to 2004, the Australian international rules team was mainly composed of All-Australians, though from 2005 to 2013 the team for the annual International Rules Series was selected according to the quite different requirements of"
"The Allies (Australian rules football) Australian Football Alliance Australian rules football team, commonly known as The Allies are a representative Australian rules football team made up of players who played their junior football in Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania, formed to participate against other states in state of origin football matches. In women's football, the team also incorporates players from South Australia and Western Australia. The team was first proposed as part of the AFL Commission's five-year plan released in August 1994. The team was intended to renew the public's waning interest in the"
"The inaugural season, held in 2017 was considered a huge success by the AFL and the league intends to expand from eight teams to 14 by the 2020 season. Internationally, women's Australian football is played at amateur level in several countries, particularly in the United Kingdom, North America and parts of Europe and Asia. and a dozen teams have represented their nations at one or more Australian Football International Cup since 2011. Ireland and Canada have dominated thus far, being the only teams to contest the women's grand final in the competition. Ireland's team, nicknamed the Banshees, are the most"
"Australia at the FIFA World Cup The Australia national soccer team, nicknamed the Socceroos, has represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup finals on five occasions: in 1974, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. In Australia's first appearance, representing OFC, a team made up entirely of amateurs secured a scoreless draw against Chile, though eventually departed from the 1974 tournament without a goal to show from their inaugural appearance. Australia made up for lost time at Germany 2006 and qualified for the Round of 16 before narrowly falling to eventual champions Italy. The German theme continued at South Africa 2010 although"
"at an impasse, with 10 series wins apiece. Most recently in 2017, Australia defeated Ireland with two Test wins and an aggregate score of 116-103. International rules football International rules football (; also known as international rules in Australia and compromise rules in Ireland) is a team sport consisting of a hybrid of football codes, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players. The first tour, known as the Australian Football World Tour, took place in 1967, with matches played in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The following"