Australia 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Australia in the 1980s — 71 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Jimmy Rooney racked up the most caps of anyone here — 99 in all. John Kosmina leads the scoring with 25. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Gary Cole: 20 goals in 40 caps. The squad breaks down as 6 goalkeepers, 21 defenders, 25 midfielders and 19 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Rooney | MF | 99 | 20 | 85 |
| Alex Tobin | DF | 87 | 2 | 84 |
| Paul Wade | MF | 84 | 10 | 83 |
| John Kosmina | FW | 60 | 25 | 83 |
| Alan Davidson | DF | 79 | 2 | 83 |
| Graham Arnold | FW | 54 | 19 | 80 |
| Gary Cole | FW | 40 | 20 | 80 |
| Paul Trimboli | FW | 46 | 16 | 79 |
| Frank Farina | FW | 67 | 14 | 79 |
| Eddie Krnčević | FW | 35 | 17 | 79 |
| Charlie Yankos | DF | 49 | 7 | 77 |
| Warren Spink | FW | 38 | 9 | 75 |
| Graham Jennings | DF | 44 | 0 | 75 |
| Oscar Crino | MF | 37 | 6 | 75 |
| Dave Mitchell | FW | 27 | 11 | 75 |
| Robbie Slater | MF | 44 | 1 | 75 |
| Murray Barnes | MF | 32 | 6 | 74 |
| Jeff Olver | GK | 37 | — | 74 |
| Gary Byrne | MF | 36 | 1 | 72 |
| Jason Polak | MF | 32 | 2 | 71 |
| Mike Petersen | MF | 32 | 1 | 71 |
| Peter Sharne | MF | 23 | 8 | 70 |
| Charlie Egan | FW | 19 | 5 | 69 |
| Tony Henderson | DF | 27 | 0 | 69 |
| Allan Maher | GK | 22 | — | 68 |
| Phil O'Connor | MF | 20 | 5 | 68 |
| Robbie Dunn | DF | 25 | 2 | 68 |
| Wally Savor | DF | 23 | 0 | 67 |
| David Ratcliffe | DF | 21 | 1 | 65 |
| Andy Bernal | DF | 21 | 0 | 65 |
| Andrew Zinni | FW | 17 | 3 | 65 |
| Joe Watson | MF | 17 | 2 | 65 |
| Peter Katholos | MF | 15 | 3 | 64 |
| Martyn Crook | GK | 14 | — | 63 |
| Scott Ollerenshaw | FW | 14 | 2 | 63 |
| Kenny Murphy | MF | 15 | 1 | 62 |
| Žarko Odžakov | MF | 13 | 3 | 62 |
| Ken Boden | MF | 13 | 2 | 62 |
| Greg Woodhouse | GK | 11 | — | 61 |
| Gary van Egmond | DF | 15 | 0 | 61 |
| Ian Gray | DF | 14 | 3 | 60 |
| Ivo Prskalo | DF | 14 | 1 | 60 |
| Tom McCulloch | DF | 14 | 1 | 60 |
| John Yzendoorn | DF | 13 | 1 | 60 |
| Jamie Paton | FW | 8 | 0 | 56 |
| Alan Hunter | DF | 9 | 1 | 56 |
| Chris Kalantzis | MF | 7 | 1 | 55 |
| Theo Selemidis | MF | 7 | 1 | 55 |
| Jimmy Cant | MF | 6 | 1 | 54 |
| Vlado Bozinovski | MF | 6 | 1 | 54 |
| Robert Wheatley | DF | 5 | 0 | 51 |
| Andrew Koczka | MF | 5 | 0 | 51 |
| Arno Bertogna | MF | 4 | 1 | 50 |
| John Coyne | FW | 4 | 0 | 50 |
| Ange Postecoglou | DF | 4 | 0 | 50 |
| Steve Hogg | DF | 4 | 0 | 50 |
| Paul Kay | MF | 3 | 0 | 48 |
| Yakka Banovic | GK | 2 | — | 48 |
| Joe Mullen | FW | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| Sebastian Giampaolo | FW | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| Mark Koussas | MF | 2 | — | 45 |
| Michael Gibson | GK | 1 | — | 44 |
| Peter Boyle | FW | 1 | 0 | 44 |
| Mark Brusasco | FW | 1 | 0 | 44 |
| Sergio Melta | MF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| John Spanos | DF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Vic Bozanic | DF | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| Ian Hunter | FW | 1 | — | 42 |
| Marshall Soper | FW | — | — | 41 |
| Peter Raskopoulos | MF | — | — | 41 |
| Jean-Paul de Marigny | DF | — | — | 40 |
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