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.

Take an XI like this to a World Cup →
PlayerPosCapsGoalsLegend
Jimmy RooneyMF992084
Alex TobinDF87283
Paul WadeMF841083
John KosminaFW602582
Alan DavidsonDF79282
Graham ArnoldFW541980
Gary ColeFW402079
Paul TrimboliFW461679
Frank FarinaFW671478
Eddie KrnčevićFW351778
Charlie YankosDF49776
Warren SpinkFW38975
Graham JenningsDF44075
Dave MitchellFW271175
Oscar CrinoMF37675
Robbie SlaterMF44174
Murray BarnesMF32673
Jeff OlverGK37—73
Gary ByrneMF36172
Jason PolakMF32271
Mike PetersenMF32170
Peter SharneMF23869
Charlie EganFW19568
Tony HendersonDF27068
Allan MaherGK22—67
Phil O'ConnorMF20567
Robbie DunnDF25267
Wally SavorDF23066
Andy BernalDF21065
David RatcliffeDF21165
Andrew ZinniFW17365
Joe WatsonMF17264
Peter KatholosMF15363
Martyn CrookGK14—63
Scott OllerenshawFW14262
Kenny MurphyMF15162
Žarko OdžakovMF13361
Ken BodenMF13261
Greg WoodhouseGK11—61
Gary van EgmondDF15061
Ian GrayDF14360
Ivo PrskaloDF14160
Tom McCullochDF14160
John YzendoornDF13159
Jamie PatonFW8056
Alan HunterDF9155
Chris KalantzisMF7155
Theo SelemidisMF7155
Jimmy CantMF6153
Vlado BozinovskiMF6153
Robert WheatleyDF5051
Andrew KoczkaMF5050
Arno BertognaMF4150
John CoyneFW4049
Ange PostecoglouDF4049
Steve HoggDF4049
Paul KayMF3047
Yakka BanovicGK2—47
Joe MullenFW2046
Sebastian GiampaoloFW2046
Mark KoussasMF2—44
Michael GibsonGK1—44
Peter BoyleFW1043
Mark BrusascoFW1043
Sergio MeltaMF1042
John SpanosDF1042
Vic BozanicDF1142
Ian HunterFW1—42
Marshall SoperFW——40
Peter RaskopoulosMF——40
Jean-Paul de MarignyDF——40

Statistics are career international caps and goals compiled from Wikidata. Flawless is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any club, league, national federation, or players' association; player names and statistics are used as factual references only.