List of Australian national soccer team captains

The following is a list of captains of the Australia national soccer team.

The first Australia captain was Alex Gibb: he captained Australia in the first ever international match, against New Zealand on 17 June 1922. He went on to captain Australia on six further occasion, all against New Zealand during 1922 and 1923. Gibb also captained Australia in their first international on home soil, 9 June 1923, and was the first international captain to win a match. Lucas Neill has the record together with Peter Wilson for most captaincies of Australia, with 61.^[1]

This list contains only players who have started full international matches as captain.

Bold denotes the incumbent captain.

Updated 29 March 2016 (v  Jordan)

#	Name	First captaincy	Last captaincy	Caps as captain
1	Gibb, AlexAlex Gibb	17 June 1922	30 June 1923	6
2	Masters, JudyJudy Masters	7 June 1924	26 July 1924	5
3	Maunder, WilliamWilliam Maunder	28 June 1924	28 June 1924	1
4	Smith, GeorgeGeorge Smith	5 June 1933	24 July 1933	3
5	Cameron, AlecAlec Cameron	4 July 1936	18 July 1936	3
6	Coolahan, BillBill Coolahan	3 September 1938	1 October 1938	3
7	Evans, JackJack Evans	10 September 1938	10 September 1938	1
8	Osborne, JimmyJimmy Osborne	24 September 1938	24 September 1938	1
9	Heaney, AlecAlec Heaney	10 May 1947	7 June 1947	2
10	Date, RegReg Date	24 May 1947	14 June 1947	3
11	Drummond, CecCec Drummond	14 August 1948	11 September 1948	4
12	Lawrie, BobBob Lawrie	14 June 1950	23 July 1950	6
13	Jack, TomTom Jack	14 August 1954	10 September 1955	2
14	O'Neill, KevinKevin O'Neill	28 August 1954	1 October 1955	3
15	Marston, JoeJoe Marston	3 September 1955		4
16	Bignall, BobBob Bignall	24 September 1955	23 August 1958	4
17	Scheinflug, LesLes Scheinflug	21 November 1965	8 December 1965	3
18	Hughes, PatPat Hughes	26 November 1965	4 June 1967	7
19	Warren, JohnnyJohnny Warren	5 November 1967	1 December 1970	24
20	Ackerley, StanStan Ackerley	31 March 1968	23 November 1969	3
21	Wilson, PeterPeter Wilson	11 November 1971	13 June 1979	61
22	Rooney, JimmyJimmy Rooney	24 October 1976	31 May 1980	9
23	Marocchi, GaryGary Marocchi	11 June 1978	14 June 1978	2
24	Barnes, MurrayMurray Barnes	18 June 1978	14 August 1981	9
25	Krncevic, EddieEddie Krncevic	26 February 1980	26 February 1980	1
26	Henderson, TonyTony Henderson	11 June 1980	2 December 1980	5
27	Raskopoulos, PeterPeter Raskopoulos	30 August 1981	6 September 1981	2
28	Kosmina, JohnJohn Kosmina	6 October 1982	9 March 1988	25
29	Ratcliffe, DavidDavid Ratcliffe	23 October 1985	23 October 1985	1
30	Watson, JoeJoe Watson	10 August 1986	10 August 1986	1
31	Yankos, CharlieCharlie Yankos	25 August 1986	16 April 1989	30
32	Davidson, AlanAlan Davidson	12 October 1988	12 October 1988	1
33	Wade, PaulPaul Wade	25 August 1990	1 November 1996	46
34	Arnold, GrahamGraham Arnold	6 June 1993	23 March 1996	5
35	Tobin, AlexAlex Tobin	11 February 1995	6 November 1998	30
36	Farina, FrankFrank Farina	18 June 1995	18 June 1995	1
37	Vidmar, AurelioAurelio Vidmar	21 June 1995	28 February 2001	7
38	Okon, PaulPaul Okon	9 October 1996		24
39	Ivanović, MilanMilan Ivanović	15 February 1998	15 February 1998	1
40	Foster, CraigCraig Foster	15 February 2000	15 February 2000	1
41	Kalac, ŽeljkoŽeljko Kalac	4 October 2000	7 October 2000	2
42	Muscat, KevinKevin Muscat	9 April 2001		5
43	Vidmar, TonyTony Vidmar	9 June 2001		6
44	Horvat, SteveSteve Horvat	15 August 2001		5
45	Durakovic, MehmetMehmet Durakovic	12 July 2002	12 July 2002	1
46	Moore, CraigCraig Moore	18 February 2004		13
47	Schwarzer, MarkMark Schwarzer	21 May 2004		10
48	Skoko, JosipJosip Skoko	6 June 2004		3
49	Viduka, MarkMark Viduka	3 August 2005		17
50	Neill, LucasLucas Neill	7 October 2006	19 November 2013	61
51	Grella, VinceVince Grella	14 November 2006	14 November 2006	1
52	Emerton, BrettBrett Emerton	6 February 2007	9 December 2012	5
53	Kewell, HarryHarry Kewell	22 March 2008		6
54	Culina, JasonJason Culina	3 March 2010	3 March 2010	1
55	McKay, MattMatt McKay	7 December 2012	28 July 2013	2
56	Milligan, MarkMark Milligan	20 July 2013	8 October 2015	4
57	Jedinak, MileMile Jedinak	5 March 2014	24 March 2016	20
58	Cahill, TimTim Cahill	26 May 2014	29 March 2016	4

References

1. The Australian National Men’s Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia.