- Mark Viduka
Mark Anthony Viduka (born October 9, 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian striker of Croatian and Ukrainian descent, who has signed for Newcastle United in the English Premier League and also plays for the Australian national team. He is known for his strong physical presence and hold-up play. Viduka and his wife, Ivana, have two sons; Joseph, nicknamed 'Joey' (born 2002), and Lucas (born September 2006)
- Mark Schwarzer
Mark Schwarzer (born October 6, 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian football (soccer) player. Schwarzer is an Australian international goalkeeper, who currently plays for English Premiership football team Middlesbrough. He is of German descent, his parents Hans-Joachim and Doris having emigrated to Australia in the 1960s. He speaks English, Spanish and German.
- Tim Cahill
Timothy Joel "Tim" Cahill (born December 6, 1979 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as an attacking central midfielder for the Australian national team and Everton Football Club. He is best known internationally for scoring the first goal by an Australian at a FIFA World Cup. In 2007 he also became the first Australian player to score at an Asian Cup.
- Guus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch football manager. He managed PSV Eindhoven between 2002-2006. Throughout his entire managerial career, he is best recognised for leading South Korea to a 4th place finish in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, managing the Netherlands into the same position in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, …
- Brett Emerton
Brett Michael Emerton (born February 22, 1979 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a football (soccer) player who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers in England. He is usually a wide midfielder but has been known to play in central positions or at full back. Emerton started his career with the Olympic Sharks (now Sydney Olympic) in Sydney in August 1996, making 93 appearances and scoring 14 goals.
- Graham Arnold
Graham James Arnold (born August 3, 1963 in Sydney, New South Wales) is the current coach of the Australian national football (soccer) team. He was appointed to work as an assistant to Frank Farina in 2000. The two replaced Raul Blanco, who was the interim coach in charge after Terry Venables decided not to renew his contract with Soccer Australia after the failed World Cup campaign in 1997.
- Luke Wilkshire
Luke Wilkshire (born October 2, 1981 in Wollongong, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for FC Twente in the Dutch Eredivisie and is a regular for the Australian National Team. Wilkshire has also represented Australia at youth level earlier in his career, playing in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, and in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
- Craig Moore
Craig Andrew Moore (born December 12, 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales), is a defender from Australia, who plays for the Australia national football (soccer) team. Moore, a product of the Rangers youth system, became an important player in Rangers' defence up until 2004 (although he did spend most of the 1998/99 season at Crystal Palace, where he was also highly successful, despite the Eagles' relegation).
- Damian Mori
Damian Mori (born July 30, 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He has established a reputation as a pacy poaching goalscorer, which is remarkable for a player who started his career as a defender. He has made his mark on both the domestic and international fronts. He is currently playing for the Adelaide City in the South Australian Super League. Mori made his international debut against Solomon Islands on September 4, 1992.
- Frank Farina
Frank Farina (born September 5 1964 in Darwin, Northern Territory) was a player with, and later coach of, the Australia national football (soccer) team, the "Socceroos" and a member of the Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame.
- Michael Beauchamp
Michael Beauchamp is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays for German Bundesliga team 1. FC Nürnberg on loan from Central Coast Mariners, and was a member of the Australian 2006 World Cup squad.
- Paul Wade
Paul Wade (born March 20, 1962 in Cheshire, England) is a retired Australian football (soccer) player, who is most famous for his long-term role as captain of the Socceroos, Australia's national football team.
- John Kosmina
Alexander John Kosmina (born August 17, 1956) known as John Kosmina is a former Australian international Football (soccer) player. He is also the former head coach of the Australian A-League football club Adelaide United. He had previously coached the Newcastle Breakers and Brisbane Strikers in the NSL. He is a member of the Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame.
- Patrick Kisnorbo
Patrick Fabio Maxime Kisnorbo (born March 24, 1981) is an Australian professional football (soccer) player who currently plays for Leicester City. He is of Mauritian and Italian descent. Kisnorbo began playing football as a youth in his hometown of Melbourne with Essendon City and Bulleen. He then played in the South Melbourne youth team for two seasons before being selected for the senior team, which was competing in the now defunct NSL.
- Joey Didulica
Joseph Anthony Didulica is a Croatian Australian football (soccer) goalkeeper, better known as Joey Didulica. Didulica was born in Geelong, Victoria to a Croatian father, Luka, and a Croatian-Australian mother, Mary. His father emigrated to Australia from Poličnik, a village in northern Dalmatia, about 10 kilometres outside of Zadar. He started to play football in the North Geelong Warriors. In 1996, he moved to the Melbourne Knights, …
- Aurelio Vidmar
Aurelio Vidmar (born February 3, 1967 in Adelaide) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Italian origin - his father's heritage is Slovenian, hence the family name. He retired from playing in 2005 at Adelaide United; after two years as an assistant, he was appointed as head coach on May 2, 2007 despite allegedly actually not being the selection committee's recommended candidate. He is the older brother of Tony Vidmar, also an Australian football player.
- Mohammed bin Hammam
Mohammed Bin Hammam (born May 8, 1949 in Doha, Qatar) is the president of the Asian Football Confederation. He has been a FIFA Executive Member since 1996. During his time at the helm, he has overseen the creation of the AFC Champions League and the acceptance of Australia into the AFC.
- Jacob Burns
Jacob Burns is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays at Wisła Kraków in Poland. He joined Wisła in March 2006 after a spell at Barnsley. He previously played for Leeds United and was part of their run to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. He also played for Parramatta Power and Sydney United in the Australian NSL. He made his return to the Socceroo squad for the 2-0 loss to Kuwait on September 6, 2006.
- Mile Jedinak
Mile Jedinak (born August 3, 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional football player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners on a contract until 2008. Jedinak was first added to the Mariners' squad in the week leading up to their 2006 Pre-Season Cup play-off against Newcastle Jets, impressing and earning a call into the squad for the last ten games of the 2006-07 where he made 8 appearances.
- Neil Kilkenny
Neil Kilkenny (born December 191985 in Enfield, Middlesex, England) is an English-born Australian footballer who currently plays for Birmingham City He is a goal-scoring attacking midfielder.
- Nikolai Topor-Stanley
Nikolai Topor-Stanley (born March 11, 1985) is an Australian soccer player currently representing Perth Glory FC. He has had several short-term contracts with A-League club Sydney FC, firstly as a replacement for injured Jacob Timpano, and then Ruben Zadkovich, but was "not" signed by former Sydney FC coach Terry Butcher on a reported long-term deal despite his "outstanding performance" because of the club's salary cap problems.
- Adam Federici
Adam Federici (born 31 January 1985, Nowra, Australia) is an Australian football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Reading in England.
- Paul Trimboli
Paolo (Paul) Vittorio Trimboli (born February 25, 1969) is a former Australian international football (soccer) player of Italian ancestry. He earned 48 caps with the Socceroos, and also had a distinguished career with South Melbourne FC in the NSL. He was regarded as one of the league's finest strikers. Trimboli twice won the award for best under 21 player (in 1988 & 1989), as well as twice winning the award for player of the season, …
- Tarek Elrich
Tarek Elrich (born January 1, 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a left midfielder for A-League club Newcastle United Jets. He is the younger brother of Socceroo and Fulham F.C. midfielder Ahmad Elrich. Elrich's previous clubs include Parramatta Eagles in the NSW Premier Youth League, the Australian Institute of Sport and Sydney Olympic in the NSW_Premier_League.
- Danny Vukovic
Danny Vukovic (born March 27 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners. He has previously played for Bonnyrigg White Eagles and Parramatta Power. Vukovic made his debut in the A-League during September 2005, against Melbourne Victory. He got the opportunity after first-choice keeper, John Crawley, suffered a season-ending hip injury.
- Matt McKay
Matthew McKay (born January 11, 1983 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as an attacking midfielder, a centre midfielder or left midfielder. He currently plays for Queensland Roar after a loan a short loan period at Incheon United from the Roar. Matt attended Brisbane Grammar School, a high school with a high pedigree in producing Football players. Under the guidance of former Australian international Mark Brusasco, …
- Ned Zelic
Nediljko Zelić, short form Ned Zelić, is an Australian football (soccer) player who most recently played for the Newcastle United Jets. He previously played for the Australian team but made himself unavailable after disagreements with coach Frank Farina. Zelic was a member of the Australian team that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He is of Croat origin.
- Jason Petkovic
Jason Petkovic (born December 7, 1972 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player and the brother of Michael Petkovic. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory where he has won two championships with them in 2003 and 2004. Petkovic has also had trials with Southampton F.C. and Norway's Rosenborg B.K. before joining NSL outfit Adelaide City in 1993.
- Alex Wilkinson
Alexander Wilkinson (born August 13 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a right full back for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners. Alexander's bright career began in Epping Boys' High School where he showed excellent talent on the field as a sportsman and off the field in his sportsmanship. He represented Australia in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
- Joel Porter
Joel Porter (born 25 December 1978) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a striker for Hartlepool United in Football League Two. Before joining Hartlepool United, Joel Porter had previously played for Croydon Kings, West Adelaide, Melbourne Knights and Sydney Olympic. During his final season at Sydney Olympic Joel Porter managed to score 6 goals in 19 starts, having played many of those matches as a midfielder.
- Shane Stefanutto
Shane Stefanutto is an Australian football (soccer) defender who currently plays for Lillestrøm S.K. in the Norwegian Premier League. Stefanutto trained at the Queensland Academy of Sport before playing for the Brisbane Strikers in the now defunct National Soccer League from 1998-2004, before transferring Lillestrøm S.K. in Norway. On the November 2, 2006 he received his first call-up to the Australian national team for an international friendly against Ghana, …
- Vincenzo Grella
Vincenzo "Vince" Grella (born on October 5, 1979 in Dandenong, Victoria) is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Torino F.C. in Italy's Serie A and for the Australian national team. Grella's family is of Italian descent. At age 14 he was the youngest football player admitted to the Victorian Institute of Sport, in Melbourne, and he went on to train at the Australian Institute of Sport on a football (soccer) scholarship from 1996-1997.
- Clint Mathis
Clint Mathis (born November 25, 1976 in Conyers, Georgia) is a soccer forward/midfielder who currently plays for the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer after making his name with the MetroStars.
- Marcelo Zalayeta
Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta is an Uruguayan football player who currently plays, as a striker, with Serie A side Juventus and for the Uruguayan national team. Marcelo started his career with Danubio and then moving to Peñarol in Uruguay, where he made a name for himself. He moved to Juve in 1997 but considered a promising young player at the time, he was not given much of a chance to prove himself. He spent a season on loan with Empoli, …
- Stuart Lovell
Stuart "Archie" Lovell (born 9 January 1972 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian-born English professional footballer, who can play as a striker or midfielder. Born in Australia, Lovell moved to England at an early age, and was brought up in Reading. He joined Reading Football Club, his local team, as an apprentice on their Youth Training Scheme. While there, he was part of the team that narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League in the 1994-95 season.
- Louis Brain
Louis Karl Brain (born May 9, 1982 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is an English-Australian football (soccer) player who plays as an attacking midfielder. He played for Adelaide United in the newly formed Hyundai A-League's inaugural season, but was delisted in the close season. He has represented Australia at both U-17 and U-20 levels.
- Matthew Bingley
Matthew Bingley (born August 16, 1971 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. A utility who can play in midfield or defence, he has played over 300 matches in nearly 20 years at the highest level of domestic football in Australia. Bingley also made 16 appearances for the Australian national team, scoring 5 goals.
- Charlie Egan
Charles (Charlie) Egan (born August 14, 1959) is a former Australian international football (soccer) player of Scottish heritage. He played in Scotland early in his career but moved to Australia to play for Frankston Pines in the Victorian State League. He transferred to South Melbourne Hellas three years later where he made a household name for himself throughout Australia. Egan and his striking counter-part Dougie Brown became a fiery force in the NSL for Hellas.
- John Hutchinson
John Hutchinson (born December 29, 1979 in Morwell, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a left midfielder for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners. Hutchinson was awarded the Chairman's Award for outstanding service to the Mariners in 2005-06. One of the most highly-lauded prospects to emerge from the famed Gippsland Falcons youth setup.
- Kaz Patafta
Kaz Patafta (born October 25, 1988 in Canberra) is an Australian football (soccer) offensive midfielder who currently plays for Melbourne Victory on loan from Portuguese side Benfica. He attended Radford College in Canberra and received a football scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 2004. Patafta gained attention when he led the Australian Under-17 football team, the "Joeys", during the 2005 World Championships in Peru.