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**[[Bobô (footballer, born 1985)|Bobô]] (for [[Sydney FC]] in [[2017 FFA Cup|2017]]) |
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Revision as of 04:34, 17 July 2020
This article concerns soccer records in Australia. Unless otherwise stated, records are taken from the A-League or National Soccer League. Where a different record exists for the top flight (National Soccer League 1977–2004, and A-League 2005–present), this is also given.
National team
League
Records in this section refer to the Australian top division
Titles
- Most Premiership titles: 6, Sydney City
- Most Championship titles: 4, Sydney City, Marconi Stallions, South Melbourne, Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC)
Top flight appearances
- Most seasons overall: 28 seasons, Marconi Stallions and South Melbourne
- Fewest seasons overall: 1 season, joint record, Canterbury-Marickville, Collingwood Warriors, Mooroolbark, Wollongong Macedonia have completed only one season in top flight in their history.
Wins
- Most wins overall: 378, South Melbourne
- Most consecutive wins: 10 (Western Sydney Wanderers, 13 January 2013 to 16 March 2013)
- Most wins in a season: 20, South Melbourne (National Soccer League, 2000–01
Draws
- Most draws overall: 194 (Adelaide City)
- Most consecutive draws: 6 (Wellington Phoenix, 4 September 2009 to 17 October 2009)
- Most draws in a season:: 15, Wollongong City (National Soccer League, National Soccer League
Losses
- Most losses overall: 256 (Wollongong Wolves)
- Fewest losses in a season: 1 (Brisbane Roar, 2011–12
- Most consecutive losses: 16 (Canberra Cosmos, 30 March 1998 to 10 January 1999)
Points
- Most points overall: 1,317, South Melbourne
- Most points in a season: 70 (16 wins, 2 draws), Melbourne Knights (National Soccer League, 1994–95)
- Fewest points in a season:: 6, New Zealand Knights, 2005–06)
Games without a win
- Most consecutive league games without a win: 23 (Canberra Cosmos, 22 February 1998 to 24 January 1999)
Goals
- Most league goals scored in a season: 80, Wollongong Wolves (National Soccer League, 2000–01
- Most goals scored in total: 1,293 (Marconi Stallions)
- Most consecutive games without scoring: 6, joint record:
- Parramatta Eagles (National Soccer League, 11 December 1993 to 9 January 1994)
- Preston Lions, (National Soccer League, 11 October 1987 to 28 February 1988)
- Preston Lions, (National Soccer League, 12 July 1989 to 18 November 1989)
- New Zealand Knights, (A-League, 10 September 2006 to 14 October 2006)
- Newcastle Jets, (A-League, 4 December 2015 to 9 January 2016)
Scorelines
- Record win: Marconi Stallions 9–0 Blacktown City (16 March 1980)
- Highest scoring draw: Newcastle Breakers 5–5 Canberra Cosmos (16 February 1996)
- Most double figure league wins by a team: 1, Adelaide City (10–3 v Mooroolbark, 4 September 1977)
Disciplinary
- Most red cards in a career (individual): 13, Andrew Marth (Sunshine, Melbourne Knights and Carlton)
Individual
Appearances
- Most Championships won by an individual player: 5, joint record:
- Gerry Gomez
- Tony Pezzano
- Michael Theo
- Most career league appearances: 522, Alex Tobin (1984 to 2004)
- Most career league appearances as a goalkeeper: 479, Clint Bolton (1993 to 2013)
- Most career league appearances at one club: 446, Sergio Melta (Adelaide City, 1977 to 1995)
- Most career consecutive league appearances: 214, Bobby Russell (1980 to 1988)
- Oldest player: Bobby Charlton, 42 years and 150 days (for Blacktown City v St George, 9 March 1980)
- Youngest player: Daniel Watkins, 14 years and 268 days (for Parramatta Eagles v Morwell Falcons, 2 April 1995)
Goals
- Most career league goals: 240, Damian Mori (446 matches, for South Melbourne, Sunshine George Cross, Melbourne Croatia, Adelaide City, Perth Glory, Central Coast Mariners and Queensland Roar, 1989 to 2008)
- Most consecutive league matches scored in: 8, Andy Keogh
- Most league goals in a season: 31, Damian Mori (1995–96)
- Most goals in a game: 6, joint record:
- Pat Brodnik (for Wollongong Wolves v West Adelaide, 18 March 1990)
- Ivan Kelic (for Melbourne Knights v Wollongong Macedonia, 24 March 1991)
- Fastest goal: 3.7 seconds, Damian Mori (for Adelaide City v Sydney United, 3 December 1995)
- Fastest hat-trick (time between first and third goals): 6 minutes, joint record:
- Jason Bennett (for Newcastle Breakers, 11 October 1996)
- Besart Berisha (for Brisbane Roar, 28 October 2011)
- Fastest player to 100 Australian goals: Besart Berisha — 156 games
- Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal: 728 minutes, Jeff Olver (Heidelberg, 15 July 1984 to 9 September 1984)
- Youngest goalscorer: Danny Wright, 15 years and 289 days (for Brisbane Lions v Blacktown City, 17 August 1980)
FFA Cup
Final
Team
- Most wins: 3 (Adelaide United: 2014, 2018, 2019)
- Most consecutive wins: 2 (Adelaide United: 2018, 2019)
- Most appearances in finals: 4 (Adelaide United: 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- Most final appearances without win: 2 (Perth Glory: 2014, 2015)
- Most final appearances without defeat: 1 (Melbourne Victory: 2015)
- Longest winning streak in finals: 2 (Adelaide United: 2018, 2019)
- Biggest win: 4 goals (Adelaide United 4–0 Melbourne City (2019))
- Most goals in a final: 4 goals (Adelaide United 4–0 Melbourne City (2019))
- Most goals by a runner-up: 1, joint record:
- Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United (2017)
- Adelaide United 2–1 Sydney FC (2018)
- Most defeats in finals: 2, joint record;
Individual
- Most wins: 3
- Michael Marrone (Adelaide United) (2014, 2018, 2019)
- Michael Jakobsen (Melbourne City) (2016, 2018, 2019)
- Most appearances in finals: 4, Michael Marrone (Adelaide United) (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- Most goals in a final:: 2, Craig Goodwin
- Most goals in finals: 2
All rounds
- Most FFA Cup goals scored: 55, joint record:
- Most FFA Cup goals conceded: 26, Western Sydney Wanderers
- Highest FFA Cup goal difference: +36, joint record:
- Most FFA Cup games played: 24, Adelaide United
- Most FFA Cup games won: 21, Adelaide United
- Largest margin of a win: Shamrock Rovers Darwin 0–8 Sydney FC (First round, 2 August 2017)
- Most clubs competing for trophy in a season: 765 (2020)
- Most consecutive games without defeat: 10, Adelaide United (1 August 2018 to present)
- Most career appearances: 20, Joshua Brillante
- Most career goals: 12, Besart Berisha
- Most goals by a player in a single FFA Cup season: 8, Bobô (for Sydney FC in 2017)
- Most goals by a player in a single FFA Cup game: 4, jointly held:
- Youngest player: Kynan West, 16 years and 56 days (for Devonport v Avondale, second round, 2018)
Attendance records
- Record attendance: 61,880 – Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC played at Stadium Australia, A-League R1 2016–17
- Record FFA Cup attendance: 18,751 – Melbourne City v Sydney FC played at AAMI Park, 2016 FFA Cup Final
List of Australian record competition winners
These tables list the clubs that have won honours an Australian record number of times. It lists all international competitions organised by Asian Football Confederation, Oceanian Football Confederation and FIFA as well as competitions organised by the Australian governing body Football Federation Australia.
Ongoing competitions
Competition | Record club | Total wins | Most recent | Notes |
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Australian Champions | Sydney City, Marconi Stallions, South Melbourne, Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC | 4 | 2019 | |
FFA Cup | Adelaide United | 3 | 2019 | |
AFC Champions League | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 2014 | |
OFC Champions League | Adelaide City, South Melbourne, Wollongong Wolves and Sydney FC | 1 | 2005 |
Discontinued competitions
Competition | Record club | Total wins | Most recent | Notes |
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A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup | Adelaide United | 2 | 2007 | |
Australia Cup | Hakoah Sydney City East | 2 | 1968 | |
NSL Cup | Adelaide City | 3 | 1992 |
Managers
- Most league title wins: 3, joint record:
- Most top-flight league games coached: 468, [Zoran Matić]]
- Most OFC Champions League/AFC Champions League wins: 12, Tony Popovic
References
General
- Howe, Andrew. "2019/20 Official Season Guide" (PDF). A-League. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- "FFA Cup statistics". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
Specific