Why Are They Called The Socceroos? Where Is The Socceroos Home Ground?

It was Sydney journalist Tony Horstead who coined the term “Socceroos” for the national team thirty years before.

In 1967 the team, under coach Joe Vlasits, took the nickname away with it on a tour to Vietnam – a tour arranged at the height of the Vietnam.

On 29 September 1972, Horstead casually mentioned that he was accompanying the team as ‘Australia’s Socceroos set forth on their Asian tour’.

It is clear from the context that this is a term that would already be familiar to his readers. Horstead used the term regularly thereafter.

Where Is The Socceroos Home Ground?
Australia’s Socceroos will take on Japan at Stadium Australia in Sydney on March 24, as each nation’s quest to qualify directly for this year’s FIFA World Cup™ in Qatar reaches a crescendo.

The Socceroos’ return to Stadium Australia for the first time in four years has been made possible through the support of the NSW Government, who have partnered with Football Australia to bring the contest to Sydney.

International matches have been played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in Melbourne and Canberra Stadium in Canberra.

Australia historically played at the Gabba in Brisbane, which hosted Australia’s first international match on home-soil on 9 June 1923.