🌐 Entity
Australia women's national soccer team
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- Tournament (1)
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Women's Asian Cup (1) · Matildas (1) · Philippines (1) · Perth (1) · Football (1) · Australia (1) · Goalkeeper (1) · Qualification (1)
📖 Key Information
The Australia women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is "the Matildas" (from the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda"; officially known as the CommBank Matildas for sponsorship reasons); they were known as the "Female Socceroos" before 1995.
Australia is a three-time OFC champion, one-time AFC champion and one-time AFF champion.
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