“Football’s influence on Australian society is undergoing significant growth in social, economic and political terms but today we embrace and celebrate our proud history and honour the pioneers who went before us,” FFA CEO David Gallop told a Hall of Fame function in Melbourne today.

“We are proud of our multicultural foundations and the footballers selected in the Teams of the Decade represent these foundations of not only football but Australian society. Forget about a dividing line between “old” and “new” – it’s all one football history and one football story.

“Put simply, football is the face of Australia in all its diversity. No other sport can match football’s universal appeal and accessibility and as the Asian Century unfolds, this undeniable truth will only become more entrenched.

“We must continue to drive football into the future but at all times remember our past and today we salute the men and women who have been selected in the Teams of the Decade.”

 

Team of the decade | Men’s 1963 – 1970

FIFA World Cup campaigns in 1965 & 1969

Formation

*3-4-3

Coach

Joe Vlasits

1

Ron Corry (GK)

2

George Keith (D)

3

Alan Marnock (D)

4

Stan Ackerley (D)

5

Pat Hughes (MF)

6

Bill Votjek (MF)

7

John Watkiss (MF)

8

Les Scheinflug (MF)

9

Tom McColl (F)

10

John Warren (F) CAPTAIN

11

Alan Westwater (F)

 

Team of the decade | Men’s 1971 – 1980

FIFA World Cup campaigns in 1973 & 1977; FIFA World Cup Finals 1974

Formation

*4-4-2

Coach

Rale Rasic

1

Jack Reilly (GK)

2

Doug Utjesenovic (D)

3

Manfred Schaefer (D)

4

Peter Wilson (D) CAPTAIN

5

Col Curran (D)

6

Jimmy Mackay (MF)

7

Jimmy Rooney (MF)

8

Ray Richards (MF)

9

Ray Baartz (MF)

10

Adrian Alston (F)

11

Atti Abonyi (F)

 

Team of the decade | Men’s 1981 – 1989

FIFA World Cup campaigns in 1981, 1985 and 1989; Bicentennial Gold Cup 1988; Olympic Games 1988

Formation

*4-4-2

Coach

Frank Arok

1

Terry Greedy (GK)

2

Alan Davidson (D)

3

Tony Henderson (D)

4

Charlie Yankos (D)

5

Graham Jennings (D)

6

Joe Watson (MF)

7

Murray Barnes (MF)

8

Oscar Crino (MF)

9

Zarko Odzakov (MF)

10

John Kosmina (F) CAPTAIN

11

Eddie Krncevic (F)

 

Team of the decade | Men’s 1990 – 1999

FIFA World Cup campaigns in 1993 & 1997; Confederations Cup 1997; Olympic Games 1992 & 1996

Formation

*4-3-3

Coach

Eddie Thompson

1

Mark Bosnich (GK)

2

Mehmet Durakovic (D)

3

Milan Ivanovic (D)

4

Alex Tobin (D) CAPTAIN

5

Stan Lazaridis (D)

6

Robbie Slater (MF)

7

Paul Okon (MF)

8

Ned Zelic (MF)

9

Aurelio Vidmar (F)

10

Mark Viduka (F)

11

Frank Farina (F)

 

Team of the decade | Men’s 2000 – 2013

FIFA World Cup campaigns in 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013; FIFA World Cup Finals 2006 & 2010; Confederations Cup 2001 and 2005; Olympic Games 2000, 2004 & 2008.

Formation

*4-3-3

Coach

Guus Hiddink

1

Mark Schwarzer (GK)

2

Tony Vidmar (D)

3

Lucas Neill (D) CAPTAIN

4

Craig Moore (D)

5

Scott Chipperfield (D)

6

Luke Wilkshire (MF)

7

Marco Bresciano (MF)

8

Brett Emerton (MF)

9

Tim Cahill (F)

10

John Aloisi (F)

11

Harry Kewell (F)

 

 

Team of the decade | Women’s 1979 – 1989

First ever A international, OFC Oceania Cup 1983, 1986 & 1989

Formation

*4-3-3

Coach

Fred Robbins

1

Theresa Deas (GK)

2

Rose Van Bruinessen (D)

3

Andrea Martin (D)

4

Joanne Millman (D)

5

Michelle Sawyers (D)

6

Sue Monteath (M)

7

Julie Dolan (M) CAPTAIN

8

Cindy Heydon (M)

9

Sandra Brentnall (F)

10

Renaye Iserief (F)

11

Leanne Priestley (F)

 

Team of the decade | Women’s 1990 – 1999

FIFA World Cup campaigns 1991, 1995 & 1999, FIFA World Cup finals 1995 & 1999

Formation

*4-3-3

Coach

Greg Brown

1

Tracey Wheeler (GK)

2

Traci Bartlett (D)

3

Alison Forman (D) CAPTAIN

4

Sonia Gegenhuber (D)

5

Anissa Tann (D)

6

Moya Dodd (M)

7

Sharon Black (F)

8

Lisa Casagrande (MF)

9

Linda Hughes (F)

10

Julie Murray (F)

11

Carol Vinson (M)

 

 

Team of the decade | Women’s 2000 – 2013

FIFA World Cup campaigns 2003, 2007 & 2011, FIFA World Cup finals 2003, 2007 & 2011, AFC Asian Cup 2007 and 2011, Olympic Games 2000 & 2004

Formation

*4-4-2

Coach

Tom Sermanni

1

Melissa Barbieri (GK)

2

Collette McCallum (D)

3

Clare Polkinghorn (D)

4

Cheryl Salisbury (D) CAPTAIN

5

Dianne Alagich (D)

6

Sally Shipard (M)

7

Heather Garriock (M)

8

Joanne Peters (M)

9

Sarah Walsh (F)

10

Kate Gill (F)

11

Lisa De Vanna (F)