South Melbourne's Socceroos
South Melbourne FC is proud to be part of the development of Australian football over the last 50 years. South is blessed with the fact that so many talented and entertaining players have represented the club and provided many moments of joy for the supporters.
Forty-eight South Melbourne players have represented the Socceroos in 'A' international fixtures. After seeing some of the names on the list, one would easily come to the conclusion that both the Socceroos and South Melbourne have been extremely fortunate to have had these wonderful players represent them.
South continues to be a part of helping the national team, by regularly hosting training sessions at the Bob Jane Stadium when the squad is in Melbourne to prepare for an Asian Cup or World Cup qualifier.
The 49 players who have represented both South Melbourne and the Socceroos are:
- John Anderson
- Ted Smith
- Frank Micic
- Jack Reilly
- Jimmy Mackay
- Branko Buljevic
- Jim Armstrong
- Peter Ollerton
- Mendo Ristovski
- Duncan Cummings
- Peter Laumets
- Kris Kalifatidis
- John Stevenson
- George Christopoulos
- John Yzendoorn
- Alan Davidson
- Steve Blair
- Billy Rogers
- Oscar Crino
- Charlie Egan
- Ken Murphy
- Ange Postecoglou
- Paul Wade
- Garry McDowall
- Mike Petersen
- Vlado Bozinovski
- Warren Spink
- Joe Palatsides
- Jason Polak
- Paul Trimboli
- Mehmet Durakovic
- Kimon Taliadoros
- Damian Mori
- Gary Hasler
- Francis Awaritefe
- Kevin Muscat
- Goran Lozanovski
- Fausto De Amicis
- Simon Colosimo
- Michael Curcija
- Con Blatsis
- Michael Petkovic
- Con Boutsianis
- Patrick Kisnorbo
- Dean Anastasiadis
- Kristian Sarkies
- Michael Valkanis
- Daniel Allsopp
- Eugene Galekovic