Australia men's national soccer B team

Australia B is a secondary soccer team occasionally as support for the Australia national soccer team. The team has only ever played nine matches; winning one, drawing six, and losing two. It has been inactive since 1985.

Concept and history
The national B team was designed to give games to players who were being considered for call-up to the full national squad. Generally, the team played in friendly matches against other international B teams or club sides.

Australia B were one of several teams which entered a "World Series" held in Australia in 1984, which included Rangers, Juventus, Australia A, Nottingham Forest and Iraklis. They were coached in the tournament by Eddie Thomson

In 1985, Australia B played two games against China in the leadup to the 1987 Ampol Cup between China and Australia. They were coached by John Margaritis in both games.

In 2007, then-Australia coach Graham Arnold, himself a former B international, flagged the idea of reviving the national B team.

Historical statistics

 * Highest attendance: 18,300 vs. 🇬🇷 Iraklis at Melbourne.
 * Biggest victory: 2–0 vs. 🇨🇳 china, 23 September 1985 at Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan
 * Heaviest defeat: 2–4 vs. Rangers, 7 June 1984 at Adamstown Oval, Newcastle

Managers

 * Eddie Thomson 1984
 * 🇦🇺 John Margaritis 1985