<P> Australia's first kit was sky blue with a maroon hoop on the socks, the colours representing the states of New South Wales and Queensland . A look that was reminiscent of the Australian national rugby league team's strips of the period . They wore the predominantly light blue kit until 1924 when they changed to green and gold . </P> <P> Australia have worn a yellow jersey, usually accompanied by green shorts, and yellow socks since the 1960s . The colour of the socks has altered throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s from white to the same green as the shorts to the same yellow colour as the jersey . Their current away kit is a dark blue jersey accompanied by dark blue shorts and socks . Australia's kits have been produced by manufacturers including Umbro, Adidas, KingRoo (from 1990 until 1993), Adidas again (from 1994 until January 2004) and recently Nike (since February 2004). </P> <P> Rather than displaying the logo of Football Federation Australia, Australia's jersey traditionally features the coat of arms of Australia over the left breast . The team first wore the traditional green and yellow colours in 1924 . Australia's 1974 World Cup kits were produced by Adidas as were all other national team kits in the tournament, with Adidas sponsoring the event . The kits, however, contained Umbro branding, due to the manufacturer's Australian partnership at the time . Nike renewed the kit manufacturer deal with FFA for another 11 years in 2012, handing them the rights to make national team kits until 2022 . In the lead - up to the 2014 World Cup, the new kits to be worn by the team were revealed . The design of the new kits included a plain yellow shirt with a green collar, plain dark green shorts and white socks, a tribute to the 1974 Socceroos . Inside the back of the neck also had woven the quote, "We Socceroos can do the impossible", from Peter Wilson, the captain of the 1974 Australian team . This kit was well received . In March 2016, FFA revealed the new Socceroos kit, which featured a yellow jersey, yellow shorts and green socks . This was reportedly in accordance with a FIFA directive, instructing all national teams to have matching shirts and shorts . This kit was met with wide public contention, primarily due to the colour change of the shorts from the traditional green to yellow . </P> <P> Australia's nickname, "Socceroos", was coined in 1967 by Sydney journalist Tony Horstead in his coverage of the team on a goodwill tour to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War . It is commonly used by both the Australian people and the governing body, the FFA . The nickname represents a cultural propensity for the use of colloquialisms in the country . It also represents the Australian English use of the sport's name . </P>

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