At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Australia are more often than not referred to as the Socceroos.The name has stuck for decades now even as more and more Australians refer to the game as football and not soccer.So where did the Socceroos nickname come from and why hasn't it changed in the 21st century?The Sporting News takes a look at the famous nickname and how it came to be.MORE: According to Australian football legendJohnny Warren, a journalistcame up with the Socceroos name in the early Sonny Gray Jersey 1970s and it was embraced Joe DiMaggio Jersey as the side managed to qualifyfor their first ever World Cup.It had not been until 1971 that the Daily Mirrors chief soccer writer Tony Horstead, writing under the name Hotspur, first coined the term The Socceroos for the Australian national soccer team," Warren wrote in his famous book ."Im not sure whether Tony wanted the nickname to become the national teams permanent unofficial title, but that is exactly what happened."The Australian rugby league team was known as the Kangaroos and Tony wanted to create something similar for the soccer team, to recognise the link it had established with the nation."So when the Australian team a sembled in October 1972 for a tour of Asia as part of our 1974 World Cup qualification preparations, we left as the Socceroos."The name Jorge Posada Jersey has stuck in the decades since but could have been very different with Horstead running a survey in the years prior to his choice togauge which monikers could work.Among the candidates, 'Emus' was the four-to-one favourite withWattles,Jackaroos, Wombats, Bandicoots, Boomerangs, Birubieds, Baddawalers, Walleroos, Merinos, Koalas, Woomeras andSharks also thrown into the ring.The Socceroos would come out as the winner in the years that followed though with Don Mattingly Jersey a logoboastinga kangaroo wearing football boots in 1972 sealing the national team's name for years to come.In 2005, former Football Federation Australia CEO John O'Neillvoiced his expectation that the Socceroos name would eventually disappear but 17 years later and the title shows no signs of fading.Football Federation Australia did recently undergo a name change thoughand became simply Football Australia in December 2020.Johnny Derek Jeter Jersey The legend is back at home both outside and within its recently-named Ring of Champions Subway Socceroos (@Socceroos) Commercially, Australia are officially known as the Subway Socceroos after a deal was struck in September 2022.The fast-food company sealed a three-year deal with Football Australia to become a naming rights sponsor.The deal was reportedly worth more than $10 million and also includes Australia's youth teams.At the 2018 World Cup in Ru sia, the Socceroos were sponsored by Caltex. YearRoundGamesWinsDrawsLo sesGFGA1974Group stage3012052006Round of 164112562010Group stage3111362014Group stage3003392018Group stage301225