Stajcic not interested in Socceroos job

Nov 22, 2017 - 6:30 PM He's one the best-performing national team coaches Australia has ever had, but Matildas boss Alen Stajcic isn't interested in changing lanes to the Socceroos.

Stajcic has managed the women's national team since 2014, and like Postecoglou, has managed some famous wins.

This year's Tournament of Nations success was just a friendly competition, but the Matildas did inflict a first-ever defeat of world champions USA on their way to lifting the trophy.

There are more comparisons to be made with the resigned Socceroos boss, including near-slavish devotion from his players and the professionalisation of standards around the team.

Stajcic has led the Matildas from outside the top 10 to be one of international football's most feared teams heading into next year's Asian Cup and the 2019 World Cup.

And those are the challenges he wants to take on, not the 2018 men's World Cup in Russia.

"I think looking after this team is hard enough ," he said.

"I'm honoured and privileged be coaching this team and we're on such a wonderful ride at the moment.

"I wouldn't contemplate anything other than taking this team over the next 18 to 24 months and possibly even longer and see where we can get to.

"We're on a good wave at the moment as long as we stay grounded and humble, we can get to where we want to which is a top three team."

Stajcic would have been a long shot for the role, with few elite women's managers jumping over to the elite men's game.

He is a self-confessed Socceroos tragic and called Postecoglou "irreplaceable" in the short-term this week.

"I've been watching since my first game that we lost against New Zealand in 1981," he said.

"He's left a legacy and the Socceroos will get bigger, better, stronger over the next 12 months."

Source: AAP