FORMER Dutch national team coach Bert van Marwijk has been confirmed as the new Socceroos coach.

Fox Sports News reporter Daniel Garb exclusively broke the story, with Roberto Mancini, Louis van Gaal and van Marwijk having all been strongly linked to the job left vacant after Ange Postecoglou’s shock departure.

Football Federation Australia have since confirmed the appointment of van Marwijk through until the end of the Russia World Cup campaign.

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Van Marwijk led the Netherlands to the World Cup final in 2010 and guided Saudi Arabia to the 2018 World Cup ahead of the Socceroos in Group B.

“This is a great result for Australian football,” said FFA chairman Steven Lowy.

“Bert Van Marwijk is world class. He took the Netherlands to the World Cup Final in 2010, he led the Saudi Arabian team to qualify directly for this year’s Finals and most importantly, he knows a lot about our team and how they play because he studied them closely as an opposition manager in the same group. These experiences make him a compelling choice.

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“We now go to Russia with a battle-hardened group of players and support staff who made it to the Finals by the toughest road possible. In Bert Van Marwijk we have a manager who can achieve great things with this team. And we will ensure they have the resources necessary to give them the highest level of preparation.”

The former Feyenoord, Borussia Dortmund and Hamburg manager will arrive in Australia next week to begin preparations for two March friendlies against Colombia and Norway.

“I know a lot about the players and how the team has been playing after coaching against them for the two World Cup qualifiers, in 2016 and in June last year,” said the 65-year-old.

“I have also been impressed by the national team set-up that the FFA has developed over the past few years.

“I want to thank Steven Lowy, David Gallop and (FFA’s Head of National Performance) Luke Casserly for the confidence they have shown in me.

“My response to them has been that we are not going to Russia just to be competitive. I want to win our matches.”