2019 Australia national soccer team season

This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2019.

Australia

2019 season
Chairman	Chris Nikou
Manager	Graham Arnold
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Summary

Australia participated as title-holders in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup held in United Arab Emirates[1] in January. The draw took place in Dubai on 4 May 2018.[2] Australia qualified for the tournament after topping the group in the second round of the World Cup qualification campaign. Australia was hit by injuries ahead of the Cup with upcoming teenager Daniel Arzani and starting midfielder Aaron Mooy injured before the cup, and recently-debuted Scot-born Martin Boyle being injured in the final friendly match against Oman before the cup.[3]

Australia's Asian Cup title defence commenced against Jordan and despite a pretence of favouritism due to being defending champions, Australia lost 1–0 after a headed goal from Jordan's Anas Bani Yaseen in the 26th minute.[4] In their second match of the group, Australia bounced back from the loss, beating Palestine 3–0, with Jamie Maclaren scoring his first goal for Australia and Awer Mabil and Apostolos Giannou scoring too.[5] Australia advanced from the group stage after beating Syria 3–2, with Tom Rogic scoring in injury time, following goals by Mabil and Chris Ikonomidis which put Australia in the lead. After the first two Australian goals, Syria equalized with goals by Omar Kharbin and Omar Al Somah.[6] In the round of 16 match against Uzbekistan, neither team scored after 90 minutes of regulation time and after 30 minutes of extra-time. In the penalty shootout following the game, Australia progressed with a 4–2 score, after Mathew Ryan saved 2 penalties.[7] In the quarter-final match against hosts United Arab Emirates, Australia were knocked-out of the Asian Cup after losing 1–0 with Ali Mabkhout scoring following a defensive error by Milos Degenek.[8]

On 7 June 2019, Australia played an inexperienced side against South Korea in a friendly match in Busan. South Korea won 1–0 with Hwang Ui-jo scoring the only goal in the 76th minute. Australia had 4 players debuting for the senior national team, with Andrew Redmayne and Brandon O'Neill starting while Brandon Borrello and Ryan Williams were substituted on.[9]

In September 2019, Australia commenced the qualification process for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Australia started in the second round of AFC qualification which doubles as the second round of qualifiers for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. The draw for the second round was held on 17 July 2019 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[10] Australia were placed in pot 1 and were drawn against Jordan, Kuwait, Chinese Taipei and Nepal.[11] Australia started the qualification process with a 3–0 away win over Kuwait, with stand-in skipper Mathew Leckie scoring a brace and Mooy scoring the third goal.[12] A month later, in their first home match of the qualification process, Australia beat Nepal 5–0, with Maclaren scoring a hat-trick and Scottish-born debutant Harry Souttar scoring a brace.[13][14] 5 days later, Australia travelled to Taiwan and beat Chinese Taipei 7–1, with Adam Taggart, and Jackson Irvine scoring braces while Souttar and Maclaren scored their fourth international goals in a week.[15] Australia finished the year in Jordan, where they had not previously beaten the hosts. An early Adam Taggart goal was the only one of the match to leave Australia with a perfect record after 4 matches of World Cup qualifying and 4 to play in the first half of 2020.[16]

Record

As of match played 14 November 2019

Type	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
Friendly	1	0	0	1	0	1
Asian Cup	5	2	1	2	6	4
World Cup & Asian Cup qualifiers	4	4	0	0	16	1
Total	10	6	1	3	22	6

Match results

Friendlies

This section is for matches confirmed by the FFA, please do not add speculative fixtures.

South Korea  v  Australia

7 June 2019	South Korea	1–0	Australia	Busan, South Korea
20:00 KST (UTC+9)	U.J. Hwang  76'	Report		Stadium: Busan Asiad Main Stadium Attendance: 52,213 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Asian Cup

Australia  v  Jordan

6 January 2019 Group Stage	Australia	0–1	Jordan	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
15:00 GST (UTC+4)		Report	Bani Yaseen  26'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 4,934 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Palestine  v  Australia

11 January 2019 Group Stage	Palestine	0–3	Australia	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:00 GST (UTC+4)		Report	Maclaren  18' Mabil  20' Giannou  90'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Attendance: 11,915 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Australia  v  Syria

15 January 2019 Group Stage	Australia	3–2	Syria	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
17:30 GST (UTC+4)	Mabil  41' Ikonomidis  54' Rogic  90+3'	Report	Kharbin  43' Al Somah  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 10,492 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

Australia  v  Uzbekistan

21 January 2019 Round of 16	Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Uzbekistan	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
18:00 GST (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 6,809 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
	Penalties
	Milligan Behich Kruse Giannou Leckie		Shukurov Tukhtakhodjaev Alibaev Bikmaev

United Arab Emirates  v  Australia

25 January 2019 Quarter-finals	United Arab Emirates	1–0	Australia	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
20:00 GST (UTC+4)	Mabkhout  68'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 25,053 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers

Kuwait  v  Australia

10 September 2019 Group B	Kuwait	0–3	Australia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
18:30 UTC+3		Report	Leckie  7', 30' Mooy  38'	Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Attendance: 11,852 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Australia  v    Nepal

10 October 2019 Group B	Australia	5–0	Nepal	Canberra, Australia
19:30 UTC+11	Maclaren  6', 19', 90' Souttar  23', 59'	Report		Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 18,563 Referee: Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Chinese Taipei  v  Australia

15 October 2019 Group B	Chinese Taipei	1–7	Australia	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
19:10 UTC+8	Y.W. Chen  21'	Report	Taggart  12', 19' Irvine  34', 37' Maclaren  84' Souttar  73', 89'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,217 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Jordan  v  Australia

14 November 2019 Group B	Jordan	0–1	Australia	Amman, Jordan
18:00 UTC+2		Source	Taggart  13'	Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium Attendance: 9,712 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Player statistics

Correct as of 14 November 2019 (v.  Jordan).
Numbers are listed by player's number in Asian Cup or last match played

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Friendlies		Asian Cup		World Cup qualifiers
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mathew Ryan	9	0	0+0	0	5+0	0	4+0	0
18	GK		Andrew Redmayne	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Milos Degenek	8	0	0+0	0	5+0	0	3+0	0
2	DF		Matthew Spiranovic	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Brad Smith	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF		Rhyan Grant	10	0	1+0	0	4+1	0	4+0	0
6	DF		Matthew Jurman	2	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
8	DF		Bailey Wright	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF		Aziz Behich	8	0	1+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0
19	DF		Josh Risdon	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF		Trent Sainsbury	6	0	0+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
23	DF		Harry Souttar	2	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	4
5	MF		Mark Milligan	6	0	0+0	0	5+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF		James Jeggo	4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
7	MF		Dimitri Petratos	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Massimo Luongo	4	0	0+0	0	2+2	0	0+0	0
9	MF		Martin Boyle	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Ryan Williams	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF		Aaron Mooy	4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	1
14	MF		Brandon Borrello	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF		Mustafa Amini	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
19	MF		Ajdin Hrustic	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
22	MF		Jackson Irvine	9	2	0+0	0	4+1	0	4+0	2
23	MF		Tom Rogic	5	1	0+0	0	4+0	1	1+0	0
23	MF		Brandon O'Neill	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Mathew Leckie	4	2	0+0	0	0+2	0	2+0	2
9	FW		Jamie Maclaren	7	5	0+0	0	5+0	1	1+1	4
10	FW		Adam Taggart	4	3	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	3
10	FW		Robbie Kruse	5	0	0+0	0	2+3	0	0+0	0
11	FW		Andrew Nabbout	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
11	FW		Craig Goodwin	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	FW		Apostolos Giannou	6	1	0+0	0	1+3	1	0+2	0
15	FW		Chris Ikonomidis	5	1	0+0	0	4+1	1	0+0	0
15	FW		Mitchell Duke	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
21	FW		Awer Mabil	10	2	1+0	0	4+1	2	2+2	0

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References

1. Bellemore, Damien (10 March 2015). "UAE to host 2019 Asian Cup". Football Federation Australia.
2. "Seedings confirmed for UAE 2019 draw". AFC. 12 April 2018.
3. Rugari, Vince (1 January 2019). "Injury hits Socceroos again with Boyle ruled out of Asian Cup". The Age.
4. Maasdorp, James (6 January 2019). "Socceroos lose 1–0 to Jordan in Asian Cup after lacking pace, width and a functioning system". ABC News.
5. Ganavas, Stephen (11 January 2019). "Mabil and Maclaren put Australia on course for Asian Cup win over Palestine". The Guardian.
6. Butterworth, Liam (15 January 2019). "Socceroos down Syria 3–2 in vital Asian Cup group match to progress to Round of 16". ABC News.
7. Gatt, Ray (21 January 2019). "Australia v Uzbekistan, Asian Cup 2019: Socceroos win in penalty shoot out". The Australian.
8. Ganavas, Stephen (25 January 2019). "Australia out of Asian Cup as UAE pounce on Milos Degenek error". The Guardian.
9. "Inexperienced Socceroos fall to defeat in South Korea". The Guardian. 7 June 2019.
10. "Asian qualifiers draw to provide pathway to Qatar and China". Asian Football Confederation. 17 June 2019.
11. Bossi, Dominic (17 July 2019). "Socceroos pitted against Jordan on the road to Qatar 2022". The Sydney Morning Herald.
12. "Socceroos earn comfortable win over Kuwait in opening 2022 World Cup qualifier". The Guardian. 10 September 2019.
13. "Jamie Maclaren hits hat-trick as Socceroos stroll to win over Nepal". The Guardian. 10 October 2019.
14. Matthew Comito (18 October 2019). "Caltex Socceroo Souttar awarded second goal against Nepal". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
15. "Socceroos hammer Taiwan to maintain perfect start to World Cup qualifying". The Guardian. 15 October 2019.
16. "Socceroos beat Jordan 1–0 in Amman to remain unbeaten in World Cup qualifying". ABC News. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

External links

• Australia: Fixtures and Results