2021 Australia Under 23 National Team Results
Researched & written by Tony Persoglia

2020 | Results | Under 23 Index | 2022

Friendly Matches | Rep of Ireland | Romania | Mexico | New Zealand | New Zealand | Olympic Games | Argentina | Spain | Egypt | Asian Cup Qualifiers | Indonesia | Indonesia

Sources: FA Match Reports, MyFootball YouTube, BESOCCER, transfermarkt.com.

Friendly Matches

Wednesday June 2 2021
Estadio Municipal, Marbella, Spain
Referee: Enrique Pareja Nieto (Spain)
Assistant Referees: Sanchez Esposito, Aranda Zayas. Fourth Official: Prieto Martinez
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
AUSTRALIA
Jordan Holmes, Gabriel Cleur, Jay Rich-Baghuelou, Anthony Kalik (Daniel Arzani 54), Panos Armenakas (Ramy Najjarine 54), John Iredale (Marlee Francois 80), Ryan Teague, Connor O'Toole, Marc Tokich, Caleb Watts (Nicholas Pennington 80), Kristian Popovic (Luka Prso 70)
Coach: Gary van Egmond
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Najjarine 74
1 - 2 Republic of Ireland U21
Brian Maher, Andy Lyons, Mark McGuinness, Oisin McEntee, Conor Coventry, Gavin Kilkenny (Ryan Johansson 60), Conor Noss (Alex Gilbert 72), Jonathan Afolabi (Joshua Kayode 46), Louie Watson (Tyreik Wright 60), Will Ferry, Luca Connell (Ross Tierney 87)
Coach: Jim Crawford
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Rich-Baghuelou 57og, Tierney 90

Tuesday June 8 2021
Estadio Municipal, Marbella, Spain
Referee: Fernando Narváez de Vera (Spain)
Assistant Referees: Adrián González Franco, De Vera Martinez. Fourth Official: Alfonso Muñoz González
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
AUSTRALIA
Ashley Maynard-Brewer, Gabriel Cleur (Nicholas Pennington 85), Jay Rich-Baghuelou (Kristian Popovic 85), Dylan Ryan, Tyrese Francois (Luka Prso 77), Daniel Arzani (Marlee Francois 85), John Iredale (Nicholas D'Agostino 63), Ramy Najjarine (Panos Armenakas 77), Ryan Teague (Marc Tokich 77), Connor O'Toole, Caleb Watts (Anthony Kalik 63)
Coach: Gary van Egmond
Cautions: Nil
0 - 1 Romania
Marian Aioani (Mihai Popa 69), Radu Boboc (Mihai Velisar 83), Alex Pașcanu, Marius Marin, George Ganea (Valentin Costache 69), Andrei Ciobanu (Ovidiu Perianu 83), Andrei Rațiu (Cristian Manea 69), Dragoș Nedelcu, Marco Dulca (Gabriel Buta 89), Alex Mățan (Octavian Popescu 46)
Coach: Nioclae Dică
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Ganea 10

Saturday June 12 2021
Estadio Municipal, Marbella, Spain
Referee: Guillermo Paradas Mazuela (Spain)
Assistant Referees: Obrero Villén, Rafael Alba Jiménez. Fourth Official: Alfonso Muñoz González
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
AUSTRALIA
Ashley Maynard-Brewer, Gabriel Cleur, Jay Rich-Baghuelou, Dylan Ryan, Tyrese Francois, Anthony Kalik (Nicholas D'Agostino 65), Panos Armenakas (Ramy Najjarine 64), Daniel Arzani, Ryan Teague (Nicholas Pennington 77), Connor O'Toole, Caleb Watts (Marc Tokich 77)
Coach: Gary van Egmond
Cautions: Kalik 20, Francois 28, Armenakas 40
Goals: Arzani 31 pen, 50
2 - 3 Mexico
Luis Malagón, Johan Vásquez, Jesús Alberto Angulo, Érick Aguirre, Kevin Álvarez, José Esquivel, Alan Cervantes, Fernando Beltrán (Marcel Ruiz 80), Alexis Vega (Gilberto Sepúlveda 55), Jesús Ricardo Angulo, José Macías (Alejandro Zendejas 55)
Coach: Jaime Lozano
Cautions: Alberto Angulo 25, Aguirre 40
Goals: Alberto Angulo 33, Álvarez 60, Aguirre 75

Monday July 12 2021
ZA Oripiri Stadium, Ichihara City, Japan
Referee: nr
Assistant Referees: nr
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Joel King, Kye Rowles (Marco Tilio 72), Harry Souttar, Thomas Deng (c) (Jay Rich-Baghuelou 72), Dylan Pieries (Reno Piscopo 46), Connor Metcalfe (Cameron Devlin 72), Denis Genreau (Lachlan Wales 46), Daniel Arzani (Keanu Baccus 46), Caleb Watts (Riley McGree 46), Mitchell Duke (Nathaniel Atkinson 46),
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Nil
0 - 2 New Zealand
Michael Wood (Jamie Searle 68), Dane Ingham, Liberato Cacace (Sam Sutton 68), Winston Reid (c), Nando Pijnaker, Gianni Stensness, Joe Bell, Clayton Lewis, Callum McCowatt (Joseph Champness 74), Elijah Just, Chris Wood (Ben Waine 74)
Coach: Danny Hay
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Wood 55 pen, Just 83

Thursday July 15 2021
ZA Oripiri Stadium, Ichihara City, Japan
Referee: nr
Assistant Referees: nr
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
AUSTRALIA
Ashley Maynard-Brewer (Jordan Holmes 60), Nathaniel Atkinson, Harry Souttar (c), Jay Rich-Baghuelou (Caleb Watts 60), Kye Rowles, Riley McGree, Denis Genreau (Marco Tilio 60), Connor Metcalfe (Keanu Baccus 60), Daniel Arzani, Mitchell Duke (Reno Piscopo 60), Lachlan Wales (Cameron Devlin 60)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Duke 3
1 - 0 New Zealand
Michael Wood (Jamie Searle 68), Dane Ingham, Liberato Cacace, Winston Reid (c), Nando Pijnaker, Gianni Stensness, Joe Bell, Clayton Lewis, Callum McCowatt, Elijah Just, Chris Wood
Coach: Danny Hay
Cautions: Nil
 
Olympic Games

Thursday July 22 2021
Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan
Referee: Srdan Jovanovic (Serbia)
Assistant Referees: Uros Stojkovic & Milan Mihajlovic (Serbia)
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
Argentina
Jeremias Conan Ledesma, Facundo Medina, Patricio Perez, Hernan de la Fuente (Marcelo Herrera Mansilla Barrios 62), Santiago Colombatto (Tomes Belmonte 78), Ezequiel Barco (Pedro de la Vega 82), Alexis MacAllister (Martin Payero 78), Fausto Vera, Francisco Ortega, Carlos Fernando Valenzuela (Ezequiel Ponce Martinez 46), Adolfo Gaich
Coach: Fernando Batista
Cautions: Ortega 45+2, Gaich 63, Medina 67, Ponce 85; Red Card: Ortega 45+3
0 - 2 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Harry Souttar, Thomas Deng (c), Joel King, Riley McGree (Nicholas D'Agostino 79), Denis Genreau (Keanu Baccus 89), Nathaniel Atkinson, Connor Metcalfe, Mitchell Duke, Daniel Arzani (Marco Tilio 79), Lachlan Wales (Caleb Watts 72)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: McGree 45+3, Atkinson 48, Metcalfe 50, Genreau 56, Souttar 86, Watts 90+1
Goals: Wales 14, Tilio 80

Sunday July 25 2021
Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan
Referee: Tessema Bamlak (Ethiopia)
Assistant Referees: Tessema Bamlak (Ethiopia) & Mohammed Ibrahim (Sudan)
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
Spain
Unai Simon Mendibil, Marc Cucurella Saseta, Pau Francisco Torres, Eric Garcia Martret, Oscar Gil Regafiro (Rafael Mir Vicente 77), Daniel Olmo Carvajal, Carlos Soler Barragin (Marco Asensio Williemsen 68), Martin Zubimendi Ibanez, Mikel Oyarzabal Ugarte, Javier Puado Diaz (Bryan Gil Salvatierra 57), Pedro Gonzalez Lopez
Coach: Luis de la Fuente
Caution: Regario 3
Goal: Ugarte 80
1 - 0 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Harry Souttar, Thomas Deng (c) (Nicholas D'Agostino 83), Joel King, Riley McGree (Keanu Baccus 72), Denis Genreau (Caleb Watts 73), Nathaniel Atkinson, Connor Metcalfe, Mitchell Duke, Daniel Arzani (Marco Tilio 63), Lachlan Wales (Kye Rowles 63)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Wales 43, McGree 52, Duke 57, Atkinson 90+5

Wednesday July 28 2021
Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan
Referee: Artur Ribiero Soares Dias (Portugal)
Assistant Referees: Rui Barbosa Tavares & Paulo Santos Soares (Portugal)
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
Egypt
Mohammed El Shenawy Gomaa, Ahmed Ali Elsayed Hagazy, Mahmoud Hamdi Attia, Ahmed El Fououh Mohammed, Osama Galal Oeima, Karim El Erski, Ramadan Sobhi Ahmed (Nasser Maher El Nouhi 90+1), Akram Tawfik El Hagrasi (Emam Ashour Abdelghany 90+1), Taher Mohammed Mahmoud (Ibrahim Adel Hassan 79), Salah Mohsen Shalabi (Ammar Hemdi Omar 61), Ahmed Yasser Rayyan (Nasser Mansy El Sayed 79)
Coach: Shawky Garib
Cautions: El Hagrasi 36, Omar 90+3
Goals: Rayyan 44, Omar 85
2 - 0 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Harry Souttar, Thomas Deng (c), Kye Rowles, Dylan Pieries (Daniel Arzani 46), Joel King, Denis Genreau (Keanu Baccus 46), Connor Metcalfe (Cameron Devlin 90+2), Nicholas D'Agostino (Caleb Watts 90+2), Lachlan Wales (Jay Rich-Baghuelou 63), Marco Tilio
Coach: Graham Arnold
Caution: Baccus 77
Asian Cup Qualification Matches

Wednesday October 27 2021
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Referee: Shin Tae-Yong (Korea Republic)
Assistant Referees: Kim Woo-Sung & Song Bong-Keun (Korea Republic)
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
Indonesia
Ernando Ari Sutaryadi, Rizky Ridho Ramadhani, Pratama Arhan Alif Rifai, Rachmat Irianto (Komang Yaguh Trismanda Putra 77), Asnawi Mangkualem Bahar (c), Alfeandra Dewangga Santosa, Witan Sulaeman, Ramai Melvin Rumakiek (Marselino Ferdinand 70), Hanis Saghara Putra (Ronaldo Joybera Kwateh 69), Amiruddin Bagus Kahfi Alfikri (Taufik Hidayat 70), Gunansar Papua Mandrowen
Coach: Shin Tae-Yong
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Sulaeman 66, Hidayat 83
2 - 3 AUSTRALIA
Nicholas Suman, Jordan Courtney-Perkins, Marc Tokich (c), Jordon Bos, Lewis Miller (Callum Talbot 86), Fabian Monge (Patrick Yazbek 72), Luke Duzel, Jacob Italiano, Adisu Bayew (Alessandro Lopane 52), Lachlan Brook (Luka Prso 72), Patrick Wood
Coach: Trevor Morgan
Cautions: Monge, Duzel, Italiano
Goals: Tokich 52, Wood 59, Italiano 77

Friday October 29 2021
Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Referee: Khalid Saleh H Al Turais (Saudi Arabia)
Assistant Referees: Bang Gi-Yeol (Korea Republic) & Mohd Arif bin Abd Rasid (Malaysia)
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
Indonesia
Ernando Ari Sutryadi, Asnawi Mangkualem Bahar (c) (Bayu Mohamad Figel 90), Rizky Ridho Ramadhani, Alfeandra Dewangga Santosa, Pratama Arhan Alif Rifai, Rachmat Irianto, Witan Sulseman, Gunansar Papua Mandowen (Ronaldo Joybera Kwateh 84), Marselino Ferdinand, Taufik Hidayat (Ramai Melvin Rumakiek 46), Hanis Saghara Putra (Amiruddin Bagus Kahfi Alfikri (Komang Teguh Trisnanda Putra 84))
Coach: Shin Tae-Yong
Cautions: Nil
0 - 1 AUSTRALIA
Nicholas Suman, Callum Talbot (Lewis Miller 78), Marc Tokich (c), Jordan Courtney-Perkins, Lucas Mauragis, Fabian Monge (Aydan Hammond 85), Patrick Yazbek, Jacob Italiano (Adisu Bayew 78), Lachlan Brook (Taras Gormulka 89), Alessandro Lopane, Patrick Wood
Coach: Trevor Morgan
Cautions: Monge, Wood
Goal: Wood 9