Written by Thomas Esamie. For more details see credits.
| This was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : March 24 | Venue : Adelaide Oval | |||
| Australia Mathew Ryan, Mathew Leckie (Robbie Kruse 76), Bailey Wright, Apostolos Giannou, Aaron Mooy, Brad Smith, Mile Jedinak (Mark Milligan 46), Nathan Burns, Ryan McGowan, Trent Sainsbury, Massimo Luongo (Tomas Rogic 67) Goals : Luongo 3, Jedinak 13pk, Milligan 57pk, Burns 67, 87, Rogic 69, 72 |
7 | - | 0 | Tajikistan Tuychiev Alisher, Tukhtasunov Dalerdjon, Rajabov Eraj, Dzhalilov Dzhakhongir, Ergashev Davronjon, Davronov Nuriddin, Aliev Jahongir, Makhmudov Khurshed (Akhmedov Manuchehr 60), Sharipov Faridun, Nazarov Akhtam (Vasiev Dilshod 35), Dzhalilov Manuchehr (Saidov Kamil 73) |
| Referee : Fahad Jaber Al-Marri (Qatar) Linesmen : Yousuf Aref M A Al-Shamari (Qatar), Mohammed Maki A Alabakry (Saudi Arabia) Attendance : 35439 Coaches : Angelo Postecoglou (Australia), Ergashev Mubin (Tajikistan) | ||||
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| Given the other results Australia really only had top spot to worry about and had they lost they would have made it in as one of the best 2nd placegetters. But that's not how things are done anymore and Jordan's poor record on the road continued, though well done on the consolation goal at the end which nobody really saw coming. Least of all Mat Ryan. The other notable outcome of the match was the horrendous tackle from behind that Robbie Kruse suffered in this match, having only just been rehabilitated from a similar issue a year ago. Yousef saw yellow, should have been red. This was an World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : March 29 | Venue : Sydney Football Stadium | |||
| Australia Mat Ryan, Tim Cahill, Mark Milligan, Joshua Risdon, Mathew Leckie (Christopher Ikonomidis 64), Bailey Wright, Robbie Kruse (Nathan Burns 72), Aaron Mooy (Massimo Luongo 64), Brad Smith, Trent Sainsbury, Tomas Rogic Goals : Cahill 24, 44, Mooy 39, Rogic 53, Luongo 70 |
5 | - | 1 | Jordan Amer Shafi, Mohammed Al Basha, Baha Abdelrahman, Ehsan Manel Haddad, Monther Abu Amara (Abdallah Deeb 46), Amad Saleh (Yousef Ahamad Mohammed 46), Oday Zahran, Yaseen Bakheet, Rajaei Ayed Fadel Hasan, Ibrahim Zawareh, Hamza Aldaradreh (Baha Faisal Mohammad 75) Goal : Abdallah Deeb 90 |
| Referee : Kim Jong Hyeok (South Korea) Linesmen : Yoon Kwang Yeol, Kim Young Ha (South Korea) Attendance : 24975 Coaches : Angelo Postecoglou (Australia), Harry Redknapp (Jordan) | ||||
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| Announced on the 4th of March this match is the start of preparations for the Socceroos for the second stage of World Cup Qualifying for 2018. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : May 27 | Venue : Stadium of Light, Sunderland | |||
| England Fraser Forster (Tom Heaton 87), John Stones, Ryan Bertrand, Chris Smalling (Eric Dier 73), Nathaniel Clyne, Adam Lallana (James Milner 46), Daniel Drinkwater, Jack Wilshere (Wayne Rooney 46), Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling (Andros Townsend 76), Marcus Rashford (Ross Barkley 63) Goals : Rashford 3, Rooney 55 |
2 | - | 1 | Australia Mathew Ryan, Bailey Wright, Brad Smith, Joshua Risdon (Milos Degenek 74), Mark Milligan, Massimo Luongo (Christopher Ikonomidis 58), Tomas Rogic (Tomi Juric 73), Mile Jedinak, Aaron Mooy (Craig Goodwin 84), Jamie MacLaren (Matthew McKay 58), Robbie Kruse (Jackson Irvine 84) Goals : Dier 75og |
| Referee : Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Linesmen : Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands), Bas van Dongen (Netherlands) Attendance : 46595 Coaches : Angelo Postecoglou (Australia), Roy Hodgson (England) | ||||
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| Announced on the 23rd of February this match is designed to prepare the Socceroos for the second stage (for them) of World Cup Qualifying for 2018. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 4 | Venue : Sydney Olympic Stadium | |||
| Australia Mathew Ryan, Brad Smith (Alex Gersbach 82), Trent Sainsbury, Jason Geria, Milos Degenek, Nathan Burns (Tim Cahill 72), Robbie Kruse (Mathew Leckie 60), Mile Jedinak, Mark Milligan (Jackson Irvine 83), Aaron Mooy (Tomas Rogic 61), Apostolos Giannou (Christopher Ikonomidis 72) Goal : Leckie 90 |
1 | - | 0 | Greece Orestis Karnezis (Stefanos Kapino 15), Vasilis Torosidis, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Marios Oikonomou, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Anastasios Bakasetas 46), Giannis Gianniotas (Christos Aravidis 74), Andreas Samaris (Panagiotis Tachtsidis 56), Giannis Maniatis, Dimitrios Diamantakos (Jose Holebas 46), Apostolos Vellios (Athanasios Papazoglou 90) |
| Referee : Jumpei Iida (Japan) Linesmen : Simon Bennett (England), Shinji Ochi (Japan) Attendance : 38682 Coaches : Angelo Postecoglou (Australia), Michael Skibbe (Greece) | ||||
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| Announced on the 27th of February this match is designed to prepare the Socceroos for the second stage (for them) of World Cup Qualifying for 2018. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 7 | Venue : Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | |||
| Australia Adam Federici, Bailey Wright, Ryan McGowan (Milos Degenek 66), Alex Gersbach (Brad Smith 66), Trent Sainsbury, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy (Apostolos Giannou 72), Tomas Rogic, Tim Cahill, Robbie Kruse (Nathan Burns 81), Mathew Leckie (Christopher Ikonomidis 77) Goal : Sainsbury 58 |
1 | - | 2 | Greece Stefanos Kapino, Vasilis Torosidis, Giorgos Tzavellas, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Andreas Samaris, Petros Mandalos, Jose Holebas (Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 65), Giannis Maniatis (Alexandros Tziolis 70), Apostolos Vellios (Athanasios Papazoglou 77), Anastasios Bakasetas Goals : Mandalos 8, Maniatis 20 |
| Referee : Robert Madley (England) Linesmen : Simon Bennett (England), Shinji Ochi (Japan) Attendance : 33622 Coaches : Angelo Postecoglou (Australia), Michael Skibbe (Greece) | ||||
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| After the draw ceremony in April Australia were grouped with Japan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq and Thailand for the final round of Asia World Cup Qualifying for 2018. First up at home to Iraq. This was a World Cup Qualifying match. As a side note the official name of the venue for this match is "Perth Rectangular Stadium" and while that accurately describes it it is actually more commonly called Perth Oval in perhaps much the same way that tall people are nicknamed "Shorty". | ||||
| Played : September 1 | Venue : Perth Oval | |||
| Australia Mathew Ryan, Mark Milligan, Bread Smith, Milos Degenek, Trent Sainsbury, Tomas Rogic, Aaron Mooy, Massimo Luongo (Jackson Irvine 78), Mile Jedinak, Mathew Leckie (Apostolos Giannou 85), Tomi Juric (Robbie Kruse 65) Goals : Luongo 58, Juric 64 |
2 | - | 0 | Iraq Mohammed Hameed, Ahmed Ibrahim, Ali Adnan Kadhim (Yaser Safa Kasim 60), Alaa Ali Mhawi, Dhurgham Ismail, Suad Natiq Naji (Alaa Abdul Zehra 80), Saad Abdulameer, Ali Hisny Faisal (Amjed Waleed Hussein 64), Ahmed Yaseen Gheni, Ali Abbas, Justin Hikmat Azeez |
| Referee : Alireza Faghani (Iran) Linesmen : Reza Sokhandan (Iran), Mohammad Reza Mansouri (Iran) Attendance : 18923 Coaches : Angelo Postecoglou (Australia), Radhi Shenaishil (Iraq) | ||||
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| Australia head the group with 6 points from 2 games so far outlasting a resilient UAE who were buoyant in front of their home crowd having accounted for the Blue Samurai in their first game. (Note the AFC website says the attendance was 40893) This was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : September 6 | Venue : Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | |||
| United Arab Emirates Khalid Eisa, Ismail Ahmed, Mohamed Ahmed Gharib (Abdulaziz Hussain Haikal 24), Mohanad Salem Ghazy, Walid Abbas, Ismail Al Hammadi, Omar Abdulrahman, Khamis Esmaeel, Amer Abdulrahman (Salem Saleh Al Rejaibi 77), Ahmed Khalil (Mohammed Alraqui 62), Ali Ahmed Mabkhout |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Mathew Ryan, Brad Smith, Matthew Spiranovic, Trent Sainsbury, Ryan McGowan, Tomas Rogic (Massimo Luongo 64), Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Mathew Leckie, Tomi Juric (Tim Cahill 71), Robbie Kruse (Nathan Burns 90) Goal : Cahill 75 |
| Referee : Mohd Amirul (Malaysia) Linesmen : Mohd Yusri (Malaysia), Mohamad Mu Azi Zainal Abidin (Malaysia) Attendance : 40983 Coaches : Angelo Postecoglou (Australia), Madhi Ali Hassan (UAE) | ||||
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| This was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : October 6 | Venue : King Abdullah Stadium, Jeddah | |||
| Saudi Arabia Yasser Al Mosailem, Hassan Muath Fallatah , Omar Ibrahim Othman (Motaz Hawsawi 70), Osama Hawsawi, Mansour Al Harbi, Salman Alfaraj, Yahia Alshehri (Fhad Almuwallad 67), Nawaf Alabid, Abdulmalek Al Khaibri, Taiseer Al Jassam, Naif Hazazi (Nassir Alshamrani 79) Goals : Taiseer Al Jassam 5, Nassir Alshamrani 80 |
2 | - | 2 | Australia Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Matthew Spiranovic, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Brad Smith, Mile Jedinak, Tomas Rogic (Jackson Irvine 85), Robbie Kruse, Matthew Leckie (Massimo Luongo 61), Tomi Juric (Tom Cahill 85) Goals : Sainsbury 45, Juric 72 |
| Referee : Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Linesmen : Abdukhamidullo Rasulov, Jakhongir Saidov (both Uzbekistan) Attendance : 51616 Coaches : Angelo Postecoglou (Australia), Lambertus Marwijk (Saudi Arabia) | ||||
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| This was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : October 11 | Venue : Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | |||
| Australia Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Matthew Spiranovic, Ryan McGowan, Aaron Mooy (Mathew Leckie 82), Brad Smith, Mile Jedinak, Apostolos Giannou (Robbie Kruse 57), Tomi Juric (Tim Cahill 70), Massimo Luongo, Tomas Rogic Goal : Jedinak 52pk |
1 | - | 1 | Japan Shusaku Nishikawa, Masato Morishige, Tomoaki Makino, Gotoku Sakai, Maya Yoshida, Makato Hasebe, Hotaru Yamaguchi, Yu Kobayashi (Hiroshi Kiyotake 81), Shinji Kagawa, Genki Haraguchi (Yuichi Maruyama 90), Keisuke Honda (Takuma Asano 84) Goal : Haraguchi 5 |
| Referee : Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) Linesmen : Yaser Tulefat, Ebrahim Saleh (both Bahrain) Attendance : 48460 Coaches : Angelo Postecoglou (Australia), Vahid Halilhodzic (Japan) | ||||
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| After initially seeking to play the away leg first the Thai football
association confirmed that this match would go ahead as scheduled despite the year of mourning
due to the death of the former King some weeks prior. While confirming the match would proceed a number of
"requests" were made.
Subsequently, on November 3, this was amended to "All supporters attending the above-mentioned match shall dress in polite manner as they see appropriate, use cheering equipment, show symbols and bring banners inside the stadium, sing cheering songs and appropriately conduct joyful activities both inside and surrounding areas of the stadium". Which sounds like pretty much the opposite of what was originally requested but is more in keeping with the occasion. Obviously the period of mourning and all it entails continues elsewhere. This was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : November 15 | Venue : Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok | |||
| Thailand Kawin Thamsatchanan, Theerathon Bunmathan, Adison Promrak (Nattapon Malapun 82), Sarach Yooyen, Sirod Chatthong (Rungrat Phumichantu 90), Teerasil Dangda, Prathum Chutong, Tanaboon Kesarat, Chanathip Songkrasin, Tristan Do, Pokklaw A-Nan Goals : Dangda 20, 57pk |
2 | - | 2 | Australia Mathew Ryan, Milos Degenek, Jamie Maclaren (Nathan Burns 58), Matthew Spiranovic (Jackson Irvine 78), Mathew Leckie (Mark Milligan 58), Robbie Kruse, Aaron Mooy, Brad Smith, Mile Jedinak, Trent Sainsbury, Tomas Rogic Goals : Jedinak 9pk, 65pk |
| Referee : Fahad Jaber Al Marri (Qatar) Linesmen : Juma Mohammed K H Al Burshaid (Qatar), Razman Saeed Al-Naemi (Qatar) Attendance : 36534 Coaches : Angelo Postecoglou (Australia), Kiatisuk Senamuang (Thailand) | ||||
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