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| Australia underwhelmed most observers with a defeat to open their campaign and despite injury concerns ought to have beaten the 109th ranked FIFA opponents. This was a Asian Cup Finals match. | ||||
| Played : January 6 | Venue : Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | |||
| Australia Mathew Ryan, Joshua Risdon (Rhyan Grant 46), Aziz Behich, Milos Degenek, Trent Sainsbury, Massimo Luongo (Jackson Irvine 74), Awer Mabil, Mark Milligan, Tomas Rogic, Robbie Kruse (Chris Ikonomidis 55), Jamie Maclaren |
0 | - | 1 | Jordan Amer Shafi, Feras Shilbaya, Salem Al Ajalin, Tareq Khattab, Anas Bani Yaseen, Khalil Bani Ateyah, Yousef Rawshdeh, Baha Abdel-Rahman, Saeed Al Murjan (Ahmed Saleh 90), Yasen Bakheet (Ahmad Ersan 88), Mousa Suleiman (Mousa Suleiman 72) Goal : Yaseen 26 |
| Referee : Ahmed Abu Bakar Said Al Kaf (Oman) Linesmen : Rashid Hamad Ali Al-Ghaithi (Oman) Abu Bakr Salim Mahad Al-Amri (Oman) Attendance : 4934 Coaches : Graham Arnold (Australia), Vital Borkelmans (Jordan) | ||||
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| A much more successful outing against Palestine would set up a head-to-head tussle against Syria for the chance to proceed to the knockout stages. This was a Asian Cup Finals match. | ||||
| Played : January 11 | Venue : Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |||
| Australia Mathew Ryan, Rhyan Grant, Aziz Behich, Trent Sainsbury, Milos Degenek, Mark Milligan, Awer Mabil (Robbie Kruse 87), Jackson Irvine, Tomas Rogic (Massimo Luongo 75), Chris Ikonomidis, Jamie Maclaren (Apostolos Giannou 82) Goals : Maclaren 18, Mabil 20, Giannou 90 |
3 | - | 0 | Palestine Rami Hamada, Alexis Norambuena, Abdallah Jaber, Abdallatif Al Bahdari, Musab Battat, Mohammed Darwish, Jonathan Zorrilla (Oday Dabbagh 57), Shadi Shaban, Tamer Seyam, Mahmoud Wadi (Khaled Salem 77), Nathmi Albadawi (Mohammed Rashid 71) |
| Referee : Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Linesmen : Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan) Attendance : 11915 Coaches : Graham Arnold (Australia), Noureddine Ould Ali (Palestine) | ||||
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| Syria needed a draw to have a chance to qualify and thanks to some questionable refereeing got their second equaliser with 10 minutes to go but Australia got a final say in stoppage time. Oddly the Syrians had replaced their coach, Bernd Stange, mid tournament. I guess if you're done, then you're done. This was a Asian Cup Finals match. | ||||
| Played : January 15 | Venue : Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | |||
| Australia Mathew Ryan, Rhyan Grant, Aziz Behich, Milos Degenek, Mark Milligan, Massimo Luongo (Matthew Jurman 90), Awer Mabil (Robbie Kruse 82), Jackson Irvine, Tomas Rogic, Chris Ikonomidis, Jamie Maclaren (Apostolos Giannou 68) Goals : Mabil 41, Ikonomidis 54, Rogic 90 |
3 | - | 2 | Syria Ibrahim Alma, Hussein Al Jwayed (Abdul Malek Anizan 74), Mouaiad Al Ajaan, Omro Al Midani, Ahmad Al Saleh, Tamer Hag Mohamad, Mahmoud Almawas, Khaled Al Mbayed (Mohamad Zaher Almedani 83), Omar Khrbin, Omar Al Soma, Mohammed Osman (Fahad Youssef 72) Goals : Khrbin 43, Al Soma 80pk |
| Referee : Cesar Arturo Ramos Palazuelos (Mexico) Linesmen : Miguel Angel Hernandez Paredes (Mexico) Alberto Morin Mendez (Mexico) Attendance : 10492 Coaches : Graham Arnold (Australia), Fajer Ibrahim (Syria) | ||||
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| Australia won through to the round of 16 and faced Uzbekistan where they kept a clean sheet, as they had for the 3 matches prior, but unlike them failed to score despite having the better of the play. Rogic's yellow card didn't help either for the quarter finals. This was a Asian Cup Finals match. | ||||
| Played : January 22 | Venue : Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | |||
| Australia Mathew Ryan, Rhyan Grant, Aziz Behich, Trent Sainsbury, Milos Degenek, Mark Milligan, Awer Mabil (Mathew Leckie 68), Jackson Irvine, Tomas Rogic (Massimo Luongo 111), Chris Ikonomidis (Robbie Kruse 96), Jamie Maclaren (Apostolos Giannou 75) Penalties : Milligan, Behich (saved), Kruse, Giannou, Leckie |
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Uzbekistan Ignatiy Nesterov, Davron Khashimov, Oleg Zoteev (Farrukh Sayfiev 105), Islom Tukhtakhujaev, Anzur Ismailov, Otabek Shukurov, Odil Ahmedov, Javokhir Sidikov (Ikromjon Alibaev 73), Eldor Shomurodov (Marat Bikmaev 104), Dostonbek Khamdamov (Azizbek Turgunbaev 107), Jaloliddin Masharipov Penalties : Shukurov, Tukhtakhujaev (saved), Alibaev, Bikmaev (saved) |
| Referee : Abdulrahman Al Jassim (Qatar) Linesmen : Taleb Salem Al-Marri (Qatar) Saoud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar) Attendance : 6809 Coaches : Graham Arnold (Australia), Hector Cuper (Uzbekistan) | ||||
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| Note : Australia win 4-2 on penalty kicks | ||||
| Australia met the hosts in the quarter finals and despite having the better of the play ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard when an errant backpass was intercepted by Mabkhout and the UAE held on to win. This was a Asian Cup Finals match. | ||||
| Played : January 26 | Venue : Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | |||
| United Arab Emirates Khalid Eisa Bilal, Mohamed Gharib (Khalifa Mubarak 18), Walid Abbas Murad, Ismail Ahmed, Fares Juma Al Saadi, Majed Hassan Ahmad, Bandar Mohammed, Ali Hassan Salmin, Ismaeil Matar (Mohammed Abdulrahman 52), Ismail Al Hamadi (Saif Rashid 88), Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Goal : Mabkhout 68 |
1 | - | 0 | Australia Mathew Ryan, Rhyan Grant, Aziz Behich, Trent Sainsbury, Milos Degenek, Jackson Irvine, Chris Ikonomidis, Mark Milligan, Robbie Kruse (Awer Mabil 73), Jamie Maclaren (Mathew Leckie 60), Apostolos Giannou (Andrew Nabbout 80) |
| Referee : Ryuji Sato (Japan) Linesmen : Yaser Khalil Ebrahim Abdulla Tulefat (Bahrain) Jun Mihara (Japan) Attendance : 25053 Coaches : Graham Arnold (Australia), Alberto Zaccheroni (UAE) | ||||
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| This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 7 | Venue : Busan Asiad Stadium, Busan, South Korea | |||
| South Korea Kim Seung-gyu, Kwon Kyung-Won, Kim Young-Gwon, Kim Min-Jae, Kim Moon-Hwan, Kim Jin-Su (Hong Chul 73), Ju Se-Jong, Hwang In-Beom, Lee Jae-Sung (Na Sang-Ho 73), Son Heung-Min, Hwang Hee-Chan (Hwang Ui-Jo 67) Goal : Hwang Ui-Jo 76 |
1 | - | 0 | Australia Andrew Redmayne, Rhyan Grant, Aziz Behich (Brad Smith 77), Bailey Wright, Matthew Jurman (Matthew Spiranovic 77), James Jeggo, Mustafa Amini, Brandon O'Neill (Dimitri Petratos 84), Mitchell Duke (Adam Taggart 62), Awer Mabil (Brandon Borello 70), Craig Goodwin (Ryan Williams 73) |
| Referee : Minoru Tojo (Japan) Linesmen : Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan), Isao Nishihashi (Japan) Attendance : 52213 Coaches : Graham Arnold (Australia), Paulo Bento (South Korea) | ||||
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| Australia began the road to both the continental Championships and World Cup with a solid win over a sometimes difficult opponent. This was a combinedWorld Cup 2022 and Asian Cup 2023 qualification match. | ||||
| Played : September 10 | Venue : Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City | |||
| Kuwait Sulaiman Abdulghafoor, Hamad Al Harbi, Fahad Al Hajeri, Fahad Hammoud Al Reshidi, Amer Al Fadhel, Ahmad Al Dhufairi, Shereedah Al Shereedah (Bader Al Mutawa 46), Sultan Al Enezi, Hussain Al Moussawi (Faisal Al Azemi 77), Abdullah Al Mutairi (Yousef Naser 46), Faisal Zayed |
0 | - | 3 | Australia Mathew Ryan, Rhyan Grant, Aziz Behich, Trent Sainsbury, Milos Degenek, James Jeggo, Aaron Mooy, Jackson Irvine (Mustafa Amini 82), Adam Taggart (Apostolos Giannou 68), Mathew Leckie (Awer Mabil 69), Brandon Borrello Goals : Leckie 7, 30, Mooy 38 |
| Referee : Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) Linesmen : Attendance : 11852 Coaches : Graham Arnold (Australia), Romeo Jozak (Kuwait) | ||||
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| Souttar's second goal was initially awarded as a Rajbanshi own goal but later amended in the referee's match report. This was a combinedWorld Cup 2022 and Asian Cup 2023 qualification match. | ||||
| Played : October 10 | Venue : Bruce Stadium, Canberra | |||
| Australia Mathew Ryan, Rhyan Grant, Aziz Behich, Bailey Wright, Harry Souttar, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy (Apostolos Giannou 62), Jackson Irvine, Jamie Maclaren, Mathew Leckie (Awer Mabil 77), Craig Goodwin (Ajdin Hrustic 71) Goals : Maclaren 6, 19, 90, Souttar 23, 59 |
5 | - | 0 | Nepal Kiran Chemjong, Dinesh Rajbansi, Ranjit Dhimal, Ananta Tamang, Devendra Tamang, Rohit Chand, Ravi Paswan, Bishal Rai (Santosh Tamang 86), Anjan Bista (Tej Tamang 79), Sujal Shrestha, Abishek Rijal (Bimal Magar 66) |
| Referee : Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia) Linesmen : Attendance : 18563 Coaches : Graham Arnold (Australia), Johan Kalin (Nepal) | ||||
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| This was a combinedWorld Cup 2022 and Asian Cup 2023 qualification match. | ||||
| Played : October 15 | Venue : Kaohsiung National Stadium, Taiwan | |||
| Taiwan Wen-Chieh Pan, Ting-yang Chen, Ruei Wang, Wei-Chuan Chen, Tzu-Kuei Hung, Hao-Wei Chen, Chih-Hao Wen (Hsiangwei Lee 70), Po-Liang Chen (Yenshu Wu 61), Yi-Wei Chen, Emilio Estevez (Will Donkin 68), En-Le Chu Goal : Chen Yi-Wei 21 |
1 | - | 7 | Australia Mathew Ryan, Rhyan Grant, Brad Smith, Harry Souttar, Milos Degenek, James Jeggo, Aaron Mooy (Mustafa Amini 62), Jackson Irvine, Adam Taggart (Jamie Maclaren 79), Brandon Borrello (Ajdin Hrustic 69), Awer Mabil Goals : Taggart 12, 19, Irvine 34, 36, Souttar 73, 88, Maclaren 84 |
| Referee : Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand) Linesmen : Attendance : 3251 Coaches : Graham Arnold (Australia), Louis Lancaster (Taiwan) | ||||
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| Australia maintain their perfect start with a close encounter against opponents that they have recently found difficult to beat. This was a combinedWorld Cup 2022 and Asian Cup 2023 qualification match. | ||||
| Played : November 14 | Venue : King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman | |||
| Jordan Amer Shafi Sabbah, Ehsan Manel Haddad, Mohammad Al Dumeiri (Salem Al Ajalin 80), Tareq Khattab, Yazan Abou Al Arab, Baha Abdel-Rahman, Ahmad Ersan, Noor Al Din Rawabdeh, Ahmed Samir (Mousa Suleiman Tamari 46), Yaseen Al Bakhit, Baha Seif Faisal (Hamza Al-Dardoor 62) |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Mathew Ryan, Rhyan Grant, Brad Smith, Trent Sainsbury, Milos Degenek, James Jeggo, Awer Mabil (Martin Boyle 73), Aaron Mooy, Jackson Irvine, Adam Taggart (Mitchell Duke 70), Tomas Rogic Goal : Taggart 13 |
| Referee : Fu Ming (China) Linesmen : Attendance : 9712 Coaches : Graham Arnold (Australia), Vital Borkelmans (Jordan) | ||||
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