| 2016 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Steven Lowy | ||
| Manager | Ange Postecoglou | ||
This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2016.
| 2016 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Steven Lowy | ||
| Manager | Ange Postecoglou | ||
This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2016.
Australia started the year by progressing to the next stage of World Cup qualification after winning the final two qualification matches. By the end of the year Australia had played five of their ten Third Round qualifiers. After winning the first two, they drew the next three leaving them third in a group of six with just one point separating the top four.
| Type | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| World Cup & Asian Cup qualifiers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| World Cup qualifiers – Third Round | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Total | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 |
| 27 May 2016 | England  | 2–1 |  Australia | Sunderland, England |
| 20:00 BST | Rashford  3'Rooney 55' | Report | Dier 75' (o.g.) | Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,595 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
| 4 June 2016Dodoni Series | Australia | 1–0 |  Greece | Sydney, Australia |
| 20:00 AEST | Leckie 90+3' | Report | Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 38,682 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan) |
| 24 March 2016 Group B | Australia | 7–0 |  Tajikistan | Adelaide, Australia |
| 19:30 ACDT (UTC+10:30) | Luongo 2' Jedinak 13' (pen.)Milligan 57' (pen.)Burns 67', 87'Rogic 70', 72' | Report Report (AFC) | Stadium: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 35,439 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar) |
| 29 March 2016 Group B | Australia | 5–1 |  Jordan | Sydney, Australia |
| 20:00 UTC+11 | Cahill 24', 44' Mooy 39'Rogic 53'Luongo 69' | Report Report (AFC) | Deeb 90' | Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 24,975 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) |
| 1 September 2016 Group B | Australia | 2–0 |  Iraq | Perth, Australia |
| 18:30 UTC+8 | Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) | Stadium: Perth Oval Attendance: 18,923 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
| 6 September 2016 Group B | United Arab Emirates  | 0–1 | Australia | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| 19:30 UTC+4 | Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) | Cahill 75' | Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 40,893 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia) |
| 6 October 2016 Group B | Saudi Arabia  | 2–2 | Australia | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 20:45 UTC+3 |
| Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 51,616 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| 11 October 2016 Group B | Australia | 1–1 |  Japan | Melbourne, Australia |
| 20:00 UTC+11 | Jedinak 52' (pen.) | Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) | Haraguchi 5' | Stadium: Docklands Stadium Attendance: 48,460 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) |
| 15 November 2016 Group B | Thailand  | 2–2 | Australia | Bangkok, Thailand |
| 19:00 UTC+7 | Teerasil 20', 57' (pen.) | Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) | Jedinak 9' (pen.), 65' (pen.) | Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 36,534 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar) |
Correct as of 15 November 2016 (v. Thailand ).
Numbers are listed by player's number in WC&AFC Qualification or last friendly played
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Friendlies | World Cup Qualifiers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | AUS | Mathew Ryan | 9 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | AUS | Adam Federici | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Jason Geria | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Milos Degenek | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Alex Gersbach | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Matthew Spiranovic | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Bailey Wright | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Brad Smith | 10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Josh Risdon | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Ryan McGowan | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Trent Sainsbury | 9 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 7+0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Mark Milligan | 9 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Chris Ikonomidis | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Craig Goodwin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Aaron Mooy | 10 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Mile Jedinak | 7 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 4 |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Matt McKay | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Massimo Luongo | 7 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+3 | 3 |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Jackson Irvine | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Tom Rogic | 10 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | AUS | Tim Cahill | 6 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | AUS | Jamie Maclaren | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie | 9 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Tomi Juric | 5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Apostolos Giannou | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Robbie Kruse | 10 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Nathan Burns | 6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 2 |
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