| 2019 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Chris Nikou | ||
| Manager | Graham Arnold | ||
This page summarises the Australia men's national soccer team fixtures and results in 2019.
| 2019 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Chris Nikou | ||
| Manager | Graham Arnold | ||
This page summarises the Australia men's national soccer team fixtures and results in 2019.
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]
| 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 |
| 7 June 2019 | South Korea  | 1–0 |  Australia | Busan, South Korea |
| 20:00 KST (UTC+9) |
| Report | Stadium: Busan Asiad Main Stadium Attendance: 52,213 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan) |
| 6 January 2019 Group stage | Australia | 0–1 |  Jordan | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates |
| 15:00 GST (UTC+4) | Report |
| Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 4,934 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) |
| 11 January 2019 Group stage | Palestine  | 0–3 | Australia | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 15:00 GST (UTC+4) | Report | Stadium: Rashid Stadium Attendance: 11,915 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) |
| 15 January 2019 Group stage | Australia | 3–2 |  Syria | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates |
| 17:30 GST (UTC+4) |
| Report | Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 10,492 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico) |
| 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 | ||||
| 25 January 2019 Quarter-finals | United Arab Emirates  | 1–0 | Australia | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates |
| 20:00 GST (UTC+4) |
| Report | Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 25,053 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan) |
| 10 September 2019 Group B | Kuwait  | 0–3 | Australia | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| 18:30 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Attendance: 11,852 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore) |
| 10 October 2019 Group B | Australia | 5–0 |  Nepal | Canberra, Australia |
| 19:30 UTC+11 | Report | Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 18,563 Referee: Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia) |
| 15 October 2019 Group B | Chinese Taipei  | 1–7 | Australia | Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| 19:10 UTC+8 |
| Report | Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,217 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand) |
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 | AUS | Mathew Ryan | 9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | AUS | Andrew Redmayne | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Milos Degenek | 8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Matthew Spiranovic | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Brad Smith | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Rhyan Grant | 10 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Matthew Jurman | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Bailey Wright | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Aziz Behich | 8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Josh Risdon | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Trent Sainsbury | 6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Harry Souttar | 2 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Mark Milligan | 6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AUS | James Jeggo | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Dimitri Petratos | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Massimo Luongo | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Martin Boyle | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Ryan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Aaron Mooy | 4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Brandon Borrello | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Mustafa Amini | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Ajdin Hrustic | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Jackson Irvine | 9 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Tom Rogic | 5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Brandon O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie | 4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Jamie Maclaren | 7 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Adam Taggart | 4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Robbie Kruse | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Andrew Nabbout | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Craig Goodwin | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Apostolos Giannou | 6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Chris Ikonomidis | 5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Mitchell Duke | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Awer Mabil | 10 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 |
The United Arab Emirates national football team represents United Arab Emirates in international football and serves under the auspices of the country's Football Association.
The Syria national football team represents Syria in international football and is controlled by the Syrian Arab Federation for Football, the governing body for football in Syria. Syria has never qualified for the World Cup finals but did reach the fourth qualification round in 2018. The team is currently banned by FIFA from playing at home, as they have not hosted a game since December 2010. Internationally, Syria won the 2012 WAFF Championship, 1957 Pan Arab Games and the 1987 Mediterranean Games.
The Palestine national football team, controlled by the Palestinian Football Association, represents Palestine in association football. The squad is governed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) continentally, and FIFA worldwide.
Graham James Arnold is an Australian soccer manager and former player. Arnold was appointed to work as a head coach of the Australian national soccer team in 2000. After head coach Frank Farina was sacked in 2005, Arnold worked with Guus Hiddink for the 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign, in which they made the second round of the finals. After Hiddink left, he became interim coach of the Socceroos. Arnold went on to qualify Australia's U23 men's national soccer team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Arnold then went on to assist Pim Verbeek for qualification of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Arnold went on to take the manager role at A-League club the Central Coast Mariners between 2010 and 2013, where he guided the club to a Premiership and a Championship. He is a member of the Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame. Arnold went on to win two Premierships, one Championship and an FFA Cup with Sydney FC. In August 2018, Arnold was appointed head coach of the Socceroos - Australia's senior men's national soccer team.
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The third round of AFC matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 2 September 2021 to 29 March 2022.
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