The Australia national soccer team has represented Australia at the AFC Asian Cup on five occasions in 2007, 2011, 2015 (where Australia both hosted the tournament and won the title), [1] [2] [3] [4] 2019 and 2023. Australia has qualified for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup to be held in Saudi Arabia.
Australia's AFC Asian Cup record | AFC Asian Cup qualification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Host | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Group Pos. | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956–2004 | Not a member of the AFC | Not a member of the AFC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | Squad | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Qatar | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | Squad | 1st | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Australia | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | United Arab Emirates | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Squad | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Qatar | Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | Squad | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2027 | Saudi Arabia | Qualified | In progress | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 1 title | 5/19 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 17 | — | — | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 85 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AFC Asian Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
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Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Iraq | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Oman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Palestine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Syria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Iraq | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
Thailand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
Oman | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
Australia | 1–1 | Oman |
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Cahill 90+2' | Al-Maimani 32' |
Iraq | 3–1 | Australia |
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Nashat Akram 22' Hawar Mohammed 60' Karrar Jassim 86' | Viduka 47' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
Australia | 1–1 | South Korea |
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Jedinak 62' | Koo Ja-Cheol 24' |
Uzbekistan | 0–6 | Australia |
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Kewell 5' Ognenovski 35' Carney 65' Emerton 73' Valeri 82' Kruse 83' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 9 |
Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 |
Oman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
South Korea | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Australia |
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Son Heung-min 90+1' | Report | Luongo 45' Troisi 105' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | Syria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | |
3 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Australia | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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Player | Goals | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 |
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Tim Cahill | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Harry Kewell | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
Mark Viduka | 3 | 3 | ||||
Mile Jedinak | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
Robbie Kruse | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Massimo Luongo | 2 | 2 | ||||
James Troisi | 2 | 2 | ||||
Awer Mabil | 2 | 2 | ||||
Martin Boyle | 2 | 2 | ||||
Jackson Irvine | 2 | 2 | ||||
Craig Goodwin | 2 | 2 | ||||
Michael Beauchamp | 1 | 1 | ||||
John Aloisi | 1 | 1 | ||||
Brett Holman | 1 | 1 | ||||
Saša Ognenovski | 1 | 1 | ||||
David Carney | 1 | 1 | ||||
Brett Emerton | 1 | 1 | ||||
Carl Valeri | 1 | 1 | ||||
Matt McKay | 1 | 1 | ||||
Mark Milligan | 1 | 1 | ||||
Tomi Juric | 1 | 1 | ||||
Trent Sainsbury | 1 | 1 | ||||
Jason Davidson | 1 | 1 | ||||
Jamie Maclaren | 1 | 1 | ||||
Apostolos Giannou | 1 | 1 | ||||
Chris Ikonomidis | 1 | 1 | ||||
Tom Rogic | 1 | 1 | ||||
Jordan Bos | 1 | 1 | ||||
Harry Souttar | 1 | 1 | ||||
Own goals | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 48 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 9 |
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