2019 Australia national soccer team season

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This page summarises the Australia men's national soccer team fixtures and results in 2019.

Summary[edit]

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]

Record[edit]

As of match played 14 November 2019
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

Match results[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

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)

Asian Cup[edit]

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)

World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers[edit]

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)
14 November 2019 Group B Jordan  0–1  Australia Amman, Jordan
18:00 UTC+2 Source
Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium
Attendance: 9,712
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Player statistics[edit]

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 Australia AUS Mathew Ryan 9 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 4+0 0
18 GK Australia AUS Andrew Redmayne 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Australia AUS Milos Degenek 8 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF Australia AUS Matthew Spiranovic 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Australia AUS Brad Smith 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF Australia AUS Rhyan Grant 10 0 1+0 0 4+1 0 4+0 0
6 DF Australia AUS Matthew Jurman 2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
8 DF Australia AUS Bailey Wright 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 DF Australia AUS Aziz Behich 8 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
19 DF Australia AUS Josh Risdon 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Australia AUS Trent Sainsbury 6 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
23 DF Australia AUS Harry Souttar 2 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 4
5 MF Australia AUS Mark Milligan 6 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF Australia AUS James Jeggo 4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
7 MF Australia AUS Dimitri Petratos 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Australia AUS Massimo Luongo 4 0 0+0 0 2+2 0 0+0 0
9 MF Australia AUS Martin Boyle 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 MF Australia AUS Ryan Williams 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF Australia AUS Aaron Mooy 4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1
14 MF Australia AUS Brandon Borrello 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF Australia AUS Mustafa Amini 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
19 MF Australia AUS Ajdin Hrustic 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
22 MF Australia AUS Jackson Irvine 9 2 0+0 0 4+1 0 4+0 2
23 MF Australia AUS Tom Rogic 5 1 0+0 0 4+0 1 1+0 0
23 MF Australia AUS Brandon O'Neill 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Australia AUS Mathew Leckie 4 2 0+0 0 0+2 0 2+0 2
9 FW Australia AUS Jamie Maclaren 7 5 0+0 0 5+0 1 1+1 4
10 FW Australia AUS Adam Taggart 4 3 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 3
10 FW Australia AUS Robbie Kruse 5 0 0+0 0 2+3 0 0+0 0
11 FW Australia AUS Andrew Nabbout 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
11 FW Australia AUS Craig Goodwin 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
14 FW Australia AUS Apostolos Giannou 6 1 0+0 0 1+3 1 0+2 0
15 FW Australia AUS Chris Ikonomidis 5 1 0+0 0 4+1 1 0+0 0
15 FW Australia AUS Mitchell Duke 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
21 FW Australia AUS Awer Mabil 10 2 1+0 0 4+1 2 2+2 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bellemore, Damien (10 March 2015). "UAE to host 2019 Asian Cup". Football Federation Australia.
  2. ^ "Seedings confirmed for UAE 2019 draw". AFC. 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ Rugari, Vince (1 January 2019). "Injury hits Socceroos again with Boyle ruled out of Asian Cup". The Age.
  4. ^ Maasdorp, James (6 January 2019). "Socceroos lose 1–0 to Jordan in Asian Cup after lacking pace, width and a functioning system". ABC News.
  5. ^ Ganavas, Stephen (11 January 2019). "Mabil and Maclaren put Australia on course for Asian Cup win over Palestine". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Butterworth, Liam (15 January 2019). "Socceroos down Syria 3–2 in vital Asian Cup group match to progress to Round of 16". ABC News.
  7. ^ Gatt, Ray (21 January 2019). "Australia v Uzbekistan, Asian Cup 2019: Socceroos win in penalty shoot out". The Australian.
  8. ^ Ganavas, Stephen (25 January 2019). "Australia out of Asian Cup as UAE pounce on Milos Degenek error". The Guardian.
  9. ^ "Inexperienced Socceroos fall to defeat in South Korea". The Guardian. 7 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Asian qualifiers draw to provide pathway to Qatar and China". Asian Football Confederation. 17 June 2019.
  11. ^ Bossi, Dominic (17 July 2019). "Socceroos pitted against Jordan on the road to Qatar 2022". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  12. ^ "Socceroos earn comfortable win over Kuwait in opening 2022 World Cup qualifier". The Guardian. 10 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Jamie Maclaren hits hat-trick as Socceroos stroll to win over Nepal". The Guardian. 10 October 2019.
  14. ^ Matthew Comito (18 October 2019). "Caltex Socceroo Souttar awarded second goal against Nepal". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Socceroos hammer Taiwan to maintain perfect start to World Cup qualifying". The Guardian. 15 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Socceroos beat Jordan 1–0 in Amman to remain unbeaten in World Cup qualifying". ABC News. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

External links[edit]

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