Australia

2024 season
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This page summarises the Australia men's national soccer team fixtures and results in 2024.

Summary

Australia started the year with a friendly against Bahrain in Abu Dhabi in preparation ahead of the 2023 Asian Cup taking place in Qatar. ^[1] Australia won the match 2–0 thanks to an own goal by Amine Binaddi and a goal by Mitchell Duke. Welsh youth international Gethin Jones made his debut for Australia, having been born in Perth. ^[2]

Australia opened their Asian Cup campaign against India, beating them 2–0 with Jackson Irvine scoring first and later Jordan Bos being subbed on and scoring his first international goal. ^[3] In the second match they beat Syria 1–0 thanks to another goal by Irvine, guaranteeing advancement to the knockout stage. ^[4] In the final game, Australia drew with Uzbekistan 1–1 to finish top of their group. Martin Boyle gave them the lead after converting a controversial penalty kick at the end of the first half and Azizbek Turgunboev equalised for Uzbekistan in the second half. ^[5] As the top team of group B, Australia were set to face one of the third-placed teams, with their identity only being confirmed at the end of the last group stage matches, as Oman were eliminated from the tournament and Indonesia took the spot in the round of 16 match against Australia. ^[6] While it seemed Australia would scrape through their first knockout match, they ended up beating Indonesia 4–0 to book a quarter-final spot with the first goal scored following a shot by Irvine being deflected off Elkan Baggott into goal and awarded as an own goal. The first half ended with Boyle scoring the second goal with a header. In the second half, Craig Goodwin and Harry Souttar added a goal each to set the final score. ^[7] A couple of days later, their quarter-final opponent was confirmed when South Korea beat Saudi Arabia in a penalty shoot-out after equalising in second-half stoppage time. ^[8] Australia lost the quarter-final match to South Korea 1–2. Despite leading for most of the match following Goodwin's first-half goal, South Korea equalised in a second consecutive match during the second-half stoppage time, with Hwang Hee-chan scoring a penalty kick. In extra time, their captain Son Heung-min scored a free kick to give South Korea the victory. ^[9]

Having won the first two of their 2026 World Cup qualifiers in the previous year, Australia resumed the campaign, hosting Lebanon at CommBank Stadium. ^[10] Australia won the match 2–0 with Keanu Baccus and Kye Rowles scoring their first international goals. ^[11] German-based John Iredale made his debut for the senior international side, coming on as a substitute in place of Duke. ^[12] The away leg against Lebanon was played in Canberra, following AFC approval, due to the Israel–Hamas war. ^[13] Australia won the match 5–0 thanks to a brace by Goodwin, an own goal by Bassel Jradi, and maiden international goals for Kusini Yengi and Iredale. Two youngsters, Patrick Yazbek and Josh Nisbet, made their international debut. ^[14]

Record

As of match played 26 March 2024

Match results

Friendlies

This section is for matches confirmed by Football Australia, please do not add speculative fixtures.

Bahrain  v   Australia

6 January	Bahrain	0–2	Australia	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
18:00 UTC+4		Report	Binaddi 36' ( o.g.) Duke 61'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Harmoodi ( United Arab Emirates)

Asian Cup

Australia  v   India

13 January Group stage	Australia	2–0	India	Al Rayyan, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Irvine 50' Bos 73'	Report		Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 35,253 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita ( Japan)

Syria  v   Australia

18 January Group stage	Syria	0–1	Australia	Doha, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3		Report	Irvine 59'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 10,097 Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi ( United Arab Emirates)

Australia  v   Uzbekistan

22 January Group stage	Australia	1–1	Uzbekistan	Doha, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Boyle 45+1' ( pen.)	Report	Turgunboev 78'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 15,290 Referee: Yusuke Araki ( Japan)

Australia  v   Indonesia

28 January Round of 16	Australia	4–0	Indonesia	Al Rayyan , Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Baggott 12' ( o.g.) Boyle 45' Goodwin 89' Souttar 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 7,863 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed ( United Arab Emirates)

Australia  v   South Korea

2 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Australia	1–2 ( a.e.t.)	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
18:30 UTC+3	Goodwin 42'	Report	H.C. Hwang 90+6' ( pen.) Son 104'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 39,632 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf ( Oman)

World Cup qualifiers

Australia  v   Lebanon

21 March Second round	Australia	2–0	Lebanon	Sydney, Australia
20:10 UTC+11	Baccus 5' Rowles 54'	Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 27,026 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri ( Qatar)

Lebanon  v   Australia

26 March Second round	Lebanon	0–5	Australia	Canberra, Australia [a]
19:45 UTC+11		Report	Yengi 2' Jradi 47' ( o.g.) Goodwin 48', 81' Iredale 68'	Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 25,023 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard ( Iran)

Bangladesh  v   Australia

6 June Second round	Bangladesh	v	Australia	Bangladesh
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Australia  v   Palestine

11 June Second round	Australia	v	Palestine	Perth, Australia
20:05 UTC+8		Source		Stadium: HBF Park

Player statistics

Correct as of 26 March 2024 (v.   Lebanon).
Numbers are listed by player's number in 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	7	0	0+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0
12	GK	AUS	Lawrence Thomas	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	GK	AUS	Tom Glover	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	GK	AUS	Joe Gauci	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	AUS	Thomas Deng	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
3	DF	AUS	Nathaniel Atkinson	5	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	1+0	0
4	DF	AUS	Kye Rowles	7	1	0+1	0	4+0	0	2+0	1
5	DF	AUS	Jordan Bos	7	1	1+0	0	3+2	1	0+1	0
13	DF	AUS	Gethin Jones	5	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF	AUS	Aziz Behich	6	0	0+1	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	AUS	Joel King	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF	AUS	Harry Souttar	8	1	1+0	0	5+0	1	2+0	0
20	DF	AUS	Lewis Miller	2	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
21	DF	AUS	Cameron Burgess	5	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
5	MF	AUS	Josh Nisbet	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
6	MF	AUS	Patrick Yazbek	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	AUS	Connor Metcalfe	8	0	1+0	0	3+2	0	2+0	0
10	MF	AUS	Ajdin Hrustic	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
13	MF	AUS	Aiden O'Neill	6	0	1+0	0	1+4	0	0+0	0
14	MF	AUS	Riley McGree	7	0	0+1	0	2+3	0	1+0	0
17	MF	AUS	Keanu Baccus	6	1	0+0	0	4+1	0	1+0	1
22	MF	AUS	Jackson Irvine	8	2	1+0	0	5+0	2	2+0	0
6	FW	AUS	Martin Boyle	5	2	0+0	0	5+0	2	0+0	0
7	FW	AUS	Samuel Silvera	4	0	1+0	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
9	FW	AUS	Bruno Fornaroli	5	0	0+0	0	1+4	0	0+0	0
11	FW	AUS	Kusini Yengi	5	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	2+0	1
11	FW	AUS	Marco Tilio	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
14	FW	AUS	Adam Taggart	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	FW	AUS	Mitchell Duke	7	1	1+0	1	3+1	0	1+1	0
16	FW	AUS	Brandon Borrello	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	AUS	John Iredale	2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	1
23	FW	AUS	Craig Goodwin	5	4	1+0	0	2+1	2	1+0	2

Notes

References

External links

• Socceroos Fixtures and Results