Australia at the AFC Asian Cup

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.

Record at the AFC Asian Cup

Australia's AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup qualification

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

4

3

0

1

7

3

2011

Qatar

Runners-up

2nd

6

4

1

1

13

2

Squad

6

3

2

1

6

4

Champions

1st

6

5

0

1

14

3

Squad

Qualified as hosts

United Arab Emirates

Quarter-finals

7th

5

2

1

2

6

4

8

7

0

1

29

4

Quarter-finals

6th

5

3

1

1

9

3

8

8

0

0

28

2

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

Champions Runners-up Third place/semi-finalists

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Australia played their 2007 matches in Thailand and Vietnam.

Record by opponent

AFC Asian Cup matches (by team)
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

2007 AFC Asian Cup

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Australia squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup

1 Schwarzer
2 Neill
3 Kisnorbo
4 Cahill
5 Culina
6 Beauchamp
7 Emerton
8 Wilkshire
9 Viduka (c)
10 Kewell
11 Thompson
12 Jones
13 Grella
14 Holman
15 Aloisi
16 Thwaite
17 Valeri
18 Petkovic
19 Carle
20 Carney
21 Sterjovski
22 Milligan
23 Bresciano
Coach: Arnold

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

8 July 2007

17:20 UTC+7

Australia	1–1	Oman
Cahill 90+2'		Al-Maimani 32'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

13 July 2007

17:20 UTC+7

Iraq	3–1	Australia
Nashat Akram 22' Hawar Mohammed 60' Karrar Jassim 86'		Viduka 47'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

16 July 2007

19:35 UTC+7

Thailand	0–4	Australia
		Beauchamp 21' Viduka 80', 83' Kewell 90'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

Knockout stage

Quarter-final

21 July 2007

17:20 UTC+7

Japan	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Australia
Takahara 72'		Aloisi 70'
Penalties
Nakamura Endō Komano Takahara Nakazawa	4 – 3	Kewell Neill Cahill Carle Carney

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

2011 AFC Asian Cup

v t e Australia squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup runners-up
1 Schwarzer 2 Neill (c) 3 Carney 4 Cahill 5 Culina 6 Ognenovski 7 Emerton 8 Wilkshire 9 McDonald 10 Kewell 11 Burns 12 Coe 13 North 14 Holman 15 Jedinak 16 Valeri 17 McKay 18 Jones 19 Oar 20 Spiranovic 21 McKain 22 Kilkenny 23 Kruse Coach: Osieck

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

10 January 2011

16:15

India	0–4	Australia
		Cahill 11', 65' Kewell 24' Holman 45+2'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 9,783

Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

14 January 2011

16:15

Australia	1–1	South Korea
Jedinak 62'		Koo Ja-Cheol 24'

Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 15,526

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

18 January 2011

16:15

Australia	1–0	Bahrain
Jedinak 37'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 3,919

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Knockout stage

Quarter-final

22 January 2011

16:25

Australia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Kewell 118'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 7,889

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Semi-final

25 January 2011

19:25

Uzbekistan	0–6	Australia
		Kewell 5' Ognenovski 35' Carney 65' Emerton 73' Valeri 82' Kruse 83'

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 24,826

Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

Final

29 January 2011

18:00

Australia	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Japan
		Lee 109'

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 37,174

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2015 AFC Asian Cup

v t e Australia squad – 2015 AFC Asian Cup winners (1st title)
1 Ryan 2 Franjic 3 Davidson 4 Cahill 5 Milligan 6 Spiranovic 7 Leckie 8 Herd 9 Juric 10 Kruse 11 Oar 12 Langerak 13 Behich 14 Troisi 15 Jedinak (c) 16 Burns 17 McKay 18 Galekovic 19 Antonis 20 Sainsbury 21 Luongo 22 Wilkinson 23 Bresciano Coach: Postecoglou

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

9 January 2015

20:00 UTC+11

Australia	4–1	Kuwait
Cahill 32' Luongo 44' Jedinak 62' (pen.) Troisi 90+2'	Report	Fadhel 8'

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 25,231

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

13 January 2015

20:00 UTC+11

Oman	0–4	Australia
	Report	McKay 27' Kruse 30' Milligan 45+3' (pen.) Juric 70'

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 50,276

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

17 January 2015

19:00 UTC+10

Australia	0–1	South Korea
	Report	Lee Jung-hyup 32'

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 48,513

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Knockout stage

Quarter-final

22 January 2015

20:30 UTC+10

China	0–2	Australia
	Report	Cahill 49', 65'

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 46,067

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

Semi-final

27 January 2015

20:00 UTC+11

Australia	2–0	United Arab Emirates
Sainsbury 3' Davidson 14'	Report

Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle

Attendance: 21,079

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Final

31 January 2015

20:00 UTC+11

South Korea	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Australia
Son Heung-min 90+1'	Report	Luongo 45' Troisi 105'

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 76,385

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

2019 AFC Asian Cup

v t e Australia squad – 2019 AFC Asian Cup
1 Ryan 2 Degenek 3 Gersbach 4 Grant 5 Milligan (c) 6 Jurman 7 Leckie 8 Luongo 9 Maclaren 10 Kruse 11 Nabbout 12 Langerak 13 Jeggo 14 Giannou 15 Ikonomidis 16 Behich 17 Amini 18 Vukovic 19 Risdon 20 Sainsbury 21 Mabil 22 Irvine 23 Rogic Coach: Arnold

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Palestine	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2
4	Syria	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: AFC

6 January 2019 (2019-01-06)

15:00

Australia	0–1	Jordan
	Report	Bani Yaseen 26'

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 4,934

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)

15:00

Palestine	0–3	Australia
	Report	Maclaren 18' Mabil 20' Giannou 90'

Rashid Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 11,915

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

15 January 2019 (2019-01-15)

17:30

Australia	3–2	Syria
Mabil 41' Ikonomidis 54' Rogic 90+3'	Report	Kharbin 43' Al Somah 80' (pen.)

Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 10,492

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

21 January 2019 (2019-01-21)

18:00

Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Uzbekistan
	Report
Penalties
Milligan Behich Kruse Giannou Leckie	4–2	Shukurov Tukhtakhodjaev Alibaev Bikmaev

Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 6,809

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Quarter-final

25 January 2019 (2019-01-25)

20:00

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Australia
Mabkhout 68'	Report

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 25,053

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

2023 AFC Asian Cup

v t e Australia squad – 2023 AFC Asian Cup
1 Ryan (c) 2 Deng 3 Atkinson 4 Rowles 5 Bos 6 Boyle 7 Silvera 8 Metcalfe 9 Fornaroli 10 Yengi 11 Tilio 12 Thomas 13 O'Neill 14 McGree 15 Duke 16 Behich 17 Baccus 18 Gauci 19 Souttar 20 Miller 21 Burgess 22 Irvine 23 Goodwin 24 Yazbek 25 Jones 26 Iredale Coach: Arnold

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: AFC

13 January 2024 (2024-01-13)

14:30

Australia	2–0	India
Irvine 50' Bos 73'	Report

Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 36,253

Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

18 January 2024 (2024-01-18)

14:30

Syria	0–1	Australia
	Report	Irvine 59'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 10,097

Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

23 January 2024 (2024-01-23)

14:30

Australia	1–1	Uzbekistan
Boyle 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Turgunboev 78'

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 15,290

Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

28 January 2024 (2024-01-28)

14:30

Australia	4–0	Indonesia
Baggott 12' (o.g.) Boyle 45' Goodwin 89' Souttar 90+1'	Report

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 7,863

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Quarter-finals

2 February 2024 (2024-02-02)

18:30

Australia	1–2 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Goodwin 42'	Report	Hwang Hee-chan 90+6' (pen.) Son Heung-min 104'

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 39,632

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023
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

See also

References

^ "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
^ "2015 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 9 January 2015.
^ "2015 Asian Cup Champions". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "Australia win the AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 1 February 2015.

v t e Countries at the AFC Asian Cup
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AFF	Australia Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam¹
CAFA	Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
EAFF	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan North Korea South Korea
SAFF	Bangladesh India
WAFF	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Former	Israel² South Yemen³
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under other name(s). ² Israel was a member of the AFC until 1974. ³ Recognized by FIFA as defunct.

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