Australia at the AFC Asian Cup
The Australia men's 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
Winners Runners-up Third place
| AFC Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 1956 to 2004 | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | |||||||||||||||
| 2007[a] | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | Squad | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 2011 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | Squad | 1st | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2015 | Winners | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | ||||||||
| 2019 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Squad | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | ||
| 2023 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | Squad | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2027 | Qualified | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | Winners | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 17 | — | 6/6 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 92 | 13 | ||
- ↑ Australia played their 2007 matches in Thailand and Vietnam.
Head-to-head record
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 50.00 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 50.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 25.00 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.00 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 33.33 | |
| Total | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 57.69 |
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| Australia | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cahill |
Al-Maimani |
| Iraq | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nashat Akram Hawar Mohammed Karrar Jassim |
Viduka |
Knockout stage
Quarter-final
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
| Australia | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jedinak |
Koo Ja-Cheol |
Knockout stage
Quarter-final
Semi-final
| Uzbekistan | 0–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kewell Ognenovski Carney Emerton Valeri Kruse |
Final
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
Knockout stage
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
| South Korea | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Son Heung-min |
Report | Luongo Troisi |
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Source: AFC
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Quarter-final
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Source: AFC
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
| Australia | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
|
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: January 2027. Source: AFC
| Australia | Match 31 | |
|---|---|---|
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.