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] Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
Vietnam
Quarter-finals 412175 Squad 1st 430173
2011 Qatar Runners-up 6411132 Squad 1st 632164
2015 Australia Winners 6501143 Squad Qualified as hosts
2019 United Arab Emirates Quarter-finals 521264 Squad 1st 8701294
2023 Qatar Quarter-finals 531193 Squad 1st 8800282
2027 Saudi Arabia Qualified 1st 6600220
Total Winners 26 15 5 6 49 17 — 6/6 32 27 2 3 92 13
  1. ↑ Australia played their 2007 matches in Thailand and Vietnam.

Head-to-head record

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
 Bahrain 110010+1100.00
 China 110020+2100.00
 India 220060+6100.00
 Indonesia 110040+4100.00
 Iraq 210123−1050.00
 Japan 201112−1000.00
 Jordan 100101−1000.00
 Kuwait 110041+3100.00
 Oman 211051+4050.00
 Palestine 110030+3100.00
 South Korea 411245−1025.00
 Syria 220042+2100.00
 Thailand 110040+4100.00
 United Arab Emirates 210121+1050.00
 Uzbekistan 312071+6033.33
Total 2615564917+32057.69

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 312042+25
 Australia 311164+24
 Thailand 311135−24
 Oman 302113−22
Australia 1–1 Oman
Cahill 90+2' Al-Maimani 32'

Iraq 3–1 Australia
Nashat Akram 22'
Hawar Mohammed 60'
Karrar Jassim 86'
Viduka 47'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

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

Knockout stage

Quarter-final

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 321061+57
 South Korea 321073+47
 Bahrain 310265+13
 India 3003313−100
India 0–4 Australia
Cahill 11', 65'
Kewell 24'
Holman 45+2'
Attendance: 9,783
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

Australia 1–1 South Korea
Jedinak 62' Koo Ja-Cheol 24'
Attendance: 15,526

Australia 1–0 Bahrain
Jedinak 37'

Knockout stage

Quarter-final

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

Semi-final

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

Final

Australia 0–1 (a.e.t.) Japan
Lee 109'

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 330030+39
 Australia 320182+66
 Oman 310215-43
 Kuwait 300316-50
Australia 4–1 Kuwait
Cahill 32'
Luongo 44'
Jedinak 62' (pen.)
Troisi 90+2'
Report Fadhel 8'

Oman 0–4 Australia
Report McKay 27'
Kruse 30'
Milligan 45+3' (pen.)
Juric 70'
Attendance: 50,276
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Australia 0–1 South Korea
Report Lee Jung-hyup 32'
Attendance: 48,513

Knockout stage

Quarter-final

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

Semi-final


Final

South Korea 1–2 (a.e.t.) Australia
Son Heung-min 90+1' Report Luongo 45'
Troisi 105'
Attendance: 76,385

Group stage

Pos Team 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
3  Palestine 3 0 2 1 0 3 −3 2
4  Syria 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: AFC
Australia 0–1 Jordan
Report
Attendance: 4,934
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Palestine 0–3 Australia
Report
Attendance: 11,915

Australia 3–2 Syria
Report

Knockout stage

Round of 16


Quarter-final

United Arab Emirates 1–0 Australia
Report
Attendance: 25,053
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Group stage

Pos Team 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
Australia 2–0 India
Report

Syria 0–1 Australia
Report
Attendance: 10,097
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

Australia 1–1 Uzbekistan
Report
Attendance: 15,290
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Australia 4–0 Indonesia
Report

Quarter-finals

Australia 1–2 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Report
Attendance: 39,632
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4  Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: January 2027. Source: AFC
Australia Match 7 Singapore

Iraq Match 18 Australia

Australia Match 31 Tajikistan

Goalscorers

Player Goals 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Tim Cahill 6 123
Harry Kewell 4 13
Mark Viduka 3 3
Mile Jedinak 3 21
Robbie Kruse 2 11
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 7131469

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "2015 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015 Asian Cup Champions". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Australia win the AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 1 February 2015.