2021–22 in Australian soccer

The 2021–22 season was the 53rd season of national competitive association football in Australia and 139th overall.

Soccer in Australia
Season2021–22
Men's soccer
ALM PremiershipMelbourne City
ALM ChampionshipWestern United
National Premier LeaguesFinals not held
FFA CupMelbourne Victory
Women's soccer
ALW PremiershipSydney FC
ALW ChampionshipMelbourne Victory
← 2020–21 Australia 2022–23 →

National teams

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Men's senior

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Friendly

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The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2021–22.

1 June 2022 Australia   2–1   Jordan Doha, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3
  • Wright   40'
  • Mabil   68'
Report
Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

FIFA World Cup qualification

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AFC third round Group B
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2 September 2021 Group B Australia   3–0   China Doha, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Suheim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
7 September 2021 Group B Vietnam   0–1   Australia Hanoi, Vietnam
19:00 UTC+7 Report
Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
7 October 2021 Group B Australia   3–1   Oman Doha, Qatar
21:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
12 October 2021 Group B Japan   2–1   Australia Saitama, Japan
19:14 UTC+9
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 14,437
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
11 November 2021 Group B Australia   0–0   Saudi Arabia Sydney, Australia
20:05 UTC+11 Report Stadium: Western Sydney Stadium
Attendance: 23,314
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
16 November 2021 Group B China   1–1   Australia Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
19:00 UTC+4
Report
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
27 January 2022 Group B Australia   4–0   Vietnam Melbourne, Australia
20:10 UTC+11
Report Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Attendance: 27,740
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
1 February 2022 Group B Oman   2–2   Australia Muscat, Oman
20:00 UTC+4
Report
Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
24 March 2022 Group B Australia   0–2   Japan Sydney, Australia
20:10 UTC+11 Report
Stadium: Stadium Australia
Attendance: 41,852
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
AFC Fourth-round play-off
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Inter-Confederation play-offs
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13 June 2022 Australia   0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
  Peru Al Rayyan, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Penalties

Men's under 23

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Friendlies

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The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under 23 national team in 2021–22.

12 July 2021 Australia   0–2   New Zealand Ichihara, Japan
19:00 (UTC+9) Report
Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium
15 July 2021 Australia   1–0   New Zealand Ichihara, Japan
18:00 (UTC+9) Duke   3' Report Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Olympic Games

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22 July 2021 Group Stage Argentina   0–2   Australia Sapporo, Japan
19:30 UTC+9 Report
Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 0
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
25 July 2021 Group Stage Australia   0–1   Spain Sapporo, Japan
19:30 UTC+9 Report
Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
28 July 2021 Group Stage Australia   0–2   Egypt Rifu, Japan
20:00 UTC+9 Report
Stadium: Miyagi Stadiun
Attendance: 0
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

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26 October 2021 Group Stage Indonesia   2–3   Australia Dushanbe, Tajikistan
17:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: Republican Central Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)
29 October 2021 Group Stage Australia   1–0   Indonesia Dushanbe, Tajikistan
17:00 UTC+5
Report Stadium: Republican Central Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohd Arif Shamil Abd Rasid (Malaysia)

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

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1 June 2022 Group stage Australia   2–0   Kuwait Qarshi, Uzbekistan
18:00 (UTC+5)
Report Stadium: Markaziy Stadium
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
4 June 2022 Group stage Iraq   1–1   Australia Qarshi, Uzbekistan
18:00 (UTC+5)
Report
Stadium: Markaziy Stadium
Attendance: 492
Referee: Akhrol Riskullaev (Uzbekistan)
7 June 2022 Group stage Jordan   0–1   Australia Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 (UTC+5)
Report Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
11 June 2022 Quarter-final Australia   1–0   Turkmenistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 (UTC+5)
Report Stadium: Milliy Stadium
Attendance: 247
Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi (Qatar)
15 June 2022 Semi-final Australia   0−2   Saudi Arabia Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 (UTC+5)
Report Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 323
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)
18 June 2022 3rd place match Japan   3–0   Australia Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 (UTC+5)
Report Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 230
Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

Women's senior

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Friendlies

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The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's national team in 2021–22.

14 July 2021 MS&AD Cup Japan   1–0   Australia Kameoka, Japan
19:20 UTC+9
Report Stadium: Sanga Stadium
Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)
21 September 2021 Republic of Ireland   3–2   Australia Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:00
Report
Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland)
23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) Australia   3–1   Brazil Sydney, Australia
19:50
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 15,270
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
26 October 2022 (2022-10-26) Australia   2–2   Brazil Sydney, Australia
20:05
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 12,087
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)
27 November 2021 (2021-11-27) Australia   0–3   United States Sydney, Australia
15:00 Source
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 36,109
Referee: Hyeon Jeong Oh (South Korea)
30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) Australia   1–1   United States Newcastle, Australia
20:05
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 20,495
Referee: Park Sejin (South Korea)
8 April 2022 (2022-04-08) Australia   2–1   New Zealand Townsville, Australia
19:45 10:00
Report
Stadium: QCB Stadium
Attendance: 10,779
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) Australia   3–1   New Zealand Canberra, Australia
19:45 10:00
Report
Stadium: GIO Stadium
Attendance: 13,077
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu (Japan)
25 June 2022 (2022-06-25) Spain   7–0   Australia Huelva, Spain
21:30 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Colombino
Attendance: 6,869
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
28 June 2022 (2022-06-28) Portugal   1–1   Australia Estoril, Portugal
21:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Referee: Victoria Beyer (France)

Olympic Games

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21 July 2021 Group Stage Australia   2–1   New Zealand Tokyo, Japan
20:30
Report Rennie   90+1' Stadium: Tokyo Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)
24 July 2021 Group Stage Sweden   4–2   Australia Saitama, Japan
17:30
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 0
Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
27 July 2021 Group Stage United States   0–0   Australia Kashima, Japan
17:00 Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
30 July 2021 Quarter-finals Great Britain   3–4   Australia Kashima, Japan
18:00
Report
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)
2 August 2021 Semi-finals Australia   0–1   Sweden Yokohama, Japan
20:00 Report
Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 0
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
5 August 2021 Bronze medal match Australia   3–4   United States Kashima, Japan
17:00
Report
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

AFC Women's Asian Cup

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21 January 2022 (2022-01-21) Group stage Australia   18–0   Indonesia Mumbai, India
15:30 UTC+5:30
Report Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
24 January 2022 (2022-01-24) Group stage Philippines   0–4   Australia Mumbai, India
15:30 UTC+5:30 Report
Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Referee: Wang Chieh (Chinese Taipei)
27 January 2022 (2022-01-27) Group stage Australia   2–1   Thailand Mumbai, India
19:30 UTC+5:30
Report
Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
30 January 2022 (2022-01-30) Quarter-final Australia   0–1   South Korea Pune, India
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Stadium: Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Referee: Qin Liang (China PR)

Women's under-20

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Australia was to host one of the groups in the first round of qualification for the 2022 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup, between 14 and 22 August 2021 in Shepparton, Victoria.[1][2] However, in July 2021, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed that the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Friendlies

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The following is a list of friendlies played by the Women's U-20 team in 2021–22.

6 April 2022 Australia   5–1   New Zealand Canberra, Australia
18:30 UTC+10
Report
Stadium: Deakin Stadium
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
10 April 2022 Australia   1–1   New Zealand Canberra, Australia
14:00 UTC+10
Report
Stadium: Viking Stadium
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello (Australia)
12 June 2022 New Zealand   2–1   Australia Auckland, New Zealand
14:00 UTC+12
Report
Stadium: Kiwitea Street

Women's under-17

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Australia was to host one of the groups in the first round of qualification for the 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, between 18 and 26 September 2021 in Cessnock, New South Wales.[1][2] However, in July 2021, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed that the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

AFC competitions

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AFC Champions League

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Qualifiers:

Melbourne Victory were eliminated in the play-off round.

Group stage

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Group G
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BGP MCY JND UCT
1   BG Pathum United (H) 6 3 3 0 11 2 +9 12 Advance to Round of 16 1–1 0–0 5–0
2   Melbourne City 6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 12 0–0 2–1 3–0
3   Jeonnam Dragons 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 0–2 1–1 2–0
4   United City 6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0 1–3 0–3 0–1
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Group H
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification YFM JBH HOA SYD
1   Yokohama F. Marinos 6 4 1 1 9 3 +6 13 Advance to Round of 16 0–1 2–0 3–0
2   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 3 3 0 7 4 +3 12 1–1 1–0 0–0
3   Hoang Anh Gia Lai (H) 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 1–2 1–1 1–0
4   Sydney FC 6 0 2 4 3 9 −6 2 0–1 2–3 1–1
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Men's football

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A-League Men

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City 26 14 7 5 55 33 +22 49 Qualification for finals series and 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2 Melbourne Victory 26 13 9 4 42 25 +17 48 Qualification for finals series[b]
3 Western United (C) 26 13 6 7 40 30 +10 45
4 Adelaide United 26 12 7 7 38 31 +7 43
5 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 49 35 +14 42
6 Wellington Phoenix[c] 26 12 3 11 34 49 −15 39
7 Macarthur FC 26 9 6 11 38 47 −9 33
8 Sydney FC 26 8 7 11 37 44 −7 31
9 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 45 43 +2 29 Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs[d]
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 6 9 11 30 38 −8 27
11 Brisbane Roar 26 7 5 14 29 39 −10 26
12 Perth Glory 26 4 6 16 20 43 −23 18
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons.[4] Melbourne City qualified as they were Premiers in both seasons.
  2. ^ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.
  3. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
  4. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.[5]
Finals
Elimination-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
4 Adelaide United 0 1 1
4 Adelaide United 3 1 Melbourne City (a.e.t.) 0 2 2
5 Central Coast Mariners 1 1 Melbourne City 0
3 Western United 2
3 Western United 0 4 4
3 Western United 1 2 Melbourne Victory 1 1 2
6 Wellington Phoenix 0

National Premier Leagues

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The Final Series was not held.

Cup competitions

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FFA Cup

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
ECU Joondalup 0
Adelaide Olympic 3 Adelaide Olympic 0
Floreat Athena 1 Adelaide United 1
Adelaide United (a.e.t.) 3 Adelaide United 1
Edge Hill United 0 Melbourne Victory 2
Gold Coast Knights 2 Gold Coast Knights 1
Adelaide City 0 Melbourne Victory (a.e.t.) 2
Melbourne Victory 1 Melbourne Victory 4
Hume City 3 Wellington Phoenix 1
Port Melbourne 1 Hume City 0
South Melbourne 0 Melbourne City 1
Melbourne City 3 Melbourne City 0 (3)
Avondale FC (w/o) Wellington Phoenix (p) 0 (4)
Devonport City Avondale FC 1
Western United 0 Wellington Phoenix 4
Wellington Phoenix 1 Melbourne Victory 2
Sydney Olympic 2 Central Coast Mariners 1
Sydney FC 4 Sydney FC (a.e.t.) 2
Newcastle Olympic 0 Macarthur FC 0
Macarthur FC 3 Sydney FC 1
Lions FC 6 Brisbane Roar 0
Casuarina FC 0 Lions FC 0
Peninsula Power 0 Brisbane Roar 4
Brisbane Roar 3 Sydney FC 0
Tigers FC 0 Central Coast Mariners 1
APIA Leichhardt (a.e.t.) 3 APIA Leichhardt 2
Broadmeadow Magic 0 Western Sydney Wanderers 1
Western Sydney Wanderers 3 APIA Leichhardt 0
Mt Druitt Town Rangers 0 Central Coast Mariners 6
Wollongong Wolves 3 Wollongong Wolves 1
Blacktown City 0 Central Coast Mariners 2
Central Coast Mariners 1

A-Leagues All Stars Game

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A-Leagues All Stars   2–3  Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 70,174
Referee: Alex King (Australia)

Women's football

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A-League Women

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 14 11 2 1 36 6 +30 35 Qualification to Finals series
2 Melbourne City 14 11 0 3 29 11 +18 33
3 Adelaide United 14 9 0 5 33 17 +16 27
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 14 7 3 4 26 22 +4 24
5 Perth Glory 14 7 3 4 20 23 −3 24
6 Brisbane Roar 14 5 2 7 28 30 −2 17
7 Canberra United 14 2 7 5 24 29 −5 13
8 Newcastle Jets 14 2 4 8 15 30 −15 10
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 14 1 4 9 7 27 −20 7
10 Wellington Phoenix 14 2 1 11 13 36 −23 7
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Finals

Deaths

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Retirements

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Comebacks

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References

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  2. ^ a b "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Latest update on the AFC National Team Competitions in 2021 and 2022". Asian Football Confederation. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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