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 edit

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
19562004 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 Squad 1st 4 3 0 1 7 3
2011   Qatar Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 13 2 Squad 1st 6 3 2 1 6 4
2015   Australia Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 14 3 Squad Qualified as hosts
2019   United Arab Emirates Quarter-finals 7th 5 2 1 2 6 4 Squad 1st 8 7 0 1 29 4
2023   Qatar Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 1 1 9 3 Squad 1st 8 8 0 0 28 2
2027   Saudi Arabia 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 edit

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 edit

Group stage edit

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
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 edit

Quarter-final edit

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

2011 AFC Asian Cup edit

Group stage edit

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
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 edit

Quarter-final edit

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

Semi-final edit

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

Final edit

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

2015 AFC Asian Cup edit


Group stage edit

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
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 edit

Quarter-final edit

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

Semi-final edit

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

Final edit

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

2019 AFC Asian Cup edit

Group stage edit

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 edit

Round of 16 edit

Australia  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Uzbekistan
Report
Penalties
4–2

Quarter-final edit

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

2023 AFC Asian Cup edit

Group stage edit

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

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

Knockout stage edit

Round of 16 edit

Australia  4–0  Indonesia
Report

Quarter-finals edit

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

Goalscorers edit

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 edit

References edit

  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.