2016 Australia national soccer team season

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2016 season
ChairmanSteven Lowy
ManagerAnge Postecoglou
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This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2016.

Summary

Australia started the year by progressing to the next stage of World Cup qualification after winning the final two qualification matches. By the end of the year Australia had played five of their ten Third Round qualifiers. After winning the first two, they drew the next three leaving them third in a group of six with just one point separating the top four.

Record

Type GP W D L GF GA
Friendly 3 1 0 2 3 4
World Cup & Asian Cup qualifiers 2 2 0 0 12 1
World Cup qualifiers – Third Round 5 2 3 0 8 5
Total 10 5 3 2 23 10

Match results

Friendlies

27 May 2016 England  2–1  Australia Sunderland, England
20:00 BST Rashford 3'
Rooney 55'		 Report Dier 75' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 46,595
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
4 June 2016 Dodoni Series Australia  1–0  Greece Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST Leckie 90+3' Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 38,682
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
7 June 2016 Dodoni Series Australia  1–2  Greece Melbourne, Australia
20:00 AEST Sainsbury 58' Report Mantalos 8'
Maniatis 20'		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 33,622
Referee: Bobby Madley (England)

Joint World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers

24 March 2016 Group B Australia  7–0  Tajikistan Adelaide, Australia
19:30 ACDT (UTC+10:30) Luongo 2'
Jedinak 13' (pen.)
Milligan 57' (pen.)
Burns 67', 87'
Rogic 70', 72'		 Report
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 35,439
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)
29 March 2016 Group B Australia  5–1  Jordan Sydney, Australia
20:00 UTC+11 Cahill 24', 44'
Mooy 39'
Rogic 53'
Luongo 69'		 Report
Report (AFC)		 Deeb 90' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 24,975
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

World Cup qualifiers – Third Round

1 September 2016 Group B Australia  2–0  Iraq Perth, Australia
18:30 UTC+8
Report
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Perth Oval
Attendance: 18,923
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
6 September 2016 Group B United Arab Emirates  0–1  Australia Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4 Report
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Cahill 75' Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
Attendance: 40,893
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)
6 October 2016 Group B Saudi Arabia  2–2  Australia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3
Report
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 51,616
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
11 October 2016 Group B Australia  1–1  Japan Melbourne, Australia
20:00 UTC+11 Jedinak 52' (pen.) Report
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Haraguchi 5' Stadium: Docklands Stadium
Attendance: 48,460
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
15 November 2016 Group B Thailand  2–2  Australia Bangkok, Thailand
19:00 UTC+7 Teerasil 20', 57' (pen.) Report
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Jedinak 9' (pen.), 65' (pen.) Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 36,534
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

Player statistics

Correct as of 15 November 2016 (v.  Thailand).
Numbers are listed by player's number in WC&AFC Qualification or last friendly played

No. Pos Nat Player Total Friendlies World Cup Qualifiers
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia AUS Mathew Ryan 9 0 2+0 0 7+0 0
18 GK Australia AUS Adam Federici 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Australia AUS Jason Geria 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Australia AUS Milos Degenek 5 0 1+2 0 2+0 0
3 DF Australia AUS Alex Gersbach 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
6 DF Australia AUS Matthew Spiranovic 4 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
8 DF Australia AUS Bailey Wright 4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
14 DF Australia AUS Brad Smith 10 0 2+1 0 7+0 0
17 DF Australia AUS Josh Risdon 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
19 DF Australia AUS Ryan McGowan 4 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
20 DF Australia AUS Trent Sainsbury 9 2 2+0 1 7+0 1
5 MF Australia AUS Mark Milligan 9 1 3+0 0 4+2 1
11 MF Australia AUS Chris Ikonomidis 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0
11 MF Australia AUS Craig Goodwin 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
13 MF Australia AUS Aaron Mooy 10 1 3+0 0 7+0 1
15 MF Australia AUS Mile Jedinak 7 4 2+0 0 5+0 4
17 MF Australia AUS Matt McKay 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 MF Australia AUS Massimo Luongo 7 3 1+0 0 3+3 3
22 MF Australia AUS Jackson Irvine 5 0 0+2 0 0+3 0
23 MF Australia AUS Tom Rogic 10 3 2+1 0 6+1 3
4 FW Australia AUS Tim Cahill 6 3 1+1 0 1+3 3
4 FW Australia AUS Jamie Maclaren 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 FW Australia AUS Mathew Leckie 9 1 1+1 1 6+1 0
9 FW Australia AUS Tomi Juric 5 2 0+1 0 4+0 2
9 FW Australia AUS Apostolos Giannou 5 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
10 FW Australia AUS Robbie Kruse 10 0 3+0 0 4+3 0
16 FW Australia AUS Nathan Burns 6 2 1+1 0 1+3 2

References