Australia at the AFC Asian Cup

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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]

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]


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]


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.