2016 Australia national soccer team season

Summary

Record

Match results

Player statistics

References

External links

Friendlies

Joint World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers

World Cup qualifiers – Third Round

Australia
2016 season
Chairman	Steven Lowy
Manager	Ange Postecoglou
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015 2017 →

This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2016.

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.

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)

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)

1 September 2016 Group B	Australia	2–0	Iraq	Perth, Australia
18:30 UTC+8	Luongo 58' Juric 65'	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	Al-Jassim 5' Al-Shamrani 79'	Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Sainsbury 45' Juric 71'	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)

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

World Cup & Asian Cup qualifiers

World Cup qualifiers – Third Round

Australia: Fixtures and Results