2016 Australia national soccer team season

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Australia
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 Goal 3'
Rooney Goal 55'		 Report Dier Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 58' Report Mantalos Goal 8'
Maniatis Goal 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 Goal 2'
Jedinak Goal 13' (pen.)
Milligan Goal 57' (pen.)
Burns Goal 67', 87'
Rogic Goal 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 Goal 24', 44'
Mooy Goal 39'
Rogic Goal 53'
Luongo Goal 69'		 Report
Report (AFC)		 Deeb Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 52' (pen.) Report
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Haraguchi Goal 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 Goal 20', 57' (pen.) Report
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Jedinak Goal 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 Mathew Ryan 9 0 2+0 0 7+0 0
18 GK Australia Adam Federici 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Australia Jason Geria 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Australia Milos Degenek 5 0 1+2 0 2+0 0
3 DF Australia Alex Gersbach 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
6 DF Australia Matthew Spiranovic 4 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
8 DF Australia Bailey Wright 4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
14 DF Australia Brad Smith 10 0 2+1 0 7+0 0
17 DF Australia Josh Risdon 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
19 DF Australia Ryan McGowan 4 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
20 DF Australia Trent Sainsbury 9 2 2+0 1 7+0 1
5 MF Australia Mark Milligan 9 1 3+0 0 4+2 1
11 MF Australia Chris Ikonomidis 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0
11 MF Australia Craig Goodwin 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
13 MF Australia Aaron Mooy 10 1 3+0 0 7+0 1
15 MF Australia Mile Jedinak 7 4 2+0 0 5+0 4
17 MF Australia Matt McKay 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 MF Australia Massimo Luongo 7 3 1+0 0 3+3 3
22 MF Australia Jackson Irvine 5 0 0+2 0 0+3 0
23 MF Australia Tom Rogic 10 3 2+1 0 6+1 3
4 FW Australia Tim Cahill 6 3 1+1 0 1+3 3
4 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 FW Australia Mathew Leckie 9 1 1+1 1 6+1 0
9 FW Australia Tomi Juric 5 2 0+1 0 4+0 2
9 FW Australia Apostolos Giannou 5 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
10 FW Australia Robbie Kruse 10 0 3+0 0 4+3 0
16 FW Australia Nathan Burns 6 2 1+1 0 1+3 2
  • Source:[citation needed]

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