Australia at the AFC Asian Cup

The Australia national soccer team has represented Australia at the AFC Asian Cup on four occasions in 2007, 2011, 2015 (where Australia both hosted the tournament and won the title) ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] and 2019. Australia has qualified for the 2023 tournament to be held in China.

Record at the AFC Asian Cup[]

Australia's AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup qualification

Host nation(s) and year

Round

Pos

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

1956–2004

Not AFC member

2007

Quarter-finals

7th

4

1

2

1

7

5

4

3

0

1

7

3

2011

Runners-up

2nd

6

4

1

13

2

6

3

2

1

6

4

2015

Champions

1st

6

5

0

1

14

3

Qualified as hosts

2019

Quarter-finals

7th

5

2

1

2

6

4

8

7

0

1

29

4

2023

Qualified

8

0

28

2

Total

1 title

4/17

21

12

4

5

40

14

26

21

2

3

70

13

Champions Runners-up Third place/semi-finalists

Record by opponent[]

AFC Asian Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	1	0
China PR	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	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	3	1	1	1	3	3
Syria	1	1	0	0	3	2
Thailand	1	1	0	0	4	0
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	2	1
Uzbekistan	2	1	1	0	6	0

2007 AFC Asian Cup[]

Group Stage[]

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

8 July 2007

17:20 UTC+7

Australia	1–1	Oman
Cahill 90+2'		Al-Maimani 32'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

13 July 2007

17:20 UTC+7

Iraq	3–1	Australia
Nashat Akram 22' Hawar Mohammed 60' Karrar Jassim 86'		Viduka 47'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

16 July 2007

19:35 UTC+7

Thailand	0–4	Australia
		Beauchamp 21' Viduka 80', 83' Kewell 90'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

Knockout stage

Quarter-final[]

21 July 2007

17:20 UTC+7

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

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

2011 AFC Asian Cup[]

Group Stage[]

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

10 January 2011

16:15

India	0–4	Australia
		Cahill 11', 65' Kewell 24' Holman 45+2'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 9,783

Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

14 January 2011

16:15

Australia	1–1	South Korea
Jedinak 62'		Koo Ja-Cheol 24'

Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 15,526

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

18 January 2011

16:15

Australia	1–0	Bahrain
Jedinak 37'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 3,919

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Knockout stage

Quarter-final[]

22 January 2011

16:25

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

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 7,889

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Semi-final[]

25 January 2011

19:25

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

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 24,826

Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

Final[]

29 January 2011

18:00

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

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 37,174

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2015 AFC Asian Cup[]

Group Stage[]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	3	0	+3	9
Australia	3	2	1	8	2	+6	6
Oman	3	1	2	1	5	-4	3
Kuwait	3	0	3	1	6	-5	0

9 January 2015

20:00 UTC+11

Australia	4–1	Kuwait
Cahill 32' Luongo 44' Jedinak 62' (pen.) Troisi 90+2'	Report	Fadhel 8'

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 25,231

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

13 January 2015

20:00 UTC+11

Oman	0–4	Australia
	Report	McKay 27' Kruse 30' Milligan 45+3' (pen.) Juric 70'

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 50,276

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

17 January 2015

19:00 UTC+10

Australia	0–1	South Korea
	Report	Lee Jung-hyup 32'

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 48,513

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Knockout stage

Quarter-final[]

22 January 2015

20:30 UTC+10

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

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 46,067

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

Semi-final[]

27 January 2015

20:00 UTC+11

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

Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle

Attendance: 21,079

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Final[]

31 January 2015

20:00 UTC+11

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

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 76,385

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

2019 AFC Asian Cup[]

Group Stage[]

Pos	Team v t	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	Advance to knockout stage
3	Palestine	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2
4	Syria	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: AFC

6 January 2019

15:00

Australia	0–1	Jordan
	Report	Bani Yaseen 26'

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 4,934

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

11 January 2019

15:00

Palestine	0–3	Australia
	Report	Maclaren 18' Mabil 20' Giannou 90'

Rashid Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 11,915

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

15 January 2019

17:30

Australia	3–2	Syria
Mabil 41' Ikonomidis 54' Rogic 90+3'	Report	Kharbin 43' Al Somah 80' (pen.)

Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 10,492

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Round of 16[]

21 January 2019

18:00

Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Uzbekistan
	Report
Penalties
Milligan Behich Kruse Giannou Leckie	4–2	Shukurov Tukhtakhodjaev Alibaev Bikmaev

Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 6,809

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Quarter-final[]

25 January 2019

20:00

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Australia
Mabkhout 68'	Report

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 25,053

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Goalscorers[]

Player	Goals	2007	2011	2015	2019
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
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
Total	40	7	13	14	6

References[]

^ "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
^ "2015 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 9 January 2015.
^ "2015 Asian Cup Champions". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "Australia win the AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[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.

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v t Countries at the AFC Asian Cup
Team appearances
AFF	Australia Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam¹
CAFA	Iran Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
EAFF	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan North Korea South Korea
SAFF	Bangladesh India
WAFF	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Yemen
Former	Israel² South Yemen³
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under other name(s). ² Israel was a member of the AFC until 1974. ³ Recognized by FIFA as defunct.