Australia at the AFC Asian Cup

The Australia men's 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

Australia's AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Pos. Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pos. Pld W D* L GF GA
British Hong Kong 1956 Not an AFC member Not an AFC member
Second Republic of Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Pahlavi Iran 1968
Thailand 1972
Pahlavi Iran 1976
Kuwait 1980
Singapore 1984
Qatar 1988
Japan 1992
United Arab Emirates 1996
Lebanon 2000
China 2004
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 2 1 7 5 Squad 1st 4 3 0 1 7 3
Qatar 2011 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 13 2 Squad 1st 6 3 2 1 6 4
Australia 2015 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 14 3 Squad Qualified as hosts
United Arab Emirates 2019 Quarter-finals 7th 5 2 1 2 6 4 Squad 1st 8 7 0 1 29 4
Qatar 2023 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 1 1 9 3 Squad 1st 8 8 0 0 28 2
Saudi Arabia 2027 Qualified 1st 6 6 0 0 22 0
Total 1 title 6/19 26 15 5 6 49 17 — — 32 27 2 3 92 13
  Champions    Runners-up    Third place/semi-finalists  
Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Australia played their 2007 matches in Thailand and Vietnam.

Head-to-head record

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
 Bahrain 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 China 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
 India 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 100.00
 Indonesia 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
 Iraq 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.00
 Japan 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
 Jordan 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
 Kuwait 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 Oman 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 050.00
 Palestine 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
 South Korea 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 025.00
 Syria 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 100.00
 Thailand 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
 United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 050.00
 Uzbekistan 3 1 2 0 7 1 +6 033.33
Total 26 15 5 6 49 17 +32 057.69

2007 AFC Asian Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A
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'
Attendance: 5,000
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'
Attendance: 46,000

Knockout stage

Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Quarter-final

Japan 1–1 (a.e.t.) Australia
Takahara 72' Aloisi 70'
Penalties
Nakamura soccer ball with check mark
Endō soccer ball with check mark
Komano soccer ball with check mark
Takahara soccer ball with red X
Nakazawa soccer ball with check mark		 4 – 3 soccer ball with red X Kewell
soccer ball with red X Neill
soccer ball with check mark Cahill
soccer ball with check mark Carle
soccer ball with check mark Carney
Attendance: 25,000

2011 AFC Asian Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group C
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'
Attendance: 3,919

Knockout stage

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Quarter-final

Australia 1–0 (a.e.t.) Iraq
Kewell 118'
Attendance: 7,889

Semi-final

Uzbekistan 0–6 Australia
Kewell 5'
Ognenovski 35'
Carney 65'
Emerton 73'
Valeri 82'
Kruse 83'
Attendance: 24,826
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

Final

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Final
Australia 0–1 (a.e.t.) Japan
Lee 109'
Attendance: 37,174

2015 AFC Asian Cup


Group stage

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group A
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'
Attendance: 25,231
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

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Quarter-final

China 0–2 Australia
Report Cahill 49', 65'
Attendance: 46,067

Semi-final

Australia 2–0 United Arab Emirates
Sainsbury 3'
Davidson 14'		 Report
Attendance: 21,079

Final

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

Group stage

Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group B
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
Attendance: 10,492
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

Australia 0–0 (a.e.t.) Uzbekistan
Report
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 6,809

Quarter-final

United Arab Emirates 1–0 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 25,053
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

2023 AFC Asian Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group B
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
Attendance: 36,253
Syria 0–1 Australia
Report
Attendance: 10,097
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
Australia 1–1 Uzbekistan
 Report
Attendance: 15,290
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

Australia 4–0 Indonesia
 Report
Attendance: 7,863

Quarter-finals

Australia 1–2 (a.e.t.) South Korea
 Report
Attendance: 39,632
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Goalscorers

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

References

  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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