2015 Australia national soccer team season

Summary

This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2015.^[1] As hosts, Australia won the AFC Asian Cup for the first time in January. The second half of the year saw qualification commence for the next World Cup and Asian Cup. By the end of the year Australia was sitting at the top of the qualification group with two games yet to be played. They were to finish 2015 ranked 57 in the FIFA rankings after falling to an all-time low of 100 at the end of 2014.

Record

Match results

Friendlies

Germany  v  Australia

25 March 2015	Germany	2–2	Australia	Kaiserslautern, Germany
20:30 UTC+1	Reus  17' Podolski  81'	Report	Troisi  40' Jedinak  50'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 47,106 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Macedonia  v  Australia

30 March 2015	Macedonia	0–0	Australia	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Edin Jakupović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Asian Cup

Australia  v  Kuwait

9 January 2015 Group Stage	Australia	4–1	Kuwait	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 UTC+11	Cahill  32' Luongo  44' Jedinak  62' (pen.) Troisi  90+2'	Report	Fadhel  8'	Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 25,231 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Oman  v  Australia

13 January 2015 Group Stage	Oman	0–4	Australia	Sydney, Australia
20:00 UTC+11		Report	McKay  27' Kruse  30' Milligan  45+3' (pen.) Juric  70'	Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 50,276 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Australia  v  South Korea

17 January 2015 Group Stage	Australia	0–1	South Korea	Brisbane, Australia
19:00 UTC+10		Report	Lee Jung-hyup  33'	Stadium: Brisbane Stadium Attendance: 48,513 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

China PR  v  Australia

22 January 2015 Quarter Final	China PR	0–2	Australia	Brisbane, Australia
20:30 UTC+10		Report	Cahill  49', 65'	Stadium: Brisbane Stadium Attendance: 46,067 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

Australia  v  United Arab Emirates

27 January 2015 Semi Final	Australia	2–0	United Arab Emirates	Newcastle, Australia
20:00 UTC+11	Sainsbury  3' Davidson  14'	Report		Stadium: Newcastle Stadium Attendance: 21,079 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

South Korea  v  Australia

31 January 2015 Final	South Korea	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Australia	Sydney, Australia
20:00 UTC+11	Son Heung-min  90+1'	Report	Luongo  45' Troisi  105'	Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 76,385 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers

Kyrgyzstan  v  Australia

16 June 2015 Group B	Kyrgyzstan	1–2	Australia	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00 KGT (UTC+06:00)	Baymatov  90+2'	Report Report (AFC)	Jedinak  2' Oar  67'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)

Australia  v  Bangladesh

3 September 2015 Group B	Australia	5–0	Bangladesh	Perth, Australia
19:00 AWST (UTC+08:00)	Leckie  6' Rogić  8', 20' Burns  29' Mooy  61'	Report Report (AFC)		Stadium: Perth Oval Attendance: 19,495 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

Tajikistan  v  Australia

8 September 2015 Group B	Tajikistan	0–3	Australia	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
18:00 TJT (UTC+05:00)		Report Report (AFC)	Milligan  57' Cahill  73', 90+1'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

Jordan  v  Australia

8 October 2015 Group B	Jordan	2–0	Australia	Amman, Jordan
17:00 AST (UTC+03:00)	Abdel-Fattah  47' (pen.) Al-Dardour  84'	Report Report (AFC)		Stadium: Amman International Stadium Attendance: 11,462 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Australia  v  Kyrgyzstan

12 November 2015 Group B	Australia	3–0	Kyrgyzstan	Canberra, Australia
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Jedinak  40' (pen.) Cahill  50' Amirov  69' (o.g.)	Report Report (AFC)		Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 19,412 Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

Bangladesh  v  Australia

17 November 2015 Group B	Bangladesh	0–4	Australia	Dhaka, Bangladesh
17:30 BST (UTC+06:00)		Report Report (AFC)	Cahill  6', 32', 37' Jedinak  43'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Attendance: 19,730 Referee: Wang Di (China)

Player statistics

Correct as of 17 November 2015 (v.  Bangladesh).
Numbers are listed by player's number in AFC Asian Cup, WC&AFC Qualification or last friendly played

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Asian Cup		Friendlies		World Cup Qualifiers
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mathew Ryan	8	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
12	GK		Mitchell Langerak	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
18	GK		Adam Federici	6	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	0
2	DF		Ivan Franjic	8	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF		James Meredith	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF		Jason Davidson	9	1	4+0	1	1+0	0	3+1	0
6	DF		Matthew Spiranovic	9	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
8	DF		Bailey Wright	7	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	5+0	0
13	DF		Aziz Behich	4	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
19	DF		Ryan McGowan	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
20	DF		Trent Sainsbury	8	1	6+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
22	DF		Alex Wilkinson	5	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
23	DF		Tarek Elrich	3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
23	DF		Josh Risdon	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
24	DF		Luke DeVere	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	MF		Jackson Irvine	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
5	MF		Mark Milligan	11	2	4+1	1	1+0	0	5+0	1
9	MF		Chris Ikonomidis	2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Oliver Bozanic	2	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
10	MF		Tom Rogić	4	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+2	2
11	MF		Tommy Oar	7	1	0+1	0	0+2	0	1+3	1
13	MF		Aaron Mooy	7	1	0+0	0	1+1	0	5+0	1
14	MF		James Troisi	10	3	2+3	2	2+0	1	1+2	0
15	MF		Mile Jedinak	9	5	4+0	1	2+0	1	3+0	3
17	MF		Matt McKay	8	1	2+2	1	1+0	0	2+1	0
21	MF		Massimo Luongo	12	2	6+0	2	1+0	0	5+0	0
23	MF		Mark Bresciano	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	FW		Tim Cahill	12	9	5+1	3	0+0	0	4+2	6
7	FW		Mathew Leckie	12	1	5+1	0	2+0	0	4+0	1
9	FW		Tomi Juric	10	1	1+4	1	0+2	0	1+2	0
10	FW		Robbie Kruse	6	1	5+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	FW		Nathan Burns	11	1	1+2	0	2+0	0	3+3	1

References

External links

• Australia: Fixtures and Results