2016 Australia national soccer team season

Summary

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.

Record

Match results

Friendlies

England  v  Australia

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)

Australia  v  Greece

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)

Australia  v  Greece

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)

Joint World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers

Australia  v  Tajikistan

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)

Australia  v  Jordan

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)

World Cup qualifiers – Third Round

Australia  v  Iraq

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)

United Arab Emirates  v  Australia

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)

Saudi Arabia  v  Australia

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)

Australia  v  Japan

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)

Thailand  v  Australia

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)

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		Mathew Ryan	9	0	2+0	0	7+0	0
18	GK		Adam Federici	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Jason Geria	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Milos Degenek	5	0	1+2	0	2+0	0
3	DF		Alex Gersbach	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Matthew Spiranovic	4	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
8	DF		Bailey Wright	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
14	DF		Brad Smith	10	0	2+1	0	7+0	0
17	DF		Josh Risdon	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
19	DF		Ryan McGowan	4	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
20	DF		Trent Sainsbury	9	2	2+0	1	7+0	1
5	MF		Mark Milligan	9	1	3+0	0	4+2	1
11	MF		Chris Ikonomidis	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
11	MF		Craig Goodwin	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
13	MF		Aaron Mooy	10	1	3+0	0	7+0	1
15	MF		Mile Jedinak	7	4	2+0	0	5+0	4
17	MF		Matt McKay	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	MF		Massimo Luongo	7	3	1+0	0	3+3	3
22	MF		Jackson Irvine	5	0	0+2	0	0+3	0
23	MF		Tom Rogic	10	3	2+1	0	6+1	3
4	FW		Tim Cahill	6	3	1+1	0	1+3	3
4	FW		Jamie Maclaren	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	FW		Mathew Leckie	9	1	1+1	1	6+1	0
9	FW		Tomi Juric	5	2	0+1	0	4+0	2
9	FW		Apostolos Giannou	5	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
10	FW		Robbie Kruse	10	0	3+0	0	4+3	0
16	FW		Nathan Burns	6	2	1+1	0	1+3	2

References

External links

• Australia: Fixtures and Results