2015 Australia national soccer team season

This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2015.[1]

Australia
2015 season
ChairmanFrank Lowy
Steven Lowy
ManagerAnge Postecoglou

Summary

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

TypeGPWDLGFGA
Friendly202022
Asian Cup6501143
World Cup & Asian Cup qualifiers6501173
Total141022338

Match results

Friendlies

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

Asian Cup

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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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

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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 TotalAsian CupFriendliesWorld Cup Qualifiers
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Mathew Ryan 806+001+001+00
12 GK Mitchell Langerak 100+000+100+00
18 GK Adam Federici 600+001+005+00
2 DF Ivan Franjic 806+001+001+00
2 DF James Meredith 200+000+002+00
3 DF Jason Davidson 914+011+003+10
6 DF Matthew Spiranovic 905+000+004+00
8 DF Bailey Wright 700+000+205+00
13 DF Aziz Behich 402+001+001+00
19 DF Ryan McGowan 200+000+002+00
20 DF Trent Sainsbury 816+011+001+00
22 DF Alex Wilkinson 501+002+002+00
23 DF Tarek Elrich 300+001+002+00
23 DF Josh Risdon 100+000+001+00
24 DF Luke DeVere 100+001+000+00
2 MF Jackson Irvine 100+000+000+10
5 MF Mark Milligan 1124+111+005+01
9 MF Chris Ikonomidis 200+000+100+10
10 MF Oliver Bozanic 200+000+200+00
10 MF Tom Rogić 420+000+002+22
11 MF Tommy Oar 710+100+201+31
13 MF Aaron Mooy 710+001+105+01
14 MF James Troisi 1032+322+011+20
15 MF Mile Jedinak 954+012+013+03
17 MF Matt McKay 812+211+002+10
21 MF Massimo Luongo 1226+021+005+00
23 MF Mark Bresciano 301+200+000+00
4 FW Tim Cahill 1295+130+004+26
7 FW Mathew Leckie 1215+102+004+01
9 FW Tomi Juric 1011+410+201+20
10 FW Robbie Kruse 615+110+000+00
16 FW Nathan Burns 1111+202+003+31
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