2016 Australia national soccer team season

This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2016.

Australia
2016 season
ChairmanSteven Lowy
ManagerAnge Postecoglou

Summary

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

TypeGPWDLGFGA
Friendly310234
World Cup & Asian Cup qualifiers2200121
World Cup qualifiers – Third Round523085
Total105322310

Match results

Friendlies

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)
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)
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

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)
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

1 September 2016 Group B Australia  2–0  Iraq Perth, Australia
18:30 UTC+8
Report
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Perth Oval
Attendance: 18,923
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
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)
6 October 2016 Group B Saudi Arabia  2–2  Australia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3 Report
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 51,616
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
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)
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 TotalFriendliesWorld Cup Qualifiers
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Mathew Ryan 902+007+00
18 GK Adam Federici 101+000+00
2 DF Jason Geria 101+000+00
2 DF Milos Degenek 501+202+00
3 DF Alex Gersbach 201+100+00
6 DF Matthew Spiranovic 400+004+00
8 DF Bailey Wright 402+002+00
14 DF Brad Smith 1002+107+00
17 DF Josh Risdon 201+001+00
19 DF Ryan McGowan 401+003+00
20 DF Trent Sainsbury 922+017+01
5 MF Mark Milligan 913+004+21
11 MF Chris Ikonomidis 400+300+10
11 MF Craig Goodwin 100+100+00
13 MF Aaron Mooy 1013+007+01
15 MF Mile Jedinak 742+005+04
17 MF Matt McKay 100+100+00
21 MF Massimo Luongo 731+003+33
22 MF Jackson Irvine 500+200+30
23 MF Tom Rogic 1032+106+13
4 FW Tim Cahill 631+101+33
4 FW Jamie Maclaren 201+001+00
7 FW Mathew Leckie 911+116+10
9 FW Tomi Juric 520+104+02
9 FW Apostolos Giannou 501+102+10
10 FW Robbie Kruse 1003+004+30
16 FW Nathan Burns 621+101+32
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