Australia at the AFC Asian Cup
The Australia 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Hosts | Round | Pos. | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Group Pos. | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956–2004 | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | Squad | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Qatar | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | Squad | 1st | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Australia | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | United Arab Emirates | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Squad | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Qatar | Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | Squad | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2027 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Record by opponent
AFC Asian Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
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Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Iraq | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Oman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Palestine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Syria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
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Australia squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup
Group stage
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Cahill 90+2' | Al-Maimani 32' |
Iraq | 3–1 | Australia |
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Nashat Akram 22' Hawar Mohammed 60' Karrar Jassim 86' | Viduka 47' |
Knockout stage
Quarter-final
Japan | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Australia |
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Takahara 72' | Aloisi 70' | |
Penalties | ||
Nakamura Endō Komano Takahara Nakazawa | 4 – 3 | Kewell Neill Cahill Carle Carney |
Group stage
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Australia | 1–1 | South Korea |
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Jedinak 62' | Koo Ja-Cheol 24' |
Knockout stage
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Uzbekistan | 0–6 | Australia |
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Kewell 5' Ognenovski 35' Carney 65' Emerton 73' Valeri 82' Kruse 83' |
Final
Group stage
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | 0–1 | South Korea |
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Report | Lee Jung-hyup 32' |
Knockout stage
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Australia | 2–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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Sainsbury 3' Davidson 14' | Report |
Final
South Korea | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Australia |
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Son Heung-min 90+1' | Report | Luongo 45' Troisi 105' |
Group stage
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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Report |
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Knockout stage
Round of 16
Australia | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Uzbekistan |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
4–2 |
Quarter-final
United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | Australia |
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Group stage
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 | 1–1 | Uzbekistan |
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Knockout stage
Round of 16
Australia | 4–0 | Indonesia |
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Report |
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 7,863
Quarter-finals
Australia | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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Goalscorers
Player | Goals | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 |
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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
- Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup
- Australia at the FIFA World Cup
- Australia at the OFC Nations Cup