2015 Australia national soccer team season

Australia
2015 season
ChairmanFrank Lowy
Steven Lowy
ManagerAnge Postecoglou

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

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

Type GP W D L GF GA
Friendly 2 0 2 0 2 2
Asian Cup 6 5 0 1 14 3
World Cup & Asian Cup qualifiers 6 5 0 1 17 3
Total 14 10 2 2 33 8

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  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 Total Asian Cup Friendlies World Cup Qualifiers
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  AUS Mathew Ryan 8 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
12 GK  AUS Mitchell Langerak 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 GK  AUS Adam Federici 6 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
2 DF  AUS Ivan Franjic 8 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF  AUS James Meredith 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF  AUS Jason Davidson 9 1 4+0 1 1+0 0 3+1 0
6 DF  AUS Matthew Spiranovic 9 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
8 DF  AUS Bailey Wright 7 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 5+0 0
13 DF  AUS Aziz Behich 4 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
19 DF  AUS Ryan McGowan 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
20 DF  AUS Trent Sainsbury 8 1 6+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
22 DF  AUS Alex Wilkinson 5 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
23 DF  AUS Tarek Elrich 3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
23 DF  AUS Josh Risdon 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 DF  AUS Luke DeVere 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 MF  AUS Jackson Irvine 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
5 MF  AUS Mark Milligan 11 2 4+1 1 1+0 0 5+0 1
9 MF  AUS Chris Ikonomidis 2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
10 MF  AUS Oliver Bozanic 2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
10 MF  AUS Tom Rogić 4 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 2
11 MF  AUS Tommy Oar 7 1 0+1 0 0+2 0 1+3 1
13 MF  AUS Aaron Mooy 7 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 5+0 1
14 MF  AUS James Troisi 10 3 2+3 2 2+0 1 1+2 0
15 MF  AUS Mile Jedinak 9 5 4+0 1 2+0 1 3+0 3
17 MF  AUS Matt McKay 8 1 2+2 1 1+0 0 2+1 0
21 MF  AUS Massimo Luongo 12 2 6+0 2 1+0 0 5+0 0
23 MF  AUS Mark Bresciano 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 FW  AUS Tim Cahill 12 9 5+1 3 0+0 0 4+2 6
7 FW  AUS Mathew Leckie 12 1 5+1 0 2+0 0 4+0 1
9 FW  AUS Tomi Juric 10 1 1+4 1 0+2 0 1+2 0
10 FW  AUS Robbie Kruse 6 1 5+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW  AUS Nathan Burns 11 1 1+2 0 2+0 0 3+3 1
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References

  1. ^ FIFA.com
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