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 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 Champions Runners-up Third place/semi-finalists Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil. Australia played their 2007 matches in Thailand and Vietnam.
Record by opponent Australia squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup
Group stage
Knockout stage
Quarter-final
Australia squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup runners-up
Group stage
Knockout stage
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
Australia squad – 2015 AFC Asian Cup winners (1st title)
Group stage 9 January 2015
20:00 UTC+11
13 January 2015
20:00 UTC+11
17 January 2015
19:00 UTC+10
Knockout stage
Quarter-final 22 January 2015
20:30 UTC+10
Semi-final 27 January 2015
20:00 UTC+11
Final 31 January 2015
20:00 UTC+11
Australia squad – 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Group stage Source: AFC
6 January 2019 (2019-01-06 )
15:00
11 January 2019 (2019-01-11 )
15:00
15 January 2019 (2019-01-15 )
17:30
Knockout stage
Round of 16 21 January 2019 (2019-01-21 )
18:00
Quarter-final 25 January 2019 (2019-01-25 )
20:00
Australia squad – 2023 AFC Asian Cup
Group stage Source: AFC
13 January 2024 (2024-01-13 )
14:30
18 January 2024 (2024-01-18 )
14:30
23 January 2024 (2024-01-23 )
14:30
Attendance: 15,290
Referee: Yusuke Araki (
Japan )
Knockout stage
Round of 16 28 January 2024 (2024-01-28 )
14:30
Quarter-finals 2 February 2024 (2024-02-02 )
18:30
Goalscorers
See also
References ^ "Country Info". FIFA . Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014 . ^ "2015 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 9 January 2015 . ^ "2015 Asian Cup Champions". Retrieved 1 February 2015 . ^ "Australia win the AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 1 February 2015 .
AFF CAFA EAFF SAFF WAFF Former 1 Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under other name(s). 2 Israel was a member of the AFC until 1974. 3 Recognized by FIFA as defunct.
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