This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2015.[1]
| 2015 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Frank Lowy Steven Lowy | ||
| Manager | Ange Postecoglou | ||
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Summary edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
Friendlies edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
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
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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
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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 |
- Source: [citation needed]