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2015 Australia national soccer team season

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Australia
2015 season
ChairmanFrank Lowy
Steven Lowy
ManagerAnge Postecoglou
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This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2015.[1]

Summary

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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

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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

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Friendlies

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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)
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)
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)
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

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

References

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