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
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
AFC Asian Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Bahrain110010
 China110020
 Japan201112
 Jordan100101
 Kuwait110041
 India220060
 Indonesia110040
 Iraq210123
 Oman211051
 Palestine110030
 South Korea411245
 Syria220042
 Thailand110040
 United Arab Emirates210121
 Uzbekistan312071

2007 AFC Asian Cup

Group stage
Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 312042+25
 Australia 311164+24
 Thailand 311135−24
 Oman 302113−22
Australia 1–1 Oman
Cahill 90+2' Al-Maimani 32'
Attendance: 5,000
Iraq 3–1 Australia
Nashat Akram 22'
Hawar Mohammed 60'
Karrar Jassim 86'		 Viduka 47'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)
Thailand 0–4 Australia
Beauchamp 21'
Viduka 80', 83'
Kewell 90'
Attendance: 46,000

Knockout stage
Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Quarter-final
Japan 1–1 (a.e.t.) Australia
Takahara 72' Aloisi 70'
Penalties
Nakamura
Endō
Komano
Takahara
Nakazawa 		4 – 3 Kewell
Neill
Cahill
Carle
Carney
Attendance: 25,000

2011 AFC Asian Cup

Group stage
Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 321061+57
 South Korea 321073+47
 Bahrain 310265+13
 India 3003313−100
India 0–4 Australia
Cahill 11', 65'
Kewell 24'
Holman 45+2'
Attendance: 9,783
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
Australia 1–1 South Korea
Jedinak 62' Koo Ja-Cheol 24'
Attendance: 15,526
Australia 1–0 Bahrain
Jedinak 37'
Attendance: 3,919

Knockout stage
Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Quarter-final
Australia 1–0 (a.e.t.) Iraq
Kewell 118'
Attendance: 7,889

Semi-final
Uzbekistan 0–6 Australia
Kewell 5'
Ognenovski 35'
Carney 65'
Emerton 73'
Valeri 82'
Kruse 83'
Attendance: 24,826
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

Final
Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Final
Australia 0–1 (a.e.t.) Japan
Lee 109'
Attendance: 37,174

2015 AFC Asian Cup

Group stage
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 330030+39
 Australia 320182+66
 Oman 310215-43
 Kuwait 300316-50
Australia 4–1 Kuwait
Cahill 32'
Luongo 44'
Jedinak 62' (pen.)
Troisi 90+2'		 Report Fadhel 8'
Attendance: 25,231
Oman 0–4 Australia
Report McKay 27'
Kruse 30'
Milligan 45+3' (pen.)
Juric 70'
Attendance: 50,276
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Australia 0–1 South Korea
Report Lee Jung-hyup 32'
Attendance: 48,513

Knockout stage
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Quarter-final
China 0–2 Australia
Report Cahill 49', 65'
Attendance: 46,067

Semi-final
Australia 2–0 United Arab Emirates
Sainsbury 3'
Davidson 14'		 Report
Attendance: 21,079

Final
South Korea 1–2 (a.e.t.) Australia
Son Heung-min 90+1' Report Luongo 45'
Troisi 105'
Attendance: 76,385

2019 AFC Asian Cup

Group stage
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Report
Attendance: 4,934
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Palestine 0–3 Australia
Report
Attendance: 11,915
Australia 3–2 Syria
 Report
Attendance: 10,492
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Knockout stage
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Round of 16
Australia 0–0 (a.e.t.) Uzbekistan
Report
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 6,809

Quarter-final
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 25,053
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

2023 AFC Asian Cup

Group stage
Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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 2–0 India
 Report
Attendance: 36,253
Syria 0–1 Australia
Report
Attendance: 10,097
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
Australia 1–1 Uzbekistan
 Report
Attendance: 15,290
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Knockout stage
Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Round of 16
Australia 4–0 Indonesia
 Report
Attendance: 7,863

Quarter-finals
Australia 1–2 (a.e.t.) South Korea
 Report
Attendance: 39,632
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Goalscorers
Player Goals 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Tim Cahill 6 123
Harry Kewell 4 13
Mark Viduka 3 3
Mile Jedinak 3 21
Robbie Kruse 2 11
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 7131469

See also

References
  1. "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. "2015 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. "2015 Asian Cup Champions". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. "Australia win the AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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