FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 / Australia
This article covers the Australian national football team at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup . Australia is taking part in the Confederations Cup for the fourth time and qualified by winning the 2015 Asian Cup . In the three previous participations, Australia was qualified as Oceania champion.
Squad
On May 30, Australia coach Ange Postecoglou nominated the squad with 23 players.
Tim Cahill , Mitch Langerak (without commitment), Mathew Leckie , Massimo Luongo (without commitment), Ryan McGowan , Mark Milligan , Mathew Ryan , James Troisi and Bailey Wright (without commitment) were already in the squad for the 2014 World Cup . With Dylan and Ryan McGowan there are two brothers in the roster.
Besides the Mexican Rafael Márquez, Tim Cahill is the only tournament participant who took part in the 2005 tournament in Germany .
On June 12, Mile Jedinak was replaced by James Jeggo . Defender Brad Smith had to withdraw with injuries the day before ; he was replaced by Alex Gersbach .
position | No. | Surname | society | birth date |
Calls | Gates | debut | Last use |
Games | Gates | ![]() |
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goal | 12 | Mitchell Langerak |
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22 Aug 1988 | 8th | 0 | 2013 | June 13, 2017 | |||||
1 | Mathew Ryan |
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Apr 8, 1992 | 32 | 0 | 2012 | June 8, 2017 | 3 | |||||
18th | Danny Vukovic |
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27 Mar 1985 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Defense | 16 | Aziz Behich |
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Dec 16, 1990 | 13 | 2 | 2012 | June 13, 2017 | 2 | 1 | |||
2 | Miloš Degenek |
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Apr 28, 1994 | 9 | 0 | 2016 | June 13, 2017 | 2 | |||||
3 | Alex Gersbach |
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May 8, 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2016 | June 7, 2016 | 1 | |||||
6th | Dylan McGowan |
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Aug 6, 1991 | 1 | 0 | 2017 | June 13, 2017 | ||||||
19th | Ryan McGowan |
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Aug 15, 1989 | 19th | 0 | 2012 | June 8, 2017 | 1 | |||||
20th | Trent Sainsbury |
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Jan. 5, 1992 | 24 | 3 | 2013 | June 13, 2017 | 3 | 1 | ||||
8th | Bailey Wright |
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July 28, 1992 | 15th | 1 | 2014 | June 13, 2017 | 3 | 1 | ||||
midfield | 17th | Ajdin Hrustic |
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5th July 1996 | 1 | 0 | 2017 | June 13, 2017 | |||||
22nd | Jackson Irvine |
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7th Mar 1993 | 11 | 1 | 2013 | June 13, 2017 | 2 | |||||
15th | James Jeggo |
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Feb 12, 1992 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
21st | Massimo Luongo |
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25 Sep 1992 | 27 | 5 | 2014 | June 13, 2017 | 2 | 1 | ||||
5 |
Mark Milligan ![]() |
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Aug 4, 1985 | 56 | 5 | 2006 | June 13, 2017 | 3 | 1 | ||||
13 | Aaron Mooy |
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Sep 15 1990 | 24 | 5 | 2012 | June 13, 2017 | 2 | |||||
Storm | 4th | Tim Cahill |
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Dec 6, 1979 | 97 | 48 | 2004 | June 13, 2017 | 3 | 1 | |||
9 | Tomi Juric |
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July 22, 1991 | 23 | 6th | 2013 | June 8, 2017 | 3 | 1 | ||||
10 | Robbie Kruse | without a club | Oct 5, 1988 | 52 | 4th | 2011 | June 13, 2017 | 3 | |||||
7th | Mathew Leckie |
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Feb 4, 1991 | 41 | 5 | 2012 | June 13, 2017 | 3 | |||||
11 | Jamie Maclaren |
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July 29, 1993 | 3 | 0 | 2016 | June 13, 2017 | 1 | |||||
23 | Tom Rogic |
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Dec 16, 1992 | 25th | 6th | 2012 | June 13, 2017 | 2 | 1 | ||||
14th | James Troisi |
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3rd July 1988 | 29 | 4th | 2008 | June 13, 2017 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Stakes and goals as of June 13, 2017, after the last game before the tournament |
preparation
In preparation for the tournament, the Australians met Saudi Arabia on June 8th in Adelaide as part of the World Cup qualification and won 3-2. On June 13th they lost 4-0 against Brazil in Melbourne .
Group stage
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In group B, Australia met South American champions Chile, world champions Germany and Africa champions Cameroon, who were the last to qualify for the tournament after the group draw. There were previously five games against Germany, three of which were lost. One friendly game each ended in a draw and was won. There were also five games against Chile before, only the first of which ended in a draw in the 1974 World Cup, but the others were lost. There has been no game against Cameroon before.
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7: 4 | +3 | 7th |
2. |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4: 2 | +2 | 5 |
3. |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4: 5 | −1 | 2 |
4th |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2: 6 | −4 | 1 |
Mon, June 19, 2017, 6:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CEST) in Sochi | |||
Australia | - | Germany | 2: 3 (1: 2) |
Thursday, June 22, 2017, 9:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CEST) in St. Petersburg | |||
Cameroon | - | Australia | 1: 1 (1: 0) |
Sun., June 25, 2017, 6:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CEST) in Moscow | |||
Chile | - | Australia | 1: 1 (0: 1) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ange names Caltex Socceroos 23-man squad for June
- ↑ Jedinak out of Caltex Socceroos squad for Confeds Cup footballaustralia.com, June 12, 2017, accessed June 14, 2017
- ↑ Australia without defender Smith at Confed Cup rp-online.de, on June 11, 2017, accessed on June 17, 2017
- ↑ Positions according to information from the Australian Association, FIFA sometimes names others.
- ↑ Numbers according to the FIFA squad list ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ From the 2017/18 season Brighton & Hove Albion ( ALBION COMPLETE KEEPER SIGNING ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ Australia 0-4 Brazil