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
goal	12	Mitchell Langerak	VfB Stuttgart	22 Aug 1988	08th	00	2013	June 13, 2017
	01	Mathew Ryan	KRC Genk	0Apr 8, 1992	32	00	2012	0June 8, 2017	3
	18th	Danny Vukovic	Sydney FC	27 Mar 1985	00	00
Defense	16	Aziz Behich	Bursaspor	Dec 16, 1990	13	02	2012	June 13, 2017	2		1
	02	Miloš Degenek	Yokohama F. Marinos	Apr 28, 1994	09	00	2016	June 13, 2017	2
	03	Alex Gersbach	Rosenborg Trondheim	0May 8, 1997	02	00	2016	0June 7, 2016	1
	06th	Dylan McGowan	FC Paços de Ferreira	0Aug 6, 1991	01	00	2017	June 13, 2017
	19th	Ryan McGowan	Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng	Aug 15, 1989	19th	00	2012	0June 8, 2017	1
	20th	Trent Sainsbury	Inter Milan	0Jan. 5, 1992	24	03	2013	June 13, 2017	3		1
	08th	Bailey Wright	Bristol City	July 28, 1992	15th	01	2014	June 13, 2017	3		1
midfield	17th	Ajdin Hrustic	FC Groningen	05th July 1996	01	00	2017	June 13, 2017
	22nd	Jackson Irvine	Burton Albion	07th Mar 1993	011	01	2013	June 13, 2017	2
	15th	James Jeggo	SK Sturm Graz	Feb 12, 1992	0	0
	21st	Massimo Luongo	Queens Park Rangers	25 Sep 1992	27	05	2014	June 13, 2017	2		1
	05	Mark Milligan	Baniyas SC	0Aug 4, 1985	56	05	2006	June 13, 2017	3	1
	13	Aaron Mooy	Huddersfield Town	Sep 15 1990	24	05	2012	June 13, 2017	2
Storm	04th	Tim Cahill	Melbourne City FC	0Dec 6, 1979	97	48	2004	June 13, 2017	3		1
	09	Tomi Juric	FC Luzern	July 22, 1991	23	06th	2013	0June 8, 2017	3	1
	10	Robbie Kruse	without a club	0Oct 5, 1988	52	04th	2011	June 13, 2017	3
	07th	Mathew Leckie	Hertha BSC	0Feb 4, 1991	41	05	2012	June 13, 2017	3
	11	Jamie Maclaren	SV Darmstadt 98	July 29, 1993	03	00	2016	June 13, 2017	1
	23	Tom Rogic	Celtic Glasgow	Dec 16, 1992	25th	06th	2012	June 13, 2017	2	1
	14th	James Troisi	Melbourne Victory	03rd July 1988	29	04th	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

Moscow St. Petersburg Sochi

Venues

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
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	007: 400	+3	07th
2.	Chile	3	1	2	0	004: 200	+2	05
3.	Australia	3	0	2	1	004: 500	−1	02
4th	Cameroon	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

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

1. ↑ Ange names Caltex Socceroos 23-man squad for June
2. ↑ Jedinak out of Caltex Socceroos squad for Confeds Cup footballaustralia.com, June 12, 2017, accessed June 14, 2017
3. ↑ Australia without defender Smith at Confed Cup rp-online.de, on June 11, 2017, accessed on June 17, 2017
4. ↑ Positions according to information from the Australian Association, FIFA sometimes names others.
5. ↑ 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.  
6. ↑ 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. ) 
7. ↑ Australia 0-4 Brazil