Football Asian Cup 2015 / Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	3	3	0	0	003-000	+3	09
2.	Australia	3	2	0	1	008: 200	+6	06th
3.	Oman	3	1	0	2	001: 500	−4	03
4th	Kuwait	3	0	0	3	001: 600	−5	00

The Group A of the AFC Asian Cup 2015 was one of the four groups of the tournament. The first game was played on January 9, 2015, the last matchday took place on January 17, 2015. The group consisted of the national teams from Australia , South Korea , Oman and Kuwait .

Australia - Kuwait 4: 1 (2: 1)

Australia		Kuwait		Lineup
	1st matchday January 9, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. CET ) in Melbourne ( Melbourne Rectangular Stadium ) Spectators: 25,231 Referee: Ravshan Ermatov ( Uzbekistan )   Match report
	Mathew Ryan - Ivan Franjic , Trent Sainsbury , Matthew Spiranovic , Aziz Behich - Massimo Luongo (84th Mark Bresciano ), Mile Jedinak , James Troisi - Mathew Leckie , Tim Cahill (65th Tomi Juric ), Robbie Kruse (72nd Nathan Burns ) Trainer: Ange Postecoglou	Hameed Youssef - Khaled Al Qahtani (75th Bader al-Mutawa ), Musaed Neda , Hussain Fadhel (57th Amer Al Fadhel ), Fahad Al Hajeri - Ali Maqseed - Faisal Zaid , Sultan Al Enezi , Fahad Al Ansari , Saleh Al Sheikh - Aziz Mashaan (64th Yousef Nasser ) Coach: Nabil Maaloul ( Tunisia )
	1: 1 Cahill (33.) 2: 1 Luongo (45.) 3: 1 Jedinak (62., penalty) 4: 1 Troisi (90. + 2 ')	0: 1 H. Fadhel (8th)
		H. Fadhel (19th), Zaid (47.)
	Player of the Match: Massimo Luongo (Australia)

South Korea - Oman 1: 0 (1: 0)

South Korea		Oman		Lineup
	1st matchday January 10, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CET ) in Canberra ( Canberra Stadium ) Spectators: 12,552 Referee: Peter O'Leary ( New Zealand )   Match report
	Kim Jin-hyeon - Kim Chang-soo (17th Cha Du-ri ), Kim Ju-young , Jang Hyun-soo , Kim Jin-su - Park Joo-ho , Ki Sung-yong - Lee Chung-yong (78th Han Kyo-won ), Koo Ja-cheol , Son Heung-min - Cho Young-cheol (72nd Lee Jeong-hyeop ) Trainer: Uli Stielike ( Germany )	Ali al-Habsi - Ali al-Busaidi , Mohammed al-Musalami , Jaber al-Owaisi (73rd Mohsin Johar ), Abdul Salam al-Mukhaini , Raed Ibrahim Saleh - Qasim Said (61st Amad al-Hosni ), Eid al- Farsi , Ahmed Mubarak al-Mahaijri , Mohammed al-Siyabi (86th Said al-Ruzaiqi ) - Abdulaziz al-Muqbali Trainer: Paul Le Guen ( France )
	1-0 Cho Young-cheol (45th + 1 ')
		al-Muqbali (32nd)
	Player of the Match: Koo Ja-cheol (South Korea)

Kuwait - South Korea 0: 1 (0: 1)

Kuwait		South Korea		Lineup
	2nd matchday January 13, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. (8:00 a.m. CET ) in Canberra ( Canberra Stadium ) Spectators: 8,795 Referee: Alireza Faghani ( Iran )   Match report
	Hameed Youssef - Amer Al Fadhel , Fahad Al Hajeri , Musaed Neda , Fahad Awadh - Abdullah Al Buraiki (75th Faisal Zaid ), Fahad Al Ansari , Sultan Al Enezi (64th Bader al-Mutawa ) - Ali Maqseed , Aziz Mashaan , Yousef Nasser (76th Faisal Al Enezi ) Coach: Nabil Maaloul ( Tunisia )	Kim Seung-gyu - Cha Du-ri , Jang Hyun-soo , Kim Young-gwon , Kim Jin-su - Ki Sung-yong , Lee Myung-joo (46th Cho Young-cheol ), Park Joo-ho - Nam Tae -hee (86th Han Kook-young ), Kim Min-woo (76th Lee Jeong-hyeop ), Lee Keun-ho Trainer: Uli Stielike ( Germany )
		0: 1 Nam Tae-hee (36th)
	Awadh (35.)	Jang Hyun-soo (19th), Nam Tae-hee (42nd), Cha Du-ri (70th)
	Player of the Match: Aziz Mashaan (Kuwait)

Oman - Australia 0: 4 (0: 3)

Oman		Australia		Lineup
	2nd matchday January 13, 2015, 8:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. CET ) in Sydney ( ANZ Stadium ) Spectators: 50,276 Referee: Ryūji Satō ( Japan )   Match report
	Ali al-Habsi - Raed Ibrahim Saleh (88th Ali Salim al-Nahar ), Abdul Salam al-Mukhaini , Jaber al-Owaisi , Mohammed al-Musalami , Ali al-Busaidi (46th Amer Said al-Shatri ) - Ahmed Mubarak al-Mahaijri , Eid al-Farsi , Mohsin al-Khaldi - Abdulaziz al-Muqbali , Amad al-Hosni (46th Ali al-Jabri ) Coach: Paul Le Guen ( France )	Mathew Ryan - Ivan Franjic , Trent Sainsbury , Matthew Spiranovic , Lee Davidson - Mark Milligan , Massimo Luongo (51st Mark Bresciano ), Matt McKay - Mathew Leckie (77th Tommy Oar ), Robbie Kruse , Tim Cahill (51st Tomi Juric ) Trainer: Ange Postecoglou
		0: 1 McKay (27th) 0: 2 Kruse (30th) 0: 3 Milligan (45th + 2 'penalty kick) 0: 4 Juric (70th)
	al-Mahaijri (36th), al-Mukhaini (45th + 1 ')	Spiranovic (73.), Davidson (87.)
	Player of the Match: Robbie Kruse (Australia)

Australia - South Korea 0: 1 (0: 1)

Australia		South Korea		Lineup
	3rd matchday January 17, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. CET ) in Brisbane ( Suncorp Stadium ) Spectators: 48,513 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla ( Bahrain )   Match report
	Mathew Ryan - Ivan Franjic , Trent Sainsbury , Matthew Spiranovic , Aziz Behich - Massimo Luongo , Mark Milligan , Matt McKay (71st Tim Cahill ) - Nathan Burns (71st Robbie Kruse ), Tomi Juric , James Troisi (60th Mathew Leckie ) Trainer: Ange Postecoglou	Kim Jin-hyeon - Kim Chang-soo , Kwak Tae-hwi , Kim Young-gwon , Kim Jin-su - Park Joo-ho (41st Han Kook-young ), Ki Sung-yong - Han Kyo-won (76. Jang Hyun-soo ), Koo Ja-cheol (49th Son Heung-min ), Lee Keun-ho - Lee Jeong-hyeop Trainer: Uli Stielike ( Germany )
		0: 1 Lee Jeong-hyeop (33.)
	Burns (29th), Spiranovic (79th), Cahill (90th + 1 ')	Han Kyo-won (58th), Kim Chang-soo (61st)
	Player of the Match: Ki Sung-yong (South Korea)

Oman - Kuwait 1: 0 (0: 0)

Oman		Kuwait		Lineup
	3rd matchday January 17, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. CET ) in Newcastle ( Newcastle Stadium ) Spectators: 7,499 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi ( Saudi Arabia )   Match report
	Ali al-Habsi - Ali Salim al-Nahar , Abdul Salam al-Mukhaini , Jaber al-Owaisi , Ali al-Busaidi - Ahmed Mubarak al-Mahaijri , Eid al-Farsi - Raed Ibrahim Saleh (90th + 2 ' Nasser Al- Shimli ), Said Al-Ruzaiqi (58th Mohammed Al-Siyabi ), Qasim Said (82nd Ali al-Jabri ) - Abdulaziz al-Muqbali Trainer: Paul Le Guen ( France )	Nawaf Al Khaldi - Amer Al Fadhel , Fahad Al Hajeri , Musaed Neda , Fahad Awadh - Abdullah Al Buraiki , Fahad Al Ansari (74th Talal Al Amer ), Ali Maqseed - Faisal Zaid (68th Bader al-Mutawa ), Aziz Mashaan ( 74. Faisal Al Enezi ) - Yousef Nasser Coach: Nabil Maaloul ( Tunisia )
	1-0 Al-Muqbali (69th)
	al-Mukhaini (66.)	Al Ansari (24th), Al Mishaan (60th)
	Player of the Match: Abdulaziz al-Muqbali (Oman)

Web links

• Official website of the Asian Football Championships