2023 Australia national soccer team season
This page summarises the Australia men's national soccer team fixtures and results in 2023.
| 2023 season | |||
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| Chairman | Chris Nikou | ||
| Manager | Graham Arnold | ||
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Summary
At the beginning of March 2023, Australia announced a two-game "welcome home" series, hosting friendly games against Ecuador in Sydney and Melbourne, to celebrate their 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign, planning to call-up the majority of the squad.[1] Australia won the first match at CommBank Stadium 3–1, with Jackson Irvine scoring the first goal and assisting Awer Mabil for the second. The third goal was scored by Garang Kuol, marking his first international goal. During the match Aiden O'Neill and Alex Robertson made their international debuts.[2] Ahead of the second match, Graham Arnold made seven changes to the squad, including starting goalkeeper Joe Gauci for his international debut. Australia took the lead with Brandon Borrello scoring his first international goal, but eventually lost 1–2, with Ecuador's Pervis Estupiñán scoring a penalty and William Pacho scoring a header. Arnold also substituted on Jordan Bos for his international debut.[3]
Match results
Friendlies
This section is for matches confirmed by Football Australia, please do not add speculative fixtures.
| 24 March "Welcome Home" Series | Australia .svg.png.webp){kind=small} | 3–1 |  Ecuador | Parramatta, Sydney, Australia |
| 20:00 AEDT | Report |
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Stadium: Western Sydney Stadium Attendance: 20,668 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea) |
| 28 March "Welcome Home" Series | Australia | 1–2 | Ecuador | Melbourne, Australia |
| 19:30 AEDT |
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Report | Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 27,103 Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea) |
Player statistics
Correct as of 28 March 2023 (v. Ecuador).
Numbers are listed by player's number in last match played
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Friendlies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | AUS |
Mathew Ryan | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AUS |
Andrew Redmayne | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | AUS |
Joe Gauci | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AUS |
Miloš Degenek | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AUS |
Nathaniel Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUS |
Kye Rowles | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AUS |
Thomas Deng | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | AUS |
Bailey Wright | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AUS |
Ryan Strain | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | AUS |
Aziz Behich | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | AUS |
Harry Souttar | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | AUS |
Jordan Bos | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUS |
Connor Metcalfe | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUS |
Riley McGree | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AUS |
Keanu Baccus | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AUS |
Cameron Devlin | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AUS |
Jackson Irvine | 2 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | AUS |
Aiden O'Neill | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | AUS |
Alexander Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | AUS |
Marco Tilio | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUS |
Jason Cummings | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AUS |
Brandon Borrello | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | AUS |
Awer Mabil | 1 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | AUS |
Nestory Irankunda | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | AUS |
Mitchell Duke | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | AUS |
Garang Kuol | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | AUS |
Craig Goodwin | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
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References
- Lewis, Samantha (1 March 2023). "Socceroos to host Ecuador in 'welcome home' series in Sydney and Melbourne as next FIFA World Cup cycle begins". ABC News.
- Clarke, George (24 March 2023). "Two special debuts & a first goal for Garang Kuol as Socceroos upstage Ecuador". KeepUp.com.au.
- Rugari, Vince (28 March 2023). "Youthful Socceroos slump to defeat as Ecuador spoil homecoming encore". The Sydney Morning Herald.