2016 Australia national soccer team season

November 2015 November 2015 Australia 2016 Ange Postecoglou Steven Lowy _australia1617h _australia1617h _australia1617h _Australia1617h _australia1617h FFD801 FFD801 FFD801 FFD801 004A1E _australia1617a _australia1617A _australia1617a _Australia1617a _australia1617a 2D324B 2D324B 2D324B 2D324B FFD008 2015 2017 This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2016. Summary Australia started the year by progressing to the next stage of World Cup qualification after winning the final two qualification matches. By the end of the year Australia had played five of their ten Third Round qualifiers. After winning the first two, they drew the next three leaving them third in a group of six with just one point separating the top four. Record Type GP W D L GF GAFriendly 3 1 0 2 3 4 World Cup & Asian Cup qualifiers 2 2 0 0 12 1World Cup qualifiers – Third Round 5 2 3 0 8 5Total 10 5 3 2 23 10 Match results Friendlies 27 May 2016 20:00 BST ENG 2–1 Report AUS Rashford 3 Rooney 55 Dier 75 o.g. Stadium of Light Sunderland, England 46,595 Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) L Dodoni Series 4 June 2016 20:00 AEST AUS 1–0 Report GRE Leckie 90+3 ANZ Stadium Sydney, Australia 38,682 Jumpei Iida (Japan) W Dodoni Series 7 June 2016 20:00 AEST AUS 1–2 Report GRE Sainsbury 58 Mantalos 8 Maniatis 20 Etihad Stadium Melbourne, Australia 33,622 Bobby Madley (England) L Joint World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers Group B 24 March 2016 19:30 ACDT (UTC+10:30) AUS 7–0 Report Report (AFC) TJK Luongo 2 Jedinak 13 pen.Milligan 57 pen.Burns 67 87Rogic 70 72 Adelaide Oval Adelaide, Australia 35,439 Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar) W Group B 29 March 2016 20:00 UTC+11 AUS 5–1 Report Report (AFC) JOR Cahill 24 44 Mooy 39 Rogic 53 Luongo 69 Deeb 90 Allianz Stadium Sydney, Australia 24,975 Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) W World Cup qualifiers – Third Round Group B 1 September 2016 18:30 8 AUS 2–0 Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) IRQ Luongo 58 Juric 65 Perth Oval Perth, Australia 18,923 Alireza Faghani (Iran) W Group B 6 September 2016 19:30 4 UAE 0–1 Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) AUS Cahill 75 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 40,893 Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia) W Group B 6 October 2016 20:45 3 KSA 2–2 Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) AUS Al-Jassim 5 Al-Shamrani 79 Sainsbury 45 Juric 71 King Abdullah Sports City Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 51,616 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) D Group B 11 October 2016 20:00 11 AUS 1–1 Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) JPN Jedinak 52 pen. Haraguchi 5 Docklands Stadium Melbourne, Australia 48,460 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) D Group B 15 November 2016 19:00 7 THA 2–2 Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) AUS Teerasil 20 57 pen. Jedinak 9 pen. 65 pen. Rajamangala Stadium Bangkok, Thailand 36,534 Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar) D Player statistics Correct as of 15 November 2016 (v. THA). Numbers are listed by player's number in WC&AFC Qualification or last friendly played Friendlies World Cup Qualifiers 1 GK AUS Mathew Ryan 2+0 0 7+0 0 18 GK AUS Adam Federici 1+0 0 0+0 0 2 DF AUS Jason Geria 1+0 0 0+0 0 2 DF AUS Milos Degenek 1+2 0 2+0 0 3 DF AUS Alex Gersbach 1+1 0 0+0 0 6 DF AUS Matthew Spiranovic 0+0 0 4+0 0 8 DF AUS Bailey Wright 2+0 0 2+0 0 14 DF AUS Brad Smith 2+1 0 7+0 0 17 DF AUS Josh Risdon 1+0 0 1+0 0 19 DF AUS Ryan McGowan 1+0 0 3+0 0 20 DF AUS Trent Sainsbury 2+0 1 7+0 1 5 MF AUS Mark Milligan 3+0 0 4+2 1 11 MF AUS Chris Ikonomidis 0+3 0 0+1 0 11 MF AUS Craig Goodwin 0+1 0 0+0 0 13 MF AUS Aaron Mooy 3+0 0 7+0 1 15 MF AUS Mile Jedinak 2+0 0 5+0 4 17 MF AUS Matt McKay 0+1 0 0+0 0 21 MF AUS Massimo Luongo 1+0 0 3+3 3 22 MF AUS Jackson Irvine 0+2 0 0+3 0 23 MF AUS Tom Rogic 2+1 0 6+1 3 4 FW AUS Tim Cahill 1+1 0 1+3 3 4 FW AUS Jamie Maclaren 1+0 0 1+0 0 7 FW AUS Mathew Leckie 1+1 1 6+1 0 9 FW AUS Tomi Juric 0+1 0 4+0 2 9 FW AUS Apostolos Giannou 1+1 0 2+1 0 10 FW AUS Robbie Kruse 3+0 0 4+3 0 16 FW AUS Nathan Burns 1+1 0 1+3 2 March 2016 References External links Australia: Fixtures and Results Category:Australia men's national soccer team seasons Category:Australia men's national soccer team results Category:2016 national football team results