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In November, Australia played their first games of the second round of the qualification path for the 2026 World Cup. In the first match, they beat Bangladesh 7–0 in Melbourne, with Souttar and Borrello scoring a goal each, Mitchell Duke scoring a brace, and Jamie Maclaren scoring his second hat-trick for the national team. [ 13 ]
Australia lost the final group match against Saudi Arabia 1–0 with Salem Al-Dawsari scoring the only goal from the penalty spot. The final group day also confirmed Australia's opponents for the Asian play-off and possible interconfederational play-off. [8] Ahead of the Asian play-off, Australia scheduled a friendly match against Jordan in Doha.
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, [6] the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).
Australia won the match 2–0 thanks to goals by Ajdin Hrustic and Yengi. [17] Irankunda made his senior international debut in the match and assisted the first goal. [ 18 ] In their last qualifying match of the group, Australia beat Palestine 5–0 to record a perfect 6 wins out of 6 games and top the group.
In Australia, soccer, also known as association football, is the most played outdoor team sport, [3] [4] and ranked in the top ten for television audience as of 2015. [5] The national governing body of the sport is Football Australia (FA) which comprises nine state and territory member federations, which oversee the sport within their respective region.
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"OzFootball - The Australian Football Site" Howe, Andrew. "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-14; Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. 25 May 2018. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8. Inline citations
12 January 2021: Frank Arok, 88, Australian head coach from 1983 to 1989. [14] 26 January 2021: Jozef Vengloš, 84, Australian head coach in 1967. [15] January 2021: Frank Parsons, Australian striker. [16] 9 March 2021: Alan Marnoch, 77, Australian and Sydney Hakoah defender. [17] [18] 29 March 2021: Bill Murphy, Australian footballer. [19]