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At the end of July 2023, the draw for the groups of the second round of the AFC 2026 World Cup qualifiers was conducted, with Australia drawn in Group I, together with Palestine, Lebanon, and the winner between Maldives and Bangladesh from the first round. [6] In September 2023, Australia played a friendly game against Mexico in Arlington, Texas.
Australia's 32-man preliminary squad was announced on 6 May 2018. [15] The squad was reduced to 26 players on 14 May, [16] then extended to 27 players on 28 May. [17] The final squad was announced on 3 June. [18]
Australia won the penalty shootout (4–2), making Australia the first ever team to qualify for a World Cup via a penalty shootout. [28] Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer made two saves, with John Aloisi scoring the winning penalty for a place in the World Cup, Australia's first qualification in 32 years. [26]
The 2023 Australia Cup was the tenth season of the Australia Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. Thirty-two teams contested the competition proper, with the winner qualifying for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two .
Australia started the year with a friendly against Bahrain in Abu Dhabi in preparation ahead of the 2023 Asian Cup taking place in Qatar. [1] Australia won the match 2–0 thanks to an own goal by Amine Binaddi and a goal by Mitchell Duke. Welsh youth international Gethin Jones made his debut for Australia, having been born in Perth. [2]
Australia have been drawn in Pool C for the tournament in France
Central Coast Mariners won the competition for the first time. [7] Mariners' striker Marco Túlio was the leading goalscorer for the competition, with eight goals. Central Coast Mariners' victory meant that Australia became the first nation to have had clubs winning both the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup, following Western Sydney Wanderers' victory in the 2014 AFC Champions League.
Australia won the final from a 8–7 penalty shoot-out over the Thai after a 1–1 draw in regular time. Necovski scored the winning penalty to lift the cup trophy at Manahan Stadium. [12] As it was the third final win of the competition, it was also the first silverware won by an Australian men's national team since 2019. Didulica and MacNicol ...