2020 Australia Men's Under 23 National Team Results
Researched by Doug Butcher, Tony Persoglia and Alexander Milas
Written by Greg Stock

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Friendly Games | South Korea | Sydney FC | Macarthur FC AFC Under 23 Championship Finals | Iraq | Thailand | Bahrain | Syria | South Korea | Uzbekistan

Sources: Football Australia, Doug Butcher and Daily Newspapers.

Friendly Matches

Friday January 3 2020
Stadium Bola Sepak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Referee: Not Recorded
Attendance: Nil (Behind Closed Doors)
South Korea

Coach: Not Recorded
Cautions: Not Recorded
Goal: Not Recorded
1 - 1 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Gabriel Cleur, Alex Gerbach, Dylan Ryan, Tass Mourdoukoutas, Joshua Laws, Ramy Najjarine, Aiden O'Neill, Nicholas D'Agostino, Daniel Bouman, Jacob Italiano; Sub: Al Hassan Toure
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Not Recorded
Goal: Toure 75
This match was a friendly game played in the leadup to the Asian Football Confederation Under 23 Championship Finals.

AFC Under 23 Championship Finals

Wednesday January 8 2020
Thammasat Stadium, Rangsit, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Assistant Referees: Shi Xiang and Cao Yi (China)
Attendance: 106
Iraq
Ali Kadham Hadi, Mustafa Mohammed Jebur Maslukhl, Najm Shwan Ali Al-Quraishi, Alaa Raad (Hasan Matrook Raad 87), Muntadher Sattar, Abdulabbas Ayad, Hussein Jabbar, Sadeq Zamil, Mohammed Mezher, Murad Mohammad Subeh (Omer Assi 71), Mohammed Ridha Jalil Mezher Al-Elayawi (Mohammad Qasim Nsayef 69)
Coach: Abdul Ghani Shahad
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Nsayef 77
1 - 1 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Gabriel Cleur, Alex Gerbach, Dylan Ryan, Thomas Deng, Aiden O'Neill (Jacob Italiano 64), Keanu Baccus, Connor Metcalfe (Daniel Bouman 76), Al Hassan Toure, Reno Piscopo (Zachary Duncan 64), Trent Buhagiar
Coach: Graham Arnold
Caution: Baccus 82
Goal: Piscopo 62
Pool game one of Group A in the Asian Football Confederation Under 23 Championship Finals.

Friday January 11 2020
Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Referee: Turki Al-Khudair (Saudi Arabia)
Assistant Referees: Mohammed Al-Abakry and Khalaf Al-Shamari (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 22,000
Thailand
Korraphat Nareechan, Thitathorn Akosornsri, Shinnapat Lee-Oh, Meechok Mahasaranukul, Saringkan Promsupa, Sorawit Panthong (Worachit Kanitsribumphen 86), Kritsada Kaman, Supachok Sarachat, Anon Amorniertsak, Suphanat Muenta (Jaroensak Wonggorn 64), Superchai Chaided (Nanthawat Suankaeo 63)
Coach: Akira Nishino
Cautions: Panthong 69, Kaman 90+1
Goal: Amorniertsak 24
1 - 2 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Alex Gerbach, Dylan Ryan, Tass Mourdoukoutas, Thomas Deng, Joshua Laws (Denis Genreau 46), Zachary Duncan, Reno Piscopo, Nicholas D'Agostino, Daniel Bouman (Al Hassan Toure 67), Jacob Italiano (Ramy Najjarine 84)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Italiano 17, Duncan 23
Goals: D'Agostino 43, 76
Second pool game of Group A in the Asian Football Confederation Under 23 Championship Finals.

Monday January 14 2020
Thammasat Stadium, Rangsit, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Referee: Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd (United Arab Emirates)
Assistant Referees: Mohamed Alhammadi and Hassan Suqatari Al Mahri (United Arab Emirates)
Attendance: 123
Bahrain
Ammar Mohamed Abbas Jaafar Ahmed, Sayed Mohamed Ameen Husain Mohamed Shubbar, Ahmed Mubarek Bughammar (Ahmed Fadhel Al Zalmoor 46), Hamad Mahmood Al Shamsan, Hasan Ali Al Karani, Abbas Fadhel Abdulla Ahmed Maki, Mohamed Jasim Mohamed Ali Abdulla Marhoon, Ahmed Saleh Sanad Rashed Sanad (Hashim Sayed Isa Hasan Radhi Hashim 64), Jasim Al-Salama, Mohamed Ahmadi Abdulrahman (Mohamed Yusuf Abdulla Al Hardan Ahmed Hasan 76), Hasan Yahya Ali
Coach: Samir Chammam
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Shubbar 67
Goal: Marhoon 45+3
1 - 1 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Gabriel Cleur, Alex Gerbach (c), Dylan Ryan, Tass Mourdoukoutas, Ramy Najjarine (Jacob Italiano 79), Zachary Duncan (Aiden O'Neill 79), Keanu Baccus, Al Hassan Toure, Reno Piscopo, Daniel Bouman (Nicholas D'Agostino 60)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Caution: Mourdoukoutas 45+2
Goal: Najjarine 34
Third pool game of Group A in the Asian Football Confederation Under 23 Championship Finals.



AFC U-23 Group A Final Standings
Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
AUSTRALIA
3
1
2
0
43+15
2
Thailand
3
1
1
1
73+44
3
Iraq
3
0
3
0
4403
4
Bahrain
3
0
2
1
38-52
 
Note: As Group A pool winners, Australia advanced to the Quarter Finals where it would play Group B runners up Syria.

Saturday January 18 2020
Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Assistant Referees: Hiroshi Yamauchi and Jun Mihara (Japan)
Attendance: 214
Syria
Mohammed Yazan Ourabi, Youssef Al-Hamawi, Yosief Mohammad, Mohamed Fares Arnaout, Khled Kerdagli, Kamel Hameesheh, Mohammed Al-Bari (Abd Alhadi Shalha 81), Mohammed Kamel Koaeh (Anas Alaji 100), Zaid Ghareer (Mohamed Al-Hallak 105), Simon Amin (Abdul Kader Adi 90), Abdairahman Barakat
Coach: Ayman Hakeem
Cautions: Kerdagli 73, Ghareer 105+2, Barakat 114
0 - 1 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Alex Gerbach (c), Dylan Ryan, Tass Mourdoukoutas, Thomas Deng, Zachary Duncan (Aiden O'Neill 75), Keanu Baccus, Ramy Najjarine (Trent Buhagiar 90), Reno Piscopo (Gbenge Folami 99), Nicholas D'Agostino, Daniel Bouman (Al Hassan Toure 65)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Caution: D'Agostino 90+3
Goal: Toure 101
Quarter Final match in the Asian Football Confederation Under 23 Championship Finals.

Wednesday January 22 2020
Thammasat Stadium, Rangsit, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Referee: Nawaf Abdulla Ghayyath Skukralla (Bahrain)
Assistant Referees: Mohamed Jaafar Mohamed Salman and Adulla Saleh Al-Rowaimi Abdulla Mohsen (Bahrain)
Attendance: 789
South Korea
Song Beom-Keun, Lee You-Hyeon, Kang Yoon-Sung, Lee Sang-Min, Jeong Tae-Wook, Kim Dong-Hyun, Kim Dee-Won (Kim Tae-Hyeon 87), Jeong Seung-Won (Lee Dong-Gyeong 64), Um Won-Sang (Lee Dong-Jun 45), Won Du-Jae, Oh Se-Hun
Coach: Kim Hak-Beom
Caution: Dong-Gyeong 78
Goals: Dae-Won 56, Dong-Gyeong 76
2 - 0 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Gabriel Cleur, Alex Gersbach, Dylan Ryan, Tass Mourdoukoutas, Aiden O'Neill (Gbanga Folami 66), Keanu Baccus, Connor Metcalfe (Denis Genreau 46), Al Hassan Toure, Trent Buhagiar, Jacob Italiano (Rene Piscopo 66)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Gersbach 73, Piscopo 89
Semi-Final match in the Asian Football Confederation Under 23 Championship Finals.

Saturday Jauary 25 2020
Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Referee: Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd (United Arab Emirates)
Assistant Referees: Mohamed Ahmed Alhammadi and Hassan Mohammed Hassan Abdullah Suqatan Al Mahri (United Arab Emirates)
Attendance: 590
Uzbekistan
Abduvohid Nematv, Islomjon Kobilov, Khodjakbar Alidjanov, Ilkhomjon Alijanov (Doston Ibragimov 75), Husniddin Aliqulov, Abdulla Abdullayev, Azizjon Ganiev, Nurillo Tukhtasinov (Oybek Bozorov 53), Djasur Yakhshibaev, Bobur Abdukhalikov, Mirjakhon Mirakhmadov (Sharof Mukhiddinov 61)
Coach: Ljubinko Drulovic
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Bozorov 59
0 - 1 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Alex Gersbach, Dylan Ryan, Tass Moudoukoutas, Thomas Deng, Zachary Duncan, Keanu Baccus, Ramy Najjarine (Denis Genreau 46), Reno Piscopo (Gbenga Folami 86), Nicholas D'Agostino, Daniel Bouman (Al Hassan Toure 65)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Caution: Glover 90+3
Goal: D'Agostino 47
Third place play-off in the Asian Football Confederation Under 23 Championship Finals.
Friendly Matches

Thursday November 12 2020
Jubilee Oval, Kogarah, Sydney, Australia
Referee: Tim Danaskos (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Lance Greenshields and Andrej Giev (Australia)
Attendance: Nil (Behind Closed Doors)
Sydney FC
Thomas Howard-Belle, Rhyan Grant, Patrick Flottmann, Alex Wilkinson, Michael Zullo (Harry Van Der Saag 78), Luke Brattan, Paulo Retre (Calem Nieuwenhof 63), Alexander Baumjohann (Anthony Caceras 63), Milos Ninkovic (Chris Zuvela 84), Trent Buhagiar (Patrick Wood 78), Kosta Barbarouses
Coach: Steve Corica
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Retre 5, Buhagiar 15, Bamjohann 18
3 - 0 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Nathaniel Atkinson (Tate Russell 63), Tass Moudoukoutas (Joshua Laws 85), Kye Rowles (John Koutroumbis 73), Joel King (Connor O'Toole 85), Keanu Baccus (Aiden O'Neill 46), Brandon Wilson (Cameron Devlin 73), Denis Genreau (Connor Metcalfe 63), Ramy Najjarine (Jordan O'Doherty 73), Daniel Bouman (Angus Thurgate 46), Lachlan Wales (Luke Ivanovic 62)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Nil
Two practise games against Australian A-League club sides.

Tuesday November 17 2020
Jubilee Oval, Kogarah, Sydney, Australia
Referee: Ben Abrahams (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Lane Greenshields and Bradley Wright (Australia)
Attendance: Nil (Behind Closed Doors)
Macarthur FC
Nicholas Suman, Walter Scott (Eddie Caspers 72), Aleksander Susnjar (Yianni Nicolaou 72), Aleksander Jovanovic (Theph Theph 72), Ivan Franjic (Yianni Perkatis 72), Nark Milligan (c) (Anthony Golec 72), Antonis Martis (Giovanni Panuccio 71), Liam Rose (Lachlan Rose 63), Moudi Najjar, Michael Ruhs, Matt Derbyshire (Charles M'Mombwa 63)
Coach: Ante Milicic
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Lachlan Rose 68
1 - 2 AUSTRALIA
Thomas Glover, Nathaniel Atkinson (Tate Russell 46), Tass Moudoukoutas (Ryan Strain 63), Kye Rowles (Cameron Devlin 46), Connor O'Toole (John Koutroumbis 63), Aiden O'Neill, Connor Metcalfe, Angus Thurgate (Ramy Najjarine 63), Denis Genreau (Joshua Laws 46), Keanu Baccus (Jordan O'Doherty 63), Lachlan Wales (Daniel Bouman 63)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Metcalfe 79, Najjarine 80
 

Last updated: 30 December 2023.