2023 Australia Men's National Team Results
Researched and written by Greg Stock

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Friendly Matches | Ecuador | Ecuador | Argentina | Mexico | England | New Zealand

FIFA World Cup Qualifiers | Bangladesh | Palestine

Sources: Football Australia, Doug Butcher and Daily Newspapers.

Friendly Matches

Friday March 24 2023
Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney
Referee: Kim Dae-Yong (South Korea)
Assistant Referees: Bang Ki-Yeol and Kwak Seung-Soon (South Korea)
Attendance: 20,668
AUSTRALIA
Mathew Ryan (c), Milos Degenak, Aziz Behich, Harry Souttar, Kye Rowles, Aiden O'Neill, Awer Mabil (Garang Kuol 78), Keanu Baccus (Brandon Borello 62), Jackson Irvine (Connor Metcalfe 90), Craig Goodwin (Marco Tilio 78), Mitchell Duke (Alex Robertson 62)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Caution: Behich 22
Goals: Irvine 12, Mabil 32, Kuol 84
3 - 1 Ecuador
Wellington Ramierz, Angelo Preciado (Xavier Arreaga 68), Pervis Estupinan, Felix Torres, Piero Hincapie, Moises Caicedo, Jhegson Mendes, Jose Cifuentes, Michael Estrada (Kevin Rodriguez 68), Angel Mena (c) (Junior Sornoza 68), Jeremy Sarmiento (Alexander Alvarado 29)
Coach: Felix Sanchez Bas
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Torres 23

Tuesday March 28 2023
Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Referee: Chae Sang-Hyeop (South Korea)
Assistant Referees: Kwak Seung-Soon and Bang Ki-Yeol (South Korea)
Attendance: 27,103
AUSTRALIA
Joe Gauci, Milos Degenak, Aziz Behich (Jordan Bos 54), Bailey Wright, Thomas Deng (Kye Rowles 62), Jackson Irvine (c), Connor Metcalfe (Marco Tilio 62), Cameron Devlin (Aiden O'Neill 54), Riley McGree, Craig Goodwin (Jason Cummings 69), Brandon Borrello (Garang Kuol 69)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Borrello 16
1 - 2 Ecuador
Hernan Galindez, William Pacho, Felix Torres, Piero Hincapie, Angelo Preciado (Xavier Arreaga 77), Pervis Estupinin (c), Alan Steven Franco (Jose Cifuentes 88), Jhegson Mendez (Angel Mena 66), Moises Caicedo, Kevin Rodriguez (Michael Estrada 76), Junior Sornoza (Marco Angulo 65)
Coach: Felix Sanchez
Cautions: Estupinan 85, Arreaga 86, Caicedo 90
Goals: Estupinin 51 pen, Pacho 65

Tuesday March 28 2023
Workers Stadium, Beijing, China
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Assistant Referees: Shi Xiang and Zhou Fei (China)
Attendance: 27,103
AUSTRALIA
Mathew Ryan (c), Harry Souttar, Kye Rowles, Nathaniel Atkinson (Ryan Strain 73), Jordan Bos, Riley McGree, Aiden O'Neill (Denis Genreau 63), Keanu Baccus, Mathew Leckie (Alex Robertson 73), Mitchell Duke (Brandon Borello 63), Jamie MacLaren (Ajdin Hrustic 46)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Caution: Atkinson 47
0 - 2 Argentina
Damian Martinez Romero, Nicolas Otamendi (German Pezzella 46), Marcos Acuna, Nahuel Molina Lucero, Cristian Romero, Angel Di Maria (Giovani Lo Celso 59), Rodrigo De Paul (Guido Rodriguez 79), Alexis Mac Allister (Julian Alvarez 59), Enzo Fernandez (Leandro Paredes 74), Lionel Messi (c), Nicolas Gonzalez (Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra 74)
Coach: Lionel Scaloni
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Messi 2, Pezzella 68

Saturday September 9 2023
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, United States of America
Referee: Rubiel Vasquez (United States)
Assistant Referees: Jose de Silva and Cory Richardson (United States)
Attendance: 52,787
Mexico
Guillermo Ochoa Magana, Edson Alvarez Velazquez, Julian Araujo Zuniga (Kevin Alvarez Campos 82), Jesus Gallardo Vasconcelos, Johan Vasquez Ibarra, Hector Herrera Lopez (Erick Sanchez Ocegueda 77), Luis Romo Barron, Carlos Antuna Romero (Roberto Alvardo Hernandez 82), Santiago Gimenez (Raul Jimenez Rodriguez 60), Orbelin Pineda Alvardo (Jordi Cortizo de la Piedra 77), Alexis Vega Rojas (Cesar Huerta Valera 60)
Coach: Jaime Lozano Espin
Caution: Rodriguez 70
Goals: Rodriguez 69 pen, Valera 83
2 - 2 AUSTRALIA
Mathew Ryan (c), Harry Souttar, Kye Rowles, Nathaniel Atkinson, Cameron Burgess, Riley McGree, Jackson Irvine (Aiden O'Neill 88), Keanu Baccus (Milos Degenak 88), Connor Metcalfe (Denis Genreau 68), Martin Boyle (Samuel Silvera 74), Mitchell Duke (Nicholas D'Agostino 68)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Duke 45+1, Metcalfe 46
Goals: Souttar 16, Boyle 63 pen

Friday October 13 2023
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England
Referee: Stephanie Frappart (France)
Assistant Referees: Mikael Berchebru and Aurelien Drouet (France)
Attendance: 81,116
England
Samuel Johnstone, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Levi Colwill, Lewis Dunk, Fikayo Tomori (John Stones 62), Conor Gallagher (Kalvin Phillips 62), Jack Grealish (Marcus Rashford 61), Jordan Henderson (Kieran Trippier 62), James Maddison (Philip Foden 73), Jarrod Bowen, Oliver Watkins (Edward Nketiah 73)
Coach: Gareth Southgate
Cautions: Colwill 34, Gallagher 35
Goal: Watkins 57
1 - 0 AUSTRALIA
Mathew Ryan (c), Cameron Burgess, Ryan Strain (Lewis Miller 74), Harry Souttar, Kye Rowles (Aziz Behich 83), Jackson Irvine, Keanu Baccus, Connor Metcalfe (Mohamed Toure 90), Martin Boyle (Awer Mabil 83), Mitchell Duke (Jordan Bos 73), Craig Goodwin (Brandon Borello 73)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Baccus 34, Strain 40, Irvine 79

Tuesday October 17 2023
Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford, London, England
Referee: Stuart Atwell (England)
Assistant Referees: Simon Bennett and Lee Betts (England)
Attendance: 5,761
New Zealand
Michael Wood, Nando Pijnaker, Michael Boxall (Tyler Binden 81), Bill Tuiloma (Niko Kirwan 73), Liberato Cacace, Matthew Garbett, Marko Stamenic, Callum McCowatt, Chris Wood (c) (Max Mata 81), Elijah Just (Ben Waine 73), Alex Grieve (Joseph Champness 67)
Coach: Darren Bazeley
Cautions: Nil

0 - 2 AUSTRALIA
Mathew Ryan (c), Aziz Behich, Lewis Miller (Ryan Strain 46), Harry Souttar, Alessandro Circati, Jordan Bos (Craig Goodwin 66), Martin Boyle (Samuel Silvera 82), Keanu Baccus, Massimo Luongo (Jackson Irvine 66), Connor Metcalfe (Aiden O'Neill 81), Mitchell Duke (Brandon Borello 66)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Souttar 13, Irvine 76


FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

Thursday November 16 2023
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
Referee: Akhrol Risquilaev (Uzbekistan)
Assistant Referees: Sanzhar Shoyusupov and Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan)
Attendance: 20,876
AUSTRALIA
Mathew Ryan (c), Cameron Burgess, Harry Souttar, Lewis Miller, Jordan Bos, Jackson Irvine (Massimo Luongo 46), Keanu Baccus (Aiden O'Neill 65), Connor Metcalfe, Mitchell Duke (Jamie MacLaren 46), Craig Goodwin (Aziz Behich 46), Brandon Borello (Kusini Yengi 72)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Caution: Baccus 55
Goals: Souttar 4, Borello 20, Duke 37, 40, MacLaren 48, 70, 84
7 - 0 Bangladesh
Mitul Marma, Tariq Kazi, Mohammad Saad Uddin, Bishwanath Ghosh (Mohamed Rahmat Mia 86), Hasan Murad Tipu (Mohammed Shakil Hossain 58), Sohel Rana, Jamal Bhuyan (c), Mohammad Ridoy, Mohammed Foysal Ahmed Fahim (Shekh Morsalin 72), Mohammed Rakib Hossain (Mohammad Rafiqul Islam 59), Mohammad Rahman Jony
Coach: Javier Fernandez-Cabrera Martin-Penato
Cautions: Hossain 14, Tipu 51, Uddin 73
World Cup Asian Qualifiers Second Round Group I pool match.

Tuesday November 21 2023
Jaber al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Referee: Qasim Al Hatmi (Oman)
Assistant Referees: Nasser Salim Ambusaidi and Saif Al Ghafri (Oman)
Attendance: 14,357
Palestine
Rami Hamadeh, Mohammed Saleh, Michel Termanini, Alaa Jaber, Mux'ab Al Battat, Camilo Saldana Inostroza, Mohammed Bassim Ahmed Rashid (Oday Kharoub 72), Tamer Sobhi Seyam (Islam Batran 81), Mahmoud Abu Warda, Oday Dabbagh, Zeid Qunbar (Mahmoud Wadi 87)
Coach: Makram Daboub
Caution: Inostroza 77
0 - 1 AUSTRALIA
Mathew Ryan (c), Aziz Behich, Ryan Strain (Lewis Miller 23), Harry Souttar, Kye Rowles, Jackson Irvine, Keanu Baccus (Aiden O'Neill 90+3), Connor Metcalfe, Martin Boyle (Brandon Borello 62), Mitchell Duke (Jamie MacLaren 90+3), Craig Goodwin (Jordan Bos 62)
Coach: Graham Arnold
Caution: Rowles 68
Goal: Souttar 18
World Cup Asian Qualifiers Second Round Group I pool match played at a neutral venue.
 

Last updated: 30 December 2023.