2023–24 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	2023–24
Men's soccer
ALM Premiership	Central Coast Mariners
Australia Cup	Sydney FC
Women's soccer
ALW Premiership	Melbourne City
ALW Championship	Sydney FC

The 2023–24 season was the 55th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 141st overall.

National teams[edit]

Men's senior[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2023–24.

9 September 2023	Mexico	2–2	Australia	Arlington, United States
21:00 UTC-5	Jiménez 69' (pen.) Huerta 83'	Report	Souttar 16' Boyle 63' (pen.)	Stadium: AT&T Stadium Referee: Rubio Vázquez (United States)

13 October 2023	England	1–0	Australia	London, England
19:45 UTC+1	Watkins 57'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 81,116 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

17 October 2023 Soccer Ashes	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	London, England
19:45 UTC+1	Souttar 13' Irvine 76'	Report		Stadium: Gtech Community Stadium Attendance: 5,761 Referee: Stuart Attwell (England)

6 January 2024	Bahrain	0–2	Australia	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
18:00 UTC+4		Report	Binaddi 36' (o.g.) Duke 61'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Harmoodi (United Arab Emirates)

FIFA World Cup qualification[edit]

Second round[edit]

Group I[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	6	6	0	0	22	0	+22	18	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	5–0	2–0	7–0
2	Palestine	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	0–1	—	0–0	5–0
3	Lebanon	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–5	0–0	—	4–0
4	Bangladesh	6	0	1	5	1	20	−19	1	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–2	0–1	1–1	—

Source: FIFA AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

16 November 2023 Second round	Australia	7–0	Bangladesh	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 UTC+11	Souttar 4' Borrello 20' Duke 37', 40' Maclaren 48', 70', 84'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 20,876 Referee: Ahrol Risqullaev (Uzbekistan)

21 November 2023 Second round	Palestine	0–1	Australia	Kuwait City, Kuwait^[a]
17:00 UTC+3		Report	Souttar 18'	Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Attendance: 14,537 Referee: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

21 March 2024 Second round	Australia	2–0	Lebanon	Sydney, Australia
20:10 UTC+11	Baccus 5' Rowles 54'	Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 27,026 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

26 March 2024 Second round	Lebanon	0–5	Australia	Canberra, Australia^[b]
19:45 UTC+11		Report	Yengi 2' Jradi 47' (o.g.) Goodwin 48', 81' Iredale 68'	Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 25,023 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)

6 June 2024 Second round	Bangladesh	0–2	Australia	Dhaka, Bangladesh
16:45 UTC+6		Report	Hrustic 29' Yengi 62'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Attendance: 5,227 Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

11 June 2024 Second round	Australia	5–0	Palestine	Perth, Australia
20:05 UTC+8	Yengi 5' (pen.), 41' Taggart 26' Boyle 53' Irankunda 87' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 18,261 Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)

Notes

^ Palestine played their home game at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.^[1]
^ Lebanon will play this home match in Australia, following AFC approval, due to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.^[2]

AFC Asian Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Uzbekistan	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Syria	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	India	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 January 2024 Group stage	Australia	2–0	India	Doha, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Irvine 50' Bos 73'	Report		Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 35,253 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

18 January 2024 Group stage	Syria	0–1	Australia	Doha, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3		Report	Irvine 59'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 10,097 Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

23 January 2024 Group stage	Australia	1–1	Uzbekistan	Doha, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Boyle 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Turgunboev 78'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 15,290 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Knockout stage[edit]

28 January 2024 Round of 16	Australia	4–0	Indonesia	Al Rayyan , Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Baggott 12' (o.g.) Boyle 45' Goodwin 89' Souttar 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 7,863 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

2 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Australia	1–2 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:30 UTC+3	Goodwin 42'	Report	H.C. Hwang 90+6' (pen.) Son 104'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 39,632 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Men's under-23[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under-23 national team in 2023–24.

17 November 2023	Qatar	1–2	Australia	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
19:00 AST	El Sayed 45+1'	Report	Toure 27' Brook 40'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium

21 November 2023	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Australia	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
16:00 AST	Bahusayn 90+5'	Report	Botic 12', 36' Velupillay 43'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium

WAFF U-23 Championship[edit]

As part of their preparations for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, Australia accepted an invitation to participate in the WAFF U-23 Championship.^[3]

20 March 2024 Group stage	Australia	2–1	Iraq	Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
20:00 AST	D'Arrigo 10' A. Kuol 15'	Report	Jaafar 48'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

23 March 2024 Semi-final	Australia	1–1 (2–1 p)	Egypt	Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
23:00 AST	G. Kuol 15' (pen.)	Report	J. Hollman 22' (o.g.)	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
	Penalties
	Courtney-Perkins Okon-Engstler Girdwood-Reich Velupillay Brook		Adel Faisal El Debes El Saaiy Eid

26 March 2024 Final	Australia	2–2 (3–4 p)	South Korea	Al Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia
23:00 AST	A. Kuol 11', 72'	Report	Lee Young-jun 26' Kang Seong-jin 62'	Stadium: Al Fateh Stadium
	Penalties
	A. Kuol Italiano D'Arrigo J. Hollman G. Kuol		Lee Tae-seok Lee Kang-hee An Jae-jun Seo Myung-guan

AFC U-23 Asian Cup[edit]

6 September 2023 (2023-09-06) Qualification stage	Laos	1–7	Australia	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
20:30	Khounthoumphone 12'	Report	Velupillay 2', 4' D'Arrigo 7' Botic 21', 55' Brook 59' A. Kuol 79'	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ahmad Alaeddin (Lebanon)

12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) Qualification stage	Tajikistan	1–1	Australia	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
20:30	Soirov 28'	Report	Peupion 12'	Stadium: Central Republican Stadium Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)

15 April 2024 Group stage	Australia	0–0	Jordan	Doha, Qatar
16:00 AST		Report		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

18 April 2024 Group stage	Indonesia	1–0	Australia	Doha, Qatar
16:00 AST	Komang 45'	Report		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

21 April 2024 Group stage	Qatar	0–0	Australia	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:30 AST		Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

Men's under-20[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under-20 national team in 2023–24.

5 June 2024 South American Tour	Uruguay	3–3 (4–3 p)	Australia	Montevideo, Uruguay
10:00 UYT	Lavega ?', ?' Pino 95' (pen.)	Report	Caputo 25', 32' Badolato 31'	Stadium: Complejo Uruguay Celeste [es] Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

8 June 2024 South American Tour	Chile	2–2 (5–4 p)	Australia	La Calera, Chile
16:00 CLT	Loyola 16' Arce 64'	Report	Yull Youlley	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar

11 June 2024 South American Tour	Chile	2–1	Australia	Santiago, Chile
17:00 CLT	Pinto Margas	Report	Jovanovic	Stadium: ANFP Federacion de Futbol de Chile

Marbella Week of Football U-18 International Tournament[edit]

The Young Socceroos participated in the Marbella Week of Football U-18 International Tournament in Spain.^[4]

12 October 2023	Australia	1–1 (4–1 p)	France	Marbella, Spain
14:00 CEST	Brandtman 8'	Report	Kalambayi 40'	Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

14 October 2023	Australia	1–1 (6–5 p)	Netherlands	Marbella, Spain
19:00 CEST	Waddingham 58'	Report (FA) Report (KNVB)	Milambo	Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

17 October 2023	Australia	2–2 (7–6 p)	Denmark	Marbella, Spain
14:30 CEST	Waddingham 18' Brandtman 87'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

Men's under-17[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under-17 national team in 2023–24.

11 April 2024 European camp	Switzerland	3–4	Australia	Locarno, Switzerland
13:00 (CET)	Lebrino 6' Mahic 120+1', 102+5'	Report	MacNicol 9', 55' Tatu 72' Bolongi 107'	Stadium: Stadio Communale Ascona
Note: Match took place over four quarters of 30-minutes each

16 April 2024 European camp	Inter Milan U-17	4–2	Australia	Milan, Italy
15:00 (CET)	27' 40' 45' 73'	Report	MacNicol 10' Pullella 30'	Stadium: Konami Youth Development Centre

ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship[edit]

23 June 2024 Group stage	Thailand	0–0	Australia	Surakarta, Indonesia
15:00 WIB		Report		Stadium: Sriwedari Stadium Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

26 June 2024 Group stage	Australia	2–0	Malaysia	Surakarta, Indonesia
15:00 WIB	Tatu 45+5' Williams 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Sriwedari Stadium Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei (Singapore)

29 June 2024 Group stage	East Timor	0–12	Australia	Surakarta, Indonesia
15:00 WIB		Report	J. Houridis 6', 23' Didulica 8', 57', 78', 80' Alfaro 47' MacNicol 51', 58' (pen.), 63', 89' Graoroski 54'	Stadium: Sriwedari Stadium Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

1 July 2024 Semi-final	Indonesia	3–5	Australia	Surakarta, Indonesia
19:30 WIB	Gholy 3', 45+5' Holong 90+3'	Report	Tatu 23', 66' MacNicol 45+2' Didulica 70', 86'	Stadium: Manahan Stadium

3 July 2024 Final	Thailand	1–1 (7–8 p)	Australia	Surakarta, Indonesia
19:30 WIB	Poramet 33'	Report	MacNicol 45+3'	Stadium: Manahan Stadium Referee: Koji Takasaki (Japan)
	Penalties
	Poramet Phuriphan Phanuphong Supakorn Natthakit Kittipob Chaiwat Siwakorn Chatchawas		Alfaro MacNicol Maltz Didulica Eames Pullella Garbowski Kutleshi Necovski

Women's senior[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2023–24.

14 July 2023 (2023-07-14)	Australia	1–0	France	Melbourne, Australia
19:30 UTC+10	Fowler 66'	Report		Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 50,629 Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)	Canada	5–0	Australia	Langford, Canada
19:30 UTC−8	Prince 10', 43' Lacasse 49' Awujo 55' Leon 62'	Report		Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 6,102 Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05)	Canada	1–0	Australia	Vancouver, Canada
19:00 UTC−8	Quinn 40'	Report		Stadium: Christine Sinclair Place Attendance: 48,112 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

9 April 2024 (2024-04-09)	Mexico	0–2	Australia	San Antonio, United States
19:00 UTC−6		Report	Raso 9' Foord 52'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,163 Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)

31 May 2024	Australia	1–1	China	Adelaide, Australia
19:40 UTC+09:30	Heyman 90+5'	Report	Zhang 30'	Stadium: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 52,912 Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

3 June 2024	Australia	2–0	China	Sydney, Australia
19:30 UTC+10:00	Wheeler 48' Raso 56'	Report		Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 76,798 Referee: Oh Hyun-jung (South Korea)

FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
4	Republic of Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

20 July 2023 (2023-07-20) Group Stage	Australia	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Sydney, Australia
18:00 UTC+10	Catley 52' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 75,784 Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

27 July 2023 (2023-07-27) Group Stage	Australia	2–3	Nigeria	Brisbane, Australia
18:00 UTC+10	Van Egmond 45+1' Kennedy 90+10'	Report	Kanu 45+6' Ohale 65' Oshoala 72'	Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 49,156 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

31 July 2023 (2023-07-31) Group Stage	Canada	0–4	Australia	Melbourne, Australia
18:00 UTC+10		Report	Raso 9', 39' Fowler 58' Catley 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 27,706 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Knockout stage[edit]

7 August 2023 Round of 16	Australia	2–0	Denmark	Sydney, Australia
20:30 UTC+10	Foord 29' Raso 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 75,784 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

12 August 2023 Quarter-final	Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	France	Brisbane, Australia
17:00 UTC+10		Report		Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 49,461 Referee: María Carvajal (Chile)
	Penalties
	Foord Catley Kerr Fowler Arnold Gorry Yallop Carpenter Hunt Vine		Bacha Diani Renard Le Sommer Périsset Geyoro Karchaoui Lakrar Dali Bècho

16 August 2023 Semi-final	Australia	1–3	England	Sydney, Australia
20:00 UTC+10	Kerr 63'	Report	Toone 36' Hemp 71' Russo 86'	Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 75,784 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

19 August 2023 Third place play-off	Sweden	2–0	Australia	Brisbane, Australia
18:00 UTC+10	Rolfö 30' (pen.) Asllani 62'	Report		Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 49,461 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers[edit]

26 October 2023 Round 2	Australia	2–0	Iran	Perth, Australia
19:00 UTC+8	Carpenter 19' Kerr 78'	Report		Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 18,798 Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

29 October 2023 Round 2	Philippines	0–8	Australia	Perth, Australia
15:10 UTC+8		Report	Fowler 15' Kerr 19', 45+2', 46' Foord 30', 34', 56' Wheeler 72'	Stadium: Perth Stadium Attendance: 59,155 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)

1 November 2023 Round 2	Australia	3–0	Chinese Taipei	Perth, Australia
19:00 UTC+8	Fowler 62' Kerr 68' Yallop 76'	Report		Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 19,084 Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

24 February 2024 Round 3	Uzbekistan	0–3	Australia	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
14:00 UTC+5		Report	Heyman 72' Fowler 84' Foord 86'	Stadium: Milliy Stadium Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

28 February 2024 Round 3	Australia	10–0 (13–0 agg.)	Uzbekistan	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 UTC+11	Asadova 1' (o.g.) Heyman 4', 8', 16', 45+2' Torpey 22' Fowler 36' Foord 38' Raso 68' Sayer 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 54,120 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

Women's under-23[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-23 national team in 2023–24.

26 September 2023	Australia	1–0	Scotland	Varese, Italy
11:30 CEST	Doran	Report		Stadium: AIS European Training Centre

29 May 2024 Four Nations Tournament	Sweden	3–0	Australia	Växjö, Sweden
19:00 CEST	Renmark 11', 31' Handfast 41'	Report		Stadium: Visma Arena

1 June 2024 Four Nations Tournament	Australia	0–3	Germany	Växjö, Sweden
18:00 CEST		Report	Apostolakis 30' (o.g.) #10 48' #2 60'	Stadium: Värendsvallen

4 June 2024 Four Nations Tournament	Australia	2–2 (5–3 p)	Poland	Växjö, Sweden
13:00 CEST	Cerne 60' Margraf 75'	Report	Krezyman 24' Wróbel 55'	Stadium: Värendsvallen Referee: Isabelle Svensson (Sweden)
	Penalties
	Gomez Lowry Hollman Nash Margraf		Grzybowska Domin Dudziak Kaczor

Women's under-20[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

A two-game series against China was held to help preparations for the U-20 Women's Asian Cup.^[5]

3 December 2023	China	1–3	Australia	Xiamen, China
15:00 UTC+8	Zheng 83' (pen.)	Report	Galic 10' Grove 66' O'Grady 68'	Stadium: Xiamen Egret Stadium Referee: Dai Bingyue (China)

6 December 2023	China	3–1	Australia	Xiamen, China
13:00 UTC+8	Zhang 6' Yu 66', 85'	Report	Apostolakis 89'	Stadium: Xiamen Egret Stadium Referee: Mu Mingxin (China)

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup[edit]

With three wins in the group stage, Australia secured qualification to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[6]

[2] Palestine played their home game at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.^[1]

[Canberra-4] Lebanon will play this home match in Australia, following AFC approval, due to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.^[2]

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2023–24 in Australian soccer

National teams[edit]

Men's senior[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

FIFA World Cup qualification[edit]

Second round[edit]

Group I[edit]

AFC Asian Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Men's under-23[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

WAFF U-23 Championship[edit]

AFC U-23 Asian Cup[edit]

Men's under-20[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

Marbella Week of Football U-18 International Tournament[edit]

Men's under-17[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship[edit]

Women's senior[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers[edit]

Women's under-23[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

Women's under-20[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup[edit]

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