| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1  USA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
2  Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
3  Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
4  Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
About
World Cup story
Australia have six previous appearances and reached the round of 16 in 2006 and 2022. They switched from Oceania to the Asian confederation in 2006 and have qualified via AFC ever since.
- Appearances
- 6
- Best finish
- Round of 16
- First appearance
- 1974
- Titles
- —
Squad watch
Key men
MOST CAPS
Mathew Ryan
104 capsTOP SCORER
Mathew Leckie
14 goalsAVERAGE AGE
26 players
26.9 yrs
Road to 2026
Qualifying recap
- W
v China PR 2–0
2025-03-25 · Away · WC qualifying · Mar 2025
- W
v Japan 1–0
2025-06-05 · Home · WC qualifying · Jun 2025
- W
v Saudi Arabia 2–1
2025-06-10 · Away · WC qualifying · Jun 2025
Upcoming
World Cup 2026
Before the World Cup · warm-ups & qualifiers
Australia
SwitzerlandAustralia
MexicoAustralia
CuracaoAustralia
CameroonAustralia
ColombiaSquad
26-man roster
Coach Tony Popovic
GOALKEEPERS
3- 1
Mathew RyanC
Levante · 34y
104 caps
- 12
Paul Izzo
Randers · 31y
4 caps
- 18
Patrick Beach
Melbourne City · 22y
2 caps
DEFENDERS
10- 2
Miloš Degenek
APOEL · 32y
57 caps
1 goals
- 3
Alessandro Circati
Parma · 22y
13 caps
1 goals
- 4
Jacob Italiano
Grazer AK · 24y
5 caps
- 5
Jordan Bos
Feyenoord · 23y
27 caps
4 goals
- 6
Jason Geria
Albirex Niigata · 33y
14 caps
- 15
Kai Trewin
New York City FC · 25y
6 caps
- 16
Aziz Behich
Melbourne City · 35y
84 caps
3 goals
- 19
Harry Souttar
Leicester City · 27y
38 caps
11 goals
- 21
Cameron Burgess
Swansea City · 30y
27 caps
- 25
Lucas Herrington
Colorado Rapids · 18y
4 caps
MIDFIELDERS
5- 8
Connor Metcalfe
FC St. Pauli · 26y
36 caps
1 goals
- 13
Aiden O'Neill
New York City FC · 27y
31 caps
- 14
Cammy Devlin
Heart of Midlothian · 28y
5 caps
- 22
Jackson Irvine
FC St. Pauli · 33y
82 caps
14 goals
- 24
Paul Okon-Engstler
Sydney FC · 21y
6 caps
FORWARDS
8- 7
Mathew Leckie
Melbourne City · 35y
80 caps
14 goals
- 9
Mohamed Touré
Norwich City · 22y
10 caps
2 goals
- 10
Ajdin Hrustic
Heracles Almelo · 29y
37 caps
4 goals
- 11
Awer Mabil
Castellón · 30y
38 caps
10 goals
- 17
Nestory Irankunda
Watford · 20y
15 caps
5 goals
- 20
Cristian Volpato
Sassuolo · 22y
1 caps
- 23
Nishan Velupillay
Melbourne Victory · 25y
7 caps
3 goals
- 26
Tete Yengi
Machida Zelvia · 25y
1 caps
1 goals
Tournament stats · World Cup 2026 only
Minutes played are not tracked yet — they arrive in a later data update.
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