2022–23 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	2022–23
Men's soccer
ALM Premiership	Melbourne City
ALM Championship	Central Coast Mariners
Australia Cup	Macarthur FC
Women's soccer
ALW Premiership	Sydney FC
ALW Championship	Sydney FC

The 2022–23 season was the 54th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 140th overall.

National teams

Men's senior

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2022–23.

22 September 2022	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	Brisbane, Australia
20:00 UTC+10	Mabil 32'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 25,392 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

25 September 2022	New Zealand	0–2	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
16:00 UTC+12		Report	Duke 54' Cummings 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 34,985 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

24 March 2023	Australia	3–1	Ecuador	Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEDT	Irvine 12' Mabil 32' Kuol 84'	Report	Torres 23'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 20,668 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

28 March 2023	Australia	1–2	Ecuador	Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEDT	Borrello 16'	Report	Estupiñán 51' (pen.) Pacho 65'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 27,103 Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)

15 June 2023	Argentina	2–0	Australia	Beijing, China
20:00 UTC+8	Messi 2' Pezzella 68'	Report		Stadium: Worker's Stadium Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

FIFA World Cup

22 November 2022 Group stage	France	4–1	Australia	Al Wakrah, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3	Rabiot 27' Giroud 32', 71' Mbappé 68'	Report	Goodwin 9'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 40,875 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

26 November 2022 Group stage	Tunisia	0–1	Australia	Al Wakrah, Qatar
13:00 UTC+3		Report	Duke 23'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 41,823 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

30 November 2022 Group stage	Australia	1–0	Denmark	Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	Leckie 60'	Report		Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 41,232 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

3 December 2022 Round of 16	Argentina	2–1	Australia	Al Rayyan, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3	Messi 35' Álvarez 57'	Report	Fernández 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 45,032 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Men's under-23

Friendlies

24 March 2023	Switzerland U20	1–0	Australia	Bellinzona, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+1)	Matoshi 3'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona

27 March 2023	Como	0–4	Australia	Como, Italy
15:30 (UTC+1)		Report	Botic Hollman (pen.) Kuol D'Arrigo	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Maurice Revello Tournament

In preparation for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification, the Olyroos participated in the Maurice Revello Tournament, a youth tournament held in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.^[1] Due to the late withdrawal of the Togo team in early June, the tournament organisers called-up a selection of under-21 players from the Mediterranean region, who participated in the Olyroos group.^[2]

6 June 2023 Group stage	Qatar	0–0 (4–3 p)	Australia	Aubagne, France
14:00 (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Lattre-de-Tassigny Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
	Penalties
	Al-Rawi Hamza Al-Ali Al-Yazidi		Botic Teague D'Arrigo Rawlins Nieuwenhof

9 June 2023 Group stage	Australia	3–2	U-21 Mediterranean team	Mallemort, France
14:00 (UTC+2)	Velupillay 6', 21' Teague 85'	Report	Mandefu 26' Trinker 43'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Attendance: 350 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

12 June 2023 Group stage	Mexico	0–2	Australia	Aubagne, France
14:00 (UTC+2)		Report	Botic 50' Francois 87'	Stadium: Lattre-de-Tassigny Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Karim Abed (France)

16 June 2023 Semi-final	Australia	1–2	Panama	Salon-de-Provence, France
14:30 (UTC+2)	Botic 18'	Report	Contreras 37' Perdomo 87'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan Attendance: 250 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

18 June 2023 Third place play-off	France	0–2	Australia	Salon-de-Provence, France
14:30 (UTC+2)		Report	Hollman 29' D'Arrigo 45+3'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan Attendance: 600 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Men's under-20

Costa Cálida Supercup

Following the withdrawal from 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification, the Young Socceroos participated in the Costa Cálida Supercup, a four nations tournament which took place in Spain.^[3]

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)	Australia	0–1	Morocco	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
18:00 CEST		Report	Labib 3'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)	Australia	1–3	Chile	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
21:00 CEST	Badolato 21'	Report	Guajardo 30' Fuentealba 44', 57'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)	England	3–0	Australia	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
17:00 CEST	Jebbison 32' Ramsey 38' Edozie 51'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena

FPF Sub-18 International Tournament

After missing out on qualification to the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup, the Young Socceroos sent an under-18 squad to contest the FPF Sub-18 International Tournament, a four nations tournament taking place in Portugal.^[4]

9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)	Portugal	4–2	Australia	Queluz, Portugal
18:00 WEST	Rêgo 41' Semedo 45+1', 47', 51'	Report	Jovanovic 9' Schreiber 76'	Stadium: Sports Complex Real Sport Clube Referee: Pedro Ramalho (Portugal)

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)	England	3–2	Australia	Oeiras, Portugal
	Marsh 14', 17' Blake 90'	Report	Caputo 19' Younis 45'	Stadium: Cidade do Futebol

13 June 2023 (2023-06-13)	Norway	1–2	Australia	Oeiras, Portugal
	Faraas 43'	Report	Caputo 4' Middleby 70'	Stadium: Cidade do Futebol

AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification

At the end of August, Football Australia withdrew the team from the tournament, citing safety reasons and travel advice.^[5] However, they were reinstated^[6] when Iraq lost hosting rights due to the 2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis,^[7] with the matches rescheduled and relocated to Kuwait City.^[8]

14 October 2022 (2022-10-14) Group stage	Australia	4–1	Kuwait	Kuwait City, Kuwait
19:30 AST	Segecic 24' (pen.) Popovic 32' (pen.), 40' Triantis 88'	Report	Al-Azmi 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

16 October 2022 (2022-10-16) Group stage	India	1–4	Australia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
16:30 AST	G. Singh 62'	Report	Kuol 12' Yumnam 32' (o.g.) Segecic 86' Caputo 90+2'	Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18) Group stage	Australia	1–0	Iraq	Kuwait City, Kuwait
16:30 AST	Popovic 59'	Report		Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

1 March 2023 (2023-03-01) Group stage	Australia	0–1	Vietnam	Fergana, Uzbekistan
15:00 UZT		Report	Quốc Việt 6'	Stadium: Istiqlol Stadium Attendance: 5,715 Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) Group stage	Iran	2–3	Australia	Fergana, Uzbekistan
15:00 UZT	Eslamtalab 25' Enayatzadeh 80'	Report	Simmons 8' Segecic 19', 46'	Stadium: Istiqlol Stadium Attendance: 1,154 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

7 March 2023 (2023-03-07) Group stage	Qatar	1–9	Australia	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00 UZT	Asar 2'	Report	Al-Ghareeb 13' (o.g.) Donnell 21' Borges-Rodrigues 25' Oliveira 39', 67' Yull 76' Popovic 79' Goodwin 90' Badolato 90+2'	Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 123 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) Quarter-final	Uzbekistan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Australia	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UZT	Abdurahmatov 79'	Report	Popovic 77'	Stadium: Milliy Stadium Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
	Penalties
	Fayzullaev Kholdorkhonov Abdurazzoqov Makhamadjonov Rahmonaliyev		Triantis Goodwin Rawlins Badolato Segecic

Men's under-17

Friendlies

10 February 2023 (2023-02-10) 2023 Antalya Youth Cup	Australia	0–0	Czech Republic	Antalya, Turkey
15:00 TRT		Report		Stadium: Emir Sport Complex

13 February 2023 (2023-02-13) 2023 Antalya Youth Cup	Australia	2–1	Morocco	Antalya, Turkey
11:00 TRT	Green 44' Glasson 48' (pen.)	Report	74'	Stadium: Emir Sport Complex

15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) 2023 Antalya Youth Cup	Australia	1–2	Uzbekistan	Antalya, Turkey
15:00 TRT	Hoey 40'	Report	35' 76'	Stadium: Emir Sport Complex

AFF U-16 Youth Championship

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02) Group stage	Australia	2–3	Myanmar	Bantul, Indonesia
15:00	Coveny 39' Pizio 44'	Report	Saw Myo Zaw 3' Shine Wanna Aung 23' Pyae Sone Aung 72'	Stadium: Sultan Agung Stadium Attendance: 33 Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

5 August 2022 (2022-08-05) Group stage	Cambodia	4–2	Australia	Bantul, Indonesia
15:00	David 1' Menghong 23', 90+1' Makara 83'	Report	Gulasi 38' (pen.) Hately 82'	Stadium: Sultan Agung Stadium Attendance: 26 Referee: Mick Jon Pineda (Philippines)

8 August 2022 (2022-08-08) Group stage	Malaysia	2–2	Australia	Sleman, Indonesia
15:00	Saharuddin 36', 48'	Report	Gulasi 17' Hately 65'	Stadium: Maguwoharjo Stadium

AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification

5 October 2022 (2022-10-05) Group stage	Australia	23–0	Northern Mariana Islands	Shepparton, Australia
19:30 AEDT	Irankunda 1', 6', 16', 38', 71' Hately 28', 44', 48' Glasson 32', 36', 59', 64' di Pizio 35' (pen.), 54' Pearman 43' Antoniou 53', 63' Quintal 56', 69' Parkes 75' Lebib 77' Ngewakl 89' (o.g.) Dovison 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Shepparton Sports City Attendance: 484

7 October 2022 (2022-10-07) Group stage	Cambodia	0–10	Australia	Shepparton, Australia
19:45 AEDT		Report	Chongmieng 5' (o.g.) Glasson 13' Hately 36', 73' Irankunda 49' Lebib 52' Quintal 72' (pen.), 81' Dovison 77' di Pizio 90'	Stadium: Shepparton Sports City Referee: Choi Hyun-jae (South Korea)

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09) Group stage	Australia	3–1	China	Shepparton, Australia
15:00 AEDT	Irankunda 7' (pen.), 65' di Pizio 70'	Report	Wang Yudong 25'	Stadium: Shepparton Sports City Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

16 June 2023 Group stage	Australia	0–2	Saudi Arabia	Chonburi, Thailand
17:00 (ICT)		Report	Al-Bishri 56' Al-Jadaani 86'	Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

19 June 2023 Group stage	China	3–5	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
17:00 (ICT)	Wang 14', 62' Jiwen 45+7'	Report	Irankunda 9', 18' De Abreu 12' Glasson 25' Amanatidis 90+8'	Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

22 June 2023 Group stage	Tajikistan	0–2	Australia	Bangkok, Thailand
17:00 (ICT)		Report	Bennie 68' Amanatidis 90+9'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Referee: Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia)

26 June 2023 Quarter-final	Japan	3–1	Australia	Pathum Thani, Thailand
17:00 (ICT)	Nawata 10' Michiwaki 23' Takaoka 74'	Report	Irankunda 62'	Stadium: BG Stadium Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Women's senior

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2022–23.

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03)	Australia	0–1	Canada	Brisbane, Australia
14:45 UTC+10		Report	Leon 11'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 25,016 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Australia	1–2	Canada	Sydney, Australia
19:40 UTC+10	Fowler 3'	Report	Leon 48', 64'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 26,997 Referee: Park Se-jin (South Korea)

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)	Australia	4–1	South Africa	London, United Kingdom
12:30 UTC±0	Vine 5', 24' Polkinghorne 42' Foord 53'	Report	Magaia 87'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Referee: Lorraine Watson (Scotland)

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)	Denmark	1–3	Australia	Viborg, Denmark
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Holmgaard 1'	Report	Foord 66', 76' Gorry 74'	Stadium: Viborg Stadion Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12)	Australia	4–0	Sweden	Melbourne, Australia
14:45 UTC+11	Kerr 36' Foord 51', 76' Fowler 72'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 22,065 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

15 November 2022 (2022-11-15)	Australia	2–0	Thailand	Gosford, Australia
19:30 UTC+11	Kerr 40' Raso 47'	Report		Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 11,271 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

7 April 2023	Australia	0–1	Scotland	London, England
13:45		Report	Docherty 47'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Referee: Louise Thompson (Northern Ireland)

11 April 2023	England	0–2	Australia	London, England
19:45		Report	Kerr 32' Grant 67'	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 14,489 Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)

Cup of Nations

16 February 2023 (2023-02-16)	Australia	4–0	Czech Republic	Gosford, Australia
19:10	Raso 48', 55' Kerr 70' Polkinghorne 84'	Report		Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 7,702 Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

19 February 2023 (2023-02-19)	Australia	3–2	Spain	Sydney, Australia
18:00	Vine 11' Polkinghorne 16' Foord 42'	Report	Carmona 73' Redondo 90+4'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 17,333 Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

22 February 2023 (2023-02-22)	Australia	3–0	Jamaica	Newcastle, Australia
19:10	Gorry 28' Chidiac 56' Foord 69'	Source		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 9,093 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

Women's under-23

AFF Women's Championship

4 July 2022 Group stage	Philippines	1–0	Australia	Manila, Philippines
19:00 UTC+8	Bolden 60'	Report		Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,408 Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

6 July 2022 Group stage	Thailand	2–2	Australia	Manila, Philippines
16:00 UTC+8	Kanyanat 41' Ploychompoo 60'	Report	Sayer 18' Hawkesby 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 207 Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)

8 July 2022 Group stage	Australia	4–0	Indonesia	Manila, Philippines
16:00 UTC+8	Sayer 9', 13', 15', 44'	Report		Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Referee: Aung Seinn Cho (Myanmar)

10 July 2022 Group stage	Singapore	1–4	Australia	Manila, Philippines
16:00 UTC+8	Umairah 89'	Report	Heatley 11' Hunter 16' Lowry 47' Gallagher 69'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Referee: Supiree Testhomya (Thailand)

12 July 2022 Group stage	Australia	6–0	Malaysia	Imus, Philippines
19:00 UTC+8	Dawber 13', 24' Hawkesby 20', 65', 67' McNamara 82'	Report		Stadium: City of Imus Grandstand Referee: Công Thị Dung (Vietnam)

Women's under-20

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's U20 national team in 2022–23.

July 2022	UNAM Pumas	0–1	Australia	Mexico City, Mexico
		Report		Attendance: 0^[a]

26 July 2022	Mexico	3–3	Australia	Mexico City, Mexico
	Maldonado 47' Marín 74', 85'	Report	Johnson ?' Hunter ?', ?'	Stadium: Centro de Alto Rendimiento Attendance: 0^[a]

5 August 2022	Australia	3–2	Colombia	Costa Rica
	Hunter ?' (pen.) ? ?' ? ?'	FA report FCF report	Reyes ?' Bonilla ?'	Attendance: 0^[a]

8 November 2022 2022 Pacific Women's Four Nations Tournament	Australia	2–1	Solomon Islands	Canberra, Australia
17:00 UTC+11	Prakash 12' O'Grady 46'	Report	David 44'	Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport

11 November 2022 2022 Pacific Women's Four Nations Tournament	Australia	3–0	Fiji	Canberra, Australia
17:00 UTC+11	Fisher 50' Saveska 52' Allan 64'	Report		Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport

13 November 2022 2022 Pacific Women's Four Nations Tournament	Australia	Cancelled	Papua New Guinea	Queanbeyan, Australia
16:00 UTC+11		Cancellation		Stadium: Seiffert Oval

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Match played behind closed doors.

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Since the qualifying competition for the U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled, the AFC nominated three teams based on the results of the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, with Japan, South Korea and North Korea qualifying.^[9] After the withdrawal of North Korea, it was announced that Australia would replace North Korea as the AFC’s representatives at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[10] Australia were drawn into the same group as the hosts, for the official Opening Match of the competition.^[11]

10 August 2022 Group stage	Costa Rica	1–3	Australia	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6	Pinell 19'	Report	Hunter 37' (pen.) Henry 38' Fenton 72'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 22,506 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

13 August 2022 Group stage	Brazil	2–0	Australia	Alajuela, Costa Rica
14:00 UTC−6	Priscila 26' Aline 46'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Attendance: 1,759 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

16 August 2022 Group stage	Australia	0–3	Spain	Alajuela, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6		Report	Gabarro 19', 24', 61'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Attendance: 939 Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification

4 March 2023 First round	Australia	Cancelled	Iraq	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
--:-- UTC+6		Source		Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium

6 March 2023 First round	Guam	0–13	Australia	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00 UTC+6		Report	Murray 5', 40' Hollman 17', 37' Johnson 28' Kenney 45' (o.g.) Cicco 63', 70', 90+3' Dos Santos 65' Grove 74' Galic 79' Murphy 85'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 10 Referee: Sejin Park (South Korea)

10 March 2023 First round	Kyrgyzstan	0–7	Australia	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00 UTC+6		Report	Dos Santos 4' Murphy 21', 48' Murray 24', 34' O'Grady 37' Briedis 90+7'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 512 Referee: Sunita Thongthawin (Thailand)

[bcd-9] Match played behind closed doors.

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