Australia announces 26-man squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup

This will be the nation's fifth consecutive appearance in the tournament

Socceroos Head coach Graham Arnold named his 26-man squad to represent Australia at the FIFA World Cup 2022. Where the Socceroos will face champions France, Tunisia and Denmark in Group D. The 26-man squad confirms a dream call-up for 18-year-old sensation Garang Kuol and some bombshell omissions.

Goalkeeper Mathew Ryan will captain the side in Qatar. This will be his third FIFA World Cup. The last time the Aussies were eliminated from the group stages of the world cup in 2018. Out of 5 countries from AFC Australia is one of them. Head Coach Graham Arnold said the Socceroos go to Qatar full of pride and belief after a challenging four years.

“It’s been a unique and difficult qualification campaign. And we now arrive in Qatar with an exciting squad which will do everything to make Australia proud on the world stage,” Arnold said. After securing qualification for the fifth consecutive FIFA World Cup, the sixth appearance in total. The Socceroos will be looking to progress through the group stages for the first time since 2006.

The Socceroos kick off their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 campaign against defending champions France at Al Janoub Stadium on Tuesday, 22 November at 10.00 pm local / Wednesday, 23 November at 6:00 am AEDT.

Here is Australia's official 26-man squad for the 2022 World Cup.

Goalkeepers: Mat Ryan (FC Copenhagen), Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners), Andrew Redmayne (Sydney FC).

Defenders: Harry Souttar (Stoke City), Milos Degenek (Columbus Crew), Bailey Wright(Sunderland AFC), Thomas Deng (Albirex Niigata), Fran Karacic (Brescia Calcio), Nathaniel Atkinson (Heart of Midlothian), Aziz Behich (Dundee United), Kye Rowles (Heart of Midlothian), Joel King (Odense Boldklub).

Midfielders: Aaron Mooy (Celtic FC), Jackson Irvine (FC St. Pauli), Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona FC), Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian), Riley McGree (Middlesbrough FC), Keanu Baccus (St Mirren).

Forwards: Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC), Mitchell Duke (Fagiano Okayama), Jason Cummings (Central Coast Mariners), Garang Kuol (Central Coast Mariners), Awer Mabil (Cadiz CF), Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City FC), Craig Goodwin(Adelaide United), Martin Boyle (Hibernian FC).