AFC Asian Cup 2023: Australia's fixtures, schedule, squad, telecast and more

The Socceroos are one of the favourites to lift the AFC Asian Cup 2023 title.

The 2023 AFC Asian Cup Qatar, will be the 18th edition of Asia’s biggest and most prestigious football tournament. The tournament involves 24 teams, who have been divided into six groups of four each. 

The Socceroos might not have the ‘Golden Generation’ that they once had but in the Asian Football Confederation, they are the driving force to reckon with. The Aussies qualified for the RO16 in the 2022 edition of the FIFA World Cup accumulating more points than Tunisia and Denmark and coming second to former champions France. The team then took on Argentina and fought tooth and nail and were very close to creating an upset.

However, this time around, the team from down under would want to return home with good memories from Qatar and become the Champions of Asia.

Teams 

Group B 

Australia

Uzbekistan

Syria

India

Format

The 24 participating nations have all been divided into six groups of four teams each, where they will compete in a single round robin format. 

Upon the completion of all group games, the top two teams from the group will make it to the knockouts, whereas the best four among the third-placed teams will qualify for the round of 16. 

Thereon, the teams will play in a series of single-legged knockout games, that will ultimately lead to the showdown for the continent’s most prestigious football title.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they are playing each other in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Venue

The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be played across five different cities, which include a total of nine stadiums, among which there is the Lusail Stadium, which hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.

Among the other stadiums, are Al Bayt Stadium, Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Education City Stadium, Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Khalifa International Stadium, Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, Al Thumama Stadium and Al Janoub Stadium.

Telecast 

The AFC Asian Cup matches will be telecast live on Sports18 Network. Live streaming of the AFC Asian Cup will be available on the JioCinema app and website. For worldwide broadcast, click here.

Australia’s fixtures at the 2023 Asian Cup

Date	Fixture	Time (IST)
January 13	Australia vs India	5:00 PM
January 18	Syria vs Australia	5:00 PM
January 23	Australia vs Uzbekistan	5:00 PM

AFC Asian Cup 2023 Australian Men’s football team – full squad

Goalkeepers: Joe Gauci, Mat Ryan, Lawrence Thomas 

Defenders: Harry Souttar, Kye Rowles, Cameron Burgess, Nathaniel Atkinson, Thomas Deng, Jordy Bos, Aziz Behich, Lewis Miller, Gethin Jones

Midfielders: Keanu Baccus, Aiden O’Neill, Jackson Irvine, Connor Metcalfe, Riley McGree, Patrick Yazbek 

Forwards: Craig Goodwin, Martin Boyle, Marco Tilio, John Iredale, Kusini Yengi, Bruno Fornaroli, Mitchell Duke 

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