# Australia at the AFC Asian Cup

This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" &#x2D; please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! The Australia national soccer team has represented Australia at the AFC Asian Cup on five occasions in 2007, 2011, 2015 (where Australia both hosted the tournament and won the title), 2019 and 2023. Australia has qualified for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup to be held in Saudi Arabia.

## Record at the AFC Asian Cup

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| Year | Hosts | Round | Pos. | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Group Pos. | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 1956–2004 | 1956–2004 | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member |
| 2007 | Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | Squad | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 2011 | Qatar | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | Squad | 1st | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2015 | Australia | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts |
| 2019 | United Arab Emirates | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Squad | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 |
| 2023 | Qatar | Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | Squad | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 2027 | Saudi Arabia | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1 title | 6/19 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 17 | — | — | 32 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 92 | 13 |
| Champions Runners-up Third place/semi-finalists  Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil. Australia played their 2007 matches in Thailand and Vietnam. |||||||||||||||||||

## Head-to-head record

| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Iraq | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Oman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 025.00 |
| Syria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 033.33 |
| Total | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 057.69 |

## 2007 AFC Asian Cup
### Group stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Iraq | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| Oman | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |

### Quarter-final
## 2011 AFC Asian Cup
### Group stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |

### Final
## 2015 AFC Asian Cup
### Group stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 |
| Oman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |

### Final
## 2019 AFC Asian Cup
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Syria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

### Quarter-final
## 2023 AFC Asian Cup
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

### Knockout stage
#### Quarter-finals
## Goalscorers

| Player | Goals | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 |
| Tim Cahill | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | |
| Harry Kewell | 4 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| Mark Viduka | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Mile Jedinak | 3 | | 2 | 1 | | |
| Robbie Kruse | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | |
| Massimo Luongo | 2 | | | 2 | | |
| James Troisi | 2 | | | 2 | | |
| Awer Mabil | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| Martin Boyle | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Jackson Irvine | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Craig Goodwin | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Michael Beauchamp | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| John Aloisi | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Brett Holman | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| Saša Ognenovski | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| David Carney | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| Brett Emerton | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| Carl Valeri | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| Matt McKay | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| Mark Milligan | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| Tomi Juric | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| Trent Sainsbury | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| Jason Davidson | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| Jamie Maclaren | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Apostolos Giannou | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Chris Ikonomidis | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Tom Rogic | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Jordan Bos | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Harry Souttar | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Own goals | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Total | 48 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 9 |