# 2015 Australia national soccer team season

This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2015.

## Summary

As hosts, Australia won the AFC Asian Cup for the first time in January. The second half of the year saw qualification commence for the next World Cup and Asian Cup. By the end of the year Australia was sitting at the top of the qualification group with two games yet to be played. They were to finish 2015 ranked 57 in the FIFA rankings after falling to an all-time low of 100 at the end of 2014.

## Record

| Type | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Friendly | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Asian Cup | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
| World Cup & Asian Cup qualifiers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| Total | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 8 |

## Player statistics

Correct as of 17 November 2015 (v. Bangladesh). Numbers are listed by player's number in AFC Asian Cup, WC&AFC Qualification or last friendly played
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Asian Cup | Asian Cup | Friendlies | Friendlies | World Cup Qualifiers | World Cup Qualifiers |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Mathew Ryan | 8 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Mitchell Langerak | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | AUS | Adam Federici | 6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Ivan Franjic | 8 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | James Meredith | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jason Davidson | 9 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Matthew Spiranovic | 9 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Bailey Wright | 7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Aziz Behich | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Ryan McGowan | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Trent Sainsbury | 8 | 1 | 6+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Alex Wilkinson | 5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Tarek Elrich | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Josh Risdon | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Luke DeVere | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | AUS | Jackson Irvine | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Mark Milligan | 11 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Chris Ikonomidis | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Oliver Bozanic | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Tom Rogić | 4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Tommy Oar | 7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Aaron Mooy | 7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | AUS | James Troisi | 10 | 3 | 2+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Mile Jedinak | 9 | 5 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 3 |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Matt McKay | 8 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Massimo Luongo | 12 | 2 | 6+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Mark Bresciano | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | AUS | Tim Cahill | 12 | 9 | 5+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+2 | 6 |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie | 12 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Tomi Juric | 10 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Robbie Kruse | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Nathan Burns | 11 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
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