This page summarises the Australia men's national soccer team fixtures and results in 2026.
Summary Australia began their 2026 campaign in March as hosts of a FIFA Series mini-tournament. They secured a 1–0 victory over Cameroon at Stadium Australia with a late goal from Jordan Bos. Four days later, they defeated Curaçao 5–1 in Melbourne, featuring a second-half brace from 20-year-old Nestory Irankunda, a first-ever international goal from Alessandro Circati, as well as a goal by Awer Mabil and another goal by Bos.
Australia played Mexico at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on 30 May, in a match that was part of the pre-tournament training camp and which was planned to help in the selection process. They lost the match 0–1, with Mexican defender Johan Vásquez scoring the only goal in the game with a first-half header. Following the match, Tony Popovic named his World Cup squad with a few surprises including uncapped Tete Yengi and Cristian Volpato who switched allegiance from Italy at the last moment. In their final friendly ahead of the World Cup, Australia drew 1–1 with Switzerland at Snapdragon Stadium on 6 June. Dan Ndoye opened the scoring for Switzerland, while Yengi scored on debut for Australia, with Volpato also making his debut.
Australia opened Group D of the 2026 World Cup with a match against Turkey in Vancouver. They won the match 2–0, with Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe scoring the goals and Patrick Beach was surprisingly selected to start as goalkeeper and kept a clean sheet with some great saves. The result was considered one of Australia's best World Cup victories. In the second group match against the United States, Australia lost 0–2 with Cameron Burgess scoring an own goal and Alex Freeman scoring a header. In their final group match against Paraguay, Australia were capable of advancing from the second place with at least a draw. They drew the match in Santa Clara 0–0 and advanced to the knockout stage, where they will face Group G's second-placed team. After the group's final match, it was confirmed that Australia would meet Egypt in the round of 32. The match ended 1–1 after extra time, with Emam Ashour scoring for Egypt and Australia equalising following an own goal by Mohamed Hany. Australia were eliminated from the tournament via the subsequent penalty shoot-out, which Egypt won 4–2 after Popovic gambled by replacing Beach with veteran goalkeeper Mathew Ryan in the last minute and selecting centre-backs Harry Souttar and Lucas Herrington to take penalty kicks, with both of them missing.
Australia's first match following the World Cup was a friendly against Brazil, hosted in Townsville. The final result was 1–1, with a magnificent free kick by Irankunda cancelled by a last minute header by Rayan. Towards the end of the match, Marcus Younis was substituted on, making his Socceroos debut. In another friendly against Brazil in Brisbane, Australia lost 2–4 in front of a record 52,423 crowd. Circati and Metcalfe scored for Australia while Vanderson, Raphinha, Bruno Guimarães, and Vinícius scored for Brazil.
Record
Type GP W D L GF GA2026 FIFA Series 2 2 0 0 6 1Friendly 4 0 2 2 4 72026 FIFA World Cup 4 1 2 1 3 3 Total 10 3 4 3 13 11
Match results
2026 FIFA Series
Friendlies
2026 FIFA World Cup
Player statistics Correct as of 29 September 2026 (v. ). Numbers are listed by player's number in last match played
References
Reports
External links Socceroos Fixtures and Results