2019–20 in Australian soccer

The 2019–20 season is the fifteenth season of the current professional domestic soccer competition in Australia.

Soccer in Australia

Season	2019–20
Men's soccer
A-League Premiership	Sydney FC
A-League Championship	Sydney FC
National Premier Leagues	Wollongong Wolves
FFA Cup	Adelaide United
Women's soccer
W-League Premiership	Melbourne City
W-League Championship	Melbourne City
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Most events from March 2020 onwards were disrupted or postponed due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1][2]

Domestic competitions

A-League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	26	16	5	5	49	25	+24	53	Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Melbourne City	26	14	5	7	49	37	+12	47	Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2]	26	12	5	9	38	33	+5	41	Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
4	Brisbane Roar	26	11	7	8	29	28	+1	40	Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	Western United	26	12	3	11	46	37	+9	39	Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
6	Perth Glory	26	10	7	9	43	36	+7	37
7	Adelaide United	26	11	3	12	44	49	−5	36
8	Newcastle Jets	26	9	7	10	32	40	−8	34
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	9	6	11	35	40	−5	33
10	Melbourne Victory	26	6	5	15	33	44	−11	23
11	Central Coast Mariners	26	5	3	18	26	55	−29	18

Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Finals series

Elimination-finals				Semi-finals				Grand Final
				Sydney FC	2
Wellington Phoenix	0			Perth Glory	0
Perth Glory	1							Sydney FC	1
								Melbourne City	0
				Melbourne City	2
Brisbane Roar	0			Western United	0
Western United	1

W-League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne City (C)	12	11	1	0	27	4	+23	34	Qualification to Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	12	7	2	3	24	14	+10	23
3	Sydney FC	12	7	1	4	21	13	+8	22
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	7	1	4	24	20	+4	22
5	Brisbane Roar	12	5	2	5	22	19	+3	17
6	Canberra United	12	4	1	7	13	29	−16	13
7	Perth Glory	12	3	2	7	19	24	−5	11
8	Adelaide United	12	2	1	9	12	24	−12	7
9	Newcastle Jets	12	2	1	9	12	27	−15	7

Source: W-League Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Finals series

	Semi-finals					Grand Final
	1	Melbourne City	5
	4	Western Sydney Wanderers	1
						Melbourne City		1
						Sydney FC		0
	2	Melbourne Victory	0
	3	Sydney FC	1

Y-League

Conference A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory Youth	8	5	1	2	17	16	+1	16	Qualification to the Grand Final
2	Brisbane Roar Youth	8	4	2	2	22	9	+13	14
3	Adelaide United Youth	8	4	1	3	15	15	0	13
4	Melbourne City Youth	8	2	4	2	15	16	−1	10
5	Perth Glory Youth	8	0	2	6	11	24	−13	2

Source: Y-League

Conference B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC Youth (C)	8	5	3	0	37	15	+22	18	Qualification to the Grand Final
2	Central Coast Mariners Academy	8	4	2	2	20	13	+7	14
3	Newcastle Jets Youth	8	3	2	3	25	26	−1	11
4	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	8	3	2	3	10	17	−7	11
5	Canberra United Youth	8	0	1	7	7	28	−21	1

Source: Y-League
(C) Champion.

Grand Final

31 January 2020	Sydney FC Youth	5–1	Melbourne Victory Youth	Sydney
16:30 AEST	Swibel  6' Tilio  45+5', 73' Hollman  56' Koop  71'	Report	Lawrie-Lattanzio  37'	Stadium: Jubilee Stadium Referee: Nathan Shakespear

Domestic cups

FFA Cup

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Adelaide Olympic	4
	Floreat Athena	3			Adelaide Olympic	1
	Cooma Tigers	0			Hume City	3
	Hume City	2							Hume City	0
	Sydney FC	0							Central Coast Mariners	1
	Brisbane Roar	2			Brisbane Roar	2 (2)
	Maitland FC	0			Central Coast Mariners (p)	2 (4)
	Central Coast Mariners	2											Central Coast Mariners	1
	Olympic FC	5											Adelaide United	2
	Bayswater City	2			Olympic FC	2
	Melbourne Knights	2			Adelaide United	3
	Adelaide United	5							Adelaide United	1
	Darwin Olympic	0							Newcastle Jets	0
	Edgeworth FC	3			Edgeworth FC	1
	Melbourne Victory	2			Newcastle Jets	5
	Newcastle Jets	3															Adelaide United	4
	Brisbane Strikers (p)	2 (4)															Melbourne City	0
	Wellington Phoenix	2 (2)			Brisbane Strikers	1
	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	2 (2)			Manly United	0
	Manly United (p)	2 (4)							Brisbane Strikers	3
	Bulleen Lions	1 (2)							Moreland Zebras	2
	Moreland Zebras (p)	1 (3)			Moreland Zebras	4
	Mackay & Whitsundays Magpies Crusaders United	2			Mackay & Whitsundays Magpies Crusaders United	0
	Coomera Colts	1											Brisbane Strikers	1
	South Hobart	0											Melbourne City	5
	Marconi Stallions	3			Marconi Stallions	1
	Campbelltown City	1			Melbourne City	2
	Melbourne City	3							Melbourne City	3
	St George	3							Western Sydney Wanderers	0
	Sydney United 58 (a.e.t.)	5			Sydney United 58	1
	Perth Glory	1			Western Sydney Wanderers	7
	Western Sydney Wanderers	2

National teams

Men's senior

2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification

World Cup qualification matches also acted as 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches.

10 September 2019 2022 WCQ	Kuwait	0–3	Australia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
18:30 UTC+3		Report	Leckie  7', 30' Mooy  38'	Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Attendance: 11,852 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

10 October 2019 2022 WCQ	Australia	5–0	Nepal	Canberra, Australia
20:00 UTC+11	Maclaren  6', 19', 90' Souttar  23', 59'	Report		Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 18,563 Referee: Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia)

15 October 2019 2022 WCQ	Chinese Taipei	1–7	Australia	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
19:10 UTC+8	Y.W. Chen  21'	Report	Taggart  12', 19' Irvine  34', 37' Maclaren  84' Souttar  73', 89'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,217 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

14 November 2019 2022 WCQ	Jordan	0–1	Australia	Amman, Jordan
18:00 UTC+2		Source	Taggart  13'	Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium Attendance: 9,712 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Men's under 23

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under 23 national team in 2019–20.

6 September 2019	Australia	1–1	New Zealand	Wollongong, Australia
19:30 AEST	McGree  56'	Report	Lewis  71'	Stadium: WIN Stadium

9 September 2019	Australia	1–1	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST	Wales  3'	Report	Rogerson  45'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium

11 October 2019	Lusail	0–2	Australia	Doha, Qatar
		Report	Genreau Iredale	Stadium: Aspire Zone

14 October 2019	Australia	1–2	Iran	Doha, Qatar
	Armenakas  46' (pen.)	Report (AUS) Report (IRN)	Aghasi  4' Shojaei  25'	Stadium: Al-Duhail Stadium

15 November 2019 Dazu Rock Carvings Cup	China PR	1–5	Australia	Chongqing, China
19:30 CST	Zhang  45'	Report	Bouman  20' Italiano  30' Toure  33' Najjarine  63' Folami  85'	Stadium: Chongqing City Dazu District Sports Centre Stadium

17 November 2019 Dazu Rock Carvings Cup	Australia	4–0	North Korea	Chongqing, China
16:00 CST	Duncan  30' Piscopo  60' Mourdoukoutas  ?' Bouman  90'	Report		Stadium: Chongqing City Dazu District Sports Centre Stadium

19 November 2019 Dazu Rock Carvings Cup	Australia	1–0	Lithuania	Chongqing, China
16:00 CST	Najjarine  58' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Chongqing City Dazu District Sports Centre Stadium

3 January 2020	Australia	1–1	South Korea	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
17:00 MYT	Toure  75'	Report	72'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

2020 AFC U-23 Championship

Matches also acted as qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games .

8 January 2020 Group Stage	Iraq	1–1	Australia	Rangsit, Thailand
17:15 ICT	Nassif  77'	Report	Piscopo  62'	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Attendance: 106 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

11 January 2020 Group Stage	Thailand	1–2	Australia	Bangkok, Thailand
20:15 ICT	Anon  24'	Report	D'Agostino  43', 76'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 22,352 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

14 January 2020 Group Stage	Australia	1–1	Bahrain	Rangsit, Thailand
20:15 ICT	Najjarine  34'	Report	Marhoon  45+3'	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

18 January 2020 Quarter-final	Australia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Syria	Bangkok, Thailand
20:15 ICT	Toure  102'	Report		Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

22 January 2020 Semi-final	Australia	0–2	South Korea	Rangsit, Thailand
20:15 ICT		Report	D.W. Kim  56' D.G. Lee  76'	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

25 January 2020 Third place match	Australia	1–0	Uzbekistan	Bangkok, Thailand
19:30 ICT	D'Agostino  47'	Report		Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 590 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Men's under-20

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under 20 national team in 2019–20.

5 October 2019	Newcastle Jets	10–2	Australia	Newcastle, Australia
	Hoffman  2', 7', 14', 26', 33' Topor-Stanley  4' Fitzgerald  35', 55' D. Petratos  45' Ridenton  57'	Report	Ruiz-Diaz  40', 43'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

18 February 2020	FC Utrecht U-19	0–1	Australia	Netherlands
		Report	Prso  35'

22 February 2020	AFC Ajax Amsterdam U-19	4–0	Australia	Netherlands
		Source

25 February 2020	FC Twente U-19	3–4	Australia	Netherlands
		Source

AFF U-18 Youth Championship

7 August 2019 Group Stage	Cambodia	1–5	Australia	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18:30 ICT	Chanthea  74'	Report	Trewin  3' Ruiz-Diaz  5' McCarthy  19' Brooks  65', 90+3'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium Attendance: 295 Referee: Xaypaseuth Phongsanit (Laos)

9 August 2019 Group Stage	Vietnam	1–4	Australia	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18:30 ICT	Hoàng  45'	Report	Tilio  1', 34', 90' Brook  13'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium Attendance: 4,535 Referee: Souei Vongkham (Laos)

11 August 2019 Group Stage	Australia	3–1	Thailand	Thủ Dầu Một, Vietnam
18:30 ICT	Ruiz-Diaz  57', 78' Carluccio  68'	Report	Natcha  82'	Stadium: Gò Đậu Stadium Attendance: 418 Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

13 August 2019 Group Stage	Australia	0–3	Malaysia	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
15:30 ICT		Report	Luqman  17', 39' Azam  27'	Stadium: Thành Long Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Souei Vongkham (Laos)

15 August 2019 Group Stage	Singapore	0–5	Australia	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
15:30 ICT		Report	Monge  23' Ruiz-Diaz  35', 39', 79' Iannucci  73'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium Attendance: 356 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

17 August 2019 Semi-final	Australia	2–1	Myanmar	Thủ Dầu Một, Vietnam
19:30 ICT	Brook  56' Trewin  77'	Report	La Min Htwe  18'	Stadium: Gò Đậu Stadium Attendance: 251 Referee: Ahmad A'qashah (Singapore)

19 August 2019 Final	Malaysia	0–1	Australia	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
19:30 ICT		Report	Brook  79'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium Attendance: 859 Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)

AFC U-19 Championship qualification

6 November 2019 Qualification Stage	Australia	2–2	Laos	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
16:00 Taiwan NST	Ruiz-Diaz  65' Carluccio  78'	Report	Kietnalonglop  16' Xaypanya  45'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 55 Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)

8 November 2019 Qualification Stage	Macau	0–6	Australia	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
16:00 Taiwan NST		Report	del Grosso  5' Roberts  37' Tilio  40', 55', 67' Iannucci  49'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 55 Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)

10 November 2019 Qualification Stage	Chinese Taipei	0–5	Australia	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
19:00 Taiwan NST		Report	Brook  2' Roberts  12', 77' Hu-Josefsson  33' (o.g.) Tilio  52'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 694 Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Men's under-17

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under 17 national team in 2019–20.

6 September 2019	England	3–2	Australia	Hinckley, England
19:00 (UTC±0)	Mighten  20', 36', 65'	Report	Botic  5' Ostler	Stadium: Leicester Road Stadium Attendance: 527

8 September 2019	Australia	3–3 (4–3 p)	South Korea	Burton upon Trent, England
13:00 (UTC±0)	Ruhs  12' Auglah  21' Kirdar  35'	Report (Twitter) Report (FTBL)	Hong  22' Kim  69' Choi  76'	Stadium: St. George's Park Referee: Alan Young (England)

10 September 2019	Australia	0–4	Brazil	Burton upon Trent, England
15:00 (UTC±0)		Report	Courtney-Perkins  (o.g.) Peglow Kaio Diego Rosa	Stadium: St. George's Park

FIFA U-17 World Cup

26 October 2019 Group stage	Ecuador	2–1	Australia	Goiânia, Brazil
20:00 (UTC-3)	Pluas  4' Mlinaric  9' (o.g.)	Report	Botic  90'	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Attendance: 337 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

29 October 2019 Group stage	Australia	2–2	Hungary	Goiânia, Brazil
20:00 (UTC-3)	Botic  69' (pen.) Watts  74'	Report	Baráth  14' Zuigéber  20' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Attendance: 233 Referee: Amin Mohamed (Egypt)

1 November 2019 Group stage	Australia	2–1	Nigeria	Gama, Brazil
17:00 (UTC-3)	Botic  13', 54' (pen.)	Report	Olawale  21'	Stadium: Estádio Bezerrão Attendance: 851 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

6 November 2019 Round of 16	France	4–0	Australia	Goiânia, Brazil
20:00 (UTC-3)	Mbuku  6', 74', 82' Millot  87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Serrinha Attendance: 814 Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

Younger cohort: AFF U-15 Youth Championship

28 July 2019 Group Stage	Cambodia	1–3	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
15:30	Nora  64' (pen.)	Report	D'Argenio  12' Helweh  24', 30'	Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 2 Referee: Soe Lin Aung (Myanmar)

30 July 2019 Group Stage	Laos	0–3	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
15:00		Report	Menelaou  33' Oliveira  75' Segecic  80'	Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 1 Attendance: 75 Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia)

1 August 2019 Group Stage	Australia	0–3	Malaysia	Chonburi, Thailand
15:00		Report	Daniel  4' (pen.) Nabil  28' Izrin  70'	Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 1 Attendance: 80 Referee: Steve Supresencia (Philippines)

3 August 2019 Group Stage	Thailand	1–1	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
18:00	Theekawin  40'	Report	Taylor  4'	Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 1 Attendance: 550 Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia)

5 August 2019 Group Stage	Brunei	0–4	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
15:30		Report	Mostofi  20', 65' Gomez  32' Oliveira  54'	Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 2 Attendance: 93 Referee: Soe Lin Aung (Myanmar)

Younger cohort: AFC U-16 Championship qualification

16 September 2019 Group stage	Mongolia	1–2	Australia	Hanoi, Vietnam
18:00 (ICT)	Damdindorj  65'	Report	Delgernasan  3' (o.g.) Batsukh  15' (o.g.)	Stadium: National Youth Football Training Centre Attendance: 105 Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

18 September 2019 Group stage	Australia	3–0	Macau	Hanoi, Vietnam
16:00 (ICT)	Nguyen  9', 44' Leong  27' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: National Youth Football Training Centre Attendance: 30 Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

20 September 2019 Group stage	Timor-Leste	0–1	Australia	Hanoi, Vietnam
16:00 (ICT)		Report	Rawlins  45+1'	Stadium: National Youth Football Training Centre Attendance: 92 Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)

22 September 2019 Group stage	Vietnam	1–2	Australia	Hanoi, Vietnam
18:00 (ICT)	Oliveira  58' (pen.) Smyth  89'	Report	Nguyễn Công Sơn  19'	Stadium: National Youth Football Training Centre Attendance: 683 Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)

Women's senior

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played or originally scheduled to be played by the women's senior national team in 2019–20.

9 November 2019	Australia	2–1	Chile	Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEDT	Kerr  3', 72'	Report	Sáez  89'	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 20,029 Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)

12 November 2019	Australia	1–0	Chile	Adelaide, Australia
19:30 ACDT	Gielnik  23'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,340 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

10 April 2020	United States	Cancelled	Australia	Sandy, United States
21:30 ET		Cancellation		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium

14 April 2020	Canada	Cancelled	Australia	Vancouver, Canada
19:30 PST		Cancellation		Stadium: BC Place

AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

7 February 2020 Third round	Australia	7–0	Chinese Taipei	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEDT	Foord  10', 24', 38' Catley  31' Raso  54' Kerr  64' Gorry  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

10 February 2020 Third round	Australia	6–0	Thailand	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEDT	van Egmond  44', 45+4', 70' Simon  67', 73' Raso  71'	Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

13 February 2020 Third round	Australia	1–1	China PR	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEDT	Van Egmond  90+2'	Report	Tang Jiali  86'	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 5,660 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

6 March 2020 Play-off round	Australia	5–0	Vietnam	Newcastle, Australia
18:30 AEDT	Kerr  10', 80' (pen.) Logarzo  27' Van Egmond  38' Polkinghorne  67'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 14,014 Referee: Abirami Naidu (Singapore)

11 March 2020 Play-off round	Vietnam	1–2	Australia	Cẩm Phả, Vietnam
18:00 ICT	Huỳnh Như  55'	Report	Kerr  15' Raso  27'	Stadium: Cẩm Phả Stadium Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

Women's under-20

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

27 October 2019 Group stage	North Korea	5–1	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
16:00 (UTC+7)	Kim Hyang  19' Jun Yi Hwa  30' Ri Kum Hyang  74' Pak Il Gyong  83' Kim Kyong Yong  88'	Report	Cooney-Cross  16'	Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 170 Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

30 October 2019 Group stage	Thailand	1–3	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
19:00 (UTC+7)	Pattaranan  63'	Report	M. Fowler  18', 42' Nevin  56'	Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 280 Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

2 November 2019 Group stage	Australia	1–0	Vietnam	Chonburi, Thailand
16:00 (UTC+7)	M. Fowler  84'	Report		Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 90 Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

6 November 2019 Semi-final	Japan	7–0	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
20:00 (UTC+7)	Kanno  21' (pen.) Osawa  23', 48' Yamamoto  50' Ito  52' Hirosawa  80', 86'	Report		Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 120 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)

9 November 2019 Third place match	South Korea	9–1	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
16:00	Noh Jin-young  14' Choo Hyo-joo  24', 88' Kang Ji-woo  36', 75', 84' (pen.), 90' Hyun Seul-gi  39' Cho Mi-jin  90+2'	Report	Fowler  81'	Stadium: Chonburi Stadium

Women's under-17

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under 17 national team in 2019–20.

8 August 2019	Tonga	0–6	Australia	Nuku’alofa, Tonga
13:00 TOT		Report		Stadium: Tonga Football Academy

12 August 2019	Vanuatu	0–13	Australia	Port Vila, Vanuatu
15:00 VUT		Report		Stadium: Korman Stadium

15 August 2019	Solomon Islands	0–14	Australia	Honiara, Solomon Islands
16:00 SBT		Report		Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium

AFC U-16 Women's Championship

15 September 2019 Group stage	Japan	0–0	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
16:00 (ICT)		Report		Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 223 Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)

18 September 2019 Group stage	Thailand	1–6	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
19:00 (ICT)	Janista  70'	Report	Jancevski  5', 45+1' Lowry  27', 45+3' Beaumont  51', 59'	Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)

21 September 2019 Group stage	Australia	2–2	Bangladesh	Chonburi, Thailand
16:00 (ICT)		Report		Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium

25 September 2019 Semi-final	Australia	0–3	North Korea	Chonburi, Thailand
12:00 (ICT)		Report	H.Y. Kim  14', 17' P.I. Kim  90'	Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium

28 September 2019 Third place match	China PR	2–1	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
16:00 (ICT)	Shi  78' Zou  82'	Report	Lowry  1'	Stadium: Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Deaths

• 14 September 2019: Rudi Gutendorf, 93, Australian head coach from 1979 to 1981.[3]
• 28 November 2019: Pim Verbeek, 63, Australian head coach from 2007 to 2010.[4]
• 27 May 2020: Liesbeth Migchelsen, 49, Canberra United head coach from 2013 to 2014.[5][6]

Retirements

• 2 July 2019: Marc Janko, 36, former Austria and Sydney FC striker.[7]
• 15 July 2019: Lizzie Durack, 25, former England and Western Sydney Wanderers goalkeeper.[8]
• 15 September 2019: Daniel McBreen, 42, former Newcastle United, North Queensland Fury, Perth Glory and Central Coast Mariners striker.[9]
• 10 October 2019: Caitlin Munoz, 36, former Australia and Canberra United striker.[10]
• 18 October 2019: Ken Ilsø, 33, former Adelaide United striker.[11]
• 1 January 2020: David Villa, 38, former Spain and Melbourne City striker.[12]
• 6 January 2020: Erika Tymrak, 28, former United States and Melbourne City midfielder.[13]
• 28 January 2020: Alexander Meier, 37, former Western Sydney Wanderers forward.[14]
• 6 May 2020: Jakob Poulsen, 36, former Denmark and Melbourne Victory midfielder.[15]
• 14 May 2020: Marcos Flores, 34, former Adelaide United, Melbourne Victory, Central Coast Mariners, Newcastle Jets and Adelaide City midfielder.[16][17]
• 26 May 2020: Alex Cisak, 31, former Sydney FC goalkeeper.[18]
• 18 June 2020: Glen Moss, 37, former New Zealand, Sydney Olympic, New Zealand Knights, Wellington Phoenix, Melbourne Victory, Gold Coast United, and Newcastle Jets goalkeeper.[19][20]

References

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7. Greco, John (2 July 2019). "Around the grounds: Champness heads to USA, Bayern move just the start for Singh, Roar's British flavour". A-League. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2019. Former Sydney FC striker and Austrian international Marc Janko has announced his immediate retirement from football.
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18. Davidson, John (26 May 2020). "'Tassie kids need more opportunities' - Cisak hangs up his boots". FTBL.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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External links

• Football Federation Australia official website