Australia national team, Announcing the 27 players in squad list for the 2022 World Cup Asian Qualifiers 3rd round of March.
For the players in this set led by players who primarily play abroad And there is only one player, “Jamie McLaren”, from Melbourne City who will only play in the home match against Japan only
“This window represents a great opportunity for our players and staff to do something truly special for Australian football, and we will be focusing all our energies on producing two great performances against Japan and Saudi Arabia and lifting the Socceroos to the World Cup,” Graham Arnold Australia head coach said.
“But I truly view March 2022 as a win-win window for this group. With a play-off spot for June already locked in, if required, the players will be able to come to camp with clear minds as to what’s ahead of them, and enjoy the time that they have working hard together and playing in front of their family, friends, and fans.”
“I am energised by the messages that I have received from the boys over the past two days after they were notified of their selections. That it means as much to a Bruno (Fornaroli), Nathaniel (Atkinson), Nick (D’Agostino), Kye (Rowles), or Gianni (Stensness), players who have yet to take the pitch for Australia, as it does for a Maty (Ryan) or ‘Lecks’ (Mathew Leckie) highlights to me that they can’t wait to be back together to tackle this challenge head on and continue this great journey together,”
The list of 27 players of Australia national team as follows
Goalkeeper
Mathew RYAN (Real Sociedad)
Daniel VUKOVIC (NEC Nijmegen)
Andrew REDMAYNE (Sydney FC)
Defender
Trent SAINSBURY (KV Kortrijk)
Aziz BEHICH (Giresunspor)
Milos DEGENEK (Columbus Crew)
Rhyan GRANT (Sydney FC)
Fran KARACIC (Brescia Calcio)
Joel KING (Odense)
Nathaniel ATKINSON (Heart of Midlothian)
Kye ROWLES (Central Coast Mariners FC)
Midfielder
Tomas ROGIC (Celtic FC)
Jackson IRVINE (FC St. Pauli)
James JEGGO (KAS Eupen)
Ajdin HRUSTIC (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Craig GOODWIN (Adelaide United)
Connor METCALFE (Melbourne City FC)
Denis GENREAU (Toulouse FC)
Gianni STENSNESS (Viking FK)
Forwarder
Martin BOYLE (Al-Faisaly)
Nicholas D’AGOSTINO (Melbourne Victory)
Mitchell DUKE (Fagiano Okayama)
Bruno FORNAROLI (Perth Glory)
Mathew LECKIE (Melbourne City FC)
Awer MABIL (Kasimpasa SK)
Jamie MACLAREN (Melbourne City FC) (Play match againist Japan only)
Marco TILIO (Melbourne City FC)
Australia national team Will play in the 2022 World Cup Asian Qualifiers 3rd round in the last 2 matches of March as follows
24 March VS Japan(home)
29 March VS Saudi Arabia(home)
Credit Photo : Socceroos
