Australia 1-1 Japan (Oct 11, 2016) Lineups

Japan

2026 World Cup: Who has qualified, and how the rest can make it

Socceroos qualify for 2026 FIFA World Cup with little angst

Oman keep World Cup hopes alive with late penalty to draw 1-1 with stunned Palestine

Australia

Japan

2026 World Cup: Who has qualified, and how the rest can make it

Socceroos qualify for 2026 FIFA World Cup with little angst

Oman keep World Cup hopes alive with late penalty to draw 1-1 with stunned Palestine

Game Information

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

WCQ - AFC News

2-1-1, 7 PTS

Mile Jedinak - 52' Pen

Genki Haraguchi - 5'

No.Name
1Mathew Ryan
19Ryan McGowan
14Brad Smith
6Matthew Spiranovic
20Trent Sainsbury
23Tom Rogic
15Mile Jedinak
13Aaron Mooy 7Mathew Leckie
21Massimo Luongo
9Apostolos Giannou 10Robbie Kruse
9Tomi Juric 4Tim Cahill

Substitutes
12Mitch Langerak
18Adam Federici
3Alex Gersbach
8Bailey Wright
18James Jeggo
22Jackson Irvine
11Christopher Ikonomidis
5Mark Milligan
19Craig Goodwin

No.Name
12Shusaku Nishikawa
22Maya Yoshida
6Masato Morishige
5Tomoaki Makino
21Gotoku Sakai
16Hotaru Yamaguchi
17Makoto Hasebe
10Shinji Kagawa
13Yu Kobayashi 13Hiroshi Kiyotake
--Genki Haraguchi 5Yuichi Maruyama
4Keisuke Honda --Takuma Asano

Substitutes
1Eiji Kawashima
23Masaaki Higashiguchi
3Kosuke Ota
2Naomichi Ueda
16Yosuke Kashiwagi
--Manabu Saito
--Ryota Oshima
11Kensuke Nagai
9Shinji Okazaki

Marvel Stadium

5:00 AM, October 11, 2016

Melbourne, Australia

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