Australia beat Türkiye in Vancouver; 2-0 opening win

Australia at FIFA World Cup 2026: Socceroos’ results, scores and standings - full list

Making their sixth consecutive appearance at the tournament, the Socceroos are in Group D alongside Türkiye, USA and Paraguay.

The FIFA World Cup 2026 takes place from 11 June to 19 July, with a record 48 teams competing for football’s most-coveted trophy across North America.

Australia will participate in the competition for the sixth consecutive cycle, drawn into Group D alongside Türkiye, Paraguay, and hosts USA. They equalled their best-ever run in competition history four years ago, when they reached the round of 16 in Qatar.

With 17 of their 26-player squad selected for the FIFA World Cup for the first time, head coach Tony Popovic will be relying on veterans to lead the Socceroos forward. That includes long-serving goalkeeper and captain Mathew Ryan , as well as midfielder Jackson Irvine and forward Mathew Leckie .

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FIFA World Cup 2026: Full schedule, all results, scores, and standings – complete list

FIFA World Cup 2026 – Australia’s group stage schedule and results

All times in local time

13 June, 21:00 PDT - Australia 2-0 Türkiye (Nestory Irankunda (27), Connor Metcalfe (75) – Vancouver (CAN)

19 June, 12:00 PDT - USA vs Australia – Seattle, Washington (USA)

25 June, 19:00 PDT - Paraguay vs Australia – Vancouver (CAN)

FIFA World Cup 2026 - Australia’s Group D standings

FIFA World Cup 2026 – Australia’s full squad

Goalkeepers: Ryan (Levante), Izzo (Randers), Beach (Melbourne City).

Defenders: Behich (Melbourne City), Bos (Feynoord), Burgess (Swansea City), Circati (Parma), Degenek (APOEL), Geria (Albirex Niigata), Herrington (Colorado Rapids), Italiano (Grazer), Souttar (Leicester City), Trewin (New York City).

Midfielders: Devlin (Heart of Midlothian), Hrustic (Heracles Almelo), Irvine (St Pauli), Metcalfe (St Pauli), Okon-Englster (Sydney), O’Neill (New York City).

Forwards: Irankunda (Watford), Leckie (Melbourne City), Mabil (Castellon), Toure (Norwich City), Velupilly (Melbourne City), Volpato (Sassuolo), Yengi (Livingston

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