Australia World Cup Squad 2022 list, Fixtures, Records  and Latest Odds :

Teenager striker Garang Kuol is joined in Socceroos squad for World Cup headlined through Celtic midfielder Aaron Mooy.

Australia head coach Graham Arnold decided on 18-year-old forward  Garang Kuol notwithstanding his loss of expert enjoy however left veteran goalkeeper Mitch Langerak out of his 26-guy Socceroos squad for the World Cup.

Goalkeeper Mathew Ryan and winger Mathew Leckie have been picked for a 3rd World Cup, with Ryan main the squad in Qatar.

Kuol is the various 17 gamers decided on for a World Cup for the primary time. He made simply one look off the bench in a pleasant in opposition to New Zealand in September however confirmed sufficient capability in that sport and for an invitational group in a pleasant in opposition to Barcelona to persuade Arnold he's a capability big name of the future.

Kuol, who turned into born in Egypt to Sudanese mother and father and moved to Australia as a child, scored 4 desires in his first seven appearances off the bench for the Central Coast Mariners in Australia's A-League. He is probable to enroll in Newcastle withinside the Premier League subsequent year.

"The makeup of our group displays Australia's multicultural landscape. Our boys come from everywhere in the world, all of them have distinct journeys, however we're united through one jersey," Arnold said. 

"We have labored tough to present more youthful gamers an possibility over the [qualifying] campaign, to reveal them to worldwide football, to check them in opposition to the first-class and I'm pleased with the improvement and adulthood of this institution who now get a risk on the largest degree possible."

One terrific omission withinside the squad is defender Trent Sainsbury, who travelled with the Socceroos to Russia, and the decision is especially awkward one for Arnold: Sainsbury is Arnold's son-in-law. 

Australia FIFA World Cup 2022 squad :

Goalkeepers: Mat Ryan (Copenhagen), Andrew Redmayne (Sydney FC), Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners).

Defenders: Aziz Behich (Dundee United), Milos Degenek (Columbus Crew), Bailey Wright (Sunderland), Harry Souttar (Stoke City), Fran Karacic (Brescia), Nathaniel Atkinson (Hearts), Joel King (OB), Kye Rowles (Hearts), Thomas Deng (Albirex Niigata).

Midfielders: Aaron Mooy (Celtic), Jackson Irvine (St Pauli), Ajdin Hrustic (Verona), Riley McGree (Middlesbrough), Cameron Devlin (Hearts), Keanu Baccus (St Mirren).

Forwards: Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City), Awer Mabil (Cadiz), Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City), Mitchell Duke (Fagiano Okayama), Martin Boyle (Hibernian), Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United), Garang Kuol (Central Coast Mariners), Jason Cummings (Central Coast Mariners).

Who are the big name names withinside the squad?

Goalkeeper Mat Ryan is one in all a handful of the squad with Premier League enjoy, having made extra than one hundred appearances for Brighton earlier than becoming a member of Arsenal in brief on loan. He is now at FC Copenhagen in Denmark.

The 30-year-old has performed at each the 2014 and 2018 World Cups, so arrives in Qatar with lots of enjoy. 

What are Australia's fixtures?What is Australia's FIFA World Cup record?

Australia have competed on the Fifa World Cup on six occasions, in 1974 and from 2006 to 2022. 

In all however one in all their outings on the tournament, they have got did not development past the institution degree, with the only exception of 2006 after they positioned sixteenth withinside the spherical of 16. 

The Socceroos certified for this year's version through June's intercontinental play-offs, defeating Peru on penalties, that means they most effective simply scraped their manner in.