Subway Olyroos’ squad for AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024™ confirmed | Football Australia
The squad will assemble in Doha from Monday, 8 April to begin preparations for the tournament – which doubles as AFC Qualifiers for the Paris 2024™ Olympics – with their opening fixture on Monday, 15 April.
Australia has been drawn in Group A alongside Jordan (15 April), Indonesia (18 April) and Qatar (21 April).
The Subway Olyroos enter the tournament off the back of a strong performance in the recent West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) U-23 Championship, in which they finished runners-up to Korea Republic in a penalty shootout.
The results during the WAFF capped off a productive 12-month period for the Subway Olyroos, with Tony Vidmar’s side securing 9 wins from 13 matches – including wins over Mexico, France, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
The AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024™ squad is filled with Isuzu UTE A-League talent including Jake Hollman (Macarthur FC), Nicolas Milanovic (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) and Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory FC).
They will be joined by Sydney FC’s in-form defensive pairing of Jordan Courtney-Perkins and Jake Girdwood-Reich, while Jacob Farrell (Central Coast Mariners FC), Ryan Teague (Melbourne Victory FC) and Marco Tilio (Melbourne City FC) will make the trip to Doha after missing the WAFF Championship due to injury.
Jacob Italiano (Borussia Monchengladbach II) leads a contingent of European-based players including Louis D'Arrigo (Lechia Gdansk), Garang Kuol (FC Volendam), Adrian Segecic (FC Dordrecht) and Rhy Youlley (KVC Westerlo) who have all been selected for the tournament.
Several eligible players including Alessandro Circati (Parma Calcio 1913), Nicholas Bilokapic (Peterborough United FC), Calem Nieuwenhof (Heart of Midlothian FC), Cameron Peupion (Brighton & Hove Albion FC),
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