Socceroos World Cup squad announced

Tom Rogic and Trent Sainsbury have been left out of the 26-player Socceroos squad for the Qatar World Cup.

Other noticeable omissions included goalkeeper Mitch Langerak and Adam Taggart. All three were members of sides during the qualification matches.

Coach Graham Arnold in a statement said: “It’s been a unique and difficult qualification campaign and we now arrive in Qatar with an exciting squad which will do everything to make Australia proud on the world stage,”

“Over the past four years, 32 players have made their debut for the national team. I want to thank every player who has helped the team over this journey. We have called upon 68 players during the qualifying campaign and every one of them has played a part in getting us here.”

“The make-up of our team reflects Australia’s multicultural landscape. Our boys come from all over the world, they all have different journeys, but we are united by one jersey.”

Full 26-man Socceroos squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Nathaniel Atkinson, Keanu Baccus, Aziz Behich, Martin Boyle, Jason Cummings, Milos Degenek, Thomas Deng, Cameron Devlin, Mitchell Duke, Craig Goodwin, Ajdin Hrustic, Jackson Irvine, Fran Karacic, Joel King, Garang Kuol, Mathew Leckie, Awer Mabil, Jamie Maclaren, Riley McGree, Aaron Mooy, Andrew Redmayne, Kye Rowles, Mathew Ryan (c), Harry Souttar, Danny Vukovic, Bailey Wright.

Australia vs France

Tuesday, 22 November 10.00pm local / Wednesday, 23 November 6:00am AEDT

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Australia vs Tunisia

Saturday, 26 November 1.00pm local / Saturday, 26 November 9:00pm AEDT

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Australia vs Denmark

Wednesday, 30 November, 6.00pm local / Thursday, 1 December 2:00am AEDT

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

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