Martin Boyle withdrawn from Socceroos’ FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ squad

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Socceroos winger Martin Boyle will not participate in this year’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ tournament after he succumbed to a knee injury.

Head Coach Graham Arnold said Boyle and the team medical staff had done everything to try and prepare Boyle for the tournament, but were forced to rule him out last night.

“We all feel for Martin and it is a cruel blow for him on the eve of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. He has been an integral part of our journey to get to Qatar and we thank him for everything he has given the Socceroos during this campaign. We also thank his club, who have done everything possible from their end to try and help. He will be back and we can’t wait to see him in the green and gold again next year,” Arnold said.

As a result, Melbourne City FC winger Marco Tilio will come into the squad.

The 21-year-old has been with the Socceroos in Doha since Tuesday and has been participating in all sessions with the main group since his arrival.

“Marco has done everything that has been asked of him to be ready for this tournament,” Arnold explained. He was an important member of our Tokyo 2020 Olympic team, he has started the A-League Men’s season well and he is familiar with the national team set up and we are looking forward to what he can bring to our squad for the tournament,” Arnold concluded.

Tilio joins Melbourne City FC team-mates Mathew Leckie and Jamie Maclaren, and becomes the eighth player from the Isuzu UTE A-League Men’s competition in the final 26-man squad.

Socceroos Squad | FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™

Name	Current Club, Country	‘A’ Caps (Goals)	Junior Club (Member Federation/Country)
Nathaniel ATKINSON	Heart of Midlothian, Scotland	5 (0)	Riverside Olympic FC / Football Tasmania
Keanu BACCUS	St Mirren, Scotland	1 (0)	Parklea FC / Football NSW
Aziz BEHICH	Dundee United, Scotland	53 (2)	Meadow Park SC / Football Victoria
Jason CUMMINGS	Central Coast Mariners, Australia	1 (1)	Lothian Thistle Hutchinson Vale FC (Scotland)
Milos DEGENEK	Columbus Crew, USA	38 (1)	Blacktown City FC / Football NSW
Thomas DENG	Albirex Niigata, Japan	2 (0)	Adelaide Blue Eagles / Football South Australia
Cameron DEVLIN	Heart of Midlothian, Scotland	1 (0)	Sutherland Sharks / Football NSW
Mitchell DUKE	Fagiano Okayama, Japan	21 (8)	Liverpool Rangers SC / Football NSW
Craig GOODWIN	Adelaide United, Australia	10 (1)	Munro Para City FC / Football South Australia
Ajdin HRUSTIC	Hellas Verona FC, Italy	20 (3)	Heatherton United SC / Football Victoria
Jackson IRVINE	FC St. Pauli, Germany	49 (7)	Ringwood City SC / Football Victoria
Fran KARACIC	Brescia Calcio, Italy	11 (1)	NK Lokomotiva / Croatia
Joel KING	Odense Boldklub, Denmark	4 (0)	Shellharbour Junior FC / Football NSW
Garang KUOL	Central Coast Mariners, Australia	1 (0)	Goulburn Valley Suns / Football Victoria
Mathew LECKIE	Melbourne City FC, Australia	73 (13)	Brimbank Stallions FC / Football Victoria
Awer MABIL	Cadiz CF, Spain	29 (8)	Saint Augustines FC / Football South Australia
Jamie MACLAREN	Melbourne City FC, Australia	26 (8)	Green Gully SC / Football Victoria
Riley MCGREE	Middlesbrough FC, England	11 (1)	Gawler Eagles FC / Football South Australia
Aaron MOOY	Celtic FC, Scotland	53 (7)	Carlingford Redbacks FC / Football NSW
Andrew REDMAYNE (Gk)	Sydney FC, Australia	4 (0)	Gosford City Dragons FC / Football NSW
Kye ROWLES	Heart of Midlothian, Scotland	3 (0)	Palm Beach SC / Football QLD
Mathew RYAN (Gk) (Cpt)	FC Copenhagen, Denmark	75 (0)	Blacktown City FC / Football NSW
Harry SOUTTAR	Stoke City, England	10 (6)	Brechin City Boys Club (Scotland)
Marco TILIO	Melbourne City, Australia	5 (0)	APIA Leichhardt FC / Sydney Olympic FC / Football NSW
Danny VUKOVIC (Gk)	Central Coast Mariners, Australia	4 (0)	St Clair United SC / Football NSW
Bailey WRIGHT	Sunderland AFC, England	27 (2)	Langwarrin SC / Football Victoria