Subway Olyroos’ Head Coach, Tony Vidmar has been forced to make a change to his squad ahead of upcoming friendlies during the November FIFA Men’s International Window being held in Saudi Arabia.
Alexandar Popovic (Adelaide United FC) has been forced to withdraw from the squad due to injury, with the central defender replaced by Mark Natta from Newcastle Jets FC.
The Subway Olyroos will face Saudi Arabi and Qatar, as their preparation for the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024™ begins to intensify.
The fixtures – scheduled for Saturday, 18 November (Qatar) and Tuesday, 21 November (Saudi Arabia) – will be played at Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Stadium, providing Vidmar’s squad with the invaluable opportunity to spend time together as a group and face quality opposition.
The Subway Olyroos are one of 16 teams who have qualified for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024™, and should they finish in the top three they will automatically qualify for the Paris 2024™ Olympics as the AFC representatives, while the fourth-best team will play an AFC-CAF play-off match for the final qualification spot.
NAME | POSITION | CURRENT CLUB | JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB |
| Raphael BORGES RODRIGUES | FW | Macarthur FC | Western Strikers SC (Football South Australia) |
| Noah BOTIC | FW | Western United FC | Hurstville ZFC (Football New South Wales) |
| Lachlan BROOK | FW | Western Sydney Wanderers FC | Gawler Eagles FC (Football South Australia) |
| Jordan COURTNEY-PERKINS | DF | Sydney FC | Newmarket SFC (Football Queensland) |
| Louis D'ARRIGO | MF | Lechia Gdansk (Poland) | West Torrens Birkalla SC (Football South Australia) |
| Jacob FARRELL | DF | Central Coast Mariners FC | Wyoming FC (Football New South Wales) |
| Steven HALL | GK | Adelaide United FC | Para Hills Knights SC (Football South Australia) |
| Jake HOLLMAN | MF | Macarthur FC | Seaforth FC (Football New South Wales) |
| Jacob ITALIANO | DF | Borussia Monchengladbach II (Germany) | Inglewood United FC (Football West) |
| Lucas MAURAGIS | DF | Newcastle Jets FC | Merimbula Grasshoppers FC (Football New South Wales) |
| Mark NATTA | DF | Newcastle Jets FC | Sutherland Sharks (Football New South Wales) |
| Calem NIEUWENHOF | MF | Heart of Midlothian FC (Scotland) | Curl Curl FC (Football New South Wales) |
| Adam PAVLESIC | GK | Sydney FC | Sydney United 58 FC (Football NSW) |
| Adrian SEGECIC | MF | FC Dordrecht (Netherlands) | Lidcombe Waratah Junior SC (Football NSW) |
| Callum TALBOT | DF | Melbourne City FC | Gymea United FC (Football New South Wales) |
| Ryan TEAGUE | MF | Melbourne Victory FC | Maroubra United FC (Football New South Wales) |
| Marco TILIO | MF | Celtic FC (Scotland) | APIA Leichhardt FC & Sydney Olympic FC (Football NSW) |
| Mohamed TOURE | FW | Paris FC (France) | Croydon Kings FC (Football South Australia) |
| Kai TREWIN | DF | Brisbane Roar FC | Gungahlin United FC (Capital Football) |
| Nectarios TRIANTIS | DF | Sunderland AFC (England) | Canterbury Junior FC (Football New South Wales) |
| Nishan VELUPILLAY | FW | Melbourne Victory FC | Endeavour United SC (Football Victoria) |
| Patrick YAZBEK | MF | Viking FK (Norway) | Austral Soccer Club (Football New South Wales) |
TRAIN ON PLAYERS | |||
| Patrick BEACH | GK | Melbourne City FC | Glenmore Park FC (Football NSW) |
| Jack WARSHAWSKY | GK | Central Coast Mariners FC | Buderim Wanderers FC (Football Queensland) |
SUBWAY OLYROOS MATCH SCHEDULE
Australia U-23 v Qatar U-23
Saturday, 18 November 2023
Kick-off: 7pm local / 3am AEDT (Sunday, 19 November)
Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Stadium, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia U-23 v Australia U-23
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Kick-off: 4pm local / 12pm AEDT (Wednesday, 22 November)
Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Stadium, Saudi Arabia