Subway Olyroos’ Head Coach, Tony Vidmar has made two changes to his 23-man squad for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024™.
Marco Tilio (Melbourne City FC) has been ruled out due to a quad injury and will be replaced by Keegan Jelacic (Brisbane Roar FC).
Louis D’Arrigo (Lechia Gdansk) has now been made unavailable by his club and will be replaced by Lucas Mauragis (Newcastle Jets FC).
Vidmar expressed his disappointment at losing D’Arrigo on the eve of the tournament.
“We had been in discussions with Lechia for some time about Louis’ availability for this tournament, unfortunately they’ve decided that he’s required to remain in Poland,” Vidmar said.
“We understand and respect the position of the club, and I’ve made my frustration at the timing of this tournament, and its impact on player availability known for several months.
“That being said, it’s certainly disappointing to have things change like this at the last minute, when all our preparation had been done on the proviso Louis would be available,” Vidmar said.
Vidmar said it was a tough decision to leave Mauragis out originally and he was pleased to be bringing the defender into his squad.
“I’m very happy for Lucas, he’s been excellent for us over the last 12 months and this call up is a great reward for that,” Vidmar concluded.
The Subway Olyroos squad 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 are one of 16 teams who have qualified for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024™, 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.
For more information on the match schedule for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024™ please click here.
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SUBWAY OLYROOS SQUAD | AFC U-23 ASIAN CUP QATAR 2024™ | APRIL 15 – 3 MAY
NAME | CLUB | JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB |
| Patrick BEACH (Gk) | Melbourne City FC | Glenmore Park FC / Football New South Wales |
| Lachlan BROOK | Western Sydney Wanderers FC | Gawler Eagles FC / Football South Australia |
| Cameron COOK (Gk) | Perth Glory FC | Vikings FC (Football Northern Territory) |
| Jordan COURTNEY-PERKINS | Sydney FC | Newmarket SFC / Football Queensland |
| Jacob FARRELL | Central Coast Mariners FC | Wyoming FC / Football New South Wales |
| Jake GIRDWOOD-REICH | Sydney FC | Sydney Olympic FC / Football New South Wales |
| Steven HALL (Gk) | Brighton Hove & Albion FC (Youth) | Para Hills Knights SC / Football South Australia |
| Jake HOLLMAN | Macarthur FC | Seaforth FC / Football New South Wales |
| Jacob ITALIANO | Borussia Monchengladbach II | Inglewood United FC / Football West |
| Keegan JELACIC | Brisbane Roar FC | Rochedale Rovers FC / Football Queensland |
| Alou KUOL | Central Coast Mariners FC | Goulburn Valley Suns FC / Football Victoria |
| Garang KUOL | FC Volendam | Shepparton SC / Football Victoria |
| Lucas MAURAGIS | Newcastle Jets FC | Merimbula Grasshoppers FC / Football New South Wales |
| Nicolas MILANOVIC | Western Sydney Wanderers FC | Sydney United 58 FC / Football New South Wales |
| Mark NATTA | Newcastle Jets FC | Sutherland Sharks FC / Football New South Wales |
| Alexandar POPOVIC | Gwangju FC | Adelaide Comets FC / Football South Australia |
| Adrian SEGECIC | FC Dordrecht | Lidcombe Waratah Junior SC / Football New South Wales |
| Callum TALBOT | Melbourne City FC | Gymea United FC / Football NSW |
| Ryan TEAGUE | Melbourne Victory FC | Maroubra United FC / Football New South Wales |
| Mohamed TOURE | Paris FC (loan) | Croydon Kings / Football South Australia |
| Jordi VALADON | Melbourne Victory FC | Glen Eira FC / Football Victoria |
| Nishan VELUPILLAY | Melbourne Victory FC | Endeavour United SC / Football Victoria |
| Rhys YOULLEY | KVC Westerlo | Marconi Stallions FC / Football New South Wales |
SUBWAY OLYROOS SQUAD | MATCH SCHEDULE – GROUP A | AFC U-23 ASIAN CUP QATAR 2024™
Australia U-23 v Jordan U-23
Monday, 15 April 2024
Kick-off: 4.00pm AST / 11pm AEST
Abdulah Bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Indonesia U-23 v Australia U-23
Thursday, 18 April 2024
Kick-off: 4.00pm AST / 11pm AEST
Abdulah Bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Qatar U-23 v Australia U-23
Sunday, 21 April 2024
Kick-off: 6.30pm AST / 1.30am AEST (Monday, 22 April)
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
All matches Live on Paramount+