Caltex Socceroos Head Coach Graham Arnold today announced the twenty-four players that have been selected to represent Australia for the team’s fourth match on the road to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.

Australia will play Jordan in Amman next Thursday (local time), and Arnold has selected a slightly extended squad for the fixture in the Middle East as Hertha Berlin ace Mathew Leckie awaits the birth of his second child.

Australia’s squad to play Jordan at the King Abdullah II Stadium in Amman next week features the return to national team action for Scotland-based attacking duo Tom Rogic and Martin Boyle, Western United defender Josh Risdon, respected defender Trent Sainsbury, experienced goalkeeper Adam Federici, as well as emerging Barnsley FC midfielder Kenny Dougall.

“There are a few minor injury issues with some players who were part of our successful October window – including Mark Milligan, Jamie Maclaren, and Mustafa Amini – so we felt it was important to select players that physically will hit the ground running in Amman,” Arnold explained.

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“Overall I am delighted with the strength and balance of the squad that we have selected to play Jordan next week. We will have three training sessions together before the match, and with competition for places for every starting position I expect I will have to make some tough decisions.”

The Caltex Socceroos defeated Kuwait 3-0 (away) to kick-off their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ qualification campaign in September, before defeating Nepal 5-0 (home) and Chinese Taipei 7-1 (away) last month.

Australia’s match against Jordan will be broadcast live in Australia on FOX SPORTS, ABC TV, Kayo Sports, and via the My Football Live App, Live, Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers.

Caltex Socceroos 24-Player Squad | 11-14 November 2019 | FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ & AFC Asian Cup China 2023™ - Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2

Name Club, Country A-International Caps (Goals) Aziz BEHICH Istanbul Başakşehir, Turkey 38 (2) Brandon BORRELLO SC Freiburg, Germany 3 (0) Martin BOYLE Hibernian FC, Scotland 3 (2) Milos DEGENEK Red Star Belgrade, Serbia 28 (1) Kenneth DOUGALL Barnsley FC, England 0 (0) Adam FEDERICI (Gk) Stoke City FC, England 16 (0) Apostolos GIANNOU AEK Larnaca, Cyprus 12 (2) Craig GOODWIN Al-Wehda, Saudi Arabia 5 (0) Rhyan GRANT Sydney FC, Australia 11 (0) Ajdin HRUSTIC FC Groningen, Netherlands 3 (0) Jackson IRVINE Hull City, England 33 (5) James JEGGO Austria Wien, Austria 4 (0) Mathew LECKIE Hertha BSC, Germany 63 (11) Awer MABIL FC Midtylland, Denmark 13 (4) Aaron MOOY Brighton & Hove Albion, England 42 (6) Andrew REDMAYNE (Gk) Sydney FC, Australia 1 (0) Josh RISDON Western United FC, Australia 14 (0) Mathew RYAN (Gk) Brighton & Hove Albion, England 58 (0) Tom ROGIC Glasgow Celtic FC, Scotland 46 (9) Trent SAINSBURY Maccabi Haifa FC, Israel 47 (3) Brad SMITH Seattle Sounders FC, United States of America 21 (0) Harry SOUTTAR Fleetwood Town, England 2 (4) Adam TAGGART Suwon Bluewings, Korea Republic 10 (5) Bailey WRIGHT Bristol City, England 24 (1)

Next Match – Caltex Socceroos – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and AFC Asian Cup China 2023™ – Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2

Jordan v Australia

Date: Thursday, 14 November 2019

Venue: King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Kick-off: 6.00pm (local); 3.00am AEDT – Friday, 15 November 2019

Broadcast: Live in Australia on FOX SPORTS, ABC TV, Kayo Sports, and via the My Football Live App, Live, Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers