2023–24 in Australian soccer explained

Country:	Australia
Season:	2023–24
Division1:	ALM Premiership
Champions1:	Central Coast Mariners
Division2:	ALM Championship
Division3:	National Premier Leagues
Domestic:	Australia Cup
Dchampions:	Sydney FC
Wdivision1:	ALW Premiership
Wchampions1:	Melbourne City
Wdivision2:	ALW Championship
Wchampions2:	Sydney FC
Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25
Flagicon:	yes
Soccer:	yes

The 2023–24 season was the 55th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 141st overall.

National teams

Men's senior

See main article: Australia men's national soccer team.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2023–24.

FIFA World Cup qualification

See main article: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC).

Second round

See main article: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round.

=Group I

Notes

AFC Asian Cup

See main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

Knockout stage

Men's under-23

See main article: Australia men's national under-23 soccer team.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under-23 national team in 2023–24.

WAFF U-23 Championship

See main article: 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship.

As part of their preparations for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, Australia accepted an invitation to participate in the WAFF U-23 Championship.^[1]

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

See main article: 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

Men's under-20

See main article: Australia men's national under-20 soccer team.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under-20 national team in 2023–24.

Marbella Week of Football U-18 International Tournament

The Young Socceroos participated in the Marbella Week of Football U-18 International Tournament in Spain.^[2]

Men's under-17

See main article: Australia men's national under-17 soccer team.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under-17 national team in 2023–24.

ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship

Women's senior

See main article: Australia women's national soccer team.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2023–24.

FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Knockout stage

2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers

See main article: 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Women's under-23

See main article: Australia women's national under-23 soccer team.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-23 national team in 2023–24.

Women's under-20

See main article: Australia women's national under-20 soccer team.

Friendlies

A two-game series against China was held to help preparations for the U-20 Women's Asian Cup.^[3]

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

See main article: 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup. With three wins in the group stage, Australia secured qualification to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[4]

Women's under-17

See main article: Australia women's national under-17 soccer team.

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification

See main article: 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification. Australia won all three of their matches and qualified for the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup.

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

See main article: 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup.

AFC competitions

AFC Champions League

See main article: 2023–24 AFC Champions League.

Group H

AFC Cup

See main article: 2023–24 AFC Cup. Central Coast Mariners won the competition for the first time.^[5] Mariners' striker Marco Túlio was the leading goalscorer for the competition, with eight goals. Central Coast Mariners' victory meant that Australia became the first nation to have had clubs winning both the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup, following Western Sydney Wanderers' victory in the 2014 AFC Champions League.