I was trawling through Wikipedia looking for nations we could have played in a friendly over the weekend just gone (like most nations have just done) and I noticed on the South Korean page, that they appear to have a friendly booked against Qatar at Centerbet Stadium in Penrith on the 21st December.

Anybody know if this is legit or not? I'd assume there'd be a few Asian Cup nations in country acclimatizing and all that, so I suppose it's entirely possible.

On that note, anybody know if there's any other friendlies being played between Asian Cup competitors around the country?

Hopefully we get lots of these friendlies around the country as warm up matches...still this would be best suited in the Asian Cup thread.

Begs the question does anyone know how long before the actual tournament the Aussies will gather and go into camp? Maybe a warm up match

There are a few rumored and confirmed friendlies around the country prior to the Asian Cup.
These are some of them from various reliable and unreliable sources. Obviously some are not legit because the dates clash.
Those in Bold listed on FIFA.com, Italics from other trusted sources


South Korea vs Qatar 21/12/14 (seems very early) in Penrith
Japan vs North Korea 26/12/14 in New Zealand
UAE vs Jordan 30/12/14 in Melbourne
Qatar vs Oman 31/12/14 venue unknown
Australia vs Bahrain 2/1/14 in Melbourne
Japan vs Bahrain 3/1/14 venue unknown
China vs Oman 3/1/14 or 5/1/14 in Sydney
Uzbekistan vs East Timor 4/1/14 venue unknown
Kuwait vs UAE 4/1/14 venue unknown
Jordan vs Bahrain 4/1/14 in Melbourne
Iran vs Iraq 4/1/14 in Sydney
Qatar vs Indonesia 5/1/14 venue unknown

I hope Uzbekistan vs East Timor is in Melbourne!

Will definitely head down to some of the Melbourne friendlies if they're open to public. I wonder where they will be played? Maybe Lakeside.

fifa.com has Qatar v Estonia in Qatar on December 27 so this seems very doubtful, which is a pity as I was quite looking forward to seeing some football in Penrith.

fifa.com now displays UAE v Jordan on 30/12/14 on Gold Coast.

The only friendlies now on fifa.com with venue in Australia are:

30/12 UAE v Jordan @ Gold Coast
3/1 Kuwait v UAE @ Gold Coast
4/1 Jordan v Bahrain @ Melbourne
5/1 China v Oman @ Penrith

Legit mate. KFA confirmed.

Japan vs Auckland City
Japan vs Lambton Jaffas (:lol:)

Both in Cessnock, Auckland City match is open to the public whilst Lambton Jaffas match is not. Source

Edited by jparraga: 12/12/2014 02:21:50 AM

plus
Bahrain vs Saudi on 30 Dec @ Gold Coast and
Iran vs Iraq on 4 Jan @ Woolongong

http://sports.news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=soccer&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=001&article_id=0007307245

KFA Confirmed that they will add v Saudi Arabia 04/01 @ venue/KO TBA

Why are Japan playing these two?

** Bahrain vs Saudi (30 Dec) now showing as Melbourne (not Gold Coast)

Qatar and Oman are showing as 31 December in Canberra

Why the shit aren't we having any pre-Asian Cup friendlies? Surely one game in the space of over two weeks preparation can't hurt too much? Would also work on a few combinations that are still seemingly struggling.

Sydney olympic vs Iraq possible also

waiting on confirmation next few days

Korea v Saudi on 4/1 @ Parramatta Stadium.

Oh he'll yes!

Al Shamrani back at Parra!

Fuck! I'm working that Sunday. :x

i reckon he will be wanting a rain coat to wear whenever he is coming in or out of the players tunnel or close to any supporters

Pre-Asian Cup Friendly Results via the AC Friendlies tag on twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/acfriendlies?f=realtime&src=hash

FULL TIME:
Saudi Arabia 1 - 4 Bahrain
UAE 1 - 0 Jordan
#AC2015 #ACfriendlies pic.twitter.com/4RJupXX03U

would be interesting to hear from anyone who has seen either of these games

I could be wrong but I don't think the general public are allowed to attend warm-up games.
I want to see Kuwait vs UAE on Saturday at Cbus Super Stadium

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