Garang Kuol and Jason Cummings are set to make their World Cup debuts, whilst 8-cap Socceroo Mitch Langerak misses out in heartbreaking fashion as Graham Arnold named his 26-player squad for the FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar.
Adam Taggart misses out, after only scoring five goals in an injury-riddled campaign in Japan whilst Tom Rogic is also left out.
Trent Sainsbury has also been omitted from the squad in a surprise turn of events
The full squad is listed below:
| Name | Current Club, Country | ‘A’ Caps (Goals) | Junior Club (Member Federation/Country) |
| Nathaniel ATKINSON | Heart of Midlothian, Scotland | 5 (0) | Riverside Olympic FC / Football Tasmania |
| Keanu BACCUS | St Mirren, Scotland | 1 (0) | Parklea FC / Football NSW |
| Aziz BEHICH | Dundee United, Scotland | 53 (2) | Meadow Park SC / Football Victoria |
| Martin BOYLE | Hibernian FC, Scotland | 19 (5) | Lewis United FC / Montrose FC (Scotland) |
| Jason CUMMINGS | Central Coast Mariners, Australia | 1 (1) | Lothian Thistle Hutchinson Vale FC (Scotland) |
| Milos DEGENEK | Columbus Crew, USA | 38 (1) | Blacktown City FC / Football NSW |
| Thomas DENG | Albirex Niigata, Japan | 2 (0) | Adelaide Blue Eagles / Football South Australia |
| Cameron DEVLIN | Heart of Midlothian, Scotland | 1 (0) | Sutherland Sharks / Football NSW |
| Mitchell DUKE | Fagiano Okayama, Japan | 21 (8) | Liverpool Rangers SC / Football NSW |
| Craig GOODWIN | Adelaide United, Australia | 10 (1) | Munro Para City FC / Football South Australia |
| Ajdin HRUSTIC | Hellas Verona FC, Italy | 20 (3) | Heatherton United SC / Football Victoria |
| Jackson IRVINE | FC St. Pauli, Germany | 49 (7) | Ringwood City SC / Football Victoria |
| Fran KARACIC | Brescia Calcio, Italy | 11 (1) | NK Lokomotiva / Croatia |
| Joel KING | Odense Boldklub, Denmark | 4 (0) | Shellharbour Junior FC / Football NSW |
| Garang KUOL | Central Coast Mariners, Australia | 1 (0) | Goulburn Valley Suns / Football Victoria |
| Mathew LECKIE | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 73 (13) | Brimbank Stallions FC / Football Victoria |
| Awer MABIL | Cadiz CF, Spain | 29 (8) | Saint Augustines FC / Football South Australia |
| Jamie MACLAREN | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 26 (8) | Green Gully SC / Football Victoria |
| Riley MCGREE | Middlesbrough FC, England | 11 (1) | Gawler Eagles FC / Football South Australia |
| Aaron MOOY | Celtic FC, Scotland | 53 (7) | Carlingford Redbacks FC / Football NSW |
| Andrew REDMAYNE (Gk) | Sydney FC, Australia | 4 (0) | Gosford City Dragons FC / Football NSW |
| Kye ROWLES | Heart of Midlothian, Scotland | 3 (0) | Palm Beach SC / Football QLD |
| Mathew RYAN (Gk) (Cpt) | FC Copenhagen, Denmark | 75 (0) | Blacktown City FC / Football NSW |
| Harry SOUTTAR | Stoke City, England | 10 (6) | Brechin City Boys Club (Scotland) |
| Danny VUKOVIC (Gk) | Central Coast Mariners, Australia | 4 (0) | St Clair United SC / Football NSW |
| Bailey WRIGHT | Sunderland AFC, England | 27 (2) | Langwarrin SC / Football Victoria |
