Australia new coach Bert van Marwijk has named his 29-man preliminary squad for the friendlies against Norway and Colombia this month.
The official squad will be reduced to 23 this week ahead of the 23 March friendly against Norway in Oslo.
Van Marwijk has retained the Ange Postecoglou-coached squad that won the 2018 World Cup play-off against Honduras last November.
Tim Cahill, who has been the Socceroos’ most prolific international scorer, has been selected alongside Aston Villa’s Mile Jedinak, Hull City’s Jackson Irvine, Brighton goalkeeper Mathew Ryan and Celtic’s Tom Rogic.
Goalkeeper:
Mat Ryan (Brighton and Hove Albion FC, England), Danny Vukovic (KRC Genk, Belgium), Mitch Langerak (Nagoya Grampus, Japan), Brad Jones (Feyenoord, Holland)
Defenders:
Aziz Behich (Bursaspor, Turkey), Milos Degenek (Yokohama F. Marinos, Japan), Alex Gersbach (Lens, France), Matthew Jurman (Suwon Bluewings, Korea), James Meredith (Millwall, England), Josh Risdon (Western Sydney), Trent Sainsbury (Grasshoppers Zurich, Switzerland), Aleksandar Susnjar (FK Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic), Bailey Wright (Bristol City, England)
Midfielders:
Josh Brillante (Sydney FC), Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa, England), Jackson Irvine (Hull, England), Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers, England), Mark Milligan (Al Ahli, Saudi Arabia), Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield, England), Tom Rogic (Celtic, Scotland), James Troisi (Melbourne Victory)
Forward:
Tim Cahill (MIllwall, England), Tomi Juric (FC Luzern, Switzerland), Robbie Kruse (Bochum, Germany), Matthew Leckie (Hertha Berlin, Germany), Jamie Maclaren (Hibernian, Scotland), Andrew Nabbout (Urawa Red Diamonds, Japan), Nikita Rukavytsya (Maccabi Haifa, Israel), Dimitri Petratos (Newcastle Jets)
