The green and gold will kick off their quest to qualify for Qatar minus their star playmaker but with a few fresh faces looking to shine
Graham Arnold has left out Tom Rogic from his 23-man Socceroos squad to take on Kuwait on September 11 as Australia begin their quest to qualify for a fifth straight World Cup.
Socceroos 23-man squad
Mustafa Amini, Aziz Behich, Brandon Borrello, Milos Degenek, Apostolos Giannou, Craig Goodwin, Rhyan Grant, Ajdin Hrustic, Jackson Irvine, James Jeggo, Mitchell Langerak, Mathew Leckie, Massimo Luongo, Awer Mabil, Jamie Maclaren, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Andrew Redmayne, Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Harry Souttar, Adam Taggart.
Australia have been drawn in Group B for World Cup qualifying with games against Nepal and Chinese Taipai to be played in October before a clash with Jordan a month later.
Since being bundled out of the Asian Cup in January by the UAE, the Socceroos have played just once when they lost 1-0 to the Korea Republic in June.
Kuwait are currently ranked 156th in the world and Australia triumphed 4-0 when they last met in 2018.
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