The Matildas are set to play 2024 Olympic silver medallists Brazil in two worldwide friendlies in Queensland.
At present coached by interim boss Tom Sermanni, the Matildas will possible hope to have a full-time coach in cost by the point these friendlies roll out.
The opening match will happen at Brisbane’s Lang Park on November 28, the place the Matildas will play for the primary time because the FIFA Ladies’s World Cup.
The Seleção return to Brisbane for the primary time because the 2023 World Cup, the place they misplaced 2-1 to France within the group phases, whereas Australia final performed there within the third-place play-off defeat to Sweden.
The bottom was additionally host to the Matildas’ dramatic penalty shoot out victory in opposition to France within the quarterfinals.
The 2 groups will then head to the Gold Coast for a second worldwide at Robina Stadium on December 1.
Clare Polkinghorne scored in every of the final two video games the Matildas have performed in opposition to Brazil. (Getty Pictures: Cameron Spencer)
“We’re delighted to return to Queensland following final yr’s record-breaking FIFA Ladies’s World Cup,” Soccer Australia CEO James Johnson mentioned.
“We’re extraordinarily happy to have the Matildas return residence in opposition to a powerhouse soccer nation in Brazil.
“Suncorp Stadium holds unimaginable reminiscences for Australian soccer and to revisit a metropolis and stadium that was central to such an historic night time for Australian soccer might be particular.”
Brazil is ready to host the subsequent Ladies’s World Cup in 2027.
Australia and Brazil haven’t met in a girls’s worldwide since 2021.
On that event the 2 groups performed out a 2-2 draw on the Western Sydney Stadium, with Clare Polkinghorne and Sam Kerr establishing a 2-0 lead earlier than Brazil hit again late, ending a run of six-straight victories for the Aussies over Brazil.
The Matildas haven’t misplaced to Brazil because the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympic Video games, the place Brazil gained 7-6 on penalties after a goalless draw on the Mineirão in in Belo Horizonte.
The perimeters have met 21 instances since 1988, with the Aussies profitable 11 of these matches, with eight defeats and two attracts.
Brazil will possible be with out their most capped worldwide, Marta, with the 38-year-old saying the Olympic remaining defeat to the USA in Paris was “possible” to be her final look in a Brazil shirt, though added she wouldn’t “disappear from soccer”.
Following the matches in opposition to Brazil, the Matildas will play Chinese language Taipei on Wednesday, December 4 in Melbourne, and on Saturday, December 7 in Geelong.
The Matildas are additionally set to play Germany away within the October worldwide window.
