{"id":15954,"date":"2026-11-13T08:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T08:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15954"},"modified":"2026-11-13T08:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T08:30:14","slug":"australias-friendly-against-jordan-moved-to-qatar-over-security-concerns-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15954","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s friendly against Jordan moved to Qatar over security concerns | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Asian football giants Australia\u2019s upcoming friendly with Jordan was initially scheduled to be played in Amman.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The international \u200cfootball friendly between Australia and Jordan next week has been moved to \u2060Doha, Football \u2060Australia (FA) said on Friday, after security concerns were raised over playing the fixture in Amman.<\/p>\n

Late last month, Jordan launched air strikes<\/a> in Syria in \u201cretaliation\u201d for the church attack<\/a>\u00a0that killed nine people and injured 40. Attacks \u2060like this are rare in the country, a relatively stable United States ally, but a security officer was killed and another wounded in a stabbing attack<\/a> in Amman \u200cthis month.<\/p>\n

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Australia, who face Qatar in \u2060Doha later on Friday, had been set to travel to Jordan for Tuesday\u2019s game. However, it was relocated after Professional Footballers Australia \u2060last week said Australia\u2019s players had \u201coverwhelmingly\u201d expressed their view that the match should be moved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very grateful to the Jordan Football Association for accepting to relocate the match,\u201d FA CEO Martin Kugeler said \u200cin a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know how much the Jordan team and fans were looking forward to welcoming the Socceroos to Amman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dialogue with the JFA has been nothing but open, respectful and collaborative. They were wonderful hosts in Amman this week, and I thank them for their professionalism and flexibility. We \u2060look forward to welcoming Jordan to Australia in \u2060the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Jordan also cancelled their international friendly against Indonesia at the request of the Indonesian FA.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s friendlies against Qatar and Jordan were intended to be part of their preparations for the Asian Cup, which was \u200cpostponed \u200cuntil December<\/a> next year following attacks on host nation Saudi Arabia by Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Asian football giants Australia\u2019s upcoming friendly with Jordan was initially scheduled to be played in Amman. Published On 13 Nov 202613 Nov 2026 The international \u200cfootball friendly between Australia and Jordan next week has been moved to \u2060Doha, Football \u2060Australia (FA) said on Friday, after security concerns were raised over playing the fixture in Amman….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-international-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t