Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced that Australia national team will host Nepal at GIO Stadium in Canberra in the team’s first home match on the road to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.

Australia's fixture against Nepal will be held on Thursday, 10 October 2019, Australia FA confirmed.

Tickets to the game will go on sale from 1pm (AEST) on Tuesday, 13 August 2019.

FFA Chief Executive, David Gallop AM, said FFA was pleased to have been able to move swiftly to schedule a key match for the Socceroos in Canberra in collaboration with ACT stakeholders.

“Football is the largest team sport in Canberra with nearly 40,000 registered outdoor participants, so it is great that the football community of the ACT, and sports fans generally, will be able to watch the Socceroos live at GIO Stadium this October,” Gallop was quoted as saying by socceroos.com.au.

Nepal has been grouped with Australia, Jordan, Kuwait & Chinese Taipei. It will open the campaign taking on Kuwait on September 5.