Subway Young Socceroos’ Head Coach, Trevor Morgan has been forced to make a change to his 23-player squad to contest the 2024 ASEAN U-19 Boys’ Championship held in Surabaya, Indonesia from 17-29 July.
Peter Antoniou (Melbourne City FC) has been ruled out due to injury on the eve of the tournament and will be replaced by Luke Vickery (Western United FC).
The tournament – formerly known as the AFF Championship – features 12 Members from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Football Federation.
Australia has been drawn in Group B for the tournament, alongside Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam and will play all their Group Stage fixtures out of Gelora 10 November Stadium.
The 2024 edition of the Championship – which is also contested at U-16 level – will be Australia’s ninth appearance, having previously won the tournament on five occasions (2006, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2019).
Australia commenced their campaign against Laos at 3.00pm local/6.00pm AEST on Thursday, 18 July.