Australia’s friendly against Jordan moved to Qatar over security concerns

What the report says

Australia’s men’s football friendly against Jordan has been moved from Amman to Doha, Qatar, after security concerns were raised about playing in Jordan’s capital. Football Australia said on Friday, November 13, 2026, that the fixture would now be staged in Qatar next week, after the teams had originally planned to meet in Amman.

According to Al Jazeera, the relocation followed concerns raised by players and their representative body, Professional Footballers Australia, which said last week that Australia’s squad had overwhelmingly backed moving the match. Football Australia chief executive Martin Kugeler thanked the Jordan Football Association for agreeing to the change and said the discussions had been open and respectful.

The report noted that Australia are already in Doha for another friendly against Qatar on Friday, and that the Jordan match had been part of the Socceroos’ build-up to future international competitions. Al Jazeera also linked the decision to broader security worries in Jordan after recent incidents in the country, including an attack in Amman earlier this month and Jordan’s strikes in Syria last month, though the article stressed that such attacks are uncommon there.

The Jordan federation has also recently adjusted its own schedule, canceling a friendly against Indonesia at that association’s request.