More than 30,000 votes were cast by fans in the first stage of selection, with an expert panel - accounting for 20 percent of the overall vote - to now consider the final squad from the 35 names.

Coach Ange Postecoglou retains a final 10 percent share of the voting and can also select three players in the final 18-man squad to take on the English Premier League champions on July 20.

Released by Football Federation Australia today, marquee men Shinji Ono [midfielder, Western Sydney Wanderers] and Alessandro Del Piero [striker, Sydney FC] led their respective positions in the voting.

Central Coast's Mat Ryan finished top of the goalkeeping category, with Wanderers' stopper Nikolai Topor-Stanley doing the same for the defenders.

A 4-4-2 formation was favoured most, with fan voting accounting for 50 percent of the final squad.

35-man squad, in order of votes won:

Goalkeepers: 1. Mathew Ryan [Central Coast Mariners], 2. Ante Covic [Western Sydney Wanderers], 3. Eugene Galekovic [Adelaide United], 4. Michael Theo [Brisbane Roar], 5. Nathan Coe [Melbourne Victory]

Defenders: 1. Nikolai Topor-Stanley [Western Sydney Wanderers], 2. Pedj Bojic [Central Coast Mariners], 3. Patrick Zwaanswijk [Central Coast Mariners], 4. Adama Traore [Melbourne Victory], 5. Michael Beauchamp [Western Sydney Wanderers], 6. Lucas Neill [Sydney FC], 7. Ivan Franjic [Brisbane Roar], 8. Trent Sainsbury [Central Coast Mariners], 9. Michael Thwaite [Perth Glory], 10. Joshua Rose [Central Coast Mariners]

Midfielders: 1. Shinji Ono [Western Sydney Wanderers], 2. Thomas Broich [Brisbane Roar], 3. Youssouf Hersi [Western Sydney Wanderers], 4. Michael McGlinchey [Central Coast Mariners], 5. Aaron Mooy [Western Sydney Wanderers], 6. Mark Milligan [Melbourne Victory], 7. Dario Vidosic [Adelaide United], 8. Marcos Flores [Melbourne Victory], 9. Richard Garcia [Melbourne Heart], 10. Marcelo Carrusca [Adelaide United].

Strikers: 1. Alessandro Del Piero [Sydney FC], 2. Marco Rojas [Melbourne Victory], 3. Emile Heskey [Newcastle Jets], 4. Archie Thompson [Melbourne Victory], 5. Daniel McBreen [Central Coast Mariners], 6. Besart Berisha [Brisbane Roar], 7. Jeremy Brockie [Wellington Phoenix], 8. Shane Smeltz [Perth Glory], 9. Mark Bridge [Western Sydney Wanderers], 10. Bernie Ibini [Central Coast Mariners].