Mathew Leckie and Jamie Maclaren both scored in their club debuts, Gol-Gol Mebrahtu scored a double to help progress his team’s European chances and several Aussies were in action for their clubs in pre-season friendlies.
CLUB FRIENDLIES
Craig Goodwin and Kenneth Dougall played the second half for Sparta Rotterdam as they won 6-0 over VOC. Ryan Edwards started and played 80 minutes for Partick Thistle as they lost 2-1 to Dumbarton. Terry Antonis was on the bench for VVV Venlo as they faced his former side PAOK, losing 1-0.
Mitchell Langerak played the first half for Stuttgart as they lost 2-1 to Dynamo Dresden. Jackson Irvine played the second half for Burton Albion, scoring a goal as they won 5-0 over Kingsgrove Athletic.
Chris Ikonomidis played the second half for Lazio, scoring twice as they won 16-0 over Auronzo. Aiden O’Neill played the first half for Burnley as they won 4-0 over Shamrock Rovers.
Ben Halloran played a full match for Heidenheim as they lost 2-1 to Vysocina Jihlava. Jesse Curran came off the bench in the 79th minute for Dundee FC as they lost 2-1 to Bolton Wanderers. Jackson Irvine played the first half for Burton Albion as they won 4-0 over Mickleover Sports.
Adam Federici played the second half for AFC Bournemouth as they 2-1 over GD Estoril Praia. Jordan Lyden played the second half for Aston Villa, winning a penalty as they lost 2-1 to Shrewsbury Town.
Mathew Leckie played the first half for Hertha Berlin, scoring the first goal in a 2-0 win over Carl Zeiss Jena. Jamie Maclaren started and played 61 minutes for Darmstadt, scoring twice in a 4-3 win over SV Wallern.
Chris Ikonomidis also played the second half for Lazio in their 9-1 win over Radio Club.
UK
In the Scottish League Cup, Chris Duggan played a full match for East Fife as they lost 1-0 to Peterhead. Aaron Lennox played a full match and Rory Brian was on the bench for Raith Rovers as they lost 2-0 to Dundee United. Andy Rose came off the bench in the 61st minute for Motherwell as they won 5-1 over Queen’s Park.
Lyndon Dykes started and played 67 minutes for Queen of the South as they won 3-1 over Stenhousemuir. Ryan Edwards played a full match for Partick Thistle as they drew 1-1 before losing 3-1 on penalties.
EUROPE
In the UEFA Champions League qualifying, Tommy Oar started and played 60 minutes for APOEL as they won 1-0 over F91 Dudelange. Alex Gersbach was on the bench for Rosenborg as they drew 1-1 with Dundalk. Tom Rogic played a full match for Celtic, scoring the second goal in a 2-0 win over Linfield.
In the UEFA Europa League qualifying, James Jeggo was on the bench for Sturm Graz as they lost 1-0 to Mladost. Gol-Gol Mebrahtu started and played 91 minutes for Mlada Boleslav, scoring the first two goals in 3-2 win over Shamrock Rovers.
In the Austrian Cup, James Jeggo played a full match for Sturm Graz as they won 3-0 over Hard.
In the Croatian 1. HNL, Fran Karacic played a full match for Lokomotiva Zagreb as they lost 3-1 to Hajduk Split.
In the Danish Superligaen, Mustafa Amini played a full match for Aarhus GF as they lost 2-1 to Horsens.
In the Hungarian NB I, David Williams started and played 72 minutes for Szombathelyi Haladas as they lost 2-0 to Honved.
In the Latvian Virsliga, Ante Bakmaz came off the bench in the 75th minute for Jelvaga as they drew 1-1 with Rigas FS.
In the Norwegian Tippeligaen, Alex Gersbach played a full match for Rosenborg BK as they won 3-0 over Sogndal.

ASIA
In the Chinese Super League, Ryan McGowan played a full match for Guizhou Zhicheng as they lost 2-0 to Beijing Guoan.
In the Indonesian Liga 1, Aaron Evans played a full match for Barito Putera as they lost 5-0 to Bali United.
Earlier in the week in the Korean K-League, Tomislav Mrcela came off the bench in the 77th minutes for Jeonnam Dragons, scoring the second goal in a 2-2 draw with Gangwon. At the weekend, he came off the bench in the 61st minute for Jeonnam Dragons as they won 4-3 over Daegu.
Connor Chapman started and played 65 minutes for Incheon United as they lost 1-0 to Suwon Bluewings then played a full match in the 1-1 draw with Gangwon.. Aleksandar Jovanovic was on the bench for Jeju United as they won 2-1 over Jeonbuk Motors.
Matthew Jurman played a full match for Suwon Bluewings as they won 3-2 over Pohang Steelers. Aleksandar Jovanovic played a full match for Jeju United as they lost 2-1 to Seoul.
In the Korean K-League Challenge, Adrian Leijer and Bruce Djite both played a full match for Suwon as they won 1-0 over Busan I’Park.
Earlier in the week in the Malaysian Super League, Zac Anderson played a full match for Kedah as they won 4-2 over Melaka United.
Dino Djulbic played a full match for FELDA United as they won 3-1 over Sarawak and again over the weekend in the Malaysian Super League in the 5-1 win over PBDKT T-Team.
NORTH AMERICA
In the US USL, Harrison Delbridge played a full match for Cincinnati, scoring the second goal in a 3-2 win over Louisville City.
Earlier in the week in the US NASL, Caleb Patterson-Sewell played a full match for Jacksonville Armada as they drew 1-1 with Puerto Ricoand also played a full match for them in the 2-0 defeat to Indy Eleven.
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