The squad assembled in the national capital today, with nine players who participated in Saturday's A-League 2009 Grand Final the last to arrive.

However, three players have been withdrawn from the squad announced by head coach, Pim Verbeek, last week. 

Danny Allsopp (facial injury), Billy Celeski (hip injury) and Scott Jamieson (foot injury) all played in the A-League 2009 Grand Final on Saturday night but were deemed unfit after a routine medical assessment.

It is the first time the Qantas Socceroos have played in Canberra for almost 13 years.  

The Qantas Socceroos are drawn in Group B of the AFC Asian Cup 2011 qualification stage along with Indonesia, Kuwait and Oman. The top two teams from each group of the qualification stage will progress to the AFC Asian Cup 2011 to be held in Qatar.

The Socceroos are currently sitting in third position of Group B, with Kuwait in fourth.