Pim Verbeek has named his squad for the Socceroos upcoming qualifier against Kuwait in Canberra on Thursday March 5. Four players have been included for the first team, being Adelaide United's Fabian Barbiero and Daniel Mullen, Newcastle Jets youngster Ben Kantarovski and Queensland Roar striker Mitch Nichols.

The squad is as follows:

Danny Allsopp (Melbourne Victory) Fabian Barbiero (Adelaide United) Billy Celeski (Melbourne Victory) Shannon Cole (Sydney FC) Robert Cornthwaite (Adelaide United) Tarek Elrich (Newcastle Jets) Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United) Dean Heffernan (Central Coast Mariners) Scott Jamieson (Adelaide United) Ben Kantarovski (Newcastle Jets) Matt McKay (Queensland Roar) Craig Moore (Queensland Roar) Daniel Mullen (Adelaide United) Mitch Nichols (Queensland Roar) Tom Pondeljak (Melbourne Victory) Paul Reid (Adelaide United) Matt Simon (Central Coast Mariners) Michael Theoklitos (Melbourne Victory) Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory) Matt Thompson (Newcastle Jets) Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Newcastle Jets) Rodrigo Vargas (Melbourne Victory) Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners) Michael Zullo (Queensland Roar)