The Socceroos will meet 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil in a friendly international on September 7 this year.
The clash is expected to be played in the capital Brasilia and will be the seventh match between the two teams.
Brazil has claimed four wins, with a draw and one win while Australia has one victory – a 1-0 2001 Confederations Cup upset.
The Socceroos last met Brazil in 2006 at the FIFA World Cup in Germany under former coach Guus Hiddink.
Brazil claimed a 2-0 win at the Allianz Arena in Munich and is currently in hot form after winning the recent Confederations Cup in Brazil.
And while it will be the first meeting in seven years for the two nations Socceroos Holger Osieck will not have the headache of a club-versus-country battle for the clash when he names his squad for the friendly.
Osieck has been rocked this week by J-League club Nagoya Grampus’ refusal to release striker Josh Kennedy for the East Asian Cup tournament which kicks off this Saturday.
The East Asian Cup sits outside the international match calendar.
Source: Fox Sports.
