Football Federation Australia confirmed Brisbane would host the Socceroos’ World Cup qualifier against Japan on June 12, four days after opening their campaign in Oman.

But there were red faces when an FFA release also revealed Sydney would host Oman on March 26, 2013 and Iraq on June 18, 2013 while Melbourne was unveiled as the venue for the Socceroos’ clash with Jordan on June 11, 2013.

The FFA was forced to issue an amended release, blaming a production error on the other venues being named.

Unfortunately the amendment also featured an error, getting the Brisbane date wrong.

“Other than the Brisbane match on July 12 2012, no further qualification matches, cities or venues have been decided,” the FFA release said.

“Announcements on the host cities and venues for these matches will be made in due course.”

Unlike the FFA, Osieck liked what he saw on paper as he planned his World Cup squad.

While impressed with his squad to date, Osieck said he would keep an open mind with selection during Cup qualifying.

“You should never think the door to the team has been closed. There are always opportunities,” he said in Brisbane on Wednesday.

“We have a lot of friendlies combined with qualifiers so I will definitely take the opportunity to give other players a chance.

“I will be able to see if they can step up or have to wait a little bit more.”

Osieck stuck with his view that youngsters in the A-League needed to show more consistency but appeared to bristle when quizzed if he would “move on” any senior players ahead of the World Cup.

Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has already claimed he has no intention of retiring – and Osieck did not feel any of his veterans would need a “tap on the shoulder” any time soon.

“That is a point I don’t like,” he said.

“I don’t have any old players. I have some players who are more experienced than others but still do a decent job on or off the pitch as leaders, to help the less experienced players step up.

“There is right now a very positive mixture I have in my group and I am very happy with that.

“To me what is important is the performance level, and that is still very high.”

Indeed Osieck still seemed to be buzzing over another veteran Mark Bresciano who made his first Socceroos appearance since the 2010 World Cup in the recent 4-2 win over Saudi Arabia.

“He added some different qualities to our last game. If he can maintain that level of play he will be very useful for us,” he said.

“I have introduced or re-introduced a couple of players. It was important for me to see how much they could help the group and I got some positive impressions.”

The Socceroos can book a spot in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with a top two finish in Group B.