Mathew Leckie made a winning start to life in the Bundesliga as a host of Aussies were in action across the globe overnight.
The Socceroos winger played a full match as his FC Ingolstadt opened their campaign in Germany with a superb 1-0 away win over FSV Mainz.
Robbie Kruse watched from the bench as Bayer Leverkusen also made a perfect start with a 2-1 home win against Hoffenheim.
It was a first win of the new season for Bailey Wright’s Preston North End, with the rugged defender getting through the full 90 of their 1-0 victory at Milton Keynes Dons in the English Championship.
Massimo Luongo also started as QPR got their first point of the campaign, drawing 2-2 with Cardiff City, while Jason Davidson also played a full match as Huddersfield drew 1-1 with Blackburn.
North of the border in the Scottish Premiership and despite his recent good form for Celtic, Tom Rogic was forced to watch from the bench as Celtic beat Inverness CT 4-2.
It was defeats for the three other Aussies in the SPL. Jackson Irvine’s Ross County stayed sixth after losing 2-1 at home to Hearts.
Ryan McGowan played another full match but his Dundee United were humbled 4-0 at Hamilton Academical, while Scott McDonald couldn’t help Motherwell from losing 2-1 to Aberdeen.
In Turkey, Aziz Behich Bursaspor opened their SuperLig campaign with a 1-0 away defeat to Trabzonspor, with the left-back playing the full 90.
Tim Cahill played 80 minutes as Shanghai Shenhua were held to a 2-2 draw at Guangzhou Evergrande.
Alex Wilkinson’s Jeonbuk stayed first in the K-League despite slumping to a shock 3-0 loss to Pohang Steelers, with the defender substituted after 76 minutes.
In England’s League One, Shane Cansdell-Sheriff couldn’t prevent Burton Albion from falling to their first defeat of the season as they lost 1-0 at Barnsley.
James Meredith pushed his claims for a Socceroos call-up as his Bradford City drew 1-1 with Shrewsbury Town, while Bradden Inman also played a full game as Crewe Alexandria lost 2-0 at Scunthorpe United.
Alex Cisak had a win in League Two, his Leyton Orient too good for Dagenham and Redbridge, winning 3-1.
