AAP The Socceroos will face South Africa in Sydney on May 26 before departing for Brazil.The Socceroos will face South Africa in Sydney in their World Cup send-off game before departing for Brazil.
Football Federation will confirm the May 26 fixture, which is to played at ANZ Stadium with the team to fly out two days after, later on Monday.
The South Africans, who face Brazil in a friendly in Johannesburg this week, failed to qualify for this year's World Cup after hosting the showpiece event in 2010.
Australia will likely have two further hit-outs in Brazil before kicking off their campaign against Chile on June 13.
An international friendly against Croatia in Salvador on June 6 is all but confirmed with another match likely to be against a local club side.
The Socceroos will on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) play a crucial World Cup warm-up match against Ecuador in London.
The game is the final opportunity for coach Ange Postecoglou to experiment before he has to settle on his preliminary World Cup squad by May 16.
The initial 30-man squad will then be trimmed to 23 buy June 8.