The international friendly against the three-time ASEAN Football Federation champions will give Western Australian fans a chance to see the Matildas in action, in a match which is sure to draw a bumper crowd in star striker Sam Kerr’s home town.

The announcement comes on the same day Australian head coach Alen Stajcic named a 25-strong preliminary squad for the Algarve Cup, which will be reduced to 22 before the tournament begins in Portugal on February 28.

The Nashmiyat will compete in three friendly matches against club sides from Spain’s top-flight Primera Division championship, beginning against Madrid CFF on Thursday - exactly 50 days before the opening day of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup.

The well-travelled Jordanians – who have visited the United States, Turkey, Latvia, Thailand and Japan within the past six months – will then meet Rayo Vallecano on February 20, before facing reigning league champions Atletico Madrid two days later.

The 2017 AFC Women’s Player of the Year nominee Saki Kumagai headlines the squad, with the Olympique Lyonnais star joining US-based defensive veteran Rumi Utsugi, German-based forward Kumi Yokoyama and Real Betis goalkeeper Erina Yamane as foreign based talent in Asako Takakura’s team.

Nadeshiko League club NTV Beleza provide the most players, with no less than seven players currently on the books of the Japanese champions, including in-form striker Mia Tanaka, who scored in two of Japan’s three matches at December’s EAFF E-1 Championship.

The Chelsea star returns after missing December’s EAFF E-1 Championship, where the Koreans lost all three matches, and will be joined by 2017 Korean Women’s Player of the Year and recent INAC Kobe Leonessa signee Lee Min-a.

Lee’s new clubmate Choi Ye-seul and Jeon Ga-eul – who has been playing for Melbourne Victory in Australia’s W-League championship – are the other foreign-based representatives, with the remaining players plying their trade on home soil.