2009 Australia national soccer team season

This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2009.

Australia
2009 season
ChairmanFrank Lowy
ManagerPim Verbeek
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Summary

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The start of the year consisted of alternating qualification matches for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. When Australia met Japan in February, they were top of the group with three wins. A draw against Japan, a win against Uzbekistan and then another draw with Qatar was enough for Australia to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup with two games to spare.[1]

Asian Cup qualifying started poorly with a draw in Indonesia and a home loss to Kuwait although wins later in the year improved Australia's position in the group leading into the final fixtures in 2010.

Netherlands were ranked number three in the world at the time of visiting Sydney to play a friendly that finished nil-all.

Australia finished the year at 21 in the FIFA rankings; however, the September 2009 ranking saw Australia reach its highest ever position of 14.[2]

Record

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Type GP W D L GF GA
Friendly matches 3 1 1 1 4 3
World Cup qualifiers 5 3 2 0 6 1
Asian Cup qualifiers 4 2 1 1 3 2
Total 12 6 4 2 13 6

Match results

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Friendlies

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12 August Friendly Republic of Ireland   0–3   Australia Limerick, Republic of Ireland
Report   39', 44' Cahill
  90+3' Carney
Stadium: Thomand Park
Attendance: 19,428
Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull (Spain)
5 September Friendly South Korea   3–1   Australia Seoul, South Korea
Park C-Y   5'
Lee J-S   21'
Seol K-H   87'
Report   34' Kisnorbo Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 40,215
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
10 October Friendly Australia   0–0   Netherlands Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 40,537
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
11 February Fourth Round Japan   0–0   Australia Yokohama, Japan
19:20 UTC+09:00 Report Stadium: International Stadium
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
1 April Fourth Round Australia   2–0   Uzbekistan Sydney, Australia
20:00 UTC+11:00 Kennedy   66'
Kewell   73' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Stadium Australia
Attendance: 59,292
Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)
6 June Fourth Round Qatar   0–0   Australia Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+03:00 Report Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
10 June Fourth Round Australia   2–0   Bahrain Sydney, Australia
20:00 UTC+10:00 Sterjovski   55'
Carney   88'
Report Stadium: Stadium Australia
Attendance: 39,450
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
17 June Fourth Round Australia   2–1   Japan Melbourne, Australia
20:20 UTC+10:00 Cahill   59', 77' Report   40' Tulio Stadium: MCG
Attendance: 69,238
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
28 January Group Stage Indonesia   0–0   Australia Jakarta, Indonesia
19:30 UTC+07:00 Report Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
5 March Group Stage Australia   0–1   Kuwait Canberra, Australia
20:00 UTC+11:00 Report   38' Neda Stadium: Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 20,032
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
14 October Group Stage Australia   1–0   Oman Melbourne, Australia
19:30 UTC+10:00 Cahill   73' Report Stadium: Docklands Stadium
Attendance: 20,595
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
14 November Group Stage Oman   1–2   Australia Muscat, Oman
18:00 UTC+04:00 Khalifa   16' (pen.) Report   43' Wilkshire
  83' Emerton
Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

Goal scorers

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Player Friendlies FIFA World Cup qual. AFC Asian Cup qual. Goals
Cahill 2 2 1 5
Carney 1 1 - 2
Emerton - - 1 1
Kennedy - 1 - 1
Kewell - 1 - 1
Kisnorbo 1 - - 1
Sterjovski - 1 - 1
Wilkshire - - 1 1

References

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  1. ^ "Socceroos qualify for 2010 World Cup". SBS.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ FIFA.com