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

Summary

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

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

Friendlies

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)
10 October Friendly Australia  0–0  Netherlands Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 40,537
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

World Cup qualifiers

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)
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)

Asian Cup qualifiers

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

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

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