2008 Australia national soccer team season

January 2024 May 2013This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2008. Australia 2008 Pim Verbeek Frank Lowy Chairmen FFCC33 FFCC33 FFCC33 008000 FFCC33 000040 000040 000040 000040 000040 2007 2009 Summary The main focus for the National Team was to attempt to qualify for their third World Cup. The 2010 campaign was Australia's first as a member of the AFC and they entered the qualification in the Third Round drawn into a group containing Qatar, Iraq and China. Matches took place from February until June and Australia had already succeeded in moving through the next round when they lost to China at home in the final game. Despite this, they still topped the group. Fourth Round qualifying had Australia in a group with Bahrain, Japan, Qatar and Uzbekistan. By the end of the calendar year, they had played three games for three wins and were sitting top of the group with five games yet to be played. They also enjoyed a come from behind friendly win away to the Netherlands who were ranked four in the world at the time. Australia finished the year ranked 28 on the FIFA Rankings. Record Type GP W D L GF GAFriendly matches422053 World Cup qualifiers9612133 Total13832186 Match results Friendlies 22 March Friendly Singapore 0–0 (Report) Australia National Stadium Kallang, Singapore 6,282 Prayoon Veerapool (Thailand) D 23 May Friendly Australia 1–0 (Report) Ghana Sterjovski 46 Sydney Football Stadium Sydney, Australia 29,914 Hajime Matsuo (Japan) W 19 August Friendly Australia 2–2 (Report) South Africa Sterjovski 25 Kennedy 38 21 Nkosi 58 Modise Loftus Road London, England 10,000 Howard Webb (England) D 6 September Friendly Netherlands 1–2 (Report) Australia Huntelaar 6 45+1 pen. Kewell 76 Kennedy Philips Stadion Eindhoven, Netherlands 22,500 Martin Atkinson (England) W World Cup qualifiers 6 February Third Round Australia 3–0 [ (Report)] Qatar Kennedy 11 Cahill 17 Bresciano 33 Telstra Dome Melbourne, Australia 50,969 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) W 26 March Third Round China PR 0–0 [ (Report)] Australia Kunming Stadium Kunming, China Mohamed Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates) D 1 June Third Round Australia 1–0 [ (Report)] Iraq Kewell 47 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, Australia 48,678 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) W 7 June Third Round Iraq 1–0 [ (Report)] Australia Mohammed 28 Al-Rashid Stadium Dubai, United Arab Emirates 8,000 Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan) L 14 June Third Round Qatar 1–3 [ (Report)] Australia Ibrahim 89 17 56 Emerton 74 Kewell Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Doha, Qatar 12,000 Lee Gi-Young (South Korea) W 22 June Third Round Australia 0–1 [ (Report)] China PR 12 Sun Stadium Australia Sydney, Australia 70,054 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) L 10 September Fourth Round Uzbekistan 0–1 [ (Report)] Australia 26 Chipperfield Pakhtakor Stadium Tashkent, Uzbekistan 34,000 Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait) W 15 October Fourth Round Australia 4–0 [ (Report)] Qatar Cahill 8 Emerton 17 58 Kennedy 76 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, Australia 34,320 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) W 19 November Fourth Round Bahrain 0–1 [ (Report)] Australia 90+3 Bresciano National Stadium Manama, Bahrain 10,000 Masoud Moradi (Iran) W Goal scorers Player Friendlies FIFA World Cup qual. Goals Emerton-44 Kennedy224 Kewell123 Bresciano-22 Cahill-22 Sterjovski2-2 Chipperfield-11 References 2008 Category:Australia men's national soccer team results Category:2007–08 in Australian soccer Category:2008–09 in Australian soccer Category:2008 national football team results