2009 Australia national soccer team season

September 2022 May 2013This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2009. Australia 2009 Pim Verbeek Frank Lowy Chairman FFCC33 FFCC33 FFCC33 008000 FFCC33 000040 000040 000040 000040 000040 2008 2010 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.http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2009/06/07/socceroos-qualify-2010-world-cup Socceroos qualify for 2010 World Cup SBS.com.au 4 April 2017 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.FIFA.com Record Type GP W D L GF GAFriendly matches311143 World Cup qualifiers532061 Asian Cup qualifiers421132 Total12642136 Match results Friendlies 12 August Friendly Republic of Ireland 0–3 Report Australia 39 44 Cahill 90+3 Carney Thomand Park Limerick, Ireland 19,428 Alfonso Pérez Burrull (Spain) W 5 September Friendly South Korea 3–1 Report Australia Park C-Y 5 Lee J-S 21 Seol K-H 87 34 Kisnorbo Seoul World Cup Stadium Seoul, South Korea 40,215 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) L 10 October Friendly Australia 0–0 Report Netherlands Sydney Football Stadium Sydney, Australia 40,537 Minoru Tōjō (Japan) D World Cup qualifiers 11 February 19:20 UTC+09:00 Fourth Round JPN 0–0 Report AUS International Stadium Yokohama, Japan 66,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) D 1 April 20:00 UTC+11:00 Fourth Round AUS 2–0 Report UZB Kennedy 66 Kewell 73 pen. Stadium Australia Sydney, Australia 59,292 Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates) W 6 June 19:00 UTC+03:00 Fourth Round QAT 0–0 Report AUS Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Doha, Qatar 7,000 Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) D 10 June 20:00 UTC+10:00 Fourth Round AUS 2–0 Report BHR Sterjovski 55 Carney 88 Stadium Australia Sydney, Australia 39,450 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) W 17 June 20:20 UTC+10:00 Fourth Round AUS 2–1 Report JPN Cahill 59 77 40 Tulio MCG Melbourne, Australia 69,238 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) W Asian Cup qualifiers 28 January 19:30 UTC+07:00 Group Stage IDN 0–0 Report AUS Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Jakarta, Indonesia 50,000 Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) D 5 March 20:00 UTC+11:00 Group Stage AUS 0–1 Report KUW 38 Neda Canberra Stadium Canberra, Australia 20,032 Masoud Moradi (Iran) L 14 October 19:30 UTC+10:00 Group Stage AUS 1–0 https://archive.today/20121216152955/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=1894 Report OMA Cahill 73 Docklands Stadium Melbourne, Australia 20,595 Masaaki Toma (Japan) W 14 November 18:00 UTC+04:00 Group Stage OMA 1–2 https://archive.today/20121204183225/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=1892 Report AUS Khalifa 16 pen. 43 Wilkshire 83 Emerton Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Muscat, Oman 12,000 Sun Baojie (China) W Goal scorers Player Friendlies FIFA World Cup qual. AFC Asian Cup qual. Goals Cahill2215 Carney11-2 Emerton--11 Kennedy-1-1 Kewell-1-1 Kisnorbo1--1 Sterjovski-1-1 Wilkshire--11 References Category:2008–09 in Australian soccer Category:2009–10 in Australian soccer Category:2009 national football team results 2009 Category:Australia men's national soccer team results