2009 Australia national soccer team season

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

Australia

2009 season
Chairman	Frank Lowy
Manager	Pim Verbeek
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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.

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.

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

Republic of Ireland v Australia

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)

South Korea v Australia

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)

Australia v Netherlands

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

World Cup qualifiers

Japan v Australia

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)

Australia v Uzbekistan

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)

Qatar v Australia

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)

Australia v Bahrain

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)

Australia v Japan

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

Indonesia v Australia

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)

Australia v Kuwait

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)

Australia v Oman

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)

Oman v Australia

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