This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2009.
| 2009 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Frank Lowy | ||
| Manager | Pim Verbeek | ||
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]
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
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