2010 Australia national soccer team season

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This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2010.

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Australia
2010 season
Chairmen Frank Lowy
Manager Pim Verbeek
  2009
2011  

Summary

The year started with Australia's final two qualification matches for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Qualification was sealed by topping the group. Australia won four of eight friendlies during the year however the main event was the 2010 World Cup. With a win, draw and a loss, Australia failed to progress from the group stage on goal difference.

Record

TypeGPWDLGFGA
Friendly 8413710
World Cup 311136
Asian Cup qualification 211032
Total136341318

Match results

Friendlies

24 May 2010 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Melbourne, Australia
Vidošić Soccerball shade.svg57'
Holman Soccerball shade.svg90+4'
[ (Report)]Soccerball shade.svg16' Killen Stadium: MCG
Attendance: 55,659
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)
1 June 2010 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–0Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Johannesburg, South Africa
Kennedy Soccerball shade.svg71'[ (Report)]Stadium: Ruimsig Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
5 June 2010 United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Johannesburg, South Africa
Buddle Soccerball shade.svg4', 31'
Gomez Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
[ (Report)]Soccerball shade.svg19' Cahill Stadium: Ruimsig Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Abdul Ebrahim (South Africa)
11 August 2010 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg2–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dedič Soccerball shade.svg78'
Ljubijankič Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
[ (Report)]Stadium: Stožice Stadium
Attendance: 16,155
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
3 September 2010 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg0–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia St. Gallen, Switzerland
[ (Report)]Stadium: AFG Arena
Attendance: 14,660
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
7 September 2010 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Kraków, Poland
Lewandowski Soccerball shade.svg18'[ (Report)]Soccerball shade.svg13' Holman
Soccerball shade.svg26' (pen.) Wilkshire
Stadium: Stadion Miejski in Kraków
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
9 October 2010 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–0Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay Sydney, Australia
Carney Soccerball shade.svg53'[ (Report)]Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 25,210
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
17 November 2010 Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg3–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Cairo, Egypt
El-Zaher Soccerball shade.svg28'
Gedo Soccerball shade.svg59'
Zidan Soccerball shade.svg90' (pen.)
[ (Report)]Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)

World Cup

13 June 2010 Group stage Germany  Flag of Germany.svg 4–0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Durban, South Africa
20:30 UTC+02:00 Podolski Soccerball shade.svg8'
Klose Soccerball shade.svg26'
Müller Soccerball shade.svg67'
Cacau Soccerball shade.svg70'
Report Cahill Red card.svg 56'Stadium: Moses Mabhida Stadium
Attendance: 62,660
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
19 June 2010 Group stage Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg 1–1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Rustenburg, South Africa
16:00 UTC+02:00 Gyan Soccerball shade.svg25' (pen.) Report Soccerball shade.svg11' Holman
Kewell Red card.svg 24'
Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Attendance: 34,812
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
23 June 2010 Group stage Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2–1 Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia Nelspruit, South Africa
20:30 UTC+02:00 Cahill Soccerball shade.svg69'
Holman Soccerball shade.svg73'
Report Soccerball shade.svg84' Pantelić Stadium: Mbombela Stadium
Attendance: 37,836
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Asian Cup qualification

6 January 2010 Group B Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg2–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Kuwait City, Kuwait
17:30 UTC+03:00 Bandar Soccerball shade.svg40'
Nasser Soccerball shade.svg44'
[ (Report)]Soccerball shade.svg3' Wilkshire
Soccerball shade.svg5' Heffernan
Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
3 March 2010 Group stage Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–0Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Brisbane, Australia
19:00 UTC+10:00 Milligan Soccerball shade.svg42'[ (Report)]Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 20,422
Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan)

Goal scorers

PlayerGoals
Brett Holman 4
Tim Cahill 2
Luke Wilkshire 2
David Carney 1
Dean Heffernan 1
Joshua Kennedy 1
Mark Milligan 1
Dario Vidošić 1

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