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2008 Australia national soccer team season

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This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2008.

Australia
2008 season
ChairmenFrank Lowy
ManagerPim Verbeek
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Summary

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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

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Type GP W D L GF GA
Friendly matches 4 2 2 0 5 3
World Cup qualifiers 9 6 1 2 13 3
Total 13 8 3 2 18 6

Match results

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Friendlies

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23 May Friendly Australia  1–0  Ghana Sydney, Australia
Sterjovski 46' (Report) Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 29,914
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)
19 August Friendly Australia  2–2  South Africa London, England
Sterjovski 25'
Kennedy 38'
(Report) 21' Nkosi
58' Modise
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
6 September Friendly Netherlands  1–2  Australia Eindhoven, Netherlands
Huntelaar 6' (Report) 45+1' (pen.) Kewell
76' Kennedy
Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
6 February Third Round Australia  3–0  Qatar Melbourne, Australia
Kennedy 11'
Cahill 17'
Bresciano 33'
[ (Report)] Stadium: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 50,969
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
1 June Third Round Australia  1–0  Iraq Brisbane, Australia
Kewell 47' [ (Report)] Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 48,678
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
7 June Third Round Iraq  1–0  Australia Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Mohammed 28' [ (Report)] Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
14 June Third Round Qatar  1–3  Australia Doha, Qatar
Ibrahim 89' [ (Report)] 17', 56' Emerton
74' Kewell
Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)
22 June Third Round Australia  0–1  China Sydney, Australia
[ (Report)] 12' Sun Stadium: Stadium Australia
Attendance: 70,054
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
10 September Fourth Round Uzbekistan  0–1  Australia Tashkent, Uzbekistan
[ (Report)] 26' Chipperfield Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
15 October Fourth Round Australia  4–0  Qatar Brisbane, Australia
Cahill 8'
Emerton 17', 58'
Kennedy 76'
[ (Report)] Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 34,320
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
19 November Fourth Round Bahrain  0–1  Australia Manama, Bahrain
[ (Report)] 90+3' Bresciano Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Goal scorers

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Player Friendlies FIFA World Cup qual. Goals
Emerton - 4 4
Kennedy 2 2 4
Kewell 1 2 3
Bresciano - 2 2
Cahill - 2 2
Sterjovski 2 - 2
Chipperfield - 1 1

References

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