2010 Australia national soccer team season
| 2010 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairmen | Frank Lowy | ||
| Manager | Pim Verbeek | ||
| |||
Summary
This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2010. 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
| Type | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| World Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Asian Cup qualification | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
Match results
Friendlies
| 24 May 2010 | Australia  |
2–1 |  |
Melbourne, Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vidošić  Holman |
[ (Report)] | |
Stadium: MCG Attendance: 55,659 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States) |
| 1 June 2010 | Australia |
1–0 |  |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy |
[ (Report)] | Stadium: Ruimsig Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa) |
| 5 June 2010 | United States  |
3–1 | |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddle Gomez |
[ (Report)] | |
Stadium: Ruimsig Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Abdul Ebrahim (South Africa) |
| 11 August 2010 | Slovenia  |
2–0 | |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedič Ljubijankič |
[ (Report)] | Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 16,155 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) |
| 3 September 2010 | Switzerland  |
0–0 | |
St. Gallen, Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [ (Report)] | Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 14,660 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria) |
| 7 September 2010 | Poland  |
1–2 | |
Kraków, Poland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewandowski |
[ (Report)] | |
Stadium: Stadion Miejski in Kraków Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) |
| 9 October 2010 | Australia |
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Sydney, Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carney |
[ (Report)] | Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 25,210 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) |
World Cup
| 13 June 2010 Group stage | Germany  |
4–0 | |
Durban, South Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 UTC+02:00 | Podolski Klose Müller Cacau |
Report | Cahill  |
Stadium: Moses Mabhida Stadium Attendance: 62,660 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico) |
| 19 June 2010 Group stage | Ghana  |
1–1 | |
Rustenburg, South Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 UTC+02:00 | Gyan |
Report | Kewell |
Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Attendance: 34,812 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy) |
| 23 June 2010 Group stage | Australia |
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Nelspruit, South Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 UTC+02:00 | Cahill Holman |
Report | |
Stadium: Mbombela Stadium Attendance: 37,836 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) |
Asian Cup qualification
| 6 January 2010 Group B | Kuwait  |
2–2 | |
Kuwait City, Kuwait |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:30 UTC+03:00 | Bandar Nasser |
[ (Report)] | |
Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| 3 March 2010 Group stage | Australia |
1–0 |  |
Brisbane, Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 UTC+10:00 | Milligan |
[ (Report)] | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 20,422 Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan) |
Goal scorers
| Player | Goals |
|---|---|
| Brett Holman | 4 |
| Tim Cahill | 2 |
| Luke Wilkshire | 2 |
| David Carney | 1 |
| Dean Heffernan | 1 |
| Joshua Kennedy | 1 |
| Mark Milligan | 1 |
| Dario Vidošić | 1 |
References
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