2010 Australia national soccer team season

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

Australia
2010 season
ChairmenFrank Lowy
ManagerPim Verbeek
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Summary

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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

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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

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Friendlies

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24 May 2010 Australia   2–1   New Zealand Melbourne, Australia
Vidošić   57'
Holman   90+4'
[ (Report)]   16' Killen Stadium: MCG
Attendance: 55,659
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)
1 June 2010 Australia   1–0   Denmark Johannesburg, South Africa
Kennedy   71' [ (Report)] Stadium: Ruimsig Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
5 June 2010 United States   3–1   Australia Johannesburg, South Africa
Buddle   4', 31'
Gomez   90+3'
[ (Report)]   19' Cahill Stadium: Ruimsig Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Abdul Ebrahim (South Africa)
11 August 2010 Slovenia   2–0   Australia Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dedič   78'
Ljubijankič   90+1'
[ (Report)] Stadium: Stožice Stadium
Attendance: 16,155
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
3 September 2010 Switzerland   0–0   Australia St. Gallen, Switzerland
[ (Report)] Stadium: AFG Arena
Attendance: 14,660
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
7 September 2010 Poland   1–2   Australia Kraków, Poland
Lewandowski   18' [ (Report)]   13' Holman
  26' (pen.) Wilkshire
Stadium: Stadion Miejski in Kraków
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
9 October 2010 Australia   1–0   Paraguay Sydney, Australia
Carney   53' [ (Report)] Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 25,210
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
17 November 2010 Egypt   3–0   Australia Cairo, Egypt
El-Zaher   28'
Gedo   59'
Zidan   90' (pen.)
[ (Report)] Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)
13 June 2010 Group stage Germany   4–0   Australia Durban, South Africa
20:30 UTC+02:00 Podolski   8'
Klose   26'
Müller   67'
Cacau   70'
Report Cahill   56' Stadium: Moses Mabhida Stadium
Attendance: 62,660
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
19 June 2010 Group stage Ghana   1–1   Australia Rustenburg, South Africa
16:00 UTC+02:00 Gyan   25' (pen.) Report   11' Holman
Kewell   24'
Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Attendance: 34,812
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
23 June 2010 Group stage Australia   2–1   Serbia Nelspruit, South Africa
20:30 UTC+02:00 Cahill   69'
Holman   73'
Report   84' Pantelić Stadium: Mbombela Stadium
Attendance: 37,836
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
6 January 2010 Group B Kuwait   2–2   Australia Kuwait City, Kuwait
17:30 UTC+03:00 Bandar   40'
Nasser   44'
[ (Report)]   3' Wilkshire
  5' Heffernan
Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
3 March 2010 Group stage Australia   1–0   Indonesia Brisbane, Australia
19:00 UTC+10:00 Milligan   42' [ (Report)] Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 20,422
Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan)

Goal scorers

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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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