2010 Australia national soccer team season

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

Australia

2010 season
Chairmen	Frank Lowy
Manager	Pim Verbeek
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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

Match results

Friendlies

Australia  v  New Zealand

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)

Australia  v  Denmark

1 June 2010	Australia	1–0	Denmark	Johannesburg, South Africa
	Kennedy 71'	[ (Report)]		Stadium: Ruimsig Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

United States  v  Australia

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)

Slovenia  v  Australia

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)

Switzerland  v  Australia

3 September 2010	Switzerland	0–0	Australia	St. Gallen, Switzerland
		[ (Report)]		Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 14,660 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Poland  v  Australia

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)

Australia  v  Paraguay

9 October 2010	Australia	1–0	Paraguay	Sydney, Australia
	Carney 53'	[ (Report)]		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 25,210 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Egypt  v  Australia

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)

World Cup

Germany  v  Australia

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)

Ghana  v  Australia

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)

Australia  v  Serbia

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)

Asian Cup qualification

Kuwait  v  Australia

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)

Australia  v  Indonesia

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

References

• Australia: Fixtures and Results