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General Information for Australia

Football Federation Australia
Founded
1961
FIFA entry
1963
Average height in 2008
1.82m
Average age in 2008
26.2
Confederation
AFC
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Emblem
Jersey in 2008
No jersey in 2008

Coaches in 2008

Verbeek, Pim (Coach)

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Verbeek, Pim (Coach)

Day of Birth
1956-03-12
Day of Death
2019-11-28
Place of Birth
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Matches
13 (9 / 4)
Goto coach Pim Verbeek

Players of Australia in 2008

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
Schwarzer, Mark 1972-10-06 Goalkeeper England Fulham FC 11 0 0 0 0 0
Čović, Ante 1975-06-13 Goalkeeper Australia Newcastle Jets 1 0 0 0 0 0
Petković, Michael 1976-07-16 Goalkeeper Turkey Sivasspor 1 0 0 0 0 0
Wilkshire, Luke 1981-10-02 Right Back Russia Dinamo Moskva 10 0 0 0 0 0
Carney, David 1983-11-30 Left Back England Norwich City 9 2 0 0 0 0
North, Jade 1982-01-07 Centre Back Australia Newcastle Jets 7 1 0 0 0 0
Neill, Lucas 1978-03-09 Centre Back England West Ham United 7 0 0 0 0 0
Beauchamp, Michael 1981-03-08 Centre Back Denmark Aalborg BK 6 1 0 0 0 0
Coyne, Chris 1978-12-20 Centre Back England Colchester United 5 0 0 0 0 0
Topor-Stanley, Nikolai 1985-03-11 Centre Back Australia Perth Glory 2 1 0 0 0 0
Griffiths, Adam 1979-08-21 Centre Back Australia Newcastle Jets 2 0 0 0 0 0
Moore, Craig 1975-12-12 Centre Back Australia Queensland Roar 2 0 0 0 0 0
Špiranović, Matthew 1988-06-27 Centre Back Germany 1.FC Nürnberg 1 1 0 0 0 0
Leijer, Adrian 1986-03-25 Centre Back England Norwich City 0 1 0 0 0 0
Čulina, Jason 1980-08-05 Centre Midfielder Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 9 0 0 0 0 0
Valeri, Carl 1984-08-14 Centre Midfielder Italy US Grosseto 7 3 0 0 0 0
Bresciano, Marco 1980-02-11 Centre Midfielder Italy US Palermo 7 1 2 0 0 0
Emerton, Brett 1979-02-22 Right Midfielder England Blackburn Rovers 7 0 4 0 0 0
Grella, Vince 1979-10-05 Centre Midfielder England Blackburn Rovers 4 0 0 0 0 0
Holman, Brett 1984-03-27 Attacking Midfielder Netherlands AZ Alkmaar 3 7 0 0 0 0
Cahill, Tim 1979-12-06 Attacking Midfielder England Everton FC 3 0 2 0 0 0
Chipperfield, Scott 1975-12-30 Left Midfielder Switzerland FC Basel 3 0 1 0 0 0
Jedinak, Mile 1984-08-03 Centre Midfielder Turkey Gençlerbirliği Ankara 3 0 0 0 0 0
Troisi, James 1988-07-03 Attacking Midfielder Turkey Gençlerbirliği Ankara 3 0 0 0 0 0
Burns, Jacob 1978-04-21 Defensive Midfielder Romania Unirea Urziceni 2 2 0 0 0 0
Holland, James 1989-05-15 Defensive Midfielder Australia Newcastle Jets 2 1 0 0 0 0
Zadkovich, Ruben 1986-05-23 Centre Midfielder England Derby County 1 0 0 0 0 0
Broxham, Leigh 1988-01-13 Defensive Midfielder Australia Melbourne Victory 0 1 0 0 0 0
Burns, Nathan 1988-05-07 Attacking Midfielder Greece AEK Athinon 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kilkenny, Neil 1985-12-19 Centre Midfielder England Leeds United 0 1 0 0 0 0
Milligan, Mark 1985-08-04 Defensive Midfielder Australia Newcastle Jets 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sarkies, Kristian 1986-10-25 Attacking Midfielder Australia Adelaide United 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kewell, Harry 1978-09-22 Left Winger Turkey Galatasaray SK 9 0 3 0 0 0
Kennedy, Joshua 1982-08-28 Centre Forward Germany Karlsruher SC 5 1 4 0 0 0
McDonald, Scott 1983-08-21 Centre Forward Scotland Celtic Glasgow 4 1 0 0 0 0
Sterjovski, Mile 1979-05-27 Right Winger England Derby County 2 4 2 0 0 0
Thompson, Archie 1978-10-23 Centre Forward Australia Melbourne Victory 2 0 0 0 0 0
Djité, Bruce 1987-03-25 Centre Forward Turkey Gençlerbirliği Ankara 1 6 0 0 0 0
Bridge, Mark 1985-11-07 Secondary striker Australia Sydney FC 1 1 0 0 0 0
Griffiths, Joel 1979-08-21 Right Winger Australia Newcastle Jets 1 0 0 0 0 0
Garcia, Richard 1981-09-04 Right Winger England Hull City 0 2 0 0 0 0
Allsopp, Danny 1978-08-10 Centre Forward Australia Melbourne Victory 0 1 0 0 0 0
Aloisi, John 1976-02-05 Centre Forward Australia Sydney FC 0 1 0 0 0 0
Griffiths, Ryan 1981-08-21 Left Winger China Liaoning Hongyun 0 1 0 0 0 0
Williams, David 1988-02-26 Left Winger Denmark Brøndby IF 0 1 0 0 0 0

Matches of Australia in 2008

Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
2008-02-06
Australia
Australia
Qatar
Qatar
3:0 c
Australia vs. Qatar
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Docklands Stadium
2008-03-22
Singapore
Singapore
Australia
Australia
0:0 c
Singapore vs. Australia
Friendly
National Stadium of Singapore
2008-03-26
China
China
Australia
Australia
0:0 c
China vs. Australia
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Kunming Tuodong Sports Center
2008-05-23
Australia
Australia
Ghana
Ghana
1:0 c
Australia vs. Ghana
Friendly
Sydney Football Stadium
2008-06-01
Australia
Australia
Iraq
Iraq
1:0 c
Australia vs. Iraq
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Suncorp Stadium
2008-06-07
Iraq
Iraq
Australia
Australia
1:0 c
Iraq vs. Australia
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Al-Rashid Stadium
2008-06-14
Qatar
Qatar
Australia
Australia
1:3 c
Qatar vs. Australia
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
2008-06-22
Australia
Australia
China
China
0:1 c
Australia vs. China
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Stadium Australia
2008-08-19
Australia
Australia
South Africa
South Africa
2:2 c
Australia vs. South Africa
Friendly
Loftus Road Stadium
2008-09-06
Netherlands
Netherlands
Australia
Australia
1:2 c
Netherlands vs. Australia
Friendly
Philips Stadion
2008-09-10
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Australia
Australia
0:1 c
Uzbekistan vs. Australia
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium
2008-10-15
Australia
Australia
Qatar
Qatar
4:0 c
Australia vs. Qatar
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Suncorp Stadium
2008-11-19
Bahrain
Bahrain
Australia
Australia
0:1 c
Bahrain vs. Australia
World Cup 2010 - Group 1
Bahrain National Stadium
13 Matches

Match Progress for Australia in 2008

Favorite Opponents of Australia

Opponent M W D L G
New Zealand
New Zealand
35 23 6 6 55
Japan
Japan
21 4 6 11 23
South Korea
South Korea
18 4 4 10 21
Kuwait
Kuwait
12 7 2 3 21
Oman
Oman
11 6 4 1 23
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
10 9 1 0 55
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
10 5 3 2 18
Tahiti
Tahiti
9 9 0 0 38
Taiwan
Taiwan
9 9 0 0 47
Iraq
Iraq
9 6 1 2 11
China
China
9 4 3 2 14
Argentina
Argentina
9 1 1 7 8
Brazil
Brazil
8 1 1 6 1
Jordan
Jordan
8 5 0 3 14
Uruguay
Uruguay
7 3 0 4 8
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
7 4 2 1 7
Ghana
Ghana
7 4 2 1 8
South Africa
South Africa
7 3 3 1 7
Fiji
Fiji
6 5 0 1 24
Germany
Germany
6 1 1 4 9
France
France
6 1 1 4 4
Croatia
Croatia
6 2 2 2 6
Chile
Chile
6 0 2 4 3
Israel
Israel
6 2 4 0 7
Bahrain
Bahrain
5 5 0 0 9
Scotland
Scotland
5 1 1 3 3
Paraguay
Paraguay
5 2 3 0 4
Qatar
Qatar
5 3 1 1 10
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
5 0 1 4 1
Indonesia
Indonesia
5 4 1 0 10
Thailand
Thailand
5 4 1 0 11
Denmark
Denmark
5 2 1 2 4
Sweden
Sweden
5 2 2 1 2
Colombia
Colombia
4 0 2 2 2
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
4 4 0 0 13
Netherlands
Netherlands
4 1 2 1 5
Mexico
Mexico
3 2 1 0 7
Tunisia
Tunisia
3 2 0 1 4
Ecuador
Ecuador
3 1 0 2 7
Syria
Syria
3 2 1 0 6
Greece
Greece
3 2 0 1 3
England
England
3 1 0 2 4
Norway
Norway
3 1 1 1 4
Hungary
Hungary
3 3 0 0 8
Vanuatu
Vanuatu
3 3 0 0 6
USA
USA
3 1 1 1 2
Canada
Canada
3 2 0 1 10
Malaysia
Malaysia
2 1 0 1 5
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
2 1 1 0 1
Iran
Iran
2 0 2 0 3
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
2 2 0 0 5
Peru
Peru
2 1 0 1 5
Egypt
Egypt
2 1 0 1 4
Serbia
Serbia
2 1 1 0 2
Singapore
Singapore
2 1 1 0 3
Nepal
Nepal
2 2 0 0 8
Nigeria
Nigeria
2 2 0 0 2
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
2 2 0 0 10
Jamaica
Jamaica
2 2 0 0 7
Lebanon
Lebanon
2 2 0 0 6
Turkey
Turkey
2 0 0 2 1
Ireland
Ireland
2 1 0 1 4
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
2 2 0 0 33
Honduras
Honduras
2 1 1 0 3
Vietnam
Vietnam
2 2 0 0 5
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
2 1 0 1 5
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
2 2 0 0 9
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
1 1 0 0 3
Brazil
Brazil (Olympic)
1 0 0 1 0
Romania
Romania
1 0 0 1 2
Samoa
Samoa
1 1 0 0 11
Venezuela
Venezuela
1 0 1 0 1
Belgium
Belgium
1 0 0 1 0
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
1 0 1 0 1
North Korea
North Korea
1 0 1 0 1
Slovenia
Slovenia
1 0 0 1 0
New Caledonia
New Caledonia
1 1 0 0 11
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (Olympic)
1 1 0 0 1
India
India
1 1 0 0 4
China
China (B)
1 1 0 0 2
Morocco
Morocco
1 1 0 0 1
American Samoa
American Samoa
1 1 0 0 31
Cameroon
Cameroon
1 0 1 0 1
Slovakia
Slovakia
1 0 1 0 0
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
1 1 0 0 1
Switzerland
Switzerland
1 0 1 0 0
Kenya
Kenya
1 1 0 0 4
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
1 1 0 0 1
Spain
Spain
1 0 0 1 0
East Germany
East Germany
1 0 0 1 0
Soviet Union
Soviet Union (Olympic)
1 0 0 1 0
Wales
Wales
1 1 0 0 2
Tonga
Tonga
1 1 0 0 22
Palestine
Palestine
1 1 0 0 3
Poland
Poland
1 1 0 0 2
Guam
Guam
1 1 0 0 9
Italy
Italy
1 0 0 1 0
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