2011 Australia national soccer team season

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The page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2011.

Australia
2011 season
ChairmenFrank Lowy
ManagerHolger Osieck
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Summary[]

Australia competed in the Asian Cup for the second time and improved on their previous effort by making the final. An extra-time goal by Japan meant Australia were to finish in the runner-up position. The middle of the year was most made up of friendlies, the most notable of which saw Australia come from behind to defeat Germany. Qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup filled out the year and despite a slip up in Muscat, Australia were well on their way to the fourth round with four wins from five matches. Australia peaked at 19 on the FIFA rankings during 2011.

Record[]

Type GP W D L GF GA
Friendly matches 6 4 2 0 12 2
Asian Cup 6 4 1 1 13 2
World Cup qualifiers 5 4 0 1 9 3
Total 17 12 3 2 34 7

Match results[]

Friendlies[]

5 January 2011 United Arab Emirates  0–0  Australia Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
18:30 UTC+4 Stadium: Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
29 March 2011 Germany  1–2  Australia Mönchengladbach, Germany
20:45 UTC+2 Gómez 26' Carney 61'
Wilkshire 64' (pen.)
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 30,152
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
5 June 2011 Australia  3–0  New Zealand Adelaide, Australia
17:00 UTC+9:30 Kennedy 10', 59'
Troisi 93' (pen.)
Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 21,281
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
7 June 2011 Australia  0–0  Serbia Melbourne, Australia
19:30 UTC+10 Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 28,149
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
10 August 2011 Wales  1–2  Australia Cardiff, Wales
19:45 UTC+1 Blake 82' Report Cahill 44'
Kruse 60'
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
7 October 2011 Australia  5–0  Malaysia Canberra, Australia
19:00 Wilkshire 3'
Kennedy 33', 45+1'
Brosque 39', 69'
Report Stadium: Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 10,041
Referee: Paul Cetrangolo (Australia)

Asian Cup[]

10 January 2011 Group Stage India  0–4  Australia Doha, Qatar
16:15 UTC+3 (Report) Cahill 11', 65'
Kewell 24'
Holman 45+1'
Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 11,749
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)
14 January 2011 Group Stage Australia  1–1  South Korea Doha, Qatar
16:15 UTC+3 Jedinak 62' (Report)[permanent dead link] Koo Ja-Cheol 24' Stadium: Al-Gharafa Stadium
Attendance: 15,526
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
18 January 2011 Group Stage Australia  1–0  Bahrain Doha, Qatar
16:15 UTC+3 Jedinak 37' (Report)[permanent dead link] Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
22 January 2011 Quarter-finals Australia  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Iraq Doha, Qatar
16:25 UTC+3 Kewell 117' (Report) Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 7,889
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
25 January 2011 Semi-finals Uzbekistan  0–6  Australia Doha, Qatar
19:25 UTC+3 Bakayev Yellow card 56' Red card 67' (Report) Kewell 5'
Ognenovski 35'
Carney 65'
Emerton 74'
Valeri 82'
Kruse 83'
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Attendance: 24,826
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)
29 January 2011 Final Australia  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Japan Doha, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3 Report Lee 109' Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 37,174
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

World Cup qualifiers[]

2 September 2011 Third Round Australia  2–1  Thailand Brisbane, Australia
20:00 UTC+10 Kennedy 57'
Brosque 86'
Report
Summary
Dangda 15' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 24,540
Referee: Abdullah Dor Mohammed Balideh (Qatar)
6 September 2011 Third Round Saudi Arabia  1–3  Australia Dammam, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3 Al-Shamrani 65' Report Kennedy 40', 56'
Wilkshire 77' (pen.)
Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
11 October 2011 Third Round Australia  3–0  Oman Sydney, Australia
19:30 Holman 7'
Kennedy 65'
Jednak 85'
Summary Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 24,732
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
11 November 2011 Third Round Oman  1–0  Australia Muscat, Oman
18.00 UTC+4 Hosni 18' Report Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)
15 November 2011 Third Round Thailand  0–1  Australia Bangkok, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7 Report Holman 78' Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 19,400
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)

Goal scorers[]

Player Goals
Kennedy 8
Brosque 3
Cahill 3
Jedinak 3
Kewell 3
Wilkshire 3
Carney 2
Holman 2
Kruse 2
Emerton 1
Ognenovski 1
Troisi 1
Valeri 1

References[]

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