2011 Australia national soccer team season explained

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

Club:Australia
Season:2011
Chairman:Frank Lowy
Chrtitle:Chairmen
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Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2012

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 matches6 4 2 0 12 2
Asian Cup6 4 1 1 13 2
World Cup qualifiers5 4 0 1 9 3
Total 17 12 3 2 34 7

Match results

World Cup qualifiers

Goal scorers

PlayerGoals
Kennedy8
Brosque3
Cahill3
Jedinak3
Kewell3
Wilkshire3
Carney2
Holman2
Kruse2
Emerton1
Ognenovski1
Troisi1
Valeri1

References