2008 Australia national soccer team season
| 2008 season | |||
| Chairmen |
 Frank Lowy | ||
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| Manager |
 Pim Verbeek | ||
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← 2007 2009 → | |||
The Australia national soccer team results in 2008.
Record
| Type | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly matches | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| World Cup qualifiers | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| Total | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6 |
Goal scorers
| Player | Friendlies | FIFA World Cup qual. | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerton | - | 4 | 4 |
| Kennedy | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Kewell | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Bresciano | - | 2 | 2 |
| Cahill | - | 2 | 2 |
| Sterjovski | 2 | - | 2 |
| Chipperfield | - | 1 | 1 |
Match results
Friendlies
| Friendly 22 March | Singapore  |
0 – 0 | Australia |
Kallang, Singapore |
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| (Report) | Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 6,282 Referee:  Prayoon Veerapool | |||||
| Friendly 23 May | Australia |
1 – 0 |  Ghana |
Sydney, Australia |
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Sterjovski  46' |
(Report) | Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 29,914 Referee:  Hajime Matsuo | ||||
| Friendly 19 August | Australia |
2 – 2 |  South Africa |
 London, England |
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| Sterjovski 25' Kennedy 38' |
(Report) | 21' Nkosi 58' Modise |
Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Howard Webb | |||
| Friendly 6 September | Netherlands |
1 – 2 | Australia |
Eindhoven, Netherlands |
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| Huntelaar 6' |
(Report) | 45+1' (pen.) Kewell 76' Kennedy |
Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Martin Atkinson | |||
World Cup qualifiers
| Third Round 6 February | Australia |
3 – 0 |  Qatar |
Melbourne, Australia |
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| Kennedy 11' Cahill 17' Bresciano 33' |
[ (Report)] | Stadium: Telstra Dome Attendance: 50,969 Referee:  Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh | ||||
| Third Round 26 March | China PR  |
0 – 0 | Australia |
Kunming, China |
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| [ (Report)] | Stadium: Kunming Stadium Referee:  Mohamed Al Saeedi | |||||
| Third Round 1 June | Australia |
1 – 0 |  Iraq |
Brisbane, Australia |
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| Kewell 47' |
[ (Report)] | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 48,678 Referee:  Ravshan Irmatov | ||||
| Third Round 7 June | Iraq |
1 – 0 | Australia |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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| Mohammed 28' |
[ (Report)] | Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura | ||||
| Third Round 14 June | Qatar |
1 – 3 | Australia |
Doha, Qatar |
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| Ibrahim 89' |
[ (Report)] | 17', 56' Emerton Kewell |
Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee:  Lee Gi-Young | |||
| Third Round 22 June | Australia |
0 – 1 | China PR |
Sydney, Australia |
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| [ (Report)] | 12' Sun |
Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 70,054 Referee:  Khalil Al Ghamdi | ||||
| Fourth Round 10 September | Uzbekistan |
0 – 1 | Australia |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
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| [ (Report)] | 26' Chipperfield |
Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Attendance: 34,000 Referee:  Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli | ||||
| Fourth Round 15 October | Australia |
4 – 0 | Qatar |
Brisbane, Australia |
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| Cahill 8' Emerton 17', 58' Kennedy 76' |
[ (Report)] | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 34,320 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi | ||||
| Fourth Round 19 November | Bahrain  |
0 – 1 | Australia |
Manama, Bahrain |
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| [ (Report)] | 90+3' Bresciano |
Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee:  Masoud Moradi | ||||
References
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