Australia national football (soccer) team season 2007

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In 2007 the Australian national football team had ten matches scheduled. Four of these were finals matches for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and the rest were friendlies. The poor performances at the Asian Cup would soon signal the end of Graham Arnold's tenure as head coach, his final swan song being the game against Argentina. Having not yet found a coach after Arnold's departure, Australia's technical director, Rob Baan, would take over the last match of the year against Nigeria.

1 Australia v Denmark
2 Australia v China
3 Australia v Uruguay
4 Australia v Singapore
5 2007 AFC Asian Cup
6 Australia v Argentina
7 Australia v Nigeria
8 References

[edit] Australia v Denmark

February 7, 2007 06:30 AEDT	Australia	1–3	Denmark	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 12,476 Referee: Rob Styles England
	Emerton 85'	FFA Report	Tomasson 5', 38' Jensen 28'


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Michael Petković
RB	7	Brett Emerton (c)
CB	6	Patrick Kisnorbo
CB	5	Michael Thwaite
LB	11	Scott Chipperfield
DM	13	Vince Grella
CM	8	Josip Skoko	67'
CM	4	Tim Cahill	75'
AM	21	Mile Sterjovski
AM	14	Brett Holman
CF	15	John Aloisi
Substitutions:
MF	19	Jacob Burns	67'
FW	17	Ryan Griffiths	75'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	18	Brad Jones
DF	3	Shane Stefanutto
DF	20	Jonathan McKain
MF	22	Neil Kilkenny
FW	23	Scott McDonald
Coach:
Graham Arnold


DENMARK:
GK	1	Thomas Sørensen
RB	7	Lars Jacobsen
CB	4	Daniel Agger
CB	3	Michael Gravgaard	77'
LB	5	Niclas Jensen	46'
RM	6	Daniel Jensen
CM	2	Christian Poulsen
LM	8	Thomas Kahlenberg
RF	11	Dennis Rommedahl	46'
CF	9	Jon Dahl Tomasson (c)	86'
LF	10	Martin Jørgensen	72'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Jesper Grønkjær	46'
MF	15	Rasmus Würtz	67'
MF	14	Claus Jensen	72'
DF	13	Per Krøldrup	77'
FW	18	Morten Nordstrand	86'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	16	Jesper Christiansen
DF	12	Brian Priske
Coach:
Morten Olsen

[edit] Australia v China

March 24, 2007 18:45 AEDT	Australia	2–0	China PR	Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wu Chao Jue Hong Kong
	Holman 8' Bresciano 28'	FFA Report


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
CB	4	Patrick Kisnorbo
CB	2	Lucas Neill
CB	6	Michael Beauchamp	32'
RM	10	Luke Wilkshire
CM	13	Carl Valeri	90'
CM	8	Brett Holman	69' 69'
LM	3	Shane Stefanutto	65'
AM	21	Mile Sterjovski	85'
AM	23	Marco Bresciano	80'
CF	9	Mark Viduka (c)	76'
Substitutions:
DF	20	Jade North	66'
FW	19	Archie Thompson	69'
FW	17	Scott McDonald	76'
MF	7	Nick Carle	80'
MF	14	Simon Colosimo	85'
MF	15	Jacob Burns	90'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	12	Brad Jones
DF	5	Michael Thwaite
FW	??	Ryan Griffiths
Coach:
Graham Arnold


CHINA:
GK	1	Li Leilei
RB	7	Sun Jihai
CB	13	Xu Yunlong
CB	2	Du Wei
LB	12	Cao Yang
CM	10	Zheng Zhi (c)
CM	15	Zhao Junzhe	46'
RW	17	Du Zhenyu	38'
AM	6	Shao Jiayi	60'
LW	16	Mao Jianqing	75'
CF	9	Li Jinyu	83'
Substitutions:
FW	11	Dong Fangzhuo	38'
MF	8	Zhou Haibin	46'
FW	19	Han Peng	60'
MF	20	Yan Song	75'
MF	28	Wang Dong	83'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	??	Chen Dong
GK	??	Yang Jun
DF	??	Sun Xiang
DF	??	Lu Jianjun
DF	??	Zhang Yao Kun
DF	??	Xin Feng
MF	??	Sun Ji
MF	??	Yu Tao
Coach:
Zhu Guanghu

[edit] Australia v Uruguay

June 2, 2007 20:00 AEST	Australia	1–2	Uruguay	Telstra Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 61,795 Referee: Roberto Rosetti Italy
	Sterjovski 6'	FFA Report	Forlán 40' Recoba 77'


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Brad Jones
RB	7	Brett Emerton	68'
CB	4	Patrick Kisnorbo	84'
CB	2	Lucas Neill (c)
LB	16	Michael Thwaite	8'
CM	13	Carl Valeri
CM	5	Jason Culina	70'
RW	10	Luke Wilkshire	87'
AM	8	Brett Holman	62'
LW	21	Mile Sterjovski	54'
CF	11	Scott McDonald
Substitutions:
FW	15	Ryan Griffiths	54'
FW	19	Archie Thompson	62'
MF	17	Nick Carle	70'
FW	12	Danny Allsopp	84'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	18	Adam Federici
DF	3	Shane Stefanutto
DF	6	Michael Beauchamp
DF	20	Matthew Spiranovic
MF	14	Simon Colosimo
Coach:
Graham Arnold


URUGUAY:
GK	1	Fabián Carini
RB	8	Carlos Diogo	24'
CB	2	Diego Lugano (c)
CB	19	Andrés Scotti	28'
LB	6	Darío Rodríguez	68' 72'
RM	15	Diego Pérez	46'
CM	5	Pablo García
LM	7	Cristian Rodriguez
RF	10	Álvaro Recoba	82'
CF	21	Diego Forlán	87'
LF	22	Vicente Sánchez
Substitutions:
DF	4	Jorge Fucile	28'
MF	18	Guillermo Giacomazzi	46' 78'
MF	20	Ernesto Fabián Canobbio	72'
FW	13	Sebastián Abreu	82'
MF	11	Fabián Estoyanoff	87'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	12	Sebastián Viera
DF	3	Mauricio Victorino
DF	16	Gaston Filgueiras
FW	9	Gonzalo Vargas
Coach:
Oscar Washington Tabárez

[edit] Australia v Singapore

June 30, 2007 21:30 AEST	Australia	3–0	Singapore	Singapore National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto Japan
	Viduka 51', 88' Kewell 76'	FFA Report


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
RB	7	Brett Emerton
CB	3	Patrick Kisnorbo	31' 54'
CB	2	Lucas Neill
LB	8	Luke Wilkshire	87'
CM	13	Vince Grella	49'
CM	5	Jason Culina
RW	21	Mile Sterjovski	77'
AM	14	Brett Holman	68'
LW	23	Marco Bresciano	61'
CF	9	Mark Viduka (c)	91+'
Substitutions:
DF	6	Michael Beauchamp	54'
MF	10	Harry Kewell	61'
FW	11	Archie Thompson	68'
MF	19	Nick Carle	77'
DF	16	Michael Thwaite	87'
FW	4	Nathan Burns	91+'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	12	Brad Jones
GK	18	Michael Petkovic
DF	22	Mark Milligan
MF	17	Carl Valeri
MF	20	David Carney
FW	15	Mark Bridge
Coach:
Graham Arnold


SINGAPORE:
GK	18	Lionel Lewis
RB	20	Noh Rahman	90'
CB	22	Precious Emuejeraye
CB	5	Aide Iskandar (c)	83'
LB	16	Daniel Bennett
DM	17	Shahril Ishak
DM	15	Mustafic Fahrudin	55'
RM	2	Muhammad Ridhuan	66'
LM	7	Shi Jiayi
CF	10	Indra Sahdan Daud	79'
CF	19	Khairul Amri	74'
Substitutions:
MF	12	Hariss Harun	55'
FW	11	Fazrul Nawaz	66'
FW	8	Masrezwan Masturi	74'
FW	9	Ashrin Shariff	79'
DF	6	Baihakki Khaizan	83'
DF	13	Hafiz Osman	90'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	1	Hassan Sunny
Coach:
Radojko Avramović

[edit] 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup

[edit] Australia v Oman

July 8, 2007 20:30 AEST	Australia	1–1	Oman	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet Seychelles
	Cahill 91+'	FFA Report AFC Summary	Al-Maimani 31'


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
RB	7	Brett Emerton	18'
CB	3	Patrick Kisnorbo	78'
CB	2	Lucas Neill
LB	8	Luke Wilkshire
CM	13	Vince Grella	62'
CM	5	Jason Culina
RW	21	Mile Sterjovski	46'
AM	23	Marco Bresciano
LW	10	Harry Kewell
CF	9	Mark Viduka (c)
Substitutions:
FW	15	John Aloisi	46'
MF	4	Tim Cahill	62' 89'
FW	14	Brett Holman	78'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	12	Brad Jones
GK	18	Michael Petkovic
DF	6	Michael Beauchamp
DF	16	Michael Thwaite
DF	22	Mark Milligan
MF	19	Nick Carle
MF	17	Carl Valeri
MF	20	David Carney
FW	11	Archie Thompson
Coach:
Graham Arnold


OMAN:
GK	26	Ali Al Habsi
RB	3	Juma Al Wahaibi	55'
CB	2	Mohamed Al Noobi (c)	33'
CB	4	Said Sawailim
LB	17	Hassan Al Gheilani
CM	12	Ahmed Al Muhaijri	21'
CM	21	Ahmed Al Mukhaini
RW	11	Yousuf Al-Busaidi	52' 65'
AM	8	Badar Al-Maimani	60'
LW	15	Ismail Al-Ajmi
CF	20	Amad Al Hosni	80'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Fawzi Bait Doorbeen	60'
MF	13	Mohammed Al-Ghassani	65'
MF	24	Younis Mahyijari	80'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	1	Sulaiman Al Mazroui
DF	5	Fahad Ba-Masilah
DF	6	Issam Al Sinani
DF	18	Hamed Al Bulushi
DF	25	Sulaiman Al Shukairi
MF	7	Sultan Al-Touqi
FW	14	Younis Al Musaifri
MF	28	Hussain Al Hadhri
FW	9	Hashim Mohamed
Coach:
Gabriel Calderón

[edit] Australia v Iraq

July 13, 2007 20:20 AEST	Australia	1–3	Iraq	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jasim Karim Bahrain
	Viduka 47'	FFA Report AFC Summary	Akram 22' Mohammed 60' Jassim 86'


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
RB	7	Brett Emerton
CB	3	Patrick Kisnorbo	71'
CB	2	Lucas Neill	42', 93'
LB	8	Luke Wilkshire	89'
CM	13	Vince Grella	35'
CM	5	Jason Culina	12' 64'
RW	23	Marco Bresciano
AM	14	Brett Holman	46'
LW	10	Harry Kewell
CF	9	Mark Viduka (c)
Substitutions:
MF	4	Tim Cahill	46'
FW	15	John Aloisi	64'
FW	11	Archie Thompson	71'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	12	Brad Jones
GK	18	Michael Petkovic
DF	6	Michael Beauchamp
DF	16	Michael Thwaite
DF	22	Mark Milligan
MF	17	Carl Valeri
MF	19	Nick Carle
MF	20	David Carney
MF	21	Mile Sterjovski
Coach:
Graham Arnold Man Of The Match: Nashat Akram


IRAQ:
GK	22	Noor Sabri
RB	14	Haidar Abdul-Amir
CB	15	Ali Hussein Rehema
CB	2	Jassim Mohammed Ghulam
LB	3	Bassim Abbas
CM	5	Nashat Akram
CM	19	Haitham Kadhim	62' 74'
RW	18	Mahdi Karim
AM	6	Saleh Sader	49'
LW	11	Hawar Mulla Mohammed
CF	10	Younis Mahmoud (c)	91'
Substitutions:
MF	24	Qusay Munir	49' 81'
MF	13	Karrar Jassim Mohammed	74'
FW	9	Mohammad Nasser	91'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	1	Ahmed Ali Jaber
GK	23	Mohammed Kassid
DF	4	Khaldoun Ibrahim
DF	12	Haidar Abdul-Razzaq
DF	20	Nabeel Abbas Lafta
MF	7	Ali Abbas Mshehid
MF	8	Ahmad Abd Ali
FW	16	Ahmad Mnajed
FW	17	Louay Salah Hassan
Coach:
Jorvan Vieira

[edit] Australia v Thailand

July 16, 2007 22:30 AEST	Australia	4–0	Thailand	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul South Korea
	Beauchamp 20' Viduka 80, 83' Kewell 90'	FFA Report AFC Summary


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
CB	7	Brett Emerton
CB	22	Mark Milligan
CB	6	Michael Beauchamp
RM	8	Luke Wilkshire	84'
CM	5	Jason Culina
CM	13	Vince Grella
LM	20	David Carney
AM	23	Marco Bresciano	74'
CF	15	John Aloisi	28' 61'
CF	9	Mark Viduka (c)	84'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Harry Kewell	61'
MF	4	Tim Cahill	74'
FW	14	Brett Holman	84'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	12	Brad Jones
GK	18	Michael Petkovic
DF	2	Lucas Neill ^[1]
DF	3	Patrick Kisnorbo
DF	16	Michael Thwaite
MF	19	Nick Carle
MF	17	Carl Valeri
MF	21	Mile Sterjovski
FW	11	Archie Thompson
Coach:
Graham Arnold Man Of The Match: Mark Viduka


THAILAND:
GK	18	Kosin Hathairattanakool
RB	2	Suree Sukha
CB	16	Kiatprawut Saiwaew	56'
CB	5	Nived Siriwong
LB	6	Nattaporn Phanrit
RM	8	Suchao Nuchnum
CM	12	Nirut Surasiang	47+'
CM	10	Tawan Sripan (c)
LM	17	Sutee Suksomkit	54'
CF	13	Kiatisuk Senamuang
CF	14	Teeratep Winothai	60'
Substitutions:
MF	7	Datsakorn Thonglao	54' 73'
DF	4	Jedsada Jitsawad	56'
MF	23	Pipat Tonkanya	60'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	1	Weera Koedpudsa
GK	22	Narit Taweekul
DF	3	Patipan Petchpool
DF	15	Prat Samakrat
MF	9	Therdsak Chaiman
MF	11	Jakkrit Bunkham
MF	19	Pichitphong Choechiu
MF	20	Hattaporn Suwan
FW	21	Teerasil Dangda
Coach:
Chanvit Polchovin

[edit] Australia v Japan

July 21, 2007 20:20 AEST	Australia	1 –1	Japan	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli Kuwait
	Aloisi 69'	FFA Report AFC Summary	Takahara 72'

		PENALTIES
	Harry Kewell Lucas Neill Tim Cahill Nick Carle David Carney	3 – 4	Shunsuke Nakamura Yasuhito Endo Yūichi Komano Naohiro Takahara Yuji Nakazawa
Australia won the toss and went first


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
CB	2	Lucas Neill
CB	22	Mark Milligan
CB	6	Michael Beauchamp
RM	7	Brett Emerton
CM	5	Jason Culina
CM	13	Vince Grella	75'
LM	20	David Carney	81'
AM	23	Marco Bresciano	71'
CF	15	John Aloisi	33' 82'
CF	9	Mark Viduka (c)	61'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Harry Kewell	61' 65'
MF	4	Tim Cahill	71'
MF	19	Nick Carle	82'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	12	Brad Jones
GK	18	Michael Petkovic
DF	3	Patrick Kisnorbo
DF	16	Michael Thwaite
MF	8	Luke Wilkshire ^[2]
MF	14	Brett Holman
MF	17	Carl Valeri
MF	21	Mile Sterjovski
FW	11	Archie Thompson
Coach:
Graham Arnold


JAPAN:
GK	1	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c)
RB	21	Akira Kaji	88'
CB	6	Yuki Abe	95+'
CB	22	Yuji Nakazawa
LB	3	Yūichi Komano
RM	10	Shunsuke Nakamura
CM	13	Keita Suzuki
CM	14	Kengo Nakamura	115+'
LM	7	Yasuhito Endo
CF	19	Naohiro Takahara
CF	12	Seiichiro Maki	102+'
Substitutions:
MF	2	Yasuyuki Konno	88'
FW	11	Hisato Satō	102+'
FW	20	Kisho Yano	115+'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	18	Seigo Narazaki
GK	23	Eiji Kawashima
DF	5	Keisuke Tsuboi
MF	8	Naotake Hanyu
MF	9	Satoru Yamagishi
MF	15	Koki Mizuno
MF	24	Hideo Hashimoto
MF	28	Yoshiaki Ota
MF	29	Masahiko Inoha
Coach:
Ivica Osim

[edit] Australia v Argentina

September 11, 2007 19:30 AEST	Australia	0–1	Argentina	MCG, Melbourne Attendance: 70,171 Referee: Mike Dean England
		FFA Report	Demichelis 49'


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
RB	7	Luke Wilkshire
CB	2	Lucas Neill (c)
CB	6	Michael Beauchamp
LB	4	David Carney
DM	13	Vince Grella	87'
CM	5	Jason Culina
CM	8	Josip Skoko	51'
RF	11	Archie Thompson	62'
CF	9	Joshua Kennedy	82'
LF	23	Marco Bresciano	58'
Substitutions:
MF	17	Carl Valeri	51'
FW	10	Brett Holman	58' 60'
MF	19	Nick Carle	62'
FW	22	Nik Mrdja	82'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	12	Clint Bolton
DF	3	Patrick Kisnorbo
DF	15	Michael Thwaite
DF	18	Dean Heffernan
MF	20	Simon Colosimo
FW	14	Alex Brosque
Coach:
Graham Arnold


ARGENTINA:
GK	13	Roberto Abbondanzieri
RB	8	Javier Zanetti (c)
CB	15	Gabriel Milito
CB	17	Nicolás Burdisso
LB	6	Gabriel Heinze	53'
DM	2	Martin Demichelis
RM	18	Jonás Gutiérrez	72'
LM	20	Federico Insua	82'
AM	14	Javier Mascherano
RF	19	Lionel Messi	91+'
LF	11	Carlos Tévez	85'
Substitutions:
MF	5	Fernando Gago	72'
MF	16	Cristian Raúl Ledesma	82'
FW	7	Javier Saviola	85'
FW	9	Sergio Agüero	91+'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	1	Oscar Ustari
GK	12	Sergio Romero
DF	4	Fabricio Coloccini
Coach:
Alfio Basile

[edit] Australia v Nigeria

November 17, 2007 02:00 AEDT	Australia	1–0	Nigeria	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 11,953 Referee: Mark Clattenburg England
	Carney 53'	FFA Report


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
RB	7	Brett Emerton
CB	2	Lucas Neill (c)
CB	6	Michael Beauchamp
LB	11	Scott Chipperfield	46'
DM	17	Carl Valeri
CM	8	Luke Wilkshire
CM	19	Nick Carle
RF	10	Harry Kewell
CF	15	Scott McDonald
LF	20	David Carney
Substitutions:
MF	14	Jacob Burns	46'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	12	Nathan Coe
GK	18	Adam Federici
DF	5	Michael Thwaite
MF	21	Mile Sterjovski
MF	22	James Wesolowski
FW	9	Joshua Kennedy
Coach:
Rob Baan


NIGERIA:
GK	1	Dele Aiyenugba
RB	13	Richard Eromoigbe
CB	15	Rabiu Afolabi
CB	6	Danny Shittu
LB	2	Ifeanyi Emeghara
RM	10	Onyekachi Okonkwo	55'	66'
CM	4	Ayila Yussuf	46'
LM	16	Dickson Etuhu
RF	11	Peter Odemwingie	62'
CF	17	Stephen Makinwa	46'
LF	9	Obafemi Martins
Substitutions:
DF	3	Taye Taiwo	66'
DF	5	Obinna Nwaneri	46'
FW	8	Ikechukwu Uche	62'
FW	14	Manasseh Ishiaku	46'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	12	Austin Ejide
MF	7	Paul Obiefule
Coach:
Berti Vogts

[edit] References

^ Having received a red card in the previous game against Iraq, Neill was suspended for this match.
^ Having received two yellow cards in the previous games against Iraq and Thailand, Wilkshire was suspended for this match.

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