2009–10 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	2009–10
Men's soccer
A-League Premiership	Sydney FC (1st title)
A-League Championship	Sydney FC (2nd title)
Women's soccer
W-League Premiership	Sydney FC
W-League Championship	Sydney FC

The 2009–10 season was the 41st season of national competitive association football in Australia and 127th overall.

National teams

Men's senior

Friendly matches

Win Tie Loss

12 August 2009	Republic of Ireland	0–3	Australia	Limerick, Ireland
19:30 UTC+1		(Report)	Cahill 39', 44' Carney 90+3'	Stadium: Thomond Park Attendance: 19,428 Referee: Pérez Burrul (Spain)

5 September 2009	South Korea	3–1	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Park 5' J. Lee 21' Seol 87'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Kisnorbo 34'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

10 October 2009	Australia	0–0	Netherlands	Sydney, Australia
19:30 UTC+10		(Report)		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 40,537

24 May 2010	Australia	2–1	New Zealand	Melbourne, Australia
19:30 UTC+10	Vidošić 57' Holman 90'	(Report)	Killen 16'	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 55,659 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

1 June 2010	Australia	1–0	Denmark	Johannesburg, South Africa
14:00 UTC+02	Kennedy 71'	(Report)		Stadium: Ruimsig Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

5 June 2010	United States	3–1	Australia	Johannesburg, South Africa
14:30 UTC+02	Buddle 4', 31' Gomez 90'	(Report)	Cahill 19'	Stadium: Ruimsig Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Abdul Ebrahim (South Africa)

2011 AFC Asian Cup Qualification

14 October 2009	Australia	1–0	Oman	Melbourne, Australia
19:30 UTC+10	Cahill 73'	(Report)		Stadium: Docklands Stadium Attendance: 20,595 Referee: Toma Maasaki (Japan)

14 November 2009	Oman	1–2	Australia	Muscat, Oman
18:00 UTC+4	Ayil 16' (pen.)	(Report)	Wilkshire 43' Emerton 83'	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

6 January 2010	Kuwait	2–2	Australia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
17:30 UTC+3	Bandar 40' Naser 44'	(Report)	Wilkshire 2' Heffernan 4'	Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

3 March 2010	Australia	1–0	Indonesia	Brisbane, Australia
19:00 UTC+10	Milligan 42'	(Report)		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 20,422 Referee: Ogiya Kenji (Japan)

2010 FIFA World Cup

Group D

13 June 2010	Germany	4–0	Australia	Durban, South Africa
20:30 UTC+02	Podolski 8' Klose 26' Müller 68' Cacau 70'	Report		Stadium: Moses Mabhida Stadium Attendance: 62,660 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

19 June 2010	Ghana	1–1	Australia	Rustenburg, South Africa
16:00 UTC+02	Gyan 25' (pen.)	Report	Holman 11'	Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Attendance: 34,812 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

23 June 2010	Australia	2–1	Serbia	Nelspruit, South Africa
20:30 UTC+02	Cahill 69' Holman 73'	Report	Pantelić 84'	Stadium: Mbombela Stadium Attendance: 37,836 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Men's under-20

Friendlies

25 July 2009 Copa Ciudad de Rosario	Australia	0–0 (3–4 p)	Uruguay	Rosario, Argentina
		Report

29 July 2009 Copa Ciudad de Rosario	Australia	3–1	United States	Rosario, Argentina
	Naidovski 87' Cernak 90' Mooy 90+3'	Report	28'

6 April 2010	Paraguay	2–0	Australia	Asunción, Paraguay
	Benítez 3' Torres 40'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz

8 April 2010	Paraguay	2–0	Australia	Asunción, Paraguay
16:30	Contrera 12' Medina 50'	Report		Stadium: Estadio La Arboleda

AFF U-19 Youth Championship

4 August 2009 Group stage	Singapore	1–1	Australia	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
17:45	Khairul Nizam 65'	Report	Babalj 20'	Stadium: Thanh Long Centre

6 August 2009 Group stage	Thailand	1–1	Australia	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
15:30	Rawanprakone 90+1'	Report	Franjic 84'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium

8 August 2009 Group stage	Cambodia	0–3	Australia	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
15:30		Report	Virgili 41' Taseski 42', 51'	Stadium: Thanh Long Centre

10 August 2009 Semifinal	Australia	4–1	Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
17:45	Leckie 28' Bowles 70' Virgili 82' Groenewald 90+2'	Report	Hà Minh Tuấn 34'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium

12 August 2009 Final	Thailand	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Australia	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
17:45	Natthawut Kamrin 69' Adisak Kraisorn 101'	Report	McGowan 90' Lum 120'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
	Penalties
	Apisit Kamwang Piyarat Lajungreed Surachet Ngamtip Chakrit Rawanprakone Pittayapat Mangkata		Davidson Babalj McGowan Groenewald Virgili

FIFA U-20 World Cup

27 September 2009 Group stage	Czech Republic	2–1	Australia	Port Said, Egypt
16:00 (UTC+2)	Rabušic 50' Pekhart 89' (pen.)	Report	Holland 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Port Said Stadium Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

30 September 2009 Group stage	Australia	0–3	Costa Rica	Port Said, Egypt
16:00 (UTC+2)		Report	Madrigal 35' DeVere 82' (o.g.) Guzmán 90+3'	Stadium: Port Said Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

3 October 2009 Group stage	Australia	1–3	Brazil	Port Said, Egypt
21:30 (UTC+2)	Mooy 14'	Report	Ciro 34' Douglas Costa 62' Ganso 81'	Stadium: Port Said Stadium Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

AFC U-19 Championship qualification

7 November 2009	Australia	3–1	Hong Kong	Bandung, Indonesia
21:00 (UTC+7)	Bulut 30', 34' Taseski 80'	Report	Wong 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium

9 November 2009	Chinese Taipei	0–4	Australia	Bandung, Indonesia
21:00 (UTC+7)		Report	Babalj 68', 81' McGowan 70' Lustica 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium

12 November 2009	Australia	8–0	Singapore	Bandung, Indonesia
18:00 (UTC+7)	Gallagher 7' Lustica 29' (pen.) Grant 31' Petratos 47' Babalj 57' (pen.) Kantarovski 60', 78' Danning 70'	Report		Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium

14 November 2009	Indonesia	0–0	Australia	Bandung, Indonesia
21:00 (UTC+7)		Report		Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium

17 November 2009	Australia	2–3	Japan	Bandung, Indonesia
15:00 (UTC+7)	McGowan 40' Oar 67'	Report	Nagai 48', 90+5' Kikuchi 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium

Men's under-17

AFC U-16 Championship qualification

6 October 2009	Australia	7–0	Laos	Canberra, Australia
19:00	Monaco 26', 44' Paterson 42' Morton 49' Makarounas 73' Da Silva 77' Perkatis 80'	Report		Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Pandian Palaniyandi (Singapore)

10 October 2009	Australia	2–2	Malaysia	Canberra, Australia
19:00	Ilic 12' Gallifuoco 71'	Report	Syazwan 75' Faiz 85'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)

12 October 2009	Laos	0–6	Australia	Canberra, Australia
19:00		Report	Gallifuoco 29' Makarounas 45' Morton 70' Chapman 76' Ilic 80', 90'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)

16 October 2009	Malaysia	1–2	Australia	Canberra, Australia
19:00	Ishak 44'	Report	Makarounas 9' Degenek 33'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Pandian Palaniyandi (Singapore)

Women's senior

Friendlies

17 February 2010 Friendly	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report	Walsh 23', 52' De Vanna 84'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 1,853 Referee: Mike Hester (New Zealand)

20 February 2010 Friendly	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report	Garriock 37' De Vanna 49' Khamis 84'	Stadium: Bill McKinlay Park

3 March 2010 Friendly	Australia	2–2	North Korea	Brisbane, Australia
	Gill 50' De Vanna 68'	Report	Yun Hyon-Hi 14', 86'	Stadium: Spencer Park Attendance: 0 (closed doors) Referee: Jacqui Melksham

6 March 2010 Friendly	Australia	3–2	North Korea	Brisbane, Australia
	Walsh 25' Gill 45' (pen.) Simon 90'	Report	Jo Yun Mi 33' Kim Yong Hui 53'	Stadium: Ballymore Stadium Referee: Sarah Hodson

AFC Women's Asian Cup

19 May 2010 Group stage	Australia	2–0	Vietnam	Chengdu, China
	Khamis 29' Ledbrook 51' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Chengdu Sports Centre Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

21 May 2010 Group stage	South Korea	1–3	Australia	Chengdu, China
	Kang Sun-Mi 71'	Report	Carroll 52' De Vanna 59' Kerr 66'	Stadium: Chengdu Sports Centre Attendance: 600 Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

23 May 2010 Group stage	China	1–0	Australia	Chengdu, China
	Zhang Rui 9'	Report		Stadium: Chengdu Sports Centre Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

27 May 2010 Semifinal	Japan	0–1	Australia	Chengdu, China
		Report	Gill 45+1'	Stadium: Chengdu Sports Centre Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

30 May 2010 Final	Australia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	North Korea	Chengdu, China
	Kerr 19'	Report	Jo Yun-Mi 73'	Stadium: Chengdu Sports Centre Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Sachiko Yamagichi (Japan)
	Penalties
	Shipard Ledbrook Gill Garriock Simon		Jo Yun-mi Yun Song-Mi Choe Yong-Sim Yu Jong-Hui Mun Chol-Mi

Women's under-20

Friendlies

25 July 2009	South Korea	0–0	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
		Report		Stadium: KFA National Training Centre

27 July 2009	South Korea	3–1	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
	Ji So-yun 15' Kim Na-rae 68' Kong Hye-won 69'	Report	Sykes 61'	Stadium: KFA National Training Centre

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

1 August 2009 Group stage	Japan	1–1	Australia	Wuhan, China
	Iwabuchi 66'	Report	Simon 88'	Stadium: Hankou Cultural Sports Centre Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea

3 August 2009 Group stage	Australia	1–2	China	Wuhan, China
	Simon 75'	Report	Lou 10' An 42'	Stadium: Hankou Cultural Sports Centre Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)

5 August 2009 Group stage	Chinese Taipei	0–4	Australia	Wuhan, China
		Report	Clifford 21' Simon 58' Beutel 66' Bolger 84'	Stadium: Xinhua Road Sports Center Referee: Ri Hong-sil (North Korea)

Australia U-17

AFF U-16 Women's Championship

10 October 2009 Group stage	Philippines	0–14	Australia	Yangon, Myanmar
		Report	Allen 7', 70' Makrillos 13', 15' Kerr 38' Kennedy 43', 60', 73', 90' Friend 44', 79', 81' Faul 55' Whitfield 85'	Stadium: Bogyoke Aung San Stadium

12 October 2009 Group stage	Australia	5–0	Vietnam	Yangon, Myanmar
	Bolger 18' Friend 21', 58' Foord 30' Whitfield 52'	Report		Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

16 October 2009 Semifinal	Australia	6–1	Myanmar	Yangon, Myanmar
	Friend 1' Kerr 40' Kennedy 43' Andrews 58' Whitfield 78' van Egmond 81' (pen.)	Report	10'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

18 October 2009 Final	Thailand	0–8	Australia	Yangon, Myanmar
		Report	Whitfield 30' Foord 59', 89' Kerr 67', 82' Makrillos 75' Allen 88' van Egmond 90'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

AFC U-16 Women's Championship

5 November 2009 Group stage	Australia	4–0	China	Bangkok, Thailand
	Andrews 18', 58', 63', 87'	Report		Stadium: Supachalasai Stadium

7 November 2009 Group stage	Chinese Taipei	0–7	Australia	Bangkok, Thailand
		Report	Stott 3' Makrillos 5' Brown 12' Hatzirodos 19', 33' Foord 42', 90'	Stadium: Supachalasai Stadium

9 November 2009 Group stage	Japan	1–3	Australia	Bangkok, Thailand
	Oda 7'	Report	Whitfield 13' Allen 28' Foord 45'	Stadium: Supachalasai Stadium

12 November 2009 Semifinal	Australia	3–4	North Korea	Bangkok, Thailand
	Whitfield 7' Foord 27' van Egmond 62'	Report	Kim Kum-jong 17', 77' Pong Son-hwa 37' Kim Yun-mi 85'	Stadium: Supachalasai Stadium

15 November 2009 Third-place playoff	Japan	6–2	Australia	Bangkok, Thailand
	Kyokawa 31', 52', 69', 87' Naomoto 45' Takagi 83'	Report	Andrews 59' Foord 85'	Stadium: Supachalasai Stadium

A-League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	27	15	3	9	35	23	+12	48	Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	+15	47
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	+4	44	Qualification for Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix	27	10	10	7	37	29	+8	40
5	Perth Glory	27	11	6	10	40	34	+6	39
6	Newcastle Jets	27	10	4	13	33	45	−12	34
7	North Queensland Fury	27	8	8	11	29	46	−17	32
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	7	9	11	32	29	+3	30
9	Brisbane Roar	27	8	6	13	32	42	−10	30
10	Adelaide United	27	7	8	12	24	33	−9	29

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Final series


Elimination finals			Semifinals				Preliminary final		Grand final



			1	Sydney FC	1	2			Melbourne Victory	1 (2)

			2	Melbourne Victory	2	2			Sydney FC (p.s.o.)	1 (4)

							Sydney FC	4
3	Gold Coast United	0 (5)
							Wellington Phoenix	2
6	Newcastle Jets (p.s.o.)	0 (6)
			Wellington Phoenix			3

			Newcastle Jets			1
4	Wellington Phoenix (p.s.o.)	1 (4)

5	Perth Glory	1 (2)

2010 A-League Grand Final

20 March 2010
19:00 UTC+11

Melbourne Victory	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Sydney FC
Leijer 81'	Report Summary	Bridge 63'
Penalties
Muscat Brebner Angulo Broxham	2–4	Colosimo Cole Foxe Kisel Byun

Etihad Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 44,560

Referee: Strebre Delovski

State and Territorial Leagues

NSW Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	22	13	6	3	45	20	+25	45	Qualified for the 2010 NSW Premier League Finals
2	Blacktown City (C)	22	12	4	6	42	27	+15	40
3	Sydney United	22	11	6	5	39	26	+13	39
4	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	22	12	3	7	39	37	+2	39
5	Marconi Stallions	22	11	3	8	26	26	0	36
6	Sutherland Sharks	22	9	4	9	36	29	+7	31
7	Rockdale City Suns	22	6	12	4	23	23	0	30
8	Bankstown City	22	7	5	10	37	41	−4	26
9	Manly United	22	7	4	11	24	31	−7	25
10	South Coast Wolves	22	6	4	12	32	39	−7	22
11	Sydney Olympic	22	6	3	13	29	40	−11	21
12	West Sydney Berries (R)	22	2	6	14	17	50	−33	12	Relegated to the 2011 NSW Super League

Source: socceraust.co.uk, NSW Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

NBN State Football League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Weston Workers	21	12	4	5	45	24	+21	40	Qualified for Finals
2	Hamilton Olympic	21	12	3	6	49	26	+23	39
3	Edgeworth Eagles	21	11	6	4	49	27	+22	39
4	Valentine Phoenix	21	12	1	8	42	32	+10	37
5	West Wallsend	21	10	5	6	40	35	+5	35
6	Broadmeadow Magic	21	8	1	12	30	42	−12	25
7	South Cardiff	21	5	7	9	25	35	−10	22
8	Toronto Awaba Stags	21	0	1	20	18	77	−59	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Final series

Semifinal				Final

Weston Bears	0	3	3

Valentine Phoenix	0	1	1
				Weston Bears	2

				Edgeworth Eagles	4
Edgeworth Eagles	1	0	1

Hamilton Olympic Warriors	0	0	0

Queensland State League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sunshine Coast	21	18	1	2	63	26	+37	55	Qualified for Finals
2	Brisbane Strikers	21	14	3	4	56	21	+35	45
3	Far North Queensland	21	11	2	8	46	40	+6	35
4	North Queensland Razorbacks	21	8	5	8	35	31	+4	29
5	Queensland Academy of Sport	21	7	4	10	46	54	−8	25
6	Capricorn Cougars	21	6	3	12	28	42	−14	21
7	Whitsunday Miners	21	4	6	11	29	49	−20	18
8	Bundaberg Spirit	21	2	4	15	25	65	−40	10

Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2010. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Victorian Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Richmond	22	12	4	6	33	26	+7	40	Victorian Premier League Finals
2	Hume City	22	12	6	4	41	29	+12	39^[a]
3	Green Gully (C)	22	11	3	8	37	23	+14	36
4	Heidelberg United	22	10	6	6	34	33	+1	33^[a]
5	Northcote City	22	9	4	9	47	35	+12	31
6	South Melbourne	22	10	6	6	41	28	+13	30^[a]
7	Oakleigh Cannons	22	9	3	10	30	31	−1	30
8	Dandenong Thunder	22	9	4	9	24	30	−6	28^[a]
9	Melbourne Knights	22	7	5	10	30	37	−7	23^[a]
10	Bentleigh Greens	22	5	6	11	19	36	−17	21
11	Altona Magic	22	5	5	12	39	46	−7	20	Relegation to Vic State League Div 1
12	Sunshine George Cross	22	5	4	13	20	41	−21	19	Relegation to Vic State League Div 1

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hume City, Heidelberg Utd & Melbourne Knights were given a situation pending 3 point deduction as a result of failure to adhere to Rules of Competition 2009 – Section 1.6. South Melbourne lost 6 points because of an incident during the Round 6 home fixture against Heidelberg United.

Tasmanian Southern Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Hobart	21	18	3	0	61	15	+46	57	Qualify for Finals
2	Hobart Zebras	21	11	5	5	49	38	+11	38
3	Glenorchy Knights	21	10	5	6	40	35	+5	35
4	Clarence United	21	7	7	7	39	41	−2	28
5	New Town Eagles	21	6	6	9	39	40	−1	24
6	Kingborough Lions United	21	7	3	11	29	39	−10	24
7	Olympia	21	2	7	12	25	47	−22	13
8	Taroona	21	3	4	14	23	50	−27	13	Relegation Play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 13 July 2011. Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Tasmania Northern Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northern Rangers	16	12	3	1	56	24	+32	39	Qualified for Finals
2	Devonport City	16	11	3	2	52	26	+26	36
3	Burnie United	16	10	0	6	52	31	+21	30
4	Riverside Olympic	16	9	3	4	47	28	+19	30
5	Prospect Knights	16	7	3	6	46	38	+8	24

[table_hth_HUM0.36787987238163-1] Hume City, Heidelberg Utd & Melbourne Knights were given a situation pending 3 point deduction as a result of failure to adhere to Rules of Competition 2009 – Section 1.6. South Melbourne lost 6 points because of an incident during the Round 6 home fixture against Heidelberg United.

[a]