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Record breaking Socceroos
The Socceroos have rocketed into the top 20 in the latest FIFA rankings. A successful end to our World Cup campaign, including wins over Bahrain and Japan, saw the Green and Gold jump a mighty 13 places to be in our highest ever ranking of 16th.
We are now firm leaders in Asia, with our nearest rivals Japan dropping nine places to 40th, followed by South Korea at 48th and Iran at 58th.
Brazil’s successful Confederations Cup means that they are now at the pinnacle of the rankings, followed by Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Russia, England, Argentina, France and Croatia.
Congratulations to the boys, keep up the good work!
More Australia World Cup News
Kennedy to join J-League
Socceroo spearhead Josh Kennedy is set to sign for Japanese side Nagoya Grampus. Having spent a frustrating decade in Germany bouncing between a handful of clubs, The World Game reports that Kennedy is looking to finish his overseas adventures in the land of the rising sun. His height obviously makes him standout ... [read]
Australia’s World Cup bid
For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, here is the video package in our official World Cup bid. The slogan for the bid is “Come Play!” and the video is a montage of a football being kicked through diverse regions of Australia. I personally think this concept has been done to death, and that by the looks of ... [read]
Australia 2 - 1 Japan
Timmy Cahill turned back the clock as he scored two second half goals to cancel out an early Japanese strike and gave the Socceroos a 2-1 win in Wednesday night’s World Cup Qualifier. Putting a week of misbehavior allegations behind him, the Everton player showed just why he is such a ... [read]
Socceroos 2 Bahrain 0
The Socceroos provided a tame but sensible display to see off the challenge of Bahrain on Wednesday night. Goals in the second half to Mile Sterjovski and David Carney gave the 40,000 fans something to cheer about, amidst freezing conditions at Stadium Australia.
Pim started with a 4-2-3-1, with Mark Schwarzer in goals and acting captain due to Lucas Neill’s suspension. ... [read]
Socceroos 2 Bahrain 0
We won. In freezing conditions. The stalls selling beanies and scarves were the ultimate winners of the night.
Sterjovski got the first and Carney got the second after a bicylce from Culina hit the bar. Overall a tame effort by the Socceroos. Even worse effort by the Bahrainis, surely someone must have told them it was too cold to go ... [read]
Bahrain preview
The Socceroos flew into Sydney airport today as heroes, and immediately began their preparations for Wednesday night’s match against Bahrain. Pim was quick to confirm that the Green and Gold will not be taking the last two matches lightly, and that he will field full teams barring injuries and suspensions.
It was music to the ears for fans who have bought ... [read]
Mission Accomplished
The Socceroos have created history by securing a spot in their second consecutive World Cup finals in South Africa 2010. A tough scoreless draw with Qatar gave us the one point we needed to make it mathematically impossible not to finish in the top two spots of the group. We ... [read]
Final team news
Jason Culina’s versatility, which some say is his most valuable trait, will help Pim solve a major headache in tomorrow morning’s World Cup qualifier against Qatar. With right backs Brett Emerton and Luke Wilkshire both injured, the soon-to-be Gold Coast marquee player will be asked to fill in on the flank. A true jack of all trades, Culina’s career has ... [read]
Team news update
There are several minor hiccups in the Socceroos’ preparation for Sunday morning’s (EST) World Cup Qualifier against Qatar. Tim Cahill is suffering from a slight hip injury he sustained in the FA Cup final over the weekend, while reports suggest that Bruce Djite, Mark Bresciano, Mile Jedinak, and Matt Spiranovic are ... [read]
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Latest Comments
- Kennedy to join J-League
Lol we can always hope, that would be the first Aussie at Madrid would it not? But yer I think Stoke ...[read more] - Australia 2 - 1 Japan
Unfortunately I don't think so Ben, the AFC website only says that 6 teams will get direct qualifica ...[read more] - Australia 2 - 1 Japan
Was Cahill dirty on Carle after that first corner? What was that all about? ...[read more] - Australia 2 - 1 Japan
Now that we've qualified for the 2010 WC, don't automatically get a place in the Asian Cup? Isn't th ...[read more] - Kennedy to join J-League
With his height and the love of the long ball by second rate English teams it's always been a wonder ...[read more] - Kennedy to join J-League
Damm, not sure if thats the right move for him, I would have preferred to see him go to England, but ...[read more] - Australia's World Cup bid
could be better by adding more queensland sites. love the kevin bit ...[read more] - Australia's World Cup bid
See those kids kicking the ball around to parliament house? They go to my school, why wasn't I invit ...[read more] - Socceroos 2 Bahrain 0
It was so cold out there! Check out a video blog by Mark Schwarzer after the game http://qantassoc ...[read more] - Socceroos 2 Bahrain 0
Aussies who play for Celtic are cursed when it comes to scoring for the national team. I hope he sco ...[read more] - Socceroos 2 Bahrain 0
Cant believe Macca missed that, that woulda been some goal from culina if it just popped in....Cant ...[read more] - Bahrain preview
Congratz aussies. Nice bicycle kick, too bad it ddn't go in. ...[read more] - Mission Accomplished
Yea sorry ged thats what i mean, from only appearing in it once in its history we have made the last ...[read more] - Mission Accomplished
BTW I've finally figured out what Brett Holman's role is in the team. Despite being a striker (or at ...[read more] - Mission Accomplished
well done australia. i loved the pairing of big and little vinne in the middle. with a less then fan ...[read more]
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