Australian Socceroos Blog

Forget all the stereotypes about German efficiency and discipline; this is a new German team with a new breed of German footballer, and if tonight is anything to go by, they are going to be something special. This was the first chance to see the new generation of the German national team in action, with [...]

  Asian qualifiers Australia have revealed their new home shirtthat they will wear initially throughout the group stages of the 2010 World Cup. The team qualified comfortably for the 2010 tournament after finishing top of their five team qualification group. Progressing to the World Cup has become a much easier obstable for the Australian national team [...]

Asian qualifiers Australia have officially revealed their new away shirt that they will wear at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The team qualified comfortably for the 2010 tournament after finishing top of their five team qualification group. Progressing to the World Cup has become a much easier obstable for the Australian national team ever [...]

Asian qualifiers Australia have revealed a sneak design of their home and away shirts that they will wear at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The team qualified comfortably for the 2010 tournament after finishing top of their five team qualification group. Progressing to the World Cup has become a much easier obstable for [...]

GROUP D Germany Australia Serbia Ghana   Following a relatively straighforward qualifying campaign, Australia have been handed a very tough four team group at the 2010 World Cup. Although the pool containing Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast has been dubbed the group of death, Australia’s group is arguably tougher as all of the four teams [...]

Following their second ever appearance at the World Cup in 2006, Australia’s passage to the 2010 tournament in South Africa proved far easier after leaving the Oceanic federation for the Asian football Confederation. The Australians were one of the first teams to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa after cruising through their final Asian [...]

On a night where Australia lacked experience in the back 4, drive and creativity in the final third and the ability to keep possession in midfield, the 2002-esque South Korea dominated Australia in a display of brilliance. On a pitch which was in terrible condition, South Korea showed their quality early by controlling the tempo [...]

A Cahill-less Australia is a lacking Australia. An Australia that lacks leadership. An Australia that lacks attack. An Australia that lacks drive. An Australia that lacks creativity, and ultimately, an Australia that lacks goals. Unfortunately for Australian fans, that is the Australia that will line up against South Korea on Saturday night. And if that’s [...]

A Socceroos side made up mainly of second string players continued Australia’s excellent form in the World Cup qualifiers, with a 2-0 over Bahrain on Wednesday night. With Saturday’s draw against Qatar enough to see them through to South Africa 2010, Pim Verbeek experimented with some fringe players. There were some familiar faces on hand [...]

The Socceroos sealed their place in next summer’s FIFA World Cup with a 0-0 draw away to Qatar. Although the result in the Al Sadd Stadium was somewhat underwhelming, the draw was enough to secure qualification for the finals in South Africa, with two games left to spare. Some of the fans who will be [...]