Australian Socceroos Blog

The Australian Federal Government has got behind the FFA’s idea of the 2018 FIFA World Cup being hosted in Australia.
The money, which will be paid over the next three years, is to secure at least 13 votes from the 24-strong FIFA executive to gain Australia the World Cup ahead of rivals England, Russia, the US, [...]

Socceroo and Galatasaray star Harry Kewell has returned home and is resting after a minor hernia operation earlier this week.
“Harry is fine and is aiming to start training again in 3 to 4 weeks time,” said Socceroos coach, Pim Verbeek.
But Harry has had so many injuries in the past and just as he was beginning [...]

The Qantas Socceroos recently recorded its highest ever FIFA World Ranking entering the top 30 for the first time in the nations history.
Australia gained nine places on the ranking table with its 1-0 win over Bahrain away last month climbing to number 28, beating the previous record of 31 in 1997.
Picking up 38 ranking points, [...]

Australia travelled to Bahrain to play a tough qualilfier which they were expecting. The home side didn’t let the Aussie’s down absolutly dominating their home turf for 92 and a half minutes.
Jaycee John was a massive problem for the Socceroos running through behind the defence or an acute angled shot getting chances glore only for [...]

It was 1st vs 2nd in Group 1 of the Asian Qualifiers although Australia were the clear favorates after beating Qatar in both games in the previous round of qualifying.
Neither team could get on the front foot early due to the match being delayed by terrible weather by half an hour.
When the match finally began [...]

After a delightful 2-1 win over the Netherlands the Aussie team followed up with an impressive start to stage 4 of the World Cup Qualifiers with a 1-0 away win over Uzbekistan.
The Socceroo’s dominated the game a fully deserved the win with a reasonable finish by Scott Chipperfield in the 26th minute giving the Aussies [...]

The Australian Socceroos have claimed a surprise 2-1 victory against Holland overnight. A Harry Kewell penalty and header from Josh Kennedy was enough to overcome Klaas Jan Huntelaar’s goal in the 5th minute for Australia ahead of their World Cup Qualifying match against Uzbekistan midweek.
Australia were missing two notable absentees in midfield; EPL new boy [...]

Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek has selected his squad for the upcoming friendly with Holland and World Cup Qualifier against Uzbekistan. Pim has gone for a larger than usual squad selecting 27 players for the two matches.
Returning to the Australian squad are Michael Beauchamp, Jacob Burns, Ante Covic, Brett Emerton, Brad Jones, Harry Kewell, Jade [...]

The Australian Socceroos recently took on the 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa in London. An enthralling match which ended in a 2-2 draw disappointing but not deverstating for the Socceroos.
South Africa grabbed the opening goal in the 21st minute when Siyabonga Nkosi finshed a goal set up by premier league star Benni McCarthy on [...]

The Olyroos dug deep to stay in the tournament but lacked firepower in front of goal going down 1-0 to the Ivory Coast through Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou.
The Olyroos made 3 changes to their line up before the Group A encounter with the injured Archie Thompson out for Mark Bridge plus two tactical changes to [...]