The Socceroos were drawn in Group B for the Asian Cup 2011 qualifying stage along with Oman, Kuwait and Indonesia. The top two teams from the group will progress to the finals in Qatar. Australia progressed through to the 2011 finals in Qatar, topping Group B with 11 points with Kuwait coming in second with 8 points.
Australia drew 0–0 away to Indonesia on 28 January 2009 and then suffered a surprise 0–1 home defeat against lower ranked Kuwait on 5 March 2009. On 14 October, Australia defeated Oman 1–0 at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne to move to equal first in their qualifying group with Tim Cahill scoring the winner in the 74th minute.
On 15 November, Australia reduced to 10 men for over 70 minutes of the match as a penalty was given in the box, won the match two goals to one despite an epic performance of attack from the Omanis in Muscat, Oman.
On 6 January, Australia blew a 2 goal lead to draw 2–2 against Kuwait. Australia went up 2 goals after 5 minutes.
On 3 March, Australia comfortably wrapped up qualification with a 1–0 victory over Indonesia.
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