Written by Thomas Esamie. For more details see credits.
| There are wildly conflicting records of UAE substitutions. If you have any information on this let us know. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : January 5 | Venue : Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE | |||
| United Arab Emirates Majed Nasser, Ahmed Jumaa (Mohamed Ahmed Gharib 81), Amer Abdulrahman, Ali Al Wehaibi (Abdulaziz Hussain 64), Hamdan Al Kamali, Ismail Matar (Mohamed Al Shehhi 73), Ahmed Khalil, Waleed Abbas Yousuf, Yousif Jaber, Subait Khater (Khalid Ibrahim Sabeel 81), Mahmoud Khamis (Ismail Al Hammadi 46) |
0 | - | 0 | Australia Brad Jones (Nathan Coe 46), Lucas Neill, David Carney, Sasa Ognenovski, Scott McDonald (Tommy Oar 58), Luke Wilkshire (Jade North 46), Nathan Burns, Brett Holman (Neil Kilkenny 57), Mile Jedinak (Robbie Kruse 58), Carl Valeri, Matt McKay |
| Referee : Ali Shabaan (Kuwait) Linesmen : Sultan Sahoo, Hasan Saqatri (UAE) Attendance : Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Srecko Katanec (UAE) | ||||
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| Australia managed to kick off their campaign against what is expected to be the whipping boys. First place might be decided by how badly the other sides can beat India. Subrata Paul had a busy night, but performed something close to magic. This was an Asian Cup match. | ||||
| Played : January 10 | Venue : Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar | |||
| Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, David Carney, Tim Cahill, Jason Culina, Sasa Ognenovski, Brett Emerton (Nathan Burns 64), Luke Wilkshire, Harry Kewell (Scott McDonald 64), Brett Holman, Mile Jedinak (Matt McKay 60) Goals : Cahill 12, 62, Kewell 25, Holman 45 |
4 | - | 0 | India Subrata Paul, Anwar, Naduparampil Pappachen Pradeep (Mehrajuddin Wadoo 60), Sunil Chhetri, Deepak Kumar Mandal, Irungbam Surkumar Singh, Mohammed Rafi Madambillath (Abishek Yadav 61), Moirangthem Gouramangi Singh, Climax Lawrence, Syed Rahim Nabi, Steven Benedic Dias (Potsangbam Renedy Singh 79) |
| Referee : Ali Hamad Al Badwawi (UAE) Linesmen : Saleh Mohamed Abdulla Hasan Al Marzouqi (UAE), Yaser Marad (Kuwait) Attendance : 9783 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Bob Houghton (India) | ||||
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| The struggle continues against South Korea. The draw means Australia can afford to draw their final match to qualify. Again a more clinical front line might have made more of this game. Scotty McDonald must have done something truly evil in a previous life. This was an Asian Cup match. | ||||
| Played : January 14 | Venue : Al-Gharafa Stadium, Qatar | |||
| Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, David Carney, Sasa Ognenovski, Luke Wilkshire (Jade North 68), Jason Culina (Carl Valeri 46), Brett Emerton, Harry Kewell, Brett Holman (Matthew McKay 89), Tim Cahill, Mile Jedinak Goal : Jedinak 62 |
1 | - | 1 | South Korea Sung Ryong Jung, Jae Won Hwang, Yong Rae Lee, Ji Sung Park, Dong Won Ji (Byung Soo Yoo 67 (Bitgaram Yoo 89)), Young Pyo Lee, Ja Cheol Koo (Ki Hun Yeom 67), Jung Soo Lee, Sung Yueng Ki, Chung Yong Lee, Du Ri Cha Goal : Koo Ja Cheol 24 |
| Referee : Abdulrahman Mohammed Hussain (Qatar) Linesmen : Mohammad Jaber Dharman, Hassan Rashid Al Thawadi (Qatar) Attendance : 15526 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Cho Kwang-Rae (South Korea) | ||||
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| In a not entirely convincing performance were it not for Mark Schwarzer Australia may not have progressed to the quarter finals, but they did. This was an Asian Cup match. | ||||
| Played : January 18 | Venue : Al-Sadd Stadium, Qatar | |||
| Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, Sasa Ognenovski, Jade North (Neil Kilkenny 80), Brett Emerton, Harry Kewell (Scott McDonald 76), Brett Holman, Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Matthew McKay, Tim Cahill (Robbie Kruse 90) Goals : Jedinak 37 |
1 | - | 0 | Bahrain Mahmood Mansoor Ali Abdulla, Abdulla Abdulrahman Mohamed Marzooq, Abdulla Baba Fatadi, Hamad Rakea Humood Alanezi, Jaycee John Okwunwanne (Abdulla Adnan Saleh Salman Aldakeel 66), Ismaeel Abdullatif Ismaeel Hasan, Mahmood Abdulrahman Mohamed Noor Abdulrahman (Rashed Khalil Ebrahim Talha Khalil Alhooti 55), Salman Isa Ghuloom Ali (Abdulwahab A Rahman Hedaib Isa Ali Almalood 90), Abdulla Ismaeel Omar, Abdulwahab Ali Abdulwahab Husain Alsafi, Ebrahim Ali Hasan Meshkhas |
| Referee : Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Linesmen : Toru Sagara, Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan) Attendance : 3919 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Salman Shareedah (Bahrain) | ||||
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| In a match where there was no shortage of chances, the bulk of them to Australia, it took a last gasp header by Harry Kewell to secure the win before the lottery of the shootout had to be employed. This was an Asian Cup match. | ||||
| Played : January 22 | Venue : Al-Sadd Stadium, Qatar | |||
| Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, David Carney (Neil Kilkenny 109), Sasa Ognenovski, Luke Wilkshire, Harry Kewell, Brett Holman (Nathan Burns 102), Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Matthew McKay, Tim Cahill (Scott McDonald 90) Goal : Kewell 118 |
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Iraq Mohammed Kassid Kadhim, Basem Gatea Al-Ogaili, Salam Shakir Alidad (Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf 75), Ali Hussein Erhaima Al-Kaabi, Samal Saeed Mejbel, Qusay Muneer Abboodi Al-Hussein, Nashat Akram Abid Ali, Hawar Taher Zeebari (Alaa Abdul Zahrah Khashen Al-Azzawi 86), Mahdi Kareem Ajeel (Mustafa Kareem Abdullah 63), Emad Raza Gharib, Younus Mahmood Khalaf |
| Referee : Abdulrahman Mohammed Hussain (Qatar) Linesmen : Mohammad Jaber Dharman, Hassan Rashid Al Thawadi (Qatar) Attendance : 7889 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Wolfgang Sidka (Iraq) | ||||
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| While Japan and South Korea went at it in the earlier match where the former prevailed 3-0 in a penalty shootout Australia had an unexpectedly decisive win, helped by the send off of one of their opponents and Uzbekistan's creditable chasing of the game in an effort to reel in Australia. This was an Asian Cup match. | ||||
| Played : January 25 | Venue : Khalifa International Stadium, Qatar | |||
| Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, David Carney, Tim Cahill (Neil Kilkenny 71), Sasa Ognenovski, Luke Wilkshire, Harry Kewell (Robbie Kruse 53), Brett Holman (Brett Emerton 61), Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Matthew McKay Goals : Kewell 5, Ognenovski 34, Carney 64, Emerton 74, Valeri 82, Kruse 83 |
6 | - | 0 | Uzbekistan Temur Juraev, Ulugbek Bakaev (sent off 67), Anzur Ismailov, Sakhob Jurayev, Azizbek Haydarov, Server Djeparov, Odil Ahmedov, Maksim Shatskikh (Sanjar Tursunov 60), Timur Kapadze, Jasur Khasanov (Marat Bikmaev 55), Victor Karpenko (Aziz Ibragimov 71) |
| Referee : Ali Al Badwawi (UAE) Linesmen : Saleh Mohamed Abdulla Hasan Al Marzouqi (UAE), Yaser Marad (Kuwait) Attendance : 24826 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Vadim Abramov (Uzbekistan) | ||||
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| Australia made the final as with their maiden Asian Cup campaign 4 years ago were foiled by Japan. It took extra time to do it, after Australia had largely set the pace for the match but a lack of finishing prowess and another stellar goalkeeping performance meant it's another 4 years before Australia get another chance to emulate the women.. but this time at home in 2015. This was an Asian Cup match. | ||||
| Played : January 29 | Venue : Khalifa International Stadium, Qatar | |||
| Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, David Carney, Sasa Ognenovski, Luke Wilkshire, Harry Kewell (Robbie Kruse 103), Brett Holman (Brett Emerton 65), Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Matthew McKay, Tim Cahill (Neil Kilkenny 109) |
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Japan Eiji Kawashima, Yasuyuki Konno, Yuto Nagatomo, Atsuto Uchida (Masahiko Inoha 120), Yasuhito Endo, Shinji Okazaki, Ryoichi Maeda (Tadanari Lee 98), Jungo Fujimoto (Daiki Iwamasa 56), Makoto Hasebe, Keisuke Honda, Maya Yoshida Goal : Tadanari Lee 109 |
| Referee : Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Linesmen : Abdukhamidullo Rasulov, Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan) Attendance : 37174 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Alberto Zaccheroni (Japan) | ||||
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| After Germany's Euro qualifiers the previous Friday only Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Muller and Lukas Podolski remain in the first eleven as coach Loew tries out some fringe players and pays for it with a loss against a Socceroos side who started slowly but finished strongly to record their first win against the Germans on the 4th attempt (5th if you also count East Germany). This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : March 29 | Venue : Borussia-Park, Monchengladbach | |||
| Germany Tim Wiese, Marcel Schmelzer, Arne Friedrich, Mats Hummels, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Toni Kroos 64), Andre Schurrle, Lukas Podolski, Thomas Muller (Mario Gotze 64), Christian Trasch, Sven Bender, Mario Gomez (Miroslav Klose 73) Goal : Gomez 26 |
1 | - | 2 | Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, David Carney, Sasa Ognenovski, Luke Wilkshire, Brett Emerton, Harry Kewell (Robbie Kruse 80), Brett Holman (Brent McGrath 90), Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Matthew McKay Goals : Carney 61, Wilkshire 64pk |
| Referee : Stephane Lannoy (France) Linesmen : Eric Dansault, Michael Annonier (France) Attendance : 30152 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Joachim Loew (Germany) | ||||
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| Whilst regular opponents in history matches against the All Whites have been thin on the ground recently. Given the historic rivalry, one need only look at the previous match, this should be a stern test for both sides as each prepare on their respective World Cup paths. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 5 | Venue : Adelaide Oval | |||
| Australia Nathan Coe, Michael Zullo (Matt McKay 70), Brett Emerton (Dario Vidosic 46), Luke Wilkshire (Robbie Kruse 46), Joshua Kennedy (Alex Brosque 60), James Troisi, Brett Holman (Rhys Williams 46), Carl Valeri (Mark Milligan 65), Neil Kilkenny, Matt Spiranovic, Jon McKain Goals : Kennedy 10, 59, Troisi 90pk |
3 | - | 0 | New Zealand Glen Moss (Jack Gleeson 77), Ben Sigmund, Tim Brown (Tommy Smith 85), Shane Smeltz, Chris Killen, Kostas Barbarouses, Michael McGlinchey (Chris Henderson 56), Andy Boyens (Michael Fitzgerald 46), Michael Boxall, Chris Wood (Aaron Clapham 63), Jeremy Brockie |
| Referee : Minoru Tojo (Japan) Linesmen : Akane Yagi, Hideaki Nishio (both Japan) Attendance : 21281 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Ricki Herbert (New Zealand) | ||||
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| In preparation for the start of Australia's World Cup qualifying campaign Australia lined up Serbia, another of their World Cup 2010 adversaries. Let's see if we play Ghana before the year is out. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 7 | Venue : Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | |||
| Australia Adam Federici, Lucas Neill (Rhys Williams 58), Michael Zullo (James Troisi 46), Archie Thompson (Robbie Kruse 66), Sasa Ognenovski, Brett Emerton (Jon McKain 58), Luke Wilkshire (Dario Vidosic 58), Brett Holman, Mile Jedinak (Neil Kilkenny 74), Carl Valeri, Matt McKay |
0 | - | 0 | Serbia Damir Kahriman, Slobodan Rajkovic (Neven Subotic 65), Nenad Tomovic (Milan Besevac 75), Zoran Tosic (Marko Miric 89), Adem Ljajic (Ranko Despotovic 65), Dejan Stankovic (Branislav Jovanovic 84), Jovan Damjanovic, Radoslav Petrovic, Ivan Obradovic, Milan Vilotic, Zdravko Kuzmanovic (Veseljko Trivunovic 65) |
| Referee : Minoru Tojo (Japan) Linesmen : Akane Yagi, Hideaki Nishio (both Japan) Attendance : 28149 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Vladimir Petrovic (Serbia) | ||||
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| The FFA announced this match on June 29 as a final warm up before starting the World Cup qualifying process against, as yet unknown, opponents. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : August 10 | Venue : Cardiff City Stadium, Leckwith, Cardiff | |||
| Wales Wayne Hennessey, Chris Gunter (Adam Matthews 63), Neil Taylor, David Vaughan (Joe Allen 71), Daniel Gabbidon (Darcy Blake 46), Ashley Williams, Robert Earnshaw (Steve Morison 63), Craig Bellamy, Joe Ledley, Aaron Ramsey (Jack Collison 46), Gareth Bale Goal : Blake 83 |
1 | - | 2 | Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, Tim Cahill (James Troisi 70), Matthew Spiranovic, Brett Emerton (Rhys Williams 46), Luke Wilkshire (Robbie Kruse 46), Scott McDonald (Mile Jedinak 90), Michael Zullo (Adam Sarota 83), Carl Valeri, Matt McKay, Neil Kilkenny Goals : Cahill 44, Kruse 60 |
| Referee : Kristo Tohver (Estonia) Linesmen : Hannes Reinvald, Neeme Neemlaid (both Estonia) Attendance : 6378 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Gary Speed (Wales) | ||||
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| Australia entered phase 3 of the qualifiers and began with a match against Thailand. Alex Brosque managed to save Australia some embarassment though much credit should go to the Thai keeper and the defenders for making this a tight match. This was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : September 2 | Venue : Lang Park, Brisbane | |||
| Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, Tim Cahill (Robbie Kruse 71), Brett Emerton (Alex Brosque 79), Luke Wilksire, Joshua Kennedy, Brett Holman (James Troisi 90), Carl Valeri, Matthew McKay, Neil Kilkenny, Matt Spiranovic Goals : Kennedy 58, Brosque 86 |
2 | - | 1 | Thailand Sinthaweechai Kosin Hathairattanakool, Niweat Siriwong, Chonlatit Jantakam, Datsakorn Thonglao, Teerasil Dangda, Rangsan Viwatchaichok, Adul Lahso, Sompong Sorleb (Suttinun Phukhom 56), Surat Sukha (Arthit Sunthonpit 79), Supachai Komsilp, Jakkraphan Kaewprom Goals : Dangda 15 |
| Referee : Abdullah dor Mohammad Balideh (Qatar) Linesmen : Waleed Sultan Al-Mannai, Ramzan Saeed Al-Ramazani (Qatar) Attendance : 24540 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Winfried Schäfer (Thailand) | ||||
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| This was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : September 6 | Venue : Prince Mohammed Bin Fahad Stadium, Dammam | |||
| Saudi Arabia Hasan Bader M Alotaibi, Rashed Abdulrahman R Al Rahab, Osama Abdulrzag M Hawsawi, Hamad Mohsen H Almontashari, Abdulla Mohammed A Aldossary, Hassan Muath T Fallatah (Yahia Sulaiman A Alshehri 46), Ahmed Ibrahim Y Ateef (Nassir Ali N Alshamrani 60), Nawaf Shaker F Alabid (Mohammed Ibrahim M Al Sahlawi 79), Saud Ali M Kariri, Taiseer Jabir A Aljassam, Naif Ahmed T Hazazi Goal: Nassir Ali N Alshamrani 66 |
1 | - | 3 | Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, Michael Zullo (Robbie Kruse 79), Sasa Ognenovski, Brett Emerton, Luke Wilkshire, Joshua Kennedy (Mark Milligan 89), Brett Holman (Tim Cahill 87), Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Matthew McKay Goals : Kennedy 40, 56, Wilkshire 77pk |
| Referee : Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Linesmen : Toru Sagara, Toshiyuki Nagi (both Japan) Attendance : 15000 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Rogerio Morais Lourenco (Saudi Arabia) | ||||
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| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : October 7 | Venue : Bruce Stadium, Canberra | |||
| Australia Adam Federici (Nathan Coe 46), Lucas Neill, Michael Zullo (Mile Jedinak 68), Rhys Williams, Sasa Ognenovski (Matt Spiranovic 46), Luke Wilkshire (Robbie Kruse 61), Joshua Kennedy (Adam Sarota 46), Alex Brosque, Carl Valeri (James Troisi 46), Matthew McKay, Neil Kilkenny Goals : Wilkshire 2, Kennedy 32, 45, Brosque 38, 68 |
5 | - | 0 | Malaysia Khairul Fahmi (Farizal Marlias 72), Mahalli Jasuli (Zubir Azmi 46), Asraruddin Putra, Norhafiz Zamani Misbah, Joseph Kalang (Zaharulniz Zakaria 46), Norshaharu Talaha (Izzaq Ramlan 72), Mohd Safee Mohd Sali, Amar Rohidan, Kunanlan Subramania, Baddrol Bakthiar (Rueben Kathiripil 46), Muslim Ahmad (Kuong Yong 65) |
| Referee : Linesmen : Attendance : 10041 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Datuk Krishnasamy Rajagopal (Malaysia) | ||||
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| This was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : October 11 | Venue : Sydney Olympic Stadium | |||
| Australia Adam Federici, Lucas Neill, Michael Zullo (Alex Brosque 86), Rhys Williams (Robbie Kruse 71), Luke Wilkshire, Joshua Kennedy (Neil Kilkenny 90), Brett Holman, Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Matthew McKay, Matt Spiranovic Goals : Holman 8, Kennedy 65, Jedinak 85 |
3 | - | 0 | Oman Ali Habsi, Juma Darwish, Mohammed Al-Sheiba, Rachid Al-Farsi, Saad Suhail, Ahmed Mubarak, Abdul Rahman, Ismail Al-Ajmi (Eid Al-Farsi 65), Abdulaziz Al-Miqbali, Amad Al Hosni (Hassan Al-Housni 84), Mohammed Hamed (Hamood Al-Sadi 65) |
| Referee : Kovalenko Valentin (Uzbekistan) Linesmen : Ilyasov Rafael, Saidkasimov Mamur (both Uzbekistan) Attendance : 24372 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Paul Le Guen (Oman) | ||||
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| This was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : November 11 | Venue : Sultan Qaboos Stadium, Muscat | |||
| Oman Ali Habsi, Eid Al-Farsi, Hamed Al Bulushi, Hussain Al Hadhri (Ismail Al-Ajim 69), Saad Suhail, Ahmed Mubarak, Abdul Rahman, Abdulaziz Al-Miqbali, Hasasan Al Gheilani, Amad Al Hosni (Qasim Harddan 78), Mohammed Hamed (Fawzi Doorbeen 59) Goals : Amad Al Hosni 18 |
1 | - | 0 | Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, Rhys Williams (Brett Emerton 72), Luke Wilkshire, Joshua Kennedy, Harry Kewell (Robbie Kruse 53), Brett Holman, Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Matthew McKay, Matt Spiranovic |
| Referee : Ali Hasan Ebrahim Abdulnabi (Bahrain) Linesmen : Sayed Jalal Mahfoodh Alawi Mohamed, Nawaf Shaheen Khalifa Theyab Moosa (both Bahrain) Attendance : 4500 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Paul Le Guen (Oman) | ||||
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| Due to the floods Thailand was experiencing at the time the initially chosen venue, the National Stadium in Bangkok, was being used as an evacuation centre and the match was shifted. This was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : November 15 | Venue : Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok | |||
| Thailand Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool, Suree Sukha, Niweat Siriwong, Chonlatit Jantakam, Phanrit Nataporn, Thonglao Datsakorn, Vivatchaichok Rangsan (Winothai Teeratep 62), Choeichiu Phichitphong (Pipob On-Mo 80), Supachai Komsilp, Kaewprom Jakkaphan, Kirati Keawsombut (Dangda Teerasil 75) |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, Michael Zullo, Luke Wilkshire, Matthew Spiranovic, Brett Emerton, Brett Holman (Robbie Kruse 83), Mile Jedinak (Neil Kilkenny 90), Carl Valeri, Matt McKay, Joshua Kennedy (Alex Brosque 86) Goal : Holman 77 |
| Referee : Mozaffarizadehyazdi Saeid (Iran) Linesmen : Abolfazli Mohammadreza, Alinezhadian Saeid (both Iran) Attendance : 19400 Coaches : Holger Osieck (Australia), Winfried Schafer (Thailand) | ||||
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