Netherlands 1 - 2 Australia
| Match Information | |
| Stadium: | Philipsstadion, Netherlands |
| Attendance: | 20,000 |
| Match Time: | September 6, 2008, 19:45 UK |
| Official(s): | Martin Atkinson (Referee) |
| Scoring Summary | |
| Netherlands | Australia |
| Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (6) | Harry Kewell (pen 45) |
| Joshua Kennedy (76) | |
| Netherlands | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Maarten Stekelenburg | (G) |
| 5 | Giovanni Van Bronckhorst | (D) |
| 2 | Johnny Heitinga | (D) |
| 4 | Joris Mathijsen | (D) |
| 3 | Andre Ooijer | (D) |
| 10 | Rafael Van der Vaart | (M) |
| 6 | Mark Van Bommel | (M) |
| 8 | Nigel De Jong | (M) |
| 7 | Robin Van Persie | (ST) |
| 9 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | (ST) |
| 11 | Ryan Babel | (ST) |
| Australia | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Mark Schwarzer | (G) |
| 2 | Lucas Neill | (D) |
| 13 | Chris Coyne | (D) |
| 8 | Luke Wilkshire | (M) |
| 7 | Brett Emerton | (M) |
| 5 | Jason Culina | (M) |
| 14 | Carl Valeri | (M) |
| 11 | David Carney | (M) |
| 10 | Harry Kewell | (ST) |
| 9 | Joshua Kennedy | (ST) |
| 16 | Brett Holman | (ST) |
| Netherlands Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 16 | Henk Timmer | (G) |
| 15 | Tim De Cler | (D) |
| 19 | Khalid Boulahrouz | (D) |
| 12 | Demy De Zeeuw | (M) |
| 17 | Ibrahim Afellay | (M) |
| 18 | Jan Vennegoor | (ST) |
| 14 | Dirk Kuyt | (ST) |
| Australia Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 12 | Michael Petkovic | (G) |
| 3 | Scott Chipperfield | (D) |
| 6 | Michael Beauchamp | (D) |
| 24 | Shane Stefanutto | (D) |
| 4 | Jade North | (D) |
| 17 | Jacob Burns | (M) |
| 21 | Mile Sterjovski | (M) |
| 23 | Marco Bresciano | (M) |
| 20 | Richard Garcia | (ST) |
| 15 | Bruce Djite | (ST) |
| Netherlands Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Henk Timmer for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (45) |
| Dirk Kuyt for Robin Van Persie (46) |
| Ibrahim Afellay for Rafael Van der Vaart (71) |
| Jan Vennegoor for Ryan Babel (83) |
| Australia Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Mile Sterjovski for Brett Emerton (46) |
| Marco Bresciano for Harry Kewell (46) |
| Bruce Djite for Brett Holman (70) |
| Michael Beauchamp for Chris Coyne (71) |
| Jacob Burns for Jason Culina (77) |
| Richard Garcia for Joshua Kennedy (78) |
| Netherlands Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Yellow Cards | |
| Australia Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Yellow Cards | |
| Netherlands Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Maarten Stekelenburg | (44) |
| Australia Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Red Cards | |
Saturday, September 6, 2008
| Netherlands | 1 | |
| Australia | 2 | FT |