2012 Australia national soccer team season

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This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2012.

Australia
2012 season
ChairmanFrank Lowy
ManagerHolger Osieck
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Summary[]

The year started with Australia topping their group in the third round of the AFC World Cup Qualifiers. During the fourth round, Australia had collected just five points from the first four games. Australia finished the year by debuting in the preliminary rounds of the East Asian Cup and successfully topped the group to qualify for the finals.

Record[]

Type GP W D L GF GA
Friendly matches 4 2 0 2 6 6
World Cup qualifiers 5 2 2 1 8 6
East Asian Cup 4 3 1 0 19 1
Total 13 7 3 3 33 13

Match results[]

All times are in the Western Australian time zone, UTC+8.

Friendlies[]

2 June 2012 Denmark  2–0  Australia Copenhagen, Denmark
23:00 UTC+8 Agger 31' (pen.)
Bjelland 67'		 Report
Summary		 Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 15,888
Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)
16 August 2012 Scotland  3–1  Australia Edinburgh, Scotland
03:00 UTC+8 Rhodes 29'
Davidson 63' (o.g.)
McCormack 76'		 Summary Bresciano 18' Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 11,110
Referee: Tom Hagen (Norway)
7 September 2012 Lebanon  0–3  Australia Sidon, Lebanon
01:30 UTC+8 Summary Cahill 20'
McKay 23'
Thompson 88'		 Stadium: Saida International Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Konstantinos Nikolaidis (Greece)
14 November 2012 South Korea  1–2  Australia Hwaseong, South Korea
18:00 UTC+8 Lee Dong-Gook 12' Summary Rukavytsya 44'
Cornthwaite 88'		 Stadium: Hwaseong Stadium
Referee: Wang Zhe (China)

World Cup qualifiers[]

29 February 2012 Third Round Australia  4–2  Saudi Arabia Melbourne, Australia
17:30 UTC+8 Brosque 43', 75'
Kewell 73'
Emerton 76'		 Report
Summary		 Al-Dossari 19'
Al-Shamrani 45+2'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 24,240
Referee: Dong-Jin Kim (South Korea)
8 June 2012 Fourth Round Oman  0–0  Australia Muscat, Oman
21:00 UTC+8 Report
Summary		 Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 11,000[1]
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
12 June 2012 Fourth Round Australia  1–1  Japan Brisbane, Australia
18:00 UTC+8 Milligan Yellow card 25' Yellow-red card 55'
Wilkshire 69' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Kurihara 64'
Kurihara Yellow card 23' Yellow-red card 89'		 Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 40,189
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
12 September 2012 Fourth Round Jordan  2–1  Australia Amman, Jordan
00:00 UTC+8 Abdel-Fattah 50' (pen.)
Deeb 73'		 Report Thompson 85' Stadium: Amman International Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
16 October 2012 Fourth Round Iraq  1–2  Australia Doha, Qatar[note 1]
22:15 UTC+8 Abdul-Zahra 72' Report Cahill 80'
Thompson 84'		 Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
Referee: (Korea Republic)

East Asian Cup[]

3 December 2012 Preliminary Round Hong Kong  0–1  Australia Hong Kong
20:30 UTC+8 Lam Hok Hei Yellow card 88' Yellow-red card 90' Report Emerton 85' Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 4,160
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
5 December 2012 Preliminary Round North Korea  1–1  Australia Hong Kong
20:30 UTC+8 Yong-Hak 64' Report Thompson 4' Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 989
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
7 December 2012 Preliminary Round Guam  0–9  Australia Hong Kong
17:50 UTC+8 Report Mooy 12'
Babalj 20', 56'
Marrone 43'
Thompson 59', 62', 65' (pen.)
Milligan 71'
Garcia 83'		 Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Referee: Wang Zhe (China PR)
9 December 2012 Preliminary Round Australia  8–0  Chinese Taipei Hong Kong
17:00 UTC+8 Garcia 11'
Cornthwaite 17'
Taggart 20', 29'
Behich 34', 57'
Mooy 47'
Yang Chao-hsun 82' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Referee: Kim Dae-Yong (Korea Republic)

Player statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 9 December 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total Friendlies World Cup Qualifiers East Asian Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Australia AUS Adam Federici 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Australia AUS Eugene Galeković 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
GK Australia AUS Mathew Ryan 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
GK Australia AUS Mark Schwarzer 9 0 4+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Aziz Behich 5 2 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+1 2
DF Australia AUS David Carney 7 0 2+1 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Robert Cornthwaite 4 2 1+0 1 0+0 0 3+0 1
DF Australia AUS Jason Davidson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Dino Djulbic 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Australia AUS Ivan Franjic 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF Australia AUS Scott Jamieson 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Australia AUS Michael Marrone 1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
DF Australia AUS Ryan McGowan 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Mark Milligan 6 1 0+1 0 1+1 0 3+0 1
DF Australia AUS Lucas Neill 9 0 4+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Jade North 4 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Saša Ognenovski 6 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Matt Smith 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF Australia AUS Matthew Špiranović 4 0 1+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Michael Thwaite 4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF Australia AUS Luke Wilkshire 7 1 3+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Rhys Williams 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Terry Antonis 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
MF Australia AUS Mark Bresciano 7 1 3+0 1 4+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Tim Cahill 5 2 1+1 1 3+0 1 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Nick Carle 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Brett Emerton 4 2 0+0 0 1+0 1 3+0 1
MF Australia AUS Richard Garcia 4 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 2
MF Australia AUS James Holland 3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Brett Holman 3 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Mile Jedinak 5 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Harry Kewell 3 1 1+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Neil Kilkenny 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Matt McKay 10 1 2+0 1 4+0 0 3+1 0
MF Australia AUS Aaron Mooy 2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 2
MF Australia AUS Tommy Oar 2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Tom Rogić 4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
MF Australia AUS Nikita Rukavytsya 3 1 2+0 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS James Troisi 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Carl Valeri 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Adam Sarota 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Australia AUS Eli Babalj 1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 2
FW Australia AUS Alex Brosque 9 2 4+0 0 5+0 2 0+0 0
FW Australia AUS Robbie Kruse 7 0 2+1 0 2+2 0 0+0 0
FW Australia AUS Mathew Leckie 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Australia AUS Scott McDonald 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Australia AUS Adam Taggart 3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 2
FW Australia AUS Archie Thompson 12 7 2+2 1 0+4 2 2+2 4

Goal scorers[]

Correct as of 9 December 2015 (v.  Chinese Taipei).

Place Position Name Friendlies World Cup Qualifiers East Asian Cup Total
1 FW Archie Thompson 1 2 4 7
2 FW Alex Brosque 0 2 0 2
MF Tim Cahill 1 1 0 2
MF Brett Emerton 0 1 1 2
FW Eli Babalj 0 0 2 2
DF Aziz Behich 0 0 2 2
FW Adam Taggart 0 0 2 2
DF Robert Cornthwaite 1 0 1 2
MF Richard Garcia 0 0 2 2
MF Aaron Mooy 0 0 2 2
11 MF Harry Kewell 0 1 0 1
DF Luke Wilkshire 0 1 0 1
MF Mark Bresciano 1 0 0 1
MF Matt McKay 1 0 0 1
MF Nikita Rukavytsya 1 0 0 1
DF Michael Marrone 0 0 1 1
MF Mark Milligan 0 0 1 1
own goal 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 6 8 19 33

Disciplinary record[]

Position Name Friendlies World Cup Qualifiers East Asian Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
DF Aziz Behich 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF Ivan Franjic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF Mark Milligan 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1
DF Lucas Neill 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Saša Ognenovski 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Matthew Špiranović 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Michael Thwaite 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF Luke Wilkshire 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Brett Emerton 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF James Holland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Terry Antonis 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Tom Rogić 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF Carl Valeri 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW Robbie Kruse 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 3 0 6 1 7 0 16 1

Notes[]

  1. ^ Iraq will have to play their remaining home games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at a neutral venue following a ban by FIFA on playing in Iraq.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup 2014 – Final Round – Oman vs Australia". the-afc.com. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  2. ^ "FIFA decision on Iraq matches". Asian Football Confederation. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.

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