2012 Australia national soccer team season
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2012 season | |||
Chairman | Frank Lowy | ||
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Manager | Holger Osieck | ||
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Summary
This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2012. 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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18:00 UTC+8 | Milligan 25', 55' Wilkshire 69' (pen.) |
Report Summary |
Kurihara 64' Kurihara 23', 89' |
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 40,189 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) |
12 September 2012 Fourth Round | Jordan | 2 – 1 | Australia | Amman, Jordan |
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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] |
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22:15 UTC+8 | Abdul-Zahra 72' | Report | Cahill 80' Thompson 84' |
Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic) |
East Asian Cup
3 December 2012 Preliminary Round | Hong Kong | 0 – 1 | Australia | Hong Kong |
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20:30 UTC+8 | Lam Hok Hei 88', 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | Adam Federici | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
GK | Eugene Galeković | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
GK | Mathew Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
GK | Mark Schwarzer | 9 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Aziz Behich | 5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | ||
DF | David Carney | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Robert Cornthwaite | 4 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | ||
DF | Jason Davidson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Dino Đulbić | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Ivan Franjic | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Scott Jamieson | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Michael Marrone | 1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | ||
DF | Ryan McGowan | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Mark Milligan | 6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | ||
DF | Lucas Neill | 9 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Jade North | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Saša Ognenovski | 6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Matt Smith | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Matthew Špiranović | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Michael Thwaite | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Luke Wilkshire | 7 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Rhys Williams | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Terry Antonis | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | ||
MF | Mark Bresciano | 7 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Tim Cahill | 5 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Nick Carle | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Brett Emerton | 4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | ||
MF | Richard Garcia | 4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | ||
MF | James Holland | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Brett Holman | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Mile Jedinak | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Harry Kewell | 3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Neil Kilkenny | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Matt McKay | 10 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||
MF | Aaron Mooy | 2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | ||
MF | Tommy Oar | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Tom Rogić | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | ||
MF | Nikita Rukavytsya | 3 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | James Troisi | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Carl Valeri | 5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Adam Sarota | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Eli Babalj | 1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 | ||
FW | Alex Brosque | 9 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Robbie Kruse | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Mathew Leckie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Scott McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Adam Taggart | 3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 | ||
FW | 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 |
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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 | ||||
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
- ↑ 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]