2012 Australia national soccer team season

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2012 season
Chairman	Frank Lowy
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
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

Denmark  v  Australia

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)

Scotland  v  Australia

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)

Lebanon  v  Australia

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)

South Korea  v  Australia

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

Australia  v  Saudi Arabia

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)

Oman  v  Australia

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)

Australia  v  Japan

12 June 2012 Fourth Round	Australia	1 – 1	Japan	Brisbane, Australia
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)

Jordan  v  Australia

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)

Iraq  v  Australia

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: Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic)

East Asian Cup

Hong Kong  v  Australia

3 December 2012 Preliminary Round	Hong Kong	0 – 1	Australia	Hong Kong
20:30 UTC+8	Lam Hok Hei  88', 90'	Report	Emerton  85'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 4,160 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

North Korea  v  Australia

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)

Guam  v  Australia

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)

Australia  v  Chinese Taipei

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		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
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

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.

External links

• Australia: Fixtures and Results