2012 Australia national soccer team season

August 2015 August 2015 Australia 2012 Holger Osieck Frank Lowy Chairman _aus12h _aus12h _aus12h _yellowsides _aus12h 487E76 F5AF35 FFBB00 004044 FFBB00 _aus12a _aus12a _aus12a _yellowsides _aus12a 0000FF 000040 000040 000040 000040 2011 2013 This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2012. 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 GAFriendly matches 4 2 0 2 6 6World Cup qualifiers 5 2 2 1 8 6East Asian Cup 4 3 1 0 19 1Total 13 7 3 3 33 13 Match results All times are in the Western Australian time zone, UTC+8. Friendlies 2 June 2012 23:00 UTC+8 DEN 2–0 Report Summary AUS Agger 31 pen. Bjelland 67 Parken Stadium Copenhagen, Denmark 15,888 Antonio Damato (Italy) L 16 August 2012 03:00 UTC+8 Scotland 3–1 Summary Australia Rhodes 29 Davidson 63 o.g. McCormack 76 Bresciano 18 Easter Road Edinburgh, Scotland 11,110 Tom Hagen (Norway) L 7 September 2012 01:30 UTC+8 Lebanon 0–3 Summary Australia Cahill 20 McKay 23 Thompson 88 Saida Municipal Stadium Sidon, Lebanon 7,000 Konstantinos Nikolaidis (Greece) W 14 November 2012 18:00 UTC+8 South Korea 1–2 Summary Australia Lee Dong-Gook 12 Rukavytsya 44 Cornthwaite 88 Hwaseong Stadium Hwaseong, South Korea Wang Zhe (China) W World Cup qualifiers Third Round 29 February 2012 17:30 UTC+8 Australia 4–2 Report Summary Saudi Arabia Brosque 43 75 Kewell 73 Emerton 76 Al-Dossari 19 Al-Shamrani 45+2 AAMI Park Melbourne, Australia 24,240 Dong-Jin Kim (South Korea) W Fourth Round 8 June 2012 21:00 UTC+8 Oman 0–0 Report Summary Australia Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Muscat, Oman 11,000http://www.the-afc.com/en/fifa2014-schedule-a-results?fixtureid=6511&stageid=250&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary FIFA World Cup 2014 – Final Round – Oman vs Australia the-afc.com 11 June 2012 Alireza Faghani (Iran) D Fourth Round 12 June 2012 18:00 UTC+8 Australia 1–1 Report Summary Japan Milligan 2 25 55 Wilkshire 69 pen. Kurihara 64 Kurihara 2 23 89 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, Australia 40,189 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) D Fourth Round 12 September 2012 00:00 UTC+8 Jordan 2–1 Report Australia Abdel-Fattah 50 pen. Deeb 73 Thompson 85 Amman International Stadium Amman, Jordan Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) L Fourth Round 16 October 2012 22:15 UTC+8 Iraq 1–2 Report Australia Abdul-Zahra 72 Cahill 80 Thompson 84 Grand Hamad Stadium Doha, QatarIraq 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.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/36499-fifa-decision-on-iraq-matches FIFA decision on Iraq matches Asian Football Confederation 23 September 2011 23 September 2011 "iraq-in-neutral-venue" "note" Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic) W East Asian Cup 3 December 2012 20:30 UTC+8 Preliminary Round Hong Kong 0–1 Report Australia Lam Hok Hei 2 88 90 Emerton 85 Mong Kok Stadium Hong Kong 4,160 Jumpei Iida (Japan) W 5 December 2012 20:30 UTC+8 Preliminary Round North Korea 1–1 Report Australia Yong-Hak 64 Thompson 4 Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 989 Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand) D 7 December 2012 17:50 UTC+8 Preliminary Round Guam 0–9 Report Australia Mooy 12 Babalj 20 56 Marrone 43 Thompson 59 62 65 pen. Milligan 71 Garcia 83 Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong Wang Zhe (China PR) W 9 December 2012 17:00 UTC+8 Preliminary Round Australia 8–0 Report Chinese Taipei Garcia 11 Cornthwaite 17 Taggart 20 29 Behich 34 57 Mooy 47 Yang Chao-hsun 82 o.g. Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong Kim Dae-Yong (Korea Republic) W Player statistics Appearances and goals 9 December 2012 Friendlies World Cup Qualifiers East Asian Cup Adam Federici GK AUS 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Eugene Galeković GK AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Mathew Ryan GK AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Mark Schwarzer GK AUS 4+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 Aziz Behich DF AUS 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+1 2 David Carney DF AUS 2+1 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 Robert Cornthwaite DF AUS 1+0 1 0+0 0 3+0 1 Jason Davidson DF AUS 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Dino Djulbic DF AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Ivan Franjic DF AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 Scott Jamieson DF AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Michael Marrone DF AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 Ryan McGowan DF AUS 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Mark Milligan DF AUS 0+1 0 1+1 0 3+0 1 Lucas Neill DF AUS 4+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 Jade North DF AUS 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 Saša Ognenovski DF AUS 2+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 Matt Smith DF AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 Matthew Špiranović DF AUS 1+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 Michael Thwaite DF AUS 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 Luke Wilkshire DF AUS 3+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0 Rhys Williams DF AUS 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Terry Antonis MF AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 Mark Bresciano MF AUS 3+0 1 4+0 0 0+0 0 Tim Cahill MF AUS 1+1 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 Nick Carle MF AUS 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Brett Emerton MF AUS 0+0 0 1+0 1 3+0 1 Richard Garcia MF AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 2 James Holland MF AUS 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Brett Holman MF AUS 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 Mile Jedinak MF AUS 1+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 Harry Kewell MF AUS 1+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0 Neil Kilkenny MF AUS 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Matt McKay MF AUS 2+0 1 4+0 0 3+1 0 Aaron Mooy MF AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 2 Tommy Oar MF AUS 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Tom Rogić MF AUS 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 Nikita Rukavytsya MF AUS 2+0 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 James Troisi MF AUS 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Carl Valeri MF AUS 2+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 Adam Sarota MF AUS 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Eli Babalj FW AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 2 Alex Brosque FW AUS 4+0 0 5+0 2 0+0 0 Robbie Kruse FW AUS 2+1 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 Mathew Leckie FW AUS 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Scott McDonald FW AUS 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Adam Taggart FW AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 2 Archie Thompson FW AUS 2+2 1 0+4 2 2+2 4 |} Goal scorers Correct as of 9 December 2015 (v. TPE). PlacePositionNameFriendliesWorld Cup QualifiersEast Asian CupTotal1 FW Archie Thompson 1 2 4 72 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 2 211 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 1TOTALS6 8 19 33 Disciplinary record PositionNameFriendliesWorld Cup QualifiersEast Asian CupTotalDFAziz Behich 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 DFIvan Franjic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 DFMark Milligan 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 DFLucas Neill 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 DFSaša Ognenovski 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 DFMatthew Špiranović 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DFMichael Thwaite 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 DFLuke Wilkshire 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 MFBrett Emerton 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 MFJames Holland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 MFTerry Antonis 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 MFTom Rogić 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 MFCarl Valeri 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 FWRobbie Kruse 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTALS306170161 Notes References External links Australia: Fixtures and Results Category:2011–12 in Australian soccer Category:2012–13 in Australian soccer 2012 Category:Australia men's national soccer team results Australia