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

Australia
2012 season
Chairman Frank Lowy
Manager Holger 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 Municipal 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: Lee Min-Hu ( 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.

External links

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