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
World Cup qualifiers
East Asian Cup
Player statistics
Appearances and goals
Goal scorers Correct as of 9 December 2015 (v. ). 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