# 2011–12 in Australian soccer

The 2011–12 season was the 43rd season of national competitive association football in Australia and 129th overall.

## Domestic leagues
### A-League

The 2011–12 A-League began on 8 October 2011 and ended on 22 April 2012.

#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 51 | Qualification for 2013 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar (C) | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 49 | Qualification for 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney FC | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 38 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne Heart | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 37 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 35 | |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 29 | |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 25 | |
| 10 | Gold Coast United | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 21 | |
* ↑ First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League group stage. Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.

#### Finals

| Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| | | | 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | 2 | | | Brisbane Roar | Brisbane Roar | 2 |
| | | | 2 | Brisbane Roar | 2 | 3 | | | Perth Glory | Perth Glory | 1 |
| | | | | | | | Central Coast Mariners | 1 (3) | | |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 3 | | | | | Central Coast Mariners | 1 (3) | | |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 3 | | | | | Perth Glory (pen.) | Perth Glory (pen.) | 1 (5) | | |
| 6 | Melbourne Heart | 0 | | | | | Perth Glory (pen.) | Perth Glory (pen.) | 1 (5) | | |
| 6 | Melbourne Heart | 0 | Perth Glory | Perth Glory | Perth Glory | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | Wellington Phoenix | Wellington Phoenix | Wellington Phoenix | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 3 | Wellington Phoenix | Wellington Phoenix | Wellington Phoenix | 2 | | | | | |
| 5 | Sydney FC | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

### W-League

The 2011–12 W-League began on 22 October 2011 and ended on 28 January 2012.

#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canberra United (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 24 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 21 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney FC | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 17 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 17 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 12 | |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 36 | −25 | 6 | |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 30 | −24 | 3 | |

#### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Canberra United | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 0 | 1 | Canberra United | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Brisbane Roar | 2 |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar (p) | 1 (4) | 2 | Brisbane Roar | 2 |
| 3 | Sydney FC | 1 (3) | | | |

## International club competitions
### AFC Champions League

The 2012 AFC Champions League began on 10 February 2012 and ended on 10 November 2012. Brisbane Roar qualified after winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final, Central Coast Mariners after coming second in the 2010–11 A-League and Adelaide United, after coming third, entered in the qualifying stages.