# 2012 Australia national soccer team season

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 | 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.

### East Asian Cup
## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 9 December 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Friendlies | Friendlies | World Cup Qualifiers | World Cup Qualifiers | East Asian Cup | East Asian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | AUS | Adam Federici | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | AUS | Eugene Galeković | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | GK | AUS | Mathew Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | GK | AUS | Mark Schwarzer | 9 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Aziz Behich | 5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| | DF | AUS | David Carney | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Robert Cornthwaite | 4 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | DF | AUS | Jason Davidson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Dino Djulbic | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Ivan Franjic | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Scott Jamieson | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Michael Marrone | 1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| | DF | AUS | Ryan McGowan | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Mark Milligan | 6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | DF | AUS | Lucas Neill | 9 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Jade North | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Saša Ognenovski | 6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Matt Smith | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Matthew Špiranović | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Michael Thwaite | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Luke Wilkshire | 7 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Rhys Williams | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Terry Antonis | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Mark Bresciano | 7 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Tim Cahill | 5 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Nick Carle | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Brett Emerton | 4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | MF | AUS | Richard Garcia | 4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| | MF | AUS | James Holland | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Brett Holman | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Mile Jedinak | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Harry Kewell | 3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Neil Kilkenny | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Matt McKay | 10 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Aaron Mooy | 2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 |
| | MF | AUS | Tommy Oar | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Tom Rogić | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Nikita Rukavytsya | 3 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | James Troisi | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Carl Valeri | 5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | AUS | Adam Sarota | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | AUS | Eli Babalj | 1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 |
| | FW | AUS | Alex Brosque | 9 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | AUS | Robbie Kruse | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | AUS | Scott McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | AUS | Adam Taggart | 3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 |
| | FW | 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 |
| 2 | MF | Tim Cahill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | Brett Emerton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | FW | Eli Babalj | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | Aziz Behich | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | FW | Adam Taggart | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | Robert Cornthwaite | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | Richard Garcia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | Aaron Mooy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Harry Kewell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Luke Wilkshire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Mark Bresciano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Matt McKay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Nikita Rukavytsya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Michael Marrone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Mark Milligan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | | own goal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 6 | 8 | 19 | 33 |

### Disciplinary record

| Position | Name | Friendlies | Friendlies | World Cup Qualifiers | World Cup Qualifiers | East Asian Cup | East Asian Cup | Total | 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 |