2011–12 in Australian soccer

Domestic leagues

A-League

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

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Central Coast Mariners 27 15 6 6 40 24 +16 51 Finals Series and 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Brisbane Roar (C) 27 14 7 6 50 28 +22 49 Finals Series and 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 40 35 +5 43 Finals Series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 12 4 11 34 32 +2 40
5 Sydney FC 27 10 8 9 37 42 5 38
6 Melbourne Heart 27 9 10 8 35 34 +1 37
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 Disbanded at end of season
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. 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

  Semi Finals Week 1 Semi Finals Week 2 Preliminary Final Grand Final
    A – 31 March 2012       D – 8 April 2012               22 April 2012  
  1  Central Coast Mariners  0  Central Coast Mariners  2    Brisbane Roar  2
  2  Brisbane Roar  2  Brisbane Roar  3              Perth Glory  1
                    F – 14 April 2012          
    B – 1 April 2012                Central Coast Mariners  1(3)        
  3  Perth Glory  3              Perth Glory  1(5)        
  6  Melbourne Heart  0     E – 7 April 2012                  
             Perth Glory  3                
    C – 30 March 2012        Wellington Phoenix  2                
  4  Wellington Phoenix  3                        
  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 Team 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
3 Sydney FC 10 5 2 3 26 8 +18 17
4 Melbourne Victory 10 5 2 3 21 9 +12 17
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
Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Finals

Semifinals Finals
      
1 Canberra United 1
4 Melbourne Victory 0
1 Canberra United 3
2 Brisbane Roar 2
2 Brisbane Roar (p) 1 (4)
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.[1]

Adelaide United

20 March 2012 Group stage Adelaide United 2–0 Gamba Osaka Adelaide, Australia
Tuesday 19:30 Mullen  14', 21' AFC Report
Club Report
Summary
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,112
Referee: Mohamed Abdelkarim Mohamed Ismail Alzarooni (United Arab Emirates)
16 May 2012 Group stage Gamba Osaka 0–2 Adelaide United Suita, Japan
19:30 AFC Report
Club Report
Summary
 65' van Dijk
 88' (o.g.) Sato
Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Attendance: 7,294
Referee: Nawaf Shukrulla (Bahrain)
19 September 2012 Quarter-final First Leg Adelaide United 2–2 Bunyodkor Adelaide, Australia
19:30 Ramsay  8'
Kostopoulos  18'
Boogaard  42'
AFC Report
Club Report
Summary
 44' Hasanov
 75' Salomov
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 10,366
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
3 October 2012 Quarter-final Second Leg Bunyodkor 3–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 agg.)
Adelaide United Tashkent, Uzbekistan
23:30 Turaev  20'
Shorakhmedov  67'
Gafurov  88'  100'
Rakhmatullaev  104'
AFC Report
Club Report
Summary
 4' Ramsay
 62'  112' Jerónimo
 69'  88' Barbiero
 85'  120' Fyfe
Stadium: JAR Stadium
Attendance: 7,212
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

Brisbane Roar

6 March 2012 Group stage Brisbane Roar 0–2 FC Tokyo Brisbane, Australia
19:30 UTC+10 (Report)
(Summary)
Yazawa  45+1'
Hasegawa  55'
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 12,037
Referee: Kovalenko Valentin (Uzbekistan
20 March 2012 Group stage Beijing Guoan 1–1 Brisbane Roar Beijing, China
19:30 UTC+08:00 Cheng  8' (Report)
(Summary)
Nichols  21' Stadium: Workers Stadium
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Mohammed Hussain (Qatar)
17 April 2012 Group stage Brisbane Roar 1–2 Ulsan Hyundai Brisbane, Australia
19:30 UTC+10 Stefanutto  25' Report
Summary
Vélez  11'
Tae-Hwi  73' (pen.)
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,015
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
2 May 2012 Group stage FC Tokyo 4–2 Brisbane Roar Tokyo, Japan
19:30 UTC+09:00 Takahashi  5'
Mukuhara  20'
Watanabe  44'
Watanabe  60'
[ (Report)]
(Summary)
Berisha  4'
Broich  33'
Stadium: National Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,492
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
16 May 2012 Group stage Brisbane Roar 1–1 Beijing Guoan Brisbane, Australia
19:30 UTC+10 Berisha  15' Report
Summary
Li Hanbo  34' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 5,615
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

Central Coast Mariners

National teams

Friendlies

10 August 2011 Wales  1–2  Australia Cardiff, Wales
19:45 (UTC+1) Blake  82' Report Cahill  44'
Kruse  60'
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
7 October 2011 Australia  5–0  Malaysia Canberra, Australia
19:00 Wilkshire  3'
Kennedy  33', 45+1'
Brosque  39', 69'
Report Stadium: Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 10, 041
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)

World Cup qualifying

2 September 2011 Third Round Australia  2–1  Thailand Brisbane, Australia[2]
20:00 UTC+10 Kennedy  57'
Brosque  86'
Report
Summary
Dangda  15' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 24,540
Referee: Abdullah Dor Mohammed Balideh (Qatar)
6 September 2011 Third Round Saudi Arabia  1–3  Australia Dammam, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3 Al-Shamrani  65' Report Kennedy  40', 56'
Wilkshire  77' (pen.)
Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
11 October 2011 Third Round Australia  3–0  Oman Sydney, Australia
19:30 Holman  7'
Kennedy  65'
Jednak  85'
Summary Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 24,732
11 November 2011 Third Round Oman  1–0  Australia Muscat, Oman
18.00 UTC+4 Hosni  18' Report Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)
15 November 2011 Third Round Thailand  0–1  Australia Bangkok, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7 Report Holman  78' Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 19,400
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh Iran
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[3]
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
12 June 2012 Fourth Round Australia  1–1  Japan Brisbane, Australia
18:00 UTC+8 Milligan  25'  55'
Wilkshire  69' (pen.)
Report
Summary
Kurihara  64'
Kurihara  23'  89'
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 40,189
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Friendlies

17 February 2012 Australia  1–0  Philippines Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hoffman  9' Report Attendance: 4,000

Olympic qualifying

22 November 2011 Preliminary Round 3 Iraq  0–0  Australia Doha, Qatar
17:15 (UTC+3 Report Stadium: Al Arabi Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)
27 November 2011 Preliminary Round 3 Australia  0–0  Uzbekistan Sydney, Australia
19:15 (UTC+11) Report Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 2,604
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
5 February 2012 Preliminary Round 3 Uzbekistan  2–0  Australia Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00 (UTC+5) Report Stadium: JAR Stadium
Attendance: 4,527
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
14 March 2012 Preliminary Round 3 Australia  0–0  Iraq Gosford, Australia
19:30 (UTC+11) Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 2,071
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Friendlies

6 July 2011 Unofficial training match Central Coast Mariners 1–1  Australia Gosford, Australia
Baird  54' (pen.) Report Petratos  56' Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones (Australia)
20 July 2011 Unofficial training match Australia  1–1  South Korea Denver, United States
Ibini-Isei  38' Report Lee Ki-je  50' Stadium: Regis University
Attendance: 0
Referee: Younes Marrakchi (United States)
22 July 2011 Unofficial training match Australia  0–1  England Denver, United States
Report Berahino  47' Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Younes Marrakchi (United States)
18 August 2011 SBS Cup U-18 Shizuoka Selection Team 3–1  Australia Fujieda, Japan
16:00 (UTC+9) Shinmura Riku  40+2'
Kashiwase  55'
Kazama Kouya  66'
Report Proia  73' Stadium: Fujieda Football Stadium
20 August 2011 SBS Cup Japan  1–0  Australia Shizuoka, Japan
18:20 (UTC+9) Minami  6' Report Stadium: Kusanagi Athletic Stadium
21 August 2011 SBS Cup Australia  0–1  Mexico Fukuroi, Japan
17:20 (UTC+9) Report Alejandro Leyva Espinoza  51' Stadium: Ecopa Stadium
13 June 2012 Brisbane Strikers 3–1  Australia Brisbane, Australia
19:00 (UTC+10) Searle  55'
Maher  67'
Hews  75'
Report Barker-Daish  90' Stadium: Perry Park

FIFA U-20 World Cup

31 July 2011 Group stage Australia  1–1  Ecuador Manizales, Colombia
18:00 (UTC−5) Oar  89' Report Govea  24' Stadium: Estadio Palogrande
Attendance: 17,075
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
3 August 2011 Group stage Australia  2–3  Costa Rica Manizales, Colombia
20:00 (UTC−5) Oar  26'
Calvo  64' (o.g.)
Report Campbell  22', 27'
Ruiz  72'
Stadium: Estadio Palogrande
Attendance: 10,130
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
6 August 2011 Group stage Australia  1–5  Spain Manizales, Colombia
17:00 (UTC−5) Bulut  27' Report Roberto  1'
Vázquez  6', 13', 18'
Canales  31' (pen.)
Stadium: Estadio Palogrande
Attendance: 14,722
Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)

AFC U-19 Championship qualifying

2 November 2011 Singapore  0–1  Australia Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
11:00 (UTC+8) Report Caira  51' Stadium: MBPJ Stadium
Attendance: 60
Referee: Apisit Aonrak (Thailand)
4 November 2011 Australia  12–0  Macau Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
11:00 (UTC+8) Donachie  5'
Proia  9' (pen.), 31', 53', 69'
Makarounas  14' (pen.), 36'
Retre  34'
Brown  45+1'
Taggart  60', 90'
Geria  66'
Report Stadium: MBPJ Stadium
Attendance: 25
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
6 November 2011 Indonesia  1–4  Australia Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
14:00 (UTC+8) Lastaluhu  76' (pen.) Report Maclaren  4', 9' (pen.), 65'
Antonis  40'
Stadium: MBPJ Stadium
Attendance: 40
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
8 November 2011 Australia  3–0  China PR Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
14:00 (UTC+8) Maclaren  39'
Taggart  50'
Wooding  63'
Report Stadium: MBPJ Stadium
Attendance: 20
Referee: Jin Ko-Hyung (South Korea)

AFC U-16 Championship qualifying

12 September 2011 Thailand  3–2  Australia Bangkok, Thailand
18:00 (UTC+7) Tonglim  44'
Pamornprasert  50' (pen.)
Puangbut  53'
Report Tombides  11'
O'Neill  59'
Stadium: Thephasadin Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
14 September 2011 Australia  4–0  Myanmar Bangkok, Thailand
18:00 (UTC+7) Warland  20'
De Silva  76', 87'
Tombides  79'
Report Stadium: Rajamangala National Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Lee Dong-Jun (South Korea)
17 September 2011 Australia  1–0  Hong Kong Bangkok, Thailand
15:00 (UTC+7) Warland  31' Report Stadium: Rajamangala National Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yasser Al Rawahi (Oman)
19 September 2011 Guam  0–10  Australia Bangkok, Thailand
18:00 (UTC+7) Report Stergiou  10'
Tombides  51', 53', 65', 86', 90+2'
Ly  61'
MacDonald  67', 75', 81'
Stadium: Thephasadin Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Lee Dong-Jun (South Korea)
22 September 2011 Australia  5–2  Indonesia Bangkok, Thailand
18:00 (UTC+7) Tombides  3', 78'
Calver  10'
Papadimitrios  39' (pen.)
Tanner  63'
Report Hargianto  9'
Kurniawan  66'
Stadium: Rajamangala National Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

AFF U-16 Youth Championship

2 June 2012 Group stage  Australia 1–1  Japan Vientiane, Laos
16:00 (UTC+7) Iredale  49' Report Miyoshi  44' Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Yazeen Buhari (Singapore)
4 June 2012 Group stage  Laos 2–3  Australia Vientiane, Laos
19:00 (UTC+7) Kettavong  50'
Dalavong  81'
Report Lap  62'
McDonald  72'
Calver  88'
Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
6 June 2012 Group stage  Australia 4–2  Thailand Vientiane, Laos
16:00 (UTC+7) Warland  10'
Hanna  15'
Lap  21'
De Silva  87'
Report Miprathang  27'
Sitthichok  65'
Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
8 June 2012 Final  Australia 1–3  Japan Vientiane, Laos
19:00 (UTC+7) De Silva  8' Report Miyamoto  17'
Kawata  80'
Miyoshi  90+2'
Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
Referee: Yazeen Buhari (Singapore)

Friendlies

24 June 2012 Australia  1–1  New Zealand Wollongong, Australia
Slatyer  90' Report Morwood  50' Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 3,677
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
27 June 2012 Australia  2–0  New Zealand Wollongong, Australia
Walsh  30', 57' Report Stadium: WIN Stadium

Olympic qualifying

1 September 2011 Final round North Korea  1–0  Australia Jinan, China
15:30 (UTC+8) Kim Su-Gyong  10' Report Stadium: Jinan Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 800
Referee: Alexandros Dimitropoulos (Greece)
3 September 2011 Final round Australia  5–1  Thailand Jinan, China
15:30 (UTC+8) Simon  13'
Heyman  15', 34'
Butt  45'
van Egmond  58'
Report Taneekarn  59' Stadium: Jinan Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 200
Referee: Silvia Tea Spinelli (Italy)
5 September 2011 Final round Japan  1–0  Australia Jinan, China
15:30 (UTC+8) Kawasumi  62' Report Stadium: Shandong Provincial Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mitsi Efthalia (Greece)
8 September 2011 Final round Australia  1–0  China PR Jinan, China
19:00 (UTC+8) van Egmond  61' Report Stadium: Jinan Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 10,167
Referee: Heikkinen Katja Maria Kirsi (Finland)
8 September 2011 Final round South Korea  1–2  Australia Jinan, China
15:30 (UTC+8) Kwon Hah-Nul  27' Report de Vanna  62'
Butt  76'
Stadium: Shandong Provincial Stadium
Attendance: 765
Referee: Mitsi Efthalia (Greece)

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

6 October 2011 Vietnam  3–4  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
16:00 (UTC+7) Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt  6', 49'
Phạm Hoàng Quỳnh  37'
Report O'Neill  4'
Gielnik  60', 62', 73'
Stadium: Thong Nhat Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kim Sook-Hee (Korea Republic)
8 October 2011 North Korea  1–0  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
16:00 (UTC+7) Kwon Song-Hwa  23' Report Stadium: Thanh Long Sports Centre
Attendance: 200
Referee: Qin Liang (China PR)
10 October 2011 Australia  0–1  Japan Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
16:00 (UTC+7) Report Kyōkawa  42' Stadium: Thong Nhat Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ri Hyang Ok (North Korea
13 October 2011 Australia  1–3  China PR Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
16:00 (UTC+7) van Egmond  80' Report Wang Tingting  33'
Yao Shuangyan  66'
Ni Mengjie  82'
Stadium: Thong Nhat Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
16 October 2011 Australia  2–4  South Korea Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
16:00 (UTC+7) Andrews  50'
Brown  82'
Report Choi Yoojung  28'
Lee Geummin  67', 83'
Seo Hyunsook  68'
Stadium: Thanh Long Sports Centre
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ri Hyang Ok (North Korea)

Friendlies

3 October 2011 New Zealand  2–1  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Puketapu  13'
Pereira  24'
Report Harrison  88' Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
Referee: Anna-Maree Keighley (New Zealand)
5 October 2011 New Zealand  0–0  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Report Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
Referee: Renee Silvester (New Zealand)
7 October 2011 New Zealand  3–1  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Rolston  64'
Palmer  73'
Muir  80'
Report McLaughlin  22' Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
Referee: Steven Black (New Zealand)

AFC U-16 Women's Championship

November 2011 South Korea  4–0  Australia Nanjing, China
14:30 (UTC+8) Kim So-Yi  19', 47'
Lim Hee-Eun  35'
Namgung Yeji  90'
Report Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 75
Referee: Sato Nami (Japan)
5 November 2011 Australia  0–3  China PR Nanjing, China
14:30 (UTC+8) Report Song Yuqing  18'
Song Duan  27', 55'
Stadium: Jiangning Sports Center
Referee: Cha Sung-Mi (South Korea)
7 November 2011 Australia  0–1  North Korea Nanjing, China
17:30 (UTC+8) Report Ri Kyong-Hyang  90' Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Referee: Nami Sato (Japan)
10 November 2011 Thailand  0–4  Australia Nanjing, China
14:30 (UTC+8) Report Jones  21', 82'
Brown  62'
Sampson  64'
Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Referee: Ri Hong-Sil (North Korea)
13 November 2011 Australia  0–1  Japan Nanjing, China
14:30 (UTC+8) Report Momiki  16' Stadium: Jiangning Sports Center
Referee: Semaksuk Praew (Thailand)

References

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