2012–13 in Australian soccer

The following article is a summary of the 2012–13 soccer season in Australia.

Soccer in Australia
Season2012–13
Men's soccer
A-League PremiershipWestern Sydney Wanderers
A-League ChampionshipCentral Coast Mariners
National Youth LeagueMelbourne Victory
Women's soccer
W-League PremiershipBrisbane Roar
W-League ChampionshipSydney FC
2011–12 2013–14

Domestic leagues

A-League

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 18 3 6 41 21 +20 57 Finals Series and 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Central Coast Mariners (C) 27 16 6 5 48 22 +26 54
3 Melbourne Victory 27 13 5 9 48 45 +3 44 Finals Series and 2014 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off[lower-alpha 1]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 5 10 38 37 +1 41 Finals Series
5 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 29 +4 35
6 Perth Glory 27 9 5 13 29 31 2 32
7 Sydney FC 27 9 5 13 41 51 10 32
8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 7 12 30 45 15 31
9 Melbourne Heart 27 8 3 16 31 40 9 27
10 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] 27 7 6 14 31 49 18 27
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2013. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Since the winner of 2013 A-League Grand Final (Central Coast Mariners) qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage, the 3rd placed team qualified for the qualifying play-off of 2014 AFC Champions League.
  2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Finals

Elimination Finals   Semi Finals   Grand Final
                   
      Western Sydney Wanderers 2  
Adelaide United 1     Brisbane Roar 0  
Brisbane Roar 2       Western Sydney Wanderers 0
    Central Coast Mariners 2
      Central Coast Mariners 1
Melbourne Victory (a.e.t.) 2     Melbourne Victory 0  
Perth Glory 1  

W-League

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Roar 12 8 2 2 28 15 +13 26 Qualification to Finals series
2 Perth Glory 12 7 3 2 34 20 +14 24
3 Melbourne Victory 12 7 2 3 26 14 +12 23
4 Sydney FC (C) 12 6 2 4 30 24 +6 20
5 Canberra United 12 5 3 4 25 20 +5 18
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 12 4 1 7 19 23 4 13
7 Newcastle Jets 12 1 3 8 15 33 18 6
8 Adelaide United 12 2 0 10 12 40 28 6
Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Finals

Semifinals Finals
      
2 Perth Glory 1 (3)
3 Melbourne Victory (p) 1 (4)
Melbourne Victory 1
Sydney FC 3
1 Brisbane Roar 2
4 Sydney FC 3

National Youth League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Melbourne Victory Youth (C) 18 12 1 5 57 20 +37 37
2 Central Coast Mariners Academy 18 12 1 5 38 28 +10 37
3 Newcastle Jets Youth 18 10 1 7 54 36 +18 31
4 Brisbane Roar Youth 18 9 3 6 39 34 +5 30
5 Perth Glory Youth 18 8 1 9 45 45 0 25
6 Melbourne Heart Youth 18 8 1 9 32 34 2 25
7 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 18 7 4 7 29 41 12 25
8 Adelaide United Youth 18 6 4 8 35 42 7 22
9 Sydney FC Youth 18 6 3 9 41 46 5 21
10 AIS Football Program 18 2 1 15 23 58 35 7
Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

International club competitions

AFC Champions League

Brisbane Roar

Brisbane Roar qualified for a playoff spot as winners of the 2012 A-League Grand Final.[1]

13 February 2013 Qualifying play-off Buriram United 0 0 (a.e.t.)
(3 0 p)
Brisbane Roar Buriram, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7 Report Stadium: New I-Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 14,482
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)
Penalties
Osmar
Chappuis
Jirawat
Broich
Berisha
Meyer

Central Coast Mariners

Central Coast Mariners entered in the Group stage as 2011–12 A-League Premiers.[1]

13 March 2013 Group stage Kashiwa Reysol 3 1 Central Coast Mariners Kashiwa, Japan
21:00 AEST (UTC+11) Leandro Domingues  21', 88'
Kano  67'
Report
Summary
Zwaanswijk  8' Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,472
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)
3 April 2013 Group stage Central Coast Mariners 2 1 Guizhou Renhe Gosford, Australia
19:00 AEST (UTC+11) Bojić  50'
Sainsbury  80'
Report Ryan  71' (o.g.) Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
15 May 2013 Round of 16 Central Coast Mariners 1 2 Guangzhou Evergrande Gosford, Australia
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Duke  7' Report Barrios  28'
Muriqui  76'
Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 8,953
Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
22 May 2013 Round of 16 Guangzhou Evergrande 3 0
(5 1 agg.)
Central Coast Mariners Guangzhou, China
22:00 AEST (UTC+10) Muriqui  7'
Conca  45+1' (pen.)
Gao Lin  68'
Report Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 39,564
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

International Women's Club Championship

The winners of the 2011-12 season Canberra United participated in the 2012 International Women's Club Championship, known as the Mobcast Cup for sponsorship reasons, the first edition of this tournament hosted by the JFA.[2]

Canberra United finished in fourth place (out of four teams), suffering two losses.

National teams

Friendlies

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 International 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)
6 February 2013 Australia  2 – 3  Romania Marbella, Spain
07:00 UTC+11 Wilkshire  44' (pen.)
Cornthwaite  53'
Summary Tănase  34'
Torje  79'
Stancu  83'
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

EAFF East Asian Cup

3 December 2012 Preliminary round 2 Hong Kong  0 – 1  Australia Hong Kong
20:30 UTC+8 Lam Hok Hei  88'  90' Report Emerton  85' Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 4,160
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
5 December 2012 Preliminary round 2 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 2 Guam  0 – 9  Australia Hong Kong
17:50 UTC+8 Report Mooy  12'
Babalj  20', 56'
Marrone  43'
Thompson  59', 63', 65' (pen.)
Milligan  71'
Garcia  83'
Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Referee: Wang Zhe (China PR)
9 December 2012 Preliminary round 2 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)

World Cup qualifying

12 September 2012 Fourth Round Jordan  2 – 1  Australia Amman, Jordan
00:00 UTC+8 Abdel-Fattah  50' (pen.)
Deeb  73'
Summary Thompson  85' Stadium: Amman International Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
16 October 2012 Fourth Round Iraq  1 – 2  Australia Doha, Qatar[3]
22:15 UTC+8 Abdul-Zahra  72' Summary Cahill  80'
Thompson  84'
Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic)
26 March 2013 Fourth Round Australia  2 – 2  Oman Sydney, Australia
20:00 UTC+10 Cahill  52'
Holman  85'
Report Al-Muqbali  7'
Jedinak  49' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadium Australia
Attendance: 34,603
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
4 June 2013 Fourth Round Japan  1 – 1  Australia Saitama, Japan
20:30 UTC+10 Honda  90+1' (pen.) Report Oar  82' Stadium: Saitama Stadium
Attendance: 62,172
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
11 June 2013 Fourth Round Australia  4 – 0  Jordan Melbourne, Australia
19:00 UTC+10 Bresciano  15'
Cahill  61'
Kruse  76'
Neill  84'
Report Stadium: Docklands Stadium
Attendance: 43,785
Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
18 June 2013 Fourth Round Australia  1 – 0  Iraq Sydney, Australia
22:15 UTC+8 Kennedy  83' Report Stadium: Stadium Australia
Attendance: 80,523
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Friendlies

29 August 2012 Hong Kong  0 – 3  Australia Hong Kong
Report Taggart  40'
Woodcock  47'
Makarounas  84'
Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 800
11 October 2012 Portugal  2 – 1  Australia Lisbon, Portugal
João Mário  62' (pen.)
Aladje  90+2'
Report Taggart  67'
14 October 2012 Portugal  4 – 1  Australia Lisbon, Portugal
Aladje  9'
Pinto  45'
Ferreira  53' (pen.)
Ricardo  78'
Report Brillante  12' Stadium: Estádio Nacional
31 May 2013 Germany  2 – 2  Australia Paralimni, Cyprus
10:00 (UTC+2)  15'
 110'
Report Maclaren  35'
Williams  94'
Stadium: Paralimni Stadium
10 June 2013 Australia  5 – 0  New Zealand Wollongong, Australia
Taggart  4', 19', 47'
Maclaren  64'
Edwards  76'
Report Stadium: Wollongong Showground
16 June 2013 Australia  1 – 3  Chile Antalya, Turkey
Maclaren Martínez
Lichnovsky
Bravo

AFC U-22 Championship qualification

5 July 2012 Indonesia  0 1  Australia Pekanbaru, Indonesia
19:30 (UTC+7) Summary Proia  45+2' Stadium: Riau Main Stadium
Attendance: 40,500
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
7 July 2012 Australia  3 2  Macau Pekanbaru, Indonesia
16:00 (UTC+7) Woodcock  2'
O'Dea  7', 13'
Summary Vinicio  19'
Leong Ka Hang  78'
Stadium: Kaharudin Nasution Stadium
Attendance: 560
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)
10 July 2012 Australia  0 0  Singapore Pekanbaru, Indonesia
16:00 (UTC+7 Summary Stadium: Kaharudin Nasution Stadium
Attendance: 1,378
Referee: Salah Abbas Al-Abbasi (Bahrain)
12 July 2012 Timor-Leste  0 3  Australia Pekanbaru, Indonesia
16:00 (UTC+7) Summary O'Dea  40'
Barker-Daish  87', 90+2'
Stadium: Riau Main Stadium
Attendance: 2,198
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
15 July 2012 Australia  0 5  Japan Pekanbaru, Indonesia
16:00 (UTC+7) Summary Notsuda  18', 54'
Iwanami  31'
Watari  45+2'
Hirota  77'
Stadium: Kaharudin Nasution Stadium
Attendance: 948
Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin (Korea Republic)

AFF U-19 Youth Championship

2 September 2012 Group stage Australia  1 2  Uzbekistan Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam
16:00 (UTC+7) Antonis  36' Report Yusupov  77'
Abdumuminov  90'
Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
4 September 2012 Group stage Vietnam  0 4  Australia Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam
18:30 (UTC+7) Report R. Edwards  31'
Barker-Daish  53'
Makarounas  57'
Dao Duy Khanh  84' (o.g.)
Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
Referee: Min Hla (Myanmar)
6 September 2012 Group stage Australia  1 4  Iran Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam
16:00 (UTC+7) Geria  39' Report Jahanbakhsh  51', 63' (pen.)
Azmoun  52', 85'
Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)
8 September 2012 Third place play-off Australia  4 0  Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam
16:00 (UTC+7) Geria  12'
Woodcock  37', 73'
Taggart  66'
Report Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
Referee: Chanketya Thong (Cambodia)

AFC U-19 Championship

4 November 2012 Group stage Australia  1 – 0  Qatar Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
15:00 (UTC+4) Gameiro  11' Report Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
6 November 2012 Group stage Syria  1 – 1  Australia Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
19:00 (UTC+4) Maowas  74' Report Gameiro  81' Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan
8 November 2012 Group stage Australia  1 – 1  Saudi Arabia Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
17:00 (UTC+4) Gameiro  90+1' Report Al-Muwallad  57' Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium
Attendance: 170
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)
11 November 2012 Quarter-final Australia  3 – 0  Jordan Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
19:00 (UTC+4) Gameiro  10', 55', 83' Report Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
14 November 2012 Semi-final Iraq  2 – 0  Australia Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
20:00 (UTC+4) Abdul-Raheem  60'
Hantoosh  85'
Report Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

FIFA U-20 World Cup

22 June 2013 Colombia  1 – 1  Australia Trabzon, Turkey
18:00 Córdoba  78' Report De Silva  46' Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
25 June 2013 Australia  1 – 2  El Salvador Rize, Turkey
18:00 Brillante  9' Report Coca  17'
Peña  40'
Stadium: Yeni Şehir Stadium
Attendance: 13,015
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
28 June 2013 Australia  1 – 2  Turkey Trabzon, Turkey
21:00 Maclaren  52' Report Çalhanoğlu  54'
Yokuşlu  87'
Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium
Attendance: 11,286
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Friendlies

5 August 2012 Saudi Arabia  1 – 1  Australia Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
20:00 (UTC+3)  5' Report T. Tombides  87'
6 August 2012 Australia  1 – 2  United Arab Emirates Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
Iredale  55' (pen.) Report  33'
 90+3'
7 August 2012 Australia  2 – 2
(4 – 3 p)
 China PR Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
Gersbach  90+1'
Kuzmanovski  90+3'
Report
 50'
Penalties

Iredale


Kuzmanovski




AFC U-16 Championship

22 September 2012 Group stage Australia 2 – 0  Thailand Tehran, Iran
15:00 (UTC+3:30) T. Tombides  14'
MacDonald  29'
Report Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium
Attendance: 183
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
24 September 2012 Group stage Oman  1 – 2 Australia Tehran, Iran
19:00 (UTC+3:30) Al-Rushadi  52' (pen.) Report MacDonald  16'
Baldacchino  87'
Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
26 September 2012 Group stage Australia 0 – 0
(2 – 3 p)
 Iraq Tehran, Iran
13:00 (UTC+3.30) Report Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea)
Penalties
Iredale
Baldacchino
Antoiniou
Pudler
Norris
Abdul-Abbas
Al-Mahdawi
Isam
Ammar
Abdul-Zahra
30 September 2012 Quarter-final Iran  5 – 1  Australia Tehran, Iran
17:00 (UTC+3.30) Ezzatollahi  31' (pen.)
Chaab  35', 90+3'
Bazaj  61'
Rigi  81'
Report Antoniou  88' Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Maasaki Toma (Japan)

Friendlies

11 July 2012 Kirin Challenge Cup Japan  3 – 0  Australia Tokyo, Japan
Miyama  26' (pen.)
Ōgimi  45'
Sawa  59'
Report Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
13 September 2012 Haiti  0 – 4  Australia Indianapolis, United States
Report Brown  6'
Gill  12'
Simon  15'
Heyman  83'
Stadium: Carroll Stadium
Referee: Michelle Cowman (United States)
16 September 2012 United States  2 – 1  Australia Carson, California, United States
Morgan  55'
Boxx  63' (pen.)
Report De Vanna  34' Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 19,851
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
19 September 2012 United States  6 – 2  Australia Denver, United States
Uzunlar  25' (o.g.)
Morgan  43', 63'
Wambach  53'
Boxx  69'
Leroux  82'
Report De Vanna  32'
Walsh  35'
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 18,589
Referee: Kristin Schiereck (United States)
13 June 2013 Australia  1 – 0  New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Heyman  41' Report Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
16 June 2013 Centenary Cup Australia  1 – 1
(4 – 2 p)
 New Zealand Canberra, Australia
Polkinghorne  11' Report Gregorius  38' Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 2,248
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
Penalties
Kellond-Knight
van Egmond
Uzunlar
Kerr
Hearn
Hoyle
Stott
Wilkinson
29 June 2013 Netherlands  3 – 1  Australia Velsen-Zuid, the Netherlands
Martens  12', 58'
Spitse  83'
Report Gorry  27' Stadium: TATA Steel Stadion
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

EAFF Women's East Asian Cup

20 November 2012 Preliminary round 2 Australia  7 – 0  Chinese Taipei Shenzhen, China
17:00 (UTC+8) Gill  5', 90+3'
De Vanna  22', 51'
Simon  45+1', 83'
Uzunlar  77'
Summary Stadium: Shenzhen Stadium
Attendance: 523
Referee: Kajiyama Fusako (Japan)
22 November 2012 Preliminary round 2 Australia  4 – 0  Hong Kong Shenzhen, China
17:00 (UTC+8) Butt  33'
Simon  64'
Gill  79'
Catley  90+2'
Summary Stadium: Shenzhen Stadium
Attendance: 488
Referee: Park Ji-Yeong (South Korea)
24 November 2012 Preliminary round 2 China PR  2 – 1  Australia Shenzhen, China
15:45 (UTC+8) Wang Li-Si  9'
Zhang Rui  50'
Summary Gill  12' Stadium: Shenzhen Stadium
Attendance: 6,333
Referee: Ri Hong-Sil (North Korea)

Friendlies

13 April 2013 Australia  2 – 1  South Korea Canberra, Australia
Andrews  27'
Yeoman-Dale  49'
Report Choi Bich-na Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport
19 April 2013 Australia  0 – 9  South Korea Canberra, Australia
Report Jang Sel-gi  5', 18', 28', 52'
Lee So-dam  12'
Choe Yu-ri  70', 73'
Mangung Ye-ji  80'
Choi Bich-na  88'
Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport
Attendance: 0
22 April 2013 Australia  2 – 4  South Korea Canberra, Australia
McLaughlin  3'
Amy Harrison  20'
Report Jang Sel-gi  34', 39'
Kim In-ji  68'
Lee So-dam  73'
Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport

Friendlies

9 May 2013 South Korea  2 – 0  Australia South Korea

12 May 2013 South Korea  1 – 1  Australia Paju, South Korea
Kim Sung-mi  7' Report MacQueen  54' Stadium: National Football Training Centre
14 May 2013 South Korea  2 – 0  Australia Paju, South Korea

Report Stadium: National Football Training Centre

AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification

7 November 2012 (2012-11-07) Australia  5 – 1  Thailand Manila, Philippines
15:00 (UTC+8) Cantrill  3'
Franco  37'
Gavin  44', 82'
Methawi  65' (o.g.)
Report Sudarat  19' Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Qin Lian (China)
9 November 2012 (2012-11-09) Myanmar  0 – 5  Australia Manila, Philippines
15:00 (UTC+8) Report Dalton  35'
Waterhouse  40'
Franco  45', 89'
Kirby  79'
Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Saltanat Noroozi (Iran)
11 November 2012 (2012-11-11) Philippines  1 – 8  Australia Manila, Philippines
18:00 (UTC+8) Arthur  24' Report Kirby  10'
MacQueen  12'
Waterhouse  20'
Cantrill  26', 63', 73'
Palozzi  33', 84'
Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ri Hyang Ok (North Korea)

References

  1. "AFC cuts Champions League slots". Football Federation Australia. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014.
  2. "International women's club championship set for November". JFA. 18 October 2012.
  3. "FIFA decision on Iraq matches". Asian Football Confederation. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
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