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 Australia 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was the 44th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 130th overall.

Domestic leagues

A-League

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 18 3 6 41 21 +20 57 Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series
2 Central Coast Mariners (C) 27 16 6 5 48 22 +26 54
3 Melbourne Victory 27 13 5 9 48 45 +3 44 Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series[a]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 5 10 38 37 +1 41 Qualification for 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[b] 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) Champions
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) Champions

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) Champions

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]

Central Coast Mariners

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

22 May 2013 Round of 16 Guangzhou Evergrande China 3–0
(5–1 agg.)
Australia 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

Men's senior

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 Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Konstantinos Nikolaidis (Greece)
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 Yellow card 88' Yellow-red card 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

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)

Men's under-20

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 East Timor  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

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)

Men's under-17

Friendlies

5 August 2012 Saudi Arabia  1–1  Australia Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
20:00 (UTC+3) 5' Report T. Tombides 87'
7 August 2012 Australia  2–2
(4–3 p)
 China Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
Gersbach 90+1'
Kuzmanovski 90+3'
Report
50'
Penalties
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AFC U-16 Championship

22 September 2012 Group stage Australia 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 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 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
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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)

Women's senior

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
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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  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)

Women's under-20

Friendlies

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

Women's under-17

Friendlies

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. ^ a b "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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