2011–12 in Australian soccer

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

Soccer in Australia
Season2011–12
Men's soccer
A-League PremiershipCentral Coast Mariners
A-League ChampionshipBrisbane Roar
National Youth LeagueCentral Coast Mariners
Women's soccer
W-League PremiershipCanberra United
W-League ChampionshipCanberra United
← 2010–11 Australia 2012–13 →

Domestic leagues edit

A-League edit

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

Regular season edit

Pos Team 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[a]
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
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
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
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 edit

W-League edit

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

Regular season edit

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) Champions

Finals edit

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 edit

AFC Champions League edit

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 edit

16 February 2012 Qualifying final round Adelaide United   3–0   Persipura Jayapura Adelaide, Australia
19:30 Boogaard   12'
Levchenko   57'
van Dijk   84'
AFC Preview
AFC Report
Club Report
Summary
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,013
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
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 edit

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)
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 edit

National teams edit

Men's senior edit

Friendlies edit

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 edit

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)

Men's under-23 edit

Friendlies edit

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

Olympic qualifying edit

21 September 2011 Preliminary Round 3 Australia   0–0   United Arab Emirates Adelaide, Australia
19:30 (UTC+9:30 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,390
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
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)

Men's under-20 edit

Friendlies edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 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)

Men's under 17 edit

AFC U-16 Championship qualifying edit

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 edit

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)

Women's senior edit

Friendlies edit

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 edit

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 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)

Women's under-20 edit

AFC U-19 Women's Championship edit

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 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)

Women's under-17 edit

Friendlies edit

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 edit

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 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 edit

  1. ^ "Reds bound for AFC Champions League 2012". Adelaide United. 7 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Brisbane hosts Socceroos WC qualifier game".
  3. ^ "FIFA World Cup 2014 – Final Round – Oman vs Australia". the-afc.com. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

External links edit