2014 Australia national soccer team season

This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2014.

Australia
2014 season
ChairmanFrank Lowy
ManagerAnge Postecoglou
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Summary edit

In their first full year under new coach Ange Postecoglou, the national team managed only one victory from eleven matches. The bulk of the matches were friendlies and included a 4–3 loss to Ecuador despite leading 3–0. Australia participated in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and were unable to proceed beyond the group stage after losing all three games.

Record edit

Type GP W D L GF GA
Friendly 8 1 2 5 8 13
FIFA World Cup 3 0 0 3 3 9
Total 11 1 2 8 11 22

Match results edit

Friendlies edit

5 March 2014 Australia   3–4   Ecuador London, England
20:00 Cahill   8', 31'
Jedinak   15' (pen.)
Langerak   58'
Summary
Report
Martínez   56'
Castillo   60' (pen.)
E.Valencia   76'
Méndez   90+1'
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 7,133
Referee: Lee Probert (England)
26 May 2014 Australia   1–1   South Africa Sydney, Australia
19:30 Cahill   14' Summary
Report
Patosi   13' Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 50,468
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
6 June 2014 Australia   0–1   Croatia Salvador, Brazil
Summary
Report
Jelavić   58' Stadium: Estádio de Pituaçu
Referee: Francisco Carlos do Nascimento (Brazil)
4 September 2014 Belgium   2–0   Australia Liège, Belgium
20:45 (UTC+2) Mertens   18'
Witsel   77'
Report Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 16,850
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
8 September 2014 Saudi Arabia   2–3   Australia London, United Kingdom
20:00 (UTC+1) Fallatah   71' (pen.)
Al-Jassim   84'
Report Cahill   3'
Jedinak   6'
Wright   77'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 3,677
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
10 October 2014 United Arab Emirates   0–0   Australia Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
18:30 (UTC+4) Report Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)
14 October 2014 Qatar   1–0   Australia Doha, Qatar
19:30 (UTC+3) Ibrahim   61' Report Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
18 November 2014 Kirin Challenge Cup Japan   2–1   Australia Osaka, Japan
Konno   61'
Okazaki   68'
Report Cahill   90+2' Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

FIFA World Cup edit

13 June 2014 Group Stage Chile   3–1   Australia Cuiabá, Brazil
19:00 Sánchez   12'
Valdivia   14'
Beausejour   90+2'
Summary
Report
Cahill   35' Stadium: Arena Pantanal
Attendance: 40,275
Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
18 June 2014 Group Stage Australia   2–3   Netherlands Porto Alegre, Brazil
13:00 Cahill   21'
Jedinak   54' (pen.)
Summary
Report
Robben   20'
van Persie   58'
Memphis   68'
Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio
Attendance: 42,877
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
23 June 2014 Group Stage Australia   0–3   Spain Curitiba, Brazil
13:00 Summary
Report
Villa   36'
Torres   69'
Mata   82'
Stadium: Arena da Baixada
Attendance: 39,375
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Player statistics edit

Correct as of 18 November 2014 (v.   Japan).
Numbers are listed by player's number in FIFA World Cup or last friendly played

No. Pos Nat Player Total Friendlies World Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   AUS Mathew Ryan 9 0 6+0 0 3+0 0
12 GK   AUS Mitchell Langerak 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
18 GK   AUS Brad Jones 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 GK   AUS Adam Federici 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
2 DF   AUS Ivan Franjic 6 0 4+1 0 1+0 0
3 DF   AUS Jason Davidson 9 0 6+0 0 3+0 0
6 DF   AUS Matthew Spiranovic 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
6 DF   AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 DF   AUS Bailey Wright 1 1 1+0 1 0+0 0
8 DF   AUS Luke Wilkshire 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
13 DF   AUS Aziz Behich 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
17 DF   AUS Brad Smith 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0
19 DF   AUS Ryan McGowan 4 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
20 DF   AUS Trent Sainsbury 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
22 DF   AUS Alex Wilkinson 11 0 7+1 0 3+0 0
22 DF   AUS Curtis Good 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF   AUS Chris Herd 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
5 MF   AUS Mark Milligan 7 0 5+1 0 1+0 0
8 MF   AUS Joshua Brillante 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0
9 MF   AUS Mitch Nichols 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
10 MF   AUS Ben Halloran 6 0 0+3 0 0+3 0
11 MF   AUS Tommy Oar 9 0 6+0 0 3+0 0
13 MF   AUS Oliver Bozanic 4 0 0+2 0 1+1 0
14 MF   AUS James Troisi 7 0 3+2 0 0+2 0
15 MF   AUS Mile Jedinak 10 3 7+0 2 3+0 1
16 MF   AUS James Holland 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
16 MF   AUS Carl Valeri 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
17 MF   AUS Matt McKay 5 0 1+2 0 2+0 0
20 MF   AUS Dario Vidošić 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
20 MF   AUS Tom Rogić 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   AUS Massimo Luongo 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0
23 MF   AUS Mark Bresciano 8 0 2+3 0 2+1 0
24 MF   AUS Aaron Mooy 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
4 FW   AUS Tim Cahill 10 7 6+2 5 2+0 2
7 FW   AUS Mathew Leckie 11 0 7+1 0 3+0 0
9 FW   AUS Tomi Juric 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
9 FW   AUS Adam Taggart 3 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
9 FW   AUS Joshua Kennedy 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
10 FW   AUS Robbie Kruse 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW   AUS Bernie Ibini 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0

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