2013 Australia national soccer team season

This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2013.

Australia
2013 season
ChairmenFrank Lowy
ManagerHolger Osieck
Ange Postecoglou
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Summary

The team played their final four World Cup qualification matches. The two draws and two victories placed Australia second in the group to qualify for their fourth World Cup and the third in succession.

Australia then participated in the East Asian Cup for the first time. Due to the timing of the event Australia's first choice players were not available so a largely A-League based squad was used.[1]

The team played a number of friendly matches towards the end of the year however successive 6–0 defeats resulted in coach Holger Osieck losing his job.[2] He was replaced by Ange Postecoglou.

Record

Type GP W D L GF GA
Friendly 5 2 0 3 6 15
World Cup qualifiers 4 2 2 0 8 3
East Asian Cup 3 0 1 2 5 7
Total 12 4 3 5 19 25

Match results

Friendlies

6 February 2013 Australia  2–3  Romania Marbella, Spain
07:00 UTC+11 Wilkshire 44' (pen.)
Cornthwaite 53'		 Summary
Report		 Tănase 34'
Torje 79'
Stancu 83'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
8 September 2013 Brazil  6–0  Australia Brasilia, Brazil
05:15 AEST Jô 8', 34'
Neymar 36'
Ramires 58'
Pato 73'
Luiz Gustavo 84'		 Summary
Report		 Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Attendance: 40,996
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
12 October 2013 France  6–0  Australia Paris, France
Franck Ribéry 8' (pen.)
Olivier Giroud 16', 27'
Yohan Cabaye 29'
Mathieu Debuchy 47'
Karim Benzema 51'		 Summary
Report		 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
16 October 2013 Australia  3–0  Canada London, England
Kennedy 1'
Vidošić 52'
Leckie 79'		 Summary
Report		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 3,741
Referee: Michael Dean (England)
19 November 2013 Australia  1–0  Costa Rica Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEDT Cahill 69' Summary
Report		 Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 20,165
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

World Cup qualifiers

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)

East Asian Cup

20 July 2013 Match 1 South Korea  0–0  Australia Seoul, South Korea
19:00 UTC+9 Report Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 31,571
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
25 July 2013 Match 2 Japan  3–2  Australia Hwaseong, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9 Saito 26'
Osako 56' 79'		 Report Duke 76'
Jurić 78'		 Stadium: Hwaseong Stadium
Attendance: 1,458
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
28 July 2013 Match 3 Australia  3–4  China Seoul, South Korea
17:15 UTC+9 Mooy 30'
Taggart 89'
Duke 90+3'		 Report Yu Dabao 5'
Sun Ke 56'
Yang Xu 87'
Wu Lei 88'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,526
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

Player statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Friendlies World Cup Qualifiers East Asian Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Australia AUS Mark Birighitti 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Australia AUS Adam Federici 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Australia AUS Eugene Galekovic 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
GK Australia AUS Mitchell Langerak 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Australia AUS Mathew Ryan 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Australia AUS Mark Schwarzer 6 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Joshua Brillante 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Australia AUS David Carney 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Robert Cornthwaite 3 1 1+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Australia AUS Jason Davidson 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Ivan Franjic 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Australia AUS Ryan McGowan 6 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF Australia AUS Lucas Neill 8 1 5+0 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Jade North 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Australia AUS Sasa Ognenovski 4 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Michael Thwaite 3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Australia AUS Luke Wilkshire 6 1 2+0 1 4+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Rhys Williams 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Australia AUS Michael Zullo 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Mark Bresciano 9 1 5+0 0 3+1 1 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Oliver Bozanic 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Craig Goodwin 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
MF Australia AUS James Holland 4 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Brett Holman 6 1 2+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Mile Jedinak 5 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Robbie Kruse 8 1 4+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Jackson Irvine 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Matt McKay 12 0 4+1 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
MF Australia AUS Mark Milligan 8 0 1+2 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
MF Australia AUS Aaron Mooy 1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
MF Australia AUS Mitch Nichols 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
MF Australia AUS Tom Rogic 4 0 0+2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Nikita Rukavytsya 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Tommy Oar 6 1 1+1 0 3+1 1 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Erik Paartalu 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
MF Australia AUS Archie Thompson 8 0 0+1 0 0+4 0 2+1 0
MF Australia AUS Dario Vidosic 4 1 2+0 1 0+2 0 0+0 0
MF Australia AUS Ruben Zadkovich 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
FW Australia AUS Alex Brosque 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Australia AUS Mitchell Duke 4 2 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 2
FW Australia AUS Tim Cahill 6 3 1+1 1 4+0 2 0+0 0
FW Australia AUS Tomi Juric 3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 1
FW Australia AUS Joshua Kennedy 5 2 2+2 1 0+1 1 0+0 0
FW Australia AUS Mathew Leckie 4 1 1+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Australia AUS Connor Pain 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW Australia AUS Adam Taggart 1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 1

References

  1. ^ "Osieck names squad for East Asian Cup".
  2. ^ Hassett, Sebastian. "Socceroos coach Holger Osieck sacked after Friday night Bleus".