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

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A-League

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

Regular season

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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

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W-League

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

Regular season

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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

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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

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AFC Champions League

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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

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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

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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'
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(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

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National teams

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Men's senior

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Friendlies

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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

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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

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Friendlies

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

Olympic qualifying

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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

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Friendlies

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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

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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

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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

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AFC U-16 Championship qualifying

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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

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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

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Friendlies

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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

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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

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AFC U-19 Women's Championship

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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

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Friendlies

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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

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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

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  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.
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