This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2013.
| 2013 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairmen | Frank Lowy | ||
| Manager | Holger Osieck Ange Postecoglou | ||
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.
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Friendlies | World Cup Qualifiers | East Asian Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | AUS | Mark Birighitti | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| GK | AUS | Adam Federici | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| GK | AUS | Eugene Galekovic | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| GK | AUS | Mitchell Langerak | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| GK | AUS | Mathew Ryan | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| GK | AUS | Mark Schwarzer | 6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Joshua Brillante | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | David Carney | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Robert Cornthwaite | 3 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Jason Davidson | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Ivan Franjic | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Ryan McGowan | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Lucas Neill | 8 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Jade North | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Sasa Ognenovski | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Michael Thwaite | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Luke Wilkshire | 6 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Rhys Williams | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| DF | AUS | Michael Zullo | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Mark Bresciano | 9 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Oliver Bozanic | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Craig Goodwin | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | James Holland | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Brett Holman | 6 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Mile Jedinak | 5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Robbie Kruse | 8 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Jackson Irvine | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Matt McKay | 12 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Mark Milligan | 8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Aaron Mooy | 1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | |
| MF | AUS | Mitch Nichols | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Tom Rogic | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Nikita Rukavytsya | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Tommy Oar | 6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Erik Paartalu | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Archie Thompson | 8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Dario Vidosic | 4 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | AUS | Ruben Zadkovich | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| FW | AUS | Alex Brosque | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| FW | AUS | Mitchell Duke | 4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | |
| FW | AUS | Tim Cahill | 6 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| FW | AUS | Tomi Juric | 3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | |
| FW | AUS | Joshua Kennedy | 5 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| FW | AUS | Connor Pain | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| FW | AUS | Adam Taggart | 1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | |
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