2014 Australia national soccer team season

Australia
2014 season
ChairmanFrank Lowy
ManagerAnge Postecoglou
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This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2014.

Summary

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

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

Friendlies

5 March 2014 Australia  3–4  Ecuador London, England
20:00 Cahill 8', 31'
Jedinak 15' (pen.)
Langerak Red card 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

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

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 Australia AUS Mathew Ryan 9 0 6+0 0 3+0 0
12 GK Australia AUS Mitchell Langerak 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
18 GK Australia AUS Brad Jones 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 GK Australia AUS Adam Federici 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
2 DF Australia AUS Ivan Franjic 6 0 4+1 0 1+0 0
3 DF Australia AUS Jason Davidson 9 0 6+0 0 3+0 0
6 DF Australia AUS Matthew Spiranovic 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
6 DF Australia AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 DF Australia AUS Bailey Wright 1 1 1+0 1 0+0 0
8 DF Australia AUS Luke Wilkshire 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
13 DF Australia AUS Aziz Behich 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
17 DF Australia AUS Brad Smith 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0
19 DF Australia AUS Ryan McGowan 4 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
20 DF Australia AUS Trent Sainsbury 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
22 DF Australia AUS Alex Wilkinson 11 0 7+1 0 3+0 0
22 DF Australia AUS Curtis Good 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF Australia AUS Chris Herd 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
5 MF Australia AUS Mark Milligan 7 0 5+1 0 1+0 0
8 MF Australia AUS Joshua Brillante 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0
9 MF Australia AUS Mitch Nichols 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
10 MF Australia AUS Ben Halloran 6 0 0+3 0 0+3 0
11 MF Australia AUS Tommy Oar 9 0 6+0 0 3+0 0
13 MF Australia AUS Oliver Bozanic 4 0 0+2 0 1+1 0
14 MF Australia AUS James Troisi 7 0 3+2 0 0+2 0
15 MF Australia AUS Mile Jedinak 10 3 7+0 2 3+0 1
16 MF Australia AUS James Holland 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
16 MF Australia AUS Carl Valeri 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
17 MF Australia AUS Matt McKay 5 0 1+2 0 2+0 0
20 MF Australia AUS Dario Vidošić 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
20 MF Australia AUS Tom Rogić 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Australia AUS Massimo Luongo 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0
23 MF Australia AUS Mark Bresciano 8 0 2+3 0 2+1 0
24 MF Australia AUS Aaron Mooy 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
4 FW Australia AUS Tim Cahill 10 7 6+2 5 2+0 2
7 FW Australia AUS Mathew Leckie 11 0 7+1 0 3+0 0
9 FW Australia AUS Tomi Juric 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
9 FW Australia AUS Adam Taggart 3 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
9 FW Australia AUS Joshua Kennedy 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
10 FW Australia AUS Robbie Kruse 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Australia AUS Bernie Ibini 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0

References