2014 Australia national soccer team season
| 2014 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Frank Lowy | ||
| Manager | Ange Postecoglou | ||
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Summary
This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2014. 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  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) |
| 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 | 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 |
- Source: [citation needed]