Written by Greg Stock

Sources: Doug Butcher & John Punshon

The Olympic Games Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round Three matches continues with the away tie to Uzbekistan.
Played: Sunday February 5 2012				Venue: JAR Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan Kuvvatov Sanjar, Abbarjon Ismatullsev (Bobirjon Amanov 69), Abdukakhkhor Khodjiarbarov, Salim Mustafsev, Islom Tuhtahojaev, Oybek Kilichev, Sherzodbeck Karlmov (Jesur Hasanov 74), Oleg Zotsev, Fozil Musaev, Kenja Turaev, Abdukhaliqov Temurkhodja. Cautions: Zotsev 50, Hesanov 90+2 Goals: Turaev 27 Zotsev 85	2	-	0	Australia Mathew Ryan, Aziz Eraltay Behich, Matthew Foschini, Mate Dugandzic, Ben Kantarovski, Sebastian Ryall (Daniel Mullen 69), Matthew Jurman, Oliver Bozanic, Jason Hoffman, Mitchell Nichols, Rocco Visconte (Isaka Cernak 76). Caution: Nichols 81
Referee: Abdullah Dor Mohammad Balldeh (Qatar) Assistant Referees: Ramzan Saeed M.F.Al-Ramazani & Taleb Salem H.A. Al-Marri (Qatar) Attendance: 4,527 Coaches: Vadim Abramov (Ukbekistan), Aurelio Vidmar (Australia)
A friendly match played against the Philippines National Team.
Played: Thursday February 16 2012				Venue: Al Maktoun Stadium, Al Nasr Sports Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Philippines Neil Leonard Etheridge, Carlos Alberto Martinez de Murga, Jason Abbott Abantao Sablo, Juan Luis Gulrado, Ray Anthony Papito Johnson, Misagh Medina Bahadoran (Joshua Beloya McNally 73), Jason Nicolas Maria Dantes de Jong, Marwin Angeles (Lexton de la Cruz Moy 77), Angel Gulrado Aldeguer, Denis Santos Wolf, Ian Beyona Araneta (Ruben Doctors jr 46). Cautions: Bahadoran 57, de Jong 70, Aldeguer 85	0	-	1	Australia Mathew Ryan (Mark Birighitti 46), Matthew Foschini (Sebastian Ryall 46), Daniel Mullen, Matthew Jurman (Anthony Golec 46), Aziz Eraltay Behich (Mitchell Nichols 46), Oliver Bozanic (Dimitrios Petratos 46), Mate Dugandzic (Isaka Cernak 46), Ben Kantarovski (Karem Bulut 46), Jason Hoffman, Mustafa Amini, Rocco Visconto (Adam Taggart 46). Cautions: Foschini, Mullen 74 Goal: Hoffman 11
Coach: Hans Michael Weiss (Philippines), Aurelio Vidmar (Australia)
The Olympic Games Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round Three matches continues with the away tie to the United Arab Emirates. The loss in this game cost Australia any chance of a place in the 2012 Olympic Games.
Played: Wednesday February 22 2012				Venue: Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Khalid Elsa Mohamad Bilal Saeed, Saad Surour Masoud Surour Beniyes, Mohamed Ahmed All Gharib Juma, Abdulaziz Hussain Muharak Al-Balooshi, Abdulaziz Mohamed Sanquor Qambar Mubarek Al-Mazam, Omar Abdulrahmin Ahmed Raqi Al-Amoudi, Habib Ferdan Abdulla Fardan Al-Fardan, Rashed Essa Saeed Abdulla Falasl (Mohamad Fawzi Joher Faraj Abdella 55), Ahmed Ali Salem Khamla Al-Abri (Haboosh Saleh Haboush Salbookh 64), Ahmad Khalil Sabalt Mubarek Junalbi (All Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al-Hajari 85), Khamla Esmaeel Khamla Zayed. Cautions: Al-Abri 40, Al-Mazam 64 Goal: Al-Amoudi 23	1	-	0	Australia Mathew Ryan, Dylan McGowan, Daniel Mullen, Aziz Eraltay Behich, Mate Dugandzic (Dimitrios Petratos 74), Ben Kantarovski (Karem Bulut 66), Aaron Mooy (Mustafa Amini 88), Matthew Jurman, Oliver Bozanic, Jason Hoffman, Rocco Visconte. Cautions: McGowan 84, Mullen 90+3, Behich 90+4
Referee: Lee Min Hu (Korea Republic) Assistant Referees: Yang Byoung Eun & Lee Jung Min (Korea Republic) Attendance: 28,734 Coach: Mahdi Al Hassen Rahda (United Arab Emirates), Aurelio Vidmar (Australia)
The Olyroos campaign for the 2012 Olympic Games officially ended in the last Preliminary Round Three Asian Qualifier at Central Coast Stadium with a scoreless draw against Iraq.
Played: Wednesday March 14 2012				Venue: Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Australia Mark Birighitti, Rhyan Grant, Zachary Anderson, Brendan Hamill, Craig Goodwin, Ben Kantarovski, Kofi Denning (Nicholas Fitzgerald 74), Jacob Pepper, Christopher Harold, Mustafa Amini (Tommy Rogic 46), Dimitrios Petratos (Mitchell Mallia 67).	0	-	0	Iraq Jalal Hassen Harchim, Walaed Salim Edwereag Al-Lemi, Ali Bahjet Khalaf, Dhurgham Ismael Dawood Quralshi, Saif Salman Hashim (Nadeem Kareem Mohalsen Magsooei 73), Ahmed Jabbar Abbood Al-Majidi (Mohamad Abdulraheem Karrar 31), Ahmed Yaseen Ghoni (Humam Tareq Faraj 65), Amjed Kalaf Mansoor Muntafik, Mustafa Ahmed Abdulameer, Ammar Abdulhussein Ahmed Asadi.
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Assistant Referees: Toru Sagara & Toshyuki Nagi (Japan) Attendance: 2,071 Coaches: Aurelio Vidmar (Australia), Radhi Sh Swadi Al-Elayawi (Iraq)
The Asian Football Confederation Under 22 Championship qualifying rounds commenced in Indonesia in July.
Played: Thursday July 5 2012				Venue: Riau Main Stadium, Pakanberu, Indonesia
Indonesia Under 22 Aji Saka, Dany Saputra (Safrudin Tahar 66), Syelful Indra Cahya, Nurmufid Fastabiqul Khoirot, Agus Nova Wiantara, Hendra Adi Baysuw, Rasyid Bakrie, Syehroni, Andik Vermansyah (Mustaid Billah 87), Agung Suprfyanto, Fandi Eko Utomo (Kurniawan Karman 52).	0	-	1	Australia Under 22 Nicholas Munro, Joshua Brillante, Connor Chapman, Corey Brown, Reece Caira (Brandon O'Neill 85), Giancario Gallifucco (Daniel Petkovski 81), Terry Antonis, Benjamin Garuccio, Jake Barker-Daish, Jesse Makarounas, Anthony Prola (Luke O'De 72). Cautions: Gallifucco 15, Caire 45+1 Goal: Prola 45+2
Referee: Tan Hai (People's Republic of China) Assistant Referees: Mu Yuxin (People's Republic of China) & Deniye Gedara Palitha Parakrama Hemathunga (Sri Lanka) Attendance: 45,000 Coaches: Aji Santoso (Indonesia), Paul Okon (Australia)
Played: Saturday July 7 2012				Venue: Kaharudin Nasution Stadium, Pakanbaru, Indonesia
Macau Under 22 Fei Ho Man, Chan Man, Pang Chi Wai, Lei Tin U, Ho Pereira Henrique Afonso, Tang Hou Fai, Eduardo Antonio Pedro Tong (Lol Wai Hong 59), Kaewchang Capelo Irui (Sio Ka Un 68), Leong Ka Hang, Pang Chi Hang (Chai Wai Fong 90+3), Vinicio de Jesus Morals Alves. Caution: Pang Chi Wai 81 Goals: Morals Alves 19, Leong Ka Hang 78	2	-	3	Australia Jack Duncan, Mitch Cooper, Brandon O'Neill, Yianni Perkatis, Riley Woodcock, Luke O'Dea, Jake Barker-Daish (Anthony Prola 46), Daniel Petkovski, Jason Gerla, James Donachie, David Vrankovic. Goals: Woodcock 2, O'Dea 7, 13
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar) Assistant Referees: Aung Moe (Myanmar) & Muhammad Kamil Bin (Malaysia) Attendance: 560 Coaches: Leung Sui Wing (Macau), Paul Okon (Australia)
Played: Tuesday July 10 2012				Venue: Kahrudin Neasution Stadium, Pakanbaru, Indonesia
Singapore Under 22 Muhammad Syazwan bin Buhari, Muhammad Al-Qaesimy bin Abdul Rahman, Deiwinder Singh, Ali Hudzaifi Muhammad Yusof, Sheikh Abdul Hadl bin Sh Othman, Muhammad Ferris bin Ramli, Ignatius Ang Yu Heng (Madhu Mohana 72), Shamil Sharif, Muhammed Aghari bin Abdullah, Teo Wei Jin Basil Gerard (Muhammad Farhan bin Rahmat 78), Ahmad Suhalmi bin Mohamed Yasin (Amy recha Pristifana 53). Caution: Yusof 47 Red Card: bin Rahmat 87	0	-	0	Australia Under 22 Aaron Lennox, Joshua Brillante, Connor Chapman, Corey Brown, Reece Caira (Yianni Pertakis 46), Giancarlo Gullifuoco, Terry Antonis, Benjamin Garuccio, Jake Barker-Daish (Nick Fitzgerald 46), Jesse Makarounas, Anthony Prola (Luke O'Dea 57). Cautions: Brown 18, Prola 83, Garuccio 89
Referee: Salah Mohamed Noor Shaikh Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain) Assistant Referees: Sayed Jalal Mahfoodh Alawi Mohamed (Bahrain) & Abu Bakar Salim Al-Amri (Oman) Attendance: 1,378 Coaches: Mike Wong Mun Heng (Singapore), Paul Okon (Australia)
Played: Thursday July 12 2012				Venue: Riau Main Stadium, Pekanbaru, Indonesia
Timor Leste Under 22 Ramos Saozinho Ribeiro Maxanches, Raimundo Jose de Rego Sarmento, Agostinho, Ramon de Lima Saro, Diogo Santos Rangel, Francisco da Costa Sarmento (Nicolao Higinio Baptista Soares F 75), Fidel dos Santos de Araujo, Jose Carlos da Donseca, Januario (Frangcyatma Alves Ima Kefi 67), Eujeblo Pereira (Henrique Cruz 84), Marcos da Conceicao Jesus.	0	-	3	Australia Nicholas Munro, Joshua Brillante, Connor Chapman, Corey Brown, Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Mitch Cooper 85), Nick Fitzgerald, Brandon O'Neill, Benjamin Garuccio (Riley Woodcock 76), Luke O'Dea (Anthony Prola 79), Jake Barker-Daish, James Donachie. Cautions: Fitzgerald 46, Garuccio 56 Goals: O'Dea 40, Brown 87, 90+2
Referee: Yaqoob Said Abdullah Abdul Baqi (Oman) Assistant Referees: Davoud Rafatisajedi (Iran) & Aung Moe (Myanmar) Attendance: 2,198 Coaches: Norio Tsukitate (Timor Leste), Paul Okon (Australia)
Played: Sunday July 15 2012				Venue: Kaharudin Nasution Stadium, Pakanbaru, Indonesia
Japan Under 22 Nakamura Kosuke, Kazuki Kushbiki, Takuya Iwanami, Ryosuke Yamanaka, Ken Matsubara (Naoki Kawaguchi 85), Gakuto Notsuda, Hiroki Akino, Kento Hashimoto, Masaya Matsumoto (Ryuji Hirota 46), Yuya Kubo, Daiki Watari (Ryunga Suzuki 74). Caution: Yamanaka 37 Goals: Notsuda 18, 54, Iwanami 31, Watari 45+2, Hirota 77	5	-	0	Australia Under 22 Aaron Lennox, Joshua Brillante, Connor Chapman, Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Brandon O'Neill 39), Terry Antonis, Nick Fitzgerald, Mitch Cooper (Jesse Makarounas 80), Luke O'Dea, Jake Barker-Daish, Daniel Petkovski, James Donachie.
Referee: Ko Hyung Jin (Korea Republic) Assistant Referees: Kim Young Ha (Korea Republic) & Abu Bakar Salim Mahad Al-Amri (Oman) Attendance: 948 Coaches: Yasushi Yoshida (Japan), Paul Okon (Australia)

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