Thirteen of Berger's 20-man squad for the friendly against fellow World Cup finalists Slovenia represented Australia in South Africa as the Dutchman, recently promoted from technical director, stuck to an entirely overseas-based squad.
Forward Harry Kewell was left out after declaring himself unavailable while his Galatasaray team-mate Lucas Neill is set to captain the side in Ljubljana.
"Although the overall strategy is aimed at preparing for 2014 World Cup...our next focus will be around preparing the best squad available for the Asian Cup in Qatar in January," said Berger.
Berger also said that Australia were at an 'advanced stage' with the process to name the long term successor to Dutcman Pim Verbeek, who stepped down as head coach after the World Cup.
