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Australia at the FIFA World Cup

For the women's team, see Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

This article summarises the results and overall performances of Australia at the FIFA World Cup.

Australian Peter Wilson with East German Bernd Bransch before their match at the 1974 FIFA World Cup

Australia has qualified for the FIFA World Cup's tournament phase on six occasions: in 1974, 2006 and the four tournaments since.[1] They have also attempted to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 15 times, with their first attempt being in 1966 when they lost to South Korea.

In Australia's first appearance in 1974, representing OFC, a team made up entirely of amateurs secured a scoreless draw against Chile, though they eventually departed from the tournament without a goal to show for their inaugural appearance. Australia made up for lost time at Germany 2006 and qualified for the Round of 16 before narrowly falling to eventual champions Italy. The German theme continued at South Africa 2010 although this time Australia, now representing the AFC, suffered a 4–0 loss against the European giants in a scoreline which ultimately scuppered their progress. A ten-man 1–1 draw against Ghana and a 2–1 win against Serbia saw Australia eliminated on goal difference, three goals off the Africans. Australia were to lose all three games in a tough group at Brazil 2014. In the Qatar 2022 edition, Australia made it to the last 16 for only the second time, before falling 2–1 to Argentina, which, like what happened to 2006 Italy, Argentina would eventually claim the World Cup title in 2022.

FIFA World Cup record edit

Australia's FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification
Year Host Round Pos Pld W D* L F A Squad Pos. Pld W D* L F A
1930 to 1962 Not a member of FIFA Not a member of FIFA
1966   England Did not qualify Final Round 2 0 0 2 2 9
1970   Mexico Final Round 9 3 5 1 12 8
1974   West Germany Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 0 5 Squad Final Round 11 5 5 1 21 10
1978   Argentina Did not qualify 4th 12 6 2 4 20 11
1982   Spain 2nd 8 4 2 2 22 9
1986   Mexico 1st (PO) 8 4 3 1 20 4
1990   Italy 2nd 6 2 2 2 11 7
1994   United States 1st (PO) 10 7 1 2 21 7
1998   France 1st (PO) 8 6 2 0 34 5
2002   South Korea
  Japan 		1st (PO) 8 7 0 1 73 4
2006   Germany Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 5 6 Squad 1st (PO) 9 7 1 1 31 5
2010   South Africa Group stage 21st 3 1 1 1 3 6 Squad 1st 14 9 3 2 19 4
2014   Brazil Group stage 30th 3 0 0 3 3 9 Squad 2nd 14 8 4 2 25 12
2018   Russia Group stage 30th 3 0 1 2 2 5 Squad 3rd (PO) 22 14 6 2 51 18
2022   Qatar Round of 16 11th 4 2 0 2 4 6 Squad 3rd (PO) 20 13 4 3 45 12
2026   Canada
  Mexico
  United States 		To be determined In progress 4 4 0 0 15 0
2030   Morocco
  Portugal
  Spain 		To be determined
2034   Saudi Arabia
Total Round of 16 – 20 4 4 12 17 37 — 6/15 165 99 40 26 422 125
Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
From 1966 to 2006 played as a full member of the OFC
Since 2010 played as a full member of the AFC


By match edit

Year Round Opponent Score Result Venue Australia scorers
1974 Group stage   East Germany 0–2 L Hamburg —
  West Germany 0–3 L Hamburg —
  Chile 0–0 D West Berlin —
2006 Group stage   Japan 3–1 W Kaiserslautern T. Cahill (2), J. Aloisi
  Brazil 0–2 L Munich —
  Croatia 2–2 D Stuttgart C. Moore, H. Kewell
Round of 16   Italy 0–1 L Kaiserslautern —
2010 Group stage   Germany 0–4 L Durban —
  Ghana 1–1 D Rustenburg B. Holman
  Serbia 2–1 W Mbombela T. Cahill, B. Holman
2014 Group stage   Chile 1–3 L Cuiabá T. Cahill
  Netherlands 2–3 L Porto Alegre T. Cahill, M. Jedinak
  Spain 0–3 L Curitiba —
2018 Group stage   France 1–2 L Kazan M. Jedinak
  Denmark 1–1 D Samara M. Jedinak
  Peru 0–2 L Sochi —
2022 Group stage   France 1–4 L Al Wakrah C. Goodwin
  Tunisia 1–0 W Al Wakrah M. Duke
  Denmark 1–0 W Al Wakrah M. Leckie
Round of 16   Argentina 1–2 L Al Rayyan E. Fernández (o.g.)

Record by opponent edit

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
  Argentina 1 0 0 1 1 2
  Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 2
  Chile 2 0 1 1 1 3
  Croatia 1 0 1 0 2 2
  Denmark 2 1 1 0 2 1
  East Germany 1 0 0 1 0 2
  France 2 0 0 2 2 6
  Germany* 2 0 0 2 0 7
  Ghana 1 0 1 0 1 1
  Italy 1 0 0 1 0 1
  Japan 1 1 0 0 3 1
  Netherlands 1 0 0 1 2 3
  Peru 1 0 0 1 0 2
  Serbia 1 1 0 0 2 1
  Spain 1 0 0 1 0 3
  Tunisia 1 1 0 0 1 0
  • Games against West Germany are included in the statistics of Germany.

1974 FIFA World Cup edit

See also: 1974 FIFA World Cup

Group 1 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  East Germany 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5
  West Germany 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 4
  Chile 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
  Australia 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
East Germany  2 – 0  Australia
Curran   58' (o.g.)
Streich   72'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Australia  0 – 3  West Germany
Report   12' Overath
  34' Cullmann
  53' Müller
Attendance: 53,000
Australia  0 – 0  Chile
Report
Attendance: 14,681
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)

2006 FIFA World Cup edit


Group F edit

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
  Australia 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
  Croatia 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
  Japan 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Australia  3–1  Japan
Cahill   84', 89'
Aloisi   90+2'		 Report   26' Nakamura
Attendance: 46,000
Brazil  2–0  Australia
Adriano   49'
Fred   90'		 Report
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Croatia  2–2  Australia
Srna   2'
N. Kovač   56'
Šimić   32'   85'
Šimunić   61'   90'   90+3' (Note1)		 Report   38' (pen.) Moore
  79' Kewell
Emerton   81'   87'
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Note 1: Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match: the referee (Graham Poll) failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow.

Round of 16 edit

Italy  1–0  Australia
Totti   90+5' (pen.)
Materazzi   50'		 Report
Attendance: 46,000

2010 FIFA World Cup edit

Group D edit

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Ghana 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3   Australia 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4
4   Serbia 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Germany  4–0  Australia
 Report Cahill   56'
Attendance: 62,660
Ghana  1–1  Australia
Gyan   25' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 34,812
Australia  2–1  Serbia
 Report
Attendance: 37,836

2014 FIFA World Cup edit

Group B edit

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Chile 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   Spain 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4   Australia 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Chile  3–1  Australia
 Report Cahill   35'
Attendance: 40,275
Australia  2–3  Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 42,877
Australia  0–3  Spain
Report
Attendance: 39,375

2018 FIFA World Cup edit

Group C edit

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Denmark 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3   Peru 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
4   Australia 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
France  2–1  Australia
 Report
Attendance: 41,279[4]
Denmark  1–1  Australia
 Report
Attendance: 40,727[5]
Australia  0–2  Peru
Report
Attendance: 44,073[6]

2022 FIFA World Cup edit

Group D edit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2   Australia 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
3   Tunisia 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4   Denmark 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
France  4–1  Australia
 Report
Attendance: 40,875
Tunisia  0–1  Australia
Report
Attendance: 41,823
Australia  1–0  Denmark
 Report
Attendance: 41,232

Round of 16 edit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
Argentina  2–1  Australia
 Report
Attendance: 45,032

Goalscorers edit

See also: List of FIFA World Cup goalscorers
 
Tim Cahill, Australia's male top scorer and joint record player at World Cups in 2009.
Player Goals 1974 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Tim Cahill 5 2 1 2
Mile Jedinak 3 1 2
Brett Holman 2 2
John Aloisi 1 1
Harry Kewell 1 1
Craig Moore 1 1
Craig Goodwin 1 1
Mitchell Duke 1 1
Mathew Leckie 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 17 0 5 3 3 2 4
Own goals scored for opponents

Most appearances edit

Rank Player Appearances World Cups
1 Mathew Leckie 10 2014, 2018, 2022
Mathew Ryan 10 2014, 2018, 2022
3 Mark Bresciano 9 2006, 2010, 2014
Tim Cahill 9 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
5 Scott Chipperfield 7 2006, 2010
Jason Culina 7 2006, 2010
Lucas Neill 7 2006, 2010
Mile Jedinak 7 2010, 2014, 2018
Aaron Mooy 7 2018, 2022
Aziz Behich 7 2018, 2022
Jackson Irvine 7 2018, 2022

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Referee designations for matches 17-24" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Match report – Group C – France v Australia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Match report – Group C – Denmark v Australia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Match report – Group C – Australia v Peru" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
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