Australia at the OFC Nations Cup

The Australia national association football team represented Australia at the OFC Nations Cup from 1980 to 2004.[1]

OFC Nations Cup record edit

Australia's OFC Nations Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1973 Did not participate
  1980 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 24 4
1996 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 14 0
  1998 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 23 3
  2000 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 26 0
  2002 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 23 2
  2004 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 32 4
2008–onwards Not OFC member
Total 4 titles 6/10 28 24 2 2 142 13

1980 OFC Nations Cup edit

Group B edit

Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1   Australia 3 3 0 0 20 2 6
2   New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 12 11 4
3   Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 6 22 2
4   New Hebrides 3 0 0 3 6 9 0


Final edit

1996 OFC Nations Cup edit

Semi-final edit

New Zealand  0 – 0  Australia
(Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)

Australia  3 – 0  New Zealand
Damian Mori 33'
Paul Wade 45' pen
Joe Spiteri 51'
(Report)
Attendance: 8,858
Referee: Simon Micallef (AUS)

Final edit

Tahiti  0 – 6  Australia
(Report) Ernie Tapai 5'
Paul Trimboli 20'
Kris Trajanovski 25', 28', 44', 89'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)

Australia  5 – 0  Tahiti
Robbie Hooker 11'
Kris Trajanovski 21', 36', 54'
Rupena Raumati 31' (og)
(Report)
Attendance: 9,421
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

1998 OFC Nations Cup edit

Group B edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Australia 6 2 2 0 0 19 1 +18
  Fiji 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1
  Cook Islands 0 2 0 0 2 0 19 -19
Australia  3–1  Fiji
Mori 2', 25', 44' (Report) Masinisau 62'

Australia  16–0  Cook Islands
Trimboli 1', 12', 63'
Mori 8', 15', 30', 34'
Maloney 17', 89'
Ceccoli 42'
Trajanovski 48', 68', 76' (pen), 88'
Chipperfield 66'
Halpin 80'
(Report)

Semi-final edit

Australia  4-1  Tahiti
Mori 1', 32', 81'
Veart 86'
(Report) Labaste 55'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

Final edit

New Zealand  1-0  Australia
Burton 24' (Report)

2000 OFC Nations Cup edit

Group A edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Australia 6 2 2 0 0 23 0 +23
  Solomon Islands 3 2 1 0 1 5 7 -2
  Cook Islands 0 2 0 0 2 1 22 -21
Australia  17–0  Cook Islands
Agostino 18', 68'
Muscat 21', 45' (pen)
Tiatto 24'
Foster 30', 42', 51', 80'
Zdrilic 35', 65'
Lazaridis 55'
Popovic 60'
Corica 70'
Zane 82', 87', 89'
(Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Leaustic (Tahiti)

Australia  6–0  Solomon Islands
Chipperfield 6'
Zane 13', 35'
Omokirio 36' (OG)
Muscat 39' (pen)
Cardozo 43'
(Report)

Semi-final edit

Australia  1 – 0  Vanuatu
Kevin Muscat 5' pen (Report)
Attendance: 300

Final edit

Australia  2 – 0  New Zealand
Shaun Murphy 40'
Craig Foster 66'
(Report)
Attendance: 300

2002 OFC Nations Cup edit

Group A edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Australia 9 3 3 0 0 21 0 +21
  Vanuatu 6 3 2 0 1 2 2 0
  Fiji 3 3 1 0 2 2 10 -8
  New Caledonia 0 3 0 0 3 1 14 -13
Australia  2–0  Vanuatu
Mori 69'
Despotovski 85'
(Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)

Australia  11–0  New Caledonia
Despotovski 2', 56' (pen), 76', 77'
Horvat 15'
Chipperfield 22', 35'
Mori 34'
Costanzo 83'
Porter 86'
Trimboli 90+'
(Report)

Australia  8–0  Fiji
Milicic 4'
Porter 7', 12', 45', 52'
Juric 36'
Trimboli 46'
De Amicis 89'
(Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)

Semi-final edit

Australia  2–1
(AET)
  Tahiti
Porter 88'
Mori 96'
(Report) Zaveroni 38'

Final edit

New Zealand  1–0  Australia
Nelsen 78' (Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)

2004 OFC Nations Cup edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 5 4 1 0 21 3 +18 13 Nations Cup final
2   Solomon Islands 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 10
3   New Zealand 5 3 0 2 17 5 +12 9
4   Fiji 5 1 1 3 3 10 −7 4
5   Tahiti 5 1 1 3 2 24 −22 4
6   Vanuatu 5 1 0 4 5 9 −4 3
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Australia  1 – 0  New Zealand
Bresciano   40' (Report)
Attendance: 12,130

Australia  9 – 0  Tahiti
Cahill   14', 47'
Skoko   43'
Simon   44' (o.g.)
Sterjovski   51', 61', 74'
Zdrilic   85'
Chipperfield   89'
(Report)
Attendance: 1,200

Australia  6 – 1  Fiji
Madaschi   6', 50'
Cahill   39', 66', 75'
Elrich   89'
(Report) Gataurua   19'

Vanuatu  0 – 3  Australia
(Report) Aloisi   25', 85'
Emerton   81'

Solomon Islands  2 – 2  Australia
Menapi   43', 75' (Report) Cahill   50'
Emerton   52'

Final edit

Solomon Islands  1 – 5  Australia
Batram Suri   60' (Report) Skoko   5', 28'
Milicic   19'
Emerton   43'
Elrich   79'

Australia  6 – 0  Solomon Islands
Milicic   5'
Kewell   8'
Vidmar   60'
Thompson   79'
Elrich   82'
Emerton   89'
(Report)
Attendance: 19,208
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

Goalscorers edit

Player Goals 1980 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Damian Mori 14 10 1 3
Kris Trajanovski 11 7 4
Paul Trimboli 6 1 3 2
Joel Porter 6 6
Tim Cahill 6 6
Vaughan Coveny 6 6
Ian Hunter 5 5
Eddie Krnčević 5 5
Craig Foster 5 5
Clayton Zane 5 5
Bobby Despotovski 5 5
Paul Kay 4 4
Scott Chipperfield 4 1 2 1
Kevin Muscat 4 4
Danny Moulis 3 3
Ante Milicic 3 1 2
Josip Skoko 3 3
Mile Sterjovski 3 3
Ahmad Elrich 3 3
Brett Emerton 3 3
Vic Bozanic 2 2
Peter Sharne 2 2
Brad Maloney 2 2
Paul Agostino 2 2
Adrian Madaschi 2 2
John Aloisi 2 2
Arno Bertogna 1 1
Paul Wade 1 1
Joe Spiteri 1 1
Ernie Tapai 1 1
Robbie Hooker 1 1
Alvin Ceccoli 1 1
Troy Halpin 1 1
Carl Veart 1 1
Mark Burton 1 1
Danny Tiatto 1 1
Stan Lazaridis 1 1
Tony Popovic 1 1
Steve Corica 1 1
Pablo Cardozo 1 1
Shaun Murphy 1 1
Steve Horvat 1 1
Angelo Costanzo 1 1
Ante Jurić 1 1
Fausto De Amicis 1 1
Mark Bresciano 1 1
David Zdrilic 1 1
Harry Kewell 1 1
Tony Vidmar 1 1
Archie Thompson 1 1
Total 139 22 12 24 23 22 36

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 16 April 2024.