2006 Australia national soccer team season
| 2006 season | |
|---|---|
The Australia national soccer team results in 2006.
Record
| Type | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly matches | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| World Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Asian Cup qualifiers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Total | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 |
Goal scorers
| Player | Friendlies | FIFA World Cup | AFC Asian Cup qual. | Total goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aloisi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Cahill | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Skoko | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Bresciano | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Dodd | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Elrich | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Kennedy | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Kewell | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Moore | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Popovic | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Petrovski | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Sterjovski | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Thompson | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Match results
Friendlies
| 25 May Friendly | Australia  | 1–0 |  Greece | Melbourne, Australia |
Skoko  16' |
(Report) | Stadium: MCG Attendance: 95,103 Referee: Mike Riley (England) |
| 4 June Friendly | Netherlands  | 1–1 | Australia | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| van Nistelrooy 9' |
(Report) | 54' Cahill |
Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Mike Dean (England) |
| 8 June Friendly | Liechtenstein  | 1–3 | Australia | Ulm, Germany |
| Neill 8' (o.g.) |
(Report) | 20' Sterjovski 75' Kennedy 83' Aloisi |
Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 5,872 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) |
| 7 October Friendly | Australia | 1–1 |  Paraguay | Brisbane, Australia |
| Popovic 88' |
(Report) | 90+2' (o.g.) Beauchamp |
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 47,609 Referee: Joji Kashihara (Japan) |
| 14 November Friendly | Australia | 1–1 |  Ghana | London, England |
| Aloisi 25' (pen.) |
(Report) | 75' Agogo |
Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,379 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England) |
| 12 June Group Stage | Australia | 3–1 |  Japan | Kaiserslautern, Germany |
| 15:00 CEST | Cahill 84', 89' Aloisi 90+2' |
(Report) | 26' Nakamura |
Stadium: Fritz Walter Stadion Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) |
| 18 June Group Stage | Brazil  | 2–0 | Australia | Munich, Germany |
| 18:00 CEST | Adriano 49' Fred 90' |
(Report) | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
| 22 June Group Stage | Croatia  | 2–2 | Australia | Stuttgart, Germany |
| 21:00 CEST | Srna 2' N. Kovač 56' Šimić  32'  85' Šimunić 61' 90' 90+3' (Note1) |
(Report) | 38' (pen.) Moore 79' Kewell Emerton 81' 87' |
Stadium: Gottlieb Daimler Stadion Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England) |
| 26 June Round of 16 | Italy  | 1–0 | Australia | Kaiserslautern, Germany |
| 17:00 CEST | Totti 90+5' (pen.) |
(Report) | Stadium: Fritz Walter Stadion Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) |
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.
| 22 February Group Stage | Bahrain  | 1–3 | Australia | Manama, Bahrain |
| Ali 35' |
[ (Report)] | 54' Thompson 79' Skoko 88' (pen.) Elrich |
Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) |
| 16 August Group Stage | Australia | 2–0 |  Kuwait | Sydney, Australia |
| Dodd 75' Petrovski 86' |
[ (Report)] | Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 32,622 Referee: Junjie Huang (China) |
| 6 September Group Stage | Kuwait | 2–0 | Australia | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Al Mutairi 55' Al-Mutwa 60' |
[ (Report)] | Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan) |
| 11 October Group Stage | Australia | 2–0 | Bahrain | Sydney, Australia |
| Aloisi 17' Bresciano 23' |
[ (Report)] | Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates) |