Australia at the FIFA World Cup

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For the womens team, see Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Australian Peter Wilson with East German Bernd Bransch before their match at the 1974 FIFA World Cup

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

Australia has qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals on five occasions: in 1974, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018.[1] They have also attempted to qualify through to the FIFA World Cup, 15 times with their first attempt being in 1966 when they lost to North Korea.

In Australia's first appearance, representing OFC, a team made up entirely of amateurs secured a scoreless draw against Chile, though eventually departed from the 1974 tournament without a goal to show from 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.

FIFA World Cup record

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


Record by opponent

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Chile 2 0 1 1 1 3
 Croatia 1 0 1 0 2 2
 Denmark 1 0 1 0 1 1
 East Germany 1 0 0 1 0 2
 France 1 0 0 1 1 2
 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
  • Games against West Germany are included in statistics of Germany.

1974 FIFA World Cup

See also: 1974 FIFA World Cup

Group 1

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: 35,000
Australia 0 – 0 Chile
Report
Attendance: 14,681
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)

2006 FIFA World Cup

See also: 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 Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 85'
Šimunić Yellow card 61' Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card 90+3' (Note1)		 Report 38' (pen.) Moore
79' Kewell
Emerton Yellow card 81' Yellow-red card 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

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

2010 FIFA World Cup

See also: 2010 FIFA World Cup

Group D

Template:2010 FIFA World Cup Group D

Germany 4 – 0 Australia
Podolski 8'
Klose 26'
Müller 68'
Cacau 70'		 Report Cahill Red card 56'
Attendance: 62,660
Ghana 1 – 1 Australia
Gyan 25' (pen.) Report Holman 11'
Kewell Red card 24'
Attendance: 34,812
Australia 2 – 1 Serbia
Cahill 69'
Holman 73'		 Report Pantelić 84'
Attendance: 37,836

2014 FIFA World Cup

See also: 2014 FIFA World Cup

Group B

Template:2014 FIFA World Cup Group B table

Chile 3–1 Australia
Sánchez 12'
Valdivia 14'
Beausejour 90+2'		 Report Cahill 35'
Attendance: 40,275
Australia 2–3 Netherlands
Cahill 21'
Jedinak 54' (pen.)		 Report Robben 20'
van Persie 58'
Memphis 68'
Attendance: 42,877
Australia 0–3 Spain
Report Villa 36'
Torres 69'
Mata 82'
Attendance: 39,375

2018 FIFA World Cup

See also: 2018 FIFA World Cup

Group C

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup Group C table



Goalscorers

See also: List of FIFA World Cup goalscorers
Tim Cahill, Australia's all-time top scorer and joint record player at World Cups in 2009.
Player Goals 1974 2006 2010 2014 2018
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
Total 13 0 5 3 3 2
Own goals scored for opponents

Most appearances

No Player Appearances World Cups
1 Mark Bresciano 9 2006, 2010, 2014
Tim Cahill 9 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
3 Scott Chipperfield 7 2006, 2010
Jason Culina 7 2006, 2010
Lucas Neill 7 2006, 2010
Mile Jedinak 7 2010, 2014, 2018
7 Mark Schwarzer 6 2006, 2010
Brett Emerton 6 2006, 2010
Craig Moore 6 2006, 2010
Matthew Leckie 6 2014, 2018
Mathew Ryan 6 2014, 2018

See also

References

  1. ^ "Country Info". FIFA. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original 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 (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
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