Australia at the FIFA World Cup

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

For the women's 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

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 Qualification record
Year Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA Confederation
1930 Did not participate Did not participate
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966 Did Not Qualify Play-off 2 0 0 2 2 9 CAF/AFC/OFC
1970 Play-off 9 3 5 1 12 8 AFC/OFC
1974 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 0 5 Squad Play-off 11 5 5 1 21 10
1978 Did Not Qualify 4th 12 6 2 4 20 11
1982 2nd 8 4 2 2 22 9
1986 Play-off 8 4 3 1 20 4 OFC
1990 2nd 6 2 2 2 11 7
1994 Play-off 10 7 1 2 21 7
1998 Play-off 8 6 2 0 34 5
2002 Play-off 8 7 0 1 73 4
2006 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 5 6 Squad Play-off 9 7 1 1 31 5
2010 Group stage 21st 3 1 1 1 3 6 Squad 1st 14 9 3 2 19 4 AFC
2014 30th 3 0 0 3 3 9 Squad 2nd 14 8 4 2 25 12
2018 3 0 1 2 2 5 Squad Play-off 22 14 6 2 51 18
2022 To be determined in progress 4 4 0 0 16 1
2026
Total Round of 16 5/23 16 2 4 10 13 31 145 86 36 23 378 114
  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place Home venue

Record by opponent
FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Brazil100102
 Chile201113
 Croatia101022
 Denmark101011
 East Germany100102
 France100112
 Germany*200207
 Ghana101011
 Italy100101
 Japan110031
 Netherlands100123
 Peru100102
 Serbia110021
 Spain100103
  • 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 321041+35
 West Germany 320141+34
 Chile 302112−12
 Australia 301205−51
East Germany 2 – 0 Australia
Curran  58' (o.g.)
Streich  72'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
Australia 0 – 3 West Germany
Report  12' Overath
 34' Cullmann
 53' Müller
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel (Egypt)
Australia 0 – 0 Chile
Report
Attendance: 14,681
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)

2006 FIFA World Cup
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F

Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 330071+69
 Australia 31115504
 Croatia 302123−12
 Japan 301227−51
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
Italy 1–0 Australia
Totti  90+5' (pen.)
Materazzi  50'		 Report
Attendance: 46,000

2010 FIFA World Cup
Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group D

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

2014 FIFA World Cup
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B

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
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
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group C

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]

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 5 212
Mile Jedinak 3 12
Brett Holman 2 2
John Aloisi 1 1
Harry Kewell 1 1
Craig Moore 1 1
Total 13 05332
Own goals scored for opponents

Most appearances
No Player Appearances World Cups
1 Mark Bresciano92006, 2010, 2014
Tim Cahill92006, 2010, 2014, 2018
3 Scott Chipperfield72006, 2010
Jason Culina72006, 2010
Lucas Neill72006, 2010
Mile Jedinak72010, 2014, 2018
7 Mark Schwarzer62006, 2010
Brett Emerton62006, 2010
Craig Moore62006, 2010
Matthew Leckie62014, 2018
Mathew Ryan62014, 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.
  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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