2005 Australia national soccer team season
This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2005.
| 2005 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Frank Farina Guus Hiddink |
Summary
2005 saw the Australian national football team playing twelve senior matches in what proved to be a definitive season for the history of the men's senior national side. The games included participating in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany and a dramatic end to a 32-year absence from the FIFA World Cup by qualifying, via a penalty shoot-out for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
After six years in charge of the Australian side, a disappointing 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup campaign saw coach Frank Farina replaced by the more experienced Dutchman Guus Hiddink, who was appointed to qualify Australia for the World Cup finals, and take them through that campaign should they succeed.
Record
| Type | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly matches | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Confederations Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| World Cup qualifiers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 14 |
Match results
Friendlies
| 9 February Friendly | South Africa  | 1–1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | Durban, South Africa |
McCarthy  12' |
71' Chipperfield |
Stadium: Kings Park Stadium Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) |
| 26 March Friendly | Australia | 2–1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Iraq | Sydney, Australia |
| Bresciano 22' Elrich 72' |
11' Nasser |
Stadium: Telstra Stadium Attendance: 30,258 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) |
| 29 March Friendly | Australia | 3–0 |  Indonesia | Perth, Australia |
| Milicic 24', 57' Zdrilic 85' |
Stadium: Subiaco Oval Attendance: 13,719 Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi (Japan) |
| 9 June Friendly | Australia | 1–0 |  New Zealand | London, England |
| Colosimo 85' |
Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 9,023 Referee: Mike Dean (England) |
Confederations Cup
| 16 June Group Stage | Germany  | 4–3 | Australia | Frankfurt, Germany |
| 21:00 CEST | Kurányi 17' Mertesacker 23' Ballack 60' (pen.) Podolski 88' |
21' Skoko 31', 90+2' Aloisi |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 46,466 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) |
| 18 June Group Stage | Australia | 2–4 |  Argentina | Nuremberg, Germany |
| 20:45 CEST | Aloisi 61' (pen.), 70' |
12', 53', 89' Figueroa 31' (pen.) Riquelme |
Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 25,218 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) |
| 21 June Group Stage | Australia | 0–2 |  Tunisia | Leipzig, Germany |
| 20:45 CEST | 26', 70' Santos |
Stadium: Zentralstadion Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile) |
World Cup qualifiers
| 3 September Final round | Australia | 7–0 |  Solomon Islands | Sydney, Australia |
| Culina 20' Viduka 36', 43' Cahill 57' Chipperfield 64' Thompson 68' Emerton 89' |
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) |
| 6 September Final round | Solomon Islands | 1–2 | Australia | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
| Fa'arodo 49' |
19' Thompson 58' Emerton |
Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) |
| 12 November Play-off | Uruguay  | 1–0 | Australia | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Rodríguez 37' |
(Report) | Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) |
| 16 November Play-off | Australia | 1–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Uruguay | Sydney, Australia |
| Bresciano 35' |
(Report) | Stadium: Telstra Stadium Attendance: 82,698 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
Kewell  Neill Vidmar Viduka  Aloisi |
Rodríguez Varela Estoyanoff Zalayeta |
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The aggregate score for the two legs against Uruguay was tied 1–1 and, since the away goals rule could not be applied, the play-off was decided on a penalty shoot-out. Australia qualified after winning 4–2.
Goal scorers
| Player | Friendlies | FIFA Confederations Cup | FIFA World Cup qual. | Total goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aloisi | 1 | 4 | - | 5 |
| Bresciano | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Thompson | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Viduka | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Chipperfield | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Emerton | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Milicic | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Cahill | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Colosimo | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Culina | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Elrich | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Griffiths | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Skoko | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Zdrilic | 1 | - | - | 1 |
References
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