2005 Australia national soccer team season

This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2005.

Australia
2005 season
ManagerFrank 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  Australia Durban, South Africa
McCarthy 12' 71' Chipperfield Stadium: Kings Park Stadium
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
26 March Friendly Australia  2–1  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)
9 October Friendly Australia  5–0  Jamaica London, England
Bresciano 3'
Thompson 29'
Viduka 48'
Aloisi 58'
Griffiths 85'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 6,570
Referee: Mike Riley (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

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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