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
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Summary

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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

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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

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Friendlies

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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)

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

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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)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

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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.)
(1–1 on aggregate)

(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

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

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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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