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Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup

The Australia national association football team represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup on four occasions, in 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2017.[1]

Record at the FIFA Confederations Cup edit

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1992 No OFC representative invited
  1995
  1997 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 1 2 4 8
  1999 Did not qualify
    2001 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 4 2
  2003 Did not qualify
  2005 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 5 10
  2009 Did not qualify
  2013
  2017 Group stage 6th 3 0 2 1 4 5
Total 4/10 0 Titles 16 5 3 8 17 25

Record by opponent edit

FIFA Confederations Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
  Argentina 1 0 0 1 2 4
  Brazil 3 1 1 1 1 6
  Cameroon 1 0 1 0 1 1
  Chile 1 0 1 0 1 1
  France 1 1 0 0 1 0
  Germany 2 0 0 2 5 7
  Japan 1 0 0 1 0 1
  Mexico 2 2 0 0 5 1
  Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 0 1
  South Korea 1 0 0 1 0 1
  Tunisia 1 0 0 1 0 2
  Uruguay 1 1 0 0 1 0

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
  Australia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
  Mexico 3 1 0 2 8 6 +2 3
  Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 1 8 −7 3
Mexico  1–3  Australia
Hernández   80' (pen.) (Report) Viduka   45'
Aloisi   59'
Mori   90'
Attendance: 15,000
Australia  0–0  Brazil
(Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Saudi Arabia  1–0  Australia
Al-Khilaiwi   40' (Report)
Attendance: 55,450

Semi-final edit

Uruguay  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Australia
(Report) Kewell   92'
Attendance: 22,000

Final edit

Brazil  6–0  Australia
Ronaldo   15', 27', 59'
Romário   38', 53', 75' (pen.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 65,000

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  France 3 2 0 1 9 1 +8 6
  Australia 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
  South Korea 3 2 0 1 3 6 −3 6
  Mexico 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Mexico  0–2  Australia
(Report) Murphy   20'
Skoko   54'
Attendance: 6,232
Australia  1–0  France
Zane   60' (Report)
Attendance: 44,400
South Korea  1–0  Australia
Hwang Sun-Hong   24' (Report)
Attendance: 42,754

Semi-final edit

Japan  1–0  Australia
Nakata   43' (Report)
Attendance: 48,699

Bronze Final edit

Australia  1–0  Brazil
Murphy   84' (Report)
Attendance: 28,520

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 7
  Argentina 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
  Australia 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Germany  4–3  Australia
Kurányi   17'
Mertesacker   23'
Ballack   60' (pen.)
Podolski   88'		 (Report)   21' Skoko
  31', 90+2' Aloisi
Attendance: 46,466
Australia  2–4  Argentina
Aloisi   61' (pen.), 70' (Report)   12', 53', 89' Figueroa
  31' (pen.) Riquelme
Attendance: 25,218
Australia  0–2  Tunisia
(Report)   26', 70' Santos
Attendance: 44,337

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup edit

Group B edit

Main article: 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Chile 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3   Australia 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4   Cameroon 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Australia  2–3  Germany
 Report
Attendance: 28,605
Cameroon  1–1  Australia
Zambo Anguissa   45+1' Report Milligan   60' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,021
Chile  1–1  Australia
Rodríguez   67' Report Troisi   42'
Attendance: 33,639

Goalscorers edit

See also: List of FIFA Confederations Cup goalscorers
Player Goals 1997 2001 2005 2017
John Aloisi 5 1 4
Shaun Murphy 2 2
Josip Skoko 2 1 1
Tomi Juric 1 1
Harry Kewell 1 1
Mark Milligan 1 1
Damian Mori 1 1
Tomas Rogic 1 1
James Troisi 1 1
Mark Viduka 1 1
Clayton Zane 1 1
Total 17 4 4 5 4

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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