Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup

The Australia women's national soccer team has represented Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup on eight occasions in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. Australia co-hosted the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup with New Zealand. The Matildas automatically qualified as co-host, and the Matildas (managed by Tony Gustavsson and captained by Steph Catley and Sam Kerr) finished fourth overall.

It was the first time that a senior national soccer team representing Australia or another Oceanian country has made it to the World Cup semi-finals and also is one of the only three teams of Asian Football Confederation alongside China and Japan which they finished on the top four of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

The team also participated in the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament, a precursor to the Women's World Cup.

FIFA Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	3	13
1999		11th	3	0	1	2	3	7
2003		13th	3	0	1	2	3	5
2007	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	9	7
2011		8th	4	2	0	2	6	7
2015		7th	5	2	1	2	5	5
2019	Round of 16	9th	4	2	1	1	9	6
2023	Fourth place	4th	7	3	1	3	10	8
2027	To be determined
Total	8/9	0 titles	33	10	7	16	48	58

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Brazil	4	2	0	2	6	6	+0	050.00
Canada	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	050.00
China	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	000.00
Denmark	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	050.00
England	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Equatorial Guinea	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
France	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Ghana	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	033.33
Italy	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Japan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Norway	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	033.33
Republic of Ireland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Russia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Sweden	4	0	1	3	3	9	−6	000.00
United States	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	000.00
Total	33	10	7	16	48	58	−10	030.30

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	China	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

6 June 1995

19:00

Denmark	5–0	Australia
Krogh 12', 48' Eggers Nielsen 25' Jensen 37' C. Hansen 86'	Report

Arosvallen, Västerås

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)

8 June 1995

19:00

China	4–2	Australia
Zhou Yang 23' Shi Guihong 54', 78' Liu Ailing 90+3'	Report	Iannotta 25' Hughes 89'

Arosvallen, Västerås

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)

10 June 1995

16:00

United States	4–1	Australia
Foudy 69' Fawcett 72' Overbeck 90+2' (pen.) Keller 90+4'	Report	Casagrande 54'

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 1,105

Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1
4	Ghana	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

June 20, 1999

19:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Australia	1–1	Ghana
Murray 74'	Report	Gyamfuah 76'

Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 14,873

Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

June 23, 1999

20:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Australia	1–3	Sweden
Murray 32'	Report	Törnqvist 8' Ljungberg 21', 69'

Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover

Attendance: 16,448

Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

June 26, 1999

14:30 EDT (UTC−4)

China	3–1	Australia
Sun Wen 39', 51' Liu Ying 73'	Report	Salisbury 66'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 29,401

Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

September 21, 2003

17:30 PDT (UTC−7)

Australia	1–2	Russia
Golebiowski 38'	Report	Alagich 39' (o.g.) Fomina 89'

Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 15,239^[1]

Referee: Bola Elizabeth Abidoye (Nigeria)

September 25, 2003

19:00 PDT (UTC−7)

China	1–1	Australia
Bai Jie 46'	Report	Garriock 28'

Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 13,929^[1]

Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

September 28, 2003

17:15 PDT (UTC−7)

Ghana	2–1	Australia
A. Sackey 34', 39'	Report	Garriock 61'

PGE Park, Portland

Attendance: 19,132^[1]

Referee: Xonam Agboyi (Togo)

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Ghana	3	0	0	3	3	15	−12	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

12 September 2007

17:00

Ghana	1–4	Australia
Amankwa 70'	Report	Walsh 15' De Vanna 57', 81' Garriock 69'

Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou

Attendance: 30,752^[2]

Referee: Adriana Correa (Colombia)

15 September 2007

20:00

Australia	1–1	Norway
De Vanna 83'	Report	R. Gulbrandsen 5'

Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou

Attendance: 33,835^[2]

Referee: Niu Huijun (China PR)

20 September 2007

17:00

Australia	2–2	Canada
McCallum 53' Salisbury 90+2'	Report	Tancredi 1' Sinclair 85'

Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 29,300^[2]

Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Quarter-finals

23 September 2007

20:00

Brazil	3–2	Australia
Formiga 4' Marta 23' (pen.) Cristiane 75'	Report	De Vanna 36' Colthorpe 68'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 35,061^[2]

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Norway	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Equatorial Guinea	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

29 June 2011

18:15

Brazil	1–0	Australia
Rosana 54'	Report

Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 27,258^[3]

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

3 July 2011

14:00

Australia	3–2	Equatorial Guinea
Khamis 8' Van Egmond 48' De Vanna 51'	Report	Añonman 21', 83'

Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Attendance: 15,640^[4]

Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

6 July 2011

18:00

Australia	2–1	Norway
Simon 57', 87'	Report	Thorsnes 56'

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 18,474^[5]

Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

Quarter-finals

10 July 2011

13:00

Sweden	3–1	Australia
Sjögran 11' Dahlkvist 16' Schelin 52'	Report	Perry 40'

Impuls Arena, Augsburg

Attendance: 24,605^[6]

Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Sweden	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

8 June 2015

18:30 CDT (UTC−5)

United States	3–1	Australia
Rapinoe 12', 78' Press 61'	Report	De Vanna 27'

Investors Group Field, Winnipeg

Attendance: 31,148^[7]

Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

12 June 2015

16:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Australia	2–0	Nigeria
Simon 29', 68'	Report

Investors Group Field, Winnipeg

Attendance: 32,716^[8]

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

16 June 2015

18:00 MDT (UTC−6)

Australia	1–1	Sweden
De Vanna 5'	Report	Jakobsson 15'

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 10,177^[9]

Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Round of 16

21 June 2015

14:00 ADT (UTC−3)

Brazil	0–1	Australia
	Report	Simon 80'

Moncton Stadium, Moncton

Attendance: 12,054^[10]

Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Quarter-finals

27 June 2015

14:00 MDT (UTC−6)

Australia	0–1	Japan
	Report	Iwabuchi 87'

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 19,814^[11]

Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	2	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Brazil	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
4	Jamaica	3	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

9 June 2019

13:00

Australia	1–2	Italy
Kerr 22'	Report	Bonansea 56', 90+5'

Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes

Attendance: 15,380^[12]

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

13 June 2019

18:00

Australia	3–2	Brazil
Foord 45+1' Logarzo 58' Mônica 66' (o.g.)	Report	Marta 27' (pen.) Cristiane 38'

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 17,032^[13]

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

18 June 2019

21:00

Jamaica	1–4	Australia
Solaun 49'	Report	Kerr 11', 42', 69', 83'

Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

Attendance: 17,402^[14]

Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Round of 16

22 June 2019

21:00

Norway	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Australia
Herlovsen 31'	Report	Kellond-Knight 83'
Penalties
Graham Hansen Reiten Mjelde Syrstad Engen	4–1	Kerr Gielnik Catley

Allianz Riviera, Nice

Attendance: 12,229^[15]

Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
4	Republic of Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

20 July 2023

20:00 UTC+10

Australia	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Catley 52' (pen.)	Report

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 75,784

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

27 July 2023

20:00 UTC+10

Australia	2–3	Nigeria
Van Egmond 45+1' Kennedy 90+10'	Report	Kanu 45+6' Ohale 65' Oshoala 72'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 49,156

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

31 July 2023

20:00 UTC+10

Canada	0–4	Australia
	Report	Raso 9', 39' Fowler 58' Catley 90+4' (pen.)

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 27,706

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Round of 16

7 August 2023

20:30 UTC+10

Australia	2–0	Denmark
Foord 29' Raso 70'	Report

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 75,784

Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

Quarter-finals

12 August 2023

17:00 UTC+10

Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	France
	Report
Penalties
Foord Catley Kerr Fowler Arnold Gorry Yallop Carpenter Hunt Vine	7–6	Bacha Diani Renard Le Sommer Périsset Geyoro Karchaoui Lakrar Dali Bècho

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 49,461

Referee: María Carvajal (Chile)

Semi-finals

16 August 2023

20:00 UTC+10

Australia	1–3	England
Kerr 63'	Report	Toone 36' Hemp 71' Russo 86'

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 75,784

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Third place play-off

19 August 2023

18:00 UTC+10

Sweden	2–0	Australia
Rolfö 30' (pen.) Asllani 62'	Report

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 49,461

Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023
Lisa De Vanna	7				4	1	2
Sam Kerr	6							5	1
Kyah Simon	5					2	3
Heather Garriock	3			2	1
Hayley Raso	3								3
Julie Murray	2		2
Cheryl Salisbury			1		1
Emily Van Egmond						1			1
Caitlin Foord								1	1
Steph Catley									2
Lisa Casagrande	1	1
Sunni Hughes		1
Angela Iannotta		1
Kelly Golebiowski				1
Lauren Colthorpe					1
Collette McCallum					1
Sarah Walsh					1
Leena Khamis						1
Ellyse Perry						1
Chloe Logarzo								1
Own goal								1
Elise Kellond-Knight								1
Alanna Kennedy									1
Mary Fowler									1
Total		48	3	3	3	9	6	5	9	10

Own goals scored for opponents

Dianne Alagich (scored for Russia in 2003)

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