2005 Australia national soccer team season

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

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Australia
2005 season
Manager Frank Farina
Guus Hiddink
  2004
2006  

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

TypeGPWDLGFGA
Friendly matches 5410122
Confederations Cup 3003510
World Cup qualifiers 4301102
Total127142714

Match results

Friendlies

9 February Friendly South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Durban, South Africa
McCarthy Soccerball shade.svg12'Soccerball shade.svg71' Chipperfield Stadium: Kings Park Stadium
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
26 March Friendly Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–1Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Sydney, Australia
Bresciano Soccerball shade.svg22'
Elrich Soccerball shade.svg72'
Soccerball shade.svg11' Nasser Stadium: Telstra Stadium
Attendance: 30,258
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
29 March Friendly Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–0Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Perth, Australia
Milicic Soccerball shade.svg24', 57'
Zdrilic Soccerball shade.svg85'
Stadium: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 13,719
Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi (Japan)
9 June Friendly Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–0Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand London, England
Colosimo Soccerball shade.svg85'Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 9,023
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
9 October Friendly Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg5–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica London, England
Bresciano Soccerball shade.svg3'
Thompson Soccerball shade.svg29'
Viduka Soccerball shade.svg48'
Aloisi Soccerball shade.svg58'
Griffiths Soccerball shade.svg85'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 6,570
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

16 June Group Stage Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Frankfurt, Germany
21:00 CEST Kurányi Soccerball shade.svg17'
Mertesacker Soccerball shade.svg23'
Ballack Soccerball shade.svg60' (pen.)
Podolski Soccerball shade.svg88'
Soccerball shade.svg21' Skoko
Soccerball shade.svg31', 90+2' Aloisi
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 46,466
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
18 June Group Stage Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Nuremberg, Germany
20:45 CEST Aloisi Soccerball shade.svg61' (pen.), 70'Soccerball shade.svg12', 53', 89' Figueroa
Soccerball shade.svg31' (pen.) Riquelme
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 25,218
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
21 June Group Stage Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0–2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Leipzig, Germany
20:45 CEST Soccerball shade.svg26', 70' Santos Stadium: Zentralstadion
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

12 November Play-off Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg 1–0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Montevideo, Uruguay
Rodríguez Soccerball shade.svg37' (Report) Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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

PlayerFriendliesFIFA Confederations CupFIFA World Cup qual.Total goals
Aloisi 14-5
Bresciano 2-13
Thompson 1-23
Viduka 1-23
Chipperfield 1-12
Emerton --22
Milicic 2--2
Cahill --11
Colosimo 1--1
Culina --11
Elrich 1--1
Griffiths 1--1
Skoko -1-1
Zdrilic 1--1

References