This article summarises the results and overall performances of Australia at the FIFA World Cup.
Australia has qualified for the FIFA World Cup's tournament phase on six occasions: in 1974, 2006 and the four tournaments since. [1] They have also attempted to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 15 times, with their first attempt being in 1966 when they lost to South Korea.
In Australia's first appearance in 1974, representing OFC, a team made up entirely of amateurs secured a scoreless draw against Chile, though they eventually departed from the tournament without a goal to show for their inaugural appearance. Australia made up for lost time at Germany 2006 and qualified for the Round of 16 before narrowly falling to eventual champions Italy. The German theme continued at South Africa 2010 although this time Australia, now representing the AFC, suffered a 4–0 loss against the European giants in a scoreline which ultimately scuppered their progress. A ten-man 1–1 draw against Ghana and a 2–1 win against Serbia saw Australia eliminated on goal difference, three goals off the Africans. Australia were to lose all three games in a tough group at Brazil 2014. In the Qatar 2022 edition, Australia made it to the last 16 for only the second time, before falling 2–1 to Argentina, which, like what happened to 2006 Italy, Argentina would eventually claim the World Cup title in 2022.
Australia's FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1930 | Not member of FIFA | Not member of FIFA | |||||||||||||||
1934 | |||||||||||||||||
1938 | |||||||||||||||||
1950 | |||||||||||||||||
1954 | |||||||||||||||||
1958 | |||||||||||||||||
1962 | |||||||||||||||||
1966 | Did not qualify | Play-off | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
1970 | Play-off | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | ||||||||||
1974 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | Squad | Qualified | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | |
1978 | Did not qualify | 4th | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | |||||||||
1982 | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | ||||||||||
1986 | Play-off | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | ||||||||||
1990 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||
1994 | Play-off | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | ||||||||||
1998 | Play-off | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 5 | ||||||||||
2002 | Play-off | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 4 | ||||||||||
2006 | Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Squad | Qualified | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 5 | |
2010 | Group stage | 21st | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Squad | Qualified | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 4 | |
2014 | Group stage | 30th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Squad | Qualified | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | |
2018 | Group stage | 30th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad | Qualified | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 18 | |
2022 | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Squad | Qualified | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 12 | |
2026 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | Round of 16 | 6/22 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 37 | — | — | 161 | 95 | 40 | 26 | 407 | 125 |
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. |
Year | Round | Opponent | Score | Venue | Australia scorers | |
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1974 | Group stage | East Germany | 0–2 | L | Hamburg | — |
West Germany | 0–3 | L | Hamburg | — | ||
Chile | 0–0 | D | West Berlin | — | ||
2006 | Group stage | Japan | 3–1 | W | Kaiserslautern | T. Cahill (2), J. Aloisi |
Brazil | 0–2 | L | Munich | — | ||
Croatia | 2–2 | D | Stuttgart | C. Moore, H. Kewell | ||
Round of 16 | Italy | 0–1 | L | Kaiserslautern | — | |
2010 | Group stage | Germany | 0–4 | L | Durban | — |
Ghana | 1–1 | D | Rustenburg | B. Holman | ||
Serbia | 2–1 | W | Mbombela | T. Cahill, B. Holman | ||
2014 | Group stage | Chile | 1–3 | L | Cuiabá | T. Cahill |
Netherlands | 2–3 | L | Porto Alegre | T. Cahill, M. Jedinak | ||
Spain | 0–3 | L | Curitiba | — | ||
2018 | Group stage | France | 1–2 | L | Kazan | M. Jedinak |
Denmark | 1–1 | D | Samara | M. Jedinak | ||
Peru | 0–2 | L | Sochi | — | ||
2022 | Group stage | France | 1–4 | L | Al Wakrah | C. Goodwin |
Tunisia | 1–0 | W | Al Wakrah | M. Duke | ||
Denmark | 1-0 | W | Al Wakrah | M. Leckie | ||
Round of 16 | Argentina | 1–2 | L | Al Rayyan | E. Fernández (o.g.) |
FIFA World Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
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Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Chile | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
East Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Germany * | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Ghana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Peru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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East Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 |
West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
Chile | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Croatia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
Croatia | 2–2 | Australia |
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Srna 2' N. Kovač 56' Šimić 32' 85' Šimunić 61' 90' 90+3' (Note1) | Report | 38' (pen.) Moore 79' Kewell Emerton 81' 87' |
Note 1: Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match: the referee (Graham Poll) failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |
4 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
Australia | 2–3 | Netherlands |
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Report |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Peru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Player | Goals | 1974 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 |
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Tim Cahill | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Mile Jedinak | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Brett Holman | 2 | 2 | |||||
John Aloisi | 1 | 1 | |||||
Harry Kewell | 1 | 1 | |||||
Craig Moore | 1 | 1 | |||||
Craig Goodwin | 1 | 1 | |||||
Mitchell Duke | 1 | 1 | |||||
Mathew Leckie | 1 | 1 | |||||
Own goals | 1 | 1 | |||||
Total | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Rank | Player | Appearances | World Cups |
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1 | Mathew Leckie | 10 | 2014, 2018, 2022 |
Mathew Ryan | 10 | 2014, 2018, 2022 | |
3 | Mark Bresciano | 9 | 2006, 2010, 2014 |
Tim Cahill | 9 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 | |
5 | Scott Chipperfield | 7 | 2006, 2010 |
Jason Culina | 7 | 2006, 2010 | |
Lucas Neill | 7 | 2006, 2010 | |
Mile Jedinak | 7 | 2010, 2014, 2018 | |
Aaron Mooy | 7 | 2018, 2022 | |
Aziz Behich | 7 | 2018, 2022 | |
Jackson Irvine | 7 | 2018, 2022 |
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