2005 Australia national soccer team season

November 2015 November 2015This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2005. Australia 2005 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 Type GP W D L GF GAFriendly matches5410122 Confederations Cup3003510 World Cup qualifiers4301102 Total127142714 Match results Friendlies 9 February Friendly South Africa 1–1 Australia McCarthy 12 71 Chipperfield Durban, South Africa Kings Park Stadium Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) D 26 March Friendly Australia 2–1 Iraq 2004 Bresciano 22 Elrich 72 11 Nasser Sydney, Australia Telstra Stadium 30,258 Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) W 29 March Friendly Australia 3–0 Indonesia Milicic 24 57 Zdrilic 85 Perth, Australia Subiaco Oval 13,719 Hirofumi Yamanishi (Japan) W 9 June Friendly Australia 1–0 New Zealand Colosimo 85 London, England Craven Cottage 9,023 Mike Dean (England) W 9 October Friendly Australia 5–0 Jamaica Bresciano 3 Thompson 29 Viduka 48 Aloisi 58 Griffiths 85 London, England Craven Cottage 6,570 Mike Riley (England) W 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 16 June 21:00 CEST Group Stage Germany 4–3 Australia Kurányi 17 Mertesacker 23 Ballack 60 pen. Podolski 88 21 Skoko 31 90+2 Aloisi Frankfurt, Germany Waldstadion 46,466 Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) L 18 June 20:45 CEST Group Stage Australia 2–4 Argentina Aloisi 61 pen. 70 12 53 89 Figueroa 31 pen. Riquelme Nuremberg, Germany Frankenstadion 25,218 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) L 21 June 20:45 CEST Group Stage Australia 0–2 Tunisia 26 70 Santos Leipzig, Germany Zentralstadion Carlos Chandía (Chile) L 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 3 September Final round Australia 7–0 Solomon Islands Culina 20 Viduka 36 43 Cahill 57 Chipperfield 64 Thompson 68 Emerton 89 Sydney, Australia Sydney Football Stadium 16,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) W 6 September Final round Solomon Islands 1–2 Australia Fa'arodo 49 19 Thompson 58 Emerton Honiara, Solomon Islands Lawson Tama Stadium 16,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) W 12 November Play-off Uruguay 1–0 (Report) Australia Rodríguez 37 Montevideo, Uruguay Estadio Centenario 55,000 Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) L 16 November Play-off Australia 1–0 (1–1 on aggregate) (Report) Uruguay Bresciano 35 Kewell Neill Vidmar Viduka Aloisi 4–2 Rodríguez Varela Estoyanoff Zalayeta Sydney, Australia Telstra Stadium 82,698 Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) W 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 Player Friendlies FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA World Cup qual. Total goals Aloisi14-5 Bresciano2-13 Thompson1-23 Viduka1-23 Chipperfield1-12 Emerton--22 Milicic2--2 Cahill--11 Colosimo1--1 Culina--11 Elrich1--1 Griffiths1--1 Skoko-1-1 Zdrilic1--1 References 2005 Category:Australia men's national soccer team results Category:2004–05 in Australian soccer Category:2005–06 in Australian soccer Category:2005 national football team results