Australian Peter Wilson with East German Bernd Bransch before their match at the 1974 FIFA World Cup

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.

FIFA World Cup record

Australia's FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1962 Not member of FIFA Not member of FIFA
England 1966 Did not qualify Play-off 2 0 0 2 2 9
Mexico 1970 Play-off 9 3 5 1 12 8
West Germany 1974 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 0 5 Squad Qualified 11 5 5 1 21 10
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify 4th 12 6 2 4 20 11
Spain 1982 2nd 8 4 2 2 22 9
Mexico 1986 Play-off 8 4 3 1 20 4
Italy 1990 2nd 6 2 2 2 11 7
United States 1994 Play-off 10 7 1 2 21 7
France 1998 Play-off 8 6 2 0 34 5
South Korea Japan 2002 Play-off 8 7 0 1 73 4
Germany 2006 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 5 6 Squad Qualified 9 7 1 1 31 5
South Africa 2010 Group stage 21st 3 1 1 1 3 6 Squad Qualified 14 9 3 2 19 4
Brazil 2014 Group stage 30th 3 0 0 3 3 9 Squad Qualified 14 8 4 2 25 12
Russia 2018 Group stage 30th 3 0 1 2 2 5 Squad Qualified 22 14 6 2 51 18
Qatar 2022 Round of 16 11th 4 2 0 2 4 6 Squad Qualified 20 13 4 3 45 12
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined in progress 2 2 0 0 8 0
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030[lower-alpha 1] To be determined
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total Round of 16 6/22 20 4 4 12 17 37 — — 163 97 40 26 415 125
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
  • From 1966 to 2006 played as a full member of the OFC
  • Since 2010 played as a full member of the AFC
  1. ↑ Additional matches are scheduled to be played in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the first world cup, however they are not considered to be official hosts of the tournament.[2]

By match

Year Round Opponent Score Result Venue Australia scorers
1974Group stage East Germany0–2LHamburg—
 West Germany0–3LHamburg—
 Chile0–0DWest Berlin—
2006Group stage Japan3–1WKaiserslauternT. Cahill (2), J. Aloisi
 Brazil0–2LMunich—
 Croatia2–2DStuttgartC. Moore, H. Kewell
Round of 16 Italy0–1LKaiserslautern—
2010Group stage Germany0–4LDurban—
 Ghana1–1DRustenburgB. Holman
 Serbia2–1WMbombelaT. Cahill, B. Holman
2014Group stage Chile1–3LCuiabáT. Cahill
 Netherlands2–3LPorto AlegreT. Cahill, M. Jedinak
 Spain0–3LCuritiba—
2018Group stage France1–2LKazanM. Jedinak
 Denmark1–1DSamaraM. Jedinak
 Peru0–2LSochi—
2022Group stage France1–4LAl WakrahC. Goodwin
 Tunisia1–0WAl WakrahM. Duke
 Denmark1-0WAl WakrahM. Leckie
Round of 16 Argentina1–2LAl RayyanE. Fernández (o.g.)

Record by opponent

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Argentina100112
 Brazil100102
 Chile201113
 Croatia101022
 Denmark211021
 East Germany100102
 France200226
 Germany*200207
 Ghana101011
 Italy100101
 Japan110031
 Netherlands100123
 Peru100102
 Serbia110021
 Spain100103
 Tunisia110010
  • Games against West Germany are included in the statistics of Germany.

1974 FIFA World Cup

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 East Germany 321041+35
 West Germany 320141+34
 Chile 302112−12
 Australia 301205−51
East Germany 2 – 0 Australia
Curran 58' (o.g.)
Streich 72'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
Australia 0 – 3 West Germany
Report 12' Overath
34' Cullmann
53' Müller
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel (Egypt)
Australia 0 – 0 Chile
Report
Attendance: 14,681
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)

2006 FIFA World Cup

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 330071+69
 Australia 31115504
 Croatia 302123−12
 Japan 301227−51
Australia 3–1 Japan
Cahill 84', 89'
Aloisi 90+2'		 Report 26' Nakamura
Attendance: 46,000
Brazil 2–0 Australia
Adriano 49'
Fred 90'		 Report
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Croatia 2–2 Australia
Srna 2'
N. Kovač 56'
Šimić Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 85'
Šimunić Yellow card 61' Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card 90+3' (Note1)		 Report 38' (pen.) Moore
79' Kewell
Emerton Yellow card 81' Yellow-red card 87'
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

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.

Round of 16

Italy 1–0 Australia
Totti 90+5' (pen.)
Materazzi Red card 50'		 Report
Attendance: 46,000

2010 FIFA World Cup

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Germany 4–0 Australia
 Report Cahill Red card 56'
Attendance: 62,660
Ghana 1–1 Australia
Gyan 25' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 34,812
Australia 2–1 Serbia
 Report
Attendance: 37,836

2014 FIFA World Cup

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Chile 3–1 Australia
 Report Cahill 35'
Attendance: 40,275
Australia 2–3 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 42,877
Australia 0–3 Spain
Report
Attendance: 39,375

2018 FIFA World Cup

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
France 2–1 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 41,279[5]
Denmark 1–1 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 40,727[6]
Australia 0–2 Peru
Report
Attendance: 44,073[7]

2022 FIFA World Cup

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
France 4–1 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 40,875
Tunisia 0–1 Australia
Report
Attendance: 41,823
Australia 1–0 Denmark
 Report
Attendance: 41,232

Round of 16

Argentina 2–1 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 45,032

Goalscorers

Tim Cahill, Australia's male top scorer and joint record player at World Cups in 2009.
Player Goals 1974 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Tim Cahill 5 212
Mile Jedinak 3 12
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 053324
Own goals scored for opponents

Most appearances

Rank Player Appearances World Cups
1 Mathew Leckie102014, 2018, 2022
Mathew Ryan102014, 2018, 2022
3 Mark Bresciano92006, 2010, 2014
Tim Cahill92006, 2010, 2014, 2018
5 Scott Chipperfield72006, 2010
Jason Culina72006, 2010
Lucas Neill72006, 2010
Mile Jedinak72010, 2014, 2018
Aaron Mooy72018, 2022
Aziz Behich72018, 2022
Jackson Irvine72018, 2022

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ↑ FIFA. "FIFA Council takes key decisions on FIFA World Cup™ editions in 2030 and 2034". FIFA. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Referee designations for matches 17-24" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Match report – Group C – France v Australia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Match report – Group C – Denmark v Australia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Match report – Group C – Australia v Peru" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
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