Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup

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The Australia national association football team represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup on four occasions, in 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2017.[1]

Record at the FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Saudi Arabia 1992 No OFC representative invited
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 1 2 4 8
Mexico 1999 Did not qualify
South Korea Japan 2001 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 4 2
France 2003 Did not qualify
Germany 2005 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 5 10
South Africa 2009 Did not qualify
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017 Group stage 6th 3 0 2 1 4 5
Total 4/10 0 Titles 16 5 3 8 17 25

Record by opponent

FIFA Confederations Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Argentina 1 0 0 1 2 4
 Brazil 3 1 1 1 1 6
 Cameroon 1 0 1 0 1 1
 Chile 1 0 1 0 1 1
 France 1 1 0 0 1 0
 Germany 2 0 0 2 5 7
 Japan 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Mexico 2 2 0 0 5 1
 Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 0 1
 South Korea 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Tunisia 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Uruguay 1 1 0 0 1 0

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
 Australia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
 Mexico 3 1 0 2 8 6 +2 3
 Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 1 8 −7 3
Mexico 1–3 Australia
Hernández 80' (pen.) (Report) Viduka 45'
Aloisi 59'
Mori 90'
Attendance: 15,000
Australia 0–0 Brazil
(Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Australia
Al-Khilaiwi 40' (Report)
Attendance: 55,450

Semi-final

Uruguay 0–1 (a.e.t.) Australia
(Report) Kewell gold-colored soccer ball 92'
Attendance: 22,000

Final

Brazil 6–0 Australia
Ronaldo 15', 27', 59'
Romário 38', 53', 75' (pen.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 65,000

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 2 0 1 9 1 +8 6
 Australia 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
 South Korea 3 2 0 1 3 6 −3 6
 Mexico 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Mexico 0–2 Australia
(Report) Murphy 20'
Skoko 54'
Attendance: 6,232
Australia 1–0 France
Zane 60' (Report)
Attendance: 44,400
South Korea 1–0 Australia
Hwang Sun-Hong 24' (Report)
Attendance: 42,754

Semi-final

Japan 1–0 Australia
Nakata 43' (Report)
Attendance: 48,699

Bronze Final

Australia 1–0 Brazil
Murphy 84' (Report)
Attendance: 28,520

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 7
 Argentina 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
 Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
 Australia 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Germany 4–3 Australia
Kurányi 17'
Mertesacker 23'
Ballack 60' (pen.)
Podolski 88'		 (Report) 21' Skoko
31', 90+2' Aloisi
Attendance: 46,466
Australia 2–4 Argentina
Aloisi 61' (pen.), 70' (Report) 12', 53', 89' Figueroa
31' (pen.) Riquelme
Attendance: 25,218
Australia 0–2 Tunisia
(Report) 26', 70' Santos
Attendance: 44,337

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group B

Main article: 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Chile 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3  Australia 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4  Cameroon 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Australia 2–3 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 28,605
Cameroon 1–1 Australia
Zambo Anguissa 45+1' Report Milligan 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,021
Chile 1–1 Australia
Rodríguez 67' Report Troisi 42'
Attendance: 33,639

Goalscorers

See also: List of FIFA Confederations Cup goalscorers
Player Goals 1997 2001 2005 2017
John Aloisi 5 1 4
Shaun Murphy 2 2
Josip Skoko 2 1 1
Tomi Juric 1 1
Harry Kewell 1 1
Mark Milligan 1 1
Damian Mori 1 1
Tomas Rogic 1 1
James Troisi 1 1
Mark Viduka 1 1
Clayton Zane 1 1
Total 17 4 4 5 4

See also

References

  1. ^ "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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