Australia at the FIFA World Cup - wikipedia Australia at the FIFA World Cup Australian Peter Wilson with East German Bernd Bransch before their match at the 1974 FIFA World Cup The Australia national soccer team, nicknamed the Socceroos, has represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup on four occasions : in 1974, 2006, 2010, and 2014. In Australia 's first appearance, representing OFC, a team made up entirely of amateurs secured a scoreless draw against Chile, though eventually departed from the 1974 tournament without a goal to show from 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. Contents 1 FIFA World Cup record 1.1 Record by opponent 2 1974 FIFA World Cup 2.1 Group 1 3 2006 FIFA World Cup 3.1 Group F 3.2 Round of 16 4 2010 FIFA World Cup 4.1 Group D 5 2014 FIFA World Cup 5.1 Group B 6 Goalscorers 7 Most appearances 8 References FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record Year Result Position Pld GF GA Pld GF GA 1930 Did not participate -- -- -- -- -- -- 1934 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1938 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1950 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1954 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1958 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1962 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1966 Did not qualify 0 0 9 1970 9 5 12 8 Group stage 14th 0 0 5 11 5 5 21 10 1978 Did not qualify 12 6 20 11 1982 8 22 9 1986 8 20 6 11 7 10 7 21 7 1998 8 6 0 34 5 2002 8 7 0 73 2006 Round of 16 16th 5 6 9 7 31 5 Group stage 21st 6 14 9 19 2014 Group Stage 30th 0 0 9 14 8 25 12 2018 To be determined 18 12 45 15 2022 Total 4 / 20 0 Titles 13 8 11 26 137 80 34 23 356 110 Record by opponent FIFA World Cup matches ( by team ) Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded Brazil 0 0 0 Chile 0 Croatia 0 0 Germany * 0 0 0 9 Ghana 0 0 Italy 0 0 0 Japan 0 0 Netherlands 0 0 Serbia 0 0 Spain 0 0 0 Games of East Germany and West Germany are counted towards Germany. 1974 FIFA World Cup See also : 1974 FIFA World Cup Australia squad -- 1974 FIFA World Cup 1 Reilly 2 Utjesenovic 3 Wilson ( c ) 4 Schaefer 5 Curran 6 Richards 7 Rooney 8 Mackay 9 Warren 10 Manuel 11 Abonyi 12 Alston 13 Ollerton 14 Tolson 15 Williams 16 Rudic 17 Harding 18 Watkiss 19 Campbell 20 Buljevic 21 Milisavljevic 22 Maher Coach : Rasic Group 1 Team Pld GF GA GD Pts East Germany 0 + 3 5 West Germany 0 + 3 Chile 0 − 1 Australia 0 0 5 − 5 East Germany v Australia 14 June 1974 19 : 30 CET East Germany 2 -- 0 Australia Curran 58 ' ( o.g. ) Streich 72 ' Report Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance : 10,000 Referee : Youssou N'Diaye ( Senegal ) Australia v West Germany 18 June 1974 16 : 00 CET Australia 0 -- 3 West Germany Report 12 ' Overath 34 ' Cullmann 53 ' Müller Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance : 35,000 Referee : Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel ( Egypt ) Australia v Chile 22 June 1974 16 : 00 CET Australia 0 -- 0 Chile Report Olympic Stadium, West Berlin Attendance : 14,681 Referee : Jafar Namdar ( Iran ) 2006 FIFA World Cup See also : 2006 FIFA World Cup Australia squad -- 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Schwarzer 2 Neill 3 Moore 4 Cahill 5 Culina 6 Popovic 7 Emerton 8 Skoko 9 Viduka ( c ) 10 Kewell 11 Lazaridis 12 Covic 13 Grella 14 Chipperfield 15 Aloisi 16 Beauchamp 17 Thompson 18 Kalac 19 Kennedy 20 Wilkshire 21 Sterjovski 22 Milligan 23 Bresciano Coach : Hiddink Group F Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Brazil 0 0 7 + 6 9 Australia 5 5 0 Croatia 0 − 1 Japan 0 7 − 5 Australia v Japan 12 June 2006 15 : 00 CEST Australia 3 -- 1 Japan Cahill 84 ', 89 ' Aloisi 90 + 2 ' Report 26 ' Nakamura Fritz - Walter - Stadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance : 46,000 Referee : Essam Abd El Fatah ( Egypt ) Brazil v Australia 18 June 2006 18 : 00 CEST Brazil 2 -- 0 Australia Adriano 49 ' Fred 90 ' Report Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance : 66,000 Referee : Markus Merk ( Germany ) Croatia v Australia 22 June 2006 21 : 00 CEST Croatia 2 -- 2 Australia Srna 2 ' N. Kovač 56 ' Report 38 ' ( pen. ) Moore 79 ' Kewell Gottlieb - Daimler - Stadion, Stuttgart Attendance : 52,000 Referee : Graham Poll ( England ) Round of 16 Italy v Australia 26 June 2006 17 : 00 CEST Italy 1 -- 0 Australia Totti 90 + 5 ' ( pen. ) Report Fritz - Walter - Stadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance : 46,000 Referee : Luis Medina Cantalejo ( Spain ) 2010 FIFA World Cup See also : 2010 FIFA World Cup Australia squad -- 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Schwarzer 2 Neill ( c ) 3 Moore 4 Cahill 5 Culina 6 Beauchamp 7 Emerton 8 Wilkshire 9 Kennedy 10 Kewell 11 Chipperfield 12 Federici 13 Grella 14 Holman 15 Jedinak 16 Valeri 17 Rukavytsya 18 Galekovic 19 García 20 Milligan 21 Carney 22 Vidošić 23 Bresciano Coach : Verbeek Group D Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Germany 0 5 + 4 6 Ghana 0 Australia 6 − 3 Serbia 0 − 1 Germany v Australia 13 June 2010 Germany 4 -- 0 Australia Podolski 8 ' Klose 26 ' Müller 68 ' Cacau 70 ' Report Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban Attendance : 62,660 Referee : Marco Antonio Rodríguez ( Mexico ) Ghana v Australia 19 June 2010 16 : 00 Ghana 1 -- 1 Australia Gyan 25 ' ( pen. ) Report Holman 11 ' Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Attendance : 34,812 Referee : Roberto Rosetti ( Italy ) Australia v Serbia 23 June 2010 20 : 30 Australia 2 -- 1 Serbia Cahill 69 ' Holman 73 ' Report Pantelić 84 ' Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Attendance : 37,836 Referee : Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay ) 2014 FIFA World Cup See also : 2014 FIFA World Cup Australia squad -- 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Ryan 2 Franjic 3 Davidson 4 Cahill 5 Milligan 6 Spiranovic 7 Leckie 8 Wright 9 Taggart 10 Halloran 11 Oar 12 Langerak 13 Bozanic 14 Troisi 15 Jedinak ( c ) 16 Holland 17 McKay 18 Galekovic 19 McGowan 20 Vidošić 21 Luongo 22 Wilkinson 23 Bresciano Coach : Postecoglou Group B Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Netherlands 0 0 10 + 7 9 Advance to knockout stage Chile 0 5 + 2 6 Spain 0 7 − 3 Australia 0 0 9 − 6 0 Source : FIFA Rules for classification : Tie - breaking criteria Chile v Australia 13 June 2014 18 : 00 Chile 3 -- 1 Australia Sánchez 12 ' Valdivia 14 ' Beausejour 90 + 2 ' Report Cahill 35 ' Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá Attendance : 40,275 Referee : Noumandiez Doué ( Ivory Coast ) Australia v Netherlands 18 June 2014 13 : 00 Australia 2 -- 3 Netherlands Cahill 21 ' Jedinak 54 ' ( pen. ) Report Robben 20 ' van Persie 58 ' Memphis 68 ' Estádio Beira - Rio, Porto Alegre Attendance : 42,877 Referee : Noumandiez Doué ( Ivory Coast ) Australia v Spain 23 June 2014 13 : 00 Australia 0 -- 3 Spain Report Villa 36 ' Torres 69 ' Mata 82 ' Arena da Baixada, Curitiba Attendance : 39,375 Referee : Nawaf Shukralla ( Bahrain ) Goalscorers See also : List of FIFA World Cup goalscorers Player Goals 2006 2014 Cahill, Tim Tim Cahill 5 Holman, Brett Brett Holman Aloisi, John John Aloisi Kewell, Harry Harry Kewell Moore, Craig Craig Moore Jedinak, Mile Mile Jedinak Total 11 0 5 Own goals scored for opponents Colin Curran ( scored for East Germany in 1974 ) Most appearances Player Appearances World Cups Mark Bresciano 9 2006, 2010, 2014 Tim Cahill 8 2006, 2010, 2014 Scott Chipperfield 7 2006, 2010 Jason Culina 7 2006, 2010 Lucas Neill 7 2006, 2010 Mark Schwarzer 6 2006, 2010 Brett Emerton 6 2006, 2010 Craig Moore 6 2006, 2010 References Jump up ^ `` Country Info ''. FIFA. Retrieved 19 February 2014. Jump up ^ `` Referee designations for matches 1 - 16 '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. Archived ( PDF ) from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010. Jump up ^ `` Referee designations for matches 17 - 24 '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2010. Archived ( PDF ) from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 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Question: when did australia compete at their first football world cup
Answer: 1974