2005 Australia national soccer team season

The Australia national soccer team results in 2005.

Record

Type	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
Friendly matches	5	4	1	0	12	2
Confederations Cup	3	0	0	3	5	10
World Cup qualifiers	4	3	0	1	10	2
Total	12	7	1	4	27	14

Goal scorers

Player	Friendlies	FIFA Confederations Cup	FIFA World Cup qual.	Total goals
Aloisi	1	4	-	5
Bresciano	2	-	1	3
Thompson	1	-	2	3
Viduka	1	-	2	3
Chipperfield	1	-	1	2
Emerton	-	-	2	2
Milicic	2	-	-	2
Cahill	-	-	1	1
Colosimo	1	-	-	1
Culina	-	-	1	1
Elrich	1	-	-	1
Griffiths	1	-	-	1
Skoko	-	1	-	1
Zdrilic	1	-	-	1

Match results

Friendlies

South Africa v Australia

9 February Friendly	South Africa	1 – 1	Australia	Durban, South Africa
	McCarthy  12'		71' Chipperfield	Stadium: Kings Park Stadium Referee: Lim Kee Chong

Australia v Iraq

26 March Friendly	Australia	2 – 1	Iraq	Sydney, Australia
	Bresciano  22' Elrich  72'		11' Nasser	Stadium: Telstra Stadium Attendance: 30,258 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Australia v Indonesia

29 March Friendly	Australia	3 – 0	Indonesia	Perth, Australia
	Milicic  24', 57' Zdrilic  85'			Stadium: Subiaco Oval Attendance: 13,719 Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi

Australia v New Zealand

9 June Friendly	Australia	1 – 0	New Zealand	London, England
	Colosimo  85'			Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 9,023 Referee: Mike Dean

Australia v Jamaica

9 October Friendly	Australia	5 – 0	Jamaica	London, England
	Bresciano  3' Thompson  29' Viduka  48' Aloisi  58' Griffiths  85'			Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 6,570 Referee: Mike Riley

Confederations Cup

Germany v Australia

15 June Group Stage	Germany	4 – 3	Australia	Frankfurt, Germany
21:00 CEST	Kurányi  17' Mertesacker  23' Ballack  60' (pen.) Podolski  88'		21' Skoko  31', 90+2' Aloisi	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 46,466 Referee: Carlos Amarilla

Australia v Argentina

18 June Group Stage	Australia	2 – 4	Argentina	Nuremberg, Germany
20:45 CEST	Aloisi  61' (pen.), 70'		12', 53', 89' Figueroa  31' (pen.) Riquelme	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 25,218 Referee: Shamsul Maidin

Australia v Tunisia

21 June Group Stage	Australia	0 – 2	Tunisia	Leipzig, Germany
20:45 CEST			26', 70' Santos	Stadium: Zentralstadion Referee: Carlos Chandía

World Cup qualifiers

Australia v Solomon Islands

3 September Final round	Australia	7 – 0	Solomon Islands	Sydney, Australia
	Culina  20' Viduka  36', 43' Cahill  57' Chipperfield  64' Thompson  68' Emerton  89'			Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh

Solomon Islands v Australia

6 September Final round	Solomon Islands	1 – 2	Australia	Honiara, Solomon Islands
	Fa'arodo  49'		19' Thompson  58' Emerton	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin

Uruguay v Australia

12 November Play-off	Uruguay	1 – 0	Australia	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Rodríguez  37'	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

Australia v Uruguay

16 November Play-off	Australia	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	Uruguay	Sydney, Australia
	Bresciano  35'	(Report)		Stadium: Telstra Stadium Attendance: 82,698 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo
		Penalties
	Kewell Neill Vidmar Viduka Aloisi		Rodríguez Varela Estoyanoff Zalayeta

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.