Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup

The Australia national association football team has represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup on three occasions in 1997, 2001 and 2005,^[1] and has qualified for 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup which will be held in Russia.

Record at the FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	No OFC representative invited
1995	No OFC representative invited
1997	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	4	8
1999	Did not qualify
2001	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	4	2
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	5	10
2009	Did not qualify
2013	Did not qualify
2017	Qualified
2021	To be determined
Total	3/9	0 Titles	13	5	1	7	13	20

Record by opponent

FIFA Confederations Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Total	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded
Mexico	2	2	0	0	5	1
Brazil	3	1	1	1	1	6
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	0	1
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	1	0
France	1	1	0	0	1	0
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	1
Japan	1	0	0	1	0	1
Germany	1	0	0	1	3	4
Argentina	1	0	0	1	2	4
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	0	2

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

Australia squad – 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up

1 Bosnich 2 Horvat 3 Lazaridis 4 Ivanović 5 Tobin 6 Zelić 7 Slater 8 Foster 9 Viduka 10 A. Vidmar 11 Kewell 12 Bingley 13 Hooker 14 T. Vidmar 15 Skoko 16 Trimboli 17 Mori 18 Aloisi 19 Tapai 20 Kalac 21 Muscat Coach: Venables

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 v Australia

12 December 1997
19:00 AST

Mexico	1 – 3	Australia
Hernández 80' (pen.)	(Report)	Viduka 45' Aloisi 59' Mori 90'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:

Pirom Un-Prasert

Australia v Brazil

14 December 1997
20:00 AST

Australia	0 – 0	Brazil
	(Report)

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:

Lucien Bouchardeau

Saudi Arabia v Australia

16 December 1997
17:50 AST

Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Australia
Al-Khilaiwi 40'	(Report)

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 55,450
Referee:

Javier Castrilli

Semi Final

Uruguay v Australia

19 December 1997
19:00 AST

Uruguay	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Australia
	(Report)	Kewell 92'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 22,000
Referee:

Nikolai Levnikov

Final

Brazil v Australia

21 December 1997
21:00 AST

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

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 65,000
Referee:

Pirom Un-Prasert

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

Australia squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place

1 Schwarzer 2 Muscat 3 Moore 4 Okon 5 T. Vidmar 6 Popovic 7 Skoko 8 Lazaridis 9 Aloisi 10 Emerton 11 Zdrilic 12 Bolton 13 Bresciano 14 Murphy 15 Foxe 16 Horvat 17 Corica 18 Chipperfield 19 A. Vidmar 20 Zane 21 Thompson 22 Sterjovski 23 Juric Coach: Farina

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	9	1	+8	6
Australia	3	2	1	3	1	+2	6
South Korea	3	2	1	3	6	–3	6
Mexico	3	0	3	1	8	–7	0

Mexico v Australia

30 May 2001
19:30 KST

Mexico	0 – 2	Australia
	(Report)	Murphy 20' Skoko 54'

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
Attendance: 6,232
Referee:

Felix Tangawarima

Australia v France

1 June 2001
17:00 KST

Australia	1 – 0	France
Zane 60'	(Report)

Daegu Stadium, Daegu
Attendance: 44,400
Referee:

Carlos Batres

South Korea v Australia

3 June 2001
19:30 KST

South Korea	1 – 0	Australia
Hwang Sun-Hong 24'	(Report)

Suwon Stadium, Suwon
Attendance: 42,754
Referee:

Óscar Ruiz

Semi Final

Japan v Australia

7 June 2001
17:00 JST

Japan	1 – 0	Australia
Nakata 43'	(Report)

International Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 48,699
Referee:

Benito Archundia

Bronze Final

Australia v Brazil

9 June 2001
19:00 KST

Australia	1 – 0	Brazil
Murphy 84'	(Report)

Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 28,520
Referee:

Hellmut Krug

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

Australia squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

1 Schwarzer 2 Muscat 3 Moore 4 Neill 5 Vidmar 6 Popovic 7 Emerton 8 Skoko 9 Viduka 10 Cahill 11 Chipperfield 12 Petkovic 13 Wilkshire 14 Colosimo 15 Aloisi 16 Zdrilic 17 McKain 18 Kalac 19 Culina 20 Milicevic 21 Elrich 22 Thompson 23 Sterjovski Coach: Farina

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 v Australia

15 June 2005
21:00 CEST

Germany	4 – 3	Australia
Kurányi 17' Mertesacker 23' Ballack 60' (pen.) Podolski 88'	(Report)	21' Skoko 31', 90+2' Aloisi

Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 46,466
Referee:

Carlos Amarilla

Australia v Argentina

18 June 2005
20:45 CEST

Australia	2 – 4	Argentina
Aloisi 61' (pen.), 70'	(Report)	12', 53', 89' Figueroa 31' (pen.) Riquelme

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 25,218
Referee:

Shamsul Maidin

Australia v Tunisia

21 June 2005
20:45 CEST

Australia	0 – 2	Tunisia
	(Report)	26', 70' Santos

Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 44,337
Referee:

Carlos Chandía

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1997	2001	2005
Aloisi, JohnJohn Aloisi	5	1		4
Murphy, ShaunShaun Murphy	2		2
Skoko, JosipJosip Skoko	2		1	1
Kewell, HarryHarry Kewell	1	1
Mori, DamianDamian Mori	1	1
Viduka, MarkMark Viduka	1	1
Zane, ClaytonClayton Zane	1		1
Total	13	4	4	5

References

↑ "Country Info". FIFA. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

Australia national soccer team

General	Football Federation Australia History Coaches

Statistics	Results Records All-time record FIFA World Cup record FIFA Confederations Cup record OFC Nations Cup record AFC Asian Cup record Hat-tricks FFA Australian Football Awards

Players	Players Captains 50+ caps Capped Players

World Cups	1974 2006 2010 2014

Continental Cups	OFC: 1980 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 AFC: 2007 2011 2015

Confederations Cups	1997 2001 2005 2017

Rivalries	New Zealand Japan

Matches	Noted matches Australia 31–0 American Samoa Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup Trans-Tasman Cup

Countries at the FIFA Confederations Cup

AFC	Australia¹ Iraq Japan Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates

CAF	Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Egypt Nigeria South Africa Tunisia

CONCACAF	Canada Mexico United States

CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Colombia Uruguay

OFC	New Zealand Tahiti

UEFA	Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Greece Italy Spain Turkey

¹ Have been member of multiple confederations.

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