Australia national football (soccer) team season 2005

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The 2005 season saw the Australian national football team playing twelve senior matches, in what proved to be a difinitive season for the recent history of the men's senior national side. The games included participating in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, and a dramatic end to a 34 year absence from the FIFA World Cup, by qualifying via penalty shoot-out for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

After six years in charge of the Australian side, a disappointing 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup campaign saw coach Frank Farina replaced by the more experienced Dutchman Guus Hiddink, who was appointed to try to see Australia qualify for the World Cup finals, and take them through that campaign should they succeed.

1 Australia v South Africa
2 Australia v Iraq
3 Australia v Indonesia
4 Australia v New Zealand
5 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
6 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
7 Australia v Jamaica
8 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification

[edit] Australia v South Africa

Australia kicked off their 2005 season with an away friendly against southern hemisphere rivals South Africa. Coach Frank Farina said he wanted the team to treat it as an away FIFA World Cup qualifier, to get a feel for the campaign later in the year. Once again, European based stars such as Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka were absent.

The match was disappointing and interrupted by a severe electrical storm which forced both sides to try and play a long ball game, and the match soon stagnated into a stalemate.

February 9, 2005 19:45	Australia	1 – 1	South Africa	ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa Attendance: Referee: Lin Kee Chong
	Chipperfield 71'		McCarthy 12'


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
RB	3	Craig Moore(c)
CB	2	Lucas Neill
CB	16	Tony Vidmar
LB	6	Tony Popovic
RM	5	Jason Culina	57'
CM	7	Brett Emerton	66'
CM	20	Danny Tiatto	57'
LM	13	Vince Grella	70'
AM	23	Marco Bresciano	74'
CF	11	Paul Agostino	66'
Substitutions:
RM	14	Scott Chipperfield	57'
CM	21	Mile Sterjovski	57'
CM	16	Archie Thompson	66'
CF	30	Max Vieri	66'
LM	8	Luke Wilkshire	70'
AM	22	John McKain	74'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	13	Clint Bolton
DF	38	Stephen Laybutt
Coach:
Frank Farina Graham Arnold


SOUTH AFRICA:
GK	1	Calvin Marlin
RB	3	Cyril Nzama
CB	16	Aaron Mokoena
CB	2	Nasief Morris
LB	14	Quinton Fortune
RM	10	Benedict Vilakazi	90'
CM	8	Shaun Bartlett	64'
LM	18	Steven Pienaar	79'
RW	7	Thabiso Rammile
RF	10	Benedict McCarthy	56'
LF	9	Delron Buckley	46'
Substitutions:
FW	30	Tyren Arendse	90'
MF	27	Sandile Ndlovu	64'
MF	27	Siyabonga Nomvethe	79'
MF	27	Sibusiso Zuma	56'
MF	27	Gift Leremi	46'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	24	Moeneeb Josephs
DF	22	David Kannemeyer
MF	25	Siphiwe Mkhonza
MF	28	Jabu Pule
FW	12	Tyren Arendse
Coach:
Stuart Baxter

[edit] Australia v Iraq

March 26, 2005 19:45	Australia	3 – 1	Iraq	Telstra Stadium, Sydney, Australia Attendance: 30,258 Referee: Peter O'Leary New Zealand
	Bresciano 22' Elrich 72'		Nasir 11'


AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
RB	3	Craig Moore(c)
CB	2	Lucas Neill
CB	11	Stan Lazaridis	46'
LB	6	Tony Popovic
RM	8	Josip Skoko
CM	7	Brett Emerton	71'
CM	23	Marco Bresciano	63'
LM	13	Tim Cahill	71'
CF	14	Scott Chipperfield	63'
CF	15	John Aloisi
Substitutions:
CB	4	Tony Vidmar	46'
CM	21	Jon McKain	63'
CM	5	Jason Culina	71'
CF	30	Ahmad Elrich	71'
LM	8	Mile Sterjovski	63'
Unused Substitutes:
GK	13	Clint Bolton
DF	38	Stephen Laybutt
Coach:
Frank Farina Graham Arnold


IRAQ:
GK	1	Sarmad Rasheed
RB	3	Haiedar Hassan
CB	16	Nashat Akram
CB	2	Hawar Mohamed
LB	14	Yasser Raad
RM	10	Haidar Abdul Ameer
CM	8	Mahdi Kareem	86'
LM	18	Wisam Zaki
RW	7	Mohammad Nasir	79'
RF	10	Haitham Kadhum	63'
LF	9	Ahmad Assad
Substitutions:
RF	30	Moaid Salim	63'
RW	27	Ali Jabir	79'
CM	27	Safwan Hamad Mohammed	86'
Unused Substitutes:
Coach:
Akram Salman

[edit] Australia v Indonesia

March 29, 2005 19:45	Australia	3 – 0	Indonesia	Subiaco Oval, Perth, Australia Attendance: 13,719 Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi Japan
	Milicic 24,57' Zdrillic 85'

[edit] Australia v New Zealand

June 9, 2005 19:45	Australia	1 – 0	New Zealand	Craven Cottage, London, England Attendance: 9,023 Referee: Mike Dean England
	Colosimo 87' Moore ?'

Australia v New Zealand, Craven Cottage, 9 June, 2005

[edit] 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

GROUP A

June 15, 2005 21:00	Germany	4 – 3	Australia	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany Attendance: 46,466 Referee: Carlos Amarilla Paraguay
	Kurányi 17' Mertesacker 23' Ballack 60' (pen.) Podolski 88'		Skoko 21' Aloisi 31' 90+2'

June 18, 2005 20:45	Australia	2 – 4	Argentina	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany Attendance: 25,218 Referee: Shamsul Maidin Singapore
	Aloisi 61' (pen.) 70'		Figueroa 12' 53' 89' Riquelme 31' (pen.)

June 21, 2005 20:45	Australia	0 – 2	Tunisia	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany Attendance: 44,337 Referee: Carlos Chandía Chile
			Santos 26' 70'

Brazil won the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.

[edit] 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

FIRST ROUND

September 3, 2005 19:30	Australia	7–0	Solomon Islands	Telstra Stadium, Sydney, Australia Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Mohd Salleh Malaysia
	Culina 20' Viduka 36', 43' Cahill 57' Chipperfield 64' Thompson 68' Emerton 89'	(Report)

September 6, 2005 13:00	Solomon Islands	1–2	Australia	Lawson Tama, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Maidin Singapore
	Fa'arodo 49'	(Report)	Thompson 19' Emerton 58'

Australia won 9-1 on aggregate and advanced to the Oceania-CONMEBOL playoff against Uruguay.

[edit] Australia v Jamaica

October 9, 2005 19:45	Australia	5 – 0	Jamaica	Craven Cottage, London, England Attendance: 6,570 Referee: Mike Riley England
	Bresciano 3' Thompson 29' Viduka 48' J.Aloisi 58' Griffiths 85'

[edit] 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (play-off CONMEBOL-OFC)

SECOND ROUND

November 12, 2005	Uruguay	1–0	Australia	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Larsen Denmark
	D.Rodríguez 37'	(Report)

63' Luis Diego López

62' Marcelo Zalayeta

18' Diego Forlan

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18'

62'

63'

Gonzalo de los Santos

52'

79'

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52' Marco Bresciano

79' John Aloisi

November 16, 2005	Australia	1–0 (AET) (4–2 PSO)	Uruguay	Telstra Stadium, Sydney, Australia Attendance: 82,698 Referee: Medina Cantalejo Spain
	M.Bresciano 35'	(Report)


	Penalties H.Kewell: scored L.Neill: scored T.Vidmar: scored M.Viduka: missed J.Aloisi: scored	4–2	Penalties D.Rodríguez: saved G.Varela: scored F.Estoyanoff: scored M.Zalayeta: saved