2005 Australia national soccer team season
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This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2005.
| 2005 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Frank Farina Guus Hiddink |
2005 saw the Australian national football team playing twelve senior matches in what proved to be a definitive season for the 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 32-year absence from the FIFA World Cup by qualifying, via a 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 qualify Australia for the World Cup finals, and take them through that campaign should they succeed.
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 |
