Australia at the OFC Men's Nations Cup
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The Australia national association football team represented Australia at the OFC Nations Cup from 1980 to 2004.[1]
OFC Men's Nations Cup record
Winners Runners-up Third place
| OFC Men's Nations Cup record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
| 1973 |  New Zealand |
Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1980 |  New Caledonia |
Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | Squad | |
| 1996 | Winners | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | Squad | ||
| 1998 |  Australia |
Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | Squad | |
| 2000 |  Tahiti |
Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | Squad | |
| 2002 | New Zealand |
Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2 | Squad | |
| 2004 | Australia |
Winners | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | Squad | |
| Total | Winners | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 142 | 13 | — | ||
1980 OFC Nations Cup
Group B
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  New Caledonia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 4 |
| 3 |  Papua New Guinea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 2 |
| 4 |  New Hebrides |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Final
| Australia | 4–2 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Kay 4' 29' Danny Moulis Vic Bozanic |
(Report) | Andre Wabealo Erroll Bennett |
1996 OFC Nations Cup
Semi-final
| New Zealand | 0 – 0 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) |
| Australia | 3 – 0 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
Damian Mori  33'Paul Wade 45' (pen.)Joe Spiteri 51' |
(Report) |
Final
| Tahiti | 0 – 6 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Ernie Tapai 5' Paul Trimboli 20'Kris Trajanovski 25', 28', 44', 89' |
| Australia | 5 – 0 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Robbie Hooker 11' Kris Trajanovski 21', 36', 54'Rupena Raumati  31' (o.g.) |
(Report) |
1998 OFC Nations Cup
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 |
 Fiji |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
 Cook Islands |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | -19 |
| Australia | 16–0 |  Cook Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Trimboli 1', 12', 63' Mori 8', 15', 30', 34'Maloney 17', 89'Ceccoli 42'Trajanovski 48', 68', 76' (pen.), 88'Chipperfield 66'Halpin 80' |
(Report) |
Semi-final
Final
| New Zealand | 1-0 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Burton 24' |
(Report) |
2000 OFC Nations Cup
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 |
 Solomon Islands |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 |
| Cook Islands |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | -21 |
| Australia | 6–0 | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Chipperfield 6' Zane 13', 35'Omokirio 36' (o.g.)Muscat 39' (pen.)Cardozo 43' |
(Report) |
Semi-final
| Australia | 1 – 0 |  Vanuatu |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Muscat 5' (pen.) |
(Report) |
Attendance: 300
Final
| Australia | 2 – 0 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Shaun Murphy 40' Craig Foster 66' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 300
2002 OFC Nations Cup
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 |
| Vanuatu |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
 Fiji |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 |
| New Caledonia |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | -13 |
| Australia | 2–0 | Vanuatu |
|---|---|---|
| Mori 69' Despotovski 85' |
(Report) |
| Australia | 11–0 | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
| Despotovski 2', 56' (pen.), 76', 77' Horvat 15'Chipperfield 22', 35'Mori 34'Costanzo 83'Porter 86'Trimboli 90+' |
(Report) |
Semi-final
Final
| New Zealand | 1–0 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Nelsen 78' |
(Report) |
2004 OFC Nations Cup
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 13 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Solomon Islands |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | |
| 3 | New Zealand |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 9 | |
| 4 | Fiji |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | |
| 5 | Tahiti |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 4 | |
| 6 | Vanuatu |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
| Australia | 1 – 0 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Bresciano 40' |
(Report) |
| Australia | 9 – 0 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Cahill 14', 47' Skoko 43'Simon 44' (o.g.)Sterjovski 51', 61', 74'Zdrilic 85'Chipperfield 89' |
(Report) |
Final
| Solomon Islands | 1 – 5 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Batram Suri 60' |
(Report) | Skoko 5', 28' Milicic 19'Emerton 43'Elrich 79' |
Goalscorers
| Player | Goals | 1980 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian Mori | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Kris Trajanovski | 11 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| Paul Trimboli | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Joel Porter | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Tim Cahill | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Vaughan Coveny | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Ian Hunter | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Eddie Krnčević | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Craig Foster | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Clayton Zane | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Bobby Despotovski | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Paul Kay | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Scott Chipperfield | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Kevin Muscat | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Danny Moulis | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Ante Milicic | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Josip Skoko | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Mile Sterjovski | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Ahmad Elrich | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Brett Emerton | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Vic Bozanic | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Peter Sharne | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Brad Maloney | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Paul Agostino | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Adrian Madaschi | 2 | 2 | |||||
| John Aloisi | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Arno Bertogna | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Paul Wade | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Joe Spiteri | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ernie Tapai | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Robbie Hooker | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Alvin Ceccoli | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Troy Halpin | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Carl Veart | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Mark Burton | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Danny Tiatto | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Stan Lazaridis | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Tony Popovic | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Steve Corica | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Pablo Cardozo | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Shaun Murphy | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Steve Horvat | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Angelo Costanzo | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ante Juric | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Fausto De Amicis | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Mark Bresciano | 1 | 1 | |||||
| David Zdrilic | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Harry Kewell | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Tony Vidmar | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Archie Thompson | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 139 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 36 |