Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup

The Australia women's national association football team has represented Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup on six occasions in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. The team also participated in the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament, a precursor to the Women's World Cup.

FIFA Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Group Stage	12th	3	0	0	3	3	13
1999	Group Stage	11th	3	0	1	2	3	7
2003	Group Stage	13th	3	0	1	2	3	5
2007	Quarterfinals	7th	4	1	2	1	9	7
2011	Quarterfinals	8th	4	2	0	2	6	7
2015	Qualified
Total	5/6	0 Titles	17	3	4	10	24	39

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Australia squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Wheeler 2 Cooper 3 Oakley 4 Murray (c) 5 Salisbury 6 Tann 7 Forman 8 Gegenhuber 9 Iannotta 10 Hughes 11 Janssen 12 Watson 13 Bartlett 14 Pentecost 15 Lembryk 16 Casagrande 17 Wainwright 18 McMurtriel 19 Claydon 20 Nichols Coach: Sermanni

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	7	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5
China PR	7	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4
Denmark	3	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1
Australia	0	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10

Denmark v Australia

June 6, 1995

Denmark	5 – 0	Australia
Krogh 12', 48' Nielsen 25' Jensen 37' Hansen 86'	(Report)

Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Skovgang (Norway)

China PR v Australia

June 8, 1995

China PR	4 – 2	Australia
Zhou 23' Shi 54', 78' Liu 90+3'	(Report)	Iannotta 25' Hughes 89'

Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sequeira (Brazil)

United States v Australia

June 10, 1995

United States	4 – 1	Australia
Foudy 69' Fawcett 72' Overbeck 90+2' (pen.) Keller 90+4'	(Report)	Casagrande 54'

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Prasert (Thailand)

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Australia squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Kitching 2 Taylor 3 Starr 4 Cooper 5 Bartlett 6 Tann 7 Casagrande 8 Salisbury 9 Murray (c) 10 Iannotta 11 Black 12 Swaffer 13 Ferguson 14 Peters 15 Hepperlin 16 Wilson 17 Golebiowski 18 Forman 19 Alagich 20 Wheeler Coach: Brown

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
Sweden	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Australia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1
Ghana	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

Australia v Ghana

20 June 1999
19:30

Australia	1 – 1	Ghana
Murray 74'	(Report)	Gyamfua 76'

Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
Attendance: 14,867
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Australia v Sweden

23 June 1999
20:30

Australia	1 – 3	Sweden
Murray 32'	(Report)	Tornqvist 8' Ljungberg 21', 69'

Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
Attendance: 16,448
Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

China PR v Australia

26 June 1999
14:30

China PR	3 – 1	Australia
Sun W. 39', 51' Liu Y. 73'	(Report)	Salisbury 66'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
Attendance: 29,401
Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Australia squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Kell 2 Foster 3 Wainwright 4 Alagich 5 Salisbury (c) 6 Davies 7 Golebiowski 8 Duus 9 Mann 10 Peters 11 Garriock 12 Barbieri 13 Reuter 14 Grant 15 Karp 16 Rockall 17 Small 18 Beattie 19 Wilson 20 Crawford Coach: Santrac

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	7	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Russia	6	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3
Ghana	3	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3
Australia	1	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2

Australia v Russia

21 September 2003

Australia	1 – 2	Russia
Golebiowski 38'	(Report)	Alagich 39' (o.g.) Fomina 89'

The Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 15,239
Referee: Abidoye (NGA)

China PR v Australia

25 September 2003

China PR	1 – 1	Australia
Bai 46'	(Report)	Garriock 28'

The Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 13,929
Referee: Elovirta (FIN)

Ghana v Australia

28 September 2003

Ghana	2 – 1	Australia
Sackey 34', 39'	(Report)	Garriock 61'

PGE Park, Portland
Attendance: 19,132
Referee: Agboyi (TOG)

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Australia squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Barbieri 2 McShea 3 Ferguson 4 Alagich 5 Salisbury 6 Davies 7 Garriock 8 Munoz 9 Walsh 10 Peters 11 De Vanna 12 Gill 13 Slatyer 14 McCallum 15 Shipard 16 Colthorpe 17 Small 18 Williams 19 Polkinghorne 20 Burgess 21 Wirkus Coach: Sermanni

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Norway	7	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6
Australia	5	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3
Canada	4	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3
Ghana	0	3	0	0	3	3	15	−12

Australia v Ghana

12 September 2007
17:00

Australia	4 – 1	Ghana
Walsh 15' De Vanna 57', 81' Garriock 69'	(Report)	Amankwa 70'

Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 25,952
Referee: Adriana Correa (Colombia)

Norway v Australia

15 September 2007
20:00

Norway	1 – 1	Australia
R. Gulbrandsen 5'	(Report)	De Vanna 83'

Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 33,835
Referee: Niu Huijun (China)

Australia v Canada

20 September 2007^[1]
17:00

Australia	2 – 2	Canada
McCallum 53' Salisbury 90+2'	(Report)	Tancredi 1' Sinclair 85'

Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
Attendance: 29,300
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Quarter-finals

Brazil v Australia

23 September 2007
20:00

Brazil	3 – 2	Australia
Formiga 4' Marta 23' (pen.) Cristiane 75'	(Report)	De Vanna 36' Colthorpe 68'

Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
Attendance: 35,061
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Australia squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Barbieri 2 Allen 3 Carroll 4 Polkinghorne 5 Alleway 6 Perry 7 Garriock 8 Kellond-Knight 9 Foord 10 Uzunlar 11 De Vanna 12 van Egmond 13 Butt 14 McCallum 15 Shipard 16 Colthorpe 17 Simon 18 Williams 19 Khamis 20 Kerr 21 Dumont Coach: Sermanni

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9
Australia	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6
Norway	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3
Equatorial Guinea	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Brazil v Australia

29 June 2011
18:15

Brazil	1–0	Australia
Rosana 54'	(Report)

Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
Attendance: 27,258
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

Australia v Equatorial Guinea

3 July 2011
14:00

Australia	3–2	Equatorial Guinea
Khamis 8' van Egmond 48' De Vanna 51'	(Report)	Añonma 21', 83'

Ruhrstadion, Bochum
Attendance: 15,640
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Australia v Norway

6 July 2011
18:00

Australia	2–1	Norway
Simon 57', 87'	(Report)	Thorsnes 56'

BayArena, Leverkusen
Attendance: 18,474
Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

Quarter-finals

Sweden v Australia

10 July 2011
13:00

Sweden	3–1	Australia
Sjögran 10' Dahlkvist 16' Schelin 52'	(Report)	Perry 40'

Impuls Arena, Augsburg
Attendance: 24,605
Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Australia squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Williams 2 Crummer 3 Sykes 4 Polkinghorne 5 Alleway 6 Uzunlar 7 Catley 8 Kellond-Knight 9 Foord 10 van Egmond 11 De Vanna (c) 12 Khamis 13 Butt 14 Kennedy 15 Polias 16 Raso 17 Simon 18 Barbieri 19 Gorry 20 Kerr 21 Arnold 22 Bolger 23 Heyman Coach: Stajcic

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	United States	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Sweden	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points in all matches; 2) goal difference in all matches; 3) number of goals scored in all matches; 4) repeat 1-3 for matches between teams still tied; 5) lots drawn by FIFA.

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015
De Vanna, LisaLisa De Vanna	7				4	1	2
Simon, KyahKyah Simon	4					2	2
Garriock, HeatherHeather Garriock	3			2	1
Murray, JulieJulie Murray	2		2
Salisbury, CherylCheryl Salisbury	2		1		1
Casagrande, LisaLisa Casagrande	1	1
Colthorpe, LaurenLauren Colthorpe	1				1
Golebiowski, KellyKelly Golebiowski	1			1
Hughes, SunniSunni Hughes	1	1
Iannotta, AngelaAngela Iannotta	1	1
Khamis, LeenaLeena Khamis	1					1
McCallum, ColletteCollette McCallum	1				1
Perry, EllyseEllyse Perry	1					1
Van Egmond, EmilyEmily Van Egmond	1					1
Walsh, SarahSarah Walsh	1				1
Total	28	3	3	3	9	6	4

Own goals scored for opponents

Dianne Alagich (scored for Russia in 2003)

References

↑ Moved from 19 September in Hangzhou due to Typhoon Wipha, Australia-Canada and China-New Zealand moved to 20 Sept Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

Australia women's national soccer team

General	Football Federation Australia

Statistics	All-time record FIFA Women's World Cup record FFA Australian Football Awards

World Cups	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Summer Olympics	2000 2004 2016

OFC : Women's Nations Cup	1983 1986 1989 1991 1994 1998 2003

AFC : Women's Asian Cup	1975 2006 2008 2010 2014

Countries at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Team appearances All-time table

AFC	Australia¹ China PR Chinese Taipei Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Thailand

CAF	Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Ghana Ivory Coast Nigeria

CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Mexico United States

CONMEBOL	Argentina Brazil Colombia Ecuador

OFC	New Zealand

UEFA	Denmark England France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland

¹ Have been member of multiple confederations.

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