Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup

The Australia women's national soccer team has represented Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup on eight occasions in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. Australia co-hosted the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup with New Zealand. The Matildas automatically qualified as co-host, and the Matildas (managed by Tony Gustavsson and captained by Steph Catley and Sam Kerr) finished fourth overall.

It was the first time that a senior national soccer team representing Australia or another Oceanian country has made it to the World Cup semi-finals and also is one of the only three teams of Asian Football Confederation alongside China and Japan which they finished on the top four of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

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
China 1991 Did not qualify
Sweden 1995 Group stage 12th 3 0 0 3 3 13
United States 1999 11th 3 0 1 2 3 7
United States 2003 13th 3 0 1 2 3 5
China 2007 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 9 7
Germany 2011 8th 4 2 0 2 6 7
Canada 2015 7th 5 2 1 2 5 5
France 2019 Round of 16 9th 4 2 1 1 9 6
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 Fourth place 4th 7 3 1 3 10 8
Total 9/9 0 titles 33 10 7 16 48 58

Record by opponent

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Brazil 4 2 0 2 6 6
 Canada 2 1 1 0 6 2
 China 3 0 1 2 4 8
 Denmark 2 1 0 1 2 5
 England 1 0 0 1 1 3
 Equatorial Guinea 1 1 0 0 3 2
 France 1 0 1 0 0 0
 Ghana 3 1 1 1 6 4
 Republic of Ireland 1 1 0 0 1 0
 Italy 1 0 0 1 1 2
 Jamaica 1 1 0 0 4 1
 Japan 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Nigeria 2 1 0 1 4 3
 Norway 3 1 2 0 4 3
 Russia 1 0 0 1 1 2
 Sweden 4 0 1 3 3 9
 United States 2 0 0 2 2 7

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Australia squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
Australia

Group C

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  China 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 7
3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
4  Australia 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Denmark 5–0 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)
China 4–2 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)
United States 4–1 Australia
 Report
Olympia, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,105

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Australia squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
Australia

Group D

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Australia 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
4  Ghana 3 0 1 2 1 10 −9 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Australia 1–1 Ghana
 Report
Attendance: 14,873
Australia 1–3 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 16,448
Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)
China 3–1 Australia
  • Sun Wen 39', 51'
  • Liu Ying 73'
 Report

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Australia squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
Australia

Group D

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Russia 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Ghana 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Australia 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Australia 1–2 Russia
Report
Attendance: 15,239[1]
Referee: Bola Elizabeth Abidoye (Nigeria)
China 1–1 Australia
 Report
Ghana 2–1 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 19,132[1]
Referee: Xonam Agboyi (Togo)

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Australia squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
Australia

Group C

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3 5
3  Canada 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4  Ghana 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ghana 1–4 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 30,752[2]
Referee: Adriana Correa (Colombia)
Australia 1–1 Norway
Report
Australia 2–2 Canada
 Report

Quarter-finals

Brazil 3–2 Australia
  • Formiga 4'
  • Marta 23' (pen.)
  • Cristiane 75'
 Report

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Australia squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
Australia

Group D

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3  Norway 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Equatorial Guinea 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Brazil 1–0 Australia
 Report
Australia 3–2 Equatorial Guinea
Report
Attendance: 15,640[4]
Australia 2–1 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 18,474[5]
Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

Quarter-finals

Sweden 3–1 Australia
Report
Attendance: 24,605[6]
Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Australia squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Australia

Group D

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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: Group stage tiebreakers
United States 3–1 Australia
 Report
Australia 2–0 Nigeria
 Report
Australia 1–1 Sweden
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 10,177[9]

Round of 16

Brazil 0–1 Australia
Report
Attendance: 12,054[10]

Quarter-finals

Australia 0–1 Japan
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 19,814[11]

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Australia squad – 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Australia

Group C

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3  Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
4  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Australia 1–2 Italy
 Report
Australia 3–2 Brazil
 Report
  • Marta 27' (pen.)
  • Cristiane 38'
Jamaica 1–4 Australia
 Report
  • Kerr 11', 42', 69', 83'

Round of 16

Norway 1–1 (a.e.t.) Australia
Report
Penalties
4–1
Attendance: 12,229[15]

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Australia squad – 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup fourth place
Australia

Group B

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Canada 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4
4  Republic of Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Australia 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Catley 52' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 75,784
Australia 2–3 Nigeria
 Report
Attendance: 49,156
Canada 0–4 Australia
Report

Round of 16

Australia 2–0 Denmark
 Report
Attendance: 75,784

Quarter-finals

Australia 0–0 (a.e.t.) France
Report
Penalties
7–6
Attendance: 49,461

Semi-finals

Australia 1–3 England
Kerr 63' Report
Attendance: 75,784

Third place play-off

Sweden 2–0 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 49,461
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Goalscorers

Player Goals 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Lisa De Vanna 7 4 1 2
Sam Kerr 6 5 1
Kyah Simon 5 2 3
Heather Garriock 3 2 1
Hayley Raso 3
Julie Murray 2 2
Cheryl Salisbury 1 1
Emily Van Egmond 1 1
Caitlin Foord 1 1
Steph Catley 2
Lisa Casagrande 1 1
Sunni Hughes 1
Angela Iannotta 1
Kelly Golebiowski 1
Lauren Colthorpe 1
Collette McCallum 1
Sarah Walsh 1
Leena Khamis 1
Ellyse Perry 1
Chloe Logarzo 1
Own goal 1
Elise Kellond-Knight 1
Alanna Kennedy 1
Mary Fowler 1
Total 48 3 3 3 9 6 5 9 10
Own goals scored for opponents

References

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