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General Information for Australia

Football Federation Australia
Founded
1961
FIFA entry
1963
Average height in 2006
1.82m
Average age in 2006
26.6
Confederation
AFC
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Jersey in 2006
No jersey in 2006

Coaches in 2006

Hiddink, Guus (Coach)

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Hiddink, Guus (Coach)

Day of Birth
1946-11-08
Place of Birth
Varsseveld (Netherlands)
Matches
8 (5 / 3)
Goto coach Guus Hiddink

Farina, Frank (Coach)

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Farina, Frank (Coach)

Day of Birth
1964-09-05
Place of Birth
Darwin (Australia)
Height
1.83m
Goto coach Frank Farina

Arnold, Graham (Coach)

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Arnold, Graham (Coach)

Day of Birth
1963-08-03
Place of Birth
Sydney (Australia)
Height
1.79m
Matches
5 (3 / 2)
Goto coach Graham Arnold

Players of Australia in 2006

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
Schwarzer, Mark 1972-10-06 Goalkeeper England Middlesbrough FC 7 1 0 0 0 0
Kalac, Željko 1972-12-16 Goalkeeper Italy AC Milan 4 0 0 0 0 0
Bolton, Clint 1975-08-22 Goalkeeper Australia Sydney FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
Čović, Ante 1975-06-13 Goalkeeper Australia Newcastle Jets 1 0 0 0 0 0
Neill, Lucas 1978-03-09 Centre Back England West Ham United 9 0 0 0 0 0
Moore, Craig 1975-12-12 Centre Back England Newcastle United 8 0 1 0 0 0
Wilkshire, Luke 1981-10-02 Right Back Netherlands FC Twente Enschede 6 1 0 0 0 0
Beauchamp, Michael 1981-03-08 Centre Back Germany 1.FC Nürnberg 3 2 0 0 0 0
Popović, Tony 1973-06-04 Centre Back Qatar Al-Arabi Doha 3 1 1 0 0 0
North, Jade 1982-01-07 Centre Back Australia Newcastle Jets 2 1 0 0 0 0
Ceccoli, Alvin 1974-08-05 Left Back Australia Sydney FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
McKain, Jon 1982-09-21 Centre Back Romania Politehnica Timişoara 2 0 0 0 0 0
Carney, David 1983-11-30 Left Back Australia Sydney FC 1 1 0 0 0 0
Thwaite, Michael 1983-05-02 Centre Back Poland Wisła Kraków 1 1 0 0 0 0
Kisnorbo, Patrick 1981-03-24 Centre Back England Leicester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
Miličević, Ljubo 1981-02-13 Centre Back Switzerland Young Boys Bern 1 0 0 0 0 0
Muscat, Kevin 1973-08-07 Right Back Australia Melbourne Victory 1 0 0 0 0 0
Valkanis, Michael 1974-08-23 Centre Back Australia Adelaide United 1 0 0 0 0 0
Vidmar, Tony 1970-06-04 Left Back Australia Central Coast Mariners 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chipperfield, Scott 1975-12-30 Left Midfielder Switzerland FC Basel 9 0 0 0 0 0
Emerton, Brett 1979-02-22 Right Midfielder England Blackburn Rovers 9 0 0 0 0 0
Grella, Vince 1979-10-05 Centre Midfielder Italy Parma FC 9 0 0 0 0 0
Čulina, Jason 1980-08-05 Centre Midfielder Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 8 1 0 0 0 0
Bresciano, Marco 1980-02-11 Centre Midfielder Italy US Palermo 7 2 1 0 0 0
Cahill, Tim 1979-12-06 Attacking Midfielder England Everton FC 6 2 3 0 0 0
Skoko, Josip 1975-12-10 Centre Midfielder England Wigan Athletic 5 1 2 0 0 0
Lazaridis, Stan 1972-08-16 Left Midfielder Australia Perth Glory 2 1 0 0 0 0
Holman, Brett 1984-03-27 Attacking Midfielder Netherlands NEC Nijmegen 1 2 0 0 0 0
Milligan, Mark 1985-08-04 Defensive Midfielder Australia Sydney FC 1 2 0 0 0 0
Corica, Steve 1973-03-24 Centre Midfielder Australia Sydney FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kilkenny, Neil 1985-12-19 Centre Midfielder England Birmingham City 0 1 0 0 0 0
McKay, Matt 1983-01-11 Left Midfielder Australia Queensland Roar 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sarkies, Kristian 1986-10-25 Attacking Midfielder Australia Melbourne Victory 0 1 0 0 0 0
Wehrman, Kasey 1977-08-16 Defensive Midfielder Norway Lillestrøm SK 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sterjovski, Mile 1979-05-27 Right Winger Switzerland FC Basel 9 0 1 0 0 0
Viduka, Mark 1975-10-09 Centre Forward England Middlesbrough FC 6 0 0 0 0 0
Aloisi, John 1976-02-05 Centre Forward Spain Deportivo Alavés 5 5 4 0 0 0
Kewell, Harry 1978-09-22 Left Winger England Liverpool FC 3 1 1 0 0 0
Thompson, Archie 1978-10-23 Centre Forward Australia Melbourne Victory 2 5 1 0 0 0
Elrich, Ahmad 1981-06-12 Right Winger Norway Lyn Oslo 2 0 1 0 0 0
Dodd, Travis 1980-01-06 Right Winger Australia Adelaide United 1 1 1 0 0 0
McDonald, Scott 1983-08-21 Centre Forward Scotland Motherwell FC 1 1 0 0 0 0
Griffiths, Joel 1979-08-21 Right Winger Australia Newcastle Jets 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kennedy, Joshua 1982-08-28 Centre Forward Germany 1.FC Nürnberg II 0 3 1 0 0 0
Griffiths, Ryan 1981-08-21 Left Winger Romania Rapid Bucureşti 0 2 0 0 0 0
Petrovski, Sašo 1975-03-05 Centre Forward Australia Sydney FC 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brosque, Alex 1983-10-12 Left Winger Australia Sydney FC 0 1 0 0 0 0

Matches of Australia in 2006

Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
2006-02-22
Bahrain
Bahrain
Australia
Australia
1:3 c
Bahrain vs. Australia
Asian Cup 2007 - Group D
Bahrain National Stadium
2006-05-25
Australia
Australia
Greece
Greece
1:0 c
Australia vs. Greece
Friendly
Melbourne Cricket Ground
2006-06-04
Netherlands
Netherlands
Australia
Australia
1:1 c
Netherlands vs. Australia
Friendly
Stadion Feijenoord - De Kuip
2006-06-07
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
Australia
Australia
1:3 c
Liechtenstein vs. Australia
Friendly
Donaustadion
2006-06-12
Australia
Australia
Japan
Japan
3:1 c
Australia vs. Japan
World Cup 2006 - Group F
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
2006-06-18
Brazil
Brazil
Australia
Australia
2:0 c
Brazil vs. Australia
World Cup 2006 - Group F
Allianz Arena
2006-06-22
Croatia
Croatia
Australia
Australia
2:2 c
Croatia vs. Australia
World Cup 2006 - Group F
Mercedes-Benz Arena
2006-06-26
Italy
Italy
Australia
Australia
1:0 c
Italy vs. Australia
World Cup 2006 - Round of 16
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
2006-08-16
Australia
Australia
Kuwait
Kuwait
2:0 c
Australia vs. Kuwait
Asian Cup 2007 - Group D
Sydney Football Stadium
2006-09-06
Kuwait
Kuwait
Australia
Australia
2:0 c
Kuwait vs. Australia
Asian Cup 2007 - Group D
Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
2006-10-07
Australia
Australia
Paraguay
Paraguay
1:1 c
Australia vs. Paraguay
Friendly
Suncorp Stadium
2006-10-11
Australia
Australia
Bahrain
Bahrain
2:0 c
Australia vs. Bahrain
Asian Cup 2007 - Group D
Sydney Football Stadium
2006-11-14
Australia
Australia
Ghana
Ghana
1:1 c
Australia vs. Ghana
Friendly
Loftus Road Stadium
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Match Progress for Australia in 2006

Favorite Opponents of Australia

Opponent M W D L G
New Zealand
New Zealand
35 23 6 6 55
Japan
Japan
21 4 6 11 23
South Korea
South Korea
18 4 4 10 21
Kuwait
Kuwait
12 7 2 3 21
Oman
Oman
11 6 4 1 23
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
10 5 3 2 18
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
10 9 1 0 55
China
China
9 4 3 2 14
Tahiti
Tahiti
9 9 0 0 38
Taiwan
Taiwan
9 9 0 0 47
Iraq
Iraq
9 6 1 2 11
Argentina
Argentina
8 1 1 6 8
Brazil
Brazil
8 1 1 6 1
Jordan
Jordan
8 5 0 3 14
Ghana
Ghana
7 4 2 1 8
South Africa
South Africa
7 3 3 1 7
Uruguay
Uruguay
7 3 0 4 8
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
7 4 2 1 7
Fiji
Fiji
6 5 0 1 24
Germany
Germany
6 1 1 4 9
Croatia
Croatia
6 2 2 2 6
France
France
6 1 1 4 4
Israel
Israel
6 2 4 0 7
Chile
Chile
6 0 2 4 3
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
5 0 1 4 1
Bahrain
Bahrain
5 5 0 0 9
Scotland
Scotland
5 1 1 3 3
Paraguay
Paraguay
5 2 3 0 4
Qatar
Qatar
5 3 1 1 10
Indonesia
Indonesia
5 4 1 0 10
Thailand
Thailand
5 4 1 0 11
Denmark
Denmark
5 2 1 2 4
Sweden
Sweden
5 2 2 1 2
Netherlands
Netherlands
4 1 2 1 5
Colombia
Colombia
4 0 2 2 2
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
4 4 0 0 13
Syria
Syria
3 2 1 0 6
Vanuatu
Vanuatu
3 3 0 0 6
USA
USA
3 1 1 1 2
Canada
Canada
3 2 0 1 10
Greece
Greece
3 2 0 1 3
England
England
3 1 0 2 4
Norway
Norway
3 1 1 1 4
Hungary
Hungary
3 3 0 0 8
Tunisia
Tunisia
3 2 0 1 4
Lebanon
Lebanon
2 2 0 0 6
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
2 1 1 0 1
Iran
Iran
2 0 2 0 3
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
2 2 0 0 5
Peru
Peru
2 1 0 1 5
Malaysia
Malaysia
2 1 0 1 5
Singapore
Singapore
2 1 1 0 3
Nepal
Nepal
2 2 0 0 8
Nigeria
Nigeria
2 2 0 0 2
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
2 2 0 0 10
Jamaica
Jamaica
2 2 0 0 7
Turkey
Turkey
2 0 0 2 1
Ireland
Ireland
2 1 0 1 4
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
2 2 0 0 33
Honduras
Honduras
2 1 1 0 3
Egypt
Egypt
2 1 0 1 4
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
2 1 0 1 5
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
2 2 0 0 9
Vietnam
Vietnam
2 2 0 0 5
Serbia
Serbia
2 1 1 0 2
Mexico
Mexico
2 2 0 0 5
Poland
Poland
1 1 0 0 2
New Caledonia
New Caledonia
1 1 0 0 11
Guam
Guam
1 1 0 0 9
Italy
Italy
1 0 0 1 0
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (Olympic)
1 1 0 0 1
Morocco
Morocco
1 1 0 0 1
American Samoa
American Samoa
1 1 0 0 31
Romania
Romania
1 0 0 1 2
Slovakia
Slovakia
1 0 1 0 0
Cameroon
Cameroon
1 0 1 0 1
Ecuador
Ecuador
1 0 0 1 3
North Korea
North Korea
1 0 1 0 1
Kenya
Kenya
1 1 0 0 4
Slovenia
Slovenia
1 0 0 1 0
Soviet Union
Soviet Union (Olympic)
1 0 0 1 0
Tonga
Tonga
1 1 0 0 22
East Germany
East Germany
1 0 0 1 0
China
China (B)
1 1 0 0 2
Palestine
Palestine
1 1 0 0 3
India
India
1 1 0 0 4
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
1 1 0 0 1
Switzerland
Switzerland
1 0 1 0 0
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
1 1 0 0 1
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
1 1 0 0 3
Brazil
Brazil (Olympic)
1 0 0 1 0
Samoa
Samoa
1 1 0 0 11
Spain
Spain
1 0 0 1 0
Belgium
Belgium
1 0 0 1 0
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
1 0 1 0 1
Wales
Wales
1 1 0 0 2
Venezuela
Venezuela
1 0 1 0 1
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