2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – OFC play-off)
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The 2006 FIFA World Cup
CONMEBOL
– OFC
qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament
, Australia, and the fifth-placed team from the South American qualifying tournament
, Uruguay
.
The games were played on November 12 and November 16 of 2005 in Montevideo
and Sydney
respectively. With the home team winning 1–0 in both matches, the aggregate score was tied 1–1, and, with no away goal advantage, the play-off was decided by a penalty shootout
, which Australia won 4–2 in order to qualify for the FIFA World Cup
for the first time since the 1974 tournament
.
It was the second consecutive FIFA World Cup
where the two sides had played each other for a place in the tournament. On the first occasion in 2001
, Uruguay
won 3–1 on aggregate. The draw for determining the order of the home and away legs was made at a FIFA congress on September 10, 2005. Australia finally won a FIFA World Cup
play-off after losing to Scotland
(1986
), Argentina
(1994
), Iran
(1998) and Uruguay
(2002
).
Final standing
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Team
5
4
1
0
21
3
18
13
5
3
1
1
9
6
3
10
5
3
0
2
17
5
12
9
5
1
1
3
3
10
−7
4
5
1
1
3
2
24
−22
4
5
1
0
4
5
9
−4
3
Final Round
(OFC)
Opponent
Result
1st Leg
(H)
7–0
2nd Leg
(A)
2–1
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AUSTRALIA:
|
GK
1
Mark Schwarzer
DF
5
Tony Vidmar
DF
2
Lucas Neill
DF
6
Tony Popovic
MF
7
Brett Emerton
MF
19
Jason Culina
MF
3
Scott Chipperfield
MF
13
Vince Grella
MF
10
Harry Kewell
FW
14
Archie Thompson
FW
9
Mark Viduka
(c)
Substitutions:
GK
18
Željko Kalac
DF
12
Ljubo Miličević
MF
4
Tim Cahill
MF
8
Josip Skoko
MF
20
Luke Wilkshire
MF
23
Mark Bresciano
FW
15
John Aloisi
Manager:
Guus Hiddink
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URUGUAY:
|
GK
1
Fabián Carini
2
Diego Lugano
3
Darío Rodríguez
4
Paolo Montero
5
Pablo Gabriel García
6
Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez
7
Gustavo Varela
8
Carlos Diogo
9
Álvaro Recoba
11
Mario Regueiro
18
Richard Morales
Substitutions:
GK
12
Sebastián Viera
10
Darío Silva
13
Fabián Estoyanoff
14
Marcelo Sosa
17
Marcelo Zalayeta
19
Gonzalo de los Santos
21
Alejandro Lago
Manager:
Jorge Fossati
and were drawn into Group F with defending champions
Brazil
, Croatia
and Japan
. After winning Japan 3–1 in their opening match, Australia lost 2-0 to Brazil an in the final match they also drew 2-2 to Croatia, finishing second in the group on four points. In the Round of 16, Australia was defeated 1–0 by the eventual champions, Italy.
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...
– OFC
Oceania Football Confederation
The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...
qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Oceania. 12 teams took part, competing for a place in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team from South America...
, Australia, and the fifth-placed team from the South American qualifying tournament
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for South America. 10 teams took part, all in a single group. The rules were very simple: the teams would play against each other in a home-and-away basis, with the four teams with most points qualifying to...
, Uruguay
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...
.
The games were played on November 12 and November 16 of 2005 in Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
and Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
respectively. With the home team winning 1–0 in both matches, the aggregate score was tied 1–1, and, with no away goal advantage, the play-off was decided by a penalty shootout
Penalty shootout (football)
A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...
, which Australia won 4–2 in order to qualify for the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
for the first time since the 1974 tournament
1974 FIFA World Cup
The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded...
.
It was the second consecutive FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
where the two sides had played each other for a place in the tournament. On the first occasion in 2001
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – OFC play-off)
-Second Leg:-Aftermath:Uruguay qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Korea and Japan and were drawn into Group A with defending champions France, Denmark and debutants Senegal...
, Uruguay
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...
won 3–1 on aggregate. The draw for determining the order of the home and away legs was made at a FIFA congress on September 10, 2005. Australia finally won a FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
play-off after losing to Scotland
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
(1986
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – OFC play-off)
The 1986 FIFA World Cup UEFA – OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the second-placed team from the UEFA Group 7, Scotland. The games were played on November 20 and December 4 of 1985 in Glasgow and...
), Argentina
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
(1994
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – OFC play-off)
The 1994 FIFA World Cup CONMEBOL – OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament and CONCACAF – OFC play-off winners, Australia, and the second-placed team from the CONMEBOL Group 1, Argentina. The games were played on October...
), Iran
Iran national football team
The national football team of Iran represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran...
(1998) and Uruguay
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...
(2002
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – OFC play-off)
-Second Leg:-Aftermath:Uruguay qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Korea and Japan and were drawn into Group A with defending champions France, Denmark and debutants Senegal...
).
Background
| Uruguay | Round | Australia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Team | ||||||||
| 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 34 | |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 34 | |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 28 | |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 28 | |
| 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 25 | |
(OFC)
First Leg
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | URUGUAY: |
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| GK | 1 | Fabián Carini Fabián Carini Héctor Fabián Carini Hernández is a Uruguayan football goalkeeper who plays for C.A. Peñarol in the Primera División from Uruguay.- Career :... |
||
| DF | 5 | Luis Diego López | ||
| DF | 4 | Paolo Montero Paolo Montero Paolo Rónald Montero Iglesias is a former Uruguayan footballer who played as a central defender or left back. He has been described as "skillful on the ball and calm under pressure", and a "wonderfully talented and intelligent footballer"... (c) |
||
| DF | 3 | Darío Rodríguez Darío Rodríguez Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña is an Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a Left back for Peñarol. He was capped 51 times for the Uruguay national team.-Club career:... |
||
| MF | 6 | Carlos Diogo Carlos Diogo Carlos Andrés Diogo Enseñat is an Uruguayan footballer. A player of great physical strength, he operates as a defender or midfielder, on the right side of the pitch.-Club career:... |
||
| MF | 8 | Pablo Gabriel García Pablo Gabriel García Pablo Gabriel García Pérez is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for PAOK F.C. in Greece, as a defensive midfielder.... |
||
| MF | 15 | Diego Pérez Diego Pérez (footballer) Diego Fernando Pérez Aguado , nicknamed "Ruso" , is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian Serie A club Bologna. He played for Uruguay at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2011 editions of the Copa América... |
||
| MF | 21 | Diego Forlán Diego Forlán Diego Forlán Corazo is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Internazionale and the Uruguayan national team. He is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe, and also received the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2010 World Cup.Forlán was born... |
||
| MF | 9 | Álvaro Recoba Álvaro Recoba Álvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero , nicknamed "El Chino", is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Primera División Uruguaya side Club Nacional de Football... |
||
| FW | 17 | Marcelo Zalayeta Marcelo Zalayeta Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta is an Uruguayan football striker, who currently plays for Peñarol.-Club career:... |
||
| FW | 18 | Richard Morales Richard Morales Ríchard Javier Morales Aguirre is a retired Uruguayan footballer who played as a centre forward.... |
||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 12 | Sebastián Viera Sebastián Viera Mario Sebastián Viera Galaín is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Junior Barranquilla in Colombia, as a goalkeeper.-Club career:... |
||
| DF | 2 | Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez Pérez is a Uruguayan footballer. He is a central defender who currently plays in Italy for A.C. Cesena.Rodríguez began his playing career in 2004 with Danubio... |
||
| MF | 7 | Marcelo Sosa Marcelo Sosa Marcelo Fabián Sosa Farías is an Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays for Racing Club de Montevideo, as a defensive midfielder.... |
||
| MF | 20 | Juan Martín Parodi Juan Martín Parodi Juan Martín Parodi is a Uruguayan footballer.-Club career:Parodi has spent most of his career in Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico and Greece, notably playing for Nacional in the Primera División Uruguaya as well as Deportivo Español and Colón in the Primera División de Argentina, Toros Neza in the... |
||
| FW | 10 | Darío Silva Darío Silva Darío Debray Silva Pereira is a retired Uruguayan footballer who played as a striker.After making a name for himself in his country and in Italy with Caglari, he spent the following seven years of his career in Spain - scoring 48 La Liga goals in 163 games, mostly for Málaga - before moving to... |
||
| FW | 11 | Mario Regueiro Mario Regueiro Mario Ignacio Regueiro Pintos is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for Club Atlético Lanús in Argentina.... |
||
| FW | 13 | Fabián Estoyanoff Fabián Estoyanoff Fabián Larry Estoyanoff Poggio is an Uruguayan footballer of Bulgarian descent who plays for Greek club Panionios as a right winger.-Early years:... |
||
| Manager: | ||||
| Jorge Fossati Jorge Fossati Jorge Daniel Fossati Lurachi is a former football goalkeeper, mainly in Peñarol. While playing at Peñarol, he helped the club win five league titles... |
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AUSTRALIA:
Mark Schwarzer
Mark Schwarzer OAM is an Australian association football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Premier League club Fulham. He rose to prominence during his time at North-East England football club Middlesbrough...
Tony Vidmar
Anthony "Tony" Vidmar is an Australian former professional football player of Slovenian origin. He was a member of the Australian national team, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for his native country, and is currently Australia's third highest capped player...
Lucas Neill
Lucas Edward Neill is an Australian Soccer player who currently plays for UAE Pro-League club Al Jazira. He is a full back. Neill had spent almost 15 years of his career playing in England. He represented Australia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, the 2010 World Cup in South...
Tony Popovic
Anthony Popovic is a Croatian Australian former football player. He last played for Sydney FC. He is currently the First Team Coach of Crystal Palace. Popovic grew up in Fairfield, New South Wales.-Early career:...
Brett Emerton
Brett Michael Emerton is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney FC and the Australia national team...
Jason Culina
Jason Culina is an Australian footballer who plays for the Australia national football team.- Club career :Culina started off with Sydney United under his father, Branko, before moving on to Ajax where he struggled in the reserves. Only after moving to FC Twente did Culina begin to shine at the...
Scott Chipperfield
Scott Kenneth Chipperfield is an Australian international football player who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.-Personal life:...
Vince Grella
Vincenzo "Vince" Grella is an Australian football player, who plays as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League...
Harry Kewell
Harold "Harry" Kewell is an Australian professional football midfielder who plays for Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Internationally he has received 55 caps, and scored 16 goals, while playing for the Australian national team...
Archie Thompson
Archibald Gerald Thompson is a New Zealand-born Australian professional football player, currently playing for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League, where he holds the League all time scoring record...
Mark Viduka
Mark Anthony Viduka is a former Australian soccer player who played as a centre forward. He captained the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany to the last 16.-Melbourne Croatia:...
(c)
Željko Kalac
Željko Kalac is a retired Australian football goalkeeper. Standing at 2.02m, Kalac is one of the world's tallest professional goalkeepers....
Ljubo Milicevic
Ljubo Miličević is an Australian football player who currently plays for Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL.-Early Career and Overseas:...
Tim Cahill
Timothy Filiga "Tim" Cahill is an football player of Australian nationality who plays for Everton and the Australian national football team...
Josip Skoko
Josip Skoko is a former Australian football player who last played as a Central Midfielder for A-League club Melbourne Heart.-Early career:...
Luke Wilkshire
Luke Wilkshire is an Australian football player who plays for Dynamo Moscow in the Russian Premier League...
Mark Bresciano
Mark "Marco" Bresciano is an Australian football player who is currently playing for UAE Pro-League side Al Nasr SC as a midfielder. He represented Australia at all youth levels, including appearances at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2000 Olympic Games...
John Aloisi
John Aloisi is a retired Australian football player who played as a striker, and the current youth team manager at Melbourne Heart....
Guus HiddinkGuus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink is a Dutch football manager and former player. He was the most recently manager of the Turkish national football team. He is considered to be one of the best managers of his generation and was the best-paid coach in international football in 2009...
OFFICIALS
|
MATCH RULES
|
Second Leg
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | AUSTRALIA: |
|||
| GK | 1 | Mark Schwarzer Mark Schwarzer Mark Schwarzer OAM is an Australian association football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Premier League club Fulham. He rose to prominence during his time at North-East England football club Middlesbrough... |
||
| DF | 2 | Lucas Neill Lucas Neill Lucas Edward Neill is an Australian Soccer player who currently plays for UAE Pro-League club Al Jazira. He is a full back. Neill had spent almost 15 years of his career playing in England. He represented Australia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, the 2010 World Cup in South... |
||
| DF | 6 | Tony Popovic Tony Popovic Anthony Popovic is a Croatian Australian former football player. He last played for Sydney FC. He is currently the First Team Coach of Crystal Palace. Popovic grew up in Fairfield, New South Wales.-Early career:... |
||
| DF | 5 | Tony Vidmar Tony Vidmar Anthony "Tony" Vidmar is an Australian former professional football player of Slovenian origin. He was a member of the Australian national team, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for his native country, and is currently Australia's third highest capped player... |
||
| MF | 23 | Mark Bresciano Mark Bresciano Mark "Marco" Bresciano is an Australian football player who is currently playing for UAE Pro-League side Al Nasr SC as a midfielder. He represented Australia at all youth levels, including appearances at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2000 Olympic Games... |
||
| MF | 4 | Tim Cahill Tim Cahill Timothy Filiga "Tim" Cahill is an football player of Australian nationality who plays for Everton and the Australian national football team... |
||
| MF | 3 | Scott Chipperfield Scott Chipperfield Scott Kenneth Chipperfield is an Australian international football player who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.-Personal life:... |
||
| MF | 19 | Jason Culina Jason Culina Jason Culina is an Australian footballer who plays for the Australia national football team.- Club career :Culina started off with Sydney United under his father, Branko, before moving on to Ajax where he struggled in the reserves. Only after moving to FC Twente did Culina begin to shine at the... |
||
| MF | 7 | Brett Emerton Brett Emerton Brett Michael Emerton is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney FC and the Australia national team... |
||
| MF | 13 | Vince Grella Vince Grella Vincenzo "Vince" Grella is an Australian football player, who plays as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League... |
||
| FW | 9 | Mark Viduka Mark Viduka Mark Anthony Viduka is a former Australian soccer player who played as a centre forward. He captained the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany to the last 16.-Melbourne Croatia:... (c) |
||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 18 | Željko Kalac Željko Kalac Željko Kalac is a retired Australian football goalkeeper. Standing at 2.02m, Kalac is one of the world's tallest professional goalkeepers.... |
||
| DF | 11 | Stan Lazaridis Stan Lazaridis Stanley "Stan" Lazaridis is a former football player. He was predominantly a left winger though he had been known to perform at left-back... |
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| DF | 12 | Ljubo Miličević Ljubo Milicevic Ljubo Miličević is an Australian football player who currently plays for Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL.-Early Career and Overseas:... |
||
| MF | 8 | Josip Skoko Josip Skoko Josip Skoko is a former Australian football player who last played as a Central Midfielder for A-League club Melbourne Heart.-Early career:... |
||
| MF | 10 | Harry Kewell Harry Kewell Harold "Harry" Kewell is an Australian professional football midfielder who plays for Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Internationally he has received 55 caps, and scored 16 goals, while playing for the Australian national team... |
||
| FW | 14 | Archie Thompson Archie Thompson Archibald Gerald Thompson is a New Zealand-born Australian professional football player, currently playing for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League, where he holds the League all time scoring record... |
||
| FW | 15 | John Aloisi John Aloisi John Aloisi is a retired Australian football player who played as a striker, and the current youth team manager at Melbourne Heart.... |
||
| Manager: | ||||
| Guus Hiddink Guus Hiddink Guus Hiddink is a Dutch football manager and former player. He was the most recently manager of the Turkish national football team. He is considered to be one of the best managers of his generation and was the best-paid coach in international football in 2009... |
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URUGUAY:
Fabián Carini
Héctor Fabián Carini Hernández is a Uruguayan football goalkeeper who plays for C.A. Peñarol in the Primera División from Uruguay.- Career :...
Diego Lugano
Diego Alfredo "Tota" Lugano Moreno is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Uruguay national football team as a central defender....
Darío Rodríguez
Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña is an Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a Left back for Peñarol. He was capped 51 times for the Uruguay national team.-Club career:...
Paolo Montero
Paolo Rónald Montero Iglesias is a former Uruguayan footballer who played as a central defender or left back. He has been described as "skillful on the ball and calm under pressure", and a "wonderfully talented and intelligent footballer"...
Pablo Gabriel García
Pablo Gabriel García Pérez is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for PAOK F.C. in Greece, as a defensive midfielder....
Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez
Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez Pérez is a Uruguayan footballer. He is a central defender who currently plays in Italy for A.C. Cesena.Rodríguez began his playing career in 2004 with Danubio...
Gustavo Varela
Gustavo Antonio Varela Rodríguez is a Uruguayan football player currently playing for C.A. Cerro.- Career :Varela started his career in Nacional in Uruguay, and played between 2002 and 2008 for FC Schalke 04 in Germany...
Carlos Diogo
Carlos Andrés Diogo Enseñat is an Uruguayan footballer. A player of great physical strength, he operates as a defender or midfielder, on the right side of the pitch.-Club career:...
Álvaro Recoba
Álvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero , nicknamed "El Chino", is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Primera División Uruguaya side Club Nacional de Football...
Mario Regueiro
Mario Ignacio Regueiro Pintos is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for Club Atlético Lanús in Argentina....
Richard Morales
Ríchard Javier Morales Aguirre is a retired Uruguayan footballer who played as a centre forward....
Sebastián Viera
Mario Sebastián Viera Galaín is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Junior Barranquilla in Colombia, as a goalkeeper.-Club career:...
Darío Silva
Darío Debray Silva Pereira is a retired Uruguayan footballer who played as a striker.After making a name for himself in his country and in Italy with Caglari, he spent the following seven years of his career in Spain - scoring 48 La Liga goals in 163 games, mostly for Málaga - before moving to...
Fabián Estoyanoff
Fabián Larry Estoyanoff Poggio is an Uruguayan footballer of Bulgarian descent who plays for Greek club Panionios as a right winger.-Early years:...
Marcelo Sosa
Marcelo Fabián Sosa Farías is an Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays for Racing Club de Montevideo, as a defensive midfielder....
Marcelo Zalayeta
Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta is an Uruguayan football striker, who currently plays for Peñarol.-Club career:...
Gonzalo de los Santos
Gonzalo de los Santos da Rosa is a retired Uruguayan footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Spain, playing nearly 300 official matches for six clubs over 11 seasons - 179 in La Liga alone, being crowned champion with Valencia - but...
Alejandro Lago
Eduardo Alejandro Lago Correa is a Uruguayan footballer. A central defender, he currently plays for Rosenborg BK in the Norwegian Premier League...
Jorge FossatiJorge Fossati
Jorge Daniel Fossati Lurachi is a former football goalkeeper, mainly in Peñarol. While playing at Peñarol, he helped the club win five league titles...
OFFICIALS
|
MATCH RULES
|
Aftermath
Australia qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals in GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and were drawn into Group F with defending champions
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
, Croatia
Croatia national football team
The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...
and Japan
Japan national football team
The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
. After winning Japan 3–1 in their opening match, Australia lost 2-0 to Brazil an in the final match they also drew 2-2 to Croatia, finishing second in the group on four points. In the Round of 16, Australia was defeated 1–0 by the eventual champions, Italy.