2004 Australia national soccer team season
This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2004.
2004 season | |
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Manager | Frank Farina |
Summary
[edit]2004 commenced with a trip to Venezuela for a first ever meeting with the Venezuela national football team in a friendly which finished 1–1 after an injury time equaliser to the hosts.[1] This was followed by a 1–0 friendly win in London over South Africa. Following this Australia hosted Turkey in a two-match friendly series.[2] The Turks were ranked 7th in the world at the time and won both fixtures, 3–1 in Sydney [3] and then 1–0 in Melbourne.
In late May and early June Australia hosted the final tournament of the 2004 OFC Nations Cup in Adelaide. The tournament doubled as qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Australia largely cruised through their matches[4] although a surprise 2–2 draw with Solomon Islands in the last game meant the two nations would meet again in a two-legged playoff to determine the OFC Nations champions.
These fixtures took place in October. Australia comfortably won both legs. A 5–1 win[5] in Honiara was followed with a 6–0 win[6] in Sydney to be crowned OFC Nations champions and qualify for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.
The year ended with a 2–2 friendly draw in London to Norway.
Record
[edit]Type | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Friendly matches | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
OFC Nations Cup and World Cup qualifiers | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 |
Total | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 11 |
Match results
[edit]Friendlies
[edit]18 February Friendly | Venezuela ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Arango ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Oscar Julian Ruiz (Colombia) |
30 March Friendly | Australia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Bresciano ![]() | Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,108 Referee: Mark Halsey (England) |
21 May Friendly | Australia ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | ![]() |
Bresciano ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 28,326 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan) |
24 May Friendly | Australia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Kahveci ![]() | Stadium: Telstra Dome Attendance: 28,953 Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand) |
16 November Friendly | Australia ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Cahill ![]() Skoko ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 7,364 Referee: Rob Styles (England) |
29 May Group Stage | Australia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Bresciano ![]() | Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 12,130 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) |
31 May Group Stage | Australia ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Cahill ![]() Skoko ![]() Simon ![]() Sterjovski ![]() Zdrilic ![]() Chipperfield ![]() | Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu) |
2 June Group Stage | Australia ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Madaschi ![]() Cahill ![]() Elrich ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) |
4 June Group Stage | Australia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Aloisi ![]() Emerton ![]() | Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti) |
6 June Group Stage | Australia ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Cahill ![]() Emerton ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) |
9 October Final 1st Leg | Solomon Islands ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | ![]() |
Suri ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) |
12 October Final 2nd Leg | Australia ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Milicic ![]() Kewell ![]() Vidmar ![]() Thompson ![]() Elrich ![]() Emerton ![]() | (Report) | ![]() | Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 19,208 Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji) |
Goal scorers
[edit]Player | Friendlies | OFC Nations Cup | Total Goals |
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Cahill | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Emerton | - | 4 | 4 |
Skoko | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Bresciano | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Elrich | - | 3 | 3 |
Sterjovski | - | 3 | 3 |
Aloisi | - | 2 | 2 |
Madaschi | - | 2 | 2 |
Milicic | - | 2 | 2 |
Agostino | 1 | - | 1 |
Chipperfield | - | 1 | 1 |
Kewell | - | 1 | 1 |
Thompson | - | 1 | 1 |
Vidmar | - | 1 | 1 |
Zdrilic | - | 1 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Socceroo 2004 Matches".
- ^ "Australia V Turkey - Match Preview". 22 May 2004.
- ^ "Australia vs. Turkey - Football Match Summary - May 21, 2004 - ESPN".
- ^ "Australia Through to Nations Cup Play-off". 5 June 2004.
- ^ "Game One - Full Match Summary - 2004 OFC Nations Cup / 2006 FIFA World Cup - Stage 2 - SportsTG". Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Game Two - Full Match Summary - 2004 OFC Nations Cup / 2006 FIFA World Cup - Stage 2 - SportsTG". Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.