Australia at the OFC Nations Cup

The Australia national association football team represented Australia at the OFC Nations Cup from 1980 to 2004.^[1]

OFC Nations Cup record

Australia's OFC Nations Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1973	Did not participate
1980	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	24	4
1996	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	14	0
1998	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	23	3
2000	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	26	0
2002	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	23	2
2004	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	32	4
2008–present	Not an OFC member
Total	4 titles	6/7	28	24	2	2	142	13

1980 OFC Nations Cup

Group B

	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	20	2	6
2	New Caledonia	3	2	1	12	11	4
3	Papua New Guinea	3	1	2	6	22	2
4	New Hebrides	3	0	3	6	9	0

February 24, 1980

Australia	8–0	New Caledonia
Danny Moulis Ian Hunter 2 Paul Kay 2 Eddie Krncevic 3	(Report)

Noumea, New Caledonia

February 26, 1980

Australia	11–2	Papua New Guinea
Danny Moulis Arno Bertogna Vic Bozanic Ian Hunter 3 Eddie Krncevic Peter Sharne 4	(Report)	Mouagi Torea

Noumea, New Caledonia

February 28, 1980

Australia	1–0	New Hebrides
Eddie Krncevic	(Report)

Noumea, New Caledonia

Final

March 3, 1980

Australia	4–2	Tahiti
Paul Kay 4' 29' Danny Moulis Vic Bozanic	(Report)	Andre Wabealo Erroll Bennett

Noumea, New Caledonia

1996 OFC Nations Cup

Semi-final

1995-11-10

New Zealand	0 – 0	Australia
	(Report)

Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)

1995-11-15

Australia	3 – 0	New Zealand
Damian Mori 33' Paul Wade 45' pen Joe Spiteri 51'	(Report)

Breakers Stadium, Newcastle

Attendance: 8,858

Referee: Simon Micallef (AUS)

Final

1996-10-27

Tahiti	0 – 6	Australia
	(Report)	Ernie Tapai 5' Paul Trimboli 20' Kris Trajanovski 25', 28', 44', 89'

Olympic Stadium, Papeete

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)

1996-11-01

Australia	5 – 0	Tahiti
Robbie Hooker 11' Kris Trajanovski 21', 36', 54' Rupena Raumati 31' (og)	(Report)

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 9,421

Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

1998 OFC Nations Cup

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	6	2	2	0	19	1	+18
Fiji	3	2	1	1	4	3	+1
Cook Islands	0	2	0	2	0	19	-19

25 September 1998

Australia	3–1	Fiji
Mori 2', 25', 44'	(Report)	Masinisau 62'

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 900

Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)

28 September 1998

Australia	16–0	Cook Islands
Trimboli 1', 12', 63' Mori 8', 15', 30', 34' Maloney 17', 89' Ceccoli 42' Trajanovski 48', 68', 76' (pen), 88' Chipperfield 66' Halpin 80'	(Report)

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 600

Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

Semi-final

2 October 1998

Australia	4-1	Tahiti
Mori 1', 32', 81' Veart 86'	(Report)	Labaste 55'

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

Final

4 October 1998

New Zealand	1-0	Australia
Burton 24'	(Report)

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

2000 OFC Nations Cup

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	6	2	2	0	23	0	+23
Solomon Islands	3	2	1	1	5	7	-2
Cook Islands	0	2	0	2	1	22	-21

19 June 2000

Australia	17–0	Cook Islands
Agostino 18', 68' Muscat 21', 45' (pen) Tiatto 24' Foster 30', 42', 51', 80' Zdrilic 35', 65' Lazaridis 55' Popovic 60' Corica 70' Zane 82', 87', 89'	(Report)

Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Leaustic (Tahiti)

23 June 2000

Australia	6–0	Solomon Islands
Chipperfield 6' Zane 13', 35' Omokirio 36' (OG) Muscat 39' (pen) Cardozo 43'	(Report)

Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti

Attendance: 300

Referee: Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

Semi-final

25 Jun 2000

Australia	1 – 0	Vanuatu
Kevin Muscat 5' pen	(Report)

Stade Pater
Papeete, Tahiti

Attendance: 300

Final

28 Jun 2000

Australia	2 – 0	New Zealand
Shaun Murphy 40' Craig Foster 66'	(Report)

Stade Pater
Papeete, Tahiti

Attendance: 300

2002 OFC Nations Cup

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	9	3	3	0	21	0	+21
Vanuatu	6	3	2	1	2	2	0
Fiji	3	3	1	2	2	10	-8
New Caledonia	0	3	0	3	1	14	-13

6 July 2002

Australia	2–0	Vanuatu
Mori 69' Despotovski 85'	(Report)

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)

8 July 2002

Australia	11–0	New Caledonia
Despotovski 2', 56' (pen), 76', 77' Horvat 15' Chipperfield 22', 35' Mori 34' Costanzo 83' Porter 86' Trimboli 90+'	(Report)

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 200

Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)

10 July 2002

Australia	8–0	Fiji
Milicic 4' Porter 7', 12', 45', 52' Juric 36' Trimboli 46' De Amicis 89'	(Report)

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)

Semi-final

12 July 2002

Australia	2–1 (AET)	Tahiti
Porter 88' Mori 96'	(Report)	Zaveroni 38'

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 400

Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)

Final

14 July 2002

New Zealand	1–0	Australia
Nelsen 78'	(Report)

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)

2004 OFC Nations Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	4	1	0	21	3	+18	13	Advance to final
2	Solomon Islands	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	10	Advance to final
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	17	5	+12	9
4	Fiji	5	1	1	3	3	10	−7	4
5	Tahiti	5	1	1	3	2	24	−22	4
6	Vanuatu	5	1	0	4	5	9	−4	3

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

29 May 2004

Australia	1 – 0	New Zealand
Bresciano 40'	(Report)

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 12,130

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

31 May 2004

Australia	9 – 0	Tahiti
Cahill 14', 47' Skoko 43' Simon 44' (o.g.) Sterjovski 51', 61', 74' Zdrilic 85' Chipperfield 89'	(Report)

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

2 June 2004

Australia	6 – 1	Fiji
Madaschi 6', 50' Cahill 39', 66', 75' Elrich 89'	(Report)	Gataurua 19'

Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

4 June 2004

Vanuatu	0 – 3	Australia
	(Report)	Aloisi 25', 85' Emerton 81'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

6 June 2004

Solomon Islands	2 – 2	Australia
Menapi 43', 75'	(Report)	Cahill 50' Emerton 52'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Final

9 October 2004

Solomon Islands	1 – 5	Australia
Batram Suri 60'	(Report)	Skoko 5', 28' Milicic 19' Emerton 43' Elrich 79'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

12 October 2004

Australia	6 – 0	Solomon Islands
Milicic 5' Kewell 8' Vidmar 60' Thompson 79' Elrich 82' Emerton 89'	(Report)

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 19,208

Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1980	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004
Damian Mori	14			10	1	3
Kris Trajanovski	11		7	4
Paul Trimboli	6		1	3		2
Joel Porter	6					6
Tim Cahill	6						6
Vaughan Coveny	6						6
Ian Hunter	5	5
Eddie Krnčević	5	5
Craig Foster	5				5
Clayton Zane	5				5
Bobby Despotovski	5					5
Paul Kay	4	4
Scott Chipperfield	4			1		2	1
Kevin Muscat	4				4
Danny Moulis	3	3
Ante Milicic	3					1	2
Josip Skoko	3						3
Mile Sterjovski	3						3
Ahmad Elrich	3						3
Brett Emerton	3						3
Vic Bozanic	2	2
Peter Sharne	2	2
Brad Maloney	2			2
Paul Agostino	2				2
Adrian Madaschi	2						2
John Aloisi	2						2
Arno Bertogna	1	1
Paul Wade	1		1
Joe Spiteri	1		1
Ernie Tapai	1		1
Robbie Hooker	1		1
Alvin Ceccoli	1			1
Troy Halpin	1			1
Carl Veart	1			1
Mark Burton	1			1
Danny Tiatto	1				1
Stan Lazaridis	1				1
Tony Popovic	1				1
Steve Corica	1				1
Pablo Cardozo	1				1
Shaun Murphy	1				1
Steve Horvat	1					1
Angelo Costanzo	1					1
Ante Jurić	1					1
Fausto De Amicis	1					1
Mark Bresciano	1						1
David Zdrilic	1						1
Harry Kewell	1						1
Tony Vidmar	1						1
Archie Thompson	1						1
Total	139	22	12	24	23	22	36

References

^ "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

[1] "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

[soccer365_OFC_2006-2] "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

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v t e Countries at the OFC Nations Cup
Team appearances
Australia² Cook Islands Fiji New Caledonia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Vanuatu¹
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations.

OFC Nations Cup record

1980 OFC Nations Cup

Group B

Final

1996 OFC Nations Cup

Semi-final

Final

1998 OFC Nations Cup

Group B

Semi-final

Final

2000 OFC Nations Cup

Group A

Semi-final

Final

2002 OFC Nations Cup

Group A

Semi-final

Final

2004 OFC Nations Cup

Group stage

Final

Goalscorers

See also

References