Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup

The Australia women's national association football team has represented Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup on seven occasions in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. Australia will co-host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup with New Zealand. The Matildas automatically qualify as co-host. 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
1991 Did not qualify
1995Group Stage12th3003313
1999Group Stage11th301237
2003Group Stage13th301235
2007Quarter-finals6th412197
2011Quarter-finals8th420267
2015Quarter-finals7th521255
2019Round of 16421196
2023 Qualified as co-host
Total8/90 titles2676133850

Record by opponent
FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Brazil420266
 Canada101022
 China PR301248
 Denmark100105
 Equatorial Guinea110032
 Ghana311164
 Italy100112
 Jamaica110041
 Japan100101
 Nigeria110020
 Norway312043
 Russia100112
 Sweden301237
 United States200227

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C
Pos Team 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 PR 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
Krogh  12', 48'
Nielsen  25'
Jensen  37'
Hansen  86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Skovgang (Norway)
China PR 4 – 2 Australia
Zhou  23'
Shi  54', 78'
Liu  90+3'		 (Report) Iannotta  25'
Hughes  89'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sequeira (Brazil)
United States 4 – 1 Australia
Foudy  69'
Fawcett  72'
Overbeck  90+2' (pen.)
Keller  90+4'		 (Report) Casagrande  54'
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Prasert (Thailand)

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China PR 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
Murray  74' (Report) Gyamfua  76'
Attendance: 14,867
Australia 1 – 3 Sweden
Murray  32' (Report) Tornqvist  8'
Ljungberg  21', 69'
Attendance: 16,448
Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)
China PR 3 – 1 Australia
Sun W.  39', 51'
Liu Y.  73'		 (Report) Salisbury  66'
Attendance: 29,401

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China PR 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
Golebiowski  38' (Report) Alagich  39' (o.g.)
Fomina  89'
Attendance: 15,239
Referee: Abidoye (NGA)
China PR 1 – 1 Australia
Bai  46' (Report) Garriock  28'
Attendance: 13,929
Referee: Elovirta (FIN)
Ghana 2 – 1 Australia
Sackey  34', 39' (Report) Garriock  61'
Attendance: 19,132
Referee: Agboyi (TOG)

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C
Pos Team 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
Australia 4 – 1 Ghana
Walsh  15'
De Vanna  57', 81'
Garriock  69'		 (Report) Amankwa  70'
Attendance: 25,952
Referee: Adriana Correa (Colombia)
Norway 1 – 1 Australia
R. Gulbrandsen  5' (Report) De Vanna  83'
Attendance: 33,835
Referee: Niu Huijun (China)
Australia 2 – 2 Canada
McCallum  53'
Salisbury  90+2'		 (Report) Tancredi  1'
Sinclair  85'
Attendance: 29,300
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Quarter-finals
Brazil 3 – 2 Australia
Formiga  4'
Marta  23' (pen.)
Cristiane  75'		 (Report) De Vanna  36'
Colthorpe  68'
Attendance: 35,061
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D
Pos Team 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
Rosana  54' (Report)
Attendance: 27,258
Australia 3–2 Equatorial Guinea
Khamis  8'
van Egmond  48'
De Vanna  51'		 (Report) Añonma  21', 83'
Attendance: 15,640
Australia 2–1 Norway
Simon  57', 87' (Report) Thorsnes  56'
Attendance: 18,474
Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

Quarter-finals
Sweden 3–1 Australia
Sjögran  10'
Dahlkvist  16'
Schelin  52'		 (Report) Perry  40'
Attendance: 24,605
Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D
Pos Team 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
Rapinoe  12', 78'
Press  61'		 Report De Vanna  27'
Attendance: 31,148
Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)
Australia 2–0 Nigeria
Simon  29', 68' Report
Attendance: 32,716
Australia 1–1 Sweden
De Vanna  5' Report Jakobsson  15'
Attendance: 10,177

Round of 16
Brazil 0–1 Australia
Report Simon  80'
Attendance: 12,054

Quarter-finals
Australia 0–1 Japan
Report Iwabuchi  87'
Attendance: 19,814

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C
Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C
Pos Team 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
Attendance: 15,380[2]
Australia 3–2 Brazil
 Report
Attendance: 17,032[3]
Jamaica 1–4 Australia
 Report
  • Kerr  11', 42', 69', 83'
Attendance: 17,402[4]

Round of 16
Norway 1–1 (a.e.t.) Australia
 Report
Penalties
 4–1
Attendance: 12,229[5]

Goalscorers
See also: List of FIFA Women's World Cup goalscorers
Player Goals 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Lisa De Vanna 7 412
Kyah Simon 5 23
Sam Kerr 5 5
Heather Garriock 3 21
Julie Murray 2 2
Cheryl Salisbury 2 11
Lisa Casagrande 1 1
Sunni Hughes 1 1
Angela Iannotta 1 1
Kelly Golebiowski 1 1
Lauren Colthorpe 1 1
Collette McCallum 1 1
Sarah Walsh 1 1
Leena Khamis 1 1
Ellyse Perry 1 1
Emily Van Egmond 1 1
Caitlin Foord 1 1
Chloe Logarzo 1 1
Own goal 1 1
Elise Kellond-Knight 1 1
Total 38 3339659
Own goals scored for opponents

References
  1. Moved from 19 September in Hangzhou due to Typhoon Wipha, Australia-Canada and China-New Zealand moved to 20 Sept Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Match report – Group C – Australia v Italy" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. "Match report – Group C – Australia v Brazil" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  4. "Match report – Group C – Jamaica v Australia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  5. "Match report – Round of 16 – Norway v Australia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
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