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The Australia women's national soccer team has represented Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup on eight occasions in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. Australia co-hosted the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup with New Zealand. The Matildas automatically qualified as co-host, and the Matildas (managed by Tony Gustavsson and captained by Steph Catley and Sam Kerr) finished fourth overall.

It was the first time that a senior national soccer team representing Australia or another Oceanian country has made it to the World Cup semi-finals and also is one of the only three teams of Asian Football Confederation alongside China and Japan which they finished on the top four of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

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
1995	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	3	13
1999		11th	3	0	1	2	3	7
2003		13th	3	0	1	2	3	5
2007	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	9	7
2011		8th	4	2	0	2	6	7
2015		7th	5	2	1	2	5	5
2019	Round of 16	9th	4	2	1	1	9	6
2023	Fourth place	4th	7	3	1	3	10	8
2027	To be determined
Total	8/9	0 titles	33	10	7	16	48	58

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Brazil	4	2	0	2	6	6	+0	050.00
Canada	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	050.00
China	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	000.00
Denmark	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	050.00
England	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Equatorial Guinea	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
France	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Ghana	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	033.33
Italy	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Japan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Norway	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	033.33
Republic of Ireland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Russia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Sweden	4	0	1	3	3	9	−6	000.00
United States	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	000.00
Total	33	10	7	16	48	58	−10	030.30

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

v t e Australia squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Wheeler 2 Cooper 3 Oakley 4 Murray (c) 5 Salisbury 6 Tann 7 Forman 8 Gegenhuber 9 Iannotta 10 Hughes 11 Janssen 12 Watson 13 Bartlett 14 Pentecost 15 Lembryk 16 Casagrande 17 Wainwright 18 McMurtrie 19 Claydon 20 Nichols Coach: Sermanni

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	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	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

Denmark	5–0	Australia
Krogh 12', 48' Eggers Nielsen 25' Jensen 37' C. Hansen 86'	Report

China	4–2	Australia
Zhou Yang 23' Shi Guihong 54', 78' Liu Ailing 90+3'	Report	Iannotta 25' Hughes 89'

United States	4–1	Australia
Foudy 69' Fawcett 72' Overbeck 90+2' (pen.) Keller 90+4'	Report	Casagrande 54'

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

v t e Australia squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Kitching 2 Taylor 3 Starr 4 Cooper 5 Bartlett 6 Tann 7 Casagrande 8 Salisbury 9 Murray (c) 10 Iannotta 11 Black 12 Swaffer 13 Ferguson 14 Peters 15 Hepperlin 16 Wilson 17 Golebiowski 18 Forman 19 Alagich 20 Wheeler Coach: Brown

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	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

Australia	1–1	Ghana
Murray 74'	Report	Gyamfuah 76'

Australia	1–3	Sweden
Murray 32'	Report	Törnqvist 8' Ljungberg 21', 69'

China	3–1	Australia
Sun Wen 39', 51' Liu Ying 73'	Report	Salisbury 66'

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

v t e Australia squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Kell 2 Foster 3 Wainwright 4 Alagich 5 Salisbury (c) 6 Davies 7 Golebiowski 8 Duus 9 Mann 10 Peters 11 Garriock 12 Barbieri 13 Reuter 14 Grant 15 Karp 16 Rockall 17 Small 18 Beattie 19 Wilson 20 Crawford Coach: Santrac

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	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

Australia	1–2	Russia
Golebiowski 38'	Report	Alagich 39' (o.g.) Fomina 89'

China	1–1	Australia
Bai Jie 46'	Report	Garriock 28'

Ghana	2–1	Australia
A. Sackey 34', 39'	Report	Garriock 61'

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

v t e Australia squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Barbieri 2 McShea 3 Ferguson 4 Alagich 5 Salisbury (c) 6 Davies 7 Garriock 8 Munoz 9 Walsh 10 Peters 11 De Vanna 12 Gill 13 Slatyer 14 McCallum 15 Shipard 16 Colthorpe 17 Small 18 Williams 19 Polkinghorne 20 Burgess 21 Wirkus Coach: Sermanni

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	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

Ghana	1–4	Australia
Amankwa 70'	Report	Walsh 15' De Vanna 57', 81' Garriock 69'

Australia	1–1	Norway
De Vanna 83'	Report	R. Gulbrandsen 5'

Australia	2–2	Canada
McCallum 53' Salisbury 90+2'	Report	Tancredi 1' Sinclair 85'

Quarter-finals

Brazil	3–2	Australia
Formiga 4' Marta 23' (pen.) Cristiane 75'	Report	De Vanna 36' Colthorpe 68'

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

v t e Australia squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Barbieri (c) 2 Allen 3 Carroll 4 Polkinghorne 5 Alleway 6 Perry 7 Garriock 8 Kellond-Knight 9 Foord 10 Uzunlar 11 De Vanna 12 Van Egmond 13 Butt 14 McCallum 15 Shipard 16 Colthorpe 17 Simon 18 Williams 19 Khamis 20 Kerr 21 Dumont Coach: Sermanni

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	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

Brazil	1–0	Australia
Rosana 54'	Report

Australia	3–2	Equatorial Guinea
Khamis 8' Van Egmond 48' De Vanna 51'	Report	Añonman 21', 83'

Australia	2–1	Norway
Simon 57', 87'	Report	Thorsnes 56'

Quarter-finals

Sweden	3–1	Australia
Sjögran 11' Dahlkvist 16' Schelin 52'	Report	Perry 40'

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

v t e Australia squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Williams 2 Crummer 3 Sykes 4 Polkinghorne 5 Alleway 6 Uzunlar 7 Catley 8 Kellond-Knight 9 Foord 10 Van Egmond 11 De Vanna (c) 12 Khamis 13 Butt 14 Kennedy 15 Polias 16 Raso 17 Simon 18 Barbieri 19 Gorry 20 Kerr 21 Arnold 22 Bolger 23 Heyman Coach: Stajcic

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	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

United States	3–1	Australia
Rapinoe 12', 78' Press 61'	Report	De Vanna 27'

Australia	2–0	Nigeria
Simon 29', 68'	Report

Australia	1–1	Sweden
De Vanna 5'	Report	Jakobsson 15'

Round of 16

Brazil	0–1	Australia
	Report	Simon 80'

Quarter-finals

Australia	0–1	Japan
	Report	Iwabuchi 87'

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

v t e Australia squad – 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Williams 2 Simon 3 Luik 4 Polkinghorne 5 Roestbakken 6 Logarzo 7 Catley 8 Kellond-Knight 9 Foord 10 Van Egmond 11 De Vanna 12 Micah 13 Yallop 14 Kennedy 15 Gielnik 16 Raso 17 Fowler 18 Arnold 19 Gorry 20 Kerr (c) 21 Carpenter 22 Harrison 23 Allen Coach: Milicic

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	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

Australia	1–2	Italy
Kerr 22'	Report	Bonansea 56', 90+5'

Australia	3–2	Brazil
Foord 45+1' Logarzo 58' Mônica 66' (o.g.)	Report	Marta 27' (pen.) Cristiane 38'

Jamaica	1–4	Australia
Solaun 49'	Report	Kerr 11', 42', 69', 83'

Round of 16

Norway	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Australia
Herlovsen 31'	Report	Kellond-Knight 83'
Penalties
Graham Hansen Reiten Mjelde Syrstad Engen	4–1	Kerr Gielnik Catley

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

v t e Australia squad – 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup fourth place
1 Williams 2 Nevin 3 Luik 4 Polkinghorne 5 Vine 6 Wheeler 7 Catley 8 Chidiac 9 Foord 10 Van Egmond 11 Fowler 12 Micah 13 Yallop 14 Kennedy 15 Hunt 16 Raso 17 Simon 18 Arnold 19 Gorry 20 Kerr (c) 21 Carpenter 22 Grant 23 Cooney-Cross Coach: Gustavsson

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
4	Republic of Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Australia	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Catley 52' (pen.)	Report

Australia	2–3	Nigeria
Van Egmond 45+1' Kennedy 90+10'	Report	Kanu 45+6' Ohale 65' Oshoala 72'

Canada	0–4	Australia
	Report	Raso 9', 39' Fowler 58' Catley 90+4' (pen.)

Round of 16

Australia	2–0	Denmark
Foord 29' Raso 70'	Report

Quarter-finals

Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	France
	Report
Penalties
Foord Catley Kerr Fowler Arnold Gorry Yallop Carpenter Hunt Vine	7–6	Bacha Diani Renard Le Sommer Périsset Geyoro Karchaoui Lakrar Dali Bècho

Semi-finals

Australia	1–3	England
Kerr 63'	Report	Toone 36' Hemp 71' Russo 86'

Third place play-off

Sweden	2–0	Australia
Rolfö 30' (pen.) Asllani 62'	Report

Goalscorers

Own goals scored for opponents

• Dianne Alagich (scored for Russia in 2003)

References

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