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 recordYearResultPosition 1991Did not qualify 1995Group stage12th3003313 199911th301237 200313th301235 20076th412197 20118th420267 20157th521255 2019Round of 169th421196 Fourth place4th7313108 2027 Qualified To be determined 2035Total9/124th33107164858
Head-to-head record OpponentWin %Total
1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group C
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group D
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group D
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group C
Quarter-finals
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group D
Quarter-finals
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group D
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group C
Round of 16
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group B
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
Goalscorers
Player Goals 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 7 4 1 2 6 5 1 5 2 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Own goal1 1 Total 48 3 3 3 9 6 5 9 10
Own goals scored for opponents Dianne Alagich (scored for Russia in 2003)
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