2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
(CONMEBOLOFC play-off)

John Aloisi taking the decisive penalty
Event 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
1–1 on aggregate, Australia won 4–2 on penalties
First leg
Date 12 November 2005
Venue Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Attendance 55,000
Weather Clear
22 °C (72 °F)[1]
Second leg
Date 16 November 2005
Venue Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Referee Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Attendance 82,698
Weather Mostly cloudy
17 °C (63 °F)[2]

The 2006 FIFA World Cup CONMEBOLOFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the fifth-placed team from the South American qualifying tournament, Uruguay. It still remains as the only match where a country has qualified for the FIFA World Cup Finals on a penalty shoot out.

The games were played on 12 and 16 November 2005 in Montevideo and Sydney respectively. With the home team winning 1–0 in both matches, the aggregate score was tied 1–1, and, with no away goal advantage, the play-off was decided by a penalty shootout, which Australia won 4–2 in order to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since the 1974 tournament.

It was the second consecutive FIFA World Cup where the two sides had played each other for a place in the tournament. On the first occasion in 2001, Uruguay won 3–1 on aggregate. The draw for determining the order of the home and away legs was made at a FIFA congress on 10 September 2005. Australia finally won a FIFA World Cup play-off after losing to Scotland (1986), Argentina (1994), Iran (1998) and Uruguay (2002).

Background

Uruguay Round Australia
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 1897235171834
 Argentina 18104429171234
 Ecuador 188462319428
 Paraguay 188462323028
 Uruguay 186752328525
Final standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 54102131813
 Solomon Islands 531196310
 New Zealand 5302175129
 Fiji 511331074
 Tahiti 5113224224
 Vanuatu 51045943
Final round
(OFC)
Opponent Result
1st leg  Solomon Islands (H) 7–0
2nd leg  Solomon Islands (A) 2–1

Play-off match

First leg

12 November 2005
18:00 UTC−2
Uruguay  1–0  Australia
Rodríguez  37' (Report)
Uruguay
URUGUAY:
GK 1 Fabián Carini
DF 6 Luis Diego López
DF 4 Paolo Montero (c)
DF 3 Darío Rodríguez  90+1'
MF 8 Carlos Diogo  64'
MF 5 Pablo García
MF 15Diego Pérez
MF 21Diego Forlán  19'
MF 9 Álvaro Recoba
FW 17Marcelo Zalayeta  64'
FW 18Richard Morales
Substitutions:
GK 12Sebastián Viera
DF 2 Guillermo Rodríguez  64'
MF 7 Marcelo Sosa
MF 20Martín Parodi
FW 10Darío Silva  24'  19'
FW 11Mario Regueiro
FW 13Fabián Estoyanoff  64'
Manager:
Jorge Fossati
Australia
AUSTRALIA:
GK 1 Mark Schwarzer
DF 5 Tony Vidmar
DF 2 Lucas Neill
DF 6 Tony Popovic
MF 7 Brett Emerton
MF 19Jason Culina
MF 3 Scott Chipperfield
MF 13Vince Grella  90+1'
MF 10Harry Kewell
FW 14Archie Thompson  52'
FW 9 Mark Viduka (c)  80'
Substitutions:
GK 18Željko Kalac
DF 12Ljubo Miličević
MF 4 Tim Cahill
MF 8 Josip Skoko
MF 20Luke Wilkshire
MF 23Mark Bresciano  52'
FW 15John Aloisi  80'
Manager:
Netherlands Guus Hiddink

OFFICIALS

MATCH RULES

Second leg

Australia
AUSTRALIA:
GK 1 Mark Schwarzer
DF 2 Lucas Neill
DF 6 Tony Popovic  27'  31'
DF 5 Tony Vidmar  39'
MF 23Mark Bresciano  96'
MF 4 Tim Cahill
MF 3 Scott Chipperfield
MF 19Jason Culina  53'
MF 7 Brett Emerton  110'
MF 13Vince Grella
FW 9 Mark Viduka (c)
Substitutions:
GK 18Željko Kalac
DF 11Stan Lazaridis
DF 12Ljubo Miličević
MF 8 Josip Skoko  110'
MF 10Harry Kewell  86'  31'
FW 14Archie Thompson
FW 15John Aloisi  96'
Manager:
Netherlands Guus Hiddink
Uruguay
URUGUAY:
GK 1 Fabián Carini
2 Diego Lugano
3 Darío Rodríguez  67'
4 Paolo Montero (c)  81'
5 Pablo García  76'
6 Guillermo Rodríguez
7 Gustavo Varela
8 Carlos Diogo  45+1'
9 Álvaro Recoba  72'
11Mario Regueiro  44'  97'
18Richard Morales  110'
Substitutions:
GK 12Sebastián Viera
10Darío Silva
13Fabián Estoyanoff  97'
14Marcelo Sosa  81'
17Marcelo Zalayeta  72'
19Gonzalo de los Santos
21Alejandro Lago
Manager:
Jorge Fossati

OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Víctoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain)
    • Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain)
  • Fourth official: Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain)

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level:
  • 3 (of 7) substitutions permitted

Aftermath

Australia qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals in Germany and were drawn into Group F with defending champions Brazil, Croatia and Japan. After beating Japan 3–1 in their opening match, Australia lost 2–0 to Brazil and in the final match they also drew 2–2 with Croatia, finishing second in the group on four points. In the Round of 16, Australia were defeated 1–0 by the eventual champions, Italy.

References

  1. "History for Carrasco Intl. Airport, Uruguay". wunderground.com. 2005-11-12. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  2. "History for Kingsford Smith Intl. Airport, Australia". wunderground.com. 2005-11-16. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
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