2001 Australia national soccer team season

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Australia
2001 season
ManagerFrank Farina
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This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2001.

Summary[]

Australia started a busy 2001 with an away friendly in Bogota, Colombia where they went three goals behind to the hosts before pulling two back late. In April, Australia commenced their qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup by hosting a group of five in the OFC qualification First Round at Coffs Harbour. In the first game against Tonga, Australia set a new world record for an international football match when they won 22–0.[1] Just two days later, they broke that record when they won 31–0 against American Samoa.[2] Archie Thompson also set an individual world record by scoring 13 goals in the game.[2] With Australia winning their next two games they comfortably proceeded to the OFC Final Round against New Zealand later in the year.

As champions of the 2000 OFC Nations Cup, Australia headed to South Korea for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. They were drawn in a group with hosts South Korea; 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 winners, France and Mexico, winners of the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. Australia beat Mexico in the opening game with a first half goal to Shaun Murphy and another to Josip Skoko in the second half.[3] They then had a surprise victory over France when Clayton Zane scored the only goal of the game.[3] Despite losing the third game 1–0 to South Korea, Australia finished second in the group on goal difference to proceed to the semi-final stage. They had to travel to Yokohama to play against Japan, the joint hosts, and lost the game 1–0. Australia finished off the tournament with another upset victory to claim third-place. This time it was against Brazil when Murphy scored in the 84th minute for a 1–0 victory.[3]

Nine days later Australia were in Wellington for the first leg of the second round of World Cup qualification. Brett Emerton scored a double and despite a late Danny Tiatto red card they held on for a 2–0 win. The second leg was held in front of a crowd of 41,976 at Stadium Australia in Sydney and a 4–1 win gave them a 6–1 aggregate victory and meant Australia would proceed to OFC–CONMEBOL play-off against the fifth placed South American side.

Heading back to Japan for an August friendly saw Australia lose 3–0 and in November they hosted the current world ranked number one nation, France in a friendly at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Craig Moore gave Australia the lead just prior to half-time however French striker David Trezeguet equalised just after the break and the game finished 1–1.[4]

The year finished up with a two-legged tie to attempt to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. Australia hadn't participated since the 1974 FIFA World Cup and they came up against Uruguay. The first leg was played in Melbourne and a Kevin Muscat penalty in the 78th minute gave Australia a 1–0 lead going into the second leg.[5] On 25 November the second leg was played at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. An early goal by Darío Silva for Uruguay brought the tie level however a second half brace by Richard Morales gave victory and World Cup qualification to Uruguay.[6]

Record[]

Type GP W D L GF GA
Friendly matches 3 0 1 2 3 7
Confederations Cup 5 3 0 2 4 2
World Cup qualifiers 8 7 0 1 73 4
Total 16 10 1 5 80 13

Match results[]

Friendlies[]

28 February 2001 Friendly match Colombia  3–2  Australia Bogotá, Colombia
Serna 12'
Salazar 66'
Grisales 75'		 77' (pen) Corica
90' Chipperfield		 Stadium:
Attendance: 2,071
Referee: Spain
15 August 2001 Friendly match Japan  3–0  Australia Fukuroi, Japan
19'
53'
65' (pen)		 Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: China
11 November 2001 Friendly match Australia  1–1  France Melbourne, Australia
Moore 43' Report 49' Trezeguet Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 53,173
Referee: Australia

Confederations Cup[]

30 May 2001 Group match Mexico  0–2  Australia Suwon, South Korea
20' Murphy
55' Skoko		 Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 6,232
Referee: Zimbabwe
1 June 2001 Group match Australia  1–0  France Daegu, South Korea
Zane 89' Stadium: Daegu World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 44,400
Referee: Guatemala Carlos Batres
3 June 2001 Group match South Korea  1–0  Australia Suwon, South Korea
Hwang 24' Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 42,759
Referee: Colombia
7 June 2001 Semi-final Japan  1–0  Australia Yokohama, Japan
Nakata 43' Stadium: Yokohama International Stadium
Attendance: 48,699
Referee: Mexico Benito Archundia
9 June 2001 3rd place Australia  1–0  Brazil Ulsan, South Korea
Murphy 84' Stadium: Munsu Cup Stadium
Attendance: 28,520
Referee: Germany Hellmut Krug

World Cup qualifiers[]

9 April 2001 OFC group match Tonga  0–22  Australia Coffs Harbour, Australia
Chipperfield 3', 83'
Mori 13', 23', 40', 58'
Aloisi 14', 24', 37', 45', 52', 63'
Muscat 18', 30', 54', 82'
Popovic 67'
Vidmar 74'
Zdrilic 78', 90'
Thompson 80'
Boutsianis 87'		 Stadium: International Sports Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Vanuatu
11 April 2001 OFC group match Australia  31–0  American Samoa Coffs Harbour, Australia
Boutsianis 10', 50', 84'
Thompson 12', 23', 27', 29', 32'
37', 42', 45', 56', 60'
65', 85', 88'
Zdrilic 13', 21', 25', 33', 58'
66', 78', 89'
Vidmar 14', 80'
Popovic 17', 19'
Colosimo 51', 81'
De Amicis 55'		 Stadium: International Sports Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: French Polynesia
14 April 2001 OFC group match Fiji  0–2  Australia Coffs Harbour, Australia
Corica 23'
Foxe 81'		 Stadium: International Sports Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: New Zealand
16 April 2001 OFC group match Australia  11–0  Samoa Coffs Harbour, Australia
A. Vidmar 5', 50'
Zdrillic 28', 57'
Foxe 44'
Popovic 55', 89'
Thompson 75', 88'
Chipperfield 76'
Bureta 81' (o.g.)		 Stadium: International Sports Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: New Zealand
20 June 2001 OFC final round New Zealand  0–2  Australia Wellington, New Zealand
Emerton 6', 82' Stadium: Westpac Trust Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Japan Masayoshi Okada
24 June 2001 OFC final round Australia  4–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Zdrilic 5', 82'
Emerton 40'
Aloisi 56'		 Coveny 44' (pen.) Stadium: Stadium Australia
Attendance: 41,976
Referee: South Korea
20 November 2001 Play-off Australia  1–0  Uruguay Melbourne, Australia
Muscat 79' (pen.) Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 84,656
Referee: Italy Graziano Cesari
25 November 2001 Play-off Uruguay  3–0  Australia Montevideo, Uruguay
Silva 14'
Morales 70', 90'		 Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: United Arab Emirates Ali Bujsaim

Goal scorers[]

Player Goals
Archie Thompson 16
David Zdrillic 14
John Aloisi 7
Kevin Muscat 5
Tony Popovic 5
Con Boutsianis 4
Scott Chipperfield 4
Damian Mori 4
Aurelio Vidmar 4
Brett Emerton 3
Simon Colosimo 2
Steve Corica 2
Hayden Foxe 2
Shaun Murphy 2
Fausto De Amicis 1
Craig Moore 1
Josip Skoko 1
Tony Vidmar 1
Clayton Zane 1

References[]

  1. ^ "Australia set record". News24. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Australia Score 31 Without Loss In Record Win". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Tuckerman, Mike. "Beating France and Brazil? Australia did both in 2001". The Roar. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Australia v France, 11 November 2001". 11v11.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Muscat gives Australia an edge". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Australia's world is turned upside down once more". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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