Written by Thomas Esamie.
| It seems the Young Matildas played against the Chinese senior side in December 2005 but we can't seem to track down anything more than that the outcome was a very creditable 0-0 draw. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 15 | Venue : Canberra, Australia | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Danielle Brogan (Grace Gill 43), Kim Carroll, Olivia Kennedy, Clare Polkinghorne, Amy Jackson (Briony Holcombe 87), Elizabeth Kermode (Renee Cartwright 55), Collette McCallum, Servet Uzunlar (Caitlin Cooper 38), Sasha McDonnell (Leena Khamis 50), Jenna Tristram (Vicki Balomenos 65) Goals : Jackson 2, 12, Khamis 77 |
3 | - | 1 | New Zealand Goal : ?? 70 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), unknown (New Zealand) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 17 | Venue : Canberra, Australia | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams (Kate Stewart 68), Danielle Brogan, Kim Carroll, Olivia Kennedy, Clare Polkinghorne, Amy Jackson, Sally Shipard, Renee Cartwright (Caitlin Cooper 82), Collette McCallum, Vicki Balomenos (Sasha McDonnell 46 (Leena Khamis 76)), Jenna Tristram Goals : Tristram 54, McDonnell 65, McCallum 78, Khamis 81 |
4 | - | 0 | New Zealand |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), unknown (New Zealand) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| This was the qualifier to the Asian Championship Finals. This was a World Cup Qualifying and Asian Championship qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : March 5 | Venue : Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | |||
| Thailand Goals : Chidtawan Chawong 20, Anootsara Maijarean 73 |
2 | - | 6 | Australia Lydia Williams, Danielle Brogan, Kim Carroll, Olivia Kennedy, Clare Polkinghorne, Amy Jackson (Caitlin Cooper 67), Sally Shipard, Collette McCallum, Kylie Ledbrook, Jenna Tristram (Leena Khamis 58), Sasha McDonnell Goals : Carroll 14, Tristram 40, McDonnell 45, 89, Cooper 80, Khamis 90 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), unknown (Thailand) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| This was a World Cup Qualifying and Asian Championship qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : March 7 | Venue : Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Clare Polkinghorne, Danielle Brogan (Grace Gill 53), Kim Carroll, Olivia Kennedy, Sally Shipard, Jenna Tristram (Renee Cartwright 65), Sasha McDonnell, Kylie Ledbrook, Collette McCallum, Amy Jackson (Servet Uzunlar 34) Goals : Ledbrook 14, 78, 85, McDonnell 34, Uzunlar 70, 88 |
6 | - | 0 | Burma |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), unknown (Burma) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| Australia now contested the AFC championship tournament held in Malaysia which also served as the World Cup qualifiers. This was a World Cup Qualifying and Asian Championship match. | ||||
| Played : April 9 | Venue : KLFA Stadium Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Claire Polkinghorne, Danielle Brogan, Kim Carroll, Olivia Kennedy, Sally Shipard, Sasha McDonnell (Victoria Balomenos 77), Kylie Ledbrook (Caitlin Cooper 89), Collette McCallum, Leena Khamis, Leah Blayney (Servet Uzunlar 74) Goal : McDonnell 54 |
1 | - | 0 | China |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), Shang Ruihua (China) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| This was a World Cup Qualifying and Asian Championship match. | ||||
| Played : April 11 | Venue : KLFA Stadium Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||
| Malaysia Goals : |
0 | - | 16 | Australia Alison Logue, Grace Gill, Caitlin Cooper, Nicole Somi, Collette McCallum (Clare Polkinghorne 46), Renee Cartwright, Leah Blayney (Sally Shipard 46), Servet Uzunlar (Kylie Ledbrook 52), Amy Jackson, Jenna Tristram, Victoria Balomenos Goals : McCallum 10, 27, Blayney 18, Tristram 21, 38, 60, 67, Uzunlar 33, 47, Balomenos 50, 57, 87, Ledbrook 53, 57, 75, 82 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), Ibrahim Hj Mohamed (Malaysia) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| This was a World Cup Qualifying and Asian Championship match. | ||||
| Played : April 13 | Venue : MPPJ Shah Alam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||
| Australia Alison Logue, Olivia Kennedy (Servet Uzunlar 46), Kylie Ledbrook (Sally Shipard 43), Caitlin Cooper, Victoria Balomenos, Amy Jackson, Grace Gill, Renee Cartwright, Leena Khamis (Sasha McDonnell 46), Nicole Somi, Leah Blayney Goals : Cooper 11, 17, Jackson 32, Ledbrook 36, McDonnell 54, Cartwright 61, own goal 72 |
7 | - | 0 | Jordan |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), Maher Abu Hantash (Jordan) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| Semi final against North Korea didn't go so well. Pity. This was a World Cup Qualifying and Asian Championship match. | ||||
| Played : April 15 | Venue : KLFA Stadium Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Clare Polkinghorne, Danielle Brogan (Victoria Balomenos 74), Kim Carroll, Olivia Kennedy, Sally Shipard, Servet Uzunlar (Caitlin Cooper 57), Sasha McDonnell, Kylie Ledbrook, Collette McCallum, Leena Khamis Goals : McDonnell 40, Shipard 81 |
2 | - | 4 | North Korea Goals : Kim Song-Hui 6, 15, Ra Un-Sim 52, 90 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), unknown (North Korea) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| Australia managed to clinch 3rd place with this win. Hence the last World Cup spot. Sucks to be you Japan! This was a World Cup Qualifying and Asian Championship match. | ||||
| Played : April 18 | Venue : KLFA Stadium Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Clare Polkinghorne, Kim Carroll, Nicole Somi (Danielle Brogan 46), Olivia Kennedy, Sally Shipard, Kylie Ledbrook, Collette McCallum, Leah Blayney, Leena Khamis (Jenna Tristram 50), Sasha McDonnell Goals : Khamis 19, Tristram 75, McCallum 88 |
3 | - | 2 | Japan Goals : Mizuho Sakaguchi 11, Yuki Nagasai 54 |
| Referee : Hong Li (China) Attendance : Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), Morinau Imaizumi (Japan) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| Australia played at least one training match prior to the start of the World Cup tournament against Canada which resulted in this 3-0 loss. Presumably the number of substitutions does something to the status of this match, we can't even find an Australian lineup. This was a Training match. | ||||
| Played : August 12 | Venue : St Peterburg, Russia | |||
| Australia |
0 | - | 3 | Canada Erin McNulty (Jaclyn Dunnet 6), Desiree Scott, Katie Radchuck (Caroline Vanderpool 30), Taryne Boudreau (Eden Hingwing 30), Lisa Collison (Jodi-Ann Robinson 40), Kaylyn Kyle (Paige Adams 46), Loredana Riverso (Rheanne Sleiman 55), Sophie Schmidt (Selenia Iacchelli 66), Aysha Jamani (Sari Raber 70), Amanda Cicchini, Vonya Beckles Goals : Collison 1, Robinson 48, 58 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), Ian Bridge (Canada) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by CSA | |||
| Apparently Australia played at least one training match prior to the start of this tournament against Canada which resulted in a 3-0 loss. This was a World Cup match. | ||||
| Played : August 17 | Venue : Petrovsky Stadium, St Peterburg, Russia | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Clare Polkinghorne, Kim Carroll, Danielle Brogan, Olivia Kennedy, Leah Blayney (Caitlin Cooper 90), Kylie Ledbrook, Sally Shipard, Collette McCallum, Sasha McDonnell (Servet Uzunlar 86), Leena Khamis (Jenna Tristram 69) Goals : McCallum 39, 80, Shipard 90 |
3 | - | 0 | New Zealand Aroon Clansey, Ria Percival, Katie Hoyle (Maggie Lankshear 67), Hannah Rishworth, Merissa Smith (Emma Kete 65), Alexandra Riley, Sarah Gregorius, Emma Humphries, Kirsty Yallop (Annalie Longo 85), Abby Erceg, Petria Rennie |
| Referee : Gyoengyi Gaal (Hungary) Attendance : 1100 Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), John Herdman (New Zealand) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| This was a World Cup match. | ||||
| Played : August 20 | Venue : Petrovsky Stadium, St Peterburg, Russia | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Clare Polkinghorne, Kim Carroll, Danielle Brogan, Olivia Kennedy, Leah Blayney (Servet Uzunlar 80), Kylie Ledbrook (Jenna Tristram 59), Sally Shipard, Collette McCallum, Sasha McDonnell, Leena Khamis (Amy Chapman 66) |
0 | - | 2 | Brazil Barbara, Daiane, Monica, Aliane, Erika, Danielle, Francielle, Renata Costa, Fabiana, Maurine (Stephane 80), Adriane (Elis 46) Goals : Francielle 42pk, Fabiana 69 |
| Referee : Jennifer Bennett (USA) Attendance : 700 Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), Jorge Barcellos (Brazil) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| This was a World Cup match. | ||||
| Played : August 23 | Venue : Torpedo Stadium, Moscow, Russia | |||
| Russia Elvira Todua, Maria Filisova, Anna Kozhnikova, Anna Gromolyuk (Alexandra Gomozova 70), Elena Terekhova, Oxana Titova, Elena Danilova (Kristina Anokhina 90), Elena Morozova, Ksenia Tsybutovich, Tamara Starovoytova, Elena Shchegaleva Goal : Kozhnikova 75 |
1 | - | 1 | Australia Lydia Williams, Clare Polkinghorne, Kim Carroll, Danielle Brogan, Olivia Kennedy, Sally Shipard, Collette McCallum, Amy Jackson (Caitlin Cooper 68), Amy Chapman (Kylie Ledbrook 62), Sasha McDonnell, Servet Uzunlar (Jenna Tristram 77) Goal : Brogan 85 |
| Referee : Christine Beck (Germany) Attendance : 1000 Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), Valentin Grishin (Russia) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||