Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup

For the men's team, see Australia at the FIFA World Cup.

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

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C

Pos	Team	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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Main article: 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D

Pos	Team	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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D

Pos	Team	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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Main article: 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C

Pos	Team	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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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Quarter-finals

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2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Main article: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D

Pos	Team	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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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Quarter-finals

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2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Main article: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D

Pos	Team	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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C

Pos	Team	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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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Round of 16

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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B

Pos	Team	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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

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Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023
Lisa De Vanna	7				4	1	2
Sam Kerr	6							5	1
Kyah Simon	5					2	3
Heather Garriock	3			2	1
Hayley Raso									3
Julie Murray	2		2
Cheryl Salisbury			1		1
Emily Van Egmond						1			1
Caitlin Foord								1	1
Steph Catley									2
Lisa Casagrande	1	1
Sunni Hughes		1
Angela Iannotta		1
Kelly Golebiowski				1
Lauren Colthorpe					1
Collette McCallum					1
Sarah Walsh					1
Leena Khamis						1
Ellyse Perry						1
Chloe Logarzo								1
Own goal								1
Elise Kellond-Knight								1
Alanna Kennedy									1
Mary Fowler									1
Total		48	3	3	3	9	6	5	9	10

Own goals scored for opponents

• Dianne Alagich (scored for Russia in 2003)