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

The 2006 FIFA World Cup CONMEBOL–OFC 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.

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
(CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)
John Aloisi taking the decisive penalty
Event2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
Uruguay Australia
1 1
1–1 on aggregate, Australia won 4–2 on penalties
First leg
Uruguay Australia
1 0
Date12 November 2005
VenueEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
RefereeClaus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Attendance55,000
WeatherClear
22 °C (72 °F)[1]
Second leg
Australia Uruguay
1 0
Date16 November 2005
VenueTelstra Stadium, Sydney
RefereeLuis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Attendance82,698
WeatherMostly cloudy
17 °C (63 °F)[2]

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 186752328−525
 Final standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 54102131813
 Solomon Islands 531196310
 New Zealand 5302175129
 Fiji 5113310−74
 Tahiti 5113224−224
 Vanuatu 510459−43
Final round
(OFC)		 Opponent Result
1st leg  Solomon Islands (H) 7–0
2nd leg  Solomon Islands (A) 2–1

Play-off match

First leg
Uruguay 1–0 Australia
D. Rodríguez  37' (Report)
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

URUGUAY:
GK1Fabián Carini
DF6Diego López
DF4Paolo Montero (c)
DF3Darío Rodríguez 90+1'
MF8Carlos Diogo 64'
MF5Pablo García
MF15Diego Pérez
MF21Diego Forlán 19'
MF9Álvaro Recoba
FW17Marcelo Zalayeta 64'
FW18Richard Morales
Substitutions:
GK12Sebastián Viera
DF2Guillermo Rodríguez 64'
MF7Marcelo Sosa
MF20Martín Parodi
FW10Darío Silva 24' 19'
FW11Mario Regueiro
FW13Fabián Estoyanoff 64'
Manager:
Jorge Fossati

AUSTRALIA:
GK1Mark Schwarzer
DF5Tony Vidmar
DF2Lucas Neill
DF6Tony Popovic
MF7Brett Emerton
MF19Jason Culina
MF3Scott Chipperfield
MF13Vince Grella 90+1'
MF10Harry Kewell
FW14Archie Thompson 52'
FW9Mark Viduka (c) 80'
Substitutions:
GK18Željko Kalac
DF12Ljubo Miličević
MF4Tim Cahill
MF8Josip Skoko
MF20Luke Wilkshire
MF23Mark Bresciano 52'
FW15John Aloisi 80'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

OFFICIALS

MATCH RULES

Second leg
Australia 1–0 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Bresciano  35' (Report)
Penalties
Kewell
Neill
Vidmar
Viduka
Aloisi 		4–2 D. Rodríguez
Varela
Estoyanoff
Zalayeta
Attendance: 82,698

AUSTRALIA:
GK1Mark Schwarzer
DF2Lucas Neill
DF6Tony Popovic 27' 31'
DF5Tony Vidmar 39'
MF23Mark Bresciano 96'
MF4Tim Cahill
MF3Scott Chipperfield
MF19Jason Culina 53'
MF7Brett Emerton 110'
MF13Vince Grella
FW9Mark Viduka (c)
Substitutions:
GK18Željko Kalac
DF11Stan Lazaridis
DF12Ljubo Miličević
MF8Josip Skoko 110'
MF10Harry Kewell 86' 31'
FW14Archie Thompson
FW15John Aloisi 96'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

URUGUAY:
GK1Fabián Carini
DF2Diego Lugano
DF4Paolo Montero (c) 81'
DF6Guillermo Rodríguez
DF3Darío Rodríguez 67'
DF11Mario Regueiro 44' 97'
MF5Pablo García 76'
MF7Gustavo Varela
MF8Carlos Diogo 45+1'
MF9Álvaro Recoba 72'
FW18Richard Morales 110'
Substitutions:
GK12Sebastián Viera
DF21Alejandro Lago
MF14Marcelo Sosa 81'
MF19Gonzalo de los Santos
FW10Darío Silva
FW13Fabián Estoyanoff 97'
FW17Marcelo Zalayeta 72'
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.

For Uruguay it was the third FIFA World Cup out of four since 1990 they failed to qualify. Jorge Fossati lost his job and rehired Óscar Tabárez who managed the team before (1988–1990), and Uruguay entered the Proceso era breaking many records and have qualified for every FIFA World Cup since 2010.

References
External video
Australia v Uruguay in FIFA World Cup 2006 Play-Off second leg on YouTube
  1. "History for Carrasco Intl. Airport, Uruguay". wunderground.com. 12 November 2005. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. "History for Kingsford Smith Intl. Airport, Australia". wunderground.com. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 1 May 2013.

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