2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)
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(CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)
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| event = 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
| team1 = Uruguay
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| team2 = Australia
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| details = (on aggregate; Australia won 4–2 on penalties)
| firstleg = First leg
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| date1 = 12 November 2005
| stadium1 = Estadio Centenario
| city1 = Montevideo
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| referee1 = Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
| attendance1 = 55,000
| weather1 = Clear
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| secondleg = Second leg
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| date2 = 16 November 2005
| stadium2 = Telstra Stadium
| city2 = Sydney
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| attendance2 = 82,698
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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.
After winning the series, Australia qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany.[https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/brasil-2014/repechaje/australia-derribo-a-uruguay-y-clasifico-a-la-copa-del-mundo-2006/2005-11-16/070307.html "Australia derribó a Uruguay y clasificó a la Copa del Mundo 2006"]. Al Aire Libre, 16 November 2005[https://www.infobae.com/2005/11/16/222733-uruguay-se-quedo-mundial/ "Uruguay se quedó sin Mundial"]. Infobae, 16 November 2005
Background
File:Aloisi penalty - The Moment.JPG taking the decisive penalty]]
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 shoot-out, which Australia won 4–2 in order to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since the 1974 tournament.{{cite web |title=Flashback - Australia v Uruguay: 2005 FIFA World Cup Intercontinental Play-off|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/fifa_world_cup/news/flashback_-_australia_v_uruguay_2005_fifa_world_cup_intercontinental_play-off.html|website=the-afc|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|access-date=25 May 2023|date=14 November 2017}}{{cite web |title=History of the Australian Socceroos at the World Cup|url=https://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/countries/australia/history.html|website=Topend Sports|access-date=25 May 2023}}
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.{{cite web|title=Intercontinental play-off schedule confirmed|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=13896.html|publisher=FIFA|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122213655/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=13896.html#selection-503.0-506.0|archive-date=22 January 2013|date=10 September 2005}}
Venues
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!colspan=2 style="width:1*"|Uruguay !Round !colspan=2 style="width:1*"|Australia | |||||||
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| style="width:175px;"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| W | Won}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| L | Lost}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#BBF3BB;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Brazil}} |18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 34 |
| style="background:#BBF3BB;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Argentina}} |18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 34 |
| style="background:#BBF3BB;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Ecuador}} |18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 28 |
| style="background:#BBF3BB;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Paraguay|1990}} |18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 28 |
| style="background:#BBF3FF;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Uruguay}} |18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 25 |
| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Final standings
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| style="width:175px;"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| W | Won}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| L | Lost}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}} | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#BBF3BB;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Australia}} |5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 13 | |
| style="background:#BBF3BB;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Solomon Islands}} |5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|New Zealand}}
|5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 9 | |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Fiji}}
|5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Tahiti}}
|5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 4 | |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Vanuatu}} | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
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|Final round
(OFC)
|Opponent
|Result
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| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|1st leg
|{{fb|Solomon Islands}} (H)
|7–0
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| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|2nd leg
|{{fb|Solomon Islands}} (A)
|2–1
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Match details
=First leg=
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| date = 12 November 2005
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| round = First leg
| time = 18:00 UTC−2
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Uruguay}}
| score = 1–0
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| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20071123025916/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=8905/matches/match=42916/report.html
| team2 = {{fb|Australia}}
| goals1 = D. Rodríguez {{goal|37}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
| attendance = 55,000
| referee = Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
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| GK | 1 | Fabián Carini | ||
| DF | 6 | Diego López | ||
| DF | 4 | Paolo Montero (c) | ||
| DF | 3 | Darío Rodríguez | {{yel|90+1}} | |
| MF | 8 | Carlos Diogo | {{suboff|64}} | |
| MF | 5 | Pablo García | ||
| MF | 15 | Diego Pérez | ||
| MF | 21 | Diego Forlán | {{suboff|19}} | |
| MF | 9 | Álvaro Recoba | ||
| FW | 17 | Marcelo Zalayeta | {{suboff|64}} | |
| FW | 18 | Richard Morales | ||
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 12 | Sebastián Viera | ||
| DF | 2 | Guillermo Rodríguez | {{subon|64}} | |
| MF | 7 | Marcelo Sosa | ||
| MF | 20 | Martín Parodi | ||
| FW | 10 | Darío Silva | {{yel|24}} | {{subon|19}} |
| FW | 11 | Mario Regueiro | ||
| FW | 13 | Fabián Estoyanoff | {{subon|64}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|Jorge Fossati |
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| GK | 1 | Mark Schwarzer | ||
| DF | 5 | Tony Vidmar | ||
| DF | 2 | Lucas Neill | ||
| DF | 6 | Tony Popovic | ||
| MF | 7 | Brett Emerton | ||
| MF | 19 | Jason Culina | ||
| MF | 3 | Scott Chipperfield | ||
| MF | 13 | Vince Grella | {{yel|90+1}} | |
| MF | 10 | Harry Kewell | ||
| FW | 14 | Archie Thompson | {{suboff|52}} | |
| FW | 9 | Mark Viduka (c) | {{suboff|80}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 18 | Željko Kalac | ||
| DF | 12 | Ljubo Miličević | ||
| MF | 4 | Tim Cahill | ||
| MF | 8 | Josip Skoko | ||
| MF | 20 | Luke Wilkshire | ||
| MF | 23 | Mark Bresciano | {{subon|52}} | |
| FW | 15 | John Aloisi | {{subon|80}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Guus Hiddink |
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| width=50% valign=top| OFFICIALS
| width=50% valign=top| MATCH RULES
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=Second leg=
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| date = 16 November 2005
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| round = Second leg
| time = 20:00 UTC+11
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Australia}}
| score = 1–0
| aet = Yes
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20080417031200/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=8905/matches/match=42917/report.html
| team2 = {{fb|Uruguay}}
| goals1 = Bresciano {{goal|35}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Telstra Stadium, Sydney
| attendance = 82,698
| referee = Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
| penalties1 = Kewell {{pengoal}}
Neill {{pengoal}}
Vidmar {{pengoal}}
Viduka {{penmiss}}
Aloisi {{pengoal}}
| penaltyscore = 4–2
| penalties2 = {{penmiss}} D. Rodríguez
{{pengoal}} Varela
{{pengoal}} Estoyanoff
{{penmiss}} Zalayeta
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| GK | 1 | Mark Schwarzer | ||
| DF | 2 | Lucas Neill | ||
| DF | 6 | Tony Popovic | {{yel|27}} | {{suboff|31}} |
| DF | 5 | Tony Vidmar | {{yel|39}} | |
| MF | 23 | Mark Bresciano | {{suboff|96}} | |
| MF | 4 | Tim Cahill | ||
| MF | 3 | Scott Chipperfield | ||
| MF | 19 | Jason Culina | {{yel|53}} | |
| MF | 7 | Brett Emerton | {{suboff|110}} | |
| MF | 13 | Vince Grella | ||
| FW | 9 | Mark Viduka (c) | ||
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 18 | Željko Kalac | ||
| DF | 11 | Stan Lazaridis | ||
| DF | 12 | Ljubo Miličević | ||
| MF | 8 | Josip Skoko | {{subon|110}} | |
| MF | 10 | Harry Kewell | {{yel|86}} | {{subon|31}} |
| FW | 14 | Archie Thompson | ||
| FW | 15 | John Aloisi | {{subon|96}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Guus Hiddink |
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| GK | 1 | Fabián Carini | ||
| DF | 2 | Diego Lugano | ||
| DF | 4 | Paolo Montero (c) | {{suboff|81}} | |
| DF | 6 | Guillermo Rodríguez | ||
| DF | 3 | Darío Rodríguez | {{yel|67}} | |
| DF | 11 | Mario Regueiro | {{yel|44}} | {{suboff|97}} |
| MF | 5 | Pablo García | {{yel|76}} | |
| MF | 7 | Gustavo Varela | ||
| MF | 8 | Carlos Diogo | {{yel|45+1}} | |
| MF | 9 | Álvaro Recoba | {{suboff|72}} | |
| FW | 18 | Richard Morales | {{yel|110}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 12 | Sebastián Viera | ||
| DF | 21 | Alejandro Lago | ||
| MF | 14 | Marcelo Sosa | {{subon|81}} | |
| MF | 19 | Gonzalo de los Santos | ||
| FW | 10 | Darío Silva | ||
| FW | 13 | Fabián Estoyanoff | {{subon|97}} | |
| FW | 17 | Marcelo Zalayeta | {{subon|72}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|Jorge Fossati |
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| width=50% valign=top| OFFICIALS
| width=50% valign=top| MATCH RULES
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Skirmishes
FIFA changed the referee of the second leg after Uruguay's coach Jorge Fossati complain before the match. The original team were Belgians Frank De Bleeckere, Mark Simons and Peter Hermans. Fossati said Belgium were neighbours of the Netherlands and Australia's coach Guus Hiddink is from Netherlands. FIFA appointed a referee team from Spain to replace the Belgians afterwards.{{cite news|title=Uruguay coach lashes choice of refs|date=2005-10-29|work=Reuters|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-10-29/uruguay-coach-lashes-choice-of-refs/2135102}}{{cite news|title=Spanish refs to control second leg of Cup playoff: report|date=2005-11-05|work=Australian Associated Press|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/spanish-refs-to-control-second-leg-of-cup-playoff-report-20051105-gdmdxb.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211164302/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/spanish-refs-to-control-second-leg-of-cup-playoff-report-20051105-gdmdxb.html|archivedate=2025-02-11}}
In the second leg, there was heavy booing by Australian fans during Uruguay's national anthem, in response to the dirty tricks, spitting and punches thrown at the Australian team on their previous playoff meeting.{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-11-18/socceroos-reveal-dirty-tricks-inspired-win/744420|title = Socceroos reveal dirty tricks inspired win|newspaper = ABC News|date = 18 November 2005}}
Aftermath
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.
Australia finally won a FIFA World Cup play-off after losing to Scotland (1986), Argentina (1994), Iran (1998) and the first playoff with Uruguay (2002). Australia were drawn into 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F.
In 2009, Australian Broadcasting Corporation ranked Australia's victory in 2005 as number one on their list of milestone sporting moments of the 2000s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/sport/stories/2009/12/24/2780407.htm|title = ABC Grandstand Sport - A decade in sport: 10 milestone moments|website = Australian Broadcasting Corporation}} Melbourne paper the Herald Sun named Australia's victory in 2005 as one of 100 great moments in Australian sports history.{{Cite news|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/more-sports/100-great-australian-sporting-moments-that-will-make-you-proud-to-be-australian/news-story/268c7564f6a0bffcc77bfd582cdf2741|title = 100 'proud to be Aussie' sports moments|newspaper = Herald Sun|date = 24 January 2015}}
A documentary titled November 16 was released in 2015 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the second leg. It featured interviews with Álvaro Recoba, Fabián Carini and members of the Australian squad.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/socceroos-documentary-reminds-us-of-how-far-weve-come-but-theres-still-a-long-way-to-go-20151122-gl4s94.html|title=Socceroos documentary reminds us of how far we've come but there's still a long way to go|date=22 November 2015}}
References
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