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
Record by opponent
1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group C
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group D
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group D
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group C
Quarter-finals
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group D
Quarter-finals
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group D
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group C
Round of 16
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group B
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Goalscorers
Own goals scored for opponents
References