Re-writing Socceroos History - 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Matchday 2 - Portugal v Australia

As winners of the OFC Nations Cup, the Socceroos will represent the OFC at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany - after their first match against hosts Germany, Australia now face 2002 FIFA World Cup winners Portugal, with the group wrapping up with African champions Tunisia.

Group B sees European Champions Greece, Copa America Champions Brazil, CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions Mexico and Asian Cup Champions Japan face off.

After the Confederations Cup, Australia will face Tahiti again over two legs - the winner advancing to the CONMEBOL-OFC Playoff for the final 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification spot.

In 2004, with the release of the Crawford Report, Soccer Australia has been wound up, with the Australian Soccer Association - now known as Football Federation Australia (FFA) now forming the governing body for football in Australia.

One of FFA's first points of order was to explore a move out of the Oceanian Football Confederation, into the Asian Football Confederation - citing disagreements with FIFA over OFC's qualification slots as the primary issue. Despite strong performances in both 1998 and 2002, OFC still have not been rewarded with an automatic slot for the 2006 FIFA World Cup - with the move to be unanimously endorsed by the AFC Executive Committee on 23 March 2005, and assented by the OFC on 17 April. The FIFA Executive Committee will vote on approving the move from OFC to AFC in later this month.
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