Kammala wannan jumla: Ostiraliya ta shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2006 a matsayin kasa ta biyu mafi ƙasƙanci. Kodayake matsayinsu ya inganta sosai a cikin watanni masu zuwa bayan jerin wasannin baje kolin da suka yi da manyan kungiyoyi, gami da wasan 1<unk>1 da aka yi da Netherlands, da kuma nasara 1<unk>0 a filin wasa na Melbourne Cricket Ground da aka sayar da 100,000 a lokacin.
A gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2006, an sanya Australia a rukunin F, tare da Japan, Croatia da kuma kare Brazil. A wasan farko da suka buga, Ostiraliya ta doke Japan 3<unk>1, tare da Tim Cahill ya ci kwallaye biyu (84', 89') kuma John Aloisi ya ci daya (90 + 2') a cikin minti takwas da suka gabata. Burinsu ya shiga tarihi, kasancewar shi ne na farko da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta maza ta Ostiraliya ta zura a gasar cin kofin duniya kuma shi ne kuma nasarar farko ta kungiyar Oceania a gasar cin kofin duniya, da kuma kwallaye uku da aka zura a cikin minti bakwai na karshe na wasan, wanda ba a taba yin hakan ba a wasan gasar cin kofin duniya. Ostiraliya ta hadu da Brazil a wasan rukuni na biyu, wanda Ostiraliya ta yi rashin nasara ga Brazil 2 <unk> 0. Ostiraliya ta fuskanci Croatia a wasan su na uku. Sakamakon karshe (2<unk>2) ya isa ya ga Ostiraliya ta ci gaba zuwa zagaye na 16, inda aka fitar da su daga gasar bayan shan kashi 1<unk>0 daga zakaran zakarun Italiya bayan sun yarda da hukuncin da ake jayayya a minti na 93. Rashin nasarar ya nuna ƙarshen aikin Hiddink a matsayin kocin ƙasar Australiya. Nasarar da aka samu a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2006 daga baya ta ga kungiyar da aka kira AFC National Team of the Year, tare da ake kiranta da "ƙarni na zinariya" a tarihin Socceroos.