As a Uruguayan I remember this match quite well. I was so frustrated watching it. That was probably one of the worst moments in our football history, but that match also changed everything. Finally, our football association brought in a good manager whom not only worked with the major team but also with the U17 and U20 teams. He, Mr Washington Tabarez convince them to invested in infrastructure creating a modern training complex and our football returned to the place from which it should never have left. So actually i not only congratulate the Aussies on that victory, now with perspective I learn to appreciate it. You did us both a favor. I wish you the best in Qatar !!

This Aussie team was loaded with talents, guts and experience. Mark Viduka, Mark Schwarzer, John Aloisi, Neill, Harry Kewell, Bresciano, Brett Emerton, Popovic, Vidmar and Tim " the boxer" Cahill

15 years on and I still get goosebumps.. What a great night, the sheer elation when Aloisi hit that last spot kick is something I'll never forget 😊

For me, the greatest sporting moment in my life. I was there and nothing will come close, until we win a World Cup one day...

I will never get tired of this game.

It was like we had won the cup itself.

I don't know why I shed tears every time I see that Aloisi goal. Well, I do actually: No sporting event that I have ever witnessed matches this for sheer emotion. I had been to the Uruguay game in Melbourne four years earlier and the Iran game four years before that. We had been through such pain and heartache before, we almost expected yet another disappointment that night. But this time, the gods were with us and everything went as right as right can be. Without a doubt, this was Australian football's greatest ever moment.

I rotate between watching this, the documentary on November 16 and The day Australia Became A Football Nation because I am so in love with this game, it brings tears to my eyes everytime.

I'm Australian and this documentary is absolutely great. I'm so proud to be Australian. This was the best and the most beautiful moment of Australian sports history 💛💚🇦🇺

15 years on, it's still - cue tears. The scenes in my bay behind the goal - sheer bedlam! The atmosphere was easily the best of any game I've attended.

Who isn't nostalgic regarding this great team, and decent coach. Far cry from the 2018 efforts, noone to blame though... you play with what you have.

i witnessed history i was there & i will never forget. I was in Melbourne for Iran too a few years b4. Heartbreak then but i will never forget the feeling of this moment. What a night.

This never fails to leave me smiling ear to ear

Absolutely brilliant!! Can't believe it was 12 years ago. Still brings tears to my eyes.

It was an unforgettable morning (for me since I woke up earlier than usual to watch the match, it started here around 4 am). I could not help feeling so proud and happy for Australian football, you gauys had had many heartbreaks (1998 was so hard) and now it was the moment to shine.

Australia is the example for any nation that came from being nothing to competing with the world class now. Of course they be looking forward to reach quarter final atleast, but being in the world cup regularly at all is something to be proud of.

OH MY LORDY LORD, i was there, and i will never forget it. The 3 hour multilple bus ride home was so worth it, was buzzing for weeks

Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

I still thank my brother in-law for taking me to the game all those years ago. Magical night, great football and the piss-up to end all piss-ups. Magnificent video.

As a Panamanian fan I can relate on what you guys felt that night after so many failures...It happened the same to us, failing to qualify being that close and to finally qualify to a World Cup in Russia 2018, what a moment dor us.

This was the Golden Generation of Australian Football......every players were legendary in own ways !!!

Hiddink took on Australia cause he knew they “were ready”. What a master he was. I was there and will never forget the experience.

Ever since that night on November 16, 2005 and up until Japan broke that hoodoo during 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying, Sydney's Stadium Australia was a good luck charm for the Socceroos. Australia clinched three of their five straight FIFA World Cups including 2005 against Uruguay and outlasting South Korea in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final.

Dudes I cry! Tears respect boys....

Good to see Australia in Asia now .. Now they will qualify at every world cup..so many years of agony in playing With the 5th place conmebol country

As uruguayan still hurts, but that was a turning point for Uruguay in order to improve and be a competitive team as we are nowadays.

Getting goosebumps watching this again! Makes me feel like a kid again

18/06/2020 time 12;56pm still brings tears to my eyes. i remember my whole day leading up to this game and its one ill never forget. this game represents one of those feel good body escapes still to this day. thank you for the upload.

Probably our best ever chance,because it was our best ever team with our best ever coach.And we did go deep.What a brilliant journey it was.I will remember it for the rest of my life !!!

the first world cup campaign i can remember was 78 after so many years of disapointment this was just magic!

very sympathic team they were!! love from Hungary!

I love Australia national team from egypt 🇪🇬❤🇦🇺

One of the greatest sporting nights in Australian history.

it will be one of my fave socceroos matches of all.

To understand what this moment meant to the Aussies, you have to go back to four years earlier v this same Uruguay team. They won the first leg 1-0 in Melbourne, but then went to Montevideo in the 2nd leg and got hammered 3-0. They had come close two other times: 1993 v Argentina with the now late Diego Maradona leading that squad winning that 2nd leg in Buenos Aires 1-0, and again in 1997 v Iran blowing a late lead at home in Melbourne and the Iranians would advance to France on the 2nd away goal they got in the 79th minute. Needless to say, for the Aussies, this was finally knocking down the door and going to the Big show (World Cup).

I will never forget this years

Australia deserves to be in the World Cup and I hope they are in Qatar Greetings to Australia from Algeria

Super Australia, you're big well dones 💪🇦🇺 Greatings from Russia 🇷🇺

Excelente equipo de Australia en 2006, no fue un mal Uruguay , fue un grandioso Australia, Cahill se iniciaba y cn poca experiencia saco adelante por muchos años ala Australia, felicito a ese país futbolero por el buen juego, nos vemos en junio Doha y que gane el mejor..... Lima Perú

My favourite KZfaq vid

I went to the 2006 World Cup in Germany because I was so captivated by the golden generation… Covid another challenges made me drift away from sport the last couple of years and in particular the Socceroos and right now I am filled with the most delicious regret… What an outstanding story what an outstanding group of young men

Congratulations Australia!!!!🇦🇺 As a Kiwi supporter who saw our team get shafted, go and ROAR!!! Our corner of the World is not the pushovers we once were!!! Create havoc!!! See you in September for a "Friendly", ...bring your game face! SALUTE TO THE OCKERS!

Congratulations...I am southamerican and you-all will give and gave a great show each match for the clasifications..

Ahora nos toca a nosotros despues de 36 años nos vemos en Rusia ...nos vemos en la cancha Arriba Peru!!!!

I got goosebumps at 15:51 .....and I'm English. Great documentary, didn't realise how big a deal it was. Thanks for that.

hiddinks reaction after that 2nd save from schwarzer was priceless

Is this recommended to me to give me some hope for the June WC qualifier?

Uruguay did a very good game, had many possibilities to score a goal, but this day we had no luck 😅

How did you get all the player and commentators interviewed

It's definitely a great story here, but I always wondered which team would of replaced australia in brazils group in this world cup if Uruguay made it instead since Uruguay is in the same confederation as brazil and can't be in the same group as them.

congratulations to Australia for your achievement against Peru to go to world cup 2022; As a Vietnamese, I am proud that 3/5 teams above us in third round qualification goes to world cup, this time an Asia team defeated a Commebol team

Cry all the time!

And we struggle against Syria and Honduras 🇭🇳

Happy 15th Anniversary!

What a doco!

proud of you boys, from England

Những ca sĩ khác cho mình cảm giác thư giãn khi nghe! Còn ĐP luôn cho mình bị cuốn theo tinh thần bài hát.

me just randomly watching this in 3 july 2022 like why not

What a sad, sad, memory...

As Uruguayan I remember the press talking really bad about Australia, doing jokes at the point that even I felt mad, 4 World Cup titles don’t give any right, Australia was unknown and as an outsider they achieve respect, now, no one jokes about aussies anymore. Of course I wanted Uruguay to win but your jersey and fighting spirit is absolutely respectable and the best won that night, even if Recoba would have scored, somehow we would have lost. I got mad when you got stolen for that “ penalty “ against Italy, otherwise you’d have reach semifinal for sure. Good luck !!!

Australian very passionate about Football/Soccer,Hope 2034 Australia,New Zealand,Fiji Tihati all Host of the Fifa Football/Soccer World Cup

I hope the boys watch this before the japan game coming up and find that extra bit of motivation that can only come from within.

17 years later ....Bresciano still bald what a fashionable dude

What's the song in background

I watch this match and bresciano goal was amazing, i always remember that moment. Always nice to see the underdog kill the giant. Hope indonesia will get there one day

But Australia also qualified for the 1974 World Cup finals in West Germany their first ever.But they had to go through three matches with South Korea. The first in Sydney ended in a 0-0 draw and then Australia came back from two goals down in the return match at Seoul to force a 2-2 draw which necessitated a replay in Hong Kong.Australia won 1-0 to make it to Munich.

Can't believe it's been 16 years ago now

Las federaciones de CONMEBOL Y AFC se enfrentará , Australia tiene grandes posibilidades de estar en repechaje, son ellos o Japón (no le tengo fe a EAU). Mientras que en CONMEBOL las que están en grandes posibilidades de disputar repechaje son Perú o Uruguay (Chile no por su calendario, lo mismo que Bolivia, y Colombia ya debería estar cuarto). Existen grandes posibilidades que se repita este repechaje tan mítico. Porque sino no veo otra idea de porqué KZfaq me recomendaría este video cuando ni siquiera veo videos en inglés. Solo el tiempo lo dirá. Saludos a los que lean este texto largo.

What a great video. may i use some of the clips ? i will put and leave the origin of clips source which is your channel.

At (4:17) that's a red card no questions about it. Intentionally elbowing the player in the face.

Great video ,Uruguay we’re like Argentina dirty cheating sods,the best team won great scenes of joy and happiness 🇬🇧👍

16 years later, they done it again! Against a South American sides!

15:23 anyone have an idea what the mark schwarzer said?

The day AFC teams were robbed of a withdrawal cup spot

The golden generation

They’ve done it again against Peru this time.

the golden generation football selection of Australia nowadays these heroes are retirement and the new generation is a crap

A proper shoot out with proper men

One day india will also play im fifa wc a big football giant is growing like cricket how india dominate over all big teams same they will do with football hope !!

Aus - nation of winners

The golden generation what a team! They went on to beat England 3-1 in a friendly in London after this. The best team we've ever had!

and now we struggle against syria and thailand// please

Unfortunately it's going the opposite direction last few years.

La Australia que eliminó a Uruguay ...equipazo

paid a lot of money that year to buy this game

Recoba

Penalty..... Rootout

I was there. I booed their anthem

My aussies

17:13 02:14 11:14

🥲😂😭

09:42 06:58 14:49

You know when a nation brings in Guus that means they are serious on to it

Moist eyes every time!

Se que algunos no me entenderán... Pero wow... Esa ha sido la mejor selección australiana de fútbol que he visto... Una generación bastante buena... Incluso en el mundial del 2006 logró avanzar a octavos de final... Les faltó un poco de suerte, Italia los elimina con un penal dudoso y resultaron siendo campeones del mundo... Recuerdo que tenía 13 años cuando me levanté sobre las 6 de la mañana a apoyar a los "socceros", al equipo de Hiddink, Viduka, Kewell, Bresciano y compañía... Soy colombiano y algunos pensaran el porqué no apoyaba a Uruguay. Tengo mis razones válidas. Primero, porque siempre terminaba ayudando a Argentina, y a la inversa. Segundo, se veía favorecida con los árbitrajes, y eso no se ve bien... Pero Australia cobró justicia y paso el que tenía que pasar...!!! Saludos amigos australianos de un colombiano de corazón..!!!

Francescoooo totti totti totti totti totti ... unoooo a zerooooo

But now Australia has terrible results for soccer development like China , they never beat Japan 10 years and never beat South Korea 5 years. Their teen soccer team reduced levels every year, even vietnam, Thailand and Laos and other southern east Asian countries can beat them.

Lost too Italy with a rubbish penalty

Катта айибдор жалол барибурам

Shame on you uruguay!!! you are 2 times world champions and belong to conmebol!! shame