Yahoo7Australia's World Cup HistoryRead full article1974 World Cup1974 was Australia’s first ever World Cup Finals appearence. West Germany defeated Australia 3-0 in this match, and Australia were eventually knocked out of the group stage scoring no goals and managing only one point.Yahoo78 April 2014 at 10:35 pmAs the World Cup continues to draw closer, we have put together the Socceroos World Cup history in pictures.