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1997 season
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The Australia national soccer team results in 1997.

Record

Type GP W D L GF GA
Friendly matches 6 6 0 0 11 2
World Cup Qualifiers 8 6 2 0 34 5
Confederations Cup 5 2 1 2 4 8
Total 19 14 3 2 49 15

Goal scorers

Player Goals
Aurelio Vidmar 8
John Aloisi 7
Damian Mori 6
Matthew Bingley 4
Paul Trimboli 3
Ernie Tapai 3
Harry Kewell 3
Graham Arnold 3
Mark Viduka 2
Craig Foster 2
Ned Zelic 2
Alistair Edwards 1
Robbie Hooker 1
Kevin Muscat 1
Mark Bosnich 1
Robert Slater 1
Own goals 1

Match results

Friendly matches

18 January 1997 Friendly match Australia  1–0  New Zealand Australia Melbourne, Australia
Bingley 24' Report Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 10,496
Referee: Australia Eugene Brazzale
22 January 1997 Friendly match Australia  2–1  South Korea Australia Brisbane, Australia
Bingley 36'
Edwards 72'		 Report 76' Seok Ju Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 15,161
Referee: Australia Simon Micallef
25 January 1997 Friendly match Australia  1–0  Norway Australia Sydney, Australia
Hooker 72' Report Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 17,429
Referee: Australia Eddie Lennie
12 March 1997 Friendly match North Macedonia  0–1  Australia North Macedonia Skopje, Macedonia
Report 89' A. Vidmar Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kingdom of Yugoslavia Slavko Radulovic
2 April 1997 Friendly match Hungary  1–3  Australia Hungary Budapest, Hungary
Klausz 31' Report 4', 90' A. Vidmar
90' Muscat		 Stadium: Nepstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Germany Hermann Albrecht
1 October 1997 Friendly match Tunisia  0–3  Australia Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia
Report 1' A. Vidmar
23' Viduka
76' Bingley		 Stadium: El Menzah Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Algeria Abderrahmane Ben Betka

World Cup qualifiers

11 June 1997 Second round Australia  13–0  Solomon Islands Australia Sydney, Australia
Mori 2', 15', 37', 55', 82'
Aloisi 34', 54', 83', 88', 89'
Foster 69'
Tapai 80'
Bosnich 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 3,127
Referee: New Zealand Bruce Grimshaw
13 June 1997 Second round Australia  5–0  Tahiti Australia Sydney, Australia
A. Vidmar 17'
Trimboli 43', 45'
Arnold 46'
Bingley 66'		 Report Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 2,869
Referee: New Zealand Brian Precious
17 June 1997 Second round Australia  6–2  Solomon Islands Australia Sydney, Australia
Slater 16'
Arnold 17'
Kaierea 39' (og)
Tapai 47', 51'
A. Vidmar 77' (pen.)		 Report 63' Peli
70' Suri		 Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 2,122
Referee: New Zealand Brian Precious
19 June 1997 Second round Australia  2–0  Tahiti Australia Sydney, Australia
Zelic 10'
Trimboli 89'		 Report Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 2,918
Referee: New Zealand Bruce Grimshaw
28 June 1997 Final round New Zealand  0–3  Australia New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Report 18' Aloisi
42' A. Vidmar
66' Foster		 Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Japan Okada Masayoshi
6 July 1997 Final round Australia  2–0  New Zealand Australia Sydney, Australia
Zelic 6'
Arnold 42'		 Report Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 14,045
Referee: Syria Jamal Al Sharif
22 November 1997 AFC–OFC play-off Iran  1–1  Australia Iran Tehran, Iran
Azizi 40' Report 19' Kewell Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 128,000
Referee: Italy Pierluigi Pairetto
29 November 1997 AFC–OFC play-off Australia  2–2  Iran Australia Melbourne, Australia
Kewell 32'
A. Vidmar 48'		 Report 71' Bagheri
75' Azizi		 Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 98,000
Referee: Hungary Sándor Puhl

Confederations Cup

12 December 1997 Group stage Australia  3–1  Mexico Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Viduka 45'
Aloisi 60'
Mori 90'		 Report 81' (pen.) Hernández Stadium: King Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Thailand Pirom Un-Prasert
14 December 1997 Group stage Australia  0–0  Brazil Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Report Stadium: King Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Niger Lucien Bouchardeau
16 December 1997 Group stage Saudi Arabia  1–0  Australia Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Al-Khilaiwi 40' Report Stadium: King Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Argentina Javier Castrilli
19 December 1997 Semi-final Australia  1–0  Uruguay Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kewell 90+2' Report Stadium: King Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Russia Nikolai Levnikov
21 December 1997 Final Brazil  6–0  Australia Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ronaldo 15', 28', 59'
Romário 38', 53', 75' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: King Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Thailand Pirom Un-Prasert

References

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