Australia men's national soccer team results (1950–1979)

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Australia national soccer team results


This is a list of the Australia national soccer team results from 1950 to 1979.

1950s[edit]

1950[edit]

11 June 1950 Friendly Southern Rhodesia  0–5  Australia Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Report Johns 6', ?'
Parsons 51'
Hulme ?', ?'		 Stadium: Old Harrarians
Attendance: 5,000
17 June 1950 Friendly Southern Rhodesia  1–4  Australia Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia
Badenhorst ?' Report Johns ?'
Sanders ?', ?'
Hulme ?'		 Stadium: Queen's Ground
Attendance: 6,000
24 June 1950 Friendly South Africa  3–2  Australia Durban, South Africa
Claasens 14', 82'
Botha 69'		 Report Nunn 38'
Hulme ?'		 Stadium: Kingsmead
Attendance: 20,000
1 July 1950 Friendly South Africa  2–1  Australia Johannesburg, South Africa
Claasens 33', 46' Report Nunn 70' (pen.) Stadium: Ellis Park Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
8 July 1950 Friendly South Africa  1–2  Australia Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Claasens 54' Report Parsons 64', 70' Stadium: St George's Park
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: A Finlay (South Africa)
23 July 1950 Friendly South Africa  0–2  Australia Cape Town, South Africa
Report Nunn 49', 71' Stadium: Hartleyvale Stadium
Attendance: 12,000

1954[edit]

14 August 1954 Friendly Australia  1–2  New Zealand Melbourne, Australia
Robertson 75' Report King 5'
Steele 7'		 Stadium: Melbourne Showgrounds
Referee: G Gatt (Australia)
28 August 1954 Friendly Australia  4–1  New Zealand Brisbane, Australia
Robertson ?'
Stewart ?', ?'
Lennard ?'		 Report Ted Smith ?' Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: V Robertson (Australia)
4 September 1954 Friendly Australia  4–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Murphy ?'
Nunn ?', ?'
Stewart ?'		 Report Steele ?' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 5,798
Referee: Dick Thorpe (Australia)

1955[edit]

3 September 1955 Friendly Australia  0–3  South Africa Brisbane, Australia
Report Palmer 2'
Paton ?'
Hughes 88'		 Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground
Attendance: 5,640
Referee: Bill Malcolm (Australia)
10 September 1955 Friendly Australia  0–2  South Africa Melbourne, Australia
Report Palmer 84'
Hughes 86'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
17 September 1955 Friendly Australia  0–8  South Africa Adelaide, Australia
Report Rufus ?', ?'
Hughes ?', ?'
Paton ?', ?'
Jacques ?'
Palmer ?'		 Stadium: Kensington Oval
24 September 1955 Friendly Australia  0–6  South Africa Sydney, Australia
Report Hughes ?', ?'
Patton ?'
Palmer ?'
Le Roux ?'
Wilson ?' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
1 October 1955 Friendly Australia  1–4  South Africa Newcastle, Australia
Vairy 39' Report Hughes ?', ?', ?'
Le Roux ?'		 Stadium: Newcastle Sports Ground
Attendance: 2,907
Referee: G Muir (Australia)

1956[edit]

27 November 1956 1956 Summer Olympics First Round Australia  2–0  Japan Melbourne, Australia
McMillan 26' (pen.)
Loughran 61'		 Report Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 3,568
Referee: R Lund (New Zealand)
1 December 1956 1956 Summer Olympics Quarter-final Australia  2–4  India Melbourne, Australia
Morrow 17' 41' Report D'Souza 9' 33' 50'
Kittu 80'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
12 December 1956 Friendly Australia  1–7  India Sydney, Australia
Vogler ?' Report Banerjee ?', ?'
D'Souza ?', ?'
Kittu ?', ?'
Banerjee ?'		 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ron Wright (Australia)

1958[edit]

16 August 1958 Friendly New Zealand  2–3  Australia Wellington, New Zealand
Aird 30' (pen.)
Hume ?'		 Report Loughrin 14'
Nunn 44'
Adair 70'		 Stadium: Basin Reserve
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: M Swain (New Zealand)
23 August 1958 Friendly New Zealand  2–2  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Steel 11', 46' Report Aird 42' (o.g.)
Vogler ?'		 Stadium: Carlaw Park
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: R Lund (New Zealand)

1960s[edit]

1965[edit]

21 November 1965 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round North Korea  6–1  Australia Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Pak Doo-ik 15'
Pak Seung-zin 54', 80'
Han Bong-zin 65', 88'
Im Seung-hwi 58'		 Report Scheinflug 70' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Olympique
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Nice (Malaysia)
24 November 1965 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round North Korea  3–1  Australia Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Kim Seung-il 18', 75'
Pak Seung-zin 53'		 Report Scheinflug 15' Stadium: Stade Olympique
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: de Silva (Singapore)
26 November 1965 Friendly Cambodia  0–0  Australia Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Report Stadium: Stade Olympique
29 November 1965 Friendly Hong Kong  1–0  Australia Wan Chai, Hong Kong
McLaren 22' Report Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
3 December 1965 Friendly Taiwan  1–3  Australia Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Cheung Chi Wai 50' (pen.) Report Blue 5', 7', 58' Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 13,800
Referee: Fred Prattlett (Hong Kong)
7 December 1965 Friendly Malaysia  0–3  Australia Ipoh, Malaysia
Report Todd 54'
Johnson 65'
Scheinflug 84' (pen.)		 Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 300
8 December 1965 Friendly Malaysia  0–1  Australia Ipoh, Malaysia
Report Aird 42' (o.g.)
Peason ?'		 Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 1,000

1967[edit]

28 May 1967 Friendly Australia  0–1  Scotland Sydney, Australia
Report Ferguson ?' Stadium: Sydney Showground
Attendance: 34,792
Referee: W Hosie (South Australia)
Note: The match was originally not considered as an international A match, but later was reclassified.[1]
31 May 1967 Friendly Australia  1–2  Scotland Adelaide, Australia
Baartz ?' Report Townsend 30'
Morgan ?'		 Stadium: Norwood Oval
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: D Maitland (Victoria)
Note: The match was originally not considered as an international A match, but later was reclassified.[1]
3 June 1967 Friendly Australia  0–2  Scotland Melbourne, Australia
Report Ferguson ?', ?' Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Tony Boskovic (NSW)
Note: The match was originally not considered as an international A match, but later was reclassified.[1]
5 November 1967 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup Australia  5–3  New Zealand Saigon, South Vietnam
Abonyi ?', ?', ?'
Warren ?'
Baartz ?'		 Report Mears ?'
Nemeth ?'
Shaw ?'		 Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hong Duk Yong (Korea Republic)
7 November 1967 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup South Vietnam  0–1  Australia Saigon, South Vietnam
Report Warren 35' Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
11 November 1967 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup Australia  5–1  Singapore Saigon, South Vietnam
Abonyi ?', ?', ?'
Warren ?'
Baartz 53'		 Report ? ?' (pen.) Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
12 November 1967 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup Malaysia  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Australia Saigon, South Vietnam
Report Baartz 117' Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
14 November 1967 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup South Korea  2–3  Australia Saigon, South Vietnam
Lee Young Kewn 1'
Huh Yoon-jung ?'		 Report Vojtek 36'
Abonyi ?'
Warren ?'		 Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
17 November 1967 Friendly Indonesia  0–2  Australia Jakarta, Indonesia
Report Baartz 37'
Abonyi 43'		 Stadium: Bung Karno Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
21 November 1967 Friendly Singapore  1–6  Australia Singapore
? ?' Report Abonyi ?', ?'
Westwater ?'
Micic ?'
McColl ?'
Vojtek ?'		 Attendance: 4,000
26 November 1967 Friendly Malaysia  0–4  Australia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Report Vojtek ?', ?'
McColl ?'
Abonyi ?'		 Attendance: 500

1968[edit]

30 March 1968 Friendly Australia  2–2  Japan Sydney, Australia
McColl 46'
Blue 83'		 Report
Report		 Kamamoto 18', 65' Attendance: 8,646
31 March 1968 Friendly Australia  3–1  Japan Melbourne, Australia
Scheinflug 35'
Vojtek 42'
Baartz 88'		 Report
Report		 Y. Kuwahara 32' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 9,974
4 April 1968 Friendly Australia  1–3  Japan Adelaide, Australia
McColl 70' Report
Report		 Sugiyama 80'
Kamamoto 84', 88'		 Attendance: 6,127

1969[edit]

20 July 1969 Friendly Australia  1–0  Greece Sydney, Australia
Abonyi 60' (pen.) Report Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 30,155
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
23 July 1969 Friendly Australia  2–2  Greece Brisbane, Australia
Vojtek 48'
Baartz 62'		 Report Dedes 19', 46'
Kritikopoulos 		Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Attendance: 10,037
Referee: Harold Parsons (Australia)
27 July 1969 Friendly Australia  0–2  Greece Melbourne, Australia
Report Dedes 22'
Papaioannou 55'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 24,416
Referee: Vince Dobinson (Australia)
10 October 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round Japan  1–3  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Watanabe 11' Report McColl 5'
Ogi 68' (o.g.)
Baartz 69'		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: P Nice (Malaysia)
14 October 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round South Korea  1–2  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Lee Lee Woo 45' Report Watkiss 37'
McColl 82'		 Attendance: 25,000
Referee: G Suppiah (Singapore)
16 October 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round Japan  1–1  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Miyamoto 4' Report McColl 39'
20 October 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round South Korea  1–1  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Park Soo Il 29' Report Baartz 58' Attendance: 25,000
23 November 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Second Round Rhodesia  1–1  Australia Laurenco Marques, Mozambique
Chalmers 63' Report McColl 68' Stadium: Estádio Salazar
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Saldanha Antonio Ribeiro (Portugal)
27 November 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Second Round Rhodesia  0–0  Australia Laurenco Marques, Mozambique
Report Stadium: Estádio Salazar
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Saldanha Antonio Ribeiro (Portugal)
29 November 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Second Round Rhodesia  1–3  Australia Laurenco Marques, Mozambique
Chalmers 49' Report Rutherford 12'
Tigere 22' (o.g.)
Warren 56'		 Stadium: Estádio Salazar
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Saldanha Antonio Ribeiro (Portugal)
4 December 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Israel  1–0  Australia Ramat Gan, Israel
Zeman 16' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
14 December 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  1–1  Israel Sydney, Australia
Watkiss 88' Report Spiegler 78' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

1970s[edit]

1970[edit]

4 November 1970 Friendly Iran  1–2  Australia Tehran, Iran
-' Report Richards 8'
Alston 48'		 Stadium: Amjadieh Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Daud Nasiri (Iran)
10 November 1970 Friendly Israel  0–1  Australia Ramat-Gan, Israel
Report Richards 50' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
17 November 1970 Friendly Greece  1–3  Australia Athens, Greece
Eleftherakis 22' Report Alston 11'
Mackay 23'
Blue 77'		 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nikos Yannopoulos (Greece)
2 December 1970 Friendly Mexico  3–0  Australia Mexico City, Mexico
Valdivia 40', 80'
Raúl Gómez 55'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abel Aguilar (Mexico)

1971[edit]

11 November 1971 Friendly Australia  2–2  Israel Brisbane, Australia
Tolson 19'
Alston 72'		 Report Calderon 11'
Spiegler 63'		 Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 5,040
Referee: Vince Dobinson (Australia)
14 November 1971 Friendly Australia  1–0  Israel Sydney, Australia
Ainslie 12' Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,282
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
21 November 1971 Friendly Australia  1–3  Israel Melbourne, Australia
Baartz 87' Report Rosen 15'
Shaharabani 46', 84'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 9,639
Referee: Roger Lamb (Australia)

1972[edit]

7 October 1972 Friendly Indonesia  1–4  Australia Jakarta, Indonesia
Kadir 83' (pen.) Report Buljevic 52', 88'
Tolson 60'
Baartz 78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Senayan Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Achmad Karim (Indonesia)
9 October 1972 Friendly Australia  3–1  New Zealand Jakarta, Indonesia
Abonyi 26'
Baartz 54'
Warren 76'		 Report Vest 7' Stadium: Senayan Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kosasih Kartadiredja (Indonesia)
15 October 1972 Friendly South Vietnam  0–1  Australia Saigon, South Vietnam
Report Buljevic 35' Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 23,000
22 October 1972 Friendly South Korea  1–1  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Lee Chan Man ?' Report Tolson 12' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kim Ju Won (Korea Republic)
24 October 1972 Friendly South Korea  0–2  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Report Baartz 12'
Armstrong 42'		 Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Mang Myung Sup (Korea Republic)
29 October 1972 Friendly Philippines  0–6  Australia Manila, Philippines
Report Abonyi 29' (pen.)
Buljevic 52'
Butler 64'
Warren 66'
Utesenovic 75'
Richards ?'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Julian Esguarra (Philippines)

1973[edit]

14 February 1973 Friendly Australia  2–2  Bulgaria Sydney, Australia
Buljevic 59'
Tolson 72' (pen.)		 Report Vasilev 31'
Mihaylov 44'		 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 14,163
Referee: Roger Lamb (Australia)
16 February 1973 Friendly Australia  1–3  Bulgaria Adelaide, Australia
Baartz 29' Report Bogomilov 22'
Pritargov 27'
Mihaylov 81'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 8,576
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
18 February 1973 Friendly Australia  0–2  Bulgaria Melbourne, Australia
Report Pritargov 22'
Dermendzhiev 57'		 Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 9,204
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
4 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) New Zealand  1–1  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Turner 57' Report Campbell 85' Stadium: Newmarket Ground
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Tak Luk (Hong Kong)
11 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) Australia  3–1  Iraq Sydney, Australia
Richards 49'
Alston 80', 85'		 Report Nuri 90' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 28,514
Referee: Govindsamy Suppiah (Singapore)
13 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) Australia  2–1  Indonesia Sydney, Australia
Campbell 22'
Alston 42'		 Report Iswadi 36' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 12,763
Referee: Dau Van Dzu (South Vietnam)
16 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) Australia  3–3  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Utjesenovic 11'
Baartz 19'
Buljevic 26'		 Report Vest 10'
Tindall 50'
Hogg 86' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 14,071
Referee: K Mahendron Malaysia
18 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) Australia  0–0  Iraq Melbourne, Australia
Report Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 10,684
Referee: Masatoshi Nagashima (Japan)
24 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) Australia  6–0  Indonesia Sydney, Australia
Mackay 3', 40'
Abonyi 23', 54'
Richards 72'
Baartz 78'		 Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 12,390
Referee: Masatoshi Nagashima (Japan)
18 August 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Final) Australia  3–0  Iran Sydney, Australia
Alston 43'
Abonyi 46'
Wilson 85'		 Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 30,881
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
24 August 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Final) Iran  2–0  Australia Tehran, Iran
Ghelichkhani 14' (pen.), 31' Report Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Pavel Kasakov (Soviet Union)
28 October 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  0–0  South Korea Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 32,005
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
11 November 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round South Korea  2–2  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Kim Jae-han 15'
Koe Jae Wook 30'		 Report Buljevic 31'
Baartz 47'		 Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Arie Van Gemert (Netherlands)
13 November 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round South Korea  0–1  Australia Hong Kong
Report Mackay 70' Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Arie Van Gemert (Netherlands)

1974[edit]

25 April 1974 Friendly Australia  0–0  Uruguay Melbourne, Australia
Report Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 20,283
Referee: Peter Ramplay (Australia)
27 April 1974 Friendly Australia  2–0  Uruguay Sydney, Australia
Baartz 59'
Ollerton 84'		 Report Garisto Red card 76' Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 25,708
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
21 May 1974 Friendly Australia  2–1  Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
Wilson 77'
Curran 80'		 Report Waskito 89' Stadium: Senayan Stadium
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Juremi (Indonesia)
28 May 1974 Friendly Israel  2–1  Australia Tel Aviv, Israel
Feygenbaum 58', 88' Report Mackay 89' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
14 June 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 1 East Germany  2–0  Australia Hamburg, West Germany
Curran (o.g.) 58'
Streich 72'		 Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
18 June 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 1 West Germany  3–0  Australia Hamburg, West Germany
Overath 12'
Cullmann 34'
Müller 53'		 Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel (Egypt)
22 June 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 1 Australia  0–0  Chile West Berlin, West Germany
  Richards Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card 83' Report   Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 14,681
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)
Note: While official match reports show Richards as having been booked twice (in the 37th and 83rd minutes), the referee showed Richards cards on four occasions. He was shown the red card several minutes after being shown his 3rd yellow card.[2]

1975[edit]

6 August Friendly Australia  1–0  China Melbourne, Australia
 Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stuart Mellings (Australia)
16 November 1975 Friendly Australia  0–0  Soviet Union Perth, Australia
Report Stadium: Perry Lakes Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
20 November 1975 Friendly Australia  0–3  Soviet Union Adelaide, Australia
Report Shepel 29'
Yevryuzhikhin 39'
Gershkovich 57'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 8,135
Referee: Barry Harwood (Australia)
23 November 1975 Friendly Australia  1–2  Soviet Union Melbourne, Australia
Campbell 35' Report Yakubik 71'
Kozlov 78'		 Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Stuart Mellings (Australia)
26 November 1975 Friendly Australia  0–0  Soviet Union Brisbane, Australia
Report Yakubik Red card 36' Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Attendance: 6,845
Referee: Des Miles (Australia)
30 November 1975 Friendly Australia  2–3  Soviet Union Sydney, Australia
Ollerton 21'
Barnes 43'		 Report Gershkovich 43'
Yakubik 47'
Gavrilov ?'		 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
3 December 1975 Friendly Australia  1–1  Soviet Union Newcastle, Australia
Ollerton ?' Report Gutzayev ?' Stadium: Newcastle Showground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

1976[edit]

29 February 1976 Friendly Australia  1–0  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Harding 79' Report Stadium: Newmarket Park
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
2 March 1976 Friendly Australia  3–1  New Zealand Melbourne, Australia
Barnes ?'
Ollerton ?'
Abonyi ?'		 Report Taylor ?' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Referee: Stuart Mellings (Australia)
11 August 1976 Friendly Australia  0–1  Hong Kong Canberra, Australia
Report Tang Hung Chong 12' Stadium: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
18 August 1976 Friendly Australia  2–0  Hong Kong Gosford, Australia
Abonyi 12'
Harding 27'		 Report Stadium: Graham Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
20 October 1976 Friendly Australia  1 – 1  Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
Abonyi 5' Report Rizal 83'
22 October 1976 Friendly Australia  1–0  Singapore Singapore
Ollerton 48' Report Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Lee (Singapore)
24 October 1976 Friendly Australia  2–0  Hong Kong Hong Kong
Abonyi 35' (pen.)
Nyskohus 44'		 Report Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
29 October 1976 Friendly China  0–2  Australia Canton, China
Report Ollerton ?', ?' Stadium: Yui Siu Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
3 November 1976 Friendly Australia  1 – 1  Israel Ramat Gan, Israel
Wilson 56' Report Damti 42' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rene Mathieu (Switzerland)

1977[edit]

12 February 1977 Friendly Australia  1 – 1  Israel Melbourne, Australia
Ollerton 58' Report Damti 10' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Barry Harwood (Australia)
16 February 1977 Friendly Australia  1–1  Israel Sydney, Australia
Muniz 59' Report Schweitzer 72' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Des Miles (Australia)
13 March 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round (Group 5) Australia  3–0  Taiwan Ba, Fiji
Rooney 8', 46'
Abonyi 16'		 Report Attendance: 8,000
Referee: P Watana (Thailand)
19 March 1977 Friendly Australia  0–1  Fiji Suva, Fiji
Report Okete 75' Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Bob Khan (Fiji)
16 March 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round (Group 5) Australia  2 – 1  Taiwan Ba, Fiji
Kosmina 35'
Abonyi 58'		 Report Fang Shin-sing 29' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: G Vijit (Thailand)
27 March 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round (Group 5) Australia  3 – 1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Ollerton 60', 85'
Kosmina 72'		 Report Nelson 4' Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Referee: Cham Tam Sun (Hong Kong)
30 March 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round (Group 5) Australia  1 – 1  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Ollerton 18' Report Nelson ?' Stadium: Newmarket Park
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong)
10 July 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  3 – 0  Hong Kong Adelaide, Australia
Kosmina 27', 84'
Barnes 46'		 Report Attendance: 11,000
Referee: W Hungerbuehler (Switzerland)
14 August 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  0 – 1  Iran Melbourne, Australia
Report Rowshan 68' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Franz Wohrer (Austria)
28 August 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  2 – 1  South Korea Sydney, Australia
Kosmina 63', 75' Report Cha Bum-kun 23' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
16 October 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  1 – 2  Kuwait Sydney, Australia
Rooney 40' Report Kamil 41' (pen.)
Aziz 49'		 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
23 October 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  0 – 0  South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Report Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
30 October 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  5–2  Hong Kong Hong Kong
Ollerton 18', 21', 27'
Abonyi 59' (pen.)
Bennett 86'		 Report Tang Hung Cheong 66'
Chung Chor Wai 80'		 Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
13 November 1977 Friendly Australia  2–0  Singapore Singapore
Ollerton ?'
Abonyi ?'		 Report Stadium: Singapore Stadium
19 November 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  0–1  Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
Report Faisal Al-Dakhil 51' Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
25 November 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  0–1  Iran Tehran, Iran
Report Jahani 44' Stadium: Ayramehr Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

1978[edit]

11 June 1978 Friendly Australia  1–2  Greece Melbourne, Australia
Cole 63' Report Ifandidis 63', 77' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
14 June 1978 Friendly Australia  0–1  Greece Adelaide, Australia
Report Ifandidis 71' Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 9,502
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
18 June 1978 Friendly Australia  1–1  Greece Sydney, Australia
Barnes 77' (pen.) Report Karavitis 12' Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: David Yelland (Australia)

1979[edit]

13 June 1979 Friendly New Zealand  1–0  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Ormond 58' Report Stadium: Newmarket Park
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Tom Delahunty (New Zealand)
27 November 1979 Friendly Taiwan  0–2  Australia Taipei, Taiwan
Report Cumming 43'
Cole 74'		 Attendance: 2,000

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Former Scotland players to be recognised with international caps including Sir Alex Ferguson". Scottish Football Association. 9 October 2021.
  2. ^ "World Cup countdown No.28: Zinedine Zidane gets 28th red card of 2006 finals". news.com.au. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014.

External links[edit]

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