Australia men's national soccer team results (1950–1979)
| 1960–1979 season | |
|---|---|
The following details the Australia national soccer team results in competitive and non-competitive (friendly) matches. Games are listed in chronological order, grouped by decade and year, from 1960 to 1979.
1960s
1965
| 21 November 1965 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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
| 28 May 1967 Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | Australia | 0 – 1 |  Scotland | Sydney, Australia |
| Report | Ferguson ?' |
Stadium: Sydney Showground Attendance: 34,792 Referee: W Hosie (South Australia) |
| 31 May 1967 Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | Australia | 1 – 2 | Scotland | Adelaide, Australia |
| Baartz ?' |
Report | Townsend 30' Morgan ?' |
Stadium: Norwood Oval Attendance: 12,500 Referee: D Maitland (Victoria) |
| 3 June 1967 Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | Australia | 0 – 2 | Scotland | Melbourne, Australia |
| Report | Ferguson ?', ?' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Tony Boskovic (NSW) |
| 5 November 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 Quoc Khanh Cup | South Vietnam  | 0–1 | Australia | Saigon, South Vietnam |
| Report | Warren 35' |
Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 20,000 |
| 11 November 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 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 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
| 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
| 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | Japan | 1–1 | Australia | Seoul, South Korea |
| Miyamoto 4' |
Report | McColl 39' |
| 20 October 1969 WC Qualifier | South Korea | 1–1 | Australia | Seoul, South Korea |
| Park Soo Il 29' |
Report | Baartz 58' |
Attendance: 25,000 |
| 23 November 1969 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | Rhodesia | 0–0 | Australia | Laurenco Marques, Mozambique |
| Report | Stadium: Estádio Salazar Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Saldanha Antonio Ribeiro (Portugal) |
| 29 November 1969 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | Australia | 1–1 | Israel | Sydney, Australia |
| Watkiss 88' |
Report | Spiegler 78' |
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) |
1970s
1970
| 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: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Nikos Yannopoulos (Greece) |
| 2 December 1970 Friendly | Mexico  | 3–0 | Australia | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico. |
| Valdivia 40', 80' Raúl Gómez 55' |
Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Abel Aguilar (Mexico) |
1971
| 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
| 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
| 14 February 1973 Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | 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 - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | 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 - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | Australia | 0–2 | Bulgaria | Melbourne, Australia |
| Report | Pritargov 22' Dermendzhiev 57' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 9,204 Referee: Don Campbell (Australia) |
| 4 March 1973 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | Australia | 0–0 | Iraq | Melbourne, Australia. |
| Report | Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 10,684 Referee: Masatoshi Nagashima (Japan) |
| 24 March 1973 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | Australia | 0–0 | South Korea | Sydney, Australia. |
| Report | Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 32,005 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium) |
| 11 November 1973 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | South Korea | 0–1 | Australia | Hong Kong. |
| Report | Mackay 70' |
Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Arie Van Gemert (Netherlands) |
1974
| 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  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 | 1 – 2 | Australia | Jaffa, Israel |
| Feygenbaum 58', 88' |
Report | Mackay 89' |
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland) |
| 14 June 1974 WC | Australia | 0 – 2 |  East Germany | West Germany |
| Report | Curran (o.g.) 58' Streich 72'; |
Stadium: Hamburg, Volksparkstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal) |
| 18 June 1974 WC | Australia | 0 – 3 |  West Germany | Hamburg, West Germany |
| Report | Overath 12' Cullmann 34'Müller 53' |
Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel (Egypt) |
| 22 June 1974 WC | Australia | 0 – 0 |  Chile | West Berlin |
Richards  37'  83'[1][2] |
Report | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 14,681 Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran) |
1975
| 16 November 1975 Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | Australia | 0 – 0 |  Soviet Union | Perth, Australia |
| Report | Stadium: Perry Lakes Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Don Campbell (Australia) |
| 20 November 1975 Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | Australia | 0 – 3 | Soviet Union | Adelaide, Australia |
| Report | Shepel 29' Yevryuzhikhin 39'Gershkovich 57' |
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 8,135 Referee: Brian Green (Australia) |
| 23 November 1975 Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | 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 - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | Australia | 0 – 0 | Soviet Union | Brisbane, Australia |
| Report | Yakubik 36' |
Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground Attendance: 6,845 Referee: Des Miles (Australia) |
| 30 November 1975 Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | 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 - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | Australia | 1 – 1 | Soviet Union | Newcastle, Australia |
| Ollerton ?' |
Report | Gutzayev ?' |
Stadium: Newcastle Showground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) |
1976
| 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 | Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia. |
| Report | Tang Hung Chong 12' |
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) |
| 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 - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia | 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
| 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | Australia | 3 – 0 | Hong Kong | Adelaide, Australia |
| Kosmina 27', 84' Barnes 46' |
Report | Attendance: 11,000 Referee: W Hungerbuehler (Switzerland) |
| 14 August 1977 WC Qualifier | Australia | 0 – 1 | Iran | Melbourne, Australia |
| Report | Rowshan 68' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Franz Wohrer (Austria) |
| 28 August 1977 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | 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 WC Qualifier | Australia | 0 – 0 | South Korea | Seoul, South Korea |
| Report | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) |
| 30 October 1977 WC Qualifier | 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) |
| 19 November 1977 WC Qualifier | Australia | 0 – 1 | Kuwait | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Report | Faisal Al-Dakhil 51' |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria) |
| 25 November 1977 WC Qualifier | Australia | 0 – 1 | Iran | Tehran, Iran |
| Report | Jahani 44' |
Stadium: Ayramehr Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France) |
| 13 November 1977 WC Qualifier | Australia | 2 – 0 | Singapore | Singapore |
| Ollerton ?' Abonyi ?' |
Report | Stadium: Singapore Stadium |
1978
| 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
| 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
- ^ While the 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 third yellow card. Refer to next reference.
- ^ "World Cup countdown No.28: Zinedine Zidane gets 28th red card of 2006 finals". news.com.au. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2014.