These statistics were written and researched for the OzSoccer archive by Greg Stock, John Punshon and Paul Mavroudis.
| In January 1991, the Joeys embarked on a four game qualification series against New Zealand and Fiji. The tournament was held in Napier, New Zealand with the winner qualifying as the Oceania representative at the World Youth Championships in Italy later in the year. | ||||
| Played : January 11 1991 | Venue : Park Island, Napier, New Zealand | |||
| Fiji (Lineup incomplete) Mohammed Shaffeem, Emosi Baleinuku, Ronald Yakub, Iliesa Samusamuvodre Goal : Samusamuvodre |
1 | - | 6 | Australia George Karamalis, Paul Dee, Tony Josevski, Craig Moore, Aaron Healey, Fabio Macolino (Darren Iocca), Lorenco Campagna, Anthony Carbone, Vas Kalogeracos, Alex Kiratzoglou, Vasco Trpcevski Goals : Kalogeracos 2' 11' 22' Carbone 17'pk Campagna ?' Kiratzoglou ?' |
| Referee : Peter Rampley (Australia) Attendance : 420 Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : January 13 1991 | Venue : Park Island, Napier, New Zealand | |||
| New Zealand Brad Condick, Bryan Tereu, Thomas White, Scott Smith, Hoani Edwards, Paul Stephens, Ronnie Ridout, Gary Kingi, Sean Fallon, David Dunseath, Mark Belham (Shawn Forrest 78') Goals : Kingi 18' |
1 | - | 1 | Australia George Karamalis, Paul Dee, Tony Josevski, Craig Moore (Franc Bot 66'), Aaron Healy, Fabio Macolino, Lorenco Campagna, Anthony Carbone, Vas Kalogeracos, Alex Kiratzoglou, Vasco Trpcevski (Cristian Barrios 72') Goal : Kalogeracos 15' |
| Referee : Stari Maiker (Fiji) Coaches : Kevin Fallon (New Zealand), Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played January 17 1991 | Venue : Park Island, Napier, New Zealand | |||
| Fiji (Lineup incomplete) Brian Singh, Arjon Pillay, Ronald Yakub. Goals : Pillay 38' Yakub 67' |
2 | - | 7 | Australia George Karamalis, Paul Dee, Tony Josevski, Aaron Healey, Fabio Macolino, Lorenco Campagna, Anthony Carbone, Alex Kiratzoglou, Dominic Uslaj, Mathew Coutouvidis, Franc Bot Goals : Campagna 1' Kiratzoglou 2' 18' 70' Healy 19' 23' Usalj 90' |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : January 21 1991 | Venue : Park Island, Napier, New Zealand | |||
| New Zealand Brad Condick, Bryan Tereu, Thomas White, Scott Smith (c), Hoani Edwards, Paul Stephens, Ronnie Ridout, David Dunseath, Mark Belham, Gary Kingi, Sean Fallon |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Steve Wardle, Paul Dee, Tony Josevski (Dominic Usalj 46'), Aaron Healy, Mathew Coutouvidis, Fabio Macolino, Lorenco Campagna, Anthony Carbone (c), Franc Bot, Vas Kalogeracos, Alex Kiratzoglou Goal : Campagna 70' |
| Coaches : Kevin Fallon (New Zealand), Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| With Australia having qualified for the 1991 World Youth Championships in Italy, Australia started their campaign with two warm up games against the Tasmanian Under 21 side in Tasmania. | ||||
| Played : July 10 1991 | Venue : Tasmania, Australia | |||
| Tasmania Under 21 (Lineup and goalscorer not available) |
1 | - | 3 | Australia (Lineup and goalscorer not available) |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : July 13 1991 | Venue : Tasmania, Australia | |||
| Tasmania Under 21 (Lineup and goalscorers not available) |
3 | - | 3 | Australia (Lineup and goalscorers not available) |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| From here the Joeys travelled to Europe where they held a month long training camp in preparation for the World Youth Championships in Italy. The side played a number of training matches against European club sides which are listed below. | ||||
| Played : July 29 1991 | Venue : Netherlands | |||
| Graafschap (HOL) (Lineup and goalscorers not available) |
2 | - | 3 | Australia (Lineup and goalscorers not available) |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : July 31 1991 | Venue : Netherlands | |||
| Den Haag (HOL) (Lineup and goalscorer not available) |
1 |
- | 1 | Australia (Lineup and goalscorer not available) |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played August 2 1991 | Venue : Belgium | |||
| Club Brugge (BEL) (Lineup and goalscorer not available) |
1 | - | 2 | Australia (Lineup and goalscorers not available) |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : August 4 1991 | Venue : Belgium | |||
| Klevgelden (BEL) (Lineup not available) |
0 | - | 4 | Australia (Lineup and goalscorers not available) |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : August 7 1991 | Venue : Germany | |||
| Germany Under 17 (Lineup and goalscorers not available) |
2 | - | 2 | Australia (Lineup and goalscorers not available) |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : August 9 1991 | Venue : Netherlands | |||
| Go Ahead Eagles (HOL) (Lineup and goalscorers not available) |
2 | - | 5 | Australia (Lineup and goalscorers not available) |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| In the 1991 World Youth Championships, Australia were drawn in the same group as Mexico, Congo and Qatar. Their first opponents were the Mexicans. | ||||
| Played : August 18 1991 | Venue : Carrara, Italy | |||
| Mexico Victor Silva, Rodolfo Vega, Jose Maldonado, Jorge Avendano, Rafael Astivia, Mario Garza, Joel Sanchez (Jorge Toledano 35'), Mario Trevino (Joahan Rodriguez 41'), Genoni Martinez, Roberto Garcia, Rafael Garcia Goals : Garza 25' Toledano 69' 74' |
3 | - | 4 | Australia Steve Wardle, Tony Josevski, Aaron Healey, Craig Moore, Paul Dee, Anthony Carbone (Darren Iocca 41'), Fabio Macolino, Vas Kalogeracos, Alex Kiratzoglou (Vasco Trpcevski 61'), Tom Haythornthwaite, Paul Agostino Goals : Agostino 5' 28' 29' Kiratzoglou 17' |
| Referee : Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) Attendance : 500 Coach : Juan Manuel Alvarez (Mexico), Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Australia's next group game was against Congo. | ||||
| Played : August 20 1991 | Venue : Carrara, Italy | |||
| Congo Moyere Ngankia, Elie Malonga, Roland Buitys, Davy Mboyo, Frederic Ntontomona, Assane Tope, Hugues Loubaki-Moukandi, Francis Makaya-Tchitembo, Gaston Kibiti, Patrick Tchicaya Ldemba, Sylvere Boungou (Compeige Ntsika 60') |
0 | - | 2 | Australia Steve Wardle, Tony Josevski, Aaron Healey, Craig Moore, Paul Dee, Anthony Carbone, Fabio Macolino, Vas Kalogeracos (Lorenco Campagna 72'), Alex Kiratzoglou, Tom Haythornthwaite, Paul Agostino. Goals : Healey 63' Kiratzoglou 74' |
| Referee : Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo (Malaysia) Attendance : 200 Coach : Joachim Fickert (Congo), Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| The final group game was against Qatar. | ||||
| Played : August 22 1991 | Venue : Carrara, Italy | |||
| Qatar Hussain Al-Romaihi, Al Boloushi, Jassem Al-Tamimi, Khalil Al-Mazroei, Ahmed Bu-Hendi, Khalid Al-Naimi, Yousuf Al-Kuwari, Ali Al-Ali, Ali Al-Maliki, Ahmed Al-Shafi (Mohamed Al-Bedaid 33'), Yousuf Al-Wadaani Goal: Al-Tamimi 76' |
1 | - | 0 | Australia Steve Wardle, J.Pires, Tony Josevski (Dominic Uslaj 57'), Aaron Healey, Craig Moore, Paul Dee, Anthony Carbone, Fabio Macolino, Vasco Trpcevski, Lorenco Campagna (Vas Kalogeracos 41'), Paul Agostino. |
| Referee : Juan Bava (Argentina) Attendance : 400 Coach : Jose Roberto Avila (Qatar), Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Australia had now qualified for the Quarter finals finishing second in their group. They were drawn against Argentina. | ||||
| Played : August 25 1991 | Venue : Viareggio, Italy | |||
| Argentina Raul Sanzotti, Juan Azconzabal, Gustavo Lombardi, Ariel Zapata, Carlos Chaile, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Claudio Husain, Luciano Oliveri (Juan Veron 70'), Silvio Rivero, Christian Akselman (Marcelo Galardo 76'), Ruben Comelles Goals: Comelles 29' 55' |
2 | - | 1 | Australia Steve Wardle, Tony Josevski (Dominic Usalj 58'), Aaron Healey, Craig Moore, Paul Dee, Anthony Carbone, Fabio Macolino, Vas Kalogeracos, Alex Kiratzoglou, Tom Haythornthwaite (Lorenco Campagna 41'), Paul Agostino Goal : Own Goal 75' |
| Referee : Baldas (Italy) Attendance : 1,100 Coach : Reinaldo Merlo (Argentina), Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||