These statistics were written and researched for the OzSoccer archive by John Punshon, Greg Stock and Thomas Esamie. We believe them to be accurate and have taken every care to make them so. We would appreciate any correction of errors detected.
| 1995 was a World Youth Championship year and the Oceania qualifiers took place in Vanuatu. Prior to departing for Vanuatu, the Joeys held a training camp in North Queensland and played a practise game against a local representative side. | ||||
| Played : May 9 1995 | Venue : Cairns, Australia | |||
| North Queensland Taipans
(Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 3 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, Colin Azzopardi, Brett Emerton (S.Carey), Chris Coyne, Sebastian Sinozic, Harry Kewell, Nick Rizzo (Michael Galluzzo), John Maisano, Yane Talcevski (Ilija Prenzoski), Michael Cunico, Daniel Allsopp Goals : Talcevski 50' 60' Cunico 67' |
| Australia went onto the Oceania World youth championship qualifiers in Vanuatu and were drawn to play Fiji in the opening game. | ||||
| Played : May 22 1995 | Venue : Municipal Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu | |||
| Fiji Laisenia Tuba, Aten Kumar. Feroz Khalil, Jnoke Buachono, Savenaca Dau, Ratu Taninasolo (Nilesh Kumar), Bimlesh Maharaj, Carsten Wise, Mohd Niaz Rafiq, Vodo Taleaua, Atima Penevinaqa (Waisea Nagata) |
0 | - | 4 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, Colin Azzopardi, Brett Emerton (S.Carey), Chris Coyne, Sebastian Sinozic, Nick Rizzo (Ilija Prenzoski), Clayton Bell (c), John Maisano, Yane Talcevski (Michael Galluzzo), Michael Cunico, Daniel Allsopp Goals : Allsopp 9, 87, Bell 24, Cunico 43 |
| Referee : Barry Tasker (NZ) | ||||
| The semi-final match was against the home side Vanuatu. | ||||
| Played May 24 1995 | Venue : Municipal Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu | |||
| Vanuatu Charley Kaswelly, Joe Ture, Gregory Garae, Willie Langse (Clifford Korikalo), Derrick Malas, Tom Manses, Moise Poida, Seimata Chilia, Timothy Wayne, Richard Masoc, George Hed |
0 | - | 6 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, Colin Azzopardi, Brett Emerton, Chris Coyne, Sebastian Sinozic, Harry Kewell, Clayton Bell (c), John Maisano (Nick Rizzo), Yane Talcevski (D Ucchino), Michael Cunico (Michael Galluzzo), Daniel Allsopp Goals : Bell 1, Talcevski 6, Cunico 42, 57, Allsopp 44, 51 |
| Referee : Barry Tasker (NZ) | ||||
| Australias opponent in the final was the old foe New Zealand. Again the match was a tough one and the 1-0 result to Australia meant that they quailfied as the Oceania representative at the World Youth Championships later that year. | ||||
| Played : May 26 1995 | Venue : Korman Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu | |||
| New Zealand Roger Noll, James Solotti, Ben Thompson, Mark Lourie, Rhys Gyde, Ross Goodacre, Andrew Allanson (Mitch Gregor), Marc Hicks (Darren Cheriton), Jonathan Smith, Adam Birch, Chris Braithwaite |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, Colin Azzopardi, Brett Emerton, Chris Coyne, Sebastian Sinozic, Harry Kewell, Clayton Bell (c), John Maisano, Yane Talcevski, Michael Cunico, Daniel Allsopp Goals : Talcevski 65 |
| Referee : Intaz Shah (Fiji) | ||||
| Australia held a training camp in Quito in preparation for the World Youth Championships in early August. The side played four training matches. | ||||
| Played : July 19 1995 | Venue : Quito, Ecuador | |||
| Quito Under 19 (Lineup unavailable) |
1 | - | 4 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, Colin Azzopardi, Brett Emerton (D.Ucchino), Chris Coyne, Sebastian Sinozic, Harry Kewell, Clayton Bell (c), John Maisano, Yane Talcevski (Ilija Prenzoski), Daniel Allsopp (Nick Rizzo), Michael Cunico (L Tomich) Goals : Quito own goal 11' Kewell 36' 75' Allsopp 56' |
| Played : July 23 1995 | Venue : Quito, Ecuador | |||
| Quito Under 21 (Lineup unavailable) |
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- | 2 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, C.Azzopardi, Brett Emerton, Chris Coyne, Sebastian Sinozic, Harry Kewell, Clayton Bell, John Maisano (Michael Galluzzo), Yane Talcevski, Daniel Allsopp, Michael Cunico (L.Tomich) Goals : Maisano 28' Kewell 52' |
| Played July 26 1995 | Venue : Quito, Ecuador | |||
| Quito XI (Lineup unavailable) |
1 | - | 2 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, C.Azzopardi, Brett Emerton, Sebastian Sinozic, Chris Coyne, Harry Kewell, Clayton Bell (Ilija Prenzoski), John Maisano (Michael Galluzzo), Yane Yalcevski (Nick Rizzo), Daniel Allsopp (Michael Cunico), L.Tomich Goals : Kewell 17' 29' |
| Played : July 28 1995 | Venue : Quito, Ecuador | |||
| Riobamba Star (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 3 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, C.Azzopardi (D.Ucchino), Brett Emerton, Sebastian Sinozic, Chris Coyne (Nick Johns), Harry Kewell (John Maisano), Clayton Bell (c) (Michael Galluzzo), Nick Rizzo, Yane Talcevski (Ilija Prenzoski), Daniel Allsopp, L.Tomich (Michael Cunico) Goals : Talcevski 51' 54' Coyne 52' |
| Australia was drawn in the same group as Spain, Nigeria and Qatar for the 1995 world youth championships. The first group match was against Spain. | ||||
| Played : August 4 1995 | Venue : Riobamba, Ecuador | |||
| Spain Moso, Jiminez, Sanchez, Ferron, Duarte, Varela (Usandi 59), Neira, Colsa, Cachorro, Iban, Mista (Araguas 82) Goals : Duarte 54pk, Mista 62 |
2 | - | 2 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, Colin Azzopardi, Brett Emerton, Sebastian Sinozic, Chris Coyne, Harry Kewell, Clayton Bell (Nick Rizzo 73), John Maisano, Yane Talcevski (Ilija Prenzoski), Daniel Allsopp, Michael Cunico (Michael Galluzzo 89) Goals : Allsopp 15, 73 |
| Referee : Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad & Tobago) Linesmen : Teran (Venezuela), Seria (Bolivia) | ||||
| Australias next opponent was Nigeria and after Maisano had a penalty stopped Nigeria found heart and won through. | ||||
| Played : August 6 1995 | Venue : Riobamba, Ecuador | |||
| Nigeria Adeyemi (Udofia 88), Nwankpa, Chukwueke, Abubakar, Igwilo (Onwuzuruike 46), George, Yobo, Ayeni, Nwakire, Anyamkygh, Obiora Goals : Aniamkygh 57, Obiora 89 |
2 | - | 0 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, Colin Azzopardi, Brett Emerton, Sebastian Sinozic, Chris Coyne, Harry Kewell, Clayton Bell (Luke Tomich 69), John Maisano, Yane Talcevski, Nick Rizzo (Ilija Prezoski 80), Daniel Allsopp |
| Referee : Antonio Marrufo Mendoza (Mexico) Linesmen : Montalvo (Ecuador), Umanzor (Honduras) | ||||
| Australias qualified for the quarter finals by defeating Qatar in their final group match. | ||||
| Played : August 9 1995 | Venue : Riobamba, Ecuador | |||
| Qatar Qambar Hussain, Obaid Al-Asli, Matif Ruwaili (sent off 46), Abdul Karim, Mubarak Khater, Nasr Alkhamisi (Abdulla Alzarraa 71), Mohd Anwar, Mahmoud Hassan, Saad Al-Naeimi, Ali Ebrahim (Alzain Babiker 71), Karim Dad (Saeed Mohd 71) |
0 | - | 3 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, Colin Azzopardi, Brett Emerton, Sebastian Sinozic, Chris Coyne, Harry Kewell (Michael Galluzzo 80), Clayton Bell (c) (Nick Rizzo 55), John Maisano, Yane Talcevski, Michael Cunico, Daniel Allsopp Goals : Kewell 41pk, Allsopp 48, 56 |
| Referee : Hartmut Strampe (Germany) Linesmen : Vergara (Canada), Rausis (Switzerland) | ||||
| Australia bowed out of the world youth championships at the hands of Brazil. Australia were gallant in defeat but the talent of their South American opponents proved too hard to overcome. | ||||
| Played : August 13 1995 | Venue : Porto Viejo, Ecuador | |||
| Brazil Julio Cesar, Djimi, Juan, Bel, Rodrigues Fabio, Carlos Alberto, Kleber, Helder, Rocha, Marco Antonio, Rodrigo Goals : Rodrigo 14, Kleber 65, Marco Antonio 75 |
3 | - | 1 | Australia Adam Brodbeck, Colin Azzopardi, Brett Emerton, Chris Coyne, Harry Kewell, Nick Rizzo (Michael Galluzzo 72), Clayton Bell (c), John Maisano, Yane Talcevski, Michael Cunico (Luke Tomich 68), Daniel Allsopp Goal : Allsopp 32' |
| Referee : Antonio Marrufo Mendoza (Mexico) Linesmen : Hassoneh (Jordan), Torres (Costa Rica) | ||||