Written by Greg Stock

Sources: John Punshon, Doug Butcher and Peter Desira

Australia hosted a four nation tournament in January. The Under 23 Olympic Teams from Denmark, Japan & Korea Republic all participated in games played in Sydney, Canberra and Wollongong
Played: Saturday January 14 1995				Venue: Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park
Australia Clint Bolton, Luke Casserly, Kevin Muscat, Ross Aloisi, Vinko Buljubasic (Sean Cranney 46), Ante Moric, Goran Lozanovski, Peter Tsekenis (Joe Bacak 63), Gabriel Mendez, Bradley Hassell, Mark Viduka. Cautions: Casserly, Muscat, Aloisi Goal: Moric 66	1	-	3	Demark Thomas Sorenson, Allan Ravn Jensen, Per Nielsen, Jan Sonksen, Peter Sorenson, Niclas Jensen, Kim Dougaard (Kern Lyhne 58), Ulrik Pedersen (Thomas Rytter 72), Morten Feich, Michael Nonbo (Ole Tobiasen 86), Steffen Hojer. Cautions: T.Sorensen, Sonksen, Pedersen Goals: Sonksen 45 Sorensen 60 Nonbo 69
Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia) Assistant Referees: John Bowdler & Stewart Lockrey (Australia) Attendance: 8,931 Coaches: Eddie Thomson (Australia), Jan Poulsen (Denmark)
Played: Monday January 16 1995				Venue: Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Australia Frank Juric, Kevin Muscat, Michael Valkanis, Mark Babic, Sean Cranney, Ante Moric (Danny Tiatto), Goran Lozanovski, Gabriel Mendez, Joe Spiteri, Mark Viduka, Bradley Hassell (Joe Bacak 63). Goal: Spiteri 70	1	-	1	Korea Republic Lee Woon-Jee, Park Choong-Kyoon, Lee Min-Sung, Kim Sang-Hoon (Lee Kyung-Soo 92), Cho Jong-Hwa, Lee Ki-Hyung, Yoon Jong-Hwan, Choi Yoon-Yeoi, Woon Sung-Yong, Choi Yong-Su, Lee Woo-Young. Goal: Choong-Kyoon 65
Referees: Eugene Brazzale (Australia) Assistant Referees: John Bowdler & Larry Bittman (Australia) Attendance: 12,000 Coaches: Eddie Thomson (Australia), Anatoly Bychovets (Korea Republic)
Played: Wednesday January 18 1995				Venue: Brandon Park, Wollongong
Australia Frank Juric, Luke Casserly, Kevin Muscat, Mark Babic, Vinko Buljubasic, Sasha Dimoski, Goran Lozanovski (Peter Tsekenis), Gabriel Mendez, Danny Tiatto, Mark Viduka, Joe Spiteri (Joe Bacak (Bradley Hassell)). Goals: Mendez 42 Viduka 58	2	-	1	Japan Yoichi Doi, Kenichi Uemura, Junji Nishizawa, Ji Sato, Yugi Hironaga, Toshihiro Hattori, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Masakiyo Maezono, Shigeru Morioka, Takafumi Ogur, Masanobu Matsunami; Sub: Yoshika Matsubara. Goal: Matsubara
Referee: Gerry Connolly (Australia) Assistant Referees: John Bowdler & Stewart Lockrey (Australia) Attendance: 6,325 Coaches: Eddie Thomson (Australia), Akira Nishimo (Japan)
Australia finished the four nation tournament in third place with one win, one draw and a loss. They played Japan in the third/fourth place play-off.
Played: Saturday January 21 1995				Venue: Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park
Australia Clint Bolton, Kevin Muscat, Mark Babic, Michael Valkanis (Goran Lozanovski 65), Ross Aloisi (Joe Spiteri 46), Ante Moric, Peter Tsekenis, Gabriel Mendez, Sean Cranney (Vinko Buljubasic 46), Danny Tiatto, Mark Viduka. Goals: Tiatto 58 Spiteri 89 Muscat 90 pen	3	-	1	Japan Lineup Included; Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Kanichi Uemura, Yugi Hironaga, Toshihiro Hattori, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Shigeru Morioka. Cautions: Hironaga, Hattori, Yamaguchi, Morioka 60 Red Card: Yamaguchi 44 Uemura 89 Goal: (Goalscorer Not Known)
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia) Assistant Referees: John Cameron & Clive McKillop (Australia) Attendance: 6,041 Coaches: Eddie Thomson (Australia), Akira Nishino (Japan)
English club side West Ham United celebrated their centenery (1895-1995) with a tour to Australia. They played two games against the Olyroos.
Played: Wednesday May 24 1995				Venue: Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Australia Frank Juric, Luke Casserly, Kevin Muscat, Mark Babic, Vinko Buljubasic, Ante Moric (Sean Cranney 76), Goran Lozanovski (Josip Skoko 80), Peter Tsekenis, Danny Tiatto (Frank Tibaldi 51), Joe Spiteri, Bradley Hassell (Ante Milicic 46).	0	-	1	West Ham United (England) Les Sealey (Ian Feuer 46), Tim Breacker, Steve Potts, Simon Webster, Adrian Whitbread, Kenny Brown, Danny Williamson, Darren Currie, Martin Allen (Malcolm McPherson 78), Don Hutchison, Danny Shipp. Caution: Webster Goal: McPherson 79
Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia), Harry Redknapp (West Ham United)
Played: Saturday May 27 1995				Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Australia Frank Juric, Kevin Muscat, Luke Casserly, Mark Babic, Sean Cranney, Ante Moric (Vinko Buljubasic 82), Goran Lozanovski (Josip Skoko 75), Peter Tsekenis, Danny Tiatto (Richie Alagich 60), Joe Spiteri (Ante Milicic 30 (Bradley Hassell 77)), Joe Bacak. Caution: Vidmar Goal: Vidmar 25	4	-	0	West Ham United (England) Ian Feuer, Steve Blaney, Simon Webster, Adrian Whitbread, Kenny Brown, Don Huthison, Danny Williamson, Darren Currie (Gary Peters 83), Malcolm McPherson, Danny Shipp, Mark Watson. Caution: Hutchison
Referee: Derek Crawford (Australia) Attendance: 6,996 Coaches: Raul Blanco (Australia), Harry Redknapp (West Ham United)
The Olyroos qualified for the 1992 Olympic Games on the away goals rule after extra time in the second leg left the scores locked at 2 all.
Played: Thursday August 17 1995				Venue: King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia (Lineup & Goalscorers Not Known) Goals: 7 34	2	-	0	Australia Frank Juric, Kevin Muscat, Luke Casserly, Mark Babic (Michael Valkanis 30), Sean Cranney, Ante Moric, Peter Tsekenis, Gabriel Mendez (Goran Lozanovski), Danny Tiatto, Joe Bacak (Bradley Hassell), Joe Spiteri.
Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia)
Played: Thursday October 26 1995				Venue: Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Australia Lineup Included; Frank Juric, Sean Cranney, Ante Moric, Michael Valkanis, Kevin Muscat, Goran Lozanovski, Danny Tiatto, Joe Bacak, Bradley Hassell; Sub: Norman Tome 70. Goals: Bacak 63 Valkanis 64 Tome 77	3	-	0	Japan Lineup Included; Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Tadahiro Akiba, Konichi Uemura, Toshimi Mikuchi, Teruyoshi Ito.
Attendance: 1,500 Coaches: Raul Blanco (Australia)

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