Written by Greg Stock

Sources: Doug Butcher, Thomas Esamie, Nick Guoth & John Punshon

In preperation for the three game series against the Brazilian Olympic Team Olyroos coach Raul Blanco assembled a squad of thirty players and played a handful of games to assess his squad.
Played: Tuesday January 27 1998				Venue: AIS Field, Canberra
Australian Institute of Sport (Lineup Not Known)	0	-	3	Australia Lineup Included; Zeljko Susa, Wayne Knipe. Goals: Susa (x2), Knipe
Coaches: Raul Blanco (Australia)
Played: Wednesday January 28 1998				Venue: AIS Field, Canberra
Canberra Cosmos Lineup Included; Lindsay Wilson, Michael Musitano. Goal: Musitano 88	1	-	0	Australia Lineup Included; Ivan Zelic, Zeljko Susa, Peter Buljan, Michael Curcija, Clayton Zane.
Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia)
Played: Thursday January 29 1998				Venue: AIS Field, Canberra
A.C.T.Rockets Lineup Included; Joe Campagna. Goals: Campagna (x2)	2	-	4	Australia Lineup Included; Wayne Knipe, Travis Dodd. Goals: Knipe (x2), Dodd, Own Goal
Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia)
The Olyroos held a week long training camp for the Albury Festival of Sport.
Played: Wednesday February 25 1998				Venue: Albury
Carlton Youth (Lineup Not Known)	0	-	2	Australia Lineup Included; Robert Trajkovski, Marcus Stergiopoulos, Peter Ritchie, Clayton Zane.
Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia)
The Olyroos hosted the Brazilian Olympic Team for a three game series.
Played: Saturday March 21 1998				Venue: Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney
Australia Danny Milosevic, Con Blatsis, Simon Colosimo, Raphael Bove, Brett Emerton, Jacob Burns, Vince Grella, Bill Damianos (Jason Culina 56), Nick Rizzo (Dragi Nastevski 86), Clayton Zane (Christian Care 78), Nick Carle (Michael Curcija 57). Caution: Rizzo Goals: Emerton 7 Curcija 69	2	-	1	Brazil Fabio Delvson Lopes Maciel, Filipe Alvim Maluf, Fernando Santos, Rodrigo Centice Moriera, Rodrigo Lacerde Ramos, Gustavo Nery de Se' de Silva, Eriberto Conceicio da Silva (Marcelo de Paula Rocha 64), Jollo Fernando Nelo, Francellino Mahuzalem da Silva, Marco Antonio Freitas Filho (Luis Eduardo Schmidt 46), Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Grevillo (Thiago Silva Dos Santos 65). Goal: Elberto 31
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia) Assistant Referees: John Bowdler & Alex Spirovski Attendance: 20,069 Coaches: Raul Blanco (Australia), Toninho Barroso (Brazil) Match Report
Played: Tuesday March 24 1998				Venue: Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Australia Danny Milosevic, Con Blatsis, Simon Colosimo, Raphael Bove (Jason Culina 56), Brett Emerton, Jacob Burns (Tansel Baser 53), Vince Grella, Bill Damianos (Christian Care 71), Nick Rizzo, Archie Thompson (Michael Curcija 46), Clayton Zane (Nick Carle 84). Cautions: Blatsis, Colosimo Goals: Zane 42, Curcija 59, Rizzo 81 pen	3	-	2	Brazil Fabio Delvson Lopes Maciel, Filipe Alvim Maluf, Fernando Santos, Rodrigo Centice Moriera, Rodrigo Lacerde Ramos, Gustavo Nery de Se' de Silva, Eriberto Conceicio da Silva, Francellino Mahuzalem da Silva, Luiz Cieudio Soares de Barros (Marcelo de Paula Roche 10), Marco Antonio Freitas Filho, Jollo Fernando Nelo (Luis Eduardo Schmidt 58). Cautions: Elberto 5, Rodrigo, Francellino de Silva, Jollo Neto Red Card: Elberto 6 Goals: Marco Antonio Freitas Filho 12, 83
Referee: Eugene Brazzale (Australia) Assistant Referees: Keith Bryce-Gordon & Craig Zetter (Australia) Attendance: 7,537 Coaches: Raul Blanco (Australia), Toninho Barroso (Brazil) Match Report
Played: Saturday March 28 1998				Venue: W.A.C.A.Ground, Perth
Australia Danny Milosevic, Con Blatsis, Raphael Bove, Brett Emerton, Steve Laybutt, Tansel Baser, Vince Grella, Nick Rizzo (Bill Damianos 75 (Christian Care 90+5)), Jason Culina (Jacob Burns 88), Clayton Zane (Archie Thompson 75), Michael Curcija. Caution: Baser Goals: Zane 15, 24	2	-	1	Brazil Fabio Delvson Lopes Maciel, Fernando Santos, Rodrigo Centice Moriera (Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Gavillo 30), Alessandro Morinunes, Rodrigo Lacerde Ramos, Gustavo Nery de Se' de Silva, Francellino Mahuzalem da Silva, Marcelo de Paula Rocha, Luiz Cieudio Soares de Barros (Rodrigo Pontes de Silva 46), Marco Antonio Freitas Filho, Luis Eduardo Schmidt. Goal: Luis Eduardo Schmidt 60
Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia) Assistant Referees: Patrick McCaffery & Steve Muldoon (Australia) Attendance: 13,357 Coaches: Raul Blanco (Australia), Toninho Barroso (Brazil) Match Report
The Olyroos went to Europe ahead of the 1992 Olympic Games and played five training/warm up games ahead of the tournament.
Played: Tuesday May 26 1998				Venue: AIS Field, Canberra
Australian Institute of Sport (Lineup & Goalscorer Not Known)	1	-	3	Australia (Lineup & Goalscorers Not Known)
Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia)
Played: Saturday June 13 1998				Venue: Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Australia Joey Didulica, Dragi Nastevski, Sebastian Sinozic, Tansel Baser, Mark Robertson, Steve Laybutt, Zeljko Susa, Brett Emerton, Bill Damianos, Archie Thompson, Michael Curcija; Sub: Glen Kolpak. Goal: Susa 3	1	-	0	New Zealand Chris Marsh, Noah Hickey, Gareth Rowe, Greg Uhimann, Ryan Nelson, Ian Robinson, Jeremy Brown, Raffaele de Gregerio, Dean Dodds, Paul Urlovic, Michael Sands. Goals: Vidmar 10 Gibson 15 Mori 35 70
Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia) Coaches: Joe McGrath (New Zealand), Raul Blanco (Australia)
Played: Wednesday June 17 1998				Venue: Oakes Oval, Lismore
Australia Peter Zois, Dragi Nastevski, Sebastian Sinozic, Ivan Zelic, Andy McDermott, Jacob Burns, Noel Spencer, Brett Emerton, Bill Damianos, Archie Thompson, Michael Curcija. Goals: curcija 52, Emerton 70	2	-	0	New Zealand Chris Marsh, Gareth Rowe, Greg Uhlmann, Ryan Nelson, Noah Hickey, Ian Robinson, Dean Dodds, Jeremy Brown, Raffaele de Gregerio, Graham Pearce, Matthew Urlovic.
Attendance: 2,800 Coaches: Joe McGrath (New Zealand), Raul Blanco (Australia)
Played: Saturday Jne 20 1998				Venue: International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Australia Lineup Included; Tansel Baser, Leo Carle, Brett Emerton, Glen Kolpak, Clayton Zane. Goals: Emerton 19, Carle 24, Zane 75, Kolpak 80	4	-	0	New Zealand Lineup Included; Noah Hickey, Dean Dodds.
Attendance: 4,400 Coaches: Joe McGrath (New Zealand), Raul Blanco (Australia)
The Olyroos went to South America for a tour as part of their long term preperation for the Olympic Games.
Played: Saturday July 11 1998				Venue: Estadio Pdro Bidegain, Boado, Buenos Aires, Argentina
San Lorenzo (Argentina) (Lineup & Goalscorer Not Known)	1	-	0	Australia Joey Didulica, Tansel Baser, Dragi Nastevski, Sebastian Sinozic, Ivan Zelic, Zeljko Susa, Jacob Burns, Marco Bresciano, Kasey Wehrman, Brett Emerton, Michael Curcija. Cautions: Sinozic, Wehrman
Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia)
Played: Sunday July 12 1998				Venue: Argentina
Maccabi (Argentina) (Lineup Not Known)	0	-	10	Australia (Lineup & Goalscorers Not Known)
Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia)
Played: Wednesday July 15 1998				Venue: Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile
Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica Youth (Chile) (Lineup & Goalscorer Not Known)	1	-	0	Australia Lineup Included; Joey Didulica.
Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia)
Played: Saturday July 18 1998				Venue: Estadio Muncipal de La Florida, La Florida, Chile
Audax Italiano (Chile) (Lineup & Goalscorer Not Known)	1	-	5	Australia Lineup Included; Joey Didulica, Brett Emerton. Goals: Emerton, Other Goalscorers Not Known
Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia)
Played: Tuesday July 21 1998				Venue: Juan Pinto Duran Sporting Complex, Santiago, Chile
Chile Lineup Included; Joe Gutierrez. Goal: Guiterrez 50	1	-	1	Australia Joey Didulica, Dragi Nastevski, Tansel Baser, Ivan Zelic, Sebastian Sinozic, Zeljko Susa, Andy Vargas, Jacob Burns, Kasey Wehrman (Christian Care 71), Brett Emerton, Michael Curcija (Nick Carle 63 (Mile Sterjovski 84)). Caution: Susa Red Card: Susa 72 Goal: Emerton 60 pen
Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia)
Played: Wednesday July 29 1998				Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina (Lineup Not Known)	0	-	1	Australia Joey Didulica, Dragi Nastevski, Tansel Baser, Ivan Zelic, Sebastian Sinozic, Zeljko Susa, Andy Vargas (Marco Bresciano 50), Jacob Burns, Kasey Wehrman, Brett Emerton, Michael Curcija (Nick Carle 60). Goal: Emerton 28
Attendance: No Public Access Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia)
The Olyroos participated in a charity game to assist victims of the Wollongong floods.
Played: Wednesday September 9 1998				Venue: Brandon Park, Wollongong
Wollongong Wolves Lineup Included; Les Pogliacomi, George Souris, Alvin Ceccoli, Matt Horsley, David Huxley, Anthony Surjan, Sasho Dimoski, Michael Brooks; Sub: Sasho Petrovski. Goal: Horsley 35	1	-	0	Australia Lineup Included; Jacob Burns, Simon Colosimo, Sebastian Sinozic, Brett Emerton, Vince Grella, Jason Culina; Subs: Noel Spencer, Kosta Salapasidis.
Coaches: Nick Theodorakopoulos (Wollongong Wolves), Raul Blanco (Australia) Match Report
Played: Wednesday November 25 1998				Venue: Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Australia Danny Milosevic, Hayden Foxe, Sebastian Sinozic, Ivan Zelic, Brett Emerton, Michael Garcia (Jacob Burns 59), Marco Bresciano (Zeljko Susa 82), Jason Culina (Andy Vargas 59), Kasey Wehrman, Michael Curcija (Carlos Gonzales 59), Kosta Salapasadis.	0	-	1	Peoples Republic Of China Li Jian, Xu Yunlong, Wang Chao, Hao Wei (Qu Dong 78), Zheng Zhi, Li Yan, Min Jin, Zhang Ran, Tao Wei, Li Yi (Shang Yi 65), Zhang Yuning (Zhang Xiaonui 65). Goal: Li Yi 52
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia) Attendance: 1,500 Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia), Keith Blunt (China) Match Report 1 Match Report 2
Played: Friday November 27 1998				Venue: Brandon Park, Wollongong
Australia Danny Milosevic, Tansel Baser, Hayden Foxe, Sebastian Sinozic, Ivan Zelic (Dragi Nastvski 46), Zeljko Susa (Jason Culina 63), Marco Bresciano, Jacob Burns, Carlos Gonzales, Kasey Wehrman (Andy Vargas 70), Michael Curcija. Cautions: Milosevic, Burns, Wehrman, Curcija Goals: Foxe 21, 82, Curcija 16	3	-	3	Peoples Republic Of China Li Jian, Xu Yunlong, Wang Chao (Qu Dong 85), Zhang Zhi, Hao Wei, Li Yan, Min Jin (Xue Shen 74), Zhang Ran (Li Yi'nan 79), Li Yi, Zhang Yuming, Tao Wei. Goals: Li Yi 26, Tao Wei 28 pen, Zhang Ren 87
Referee: Brett Hugo Attendance: 2,000 Coach: Raul Blanco (Australia), Keith Blunt (China) Match Report

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