Written by Greg Stock

Sources: Doug Butcher, John Punshon and Thomas Esamie

Played: Wednesday January 7 2004				Venue: Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North (Anthony Pelikan 89), Ljubo Milicevic, David Tarka (Jonathan McKain 46), Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Ahmad Elrich, Luke Wilkshire (Spase Dilevski 80), Carl Valeri, Alex Brosque (Ryan Griffiths 77), Dylan MacAllister (Nick Carle 77), Brett Holman. Caution: Valeri 62 Goal: Holman 91	1	-	0	South Korea Kim Young-Kwang, Cho Byung-Kuk, Cho Sung-Hwan, Kim Jin-Kyu, Choi Won-Kwon, Kim Do-Heon (Kim Tee-Min 69), Kim Jung-Woo (Chun Jee-Woon 71), Kim Dong-Jin, Choi Tee-Uk (Park Kyo-Seon 65), Cho Jee-Jin (Park Kyu-Seon 46), Choi Sung-Kuk. Red Card: Sung-Hwan 62
Referee: Eddie Lennie (Australia) Attendance: 6,117 Coaches: Frank Farina (Australia), Kim Ho-Kon (South Korea)
Played: Saturday January 10 2004				Venue: Perry Park, Brisbane
Brisbane Strikers Lineup Included; Anthony Daze, Luke Morley, Matt McKay. Goals: Morley 24, McKay 54	2	-	2	Australia Michael Turnbull, Jade North (Carl Valeri 45), Ljubo Milicevic, Jonathan McKain, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff (Michael Beauchamp 70), Anthony Danze (Ahmad Elrich 60), Luke Wilkshire (Anthony Pelikan 60), Spase Dilevski, Ryan Griffiths, Dylan MacAllister (Alex Brosque 45), Brett Holman (Nick Carle 45). Goals: Griffiths 58, Brosque 71
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia) Attendance: 2,911 Coaches: Stuart McLaren (Brisbane Strikers), Frank Farina (Australia)
The Oceania Qualifying for the 2004 Olympic Games saw the Olyroos drawn in Group 1. Australia hosted the group in Sydney and played matches against Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Fiji. The winner of Group 1 would go onto a two-legged playoff with the winner of Group 2.
Played: Wednesday January 14 2004				Venue: Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North, Ljubo Milicevic, David Tarka, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff (Michael Thwaite 60), Ahmad Elrich, Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire (Nick Carle 67), Ryan Griffiths (Dylan MacAllister 46), Alex Brosque, Brett Holman. Goals: Wilkshire 27 pen, Elrich 49, 78, Brosque 54, Holman 72	6	-	0	Samoa Pesi Schweiger, Filipo Bureta, Peniamina Timo (Sakaria Fulmaono 53), Kiwi Ruti Timo, Bevan Kapisi, Ioane Ioane (Joseph Kenny Hoeflich 75), Michael Toleafoe (Afasene Tusitaia 68), Penittio Tofi Tumua, Lolo Siliga Lui, Richmond Desmond Faelueso, Ted Losi Sikovi. Caution: Faelueso 28 Red Card: Sikovi 30
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Assistant Referees: Paul Dunham & Wayne Stapley (New Zealand) Attendance: 2,095 Coaches: Frank Farina (Australia), David Brand (Samoa)
Played: Friday January 16 2004				Venue: Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Australia Michael Turnbull, Jade North, Ljubo Milicevic (Michael Beauchamp 56), Jonathan McKain, Michael Thwaite, Spase Dilevski, Nick Carle, Anthony Pelikan, Ahmad Elrich (Ryan Griffiths 46), Alex Brosque (Matthew McKay 46), Dylan MacAllister. Goals: MacAllister 8, 63, Elrich 30, McKain 38, Dilevski 42, North 55, Carle 66, 73, Pelikan 74	9	-	0	Papua New Guinea Ludwig Bai, Ravu Hebuka, Brian Tuhlana, Alexander Davani, Nathaniel Lapani, Adrian Komu (Abraham Enoch 18), Russell Insi, Armstrong Peka, Kialou Porou (Ricky Mesak 66), Maurie Wesi (Chique Posman 61), Eric Komeng. Caution: Porou 51
Referee: Lancie Fred (Vanuatu Assistant Referees: Tony Maltetamat (Vanuatu) & Tevita Vea (Tonga) Attendance: 1,290 Coaches: Frank Farina (Australia), Robert Popet (Papua New Guinea)
Played: Tuesday January 20 2004				Venue: Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North (Ryan Griffiths 59), Shane Cansdell Sherriff, Ljubo Milicevic, David Tarka, Brett Holman (Anthony Pelikan 78), Luke Wilkshire, Alex Brosque, Dylan MacAllister (Spase Dilevski 59), Ahmad Elrich, Carl Valeri. Goals: MacAllister 14, Holman 34, Wilkshire 60 pen, Griffiths 71, Cansdell-Sherriff 90+2	5	-	0	Solomon Islands Felix Ray jr, Phillip Boe, Dick Ngota, George Suri, Jerry Sam (Marshall Hiro 74), Alick Maemae, Vivian Wickham (Simon Sau 78), George Abbs, Addyca Maeta, Henry Samuel Lulto'o Fa'arodo jr, Jack Wasi.
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand) Assistant Referees: Paul Dunham & Wayne Stapley (New Zealand) Attendance: 1,300 Coaches: Frank Farina (Australia), Matai Veve (Solomon Islands)
Played: Thursday January 22 2004				Venue: Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Ljubo Milicevic, David Tarka, Brett Holman, Luke Wilkshire (Nick Carle 72), Alex Brosque (Ryan Griffiths 64), Dylan MacAllister, Ahmad Elrich (Spase Dilevski 64), Carl Valeri. Caution: Mac Allister 28 Goals: Valeri 5, Holman 6, 54, MacAllister 78, 87, 89	6	-	0	Fiji Simione Tamenisau, Lorima Dau (Jasoni Takala 64), Luke Vidovi, Jone Vesikula, Pene Erenio, Thomas Vullvull, Ratu Veresa Toma, Osea Vekatalesau (Waisake Sabetu 76), Taniela Evo Waga, Salesh Kumar, Laislesa Getaurus (Alvin Avinesh 85).
Referee: Neil Fox (New Zealand) Attendance 3,735 Coaches: Frank Farina (Australia), Tony Buesnel (Fiji)
The Oceania Qualifying for the 2004 Olympic Games concluded with a two legged playoff between Australia as the winners of Group 1 and New Zealand as the winners of Group 2. The first leg to be played on Australia Day in Sydney.
Played: Monday January 26 2004				Venue: Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney
Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Ljubo Milicevic (Jonathan McKain 16), David Tarka, Luke Wilkshire, Ahmad Elrich, Carl Valeri, Brett Holman, Alex Brosque (Ryan Griffiths 71), Dylan MacAllister (Nick Carle 61). Caution: Holman 66 Goals: McKain 76, Elrich 82	2	-	0	New Zealand Glen Moss, Rupesh Puna, Tony Lockhead, Steven Old, Andrew Boyens, James Pritchett, David Mulligan, Timothy Brown, Leo Bertos, Brent Fisher, Neil Jones (Shane Smeltz 77). Cautions: Bertos 59, Jones 72
Referee: Charles Ariotima (Tahiti) Attendance: 7,120 Coaches: Frank Farina (Australia), Ricki Herbert (New Zealand)
The second leg of the Oceania Qualifying playoff for the 2004 Olympic Games finished with a 1-1 draw and saw the Olyroos qualify on aggregate 3-1.
Played: Friday January 30 1996				Venue: North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand Glen Moss, Rupesh Puna, Tony Lockhead, Steven Old, Andrew Boyens, Leo Bertos (James Pritchett 85), David Mulligan, Brent Fisher, Neil Jones (Jarrod Smith 82), Shane Smeltz (Allan Pearce 66), Timothy Brown. Caution: Brown 69 Goal: Smeltz 51	1	-	1	Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North, David Tarka, Jonathan McKain, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Ahmad Elrich (Spase Dilevski 80), Luke Wilkshire, Carl Valeri, Alex Brosque (Ryan Griffiths 59), Nick Carle, Brett Holman (Dylan MacAllister 52). Cautions: Wilkshire 69, Galekovic 80 Goal: Griffiths 71
Referee: Leone Rikarol (Fiji) Attendance: 3,000 Coaches: Ricki Herbert (New Zealand), Frank Farina (Australia)
Played: Tuesday March 30 2004				Venue: Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos, Greece
Greece Georgios Ambaris (Kleopas Giannou 46), Loukas Vyntra (Efthimios Kouloucherle 60), Panagiotis Lagos, Evangelos Moras, Spyridon Valias (Christos Karigidis 84), Aris Galanopoulos (Fanouris Goundoulakis 60), Giannis Taralidis, Georgios Fotakis (Pashalis Melisses 72), Anestis Agritis (Pantelis Kapetanos 60), Ioannis Amenetidis (Nikoleos Mitrou 84), Dimitrios Salpingidis (Dimosthenis Manousakis 72). Red Card: Taralidis 90+2	0	-	0	Australia Brad Jones, Patrick Kisnorbo, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Jonathan McKain, Adrian Madaschi, Carl Valeri, Spase Dilevski (Anthony Pelikan 86), Luke Wilkshire (Gareth Edds 76), Brett Holman (Nick Carle 55), Dylan MacAllister (Scott McDonald 72), Alex Brosque (Ryan Griffiths 65).
Referee: Adrian Casa (Malta) Attendance: 4,500 Coach: Stratos Apostolakis (Greece), Frank Farina (Australia)
Played: Wednesday April 28 2004				Venue: Stade Mustapha Ben Jennet, Monastir, Tunisia
Tunisia (Lineup & Goalscorer Not Known)	1	-	2	Australia Brad Jones, Jade North, Patrick Kisnorbo, Adrian Madaschi, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Ahmad Elrich (Spase Dilevski 70), Carl Valeri (Fred Agius 84), Gareth Edds (Nick Carle 46), Luke Wilkshire, Alex Brosque (Ryan Griffiths 70), Dylan MacAllister.
Coach: Frank Farina (Australia)
Played: Wednesday June 23 2004				Venue: Stade Communale, Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland
Yverdon Sports (Switzerland) (Lineup & Goalscorers Not Known)	2	-	5	Australia Brad Jones, Jade North, Jonathan McKain, Adrian Madaschi (Michael Thwaite 69), Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Ahmad Elrich (Ryan Griffiths 63), Wayne Srhoj (Carl Valeri 46), Luke Wilkshire (Nick Carle 63), Spase Dilevski, Brett Holman (Anthony Danze 63), Alex Brosque. Goals: Elrich 17, 55, Cansdell-Sherriff 29, Brosque 35, 50
Coach: Frank Farina (Australia)
Played: Saturday June 26 2004				Venue: Saint-Leonard Stadium, Fribourg, Switzerland
Neuchatel Xamax FC (Switzerland) Florent Delay, Steve Von Bergen, Julien Cordonnier, Eddy Berea (Jeremy Pauchard 46), Mounir Sourfiani (Julien Ielsch 74), Joel Griffiths (Raphael Nuzzolo 46), Sebastian Zambaz (Aboubaker Kone 46), Xavier Margairez (Pascal Oppliger 46), Christophe Maranichi (Fabian Basel 46 (Christophe Maranichi 79), Mobulu M'Futi (Nakaya Nsliulu 46), Samuel Ojong (Bruno Valente 46).	0	-	2	Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North, Jonathan McKain, Adrian Madaschi, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Ahmad Elrich, Carl Valeri (Wayne Srhoj 78), Luke Wilkshire (Ryan Griffiths 60), Spase Dilevski (Nick Carle 78), Brett Holman (Anthony Danze 60), Alex Brosque. Goals: Griffiths 72, 85
Attendance: 150 Coaches: Alain Geiger (Neuchatel Xamax FC), Frank Farina (Australia)
Played: Thursday July 15 2004				Venue: Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Northampton Town (England) (Lineup & Goalscorer Not Known)	1	-	2	Australia Brad Jones (Eugene Galekovic 46), Jade North, Jonathan McKain, Adrian Madaschi, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Luke Wilkshire, Carl Valeri, Spase Dilevski (Anthony Danze 65), Ryan Griffiths (Ahmad Elrich 46), Brett Holman, Alex Brosque. Goals: Holman 13, 73
Coaches: Colin Calderwood (Northampton Town), Frank Farina (Australia)
Played: Monday July 19 2004				Venue: Walkers Stadium, Leicester, England
Leicester City Youth (England) (Lineup Not Known)	0	-	8	Australia Eugene Galekovic (Brad Jones 46), Jade North, Craig Moore (Ryan Griffiths 61), Adrian Madaschi, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Jonathan McKain, Ahmad Elrich, Luke Wilkshire (Anthony Danze 61), Spase Dilevski, Brett Holman, Alex Brosque. Goals: Brosque 7, 38, 48, 88, Elrich 65, Danze 73, 78, Holman 80
Coach: Frank Farina (Australia)
Played: Sunday July 25 2004				Venue: Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan
Japan Takaya Kurokawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Teruyuki Moniwa, Daisuke Nasu, Naoya Kikuchi, Yuhei Tokunage (Nsohiro Ishikawa 82), Yuki Abe (Tatsuya Tanaka 62), Koji Morisaki, Yuichi Komano, Daiki Takamatsu (Sota Hirayama 46), Yoshito Oksubo. Caution: Tanaka 65	0	-	1	Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Craig Moore (Anthony Danze 76), Jonathan McKain, Adrian Madaschi, Spase Dilevski, Ahmad Elrich (Brett Holman 68), Luke Wilkshire, John Aloisi (Ryan Griffiths 76), Alex Brosque. Cautions: Wilkshire 43, Dilevski 62 Goal: Griffiths 79
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Assistant Referees: Zonke Gurinderman & Volker Wesel (Germany) Attendance: 35,501 Coaches: Nasakuni Yamamoto (Japan), Frank Farina (Australia)
Played: Friday July 30 2004				Venue: Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo, South Korea
South Korea Kim Jee-Hyuk, Yoo Sang-Chul, Lee Jung-Youl (Kim Dong-Jin 46), Kim Chi-Gon (Lim You-Hwan 68), Park Yong-Ho, Kim Jung-Woo (Chun Jee-Woon 83), Choi Woo-Kwon (Kin Do Heon 46), Park Kyu-Seon, Choi Tae-Uk (Choi Sung-Kuk 46), Lee Chun-Soo (Namkung Do 77), Cho Jee-Jin. Goals: Jee-Jin 17, Dong-Jin 65, Sung-Kuk 78	3	-	1	Australia Brad Jones, Jade North, Craig Moore, Adrian Madaschi (David Tarka 83), Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Tim Cahill (Carl Valeri 77), Spase Dilevski (Anthony Danze 62), Luke Wilkshire, Alex Brosque (Ryan Griffiths 62), John Aloisi, Brett Holman (Ahmad Elrich 62). Goal: Elrich 85
Referee: Supian Khalidi (Malaysia) Attendance: 32,134 Coaches: Kim Ho-Kon (South Korea), Frank Farina (Australia)
Played: Friday August 6 2004				Venue: Penkritio Stadium, Heraldion, Greece
Costa Rica (Lineup & Goalscorer Not Known)	1	-	2	Australia Lineup Included; Ahmad Elrich, Luke Wilkshire. Goals: Elrich, Wilkshire
Coaches: Rodrigo Kenton (Costa Rica), Frank Farina (Australia)
The Olyroos were drawn in Group C for the Olympic Games Finals in Greece along with Tunisia, Serbia and Montenegro and Argentina. Australia selected John Aloisi, Tim Cahill and Craig Moore as its overage players.
Played: Wednesday August 11 2004				Venue: Penkritio Stadium, Heraldion, Greece
Tunisia Khaled Fadhel, Anis Boussaidi, Karim Haggui, Alseddine Yahla, Zied Bhaidi (Anis Ayeri 46), Jose Clayton Menezes Ribeiro, Houcine Ragued, Khaled Mouelhi (Amine Ltalef 76), Ouissen Ben Yahla (Nejdi Traoul 57), Ali Zitouni, Mohamad Jedidi. Cautions: Mouelhi 41, Ayari 75 Goal: Zitouni 69	1	-	1	Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Craig Moore, Adrian Madaschi, Ahmad Elrich (Ryan Griffiths 82), Luke Wilkshire, Tim Cahill, Carl Valeri (Jonathan McKain 84), John Aloisi, Alex Brosque (Brett Holman 68). Cautions: Cahill 33, Moore 38, Valeri 62, Elrich 75, McKain 87 Goal: Aloisi 45
Referee: Kyros Vessares (Greece) Assistant Referees: Yuri Dupanov (Bulgaria) & Kikolay Golubev (Russia) Attendance: 15,757 Coaches: Khemals Labidi (Tunisia), Frank Farina (Australia)
Played: Saturday August 14 2004				Venue: Penkritio Stadium, Heraldion, Greece
Serbia and Montenegro Nikola Milojevic, Milan Bisevac, Bojan Neziri, Borde Jokic, Marko Basa, Branko Lazarevic (Branimir Petrovic 60), Goran Lovre, Simon Vukcevic (Srdan Radonjic 46), Igor Matic (Marko Lomic 72), Milios Krasic, Andrija Delbasic. Cautions: Jokic 26, Matic 46, Lomic 85 Goal: Radonjic 72	1	-	5	Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Craig Moore, Jonathan McKain, Adrian Madaschi, Ahmad Elrich, Luke Wilkshire, Tim Cahill (Anthony Danze 64), John Aloisi (Brett Holman 74), Alex Brosque (Ryan Griffiths 64). Cautions: McKain 31, North 82 Goals: Cahill 11, Aloisi 45+1, 57, Elrich 60, 86
Referee: KSubkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Assistant Referees: Liu Thejun (China) & The Toan Truong (Vietnam) Attendance: 8,857 Coaches: Vladmimir Petrovic (Serbia & Montenegro), Frank Farina (Australia)
Played: Tuesday August 17 2004				Venue: Karaiskaki Stadium, Pirseus, Greece
Argentina German Lux, Roberto Ayala, Fabricio Coloccini, Javier Mescherano, Gabriel Heinze, Cesar Delgado Godoy (Nicoles Burdisso 30), Carlos Tevez (Javier Saviola Fernendez 66), Cristian Gonzalez Peret (Mariano Gonzalez 46), Mauro Rosales, Andres D'Alessandro, Luis Gonzalez. Cautions: Coloccino 20, Ayala 32, Lux 82 Goal: D'Alessandro 9	1	-	0	Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Craig Moore, Adrian Madaschi, Ahmad Elrich, Luke Wilkshire, Tim Cahill, Carl Valeri (Brett Holman 73), John Aloisi, Alex Brosque (Anthony Danze 72). Cautions: Wilkshire 17, Moore 38, Cahill 53, Elrich 71
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) Assistant Referees: Waleed Mohammad Ibrahim (Egypt) & Ali Khosravi (Iran) Attendance: 26,338 Coaches: Marcelo Bielse Caldera (Argentina), Frank Farina (Australia)
The Olyroos qualified for the Olympic Games Quarter Finals finishing in second position in Group C with a win and a draw - four points. Drawn against Iraq they sadly were beaten 1-0 and were eliminated from the competiton.
Played: Saturday August 21 2004				Venue: Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece
Iraq Nour Sabri Abbas Hasan, Bassim Abbas Gatea Al-Ogalli, Haldar Abdul-Jabar Khadim, Salih Sadir Selih Al-Sedoun (Mahdi Karim Ajoel 60), Emad Mohammad Ridha (Saad Attiya Hafidh 80), Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Heil Lebid, Younis Mahmoud Khalef (Razzaq Farhan Mussa 71), Hawar Mulla Mohammad Taher Zebari, Haidar Abdul-Razzaq Hassan, Qusay Muneer Abboodi Al-Hussein, Haidar Abdul-Amir Hussain. Caution: Al-Heil Lebid 37 Goal: Ridha 64	1	-	0	Australia Eugene Galekovic, Jade North, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Jonathan McKain, Adrian Madaschi, Luke Wilkshire, John Aloisi, Alex Brosque, Carl Valeri, Brett Holman (Ryan Griffiths 60), Anthony Danze (Spase Dilevski 77). Cautions: Madaschi 5, McKain 20
Referee: Carlos Betre (Guatamala) Assistant Referees: Carlos Pastrana (Honduras) & Chris Strickland (United States of America) Attendance: 10,023 Coaches: Adnan Hamad (Iraq), Frank Farina (Australia)

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