Sources: Soccer Action and Australian Soccer Weekly.

Friendly Matches
Saturday January 31 1981 Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia Referee: Bob Mee (Australia) Attendance: 7,000
AUSTRALIA Greg Woodhouse, Steven Hogg, Steve Blair, Jim Tansey, Alan Davidson, Murray Barnes, Ken Boden (Peter Raskopoulos 81), Tony Henderson, Eddie Krncevic (Robert Wheatley 71), Gary Cole (John Spanos 63), Peter Sharne Coach: Rudi Gutendorf Goals: Davidson 6, Sharn 29, Spanos 75	3	-	3	Dinamo Zagreb (Yugoslavia) Zelimir Stincic, Milivoj Bracun, Velimir Zajec, Dragan Bosnjak, Marinko Kurtela, Dzevad Mustedanagic, Srecko Bogdan, Mladen Munjakovic, Marko Mlinaric, Zlatko Krajncar, Abid Kovacevic Coach: Miroslav Blazevic Goals: Bacun 51, 64, Bosnjak 75
Yugoslavian club side Dynamo Zagreb made a short tour of Australia in 1981. They took on the national side in Canberra which coach Rudi Gutendorf used as match practise for his World Cup qualifiers occurring over the next few months. As a side note in relation to Zlatko Krajncar his real last name is Krajncar, however all newspapers and official documents report him as Kranjcar, because his FSJ (Yugoslav Football Federation) Identification Card was misspelled, so he (un)officially became KRANJCAR.
Wednesday March 18 1981 Richlands Stadium, Richlands, Brisbane, Australia Referee: Dave Nugent (Australia) Attendance: 1,500
Brisbane Lions (Australia) Lineup Included; Nigels Lownds (Tony Scanlan 60), Paul Ontong, Col Bennett, Calvin Daunt, Graham Wilson (Steve Konstantinou 60), Jim McLean, Gerry Lindsay, Mark McNaughton (Lyle Bryce 46), Johan Verweij (Bobby Ferris 46), Ron Millman Coach: Matt Carson	0	-	4	AUSTRALIA Alan Maher (Greg Woodhouse 46), Steve Perry (Steven Hogg 60), Tony Henderson, Steve Blair, Alan Niven, Murray Barnes, Ken Boden (Joe Senkalski 46), Alan Davidson, Peter Sharne, Mark Jankovics, Sebastian Giampaoli Coach: Rudi Gutendorf Goals: Davidson 10, Niven 20, Barnes 50, Jankovics 69
Ahead of the forthcoming World Cup Qualifiers coach Rudi Gutendorf held a Socceroo camp where a game against NSL side Brisbane Lions was organised.
Wednesday September 2 1981 Hong Kong Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
Caroline Hill (Hong Kong) Lineup Not Recorded Coach: Not Recorded	0	-	6	AUSTRALIA Glen Ahearn (Brett Beves), Robert Wheatley (Howard Tredinnick), Oscar Crino, Steve Blair (Steve Calderan), Brett Woods, Jimmy Patikas (Dennis Colusso), Peter Raskopoulos, Paul Kay, Grant Lee (John Little), David Mitchell, Mark Koussas Coach: Les Scheinflug Goals: Colusso, Raskopoulos, Mitchell (x2), Koussas, Little
Australia embarked on a short tour of Asia to play two World Cup qualifiers against Indonesia and Taiawan in August and September of 1981. In addition to that game the Australian side played a practise game against the Hong Kong club side Caroline Hill before their match against Taiwan on September 6. There are some statistical discrepancies in the Australian goalscorers in this match so any help in confirming these would be greatly appreciated.

Last updated: 23 January 2024.