Written by Jean-Michel Cazal, Thomas Esamie and Greg Stock. Thanks to Kevin Christopher (Studs Up editor) for the use of his personal material and John Punshon for the cross referencing of data. For more details see credits.
| In 1986 the Czechoslovakian side made a tour of Australia to play three games against the national side. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : August 3 1986 | Venue : Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Australia Jeff Olver, Charlie Yankos, Angie Postecoglou, Robbie Dunn (Chris Kalantzis 46), David Ratcliffe, Graham Jennings, Zarko Odzakov, Ken Murphy (Paul Wade 32), Peter Raskopoulos, John Kosmina, Marshall Soper (Graham Arnold 61) Goal : Arnold 90 |
1 | - | 1 | Czechoslovakia Ludek Miklosko, Stanislev Levy, Jan Fiala, Josef Novak, Peter Rada, Ivan Hasek, Jan Kocian, Karel Kula, Miroslav Siv (Ivo Knoflicek 68), Lubos Kubik (Stanislav Griga 71), Milan Luvohy Goal : Novak 55 |
| Referee : Chris Bambridge (Australia) Cautions : David Ratcliffe (Australia) Attendance : 6,000 Coaches : Frank Arok (Australia), Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia) | ||||
| The second game against Czechoslovakia was played in Adelaide. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : August 6 1986 | Venue : Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia | |||
| Australia Jeff Olver, Gary McDowell, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn (Alan Hunter 12), Ian Gray, Zarko Odzakov, Paul Wade, Graham Arnold, Serge Melta (Peter Raskopoulos 57), Steve Maxwell (Frank Farina 73), John Kosmina |
0 | - | 1 | Czechoslovakia Peter Kostelnik, Stanislav Levy, Josef Chovanec, Frantisek Straka, Jan Fiala, Ivan Hasek (Jiri Ondra 46), Karel Kula (Miroslav Siva 82), Tomas Griz, Stanislav Griga, Lubos Kubik, Milan Luvohy Goal : Griga 50 |
| Referee : Don Campbell (Australia) Cautions : Alan Hunter (Australia), Kubik (Czechoslovakia) Attendance : 2,000 Coaches : Frank Arok (Australia), Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia) | ||||
| The final match of the series was played at Parramatta Stadium in Sydney. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : August 10 1986 | Venue : Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia | |||
| Australia Jeff Olver, Joe Watson (Angie Postecoglou 5 (Gary McDowell 46)), Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, Graham Jennings, Paul Wade (Ian Gray 21), Graham Arnold, Zarko Odzakov (Frank Farina 68), Marshall Soper, John Kosmina, Chris Kalantzis |
0 | - | 3 | Czechoslovakia Ludek Miklosko, Jan Fiala, Frantisek Straka, Jiri Ondra, Peter Rada, Josef Chovanec, Stanislav Griga (Jan Kocian 76), Tomas Kriz (Milan Luhovy 71), Ivo Knoflicek, Karel Kula, Lubos Kubik Goals : Kula 23, Kubik 53pk, 85 |
| Referee : Richard Lorenc (Australia) Attendance : 10,150 CoachesFrank Arok (Australia), Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia) | ||||
| Australia took on New Zealand in a two legged Trans-Tasman trophy series in October and November of 1986. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : October 25 1986 | Venue : Mount Start Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| New Zealand Frank van Hattum, Ricki Herbert, Allan Boath, Malcolm Dunford, Kenny Cresswell (Noel Barclay 15 (McGarry 83)), Darren McClennan, Duncan Cole, Dave Whitteveer, Grant Turner (sent off 75), Andrew Deeley, Kevin Hagan Goal : Deeley 60 |
1 | - | 1 | Australia Jeff Olver, Charlie Yankos, Wally Savor, Gary McDowell (Alan Hunter 15), Robbie Dunn, Graham Jennings, Peter Raskopoulos, Graham Arnold, Paul Wade, Frank Farina (Andrew Zinni 80), Chris Kalantzis Goal : Arnold 55 |
| Referee : Garry Fleet Crowd : 3156 Cautions : Chris Kalantzis, Wally Savor (Australia) Deeley, Grant Turner (New Zealand) Coaches : Kevin Fallon (New Zealand), Frank Arok (Australia) | ||||
| The return match was played in Sydney and with Australian meant that they retained the Trans-Tasman trophy. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : November 2 1986 | Venue : Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia | |||
| Australia Jeff Olver, Wally Savor, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn (Robert Wheatley 76), Alan Hunter, Graham Jennings, Peter Raskopoulos, Paul Wade, Graham Arnold, Frank Farina Chris Kalantzis (Andrew Zinni 70) Goals : Arnold 29, Zinni 74 |
2 | - | 0 | New Zealand Frank van Hattum, Richard Mulligan, Richard Herbert, Malcolm Dunford, Kenneth Cresswell, Duncan Cole, Steve Sumner, Alan Boath (Noel Barkley 76), Daniel Hagan, Andrew Deeley, Darren McClennan (Michael McGarry 46) Goal : Deeley 85 |
| Referee : Gary Power (Australia) Crowd : 4800 Coaches : Frank Arok (Australia), Kevin Fallon (New Zealand) | ||||
| Australia travelled to China at the end of November 1986 to play China for the Ampol Cup Trophy. In a hard game the Socceroos were triumphant in a 2-0 result. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : November 23 1986 | Venue : Canton, China | |||
| China (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 2 | Australia Jeff Olver, Charlie Yankos, Wally Savor, Robbie Dunn, Graham Jennings, Peter Raskopoulos, Gary McDowall, Paul Wade, Frank Farina, Graham Arnold, Chris Kalantzis Goals : Kalantzis, Arnold |
| Coach : Frank Arok (Australia) | ||||