Sources: Soccer Action, Australian Soccer Weekly and ASF Annual Report.

Friendly Matches
Wednesday October 22 1986 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia) Attendance: 1,000
AUSTRALIA Jeff Olver (Tony Franken 70), Charlie Yankos, Wally Savor, Gary McDowall, Robbie Dunn (Alan Hunter 67), Graham Jennings, Peter Raskopoulos, Paul Wade (Sergio Melta 46), Frank Farina (Ernie Tapai 57), Graham Arnold (Steve Maxwell 46), Chris Kalantzis (Andrew Zinni 46) Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Nil Goals: Dunn 31, Zinni 78	2	-	1	Victorian All Stars Yakka Banovic (Phil Trianedes 41), Tyrone James (Scott Fraser 60), Theo Selemidis, Ian Dobson, George Hannah (Jeff Faulkner 52), Josip Biskic, Don MacLaren (Zdravko Lujic 70), Belic, Peter Tsolakis, Charlie Egan, Paul Lewis Coach: Brian Garvey Cautions: Nil Goal: Lewis 6
The Socceroos played a couple of exhibition games against Victorian All Stars and South Australian All Stars at the end of the domestic season of 1986. Frank Arok used these games as training runs to get his squad in shape for the matches ahead against New Zealand and China. The proceeds from these matches were donared to charity.
Sunday November 9 1986 Adelaide Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
AUSTRALIA Jeff Olver (Tony Franken), Wally Savor, Robert Wheatley, Charlie Yankos, Tommy McCulloch, Paul Wade, Peter Raskopoulos, Serge Melta, Ernie Tapai, Steve Maxwell, Graham Arnold (David Lowe) Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Nil Goals: Maxwell, Yankos pen	2	-	1	South Australian All Stars Lineup Unavailable Coach: Cautions: Nil Goal: Goalscorer Not Known
Tuesday November 25 1986 Canton, China Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
Canton (China) Lineup Unavailable Coach: Not Recorded Cautions: Not Recorded	0	-	0	AUSTRALIA Tony Franken (Mike Gibson 46), Robert Wheatley, Russell Stewart, Alan Hunter, Tommy McCulloch, Ernie Tapai, Gary McDowall (Graham Jennings 46), Sergio Melta (Peter Raskopoulos 55), Andrew Zinni, Steve Maxwell, David Lowe Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Not Recorded
While Australia were in China for the Ampol Cup they played two games against local opposition.
Friday November 28 1986 Shangdong, China Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
Shangdong (China) Lineup Unavailable Coach: Not Recorded Cautions: Not Recorded	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 Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Nil Goals: McDowall, Arnold

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