Sources: Australian Soccer Weekly and ASF Annual Report.

Friendly Matches
June 9 1987 Gyeongju Civic Stadium, Gyeongju, South Korea Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
Morocco Abdelar Bidar, Abdelmajid Dolmy, Mohamed Chaouch, Abdesalem El Ghrissi, Mustapha El Biyaz, Mohamed El Ouardi, Lancen Heina Oudani, Salahdine Hmied, Abderrazak Khairi, Mohamed Lachhabi, Abdelmajid Lamris Coach: Mehdi Faria Cautions: Nil	0	-	1	AUSTRALIA Jeff Olver, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Charlie Yankos, Gary McDowall, Frank Farina (Carlo Villani 83), Paul Wade, Graham Arnold, Peter Raskopoulos, Chris Kalantzis (Oscar Crino 73), Alan Hunter Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Nil Goal: Farina 55
Australia was invited to participate in the Presidents Cup tournament in South Korea in June 1987. A number of these games were against club and B sides and are thus in the B archive. Drawn in Group B the first game was against Morocco.
Friday June 19 1987 Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Referee: Shizou Takada (Japan) Attendance: Not Recorded
Egypt Ahmed Shobair, Ali Shehata, Al-Sayed Youssef, Mohamed Omar, Mohamed Saad, Magdi Abdel Ghany, Ayman Younis, Gamal Abdel Hamid, Emad Soliman, Ahmed El-Kass (Gamal Abdel Hamid), Mohamed Ramadan Coach: Mike Smith Cautions: Nil	0 (3)	-	0 (4)	AUSTRALIA Jeff Olver, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, Gary McDowall, Frank Farina, Paul Wade, Graham Arnold, Peter Raskopoulos (Alan Hunter 74), Andrew Zinni (Oscar Crino 59) Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Nil
Australia had qualified for the semi-final of the Presidents Cup and met Egypt looking for a spot in the final. The game was a hard fought contest with Australia winning 4-3 on penalties after extra time.
Sunday June 21 1987 Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Referee: Nadesan Chandra (Singapore) Attendance: 50,000
South Korea Bum-Kyu Yeo, Byung-Duk Cho, Jing-Han Choi (Hae-Won Chung), Pan-Keun Kim, Joo-Sung Kim, Pomg Suk Kim, Sam-Soo Kim, Sang-Kuk Che, Yong-See Kim (Soon-Ho Choi), Yong-Wan Chun, Yoon-Keun Choi Coach: Park Jong Hwan Cautions: Nil Goal: Pan-Keun Kim 72	1 (5)	-	1 (4)	AUSTRALIA Jeff Olver, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, Frank Farina, Paul Wade (Peter Raskopoulos 69), Graham Arnold, Chris Kalantzis (Andrew Zinni 64), Alan Davidson, Oscar Crino Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Yankos, Crino, Davidson, Dunn Goal: Arnold 83
Australias qualified for the Presidents Cup Final against the home side South Korea. Australias luck in penalty shootouts deserted them and they went down gallantly 5-4 on penalties.
Wednesday September 2 1987 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia) Attendance: 5,000
AUSTRALIA Jeff Olver, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, Frank Farina, Paul Wade, Graham Arnold, Peter Raskopoulos (Rod Brown 77), Andrew Zinni, Oscar Crino (Zarko Odzakov 55) Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Nil Goal: Zinni 69	1	-	1	New Zealand Clint Gosling, Noel Barkley, Fred De Jong (Kevin Hagan 57), Malcolm Dunford (c), Declan Edge (Michael McGarry 75), Duncan Cole, Kenny Cresswell, Ceri Evans, Danny Halligan, Robert Ironside, Richard Mulligan Coach: Kevin Fallon Caution: De Jong Goal: Ironside 83
Australia played a two-legged series for the Trans Tasman trophy against the old foe New Zealand. The first leg was at home for the Socceroos.
Wednesday November 9 1987 Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand) Attendance: 5,000
New Zealand Clint Gosling, Richard Mulligan (Alan Boath 89), Ceri Evans, Malcolm Dunford (c), Kenny Cresswell, Duncan Cole, Michael McGarry, Robert Ironside, Kevin Hagan (Noel Barkley 46), Fred De Jong, Declan Edge Coach: Kevin Fallon Cautions: Nil Goal: De Jong 19	1	-	0	AUSTRALIA Jeff Olver, Wally Savor, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, Gary McDowell, Frank Farina, Paul Wade, Graham Arnold, Andrew Zinni (Rod Brown 72), Alan Davidson, Zarko Odzakov (Oscar Crino 76) Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Nil
Australia lost the Trans Tasman trophy with an underwhelming 1-0 loss in New Zealand.
Olympic Games Qualifying Matches
Sunday November 15 1987 Taipei, Taiwan Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
Chinese Taipei Lineup Not Recorded Coach: Not Recorded Cautions: Not Recorded	0	-	3	AUSTRALIA Jeff Olver, Wally Savor, Graham Jennings (Jean-Paul De Marigny), Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, Gary McDowell, Frank Farina, Paul Wade, Graham Arnold, Scott Ollerenshaw, Zarko Odzakov (Oscar Crino) Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Nil Goals: Arnold 21, 50, Farina 53
Australias path to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games started with the Oceania pre-qualifying series against Chinese Taipei and Papua New Guinea in Group One. With Papua New Guinea withdrawing, the winner of this series would qualify automatically for the second round of Oceania qualifying matches while the loser would play the bottom placed side from Group One for the final spot in the second round. The first game for the Socceroos was played as an away leg in Chinese Taipei.