Sources: Australian Soccer Weekly and ASF Annual Report.

Friendly Matches
Saturday Janaury 25 1992 Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney Referee: Gary Power (Australia) Attendance: 13,456
AUSTRALIA Robert Zabica, Ian Gray, Andrew Bernal, Ned Zelic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Mehmet Durakovic (Tony Vidmar 60), Ernie Tapai (Tommy McCulloch 46), Mike Petersen, Warren Spink, Jason Van Blerk (Alistair Edwards 82) Coach: Eddie Thomson Caution: Durakovic	0	-	0	Sweden Lars Eriksson, Jan Eriksson, Mats Gren, Joakim Bjorklund, Dennis Schiller (Magnus Erlingmark 84), Stefan Rehn, Ken Burwall (Hakan Mild 75), Jens Fjellstrom, Christer Fursth, John Ekstrom, Niclas Kindvall (Mikael Martinsson 57) Coach: Tommy Svensson Cautions: Nil
In February 1992 the Swedish national side played a series of three internationals in Australia. The first match was played in Sydney.
Wednesday January 29 1992 Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh, Adelaide Referee: Tom McRoe (Australia) Attendance: 9,301
AUSTRALIA Robert Zabica, Milan Blagojevic, Andrew Bernal (Mehmet Durakovic 56), Ned Zelic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Tony Vidmar, Tommy McCulloch, Steve Maxwell, Branko Milosevic (Mike Petersen 72), Jason van Blerk (Alistair Edwards 69) Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Nil Goal: Edwards 72	1	-	0	Sweden Jonnie Fedel, Mats Gren, Jan Eriksson, Joakim Bjorklund, Peter Larsson, Patrik Andersson, Stefan Rehn, Hakan Mild (Ken Burwall 77), Magnus Erlingmark (Johnny Ekstrom 77), Mikael Martinsson, Jan Janssen Coach: Tommy Svensson Cautions: Nil
Sunday February 2 1992 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: John Fraser (Australia) Attendance: 10,800
AUSTRALIA Robert Zabica, Ian Gray, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Tony Vidmar (Jason van Blerk 46), Tommy McCulloch (Ernie Tapai 60), Mike Petersen (Ned Zelic 54), Paul Trimboli, Alistair Edwards Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Nil Goal: Wade 65	1	-	0	Sweden Lars Eriksson, Mikael Nilsson, Jan Eriksson, Magnus Erlingmark, Christer Fursth, Stefan Rehn, Patrik Anderson (Ken Burwall 81), Jens Fjellstrom (Hakan Mild 68), Jonny Roedlund, John Ekstrom, Jan Jansson Coach: Tommy Svennson Caution: Fursth 64
Saturday June 13 1992 Citrus Bowl, Orlando, United States Referee: Ed Cummings (United States) Attendance: 17,309
United States Tony Meola (Mark Dodd 46), Desmond Armstrong, Marcelo Balboa, Fernando Clavijo, Bruce Savage, Brian Quinn, Mark Chung (Zak Ibsen 64), Bruce Murray (Mike Sorber 46), Ernie Stewart, Janusz Michallik, Hugo Perez Coach: Bora Milutinovic Cautions: Nil	0	-	1	AUSTRALIA Robert Zabica, Milan Blagojevic, Mehmet Durakovic, Ned Zelic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Tony Vidmar, Ernie Tapai, Vlado Bozinoski (Mike Petersen 76), Warren Spink, Aurelio Vidmar (Jason Van Blerk 76) Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Nil Goal: Spink 86
The Socceroos travelled to Central and South America on a short goodwill tour. Three international friendlies were organised to give the squad some travelling and match practise away from home ahead of World Cup qualifiers later in the year. The first of these games was against the USA in Florida. The game was notable in that a passing thunderstorm caused a lengthy delay during the game, almost forcing the game to be abandoned due to the fear of having players struck by lightning.
Thursday June 18 1992 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Bueonos Aires, Argentina Referee: Eduardo Diuznewski Takoz (Uruguay) Attendance: 30,000
Argentina Sergio Goycochea, Sergio Vazquez, Fabian Armando Basualdo, Oscar Ruggeri, Ricardo Altamirano, Diego Cagna, (Sergio Fabian Zarate 46), Dario Franco, Fernando Redondo, Leonardo Rodriguez (Dario Scotto 83), Gabriel Batistuta (Claudio Omar Garcia 80), Claudio Caniggia (Leonardo Astrada 70) Coach: Alfio Basile Caution: Altamirano 42 Goals: Batistuta 47, 57 pen	2	-	0	AUSTRALIA Robert Zabica, Milan Blagojevic, Andrew Bernal (Mehmet Durakovic 62), Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Tony Vidmar, Ernie Tapai, Mike Petersen (Ned Zelic 46), Alistair Edwards, Aurelio Vidmar (Jason Van Blerk 62) Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Bernal 15, Tapai 52
Australia played a match in Buenos Aires against Argentina.
Sunday June 21 1992 Montevideo, Uruguay Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina) Attendance: 18,000
Uruguay Roberto Siboldi, Cecilio De Los Santos, Daniel Sanchez, Fernando Kanapkis, Nelson Cabrera, Jorge Barrios, Jose Luis Salazar, Marcelo Saralegui, Adrian Paz (Diego Martin Dorta 78), Alejandro Larrea, Gerardo Miranda (Sergio Martinez 46) Coach: Luis Cubilla Cautions: Not Recorded Goals: Martinez 63, Larrea 84	2	-	0	AUSTRALIA John Filan, Andrew Marth, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Vlado Bozinoski, Ernie Tapai, Mike Petersen, Warren Spink (Alistair Edwards 71), Jason Van Blerk Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Not Recorded
The final match of the three game tour was in Montevideo against Uruguay.
Sunday July 5 1992 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: John Fraser (Australia) Attendance: 11,000
AUSTRALIA Robert Zabica, Andrew Marth, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Jason Polak (Greg Brown 46), Ernie Tapai, Mike Petersen, Warren Spink, Jason Van Blerk Coach: Les Scheinflug Cautions: Van Blerk 42, Petersen 84 Goal: Marth 62	1	-	0	Croatia Drazen Ladic, Mladen Romic (c), Drazen Biskup, Igor Stimac, Nikola Jerkan, Slaven Bilic, Josko Jelicic, Ante Mise, Josip Weber (Kazimir Vulic 68), Goran Vucevic (Robert Spehar 79), Goran Vlaovic Coach: Stanko Poklepovic Cautions: Biscup 57, Romic 86; Red Card: Jelicic 65
Croatia made their first international tour to Australia in 1992 playing a three game series against the Socceroos. Les Scheinflug was caretaker coach for the home side.
Wednesday July 8 1992 Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh, Adelaide Referee: Tom McRoe (Australia) Attendance: 3,500
AUSTRALIA Robert Zabica, Darren Stewart, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Jason Polak (Tommy McCulloch 80), Ernie Tapai, Mike Petersen (Mike Grbevski 87), Warren Spink (Greg Brown 65), Jason Van Blerk Coach: Les Scheinflug Cautions: Not Recorded Goals: Tapai 10, Spink 14, Van Blerk 80	3	-	1	Croatia Drazen Ladic (c), Mladen Romic, Drazen Biskup (Niko Ceko 70), Igor Stimac, Nikola Jerkan, Slaven Bilic, Dubravko Pavlicic, Goran Vucevic, Robert Spehar, Ante Mise (Goran Vlaovic 46), Josip Weber Coach: Stanko Poklepovic Cautions: Not Recorded; Red Card: Stimac 73 Goal: Weber 31
Sunday July 12 1992 Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney Referee: Gary Power (Australia) Attendance: 12,735
AUSTRALIA Robert Zabica, Andrew Bernal, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Jason Polak, Ernie Tapai (Tommy McCulloch 57), Mike Petersen, Greg Brown, Jason Van Blerk Coach: Les Scheinflug Cautions: Not Recorded	0	-	0	Croatia Miroslav Zitnjak, Mladen Romic (c), Drazen Biskup, Dubravko Pavlicic, Nikola Jerkan, Slaven Bilic, Kazimir Vulic (Robert Spehar 88), Ante Mise, Josip Weber, Goran Vucevic, Niko Ceko Coach: Stanko Poklepovic Cautions: Not Recorded; Red Card: Vucevic 73
Tuesday August 11 1992 Djakarta, Indonesia Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 12,735
Malaysia Lineup Included; Yunus Machtar, Paramasivan Ravindran Coach: Claude Le Roy Cautions: Not Recorded Goal: Ravindran 70	1	-	0	AUSTRALIA Zeljko Kalac, Andrew Bernal, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Abbas Saad, Ernie Tapai (Tommy McCulloch 70), Mike Petersen (Greg Brown 83), Mike Grbevski, Alistair Edwards Coach: Vic Fernandez Cautions: Not Recorded
Australia were invited to play in the prestigous Presidents Cup in Indonesia. Under caretaker coach Vic Fernandez the Australian side played a number of games (both A and B) in this tournament resulting in two wins and two losses.
Friday August 14 1992 Djakarta, Indonesia Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
Indonesia Lineup Not Known Coach: Not Known Cautions: Not Recorded Goal: Ravindran 70	0	-	3	AUSTRALIA Anthony Franken, Andrew Bernal, Mehmet Durakovic (Tommy McCulloch 46), Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c) (Mike Grbevski 80), Greg Brown, Darren Stewart, Ian Gray, Mark Talajic, Alistair Edwards Coach: Vic Fernandez Cautions: Not Recorded Goals: Edwards 63, Gray 71, Wade 80 pen
Australia won their final Presidents Cup match but finished third on the table and thus missed the final.
1992 Independence Cup in Indonesia Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 South Korea Under 19 4 4 0 0 5 1 4 8 2 Malaysia 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 5 3 AUSTRALIA 4 2 0 2 4 2 2 4 4 Indonesia 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 3 5 Thailand Under 23 4 0 0 4 2 9 -7 0
Note: Australia finished third and failed to advance to the Final of the 1992 Presidents Cup of Indonesia.
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Friday September 4 1992 Honiara, Solomon Islands Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand) Attendance: 15,000
Solomon Islands Joseph Batai, Charles Ashley, Richard Gulu, Robert Hicks, George Kiriav (Dudley Natei 50), Ian Pwahalo (Robinson Sewi-Bowe 71), Robert Suri, John Tanisapa, Holsei Vato, Mataiasi Vave, Solomon Vevoa Coach: Luit Faarodo Cautions: Not Recorded Goal: Vato 83	1	-	2	AUSTRALIA Robert Zabica, Andrew Marth, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Greg Brown (Tommy McCulloch 57), Ernie Tapai, Carl Veart, Mike Petersen, Damian Mori (Ian Gray 80) Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Not Recorded Goals: Veart 8, McCulloch 86
Australias road to World Cup 1994 started with group games in Oceania. Drawn in the same group as the Solomon Islands and Tahiti the winner of this group would then play-off against the winner of the other Oceania group to advance to the next stage. The first opponents for the Socceroos were the Solomon Islands on the away leg.
Friday September 11 1992 Olympic Stadium, Papeate, Tahiti Referee: Lennox Sharp (New Zealand) Attendance: 8,000
Tahiti Eric Etaeta, Eric Deane (Edmond Raumati 28), Laurent Heinus, Leonard Layton, Heipua Lupas, Cyril Raicha, Reupena Raumati, Jean Loop Rousseau, Reynald Temarii, Jean Pierre Teuira, John Thunot (Harold Amaru 76) Coach: Francois Ferez Cautions: Not Recorded	0	-	3	AUSTRALIA Robert Zabica, Andrew Marth, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c) (Andrew Bernal 73), Alistair Edwards (Gary Hasler 80), Ernie Tapai, Carl Veart, Mike Petersen, Damian Mori Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Not Recorded Goals: Mori 2, Veart 44, Wade 57
A week later Australia played Tahiti away in Papaete.
Sunday September 20 1992 Perry Park, Bowen Hills, Brisbane Referee: Kaltatak Kalokis (Vanuatu) Attendance: 5,000
AUSTRALIA Robert Zabica, Andrew Marth, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Alistair Edwards, Ian Gray, Carl Veart (Greg Brown 76), Mike Petersen, Damian Mori Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Not Recorded; Red Card: Petersen 48 Goals: Veart 11, Durakovic 62	2	-	0	Tahiti Eric Etaeta, Harold Amaru (Jean Loop Rousseau 62), Ricky Fassain, Gartien (Chavez 80), Leonard Layton, Heipia Lucas, Cyril Raioha, Reupena Ramauti, Reynald Temarii, Jean Pierre Teuira, John Thunot Coach: Francois Ferez Cautions: Not Recorded
The return home leg against Tahiti was held at Perry Park in Brisbane.
Saturday September 26 1992 Birmingham Gardens, Newcastle Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji) Attendance: 2,363
AUSTRALIA Anthony Franken, Darren Stewart, Aytek Genc, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Alistair Edwards, Ian Gray, Gary Hasler (Carl Veart 52), Greg Brown, Damian Mori (Mehmet Durakovic 84) Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Not Recorded Goals: Genc 4, Gray 60, Wade 67, Veart 83, Brown 85, Durakovic 88	6	-	1	Solomon Islands Joseph Batai, Charles Ashley, Richard Gulu, Robert Hicks, Dudley Natei, William Otnioko, Ian Pwaholo (Daniel Watai 65), Robert Suri, John Tanisapa, Holesi Vato (George Kiriau 86), Solomon Veveo Coach: Luit Faarado Cautions: Not Recorded Goal: Ashley 6
The final group game was the home leg against the Solomon Islands in Newcastle. The win meant Australia finished on top of their group and set up a two leg final against the other Oceania group winners New Zealand.
1992 Oceania World Cup Qualifying Group Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 AUSTRALIA 4 4 0 0 13 2 11 8 2 Tahiti 4 1 1 2 5 8 -3 3 3 Solomon Islands 4 0 1 3 5 13 -8 1
Note: Australia finished on top of the group with an unbeaten record and advanced to a two legged playoff against the othergroup winner New Zealand.