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| In February 1992 the Swedish national side played a series of three internationals in Australia. The first match was played in Sydney. This match was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : January 26 1992 | Venue : Sydney Football Stadium, Australia | |||
| 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) |
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) |
| Referee : Gary Power (Australia) Cautions : Durakovic (Australia) Attendance : 13,456 Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Tommy Svensson (Sweden) | ||||
| The second game was played at Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : January 29 1992 | Venue : Hindmarsh Satdium, Adelaide, Australia | |||
| Australia Robert Zabica, Milan Blagojevic, Andrew Bernal (Mehmet Durakovic 57), Ned Zelic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Tony Vidmar, Tommy McCulloch, Steve Maxwell, Branko Milosevic (Mike Petersen 72), Jason van Blerk (Alistair Edwards 69) Goal : Edwards 77 |
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 |
| Referee : Tom McRoe (Australia) Attendance : 9,301 Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Tommy Svensson (Sweden) | ||||
| The final game of the three game series was played in Melbourne. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 2 1992 | Venue : Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| 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 55), Paul Trimboli, Alistair Edwards Goal : Wade 66 |
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 |
| Referee : John Fraser (Australia) Cautions : Fursth 64 (Sweden) Attendance : 10,800 Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Tommy Svensson (Sweden) | ||||
| 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.... The game was also notable for another reason as it made Australia unofficial World Champions. An honour they lost to Argentina in the very next match they played. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 13 1992 | Venue : Citrus Bowl, Orlando, USA | |||
| United States of America 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 |
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) Goal : Spink 85 |
| Referee : Ed Cummings (USA) Attendance : 17,400 Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Velibor "Bora" Milutinovic (USA) | ||||
| The second international was against Argentina in Buenos Aires. The penalty by Batistuta was earnt via a very convincing dive, the second goal was of course sheer class. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 18 1992 | Venue : Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||
| Argentina Sergio Goycochea, Sergio Vazquez, Fabian Basualdo, Oscar Ruggeri, Ricardo Altamirano, Diego Cagna, (Sergio Zarate 46), Dario Franco, Fernando Redondo, Leonardo Rodriguez (Dario Scotto 67), Gabriel Batistuta (Claudio Garcia 67), Claudio Caniggia (Leonardo Astrada 70) Goals : Batistuta 47pk, 57 |
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) |
| Referee : Eduardo Dluzniewski (Uruguay) Cautions : Altamirano 42 (Argentina), Bernal 15 Tapai 52 (Australia) Attendance : 35,000 Coaches : Alfio Basile (Argentina), Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| The final match of the three game tour was against Uruguay in Montevideo. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 21 1992 | Venue : Montevideo, Uruguay | |||
| Uruguay Roberto Siboldi, Cecilio De Los Santos, Daniel Sanchez, Fernando Kanapkis, Nelson Cabrera, Jorge Barrios, Jose Luis Salazar, Marcelo Saralegui, Adrian Paz (Diego Dorta 78), Alejandro Larrea, Gerardo Miranda (Sergio Martinez 46) Goals : Martinez 74, 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 (Alastair Edwards 71), Jason van Blerk |
| Referee : Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina) Attendance : 18,000 Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Luis Cabilla (Uruguay) | ||||
| The newly formed Croatia made a three game tour to Australia in July 1992. The first of these matches was played in Melbourne at Olympic Park. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : July 5 1992 | Venue : Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| 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 Goal : Marth 62 |
1 | - | 0 | Croatia Drazen Ladic, Mladen Romic, Drazen Biskup, Igor Stimac, Nikola Jerkan, Slaven Bilic, Josko Jelicic (sent off 65), Ante Mise, Josip Weber (Kazimir Vulic 68), Goran Vucevic (Robert Spehar 79), Goran Vlaovic |
| Referee : John Fraser (Australia) Cautions : van Blerk 42 Petersen 84 (Australia), Biscup 57 Romic 86 (Croatia) Attendance : 11,000 Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australian Caretaker Coach), Stanko Poklepovic (Croatia) | ||||
| The second game was played at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : July 8 1992 | Venue : Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia | |||
| 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 Goals : Tapai 10 Spink 14 van Blerk 80 |
3 | - | 1 | Croatia Drazen Ladic (c), Mladen Romic, Drazen Biskup (Niko Ceko 70), Igor Stimac (sent off 73), Nikola Jerkan, Slaven Bilic, Dubravko Pavlicic, Goran Vucevic, Robert Spehar, Ante Mise (Goran Vlaovic 46), Josip Weber Goal : Weber 31 |
| Referee : Tom McRoe (Australia) Attendance : 2,500 Coaches : Les Scheinflug (Australian Caretaker Coach), Stanko Poklepovic (Croatia) | ||||
| The final match of the Croatian tour was played at the Sydney Football Stadium. Croatia completed a hat-trick of send-offs in the series. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : July 12 1992 | Venue : Sydney Football Stadium, Australia | |||
| Australia Robert Zabica, Andrew Bernal, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Jason Polak, Ernie Tapai (Tommy McCulloch 57), Mike Petersen (Mike Grbevski 86), Greg Brown, Jason van Blerk |
0 | - | 0 | Croatia Miroslav Zitnjak, Mladen Romic, Drazen Biskup, Dubravko Pavlicic, Nikola Jerkan, Slaven Bilic, Kazimir Vulic (Robert Spehar 88), Ante Mise, Josip Weber, Goran Vucevic (sent off 79), Niko Ceko |
| Referee : Gary Power (Australia) Attendance : 12,735 Coaches : Les Scheinflug (Australian Caretaker Coach), Stanko Poklepovic (Croatia) | ||||
| Australia were invited to play in the prestigous Presidents Cup in Indonesia. Under caretaker coach Fernandez the Australian side played a number of games (both A and B) in this series resulting in 2 wins and 2 losses. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : August 11 1992 | Venue : Jakarta, Indonesia | |||
| Malaysia (Lineup unavailable) 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, Alastair Edwards |
| Coach : Vic Fernandez (Australian Caretaker Coach) | ||||
| Australias final Presidents Cup assignment was a victory against host nation Indonesia. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : August 14 1992 | Venue : Jakarta, Indonesia | |||
| Indonesia (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 3 | Australia Anthony Franken, Andrew Bernal, Mehmet Durakovic (Tommy McCulloch 46), Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Greg Brown, Darren Stewart, Ian Gray, Mark Talajic, Alastair Edwards Goals : Edwards 63, Gray 71, Wade 84 |
| Coach : Vic Fernandez (Australian Caretaker Coach) | ||||
| 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. This match was a World Cup Qualifying match | ||||
| Played : September 4 1992 | Venue : Honiara, Solomon Islands | |||
| Solomon Islands (Lineup unavailable) 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 Goals : Veart 8, McCulloch 86 |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) Referee : Gary Fleet (New Zealand) | ||||
| The second away game for the Socceroos occurred a week later in Papeete against Tahiti. This match was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : September 11 1992 | Venue : Papeete, Tahiti | |||
| Tahiti Laurent Heinis, Lupas, Raihoa, Layton, Fahria Teuira, Raupena Raumati, Eddy Etaeta, John Thunot (Harold Amaru 76), Jean-Luc Rousseau, Deane (E Raumati 28), Reynald Temarii |
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 Goals : Mori 2 Veart 44 Wade 57 |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) Referee : Lennox Sharp (New Zealand) | ||||
| The return home leg against Tahiti was held in Brisbane. This match was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : September 20 1992 | Venue : Perry Park, Brisbane, Australia | |||
| Australia Robert Zabica, Andrew Marth, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Alastair Edwards, Ian Gray, Carl Veart (Greg Brown 76), Mike Petersen (sent off 48), Damian Mori Goals : Veart 11 Durakovic 62 |
2 | - | 0 | Tahiti Ricky Fassain, Layton, Lupas, Raioha, Fahria Teuira, Rupena Raumati, Reynald Temarii, Macha Gartien (Chavez 80), Eddy Etaeta, Harold Amaru (Jean Luc Rousseau 62), John Thunot |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) Referee : Kaltatak Kalokis (Vanuatu) | ||||
| 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. This was a World Cup Qualifying match. | ||||
| Played : September 26 1992 | Venue : Newcastle, Australia | |||
| Australia Anthony Franken, Darren Stewart, Aytek Genc, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Alastair Edwards, Ian Gray, Hasler (Veart 52), Greg Brown, Damian Mori (Mehmet Durakovic 84) Goals : Genc 4 Gray 60 Wade 67 Veart 83 Brown 85 Durakovic 88 |
6 | - | 1 | Solomon Islands Batai, Tanisapa, Hicks, Charles Ashley, Natei, Omokirio, Vato (Kiriau 86), Gulu, Vevoa, Suri, Pwaholo (Watei 65) Goal : Ashley 6 |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) Referee : Intaz Shah (Fiji) | ||||