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| The Australians finally broke their run of non-A-Internationals with this game against the hosts of a 4 nations tournament. The squad consisted primarily of Australian-based players. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 9 | Venue : Estadio Playa Ancha, Valparaiso, Chile | |||
| Chile Marcelo Ramirez, Nelson Parraguez, Francisco Fernandez, Jorge Vargas, Miguel Ramirez (Rodrigo Nunez 61), Mauricio Aros, Clarence Acuna, Marco Villaseca, Jose-Luis Sierra (Raul Palacios 81), Mario Nunez (Julio Gutierrez 61), Pedro Gonzalez (Reinaldo Navia 72) Goals : Gonzales 10, Navia 92pk |
2 | - | 1 | Australia Mark Schwarzer, Luke Casserly, Hayden Foxe, Shaun Murphy, Jason van Blerk (sent off 65), Craig Foster (Kasey Wehrman 61), Josip Skoko, Paul Okon, Daniel Tiatto (Stephen Laybutt 67), Paul Agostino (David Zdrilic 65), Steve Corica (Scott Chipperfield 80) Goal : Corica 15 |
| Referee : Eduardo Gamboa (Chile) Attendance : 9000 Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), Nelson Acosta (Chile) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia | |||
| After the loss to Chile Australia managed to do a little better this time around. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 12 | Venue : Estadio Playa Ancha, Valparaiso, Chile | |||
| Australia Mark Schwarzer, Luke Casserly, Hayden Foxe, Shaun Murphy, Stephen Laybutt, Kasey Wehrman (Bradley Maloney 72), Paul Okon, Josip Skoko, Scott Chipperfield (Pablo Cardozo 82), David Zdrilic, Steve Corica |
0 | - | 0 | Slovakia Kamil Susko, Jozef Valachovic, Jozef Hrabal, Milan Timko, Tibor Zatek (Frantisek Hadviger 90), Igor Balis, Vladislav Zvara, Vladimir Janocko (Vladimir Leitner 83), Ondrej Smelko, Marek Ujlaky (Vladimir Kozuch 43), Tibor Jancula |
| Referee : Luis Mariano Pena (Chile) Attendance : 9000 Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), Jozef Adamec (Slovakia) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia Match Report by Michael Cockerill | |||
| Somehow, despite having the opportunity in this and the previous match, Australia never quite managed to win a game. Something I fear thay are becoming renowned for. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 15 | Venue : Estadio Playa Ancha, Valparaiso, Chile | |||
| Australia Mark Schwarzer, Luke Casserly, Stephen Laybutt, Shaun Murphy, Jason van Blerk, Bradley Maloney, Craig Foster, Steve Corica (Matthew Horsley 72), Daniel Tiatto, Paul Agostino (Scott Chipperfield 75), Pablo Cardozo (David Zdrilic 57) Goal : Agostino 1 |
1 | - | 1 | Bulgaria Zdravko Zdravkov, Georgi Markov, Biser Ivanov, Veselin Branimirov, Ivaylo Petkov, Georgi Peev (Daniel Borimirov 46), Stilyan Petrov (Georgi Ivanov 70), Stanimir Stoilov (Krasimir Chomakov 62), Alexandar Alexandrov, Svetoslav Todorov (Veselin Velikov 89), Dimitar Berbatov (Martin Petrov 46) Goal : Ivanov 89 |
| Referee : Ruben Selman (Chile) Attendance : 8000 Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), Stoicho Mladenov (Bulgaria) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia | |||
| This time most of the European based players managed to show up, the result speaks for itself. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 23 | Venue : Budapest, Hungary | |||
| Hungary Gabor Babos, Janos Hrutka, Tamas Bodog, Janos Matyus, Vilmos Sebok, Gabor Bukran, Gabor Zavadszky, Miklos Lendval, Laszlo Klausz, Otto Vincze, Tamas Nagy |
0 | - | 3 | Australia Mark Bosnich, Kevin Muscat, Craig Moore, Paul Okon, Tony Vidmar, Josip Skoko, Harry Kewell (Paul Agostino 46), Stephen Laybutt, Mark Viduka, Steve Corica (Craig Foster 64), Danny Tiatto (Stan Lazaridis 77) Goals : Laybutt 12, Skoko 72, Moore 89 |
| Referee : Dietmar Drabek (Austria) Linesman : Herbert Krenn, H Denthaner (Austria) Attendance : 14000 Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), Bertalan Bicskel(Hungary) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Alan Clark Match Report by David Marshall Match Report by Soccer Australia | |||
| The second ranked, and how the hell did _that_ happen, team in the world hosted the Aussies. Both sides were a little understrength but in the end it was the Aussies who were understrengthier. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : March 29 | Venue : Na Stinadlech Stadium, Teplice, Czech Republic | |||
| Czech Republic Jaromir Blazek, Karel Rada, Milan Fukal, Petr Gabriel (Petr Vlcek 39), Karel Podborsky (Radek Bejbl 73), Pavel Nedved, Jiri Nemec, Tomas Rosicky (Rene Wagner 76), Martin Cizek (Ivo Ulich 58), Jan Koller, Pavel Verbir (Vratislav Lokvenc 59) Goals : Fukal 10, Koller 53, Ulich 66 |
3 | - | 1 | Australia Zeljko Kalac, Kevin Muscat (Luke Casserly 69), Shaun Murphy, Tony Popovic, Jason van Blerk (Richard Johnson 78), Stan Lazaridis, Paul Okon, Josip Skoko, Steve Corica (Craig Foster 55), Mark Viduka, Paul Agostino (Clayton Zane 69) Goal : Foster 88 |
| Referee : Hrinak (Slovenia) Linesmen : Ruzbarsky, Laskovsky (Slovenia) Attendance : 9820 Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), Josef Chovanec (Czech Republic) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Adrian Match Report by GroundsKeeper Willie Match Report by Peter Thorpe Match Report by Soccer Australia | |||
| Australia, having been set the task of qualifying for the 2002 World Cup via a playoff against the 5th placed South American qualifier are trying to play their prospective opponents by a series of matches against teams from this confederation. The latest effort sees Australia take on Paraguay the latter in the middle of those qualifiers and the former preparing for the Oceania Nations Cup. True to form Chilavert remonstrated with the referee at every turn and took free kicks ridiculously far from goal. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 9 | Venue : Sydney Football Stadium | |||
| Australia Zeljko Kalac, Kevin Muscat, Shaun Murphy, Tony Popovic, Danny Tiatto (Simon Colosimo 74), Stan Lazaridis, Paul Okon, Craig Foster (Aurelio Vidmar 78), Brett Emerton, David Zdrilic, Paul Agostino (Clayton Zane 64) |
0 | - | 0 | Paraguay Jose L Chilavert, Nestor Isasi, Delio Toledo (Juan Cardozo 84), Dario Caballero, Nelson Zelaya, Estanislao Struway, Raul Aviniagalde (Tomas Gonzalez 53), Nery Ortiz (Roland Gaona 83), Walter Avalos, Edgar Robles (Isidro Candia 69), Miguel Caceres (Julio Colman 64) |
| Referee : Simon Micallef Linesmen : John Bowdler, Alex Spiroski Attendance : 10000 Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), Sergio Markarian (Paraguay) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia Match Report by Markian Jaworsky Match Report by Tony Calder & David Marshall Match Report by Tony Enberg Pre-Match Report by Mark Bowman | |||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 12 | Venue : Gabba, Brisbane | |||
| Australia Clint Bolton, Stephen Laybutt, Jason van Blerk, Simon Colosimo (Kevin Muscat 83), Andrew Marth, Steve Horvat, Aurelio Vidmar, Gabriel Mendez, Carl Veart, Clayton Zane, Pablo Cardozo (Brett Emerton 67) |
0 | - | 0 | Paraguay Jose L Chilavert, Nestor Isasi (Angel Antar 61), Delio Toledo (Luis Romero 53), Dario Caballero, Nelson Zelaya, Estanislao Struway, Nery Ortiz, Miguel Caceres (Julio Colman 46), Victor Ortiz (Walter Avalos 46), Roland Gaona, Tomas Gonzalez (Isidro Candia 79) |
| Referee : Mark Shield Linesmen : Ben Wilson, Stewart Lockrey Attendance : Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), Sergio Markarian (Paraguay) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia Pre-Match Report by David Marshall | |||
| After 227 minutes of failing to score against their opponents the Australians finally broke through and scored...then only too another 5 minutes to do so again. Kalac had a brain explosion and let the Paraguayans in for their first goal but the two yellow cards Chilavert collected in the 21st and 91st minutes ensured that Kalac lost out in the egg-on-face stakes. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 15 | Venue : Olympic Park, Melbourne | |||
| Australia Zeljko Kalac, Kevin Muscat, Shaun Murphy, Tony Popovic, Danny Tiatto (Scott Chipperfield 66), Stan Lazaridis, Paul Okon, Craig Foster (Steve Corica 82), Brett Emerton, David Zdrilic (Clayton Zane 66), Paul Agostino Goals : Foster 47, Zdrilic 52 |
2 | - | 1 | Paraguay Jose L Chilavert (sent off 91), Nestor Isasi, Delio Toledo (Luis Robles 46), Dario Caballero, Nelson Zelaya (Angel Antar 65), Estanislao Struway, Nery Ortiz (Raul Aviniagalde 58), Miguel Caceres, Walter Avalos (Tomas Gonzalez 58 (Justo Villar 92)), Luis Romero, Roland Gaona (Victor Ortiz 78) Goal : Caceres 58 |
| Referee : Gerry Connolly Linesmen : Michael Parry, Matthew Cream Attendance : 7500 Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), Sergio Markarian (Paraguay) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia Match Report by David Arnold Match Report by Alan Clark Match Report by Paul Millar of AAP | |||
| The Australians, having had a semi-successful warm up series against Paraguay then went on to play in the Oceania Nations Cup Finals which doubled as the qualifiers for the Confederations Cup. Australia were in Pool A, New Zealand, hosts Tahiti and late replacements for Fiji Vanuatu comprised Group B. Fiji, of course, were barred from the tournament after the Coup by George Speight. New Zealand beat Tahiti 2-0 in the corresponding Group B game scorers were Kris Bouckenooghe 27 and Chris Jackson 78. This was an Oceania Nations Cup match. | ||||
| Played : June 19 | Venue : Papeete, Tahiti | |||
| Cook Islands Tony Jamieson, Terry Paniani, Dean Tereu, John Pareanga (Junior Puroku 75), Ngatuaine Mani, Mark Jamieson, Stenter Mani, Christian Tauira (Hinoi Henry 84), Joseph Chambers, Daniel Shepherd (Tristram Chambers 75), James Nand |
0 | - | 17 | Australia Zeljko Kalac, Kevin Muscat, Shaun Murphy, Tony Popovic, Danny Tiatto, Stan Lazaridis, Paul Okon, Craig Foster, Brett Emerton (Steve Corica 46), David Zdrilic (Clayton Zane 69), Paul Agostino Goals : Agostino 18, 53, 68, Muscat 21, 45pk, Tiatto 24, Foster 30, 51, 80, Zdrilic 35, 42, 65, Popovic 59, Corica 70, Zane 82, 87, 89 |
| Referee : Leaustic (Tahiti) Attendance : unknown Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), unknown (Cook Islands) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia | |||
| This was an Oceania Nations Cup match. | ||||
| Played : June 23 | Venue : Stade de Pater, Papeete, Tahiti | |||
| Solomon Islands Fred Hale, Humphrey Dei, Jeff Kwaomae, Francis Wasi, Gideon Omokirio, Stanley Waita, Noel Berry (Batram Suri 46), Jack Samani, Colman Maniadalo (Commins Menapi 46), Jimmy Kaierea, Timothy Paoka |
0 | - | 6 | Australia Zeljko Kalac, Kevin Muscat (Simon Colosimo 46), Steve Horvat, Stephen Laybutt, Stan Lazaridis, Brett Emerton, Paul Okon (Pablo Cardozo 33), Steve Corica, Scott Chipperfield, Clayton Zane, Aurelio Vidmar Goals : Chipperfield 6, Zane 13 35, Omokirio 36og, Muscat 39pk, Cardozo 43 |
| Referee : Brian Precious (New Zealand) Attendance : 300 Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), unknown (Solomon Islands) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia | |||
| With a fairly convincing 23-0 F-A after two matches Australia made it predictably enough into the Semi Finals of this competition. Sadly the goalscoring came to an almost complete halt, a penalty the only way Australia could get past the Vanuatu keeper. This was an Oceania Nations Cup match. | ||||
| Played : June 25 | Venue : Stade de Pater, Papeete, Tahiti | |||
| Vanuatu David Chilia, Simon Lauru, Georgino Tura, Lexa Bibi, Georges Natuoivi, Richard Iwai, Willie August, Pita Maki (Fedy Vava 64), Maki Haitong (Auretau King 90), Graham Demas, Ivoki Kaltak (Hert Obed 46) |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Zeljko Kalac, Kevin Muscat, Shaun Murphy, Tony Popovic, Danny Tiatto, Stan Lazaridis, Paul Okon, Craig Foster (Aurelio Vidmar 65), Brett Emerton, David Zdrilic (Clayton Zane 55), Paul Agostino Goal : Muscat 4pk |
| Referee : Brian Precious (New Zealand) Attendance : 300 Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), Carlos Buzzetti (Vanuatu) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia | |||
| After the dismal semi-final game Australia were looking to avoid a repeat of the revious edition of this tournament which saw New Zealand not only win, but take the spot for Oceania in the Confederations Cup. They duly did so and from all accounts in a straightforward fashion. This was an Oceania Nations Cup match. | ||||
| Played : June 28 | Venue : Papeete, Tahiti | |||
| New Zealand Jason Batty, Che Bunce, Sean Douglas, Jonathan Perry, Gavin Wilkinson (Raf De Gregorio 70), Simon Elliott, Chris Killen, Chris Jackson, Mark Atkinson (Paul Urlovic 77), Kris Bouckenooghe, Scott Smith |
0 | - | 2 | Australia Zeljko Kalac, Kevin Muscat, Shaun Murphy, Tony Popovic, Danny Tiatto, Stan Lazaridis, Paul Okon, Craig Foster (Aurelio Vidmar 80), Brett Emerton, David Zdrilic, Paul Agostino (Clayton Zane 80) Goals : Murphy 40, Foster 66 |
| Referee : Harry Attison (Vanuatu) Attendance : 2000 Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), (New Zealand) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia | |||
| In an unusual setup a 4 nations tournament sponsored LG electronics involved Australia, their opponents and the hosts, however each team only played 2 matches. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : October 4 | Venue : Dubai | |||
| Kuwait O Husain, J Mubarak, N Alshammaty, H Al Khudary, B Alhalabeej, S Alazmi, A Almutairi, B Abdulla (A Marza 69), J Al Wahoudi (E Saed 74), F Almajdi, N Alothman (N Asel 64) |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Zeljko Kalac, Simon Colosimo, Hayden Foxe, Stephen Laybutt, Tony Vidmar, Brett Emerton, Kasey Wehrman (Stuart Lovell 72), Josip Skoko, Danny Tiatto, John Aloisi (Michael Curcija 60), Paul Agostino (Scott Chipperfield 66) Goal : Aloisi 49 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), (Kuwait) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia Match Report by David Marshall | |||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : October 7 | Venue : Dubai | |||
| South Korea Lee WoonJae, Hong MyungBo (Lee LimSaeng 81), Sim JaeWon, Park JaeHong, Choi SungYong (Noh JungYoon 46), Park JinSub, Kim DoKyun (Kim SangSik 46), Lee YoungPyo, Park JiSung, Seol KiHyeon (Yoo SangCheol 81), Choi ChulWoo (Lee DongGook 46) Goals : S JaeWon 44, N JungYoon 48, S KiHyeon 65, L DongGook 92pk |
4 | - | 2 | Australia Zeljko Kalac, Simon Colosimo, Hayden Foxe, Stephen Laybutt, Tony Vidmar, Brett Emerton (Luke Casserly 75), Kasey Wehrman (Stuart Lovell 61), Josip Skoko (Con Blatsis 75), Danny Tiatto (Scott Chipperfield 42), John Aloisi (Michael Curcija 61), Paul Agostino Goals : Agostino 30, 35 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), (South Korea) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Soccer Australia Match Report by David Marshall Match Report by Markian Jaworsky | |||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : November 15 | Venue : Hampden Park, Glasgow | |||
| Scotland Jonathan Gould, David Weir (Matt Elliott 46), Tom Boyd, Brian O'Neill (Colin Hendry 58), Christian Dailly, Craig Burley (Paul Dickov 63), Barry Ferguson, Colin Cameron (Neil McCann 46), Dominic Matteo, Don Hutchison, Billy Dodds |
0 | - | 2 | Australia Mark Schwarzer, Tony Popovic, Shaun Murphy, Kevin Muscat, Stan Lazaridis, Brett Emerton, Josip Skoko (Kasey Wehrman 75), Paul Okon, Daniel Tiatto (Jacob Burns 67), Paul Agostino (Mile Sterjovski 46), David Zdrillic (Clayton Zane 89) Goals : Emerton 12, Zdrilic 66 |
| Referee : Pascal Garibian (France) Attendance : 30985 Coaches : Frank Farina (Australia), Craig Brown (Scotland) | ||||
| Squad listings | Match Report by Darryl Broadfoot Match Report by Rodney Lock Match Report by Danny Kelly Match Report by Ken Gallacher Match Report by Alan Davidson | |||