These statistics were written and researched for the OzSoccer archive by John Punshon and Greg Stock. We believe them to be accurate and have taken every care to make them so. We would appreciate any correction of errors detected.
Australia hosted the World Youth Championship for the second time (first in 1981 when West Germany won) in the early part of this year and for a detailed account of those matches please go to the 1993 U20 World Cup archive.
| Australia, as they prepared to host the 1993 World Championships, played some practice matches against the Koreans. Nobody seems to have paid much attention though.... | ||||
| Played : January 22 | Venue : Middle Park, Melbourne | |||
| Australia
(Lineup unknown) Goals : unknown |
2 | - | 0 | South Korea (Lineup unknown) |
| Coaches : Les Scheinflug (AUS), Ryu Tae-Mok (SK) | ||||
| Played : January 26 | Venue : Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide | |||
| Australia
(Lineup unknown) |
0 | - | 0 | South Korea (Lineup unknown) |
| Coaches : Les Scheinflug (AUS), Ryu Tae-Mok (SK) | ||||
| Played : January 29 | Venue : Marconi Stadium, Sydney | |||
| Australia
(Lineup unknown) Goal : Kalogeracos 85 |
1 | - | 2 | South Korea (Lineup unknown) Goals : Cho Jin Ho 3, 76 |
| Coaches : Les Scheinflug (AUS),
Ryu Tae-Mok (SK) Referee : Peter Spiers Attendance : 4600 | ||||
| In the unending quest for match fitness and confidence Australia undertook a middle eastern tour to play some more matches, build team spirit and ...well good reasons I'm sure. The Saudi games were played in early February, exact dates are unknown...so far. | ||||
| Played : Febrary | Venue : Riyadh | |||
| Saudi Arabia
(Lineup unknown) |
0 | - | 2 | Australia (Lineup unknown) Goals : Milicic 80, 90 |
| Coaches : Les Scheinflug (AUS), unknown (SA) | ||||
| Played : Febrary | Venue : Riyadh | |||
| Saudi Arabia
(Lineup unknown) Goal : Lhoti 85 |
1 | - | 0 | Australia (Lineup unknown) |
| Coaches : Les Scheinflug (AUS), unknown (SA) | ||||
| Played : Febrary 8 | Venue : Oman | |||
| Oman
(Lineup unknown) Goal : unknown |
1 | - | 0 | Australia (Lineup unknown) |
| Coaches : Les Scheinflug (AUS), unknown (Oman) | ||||
| Kevin Muscat was sent off for Australia in this match....how unusual. | ||||
| Played : Febrary 13 | Venue : Dubai | |||
| United Arab Emirates XI
(Lineup unknown) |
0 | - | 3 | Australia (Lineup unknown) Goals : Holst 7, 21, 33 |
| Coaches : Les Scheinflug (AUS), unknown (UAE XI) | ||||
| Played : Febrary 15 | Venue : Dubai | |||
| Al Jazeira
(Lineup unknown) |
0 | - | 2 | Australia (Lineup unknown) Goals : Carbone 73, Holst 81 |
| Coaches : Les Scheinflug (AUS), unknown (Al Jazeira) | ||||
| Peter Tsekenis got sent off for Australia, guess Kevin didn't play eh? | ||||
| Played : Febrary 21 | Venue : Hong Kong | |||
| Eastern Athletic
(Lineup unknown) Goals : unknown |
3 | - | 2 | Australia (Lineup unknown) Goals : Milicic 27, Radecki 55 |
| Coaches : Les Scheinflug (AUS), unknown (EA) | ||||
| The Young Socceroos side toured South America in 1993 and participated in a youth tournamnet against some club sides from all over the world. The tour was considered to be much needed match pratise for a side to be playing the Oceania qualifiers for the Under 20 World Youth Championship next year | ||||
| Played : November 9 1993 | Venue : Venezuela | |||
| Flamengo (Brazil)
(Lineup unavailable) |
3 | - | 1 | Australia Clint Bolton, Joel Marino, Mark Rudan, Ian Pollari, John Angelovski, Darren McDonald (J.Carter 36'), Josip Skoko, Robert Enes, Jimmy Nikas (Robbie Middleby 59'), Mark Viduka, John Angelucci (Paul Bilokapic 44') Goal : Viduka 89' |
| Played : November 11 1993 | Venue : Venezuela | |||
| Saprissa (Costa Rica)
(Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 0 | Australia Clint Bolton, Richard Plesa, Mark Rudan, Ian Pollari, Robert Middleby, John Angelovski (Jimmy Nikas 10' (John Angelucci 51')), Paul Bilokapic, Robert Enes, Josip Skoko, Darren McDonald (J.Carter 73'), Mark Viduka |
| Played November 13 1993 | Venue : Venezuela | |||
| Valencia (Spain)
(Lineup unavailable) |
1 | - | 6 | Australia Clint Bolton (Les Pogliacomi), Richard Plesa, Mark Rudan, Ian Pollari, Paul Bilokapic (Jimmy Nikas), Joel Marino, Robert Enes, Josip Skoko, Darren McDonald, Robbie Middleby (J.Carter), Mark Viduka (John Angelucci) Goals : Viduka 7' 32' 34' 38' Middleby 10' Valencia Own Goal |
| Played : November 16 1993 | Venue : Venezuela | |||
| Celta de Vigo (Spain)
(Lineup unavailable) |
3 | - | 2 | Australia Clint Bolton, Richard Plesa (Jimmy Nikas 80'), Mark Rudan, Adam Moore, Joel Marino, Ian Pollari, Robert Enes, Josip Skoko, Darren McDonald (J.Carter 60'), Robbie Middleby, Mark Viduka Goals : Viduka 11' 83' |
| Played : November 19 1993 | Venue : Venezuela | |||
| Saprissa (Venezuala)
(Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 3 | Australia Clint Bolton (Les Pogliacomi 83'), Joel Marino (Darren McDonald 75'), Mark Rudan, Ian Pollari, Paul Bilokapic, Richard Plesa, Robert Enes, Josip Skoko, Adam Moore (Jimmy Nikas 83'), Mark Viduka (John Angelucci 75'), Robbie Middleby (J.Carter 60') Goals : Viduka 30' 39' Moore 45' |
| Played : November 21 1993 | Venue : Venezuela | |||
| Flamengo (Brazil)
(Lineup unavailable) |
2 |
- | 1 | Australia Clint Bolton, Darren McDonald (Angelo Costanzo 65'), Mark Rudan, Richard Plesa, Paul Bilokapic, Ian Pollari, Robert Enes (Jimmy Nikas 46'), Josip Skoko, Adam Moore, Mark Viduka, Robbie Middleby (J.Carter 73') Goal : Bilokapic 55' |