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.
| Ahead of the Oceania qualifiers for the World Cup in the later part of 1994, coach Eddie Thomson took the Young Socceroos on a training camp/tour of Europe. Playing a number of European club sides the Australians acquitted themselves well in the face of more seasoned sides. | ||||
| Played : March 6 1994 | Venue : Deventer, Netherlands | |||
| Go Ahead Eagles (HOL)
(Lineup unavailable) |
2 | - | 4 | Australia Clint Bolton, Ian Pollari (Joe Vrkic 53'), Richard Plesa, Mark Rudan, John Angelovski, Ufuk Talay, Robert Enes (Andy Vlahos 60'), Josip Skoko (Robbie Middleby 70'), Dino Mennillo (Paul Bilokapic 46'), Mark Viduka (Nick Lazarevski 53'), John Aloisi Goals : Skoko 4' Viduka 15' 25' Aloisi 38' |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Played : March 8 1994 | Venue : Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||
| Ajax Amsterdam (HOL)
(Lineup unavailable) |
1 | - | 3 | Australia Clint Bolton, Ian Pollari, Richard Plesa, Mark Rudan, Joe Vrkic, John Angelovski, Ufuk Talay, Robert Enes, Josip Skoko, John Aloisi, Mark Viduka Goals : Viduka 19' 88' Aloisi 36' |
| Played March 10 1994 | Venue : Netherlands | |||
| Willem II (NET)
(Lineup unavailable) |
3 | - | 5 | Australia Les Pogliacomi, Ian Pollari (Joe Vrkic 46'), Con Anthopoulos, Richard Plesa, Mark Rudan, John Angelovski, Ufuk Talay, Robert Enes, Paul Bilokapic, Mark Viduka, Robbie Middleby (Nick Lazarevski 81') Goals : Viduka 15' Middleby 76' Talay 83' Bilokapic 86' Lazarevski 87' |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Played : March 17 1994 | Venue : Arnhem, Netherlands | |||
| Vitesse Arnhem (NET)
(Lineup unavailable) |
1 | - | 5 | Australia Clint Bolton, Ian Pollari, Con Anthopoulos, Richard Plesa, Mark Rudan (Paul Bilokapic 46'), John Angelovski (Tom Pondeljak 56'), Ufuk Talay, Robert Enes, Josip Skoko, Mark Viduka, Nick Lazarevski (Robbie Middleby 65') Goals : Lazarevski 2' Viduka 38' 89' Pondeljak 75' Enes 85' |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Played : March 21 1994 | Venue : Eindhoven, Netherlands | |||
| PSV Eindhoven (HOL)
(Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 7 | Australia Les Pogliacomi, Richard Plesa, Con Anthopoulos, Mark Rudan, Joe Vrkic, Paul Bilokapic, Josip Skoko (Ufuk Talay 38'), Robert Enes (Tom Pondeljak 57'), Dino Mennillo, Mark Viduka (Robbie Middleby 57'), Nick Lazarevski (Andy Vlahos 50') Goals : Skoko 8' Viduka 25' 54' Lazarevski 25' 30' 42' Pondeljak 89 |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Played : March 23 1994 | Venue : Netherlands | |||
| FC Twente (HOL)
(Lineup unavailable) |
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- | 4 | Australia Clint Bolton, Ian Pollari (Paul Bilokapic 46'), Con Anthopoulos, Mark Rudan, Richard Plesa, John Angelovski, Ufuk Talay, Robert Enes, Dino Mennillo (Josip Skoko 46'), Mark Viduka, Nick Lazarevski Goals : Enes 44' Plesa 47' Viduka 63' Lazarevski 70' |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Australia participated in the Oceania World Youth Cup qualifiers in Fiji in Sepetember and October of 1994. Australia were drawn in the group that contained Tahiti, Solomon Islands and the host nation, Fiji. | ||||
| Played September 24 1994 | Venue : Lautoka, Fiji | |||
| Tahiti (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 5 | Australia Clint Bolton, Ian Pollari, Con Anthopoulos, Richard Plesa, Mark Rudan, Paul Bilokapic, Ufuk Talay, Nick Lazarevski, Robert Enes, Josip Skoko (Dino Mennillo 67), Mark Viduka (John Carter 59') Goals : Viduka 14' 19' Bilokapic 32' Skoko 35' 59' |
| Their second group match was against Solomon Islands. | ||||
| Played : September 26 1994 | Venue : Lautoka, Fiji | |||
| Solomon Islands
(Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 5 | Australia Clint Bolton, Ian Pollari, Con Anthopoulos (Robbie Middleby 59'), Richard Plesa, Mark Rudan, Paul Bilokapic, Ufuk Talay, Nick Lazarevski (Joe Vrkic 67'), Robert Enes, Josip Skoko, Mark Viduka Goals : Lazarevski 19' Middleby 76' 89' Viduka 78' Rudan 85' |
| The final group match for the Young Socceroos was against the host nation Fiji. With the result being a 7-0 win, it meant that Australia had scored 17 goals and conceeded nil in three games. | ||||
| Played : September 28 1992 | Venue : Lautoka, Fiji | |||
| Fiji (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 7 | Australia Les Pogliacomi, Ian Pollari, Joe Vrkic, Richard Plesa, Mark Rudan, John Angelovski, Andy Vlahos, John Carter, Dino Mennillo, Josip Skoko (Con Anthopoulos 46'), Robbie Middleby (Nick Lazarevski 65') Goals : Middleby 1' 40' Vlahos 11' Carter 58' 68' Mennillo 63' Rudan 84' |
| Australia had qualified for the semi-finals where they were drawn to play the runner up of the other group - Vanuatu. | ||||
| Played : October 1 1994 | Venue : Lautoka, Fiji | |||
| Vanuatu (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 11 | Australia Clint Bolton, Ian Pollari, Joe Vrkic, Richard Plesa (Con Anthopoulos), Mark Rudan, Paul Bilokapic, Ufuk Talay, Robert Enes, Josip Skoko (Dino Mennillo), Mark Viduka (c), Robbie Middleby Goals : Talay 2' Middleby 4' 26' 79' Viduka 12' 44' 69' 84' Skoko 31' Vrkic 59' Enes 68' |
| The final of the tournament was against our traditional Oceania sparring partner - New Zealand. In by far the most fiercely contested game of the tournament the Australians prevailed by a solitary goal. | ||||
| Played : October 3 1994 | Venue : Lautoka, Fiji | |||
| New Zealand (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 0 | Australia Clint Bolton, Ian Pollari, Joe Vrkic, Richard Plesa, Mark Rudan, Paul Bilokapic, Ufuk Talay, Robert Enes, Josip Skoko, Mark Viduka (c), Robbie Middleby (Nick Lazarevski) Goal : Rudan 38' |
| Australia played a friendly game against the visiting Japenese youth team in Sydney in November. | ||||
| Played : November 9 1995 | Venue : Sydney, Australia | |||
| Australia Clint Bolton, Richard Plesa, Paul Bilokpaic, Mark Rudan (John Angelovski), Joe Vrkic, Con Anthopoulos, Ufuk Talay, Josip Skoko (Dino Mennillo), Robert Enes (Andy Vlahos), Mark Viduka (c), Robbie Middleby (Nick Lazarevski) Goals : Viduka 15' 69' Lazarevski 49' 73' |
4 | - | 0 | Japan (Lineup unavailable) |