These statistics were written and researched for the OzSoccer archive by John Punshon, Greg Stock, Andrew Howe and Martin Tabeira. We would appreciate any correction of errors detected.
| The Young Socceroos were invited to play their youth equivalents in Argentina and either as part of this or consequently participated in the Copa Desafio (Challenge Cup) | ||||
| Played : 26th September | Venue : Argentina | |||
| Argentina (Lineup unavailable) Goals : (scorers unknown) |
2 | - | 1 | Australia Danny Milosevic, Michael Kladis, Brett Emerton, Ivan Zelic, Con Blatsis, Michael Garcia, Bill Damianos (Kosta Salapasidis 70), Mark Robertson, Andrew Vargas (Ante Seric 62), Clayton Zane (Daniel Allsopp 74), Michael Curcija Goal : Damianos |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Ouch! | ||||
| Played : 1st October | Venue : Estadio Brigadier General Lavalleja, Minas | |||
| Uruguay (Lineup incomplete) Inti Podestá, Rodrigo López, Christian Callejas Goals : Podesta, Lopez x2, Callejas |
4 | - | 1 | Australia (lineup unknown) Goal : unknown |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia), Victor Pua (Uruguay) | ||||
| Deja who? | ||||
| Played : 3rd October | Venue : Campus Municipal, Maldonado | |||
| Uruguay (Lineup incomplete) Gustavo Biscayzacú, Marcelo Zalayeta, Adrián Sarkissián Goals : Biscayzacu x2, Zalayeta, Sarkissian |
4 | - | 1 | Australia (lineup unknown) Goal : unknown |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia), Victor Pua (Uruguay) | ||||
| Australia were also invited to South Africa to play their youth equivalents in two friendly matches. | ||||
| Played : 6th November | Venue : Secunda, South Africa | |||
| South Africa
(Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 2 | Australia Danny Milosevic, Ivan Zelic, Brett Emerton, Con Blatsis, Michael Pirone (Simon Colosimo 45), Tansel Baser, Kosta Salapasidia, Vince Grella (Andy Vargas 62), Michael Garcia, Reshat Mezensof (Michael Curcija 45), Carlos Gonzalez (Bill Damianos 81) Goals : Blatsis 39, Curcija 77 |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| The second friendly against South Africa was played as a curtain raiser to the South African national teams match. By the conclusion of this match the crowd had reached over 50,000 and was a great experiance for the lads. | ||||
| Played 9th November | Venue : FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | |||
| South Africa (Lineup incomplete) Brian Baloyi, Junaid Hartley, Bruce Ramokadi Goal : Ramokadi 51 |
1 | - | 1 | Australia Danny Milosevic, Ivan Zelic, Brett Emerton, Simon Colosimo, Levent Osman (Con Blatsis 64), Michael Garcia, Bill Damianos (Tansell Baser 81), Andy Vargas, Kosta Salapasidis, Michael Curcija, Reshat Mezensof (John Maisano 60) Goal : Curcija 20 |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||