Written by Thomas Esamie.
| After a training camp in April as part of the preparations for the upcoming AFC U-19 Women's Championships 2009 to be held in the Chinese city of Wuhan from 1 to 12 August Australia got more preparation with this European tour. The AFC Championships will also double as the qualification process for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to be held in Germany next year. The European tour started with a match against their Finnish counterparts. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : May 25 | Venue : Varese, Italy | |||
| Finland Katja Kankaanpaa, Mira Lonnrot (Charlotte Thibault 58), Tiina Vatanen, Sanna Porali, Marianna Tolvanen, Lida Muinonen (Venni Leinonen 70), Nelli Back (Sanna Saarinen 82), Jessi Hietanen (Sini Ihamaki 46), Lila Raihala, Tina Kohonen, Dali Meller (Aino Lehtinen 34) Goal : Raihala 79 |
1 | - | 4 | Australia Sian McLaren, Teigan Allen, Karina Roweth, Bronwyn Studman, Alesha Clifford, Courtney Beutel (Jessica Seaman 66), Kyah Simon (Nicola Bolger 60), Elise Kellond-Knight, Teresa Polias, Tameka Butt, Marianna Tabain (Samantha Kerr 72) Goals : Tabain 4, Butt 7, Seaman 78, Bolger 80 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), Anne Parnila (Finland) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| It appears it takes a little bit to overcome the jetlag and hit your stride.. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : May 26 | Venue : Gavirate Stadium, Varese, Italy | |||
| Finland Ina Suutari, Aino Lehtinen, Tiina Vatanen, Sanna Porali, Marianna Tolvanen, Lida Muinonen, Nelli Back, Lila Raihala (Sanna Saarinen 71), Venni Leinonen, Tina Kohonen, Dali Meller (Mira Lonnrot 43 (Charlotte Thibault 62)) |
0 | - | 7 | Australia Casey Dumont, Teigan Allen (Karina Roweth 62), Jessica Seaman, Bronwyn Studman, Marianna Tabain (Kyah Simon 73), Ella Mastrantonio, Angela Fimmano, Nicole Sykes, Linda O'Neill, Nicola Bolger (Ashleigh Sykes 46), Samantha Kerr Goals : Bolger 12, Fimmano 15, 57, 70, N Sykes 21, 50, 52 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), Anne Parnila (Finland) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| The tour moved onto the match against Germany. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : May 27 | Venue : Varese, Italy | |||
| Germany Almuth Schult (Ann-Katrin Berger 46), Angelina Luebcke (Julia Arnold 46), Bianca Joswiak (Julia Debitzki 46), Valeria Kleiner, Selina Wagner, Isabelle Linden, Kristina Gessat, Svenja Huth, Dzsenifer Marozsan, Sylvia Arnold (Kristina Brenner 46), Marith Priessen |
0 | - | 3 | Australia Casey Dumont, Teigan Allen (Ashleigh Sykes 68), Karina Roweth, Jessica Seaman, Angela Fimmano (Nicola Bolger 59), Alesha Clifford, Elise Kellond-Knight, Teresa Polias, Kyah Simon, Tameka Butt, Marianna Tabain (Samantha Kerr 79) Goals : Schult 37og, Simon 75, Bolger 89 |
| Referee : Attendance : 60 Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), Maren Meinert (Germany) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| Inter Milan's womens side was the next challenge. Intially there were only 3 against the 2 European sides in the schedule, seems this was a late addition. and an even later subtraction.. nobody seems to be able to tell me if this game went ahead or not. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : May 30 | Venue : Varese, Italy | |||
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| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), (Inter Milan) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| Before returning home the Young Matildas stopped off in Thailand to steal some barmats and beat the locals... OK that's only half true. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 6 | Venue : Bangkok, Thailand | |||
| Thailand Select (lineup unknown) |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Casey Dumont (Sian McLaren 45), Teigen Allen (Ashleigh Sykes 66), Karina Roweth (Nicole Sykes 66), Bronwyn Studman (Linda O'Neill 59), Alesha Clifford, Elise Kellond-Knight, Teresa Polias (Jessica Seaman 59), Angela Fimmano (Nicola Bolger 59), Marianna Tabain (Samantha Kerr 66), Kyah Simon (Courtney Beutel 66), Tameka Butt (Ella Mastrantonio 59) Goal : Fimmano 55 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), (Thailand) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| Australia warmed up for the AFC U-19 Women's Championships by playing 2 games against South Korea. This was an friendly match. | ||||
| Played : July 25 | Venue : KFA National Training Centre, Seoul | |||
| South Korea So-Ri Moon (Ji-Soo Jung 46), Hye-Ri Kim (Seon-Joo Lim 46), Hyun-Hee Park (A-Ri Song 46), Eun-Kyung Lee (Min-A Shin 46), Hyun-Sook Seo (Na-Rae Kim 46), In-Hae Kang, Young-Ju Lee, Hyun-Young Lee (Ye-Won Park 46), Jin-Young Kim, Hye-Won Gong (So-Yun Ji 46), Hae-In Jung (Min-Sun Lee 46) |
0 | - | 0 | Australia Casey Dumont, Marianna Tabain, Emily van Egmond, Jessica Seaman (Rebecca Kiting 68), Elise Kellond-Knight, Teresa Polias, Kyah Simon, Tameka Butt (Ella Mastrantonio 68), Teigan Allen, Gema Simon (Nicole Sykes 46), Courtney Beutel (Ruth Blackburn 68) |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), Choi In-Chul (South Korea) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| Australia warmed up for the AFC U-19 Women's Championships by playing 2 games against South Korea. This was an friendly match. | ||||
| Played : July 27 | Venue : KFA National Training Centre, Seoul | |||
| South Korea Ji-Soo Jung (So-Ri Moon 46), Hye-Ri Kim (Hyun-Hee Park 46), Seon-Joo Lim, Eun-Kyung Lee, Min-A Shin (Hyun-Sook Seo 46), In-Hae Kang (Young-Ju Lee 46), Na-Rae Kim, Hee-Young Park (Jin-Young Kim 46), Hyun-Young Lee (Ye-Won Park 46), So-Yun Ji (Hae-In Jung 46), Hye-Won Gong (Min-Sun Lee 46) Goals : Ji Soyun 15, Kim Narae 68, Kong Hyewon 69 |
3 | - | 1 | Australia Sian McLaren (Nikola Deiter 65), Samantha Kerr, Rebecca Kiting, Emily Van Egmond, Nicole Sykes, Ella Mastrantonio, Nicola Bolger (Teresa Polias 65), Angela Fimmano (Teigan Allen 81), Ashleigh Sykes, Kyah Simon (Marianna Tabain 46), Ruth Blackburn (Jessica Seaman 54) Goal : A Sykes 61 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), Choi In-Chul (South Korea) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| Australia particiapted in the AFC U-19 Women's Championships which also double as the qualification process for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to be held in Germany next year. This was an AFC Championship match. | ||||
| Played : August 1 | Venue : Hankou Sports Culture Stadium, Wuhan, China | |||
| Japan Erina Yamane, Misaki Kobayashi, Naoko Sakuramoto, Saki Kumagai, Nozomi Fujita, Yuka Kado (Akane Saito 16 (Megumi Takase 76)), Sawako Yasumoto, Mana Iwabuchi, Michi Goto, Ayano Dozono, Yuiko Inoue (Marumi Yamazaki 84) Goal : Iwabuchi 66 |
1 | - | 1 | Australia Casey Dumont, Karina Roweth, Jessica Seaman, Teresa Polias, Marianna Tabain (Nicola Bolger 72), Elise Kellond-Knight, Courtney Beutel (Ashleigh Sykes 37), Kyah Simon, Teigen Allen (Samantha Kerr 59), Tameka Butt, Rebecca Kiting Goal : Simon 88 |
| Referee : Hong Eun Ah (South Korea) Attendance : 1500 Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), Sasaki Norio (Japan) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA Match Report by AFC | |||
| Australia particiapted in the AFC U-19 Women's Championships which also double as the qualification process for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to be held in Germany next year. Clearly neither prospects looked good after this match which appears to have featured a torrid conclusion. This was an AFC Championship match. | ||||
| Played : August 3 | Venue : Hankou Sports Culture Stadium, Wuhan, China | |||
| China Zhang Yue, Huang Liufei, Qu Shanshan, An Ni, Li Danyang, Song Sicheng (Wang Tingting 78), Xu Yanlu, Liu Shanshan, An Ning (Wang Shanshan 87), Lou Jiahui (Zhang Chenxue 64), Gu Yasha Goals : Lou Jiahui 10, An Ning 42 |
2 | - | 1 | Australia Casey Dumont, Karina Roweth, Rebecca Kiting, Jessica Seaman (sent off 90), Elise Kellond-Knight, Teresa Polias, Marianna Tabain (Nicola Bolger 65), Teigen Allen (Samantha Kerr 53), Tameka Butt, Kyah Simon, Angela Fimmano (Ashleigh Sykes 46) Goal : Simon 75 |
| Referee : Bentla D'Coth (India) Attendance : 3500 Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), Gao Rong Ming (China) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA Match Report by AFC | |||
| Australia had to hope for a Chinese win against Japan in the other group match and win this game as well as reel in a 6 goal differential. The other match ended in a 1-1 draw so Australia had no chance to progress despite the healthy goal difference. This was an AFC Championship match. | ||||
| Played : August 5 | Venue : Hankou Xinhua Road Stadium, Wuhan, China | |||
| Taiwan Ya-Wen FAN, Tzu-Lin SUN, Ya-Han LIN (Ya-Hsun CHENG 89), Hsui-Chin LEE, Ya-Han YANG, Shih-Ping WU (I-Ting SHIH 76), Pi-Han CHAN, Hsiu-Chin YU, Kai-Ling LIN, Yen-Ping CHEN, Man-Ting LIN |
0 | - | 4 | Australia Casey Dumont, Karina Roweth, Alesha Clifford, Emily van Egmond (Courtney Beutel 58), Teresa Polias, Marianna Tabain, Elise Kellond-Knight, Kyah Simon, Angela Fimmano (Ashleigh Sykes 46), Tameka Butt (Nicola Bolger 66), Samantha Kerr Goals : Clifford 21, Simon 58, Beutel 66, Bolger 84 |
| Referee : Ri Hong Sil (North Korea) Attendance : 200 Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), Hsieh Li-Chuan (Taiwan) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA Match Report by AFC | |||