Western Australia state association football team

Western Australia
Association Football West
Head coach Robbie Dunn
Asst coach Robert Zabica
Home colours
First international
0-4 England cricket team (1902)
Biggest win
8-1 Singapore (1970)
Biggest defeat
1-14 Hadjuk (1949)
1-14 Everton (1964)

The Western Australia state association football team is an association football team representing the Australian state of Western Australia. The state team is currently administered by Football West.[1][2]

Contents

History

The team first played in 1902 against the England Cricket Team.[3]

Competitions

Western Australia competed in the Merdeka Tournament four times between 1967 and 1970.[4] The state's best performance in the tournament was third in the 1968 tournament.[5]

Recent results

Date Opposition Result Venue
02009-03-077 Mar 2009 South Australia 4-2 Perth Oval, Perth
02008-10-1111 Oct 2008 South Australia 0-3 Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide
02008-06-2525 Jun 2008 East Java All-Province Under-23 0-2 Gelora 10 November Stadium, Surabaya
02008-06-1919 Jun 2008 Perth Glory 3-2 Litis Stadium, Perth

References

  1. ^ "Senior Men's". Football West. http://www.footballwest.com.au/education-development/state-squads/senior-mens/. Retrieved 2009-11-05. 
  2. ^ "Competitive Football Returns to WA". Football West. 27 February 2009. http://www.footballwest.com.au/resources/27-Feb--Competitive-Football-Returns-to-WA.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 
  3. ^ "State Team". FootballWA. http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/wasoccer/stateteam/index.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-05. 
  4. ^ "Merdeka Tournament (Malaysia)". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/merdeka.html. Retrieved 2009-11-05. 
  5. ^ "Merdeka Tournament 1968 (Malaysia)". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/merdeka68.html. Retrieved 2009-11-05.