Australia national soccer team results (1960–79)
The following details the Australia national soccer team results in competitive and non-competitive (friendly) matches. Games are listed in chronological order, grouped by decade and year, from 1950 to 1979.
1960s
1965
| WC Qualifier 21 November 1965 | North Korea  |
6–1 |  Australia |
Phnom-Penh, Cambodia | ||
Pak Doo-Ik 15'Pak Seung Jin 54', 80'Han Bong Jin 65', 88' On Seung Hwi 58' |
Report | Scheinflug 70' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stade Olympique Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Nice (Malaysia) | |||
| WC Qualifier 24 November 1965 | North Korea |
3–1 | Australia |
Phnom-Penh, Cambodia | ||
| Kim Seung II 18', 75' Pak Seung Jin 53' |
Report | Scheinflug 15' |
Stadium: Stade Olympique Attendance: 55,000 Referee: de Silva (Singapore) | |||
| Friendly 26 November 1965 | Cambodia  |
0–0 | Australia |
Phnom-Penh, Cambodia | ||
| Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique | |||||
| Friendly 29 November 1965 | Hong Kong .svg.png){kind=small} |
1–0 | Australia |
Wan Chai, Hong Kong | ||
| McLaren 22' |
Report | Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium | ||||
| Friendly 3 December 1965 | Taiwan  |
1–3 | Australia |
Wan Chai, Hong Kong | ||
| Cheung Chi Wai 50' (pen.) |
Report | Blue 5', 7', 58' |
Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Fred Prattlett (Hong Kong) | |||
| Friendly 7 December 1965 | Malaysia  |
0–3 | Australia |
Ipoh, Malaysia | ||
| Report | Todd 54' Johnson 65'Scheinflug 84' (pen.) |
Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 300 | ||||
| Friendly 8 December 1965 | Malaysia |
0–1 | Australia |
Ipoh, Malaysia | ||
| Report | Aird 42' (o.g.) Peason ?' |
Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 1,000 | ||||
1967
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 28 May 1967 | Australia |
0 – 1 |  Scotland |
Sydney, Australia | ||
| Report | Ferguson ?' |
Stadium: Sydney Showground Attendance: 34,792 Referee: W Hosie (South Australia) | ||||
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 31 May 1967 | Australia |
1 – 2 | Scotland |
Adelaide, Australia | ||
| Baartz ?' |
Report | Townsend 30' Morgan ?' |
Stadium: Norwood Oval Attendance: 12,500 Referee: D Maitland (Victoria) | |||
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 3 June 1967 | Australia |
0 – 2 | Scotland |
Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Report | Ferguson ?', ?' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Tony Boskovic (NSW) | ||||
| Quoc Khanh Cup 5 November 1967 | Australia |
5–3 |  New Zealand |
Saigon, South Vietnam | ||
| Abonyi ?', ?', ?' Warren ?' Baartz ?' |
Report | Mears ?' Nemeth ?' Shaw ?' |
Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hong Duk Yong (Korea Republic) | |||
| Quoc Khanh Cup 7 November 1967 | South Vietnam  |
0–1 | Australia |
Saigon, South Vietnam | ||
| Report | Warren 35' |
Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 20,000 | ||||
| Quoc Khanh Cup 11 November 1967 | Australia |
5–1 |  Singapore |
Saigon, South Vietnam | ||
| Abonyi ?', ?', ?' Warren ?' Baartz 53' |
Report | ? ?' (pen.) |
Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 10,000 | |||
| Quoc Khanh Cup 12 November 1967 | Malaysia |
0–1 (aet) | Australia |
Saigon, South Vietnam | ||
| Report | Baartz 117' |
Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 30,000 | ||||
| Quoc Khanh Cup 14 November 1967 | South Korea  |
2–3 | Australia |
Saigon, South Vietnam | ||
| Lee Young Kewn 1' Huh Yoon Jung ?' |
Report | Vojtek 36' Abonyi ?' Warren ?' |
Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 30,000 | |||
| Friendly 17 November 1967 | Indonesia  |
0–2 | Australia |
Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
| Report | Baartz 37' Abonyi 43' |
Stadium: Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 20,000 | ||||
| Friendly 21 November 1967 | Singapore |
1–6 | Australia |
Singapore | ||
| ? ?' |
Report | Abonyi ?', ?' Westwater ?'Micic ?'McColl ?'Vojtek ?' |
Attendance: 4,000 | |||
| Friendly 26 November 1967 | Malaysia |
0–4 | Australia |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||
| Report | Vojtek ?', ?' McColl ?'Abonyi ?' |
Attendance: 500 | ||||
1968
| Friendly 30 March 1968 | Australia |
2–2 |  Japan |
Sydney, Australia | ||
| McColl ?' Blue ?' |
Report | Kamamoto ?', ?' |
Attendance: 8,646 | |||
| Friendly 31 March 1968 | Australia |
3–1 | Japan |
Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Scheinflug 33' Vojtek 42'Baartz ?' |
Report | Y Kuwahara 31' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 9,974 | |||
| Friendly 4 April 1968 | Australia |
1–3 | Japan |
Adelaide, Australia | ||
| McColl 70' |
Report | Sygiyama ?' Kamamoto ?', ?' |
Attendance: 6,127 | |||
1969
| Friendly 20 July 1969 | Australia |
1–0 | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece |
Sydney, Australia | ||
| Abonyi 60' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 30,155 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) | ||||
| Friendly 23 July 1969 | Australia |
2–2 | Greece |
Brisbane, Australia | ||
| Vojtek 48' Baartz 62' |
Report | Dedes 19', 46' Kritikopoulos sent off 89' |
Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground Attendance: 10,037 Referee: Harold Parsons (Australia) | |||
| Friendly 27 July 1969 | Australia |
0–2 | Greece |
Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Report | Dedes 22' Papaioannou 55' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 24,416 Referee: Vince Dobinson (Australia) | ||||
| WC Qualifier 10 October 1969 | Japan |
1–3 | Australia |
Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Watanabe 11' |
Report | McColl 5' Ogi 68' (o.g.)Baartz 69' |
Attendance: 10,500 Referee: P Nice (Malaysia) | |||
| WC Qualifier 14 October 1969 | South Korea |
1–2 | Australia |
Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Lee Lee Woo 45' |
Report | Watkiss 37' McColl 82' |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: G Suppiah (Singapore) | |||
| WC Qualifier 16 October 1969 | Japan |
1–1 | Australia |
Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Myamoto 4' |
Report | McColl 39' |
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| WC Qualifier 20 October 1969 | South Korea |
1–1 | Australia |
Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Park Soo Il 29' |
Report | Baartz 58' |
Attendance: 25,000 | |||
| WC Qualifier 23 November 1969 | Rhodesia  |
1–1 | Australia |
Laurenco Marques, Mozambique | ||
| Chalmers 63' |
Report | McColl 68' |
Stadium: Estádio Salazar Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Saldanha Antonio Ribeiro (Portugal) | |||
| WC Qualifier 27 November 1969 | Rhodesia |
0–0 | Australia |
Laurenco Marques, Mozambique | ||
| Report | Stadium: Estádio Salazar Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Saldanha Antonio Ribeiro (Portugal) | |||||
| WC Qualifier 29 November 1969 | Rhodesia |
1–3 | Australia |
Laurenco Marques, Mozambique | ||
| Chalmers 49' |
Report | Rutherford 12' Tigere 22' (o.g.)Warren 56' |
Stadium: Estádio Salazar Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Saldanha Antonio Ribeiro (Portugal) | |||
| WC Qualifier 4 December 1969 | Israel  |
1–0 | Australia |
Ramat Gan, Israel | ||
| Zeman 16' (o.g.) |
Report | Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) | ||||
| WC Qualifier 14 December 1969 | Australia |
1–1 | Israel |
Sydney, Australia | ||
| Watkiss 88' |
Report | Spiegler 78' |
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) | |||
1970s
1970
| Friendly 10 November | Israel |
0–1 | Australia |
Ramat-Gan, Israel. | ||
| Report | Richards 50' |
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel) | ||||
| Friendly 17 November | Greece |
1–3 | Australia |
Athens, Greece. | ||
| Elefterakis 22' |
Report | Alston 11' Mackay 23'Blue 77' |
Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Nikos Yannopoulos (Greece) | |||
| Friendly 2 December |  Mexico |
3–0 | Australia |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico. | ||
| Valdivia 40', 80' Gomez 55' |
Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Abel Aguilar (Mexico) | ||||
1971
| Friendly 11 November | Australia |
2–2 | Israel |
Brisbane, Australia. | ||
| Tolson 19' Alston 72' |
Report | Kalderon 11' Spiegler 63' |
Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 5,040 Referee: Vince Dobinson (Australia) | |||
| Friendly 14 November | Australia |
1–0 | Israel |
Sydney, Australia. | ||
| Ainslie 12' |
Report | Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 11,282 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) | ||||
| Friendly 21 November | Australia |
1–3 | Israel |
Melbourne, Australia. | ||
| Baartz 87' |
Report | Rozen 15' Shaharabani |
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 9,639 Referee: Roger Lamb (Australia) | |||
1972
| 7 October | Indonesia |
1–4 | Australia |
Jakarta, Indonesia. | ||
| Kadir 83' (pen.) |
Report | Buljevic 52', 88' Tolson 60'Baartz 78' (pen.) |
Stadium: Senayan Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Achmad Karim (Indonesia) | |||
| 9 October | Australia |
3–1 | New Zealand |
Jakarta, Indonesia. | ||
| Abonyi 26' Baartz 54'Warren 76' |
Report | Vest 7' |
Stadium: Senayan Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kosasih Kartadiredja (Indonesia) | |||
| 15 October | South Vietnam |
0–1 | Australia |
Saigon, South Vietnam. | ||
| Report | Buljevic 35' |
Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 23,000 | ||||
| 22 October | South Korea |
1–1 | Australia |
Seoul, South Korea. | ||
| Lee Chan Man ?' |
Report | Tolson 12' |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kim Ju Won (Korea Republic) | |||
| 24 October | South Korea |
0–2 | Australia |
Seoul, South Korea. | ||
| Report | Baartz 12' Armstrong 42' |
Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Mang Myung Sup (Korea Republic) | ||||
| 29 October |  Philippines |
0–6 | Australia |
Manila, Philippines. | ||
| Report | Abonyi 29' (pen.) Buljevic 52'Butler 64'Warren 66'Utesenovic 75'Richards ?' |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Julian Esguarra (Philippines) | ||||
1973
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 14 February 1973 | Australia |
2 – 2 |  Bulgaria |
Sydney, Australia | ||
| Buljevic 59' Tolson 72' (pen.) |
Report | Vassilev 31' Mikhailov 44' |
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 14,163 Referee: Roger Lamb (Australia) | |||
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 16 February 1973 | Australia |
1 – 3 | Bulgaria |
Adelaide, Australia | ||
| Baartz 29' |
Report | Bogomilov 22' Pritargov 27'Mikhailov 81' |
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 8,576 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) | |||
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 18 February 1973 | Australia |
0 – 2 | Bulgaria |
Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Report | Pritargov 22' Dermendjev 57' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 9,204 Referee: Don Campbell (Australia) | ||||
| WC Qualifier 4 March | New Zealand |
1–1 | Australia |
Auckland, New Zealand. | ||
| Turner 57' |
Report | Campbell 85' |
Stadium: Newmarket Ground Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Sun Tak Luk (Hong Kong) | |||
| WC Qualifier 11 March | Australia |
3–1 | %3B_Flag_of_Syria_(1963-1972).svg.png){kind=small} Iraq |
Sydney, Australia. | ||
| Richards 49' Alston 80', 85' |
Report | Nuri 90' |
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 28,514 Referee: Govindsamy Suppiah (Singapore) | |||
| WC Qualifier 13 March | Australia |
2–1 | Indonesia |
Sydney, Australia. | ||
| Campbell 22' Alston 42' |
Report | Iswadi 36' |
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,763 Referee: Dau Van Dzu (South Vietnam) | |||
| WC Qualifier 16 March | Australia |
3–3 | New Zealand |
Sydney, Australia. | ||
| Utjesenovic 11' Baartz 19'Buljevic 26' |
Report | Vest 10' Tindall 50'Hogg 86' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 14,071 Referee: K Mahendron Malaysia | |||
| WC Qualifier 18 March | Australia |
0–0 | Iraq |
Melbourne, Australia. | ||
| Report | Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 10,684 Referee: Masatoshi Nagashima (Japan) | |||||
| WC Qualifier 24 March | Australia |
6–0 | Indonesia |
Sydney, Australia. | ||
| Mackay 3', 40' Abonyi 23', 54'Richards 72'Baartz 78' |
Report | Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,390 Referee: Masatoshi Nagashima (Japan) | ||||
| WC Qualifier 18 August | Australia |
3–0 | .svg.png){kind=small} Iran |
Sydney, Australia. | ||
| Alston 43' Abonyi 46'Wilson 85' |
Report | Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 30,881 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) | ||||
| WC Qualifier 24 August | Iran |
2–0 | Australia |
Tehran, Iran. | ||
| Ghelichkhani 14' (pen.), 31' |
Report | Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Pavel Kasakov (Soviet Union) | ||||
| Friendly 13 November | South Korea |
0–1 | Australia |
Hong Kong. | ||
| Report | Mackay 70' |
Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Arie Van Gemert (Netherlands) | ||||
| WC Qualifier 28 October | Australia |
0–0 | South Korea |
Sydney, Australia. | ||
| Report | Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 32,005 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium) | |||||
| WC Qualifier 11 November | South Korea |
2–2 | Australia |
Seoul, South Korea. | ||
| Kim Jae Han 15' Koe Jae Wook 30' |
Report | Buljevic 31' Baartz 47' |
Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Arie Van Gemert (Netherlands) | |||
1974
| 25 April | Australia |
0 – 0 |  Uruguay |
Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Report | Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 20,283 Referee: Peter Ramplay (Australia) | |||||
| 27 April | Australia |
2 – 0 | Uruguay |
Sydney, Australia | ||
| Baartz 59' Ollerton 84' |
Report | Garisto  76' |
Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 25,708 Referee: Don Campbell (Australia) | |||
| 28 May | Australia |
1 – 2 | Israel |
Jaffa, Israel | ||
| Mackay 89' |
Report | Feygenbaum 58', 88' |
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland) | |||
| 22 June | Australia |
2 – 1 | Indonesia |
Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
| Wilson 77' Curran 80' |
Report | Waskito 89' |
Stadium: Senayan Stadium Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Juremi (Indonesia) | |||
| WC 14 June | Australia |
0 – 2 |  East Germany |
West Germany | ||
| Report | Curran (o.g.) 58' Streich 72'; |
Stadium: Hamburg, Volksparkstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal) | ||||
| WC 18 June | Australia |
0 – 3 |  West Germany |
Hamburg, West Germany | ||
| Report | Overath 12' Cullmann 34'Müller 53' |
Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel (Egypt) | ||||
| WC 22 June | Australia |
0 – 0 |  Chile |
West Berlin | ||
Richards  37', 83'[1][2] |
Report | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 14,681 Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran) | ||||
1975
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 16 November 1975 | Australia |
0 – 0 |  Soviet Union |
Perth, Australia | ||
| Report | Stadium: Perry Lakes Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Don Campbell (Australia) | |||||
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 20 November 1975 | Australia |
0 – 3 | Soviet Union |
Adelaide, Australia | ||
| Report | Shepel 29' Yevryuzhikhin 39'Gershkovich 57' |
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 8,135 Referee: Brian Green (Australia) | ||||
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 23 November 1975 | Australia |
1 – 2 | Soviet Union |
Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Campbell 35' |
Report | Yakubik 71' Kozlov 78' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 14,200 Referee: Stuart Mellings (Australia) | |||
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 26 November 1975 | Australia |
0 – 0 | Soviet Union |
Brisbane, Australia | ||
| Report | Yakubik 36' |
Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground Attendance: 6,845 Referee: Des Miles (Australia) | ||||
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 30 November 1975 | Australia |
2 – 3 | Soviet Union |
Sydney, Australia | ||
| Ollerton 21' Barnes 43' |
Report | Gershkovich 43' Yakubik 47'Gavrilov ?' |
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia) | |||
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 3 December 1975 | Australia |
1 – 1 | Soviet Union |
Newcastle, Australia | ||
| Ollerton ?' |
Report | Gutzayev ?' |
Stadium: Newcastle Showground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) | |||
1976
| 29 February | Australia |
1–0 | New Zealand |
Auckland, New Zealand. | ||
| Harding 79' |
Report | Stadium: Newmarket Park Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia) | ||||
| 2 March | Australia |
3–1 | New Zealand |
Melbourne, Australia. | ||
| Barnes ?' Ollerton ?'Abonyi |
Report | Taylor ?' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Referee: Stuart Mellings (Australia) | |||
| 11 August | Australia |
0–1 | Hong Kong |
Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia. | ||
| Report | Tang Hung Chong 12' |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia) | ||||
| 18 August | Australia |
2–0 | Hong Kong |
Gosford, Australia. | ||
| Abonyi 12' Harding 27' |
Report | Stadium: Graham Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) | ||||
| 20 October | Australia |
1 – 1 | Indonesia |
Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
| Abonyi 5' |
Report | Rizal 83' |
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| 22 October | Australia |
1 – 0 | Singapore |
Singapore | ||
| Ollerton 48' |
Report | Stadium: Singapore National Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Lee (Singapore) | ||||
| 24 October | Australia |
2–0 | Hong Kong |
Hong Kong. | ||
| Abonyi 35' (pen.) Nyskohus
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Report | Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium | ||||
| Friendly - Recognised as "A" International only by Australia 29 October 1976 |  China PR |
0 – 2 | Australia |
Canton, China | ||
| Report | Ollerton ?', ?' |
Stadium: Yui Siu Stadium Attendance: 35,000 | ||||
| 3 November | Australia |
1 – 1 | Israel |
Ramat Gan, Israel | ||
| Wilson 56' |
Report | Damti 42' |
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rene Mathieu (Switzerland) | |||
1977
| 12 February | Australia |
1 – 1 | Israel |
Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Ollerton 58' |
Report | Damti 10' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Barry Harwood (Australia) | |||
| 16 February | Australia |
1 – 1 | Israel |
Sydney, Australia | ||
| Muniz 59' |
Report | Schweitzer 72' |
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Des Miles (Australia) | |||
| WC Qualifier 13 March | Australia |
3 – 0 | Taiwan |
Ba, Fiji | ||
| Rooney 8', 46' Abonyi 16' |
Report | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: P Watana (Thailand) | ||||
| Friendly 19 March | Australia |
0 – 1 |  Fiji |
Suva, Fiji | ||
| Report | Okete 75' |
Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Bob Khan (Fiji) | ||||
| WC Qualifier 16 March | Australia |
2 – 1 | Taiwan |
Ba, Fiji | ||
| Kosmina 35' Abonyi 58' |
Report | Fang Shin-sing 29' |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: G Vijit (Thailand) | |||
| WC Qualifier 27 March | Australia |
3 – 1 | New Zealand |
Sydney, Australia | ||
| Ollerton 60', 85' Kosmina 72' |
Report | Nelson 4' |
Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Referee: Cham Tam Sun (Hong Kong) | |||
| WC Qualifier 30 March | Australia |
1 – 1 | New Zealand |
Auckland, New Zealand | ||
| Ollerton 18' |
Report | Nelson ?' |
Stadium: Newmarket Park Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong) | |||
| WC Qualifier 10 July | Australia |
3 – 0 | Hong Kong |
Adelaide, Australia | ||
| Kosmina 27', 84' Barnes 46' |
Report | Attendance: 11,000 Referee: W Hungerbuehler (Switzerland) | ||||
| WC Qualifier 14 August | Australia |
0 – 1 | Iran |
Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Report | Rowshan 68' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Franz Wohrer (Austria) | ||||
| WC Qualifier 28 August | Australia |
2 – 1 | South Korea |
Sydney, Australia | ||
| Kosmina 63', 75' |
Report | Cha Bum Keun 23' |
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands) | |||
| WC Qualifier 16 October | Australia |
1 – 2 |  Kuwait |
Sydney, Australia | ||
| Rooney 40' |
Report | Kamil 41' (pen.) Aziz 49' |
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France) | |||
| WC Qualifier 23 October | Australia |
0 – 0 | South Korea |
Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Report | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) | |||||
| WC Qualifier 30 October | Australia |
5 – 2 | Hong Kong |
Hong Kong | ||
| Ollerton 18', 21', 27' Abonyi 59' (pen.)Bennett 86' |
Report | Tang Hung Cheong 66' Chung Chor Wai 80' |
Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium) | |||
| WC Qualifier 19 November | Australia |
0 – 1 | Kuwait |
Kuwait City, Kuwait | ||
| Report | Faisal Al Dakheel 51' |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria) | ||||
| WC Qualifier 25 November | Australia |
0 – 1 | Iran |
Tehran, Iran | ||
| Report | Djahani 44' |
Stadium: Ayramehr Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France) | ||||
| WC Qualifier 13 November | Australia |
2 – 0 | Singapore |
Singapore | ||
| Ollerton ?' Abonyi ?' |
Report | Stadium: Singapore Stadium | ||||
1978
| 11 June | Australia |
1–2 | Greece |
Melbourne, Australia. | ||
| Cole 63' |
Report | Ifandidis 63', 77' |
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia) | |||
| 14 June | Australia |
0–1 | Greece |
Adelaide, Australia. | ||
| Maher ?' Kosmina |
Report | Ifandidis 71' Xanthopoulos Ravousis |
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 9,502 Referee: Don Campbell (Australia) | |||
| 18 June | Australia |
1–1 | Greece |
Sydney, Australia. | ||
| Barnes 77' (pen.) |
Report | Karavitis 12' |
Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 15,000 Referee: David Yelland (Australia) | |||
1979
| 13 June | New Zealand |
1–0 | Australia |
Auckland, New Zealand. | ||
| Ormond 58' |
Report | Stadium: Newmarket Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Tom Delahunty (New Zealand) | ||||
| 27 November | Taiwan |
0–2 | Australia |
Taipei, Taiwan. | ||
| Report | Cumming 43' Cole 74' |
Attendance: 2,000 | ||||
References
- ↑ While the official match reports show Richards as having been booked twice (in the 37th and 83rd minutes), the referee showed Richards cards on four occasions. He was shown the red card several minutes after being shown his third yellow card. Refer to next reference.
- ↑ "World Cup countdown No.28: Zinedine Zidane gets 28th red card of 2006 finals". news.com.au. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
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