Australia national soccer team results (1980–89)

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 1980 to 1999.

1980s

1980

27 January 1980  Australia 0–4  Czechoslovakia Canberra, Australia  
Jurkemik  24'
Vízek  34'
Nehoda  62'
Kozák  67'		 Stadium: Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 15,283
Referee: C Bambridge (Australia)
3 February 1980  Australia 0–5  Czechoslovakia Sydney, Australia  
Masný  46'
Gajdůšek  55'
Masný  63'
Kroupa  81'
Kozák  88'		 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 14,368
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
9 February 1980  Australia 2–2  Czechoslovakia Melbourne, Australia  
Prskalo  9' (pen.)
Krncevic  55'
Prskalo  ?'
John Coyne  ?' 		Dobiaš  11' (pen.)
Nehoda  23'
Ondruš  ?'
Nehoda  ?'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Barry Harwood (Australia)
26 February 1980  Australia 11–2  Papua New Guinea Nouméa, New Caledonia.  
Moulis  ?'
Bertogna  ?'
V. Bozanic  ?'
I. Hunter  ?', ?', ?'
Krncevic  ?'
Sharne  ?', ?', ?', ?' 		Mouagi  ?'
Torea  ?'		 Stadium: Nouméa Stadium
31 May 1980  Australia 1–2  England Sydney, Australia  
G. Cole  88' (pen.) Hoddle  10'
Mariner  25'		 Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 45,000
12 June 1980  Australia 1–2  Northern Ireland Sydney, Australia  
Sharne  85' Nicholl  11'
O'Neill  53'		 Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: P Rampley (Australia)
15 June 1980  Australia 1–1  Northern Ireland Melbourne, Australia  
Sharne  18' O'Neill  82' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: S Mellings (Australia)
18 June 1980  Australia 1–2  Northern Ireland Adelaide, Australia  
Sharne  ?' Brotherston  67'
McCurdey  77'
24 August 1980  Australia 2–2  Mexico Sydney, Australia  
Boden  57' (pen.)
Yzendoorn  73' 		Castro

 39'
Gonzalez  84'

 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: C Bambridge (Australia)
26 August 1980  Australia 1–1  Mexico Melbourne, Australia  
G. Cole  58' Castro

 67'

 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Referee: C Bambridge (Australia)
11 November 1980  Australia 3–3  Greece Athens, Greece.  
G. Cole  24'
Barnes  84'
Selemidis  88' 		Damanakis  25'
Domazos  67'
Dalikaris  89' (pen.)		 Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Vasilis Vourakis (Greece)
2 December 1980  Australia 1–0  Israel Beersheba, Israel.  
G. Cole  28' (pen.) Stadium: Vasermil Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Zvi Sharir (Israel)
5 December 1980  Australia 0–1  Hong Kong Hong Kong.  
Lau Wing Yip  85' Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 9,548
7 December 1980  Australia 1–1  Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia.  
Henderson  13' Effendi  5' Stadium: Senayan Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Kossain Katradiredja (Indonesia)

1981

WC qualifier 25 April 1981  Australia 3–3  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand  
Krncevic  15', 42'
Boden  31',
Davidson  ?'
Henderson  ?' 		Turner  25'
Wooddin  34'
Sumner  80'		 Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
WC qualifier 16 May 1981  Australia 0–2  New Zealand Sydney, Australia  
Wooddin  29'
Turner  81'
Dodds  ?'		 Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: George Courtney (England)
WC qualifier 20 May 1981  Australia 2–0  Indonesia Melbourne, Australia  
Kosmina  29'
Davidson  33' 		Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: V Garcia Olivera (Portugal)
WC qualifier 10 June 1981  Australia 3–2  Taiwan Adelaide, Australia  
Henderson  18"'
Kosmina  56'
Byrne  68' (pen.) 		Deng-Sheng Duh  ?' Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Vijit Getkaen (Thailand)
WC qualifier 26 July 1981  Australia 4–1  Fiji Suva, Fiji  
Cole  4', 31'
Barnes  10'
Sharne  28' 		Vuilanassa  83' Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
WC qualifier 14 August 1981  Australia 10–0  Fiji Melbourne, Australia  
Mitchell  28', 43', 80'
Cole  37',  43',  54',  63',  70',  71', 

76'

 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: A.Nobnom (Thailand)
WC qualifier 30 August 1981  Australia 0–1  Indonesia Suribaya, Indonesia  
Risdianto  88' Attendance: 25,000
Referee: R Reyes (Philippines)
WC qualifier 6 September 1981  Australia 0–0  Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan  
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: T Gurkan (Philippines)

1982

Merlion Cup 10 October 1982  Australia 4–0  Thailand Singapore  
O'Connor  ?'
Cole  ?'
Kosmina  ?', ?' 		Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: N Chandra (Singapore)
Merlion Cup 13 October 1982  Australia 2–0  Indonesia Singapore.  
Mitchell  73', 77' Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)
Merlion Cup 15 October 1982  Australia 5–0  Malaysia Singapore.  
Katholos  19', 37'
Kosmina

 56'
O'Connor  64'
Cole  ?'

 Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)
Merlion Cup 17 October 1982  Australia 3–2  South Korea Singapore.  
O'Connor  17'
Mitchell  34'
Christopoulos  61' 		Oh Suk Jae  59'
Park Chang Seun  83'		 Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: N Chandra (Singapore)

1983

27 February 1983  Australia 0–2  New Zealand Melbourne, Australia  
Cole  66'
Adam  73'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jack Johnston (Australia)
22 February 1983  Australia 1–2  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand  
Kosmina  36' Cresswell  47'


Ratcliffe  69' (o.g.)

 Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: William

Munro (New Zealand)

12 June 1983  Australia 0–0  England Sydney, Australia  
Gregory  ?' Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
15 June 1983  Australia 0–1  England Brisbane, Australia  
Walsh  36' Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
19 June 1983  Australia 1–1  England Melbourne, Australia  
Neal  27' (o.g.)
Ratcliffe  ?' 		Francis  25'
Francis  ?'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jack Johnston(Australia)
Merlion Cup 4 December 1983  Australia 1–2  China PR Singapore.  
Kosmina  ?'  ?'

 ?'

 Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Merlion Cup 10 December 1983  Australia 2–0  Thailand Singapore.  
Murphy  ?'
Kosmina  ?' 		Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Merlion Cup 15 December 1983  Australia 3–1  South Korea Singapore.  
Kosmina  ?'
Cant  ?'
O'Connor

 ?'

  ?' Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Merlion Cup 18 December 1983  Australia 4–2  Singapore Singapore.  
Watson  ?'
Kosmina  ?'
Campbell

 ?'
O'Connor  ?'

  ?'
 ?'		 Stadium: Singapore National Stadium

1984

3 November 1984  Australia 2–3  China PR Beijing, China.  
Kosmina  ?', ?'  ?'

 ?'
 ?'

1985

WC qualifier 21 September 1985  New Zealand 0–0  Australia Auckland, New Zealand  
Report Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 14,826
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)
Friendly 27 September 1985  Australia 3–0  China PR Brisbane, Australia  
Kosmina  9'
Crino  14'
Watson  63' 		Report Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 4,823
Referee: Bill Monteverde (Australia)
WC qualifier 5 October 1985  Israel 1–2  Australia Ramat Gan, Israel  
Armeli  65'
Sinai  ?'
Pizanti  ?' 		Report Mitchell  46'
Kosmina  49'
S. Murphy  ?'
Kosmina  ?'
S. O'Connor  ?'		 Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
WC qualifier 20 October 1985  Australia 1–1  Israel Melbourne, Australia  
Ratcliffe  46'
Davidson  ?'
Kosmina  ?' 		Report Cohen  46'
Shlomo  ?'
Kirat  ?'
Turk  ?'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)
WC qualifier 23 October 1985  Australia 7–0  Taiwan Adelaide, Australia  
Dunn  2', 89' (pen.)
Chun Keui Chiang  13' (o.g.)
Mitchell  57', 59', 87'
Arnold  68'
Mitchell  ?' 		Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: John Cameron (New Zealand)
WC qualifier 27 October 1985  Australia 8–0  Taiwan Sydney, Australia  
Odzakov  41', 56', 69'
Crino  52'
Kosmina  65' (pen.), 72', 88'
Gray  89' 		Report In-Jen Chen  ?' Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 2,694
Referee: Bill Munro (New Zealand)
WC qualifier 3 November 1985  Australia 2–0  New Zealand Sydney, Australia  
Kosmina  12'
Mitchell  48'
Kosmina  ?'


Watson  ?'

 Report Turner  ?' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 21,910
Referee: Gerard Guerds (Netherlands)
WC qualifier 20 November 1985  Scotland 2–0  Australia Glasgow, Scotland  
Cooper  53'
McAvennie  59' 		Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
WC qualifier 4 December 1985  Australia 0–0  Scotland Melbourne, Australia  
Report Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

1986

3 August 1986  Australia 1–1  Czechoslovakia Melbourne, Australia  
Arnold  90'
Ratcliffe  ?' 		Novak  24' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: C Bambridge (Australia)
6 August 1986  Australia 0–1  Czechoslovakia Adelaide, Australia  
Griga  50'
Kubík  ?'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
10 August 1986  Australia 0–3  Czechoslovakia Sydney, Australia  
Kula  23'
Kubík  53' (pen.),  85'		 Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 10,150
Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)
25 October 1986  Australia 1–1  New Zealand Auckland, New

Zealand.

  
Arnold  55'
Kalantzis

 ?'
Savor  ?'

 Deeley  60'
Deeley  ?'
Turner  ?'		 Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 3,156
Referee: Garry Fleet (New Zealand)
2 November 1986  Australia 2–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia  
Arnold  29'
Zinni  74' 		Deeley  85' Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Gary Power (Australia)
23 November 1986  Australia 2–0  China PR Canton, China.  
Kalantzis  ?'
Arnold

 ?'

 Stadium: Canton Stadium

1987

9 June 1987  Australia 0–3  Morocco Kangnung, South Korea.  
Farina  ?'
19 June 1987  Australia 0–0 (AET)  Egypt Seoul, South Korea.  
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
21 June 1986  Australia 1–1 (AET)  South Korea Seoul, South Korea.  
Arnold  90'  ?' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
2 September 1987  Australia 1–1  New Zealand Melbourne, Australia  
Zinni  68' Ironside  82' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)
9 September 1987  Australia 0–1  New Zealand Hutt Recreation Ground,

Lower Hutt, New Zealand

  
De Jong  18' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Garry Fleet (New Zealand)
SOG qualifier 15 November 1987  Australia 3–0  Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan.  
Arnold  ?', ?'
Farina

 ?'

1988

SOG qualifier 26 February 1988  Australia 3–0  Taiwan Canberra, Australia  
Arnold  ?', ?'
Farina  ?' 		Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
SOG qualifier 6 March 1988  Australia 2–0  Israel Melbourne, Australia  
Yankos  70' (pen.)
Farina  91' 		Report Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 9,518
Referee: Hernan Silva Arci (Chile)
SOG qualifier 9 March 1988  Australia 3–2  Taiwan Adelaide, Australia  
Tobin  ?'
Crino  ?'
Patikas  ?' 		Report  ?'
 ?'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
SOG qualifier 13 March 1988  Australia 3–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia  
Patikas  ?'
Farina  ?'
Crino  ?' 		Report McGarry  ?' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Referee: Hernan Silva (Chile)
SOG qualifier 20 March 1988  Australia 0–0  Israel Christchurch, New Zealand  
Report Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Stadium
Referee: Georges Sandoz (Switzerland)
SOG qualifier 23 March 1988  Australia 1–1  New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand  
Farina  ?' Report McGarry  ?' Stadium: Athletic Park
Referee: Georges Sandoz (Switzerland)
SOG qualifier 27 March 1988  Australia 3–0  Taiwan Auckland, New Zealand  
Arnold  ?'
Farina  ?'
Wade  ?' 		Report Stadium: Eden Park
7 July 1988  Australia 0–1  Brazil Melbourne, Australia  
Report Romário  31' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 11,214
Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)
9 July 1988  Australia 3–0  Saudi Arabia Sydney, Australia  
Ollerenshaw  6'
Farina  40', 82' 		Report Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 11,214
Referee: Bill Monteverde (Australia)
14 July 1988  Australia 4–1  Argentina Sydney, Australia  
Wade  4'
Yankos  43', 68' (pen.)
Bozinoski  80' 		Report Ruggeri  31' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 18,985
Referee: Gary Power (Australia)
17 July 1988  Australia 0–2  Brazil Sydney, Australia  
Report Romário  56'
Müller  67'		 Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 28,161
Referee: Donald Campbell (Australia)
SOG 20 September 1988  Australia 0–3  Brazil Seoul, Korea  
Farina  14' Report Romário  20', 57', 61'
Ademar  44'
Julio Batista  44'		 Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tritschler (West Germany)
SOG 22 September 1988  Australia 1–0  Nigeria Seoul, Korea  
Kosmina 76' Report Obiku  51' Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium
Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Listkiewicz (Poland)
12 October 1988  Australia 2–1  New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand  
Crino  60'
Ollerenshaw  74' 		Report Ironside  77' Stadium: Caledonian Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lennox Sharp (New Zealand)
16 October 1988  Australia 2–0  New Zealand Bendigo, Australia  
Spink  49', 68' Report Stadium: Queen Elizabeth Oval
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)
WC qualifier 20 November 1988  Australia 0–1  Fiji Nadi, Fiji  
Report Madigi  66' Stadium: Prince Charles Park
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand)
WC qualifier 3 December 1988  Australia 5–1  Fiji Speers Point, Australia  
Yankos  9', 69' (pen.)
Spink  25'
Arnold  84'
Trimboli  87' 		Report Dalai  89' Stadium: Macquarie Field
Attendance: 5,220
Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)

1989

WC qualifier 12 March 1989  Australia 4–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia  
Crino  16'
Arnold  42', 56'

Yankos  78' (pen.)

 Dunford  70' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 13,621
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
WC qualifier 19 March 1989  Australia 1–1  Israel Ramat Gan, Israel.  
Yankos  72' Ohana  76' (pen.) Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Manfred Neumer (West Germany)
WC qualifier 2 April 1989  Australia 0–2  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand  
Dunford  19'
Wright  80'		 Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 3,340
Referee: Bin Singah (Singapore)
WC qualifier 16 April 1989  Australia 1–1  Israel Sydney, Australia  
Trimboli  88' Ohana  40' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 40,320
Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

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