Australia national soccer team results (1980–89)

Australia
1980–1989 season
← 1979 1990 →

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 1989.

Match Results

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'		 Dobiaš  11' (pen.)
Nehoda  23'		 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'
González  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

25 April 1981 World Cup qualifier  Australia 3–3  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Krncevic  15', 42'
Boden  31'		 Grant Turner  25'
Steve Wooddin  34'
Steve Sumner  80'		 Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
16 May 1981 World Cup qualifier  Australia 0–2  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Steve Wooddin  29'
Grant Turner  81'		 Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: George Courtney (England)
20 May 1981 World Cup qualifier  Australia 2–0  Indonesia Melbourne, Australia
Kosmina  29'
Davidson  33'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: V Garcia Olivera (Portugal)
10 June 1981 World Cup qualifier  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)
26 July 1981 World Cup qualifier  Australia 4–1  Fiji Suva, Fiji
Cole  4', 31'
Barnes  10'
Sharne  28'		 Vuilanassa  83' Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
14 August 1981 World Cup qualifier  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)
30 August 1981 World Cup qualifier  Australia 0–1  Indonesia Suribaya, Indonesia
Risdianto  88' Attendance: 25,000
Referee: R Reyes (Philippines)
6 September 1981 World Cup qualifier  Australia 0–0  Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: T Gurkan (Philippines)

1982

10 October 1982 Merlion Cup  Australia 4–0  Thailand Singapore
O'Connor  ?'
Cole  ?'
Kosmina  ?', ?'		 Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: N Chandra (Singapore)
13 October 1982 Merlion Cup  Australia 2–0  Indonesia Singapore.
Mitchell  73', 77' Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)
15 October 1982 Merlion Cup  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)
17 October 1982 Merlion Cup  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 Trans-Tasman Cup  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 Trans-Tasman Cup  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
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.) Francis  25' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jack Johnston (Australia)
4 December 1983 Merlion Cup  Australia 1–2  China PR Singapore.
Kosmina  ?'  ?'  ?' Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
10 December 1983 Merlion Cup  Australia 2–0  Thailand Singapore.
Murphy  ?'
Kosmina  ?'		 Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
15 December 1983 Merlion Cup  Australia 3–1  South Korea Singapore.
Kosmina  ?'
Cant  ?'
O'Connor  ?'		  ?' Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
18 December 1983 Merlion Cup  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

21 September 1985 World Cup qualifier  New Zealand 0–0  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Report Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 14,826
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)
27 September 1985 Friendly  Australia 3–0  China PR Brisbane, Australia
Kosmina  9'
Crino  14'
Watson  63'		 Report Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 4,823
Referee: Bill Monteverde (Australia)
5 October 1985 World Cup qualifier  Israel 1–2  Australia Ramat Gan, Israel
Armeli  65' Report Mitchell  46'
Kosmina  49'		 Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
20 October 1985 World Cup qualifier  Australia 1–1  Israel Melbourne, Australia
Ratcliffe  46' Report Cohen  46' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)
23 October 1985 World Cup qualifier  Australia 7–0  Taiwan Adelaide, Australia
Dunn  2', 89' (pen.)
Chiang  13' (o.g.)
Mitchell  57', 59', 87'		 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: John Cameron (New Zealand)
27 October 1985 World Cup qualifier  Australia 8–0  Taiwan Sydney, Australia
Odžakov  41', 56', 69'
Crino  52'
Kosmina  65' (pen.), 72', 88'
Gray  89'		 Report Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 2,694
Referee: Bill Munro (New Zealand)
3 November 1985 World Cup qualifier  Australia 2–0  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Kosmina  12'
Mitchell  48'		 Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 21,910
Referee: Gerard Guerds (Netherlands)
20 November 1985 World Cup qualifier  Scotland 2–0  Australia Glasgow, Scotland
Cooper  53'
McAvennie  59'		 Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
4 December 1985 World Cup qualifier  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' Novak  24' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Chirs Bambridge (Australia)
6 August 1986  Australia 0–1  Czechoslovakia Adelaide, Australia
Griga  50' 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 Trans-Tasman Cup  Australia 1–1  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand.
Arnold  55' Deeley  60'
Turner Yellow cardRed card ?', 75'		 Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 3,156
Referee: Garry Fleet (New Zealand)
2 November 1986 Trans-Tasman Cup  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

2 September 1987 Trans-Tasman Cup  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 Trans-Tasman Cup  Australia 0–1  New Zealand Hutt Recreation Ground,

Lower Hutt, New Zealand

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

1988

26 February 1988 Olympic qualifier  Australia 3–0  Taiwan Canberra, Australia
Arnold  ?', ?'
Farina  ?'		 Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
6 March 1988 Olympic qualifier  Australia 2–0  Israel Melbourne, Australia
Yankos  70' (pen.)
Farina  91'		 Report Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 9,518
Referee: Hernan Silva Arci (Chile)
9 March 1988 Olympic qualifier  Australia 3–2  Taiwan Adelaide, Australia
Tobin  ?'
Crino  ?'
Patikas  ?'		 Report  ?'
 ?'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
13 March 1988 Olympic qualifier  Australia 3–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Patikas  ?'
Farina  ?'
Crino  ?'		 Report McGarry  ?' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Referee: Hernan Silva (Chile)
20 March 1988 Olympic qualifier  Australia 0–0  Israel Christchurch, New Zealand
Report Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Stadium
Referee: Georges Sandoz (Switzerland)
23 March 1988 Olympic qualifier  Australia 1–1  New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand
Farina  ?' Report McGarry  ?' Stadium: Athletic Park
Referee: Georges Sandoz (Switzerland)
27 March 1988 Olympic qualifier  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)
20 September 1988 Olympic Games  Australia 0–3  Brazil Seoul, Korea
Report Romário  20', 57', 61' Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tritschler (West Germany)
22 September 1988 Olympic Games  Australia 1–0  Nigeria Seoul, Korea
Kosmina 76' Report Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium
Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Listkiewicz (Poland)
12 October 1988 Trans-Tasman Cup  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 Trans-Tasman Cup  Australia 2–0  New Zealand Bendigo, Australia
Lund  49' (o.g.)
Spink  68'		 Report Stadium: Queen Elizabeth Oval
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)
20 November 1988 World Cup qualifier  Australia 0–1  Fiji Nadi, Fiji
Report Madigi  66' Stadium: Prince Charles Park
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand)
3 December 1988 World Cup qualifier  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

12 March 1989 World Cup qualifier  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)
19 March 1989 World Cup qualifier  Australia 1–1  Israel Ramat Gan, Israel.
Yankos  72' Ohana  76' (pen.) Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Manfred Neumer (West Germany)
2 April 1989 World Cup qualifier  Australia 0–2  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Dunford  19'
Wright  80'		 Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 3,340
Referee: Bin Singah (Singapore)
16 April 1989 World Cup qualifier  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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