These statistics were written and researched for the OzSoccer archive by Greg Stock and John Punshon.
| In November and December of 1990, the Australian Under 17 side embarked on a tour of South America. The tour was designed to give the squad some international experience ahead of the Oceania qualifiers for the Under 17 World Youth Cup to be held in New Zealand the following January. Under coach Les Scheinflug the team played a number of club sides and youth teams throughout South America. The first game was against Argentinian club side Gimnasia y Esgrima. | ||||
| Played : November 22 1990 | Venue : Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (ARG) (Team lineup not available) |
0 | - | 1 | Australia George Karamalis, Franc Bot, Tony Josevski, Paul Dee, Mathew Coutouvidis, Dominic Usalj, Lorenco Campagna, Anthony Carbone (c), Alex Kiratzoglou, Vas Kalogeracos, Vasco Trpcevski Goal : Campagna 39' |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| The second tour game was against the full Chile under 17 side.. | ||||
| Played : November 25 1990 | Venue : Colo Colo Stadium, Santiago, Chile | |||
| Chile Alex Whiteley, Reyes, Ferragut (c), Acuna, Vascunan, Vedella (Cortez 61'), Suozo, Mello (Negrete 70'), Contreras, Ramirez, Silva Goals : Silva 36'pk Ramirez 75' |
2 | - | 3 | Australia George Karamalis, Paul Dee, Franc Bot (sent off 78'), Aaron Healy, Tony Josevski, Anthony Carbone (c), Dominic Usalj (Fabio Macolino 87'), Lorenco Campagna (Eduardo Pena 55'), Alex Kiratzoglou, Vas Kalogeracos, Vasco Trpcevski (Darren Iocca 55') Goals : Kalogeracos 62' Kiratzoglou 70'pk 76' |
| Attendance : 45,000 Coaches : Leonardo Veliz (Chile), Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Australia played a second friendly against Chile in Vina del Mar three days later. | ||||
| Played : November 28 1990 | Venue : Vina del Mar, Chile | |||
| Chile (Team Lineup not available) |
0 | - | 2 | Australia George Karamalis, Paul Dee, Franc Bot, Aaron Healy, Tony Josevski, Darren Iocca (Lorenco Campagna 57'), Anthony Carbone (c), Fabio Macolino, Dominic Usalj (Vasco Trpcevski 46'), Alex Kiratzoglou (Jason Farrugia 75'), Vas Kalogeracos Goals : Iocca 23' Trpcevski 52' |
| Attendance : 1,500 Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| The remainder of the tour was against a number of club sides through South America. These matches are listed as follows. | ||||
| Played : December 2 1990 | Venue : Valparaiso | |||
| Valparaiso Wanderers (Team lineup not available) |
0 | - | 0 | Australia Steve Wardle, Paul Dee (c) (Franc Bot 46'), Tony Josevski, Mathew Coutouvidis (Aaron Healy 46'), Craig Moore, Fabio Macolino, Lorenco Campagna (Vasco Trpcevski 65'), Eduardo Pena (Anthony Carbone 46'), Alex Kiratzoglou, Vas Kalogeracos, Jason Farrugia (Darren Iocca 65') |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : December 5 1990 | Venue : Santiago, Chile | |||
| Universidad Catolica U19 (CHI) (Team lineup and goalscorers not available) |
2 | - | 2 | Australia (Lineup Unavailable) Goals : Kiratzoglou, Iocca |
| >Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : December 7 1990 | Venue : Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago, Chile | |||
| Espanola (CHI) (Team lineup not available) |
0 | - | 2 | Australia Steve Wardle, Franc Bot (Darren Iocca 65'), Aaron Healy (Mathew Coutouvidis 50'), Craig Moore, Fabio Macolino (Dominic Usalj 60'), Tony Josevski, Anthony Carbone (c), Alex Kiratzoglou, Vas Kalogeracos, Jason Farrugia (Lorenco Campagna 65'), Vasco Trpcevski (Eduardo Pena 46') Goals : Kiratzoglou 45' 49' |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : December 8 1990 | Venue : Monumental Stadium, Santiago, Chile | |||
| Colo Colo U17 (CHI) (Team lineup and goalscorers not available) |
2 | - | 0 | Australia (Team lineup not available) |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : December 11 1990 | Venue : Santiago, Chile | |||
| Universidad de Chile (CHI) (Team lineup and goalscorers not available) |
3 | - | 1 | Australia (Team lineup and goalscorer not available) |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||