These statistics were written and researched for the OzSoccer archive by Greg Stock and Martin Tabeira, thanks also to Kevin Christopher (Studs Up editor) for the use of his personal material.
| In November 1996 Australian youth coach Les Scheinflug took the Australian Joeys side on a tour of South America. Taking in friendlies against Argentina, Chile and a number of club sides, thr tour was designed to give the squad the oppurtunity to get some international experiance ahead of next years World Youth Championships. | ||||
| Played : 20th November | Venue : Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||
| Argentina (Lineup unavailable) Goals : unknown - 70, 90 |
2 | - | 1 | Australia Martin John (Grant Barlow 46), Michael Bosevski, Andrew Packer, Vuko Tomasevic, Eddie Bosnar, Matthew Langdon (Mario Jurjevic 74), Jason Culina, Ante Deur, Craig Barnes (Erol Ergin 46 (Adriano Cuzzupe 74)), Laz Zaekis (Travis Dodd 46), Wayne Baldwin Goal : Jason Culina 29 |
| Cautions : Vuko Tomasevic (Australia) Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : 22nd November | Venue : San Lorenzo, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||
| San Lorenzo (ARG) (Lineup unavailable) |
1 | - | 0 | Australia Martin John, Michael Bosevski, Vuko Tomasevic, Eddie Bosnar (Adriano Cuzzupe 36), Matthew Langdon, Jason Culina, Ante Deur, Craig Barnes (Erol Ergin 78), Laz Zaekis (Dane Vidakovic 46), Wayne Baldwin, Travis Dodd |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : 26th November | Venue : Estadio Casto Martínez Laguarda, San Jose, Uruguay | |||
| Uruguay (lineup incomplete) Javier Chevanton, Martin Liguera, Omar Pouso Goals : Chevanton, Liguera, Pouso |
3 | - | 2 | Australia (lineup unknown) Goals : (scorers unknown) |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : 28th November | Venue : Estadio Campeones Olímpicos, Florida, Uruguay | |||
| Uruguay (lineup unknown) |
0 | - | 0 | Australia (lineup unknown) |
| CoachLes Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : 4th December | Venue : Santiago, Chile | |||
| Chile (Lineup unavailable) |
2 | - | 2 | Australia (Lineup incomplete) Ante Deur, Jason Culina Goals : Deur 39, Culina 64 |
| >Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : 8th December | Venue : Santiago, Chile | |||
| Chile Goal : Navarra 38 |
1 | - | 2 | Australia Martin John, Michael Bosevski, Eddie Bosnar, Mathew Langdon (Mario Jurjevic 67), Jason Culina, Ante Deur, Craig Barnes (Erol Erjin 70), Adriano Cuzzupe, Laz Zaekis (Dane Vidakovic 46), Wayne Baldwin (Andrew Packer 76), Travis Dodd Goals : Baldwin 23, 32 |
| Cautions : Adriano Cuzzupe, Jason Culina,
Matthew Langdon (Australia) Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : 10th December | Venue : Santiago, Chile | |||
| Universidad Catolica (Chi)
(Lineup unavailable) |
2 | - | 4 | Australia Grant Barlow, Michael Bosevski, Vuko Tomasevic, Eddie Bosnar, Andrew Packer (Matthew Langdon 35), Jason Culina, Ante Deur, Craig Barnes, Mario Jurjevic (Adriano Cuzzupe 35), Dane Vidakovic (Wayne Baldwin 46), Travis Dodd (Laz Zaekis 46 (Tony Cumace 60)) Goals : Dodd 10, 19, 29, Culina 65 |
| Cautions : Michael Bosevski, Matthew Langdon
(Australia) Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Played : 11th December | Venue : Santiago, Chile | |||
| Colo Colo (Chi)
(Lineup unavailable) Goals : scorers unavailable 20, 43, 56) |
3 | - | 2 | Australia Martin John, Michael Bosevski, Vuko Tomasevic, Eddie Bosnar, Matthew Langdon (Mario Jurjevic 55), Jason Culina, Ante Deur, Craig Barnes (Wayne Baldwin 54), Adriano Cuzzupe, Dane Vudakovic (Erol Ergin 58), Travis Dodd (Laz Zaekis 58) Goals : Bosnar 7, Vidakovic 42 |
| Cautions : Adriano Cuzzupe, Vuko Tomasevic Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Australia concluded their South American tour with a match against Chilean club side Palmeiras in Santiago. The result of this match is not known and any help in establishing a result would be greatly appreciated. | ||||
| Played : 12th December | Venue : Santiago, Chile | |||
| Palmeiras Result unknown |
U | - | U | Australia Result unknown |
| Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||