Joeys 2001 Matches

Australian Under 17 matches for 2001

Written by Thomas Esamie and Nick Guoth


Australia were in camp preparing for the playoff to determine the sole Oceania representative at the U17 World Cup to be held in Trinidad & Tobago later this year. The Japanese were probably looking for a bit of a hit out as well but these games kind of snuck up on me so I don't know how much planning was involved.
Played : March 25 Venue : AIS Athletics Stadium, Canberra
Australia
Jacob Rex, Alex Wilkinson (Michael Brown 71), Brett Studman (Pedraj Bojic 71), Matthew Hunter, Ben Stevens (Spase Dilevski 60), Mario Karlovic (Steven Baveas 39), Carl Valeri (Nick Stavroulakis 80), Fred Agius, Massimo Murdocca, Jay Lucas, Matthew Engele (Steven Manceski 77)
Goals : Murdocca 47, Engele 60
2 - 2 Japan
Kenta Tokushige, Ryosuke Ishizaka, Takahito Chiba (Junichi Takayama 62), Kiyohiro Hirabayashi (Yuki Nakashima 46), Takuya Muguruma (Sho Kitano 70), Kohei Kuda (Shingo Nejime 80), Masatomo Kuba, Naoya Kikuchi, Kazumaza Takagi, Hiroti Mogi (Sho Naruoka 74), Yutaro Abe (Kisho Yano 62)
Goals : Mogi 13, Nejime 88
Referee : Ben Williams
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia)
Match Report by Nick Guoth
Match Report by Soccer Australia


Australia were in camp preparing for the playoff to determine the sole Oceania representative at the U17 World Cup to be held in Trinidad & Tobago later this year. The Japanese were probably looking for a bit of a hit out as well but these games kind of snuck up on me so I don't know how much planning was involved.
Played : March 28 Venue : West Belconnen Sports Centre, Canberra
Australia
Nathan Coe, Spase Dilevski, Massimo Murdocca (Michael Brown 71), Alex Wilkinson, Rodney Madigan (Adam van Dommelle), Matthew Hunter (Pedraj Bodric 62), Carl Valeri (Mario Karlovic 81), Anthony Danze (Nick Stavroulakis 71), Brett Holman (Terry Smith 46), Fred Agius (Steven Baveas 71), Jay Lucas (Matthew Engele 58)
Goals : Holman 13, Agius 28, Smith 56, Engele 60, 80
5 - 2 Japan
Atsushi Kimura (Nobuhiro Kato 46), Junichi Takayama, Ryosuke Ishizaka, Sho Naruoka, Kohei Kuda, Masatomo Kuba (Takuya Mugurama 87), Naoya Kikuchi (Yuki Nakashima 87), Shingo Nejime (Kiyohiro Hirabayashi 37 (Takahito Chiba 65)), Kazumazu Takagi (Junga Fujimoto 60), Hiroto Mogi (Sho Kitano 75), Yutaro Abe (Kisho Yano 46)
Goals : Mogi 24, Kikuchi 75
Referee : Ben Williams
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia)
Match Report by Nick Guoth
Match Report by Soccer Australia
Match Report by Chris Kunz


Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia)
So we come to the usual playoff against the Kiwis to make it to the world stage.
Played : April 4 Venue : West Belconnen Leagues Club, Canberra
Australia
Jacob Rex, Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Brett Studman, Carl Valeri (c), Fred Agius, Anthony Danze, Massimo Murdocca (Spase Dilevski 68), Sean Walsh (Michael Brown 85), Brett Holman, Jay Lucas (Matthew Engele 68)
Goals : Holman 47, Agius 66, 92
3 - 0 New Zealand
Kaz Townsend, Daniel Mortensen, Mark McGinley, Wayne Rooker (Mark Bland 90), Russell Kamo, Dalin Wilson (Dane Rayner 74), Craig Wylie, Thomas Reece (Liam Smith 60), Peter Howe, Jason Rowley, Matthew Adams
Referee : Harry Atisson (Vanuatu)
Crowd : 1400
Match Report by Soccer Australia
Match Report by Markian Jaworsky
Match Report by Chris Kunz


Oh dear, quite a pasting...no wonder none of the Kiwis want to own up to having played...
Played : April 8 Venue : McKinlay Park, Mt Wellington, Auckland
New Zealand
(lineup unknown)
0 - 6 Australia
Nathan Coe, Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Predrag Bojic, Carl Valeri (c), Anthony Danze, Fred Agius (Terry Smith 71), Massimo Murdocca, Spase Dilevski (Steven Baveas 56), Brett Holman (Nick Stavroulakis 72), Matthew Engele
Goals : Howe 14og, Danze 39, Engele 56, 78, Hunter 70, Smith 74
Referee :
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia)
Match Report by Soccer Australia


To prepare for their appearance at the U17's World Cup Australia played a series of warm up games, starting with this one against a US College side.
Played : August 24 Venue : Florida, USA
St Leo College
(lineup unknown)
0 - 5 Australia
(lineup unknown)
Goals : Anthony Danze, Fred Agius x2, Michael Brown, og
Referee : unknown
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia)


Played : August 27 Venue : Miami, USA
Blackwatch U18s
(lineup unknown)
0 - 7 Australia
(lineup unknown)
Goals : Fred Agius, Adam Van Dommele, Jay Lucas, Terry Smith, Ben Stevens x2, Matthew Engele
Referee : unknown
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia)


Played : September 2 Venue : Miani, USA
IMG Academies Select
(lineup unknown)
Goal : unknown
1 - 10 Australia
(lineup unknown)
Goals : Brett Holman, Carl Valeri x2, Terry Smith, Anthony Danze, Matthew Engele, Jay Lucas x3, Nick Stavroulakis
Referee : unknown
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia)


Played : September 4 Venue :
Tampa Bay Mutiny
(lineup unknown)
Goals : unknown
4 - 1 Australia
Coe (Rex), Bojic, Wilkinson, Hunter, Broxton, Dilevski, Valeri, Danze, Agius, Smith, Holman
Subs used were : Van Dommele, Walsh, Stevens, Lucas, Studman, Engele, Brown & Stavroulakis
Goal : Lucas
Referee : unknown
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia)
Match Report by Soccer Australia


In the final match of their warm up series the Joeys faced off against their US counterparts.
Played : September 7 Venue : Miami, USA
USA
(lineup unknown)
0 - 0 Australia
Nathan Coe (Jacob Rex 46), Predrag Bojic (Van Dommele 83), Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Darren Broxton (Brett Studman 46), Spase Dilevski (Ben Stevens 80), Carl Valeri, Anthony Danze, Patrick Agius (Matthew Engele 72), Brett Holman (Sean Walsh 72), Jay Lucas (Wayne Smith 46)
Referee : unknown
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia)
Match Report by Soccer Australia


Before the World Cup kicked off the Australians were first inconvenienced by the decision to stage the match against the hosts at 1pm in the blistering sun, in direct contravention to FIFA guidelines. Then, as a result of the destruction of the World Trade Centre, Graham Arnold was left stranded in Los Angeles. Meanwhile Brazil bettered the Joeys.
Played : September 14 Venue : The Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Australia
Nathan Coe, Predrag Bojic (Ben Stevens 82), Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Adam Van Dommele, Spase Dilevski, Carl Valeri, Anthony Danze (Jay Lucas 84), Sean Walsh, Brett Holman, Fred Agius
0 - 1 Brazil
Luis Felipe Ventura Dos Santos, Marcus Vinicius Lourenco Da Silva, Wendel Raul Goncalves Gomes, Wescley Pinal Goncalves, Alceus Rodrigues Simoni Filho, Rodrigo Vaz Fernades, Leandro Do Bonfim, Bruno Dos Santos Moraes (Caetano Prosperi Calil 66), Francisco Terra Alberoni, Jose Antonio Miranda Da Silva, Anderson Costa
Goal : Costa 76
Referee : Michal Benes (Czech Rep)
Crowd : 10800
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia), unknown (Brazil)
Match Report by Soccer Australia


Australia kept their hopes of advancing alive with a narrow win over the hosts despite the ungodly hour of the match.
Played : September 16 Venue : The Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
Marvin Phillip, Lee Haynes, Devon Bristol, Terrence McAllister, Kenwyne Jones, Roderick Anthony (Kahlil Mathura 64), Devon Leacock, Kerron Phillips (Cyrone Edwards 77), Jamal Hamid, Andre Alexis (Jerol Forbes 35), Nkosi Blackman
0 - 1 Australia
Nathan Coe, Alex Wilkinson, Predrag Bojic, Spase Dilevski (Ben Stevens 88), Adam Van Dommele, Carl Valeri, Anthony Danze, Fred Agius, Sean Walsh (Terry Smith 46), Brett Holman (Matthew Engele 87)
Goal : Agius 55
Referee : Alexandru Dan Tudor (Romania)
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia), unknown (T&T)
Match Report by Soccer Australia


Australia sealed their progress to the next stage with this win against a more than competent Croatian side.
Played : September 19 Venue : The Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Australia
Nathan Coe, Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Predrag Bojic (Brett Studman 77), Spase Dilevski, Adam Van Dommele, Carl Valeri, Anthony Danze, Fred Agius, Terry Smith (Matthew Engele 57), Brett Holman (Jay Lucas 65)
Goals : Smith 37, Danze 40, 46, Lucas 66
4 - 0 Croatia
Dario Kresic, Drago Papa, Hrvoje Cale, Domagoj Skeja (Asmir Orascanin 43), Silvio Cavric, Marko Basic, Dejan Prijic (Igor Lozo 79), Mario Grgurovic, Niko Kranjcar, Ivan Grivicic, Ahmad Sharbini (Tomislav Lukasek 65)
Referee : Chukwudi Callistus Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)
Crowd : 20228
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia), unknown (Croatia)
Match Report by Soccer Australia


The Australians bowed out of the tournament following this heavy defeat in the quarterfinals.
Played : September 24 Venue : The Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, Trinidad & Tobago
Nigeria
Akpan Bassey, Kennedy Chinwo, Ndala Ibrahim, Emmanuel Baba (Cyril Gona 90), Joseph Eyimofe, Richard Eromoigbe, Austine Nnamdi (Victor Brown 52), Femi Opabunmi, Soga Sambo, Omonigho Temile, Suleiman Mohammed
Goals : Opabunmi 24pk, 69, 79, Mohammed 81, Temile 85
5 - 1 Australia
Nathan Coe, Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Predrag Bojic, Spase Dilevski, Adam Van Dommele, Carl Valeri, Anthony Danze, Fred Agius, Terry Smith (Jay Lucas 58), Brett Holman (Matthew Engele 71)
Goal : Engele 86
Referee : Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
Crowd : 8000
Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia)
Match Report by Soccer Australia