Written by Steve Darby, Thomas Esamie and Greg Stock.
Thanks to John Punshon for his research.
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Friday February 28 1997 | Venue: Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Australia Belinda Kitching, Bridgette Starr, Sonia Gegenhuber, Cheryl Salisbury, Sharon Black (Kristyn Swaffer 72'), Lisa Casagrande, Shelley Youman, Joanne Peters, Kim Revell (Amy Taylor 58'), Katrina Boyd (Lisa Dunne 83'), Sunni Hughes (c) Cautions: Peters 32' Taylor 72' Salisbury 87' |
0 | - | 4 | United States Of America Briana Scurry (Tracy Noonan 46'), Brandi Chastain, Lorrie Fair, Thori Staples (Christie Pearce), Tiffany Roberts (Danielle Fotopoulos 61'), Tisha Venturini (Justi Baumgardt 46'), Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly, Tiffeny Milbret, Mia Hamm, Cindy Parlow (Debbie Keller 46') Goals: Parlow 12' Venturini 40' Fotopoulos 72' Hamm 74' |
| Referee: Storrie (Australia) Coaches: Greg Brown & Jeff Olver (Australia), Tony Di Cicco (United States) | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Sunday March 2 1997 | Venue: Carrington Park, Bathurst, Australia | |||
| Australia Belinda Kitching, Bridgette Starr, Cheryl Salisbury, Sonia Gegenhuber, Kristyn Swaffer, Sharon Black (Tammie Thornton 66'), Joanne Peters (Kim Revell 89'), Shelley Youman (Amy Wilson 87'), Lisa Casagrande, Sunni Hughes (c), Katrina Boyd (Lisa Dunne 82') Goal: Hughes 90' |
1 | - | 3 | United States Of America Briana Scurry (Tracy Noonan 46'), Brandi Chastain, Lorrie Fair, Christie Pearce, Robin Confer (Connors 46'), Tisha Venturini (Justi Baumgardt 46'), Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly, Tiffeny Milbrett (Danielle Fotopoulos 72'), Mia Hamm, Cindy Parlow (Debbie Keller 46') Goals: Baumgardt 52' Lilly 66' Chastain 74'pen |
| Referee: Jenny Bray (Australia) Attendance: 3,228 Coaches: Greg Brown & Jeff Olver (Australia), Tony Di Cicco (United States) | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Wednesday March 5 1997 | Venue: Bruce Stadium, Canberra | |||
| Australia Belinda Kitching, Bridgette Starr, Kristyn Swaffer, Cheryl Salisbury (Amy Taylor 76'), Sonia Gegenhuber (Amy Wilson 83'), Shelley Youman, Kim Revell (Tammie Thornton 90'), Joanne Peters, Lisa Casagrande, Katrina Boyd (Lisa Dunne 68'), Sunni Hughes (c) Caution: Swaffer 39' |
0 | - | 3 | United States Of America Briana Scurry, Brandi Chastain, Lorrie Fair, Christie Pearce, Tiffany Roberts (Robin Confer 59'), Julie Foudy, Tisha Venturini (Justi Baumgardt 46'), Kristine Lilly, Tiffeny Milbrett, Mia Hamm (Danielle Fotopoulos 80'), Debbie Keller (Cindy Parlow 65') Goals: Chastain 9' Foudy 52' Milbrett 90+3' |
| Referee: Tammy Peacock (Australia) Attendance: 4,031 Coaches: Greg Brown & Jeff Olver (Australia), Tony Di Cicco (United States) | ||||
| Australia took part in the US Womens Cup invitational tournament in the United States of America. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Saturday May 31 1997 | Venue: Grant Field, Salem, New Hampshire, USA | |||
| Australia Belinda Kitching, Anissa Tann-Darby, Kristyn Swaffer, Traci Bartlett (Tammie Thornton 79'), Sonia Gegenhuber, Sharon Black, Lisa Casagrande, Kim Revell (Bryony Duus 89'), Shelley Youman, Sunni Hughes, Katrina Boyd (Lisa Dunn 79') |
0 | - | 3 | Italy Carolina Morace, Patrizia Panico, Antonella Carta (Lineup Incomplete) Goals: Panico 33' Carta 44' 75' |
| Attendance: 2,127 Coach: Greg Brown (Australia) | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Thursday June 5 1997 | Venue: Upper Dublin High School, Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA | |||
| United States Of America Briana Scurry (Tracy Ducar 52'), Sara Whalen, Brandi Chastain (Staples 60'), Lorrie Fair, Christie Pearce, Tisha Venturini (Schwoy 60'), Julie Foudy (Justi Baumgardt 46') Kristine Lilly, Tiffeny Milbrett, Cindy Parlow, Mia Hamm (Debbie Keller 60') Goals: Parlow (x2), Hamm (x2), Milbrett, Parlow, Lilly, Venturini, Keller |
9 | - | 1 | Australia Belinda Kitching, Sonia Gegenhuber, Anissa Tann-Darby, Kristyn Swaffer, Traci Bartlett, Lisa Casagrande, Bryony Duus (Amy Taylor 57'), Sharon Black (Tammie Thornton 36'), Kim Revell (Amy Wilson 87'), Sunni Hughes, Lisa Dunn (Katrina Boyd 64') Goal: Taylor 75' |
| Attendance: 4,826 Coach: Greg Brown (Australia) | ||||
| This was the last US Womens Cup match. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Saturday June 7 1997 | Venue: United German-Hungarian Club, Oakford, Pennsylvania, USA | |||
| Australia Belinda Kitching, Traci Bartlett, Sonia Gegenhuber, Lisa Casagrande, Amy Taylor, Kim Revell, Katrina Boyd, Sunni Hughes (Lineup Incomplete) Goals: Hughes (x2), Casagrande |
3 | - | 2 | Canada Stephanie O'Neil, Sylvana Bertini (Lineup Incomplete) Goals: O'Neil, Bertini |
| European Tour Game. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Wednesday August 6 1997 | Venue: Ostend, Belgium | |||
| Australia Belinda Kitching, Anissa Tann-Darby, Sonia Gegenhuber (c) (Traci Bartlett 60'), Kristyn Swaffer, Amy Taylor, Lisa Casagrande (Tammie Thornton 65'), Sarah Cooper (Bryony Duus 55'), Alison Forman, Sharon Black (Sacha Wainwright 80'), Kim Revell, Julie Murray (Kristy Moore 70') Goal:Murray 59' |
1 | - | 0 | Sweden Ulrika Karlsson, Lundqvist (Lineup Incomplete) |
| Coaches: Greg Brown (Australia), Marika Domanski-Lyfors (Sweden) | ||||
| European Tour game. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Sunday August 10 1997 | Venue: Csakvar, Hungary | |||
| Hungary Hosizuerika (Bauer 70'), Gyoji Sebstyen, marko, Fistoi, Mester (Mibatiu 50'), Lubai, Szabo, Buykio (Ruff 50'), Borr (Torog 42'), Puraoumo (Giola 82'), Noff |
0 | - | 4 | Australia Belinda Kitching, Sarah Cooper (Lisa Casagrande 75'), Bridgette Starr, Kristyn Swaffer, Sharon Black, Kim Revell (Tammie Thornton 80'), Traci Bartlett, Anissa Tann-Darby, Bryony Duus, Julie Murray (Alicia Ferguson 65'), Kristy Moore Goals: Duus 10' Moore 31' Black 60' 84' |
| Attendance: 1,322 Coaches: Istvan Bacso (Hungary), Greg Brown (Australia) | ||||
| European Tour game. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Thursday August 14 1997 | Venue: Sport Park de Kloet, Grootbroeck, Netherlands | |||
| Netherlands Marleen Wissink, Mensink, Pauw, Van Toi, Lodder, Koning, Wiegman, Annemiek Griffoien, Van Waarden, Roos, van Eljick (Nieuwenhuis 67') Goal: Griffoin 20' |
1 | - | 1 | Australia Belinda Kitching, Sarah Cooper, Bridgette Starr, Kristyn Swaffer, Sonia Gegenhuber (c) (Traci Bartlett 83'), Sharon Black, Amy Taylor (Lisa Casagrande 55'), Anissa Tann-Darby, Bryony Duus, Juli Murray, Kristy Moore Goal: Casagrande 69' |
| Coaches: Rudi Goktor (Netherlands), Greg Brown (Australia) | ||||
| European Tour game. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Tuesday August 19 1997 | Venue: King Badouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | |||
| Belgium Isabelle Deflem (annick Coolens 46'), Timmermans, Borremans (Hieremans 64'), Puttemans (caers 66'), Cotteaux, cecile Carnol, Dermul, Dhollander, Migom (Huygens 29'), Maes, Matheus Caution: Puttemans 46' Goal: Carnol 20' |
1 | - | 0 | Australia Belinda Kitching, Sonia Gegenhuber (c) (Traci Bartlett 53'), Kristyn Swaffer, Anissa Tann-Darby, Bridgette Starr, Lisa Casagrande (Tammie Thornton 85'), Cheryl Salisbury (Sarah Cooper 53'), Alison Forman (Kristy Moore 78'), Sharon Black, Kim Revell, Julie Murray Caution: Casagrande 35' |
| Attendance: 600 Coach: Johan Bol (Belgium), Greg Brown (Australia) | ||||
| European Tour game. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Saturday August 23 1997 | Venue: Hapsulu Stadium, Tallin, Estonia | |||
| Estonia Maaren Olander, Heleri Saar (Kimson 78'), Rannu, Karpin (Kimson 46'), Muursoo, Tammela, Vaher, Reedik, Kaidurand, Anastassia Morkovkina, Tiina Hodakov (Tigim 73') Goal: Morkovkina 2' |
1 | - | 5 | Australia Amanda Paterson, Amy Taylor, Traci Bartlett (Anissa Tann-Darby 55'), Cheryl Salisbury, Bridgette Starr (Kristyn Swaffer 66'), Tammie Thornton, Bryony Duus, Sarah Cooper (Alison Forman 55'), Sacha Wainwright (Sharon Black 55'), Kim Revell (Julie Murray 78'), Alicia Ferguson Goals: Salisbury 20' 63' Revell 31'pen Taylor 61' Murray 83' |
| Attendance: 720 Coaches: Juel Saar (Estonia), Greg Brown (Australia) | ||||
| European Tour game. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Tuesday August 26 1997 | Venue: Helsinki, Finland | |||
| Finland Johanna Liddell (Susanna Heikan 46'), Kila Laine (Simonen 46'), Julia Uusmalmi, Laura Kalmari, Seppanen, Ylitalo (Forssel 67'), Julin, Lind, Maatanen, Mustonen, Rasanen (Valkonen 67') Goals: Kalmari 69' Uusmaimi 89' |
2 | - | 0 | Australia Belinda Kitching, Sarah Cooper (Tammie Thornton 88'), Bridgette Starr, Cheryl Salisbury (Amy Taylor 46'), Sonia Gegenhuber (Traci Bartlett 68'), Lisa Casagrande (Kristy Moore 59'), Sharon Black, Kim Revell, Anissa Tann-Darby (c), Julie Murray, Alison Forman (Bryony Duus 88') |
| Coaches: Reima Kokko (Finland), Greg Brown (Australia) | ||||
| European Tour game. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Sunday August 31 1997 | Venue: Oslo, Norway | |||
| Norway Bente Nordby (Linda Ormen 46'), Kringen (Fagereng 82'), Gro Espeseth, Tonneson, Merete Mykleburst, Hege Riise, Margunn Haugenes, Guro Knutsen, Lehn (Brit Sandaune 49'), Ann Krstin Aarones (Medalen 64'), Marianne Petterson Goals: Aarones 5' Pettersen 9' 34' 45' 81' Haugenes 55' 90' |
7 | - | 1 | Australia Belinda Kitching, Sonia Gegenhuber (c) (Traci Bartlett 17'), Bridgette Starr, Anissa Tann-Darby, Kristyn Swaffer (Amy Taylor 2' (Alicia Ferguson 84')), Lisa Casagrande (Bryony Duus 57'), Sarah Cooper (Kristy Moore 63'), Alison Forman, Sharon Black, Julie Murray, Kim Revell Goal: Murray 71'pen |
| Coaches: Per Mathias Hogmo (Norway), Greg Brown (Australia) | ||||
| Tri-nation series. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Sunday November 16 1997 | Venue: Oakes Oval, Lismore, Australia | |||
| Australia Belinda Kitching, Sarah Cooper (Kristy Moore 86'), Bridgette Starr, Sonia Gegenhuber (c)(Tracie McGovern 21'), Katrina Boyd, Lisa Casagrande (Alicia Ferguson 25'), Sharon Black, Kim Revell, Shelley Younan (Amy Wilson 71'), Traci Bartlett, Anissa Tann-Darby |
0 | - | 3 | China Gao Hong (Jingxia 46'), Wang Liping, Wen Lirong (Bai Jie 46'), Xie Huilin, Fan Yunjie (Jin Yan 46'), Lui Ailing, Lui Ying, Zhao Lihong, Sun Wen, Sun Qingmei (c), Shui Qingxia Goals: Qingxia 9' Qingmei 23' Lihong 41' |
| Attendance: 3,212 Coaches: Greg Brown (Australia), Ma Luinan (China) | ||||
| Tri-nation series. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Wednesday November 19 1997 | Venue: Topper Stadium, Newcastle, Australia | |||
| Australia Belinda Kitching, Anissa Tann-Darby, Traci Bartlett (Trudy Diamond 81'), Bridgette Starr, Sonia Gegenhuber (c), Lisa Casagrande (Sunni Hughes 14'), Shelley Younan (Amy Wilson 84'), Cheryl Salisbury, Kim Revell, Alicia Ferguson, Katrina Boyd (Sarah Cooper 65') Goals: Revell 13'pen Salisbury 75' |
2 | - | 0 | New Zealand Vale, Sacha Haskell, Corner, Terry McCahill, Melissa Ruscoe, Jackman, Wendi Henderson, Crawford, Michele McCahill, Oliver (Simpson 46'), Wileman (Cogle 51') |
| Coaches: Greg Brown (Australia), Maurie Tillotson (New Zealand) | ||||
| Tri-nation series Final. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Sunday November 23 1997 | Venue: Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia | |||
| Australia Belinda Kitching, Anissa Tann-Darby, Traci Bartlett, Bridgette Starr, Sonia Gegenhuber (c) (Tracie McGowan 63'), Sharon Black (Amy Wilson), Shelley Younan, Cheryl Salisbury, Kim Revell (Katrina Boyd 76'), Alicia Ferguson (Sarah Cooper 58'), Sunni Hughes Goals: Cooper 79' Hughes 86' |
2 | - | 1 | China Gao Hong (Zhao Yan 80'), Wen Lirong, Xie Huilin, Fan Yunjie, Wang Jingxia, Zhao Lihong, Lui Ailing, Lui Ying, Sun Wen, Sun Qingmei (c), Shui Qingxia Goal: Lihong 83' |
| Referee: Tammy Peacock (Australia) Coaches: Greg Brown (Australia), Ma Luinan (China) | ||||