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| The Olyroos played the Malaysian under 23 side in two friendly games in Canberra. | ||||
| Played: Tuesday March 26 1991 | Venue: Canberra, Australia | |||
| Australia Steve Mautone, Damian Mori, Ned Zelic, Dominic Longo, Shaun Murphy, Tony Vidmar, Eric Hristodoulou, John Gibson (Lorenz Kindtner 80), Steve Refenes (Kevin Muscat 71), Michael Michalakopoulos, Zoran Ilic (Carl Veart 72) Goals: Ilic 35, Mori 48, 90, Michalakopoulos 60 |
4 | - | 1 | Malaysia Chong Kim Boon, Cheros, Saziman (Ghazala 35 (Selamat 81)), Chee, Thinagaran, Ong Kim Swee (sent off 51), Yap Ywai Loon, Chong King Kong, Lee Thean Ewe, Mohamad (Ibrahim Ahmad Fauzi 70), Adnan Goal: Ong Kim Swee 38 |
| Referee : Chris Conti (Australia) Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Mustakim Omar (Malaysia) | ||||
| Played: Thursday March 28 1991 | Venue: Canberra, Australia | |||
| Australia John Filan, Damian Mori, Ned Zelic, Dominic Longo, Shaun Murphy, Tony Vidmar (Kevin Muscat 71), Lorenz Kindtner (Eric Hristodoulou 55), George Slifkas (Milan Blagojevic 55), Carl Veart, Michael Michalakopoulos (Zoran Ilic 41), Steve Refenes Goals: Steve Refenes 85, 87 |
2 | - | 0 | Malaysia Mohamad Kiros, Ghazala (Thinagaran 25), Salahuddin Mohamad, Ahmaid (Edres 77), Chee, Lee Thean Ewe, Nik, Abdul Mokhtar (Yap 68), Azman (Adnan 50), Ong Kim Swee, Chong |
| RefereeGordon Dunster (Australia) Attendance: 440 Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Mustakim Omar (Malaysia) | ||||
| Australias path to the Olympic games in 1992 commenced with the Oceania qualifiers in May and November of 1991. Australia were drawn to play Papua New Guines, New Zealand and Fiji in Melbourne in May followed by the return legs in Fiji in November. | ||||
| Played Sunday May 19 1991 | Venue: Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Australia John Filan, Milan Blagojevic, Dominic Longo, Ned Zelic, Steve Georgakis, Tony Vidmar (Steve Refenes 73), George Slifkas, Paul Okon (Zoran Ilic 46), David Seal, Carl Veart, John Markovski Goals : Veart 9, 28, 35, Markovski 41 |
4 | - | 0 | Papua New Guinea (Lineup unavailable) |
| Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Played: Wednesday May 22 1991 | Venue: Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Australia John Filan, Milan Blagojevic, Dominic Longo, Ned Zelic, Steve Georgakis, Tony Vdmar, George Slifkas, Paul Okon, David Seal, Carl Veart (Mike Michalakopoulos 60), John Markovski Goals : Vidmar 15, Okon 68pk |
2 | - | 0 | New Zealand (Lineup unavailable) |
| Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Played: Sunday May 26 1991 | Venue: Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Australia John Filan, Milan Blagojevic, Dominic Longo, Ned Zelic, Steve Georgakis (John Gibson 46), Tony Vidmar, John Markovski, Damian Mori (Carl Veart 70), Eric Hristodoulou, Steve Refenes, Mike Michalakopoulos Goals : Vidmar 33, Michalakopoulos 34pk, 71, Gibson 63, 65, 69, Blagojevic 89 |
7 | - | 0 | Fiji (Lineup unavailable) |
| Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| The return legs in Fiji occured in November. | ||||
| Played: Monday November 11 1991 | Venue: Nadi, Fiji | |||
| Papua New Guinea (Lineup unavailable) |
0 |
- | 5 | Australia John Filan, Milan Blagojevic, Shaun Murphy, Ned Zelic, Dominic Longo, Tony Vidmar, John Gibson, George Slifkas, John Markovski (Steve Refenes), Carl Veart (Gary Hasler), David Seal Goals: Veart 13, Blagojevic 14, Murphy 24, Seal 47, Vidmar 56 |
| Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Played: Wednesday November 13 1991 | Venue: Nadi, Fiji | |||
| New Zealand (Lineup unavailable) Goal: (Goalscorer unavailable) |
1 | - | 2 | Australia John Filan, Milan Blagojevic, Shaun Murphy, Ned Zelic, Dominic Longo, Tony Vidmar, Damian Mori (Carl Veart), George Slifkas, John Markovski, Gary Hasler (Steve Refenes), David Seal Goals: Seal 78, 89 |
| Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Played: Saturday November 16 1991 | Venue: Nadi, Fiji | |||
| Fiji (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 3 | Australia Mark Bosnich, Damian Mori, Shaun Murphy, Ned Zelic, Dominic Longo, Greg Dickinson, John Gibson (George Slifkas), Eric Hristodoulou, Steve Refenes (Milan Blagojevic), Carl Veart, David Seal Goals : Seal 14, 75, Veart 22 |
| Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||