Australia Under 23 National Team "Olyroos" - 1994 Match Results

Written by Greg Stock

Sources: John Punshon, Doug Butcher, Mauricio Neves de Jesus & Andrew MacLennan

The Australian team management held a number of Olyroos training camps in 1994 and 1995 to continually assess players and build morale ahead of the Olympic Games qualifiers in 1996.
Played: Wednesday February 16 1994 Venue: Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Australia
Clint Bolton, Vinko Buljubasic, Luke Casserly, Mark Babic, Ante Juric, Frank Tibaldi (Sean Cranney 80), Peter Tsekenis, Gabriel Mendez, Brendan Renaud (Joe Spiteri 46), Adrian Cervinski, Mark Viduka.
Goals: Spiteri 78 cranney 84 Viduka 89
3 - 1 Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)
Lineup Included; Hisashi Tsuchida, Kiyonobu Okajima, Nobuyuki Hosaka, Masayuki Okano, Yoshiaki Sato, Michael Rummenigge.
Goals: Rummenigge 44
Referee: Not Known
Attendance: 2,000
Played: Thursday February 17 1994 Venue: Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Australia
Vince Matassa, Michael Valkanis, Richie Alagich, Kevin Muscat, Sean Cranney, Ante Moric, Goran Lozanovski, Sasha Dimovski, Brad Hassell, Ufuk Talay, Norman Tome.
Goals: Talay 12 Lozanovski 15 Tome 30
3 - 0 Jubilo Iwata (Japan)
Lineup Included; Gerald Vanenburg.
Referees: Not Known
Played: Sunday May 15 1994 Venue: Olympic Park, Melbourne
Australia
Frank Juric, Michael Valkanis (Richie Alagich), Kevin Muscat, Peter Tsekenis, Ross Aloisi, Sean Cranney, Ante Moric, Gabriel Mendez, Damian Vojtek (Brendan Renaud), Paul Agostino, Joe Spiteri.
Goal: Spiteri 39
1 - 0 FC Aris Thessaloniki (Greece)
(Lineup Not Known)
Referee: John Fraser (Australia)
Played: Saturday May 21 1994 Venue: Gold Coast Seagulls Stadium, Tweed Heads
Australia
Frank Juric, Kevin Muscat, Vinko Buljubasic (Damian Vojtek), Richie Alagich, Ross Aloisi, Sean Cranney, Goran Lozanovski, Ante Moric (Gabriel Mendez), Sasha Dimovski (Joe Spiteri), Bradley Hassell (Peter Tsekenis), Paul Agostino.
Goal: Agostino 63
1 - 1 Sheffield United (England)
Lineup Included; Nathan Blake.
Goal: Blake 25
Referee: Bob Davies (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Martin Cox & Stuart Hase (Australia)
Attendance: 5,512
Played: Friday May 27 1994 Venue: Mitre 10 Stadium, Newcastle
Australia
Clint Bolton, Peter Tsekenis, Luke Casserly (Bradley Hassell 46), Richie Alagich, Ross Aloisi (Brendan Renaud 65), Sean Cranney, Ante Moric, Gabriel Mendez, Goran Lozanovski, Joe Spiteri, Paul Agostino (Sasha Dimovski 62).
0 - 1 FC Aris Thessaloniki (Greece)
Lineup Included; T.Papadopoulos, Georgios Koltsidis, Kostas Konstantinidis, Giannis Chrisostomidis, Giorgos Iosifidis, Zoran Loncer.
Cautions: Kotsidis, Konstantinidis, Chrisostomidis, Loncer
Red Card: Papadopoulos, Konstantinidis, Iosifidis, Koltsidis 88
Goal: Iosifidis 71
Referee: Neil Jones
Attendance: Not Known
Played: Friday July 8 1994 Venue: W.A.C.A.Ground, Perth
Perth Kangaroos
Lineup Included; Vince Matassa, Vladimir Beretovac.
0 - 2 Australia
Frank Juric, Luke Casserly, Kevin Muscat, Peter Tsekenis, Ross Aloisi, Sean Cranney, Ante Moric, Goran Lozanovski, Damian Vojtek (Joe Spiteri), Gabriel Mendez (Bradley Hassell), Mark Viduka.
Goals: Mendez 4 Viduka 75
Referee: J.Sharp (Australia)
Assistant Referees: S.Davidson & P.Ashcroft (Australia)
Coach: Eddie Thomson (Australia)
Played: Sunday July 10 1994 Venue: Dorrien Gardens, Perth
Western Australia
Lineup Included; Frank Bate.
Goal: Bate 75 pen
1 - 1 Australia
Clint Bolton, Kevin Muscat, Luke Casserly, Vinko Buljubasic (Sean Cranney), Michael Valkanis, Peter Tsekenis, Ante Moric, Goran Lozanovski (Gabriel Mendez), Sasha Dimovski (Bradley Hassell), Adrian Cervinski, Joe Spiteri.
Goal: Hassell 90+2
Referee: Andy Gorton
Coach: Eddie Thomson (Australia)
To celebrate the inauguration of the Shah Alam Stadium in Malaysia a tournament was held. Teams participating included the Olyroos, Dundee United (Scotland), Bayern Munich (Germany), Flamengo (Brazil), Leeds United (England) and a local Selangor FA Selection.
Played: Sunday July 17 1994 Venue: Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Brazil)
(Lineup Not Known)
0 - 0 Australia
Frank Juric, Kevin Muscat, Michael Valkanis, Peter Tsekenis, Sean Cranney, Ante Moric, Goran Lozanovski (Sasha Dimovski 57), Ross Aloisi, Gabriel Mendez, Bradley Hassell (Damian Vojtek 70), Joe Spiteri.
Coach: Eddie Thomson (Australia)
Played: Tuesday July 19 1994 Venue: Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia
Leeds United (England)
John Lukic, Tony Dorigo, David Wetherall, Nigel Worthington, Mark Tinkler, Carlton Palmer, David White (Gordon Strachan 80), Gary McAllister, Gary Speed, Rodney Wallace, Brian Deane (Philomen Masinga 80).
Goals: White 2 Masinga 82
2 - 1 Australia
Frank Juric, Vinko Buljubasic (Luke Casserly 80), Michael Valkanis, Kevin Muscat, Peter Tsekenis, Ross Aloisi, Ante Moric, Sean Cranney (Adrian Cervinski 60), Gabriel Mendez, Bradley Hassell, Joe Spiteri.
Goal: Spiteri 37
Coach: Eddie Thomson (Australia)
Played: Tuesday July 26 1994 Venue: Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)
Lineup Included; Michael Rae, Greg Shields, Scott McCulloch, Scott Wilson, Galloway, Iain Nicholson, Paul McKnight, McShane, Les Dair, Charles Miller
0 - 1 Australia
Clint Bolton, Vinko Buljubasic (Goran Lozanovski 60), Luke Casserly, Kevin Muscat, Peter Tsekenis, Ross Aloisi, Ante Moric, Sean Cranney, Gabriel Mendez, Bradley Hassell (Adrian Cervinski 46), Joe Spiteri (Sasha Dimovski 62).
Goal: Cervinski 67
Coach: Eddie Thomson (Australia)
Played: Thursday July 28 1994 Venue: Scotland
St. Mirren (Scotland)
(Lineup & Goalscorer Not Known)
1 - 1 Australia
Frank Juric, Vinko Buljubasic, Michael Valkanis, Kevin Muscat, Peter Tsekenis, Ross Aloisi, Ante Moric, Sasha Dimovski (Joe Spiteri 46), Damian Vojtek (Sean Cranney 46), Goran Lozanovski (Gabriel Mendez 46), Adrian Cervinski.
Goal: Mendez 65
Coach: Eddie Thomson (Australia)
Played: Saturday July 30 1994 Venue: Tennadice Park, Dundee, Scotland
Dundee United (Scotland)
Alex Main, Alex Cleland, Maurice Malpas (Gary Brollan 8), Gordon Petric, Brian Walsh, David Hannah (Christian Dailly 46), David Bowman, William McKinlay (Andy McLaren 46), Dragutin Ristic (John O'Neil 60), Craig Brewster (Paddy Connolly 60), Jerron Nixon.
Goals: Hannah 28 Ristic 44
2 - 2 Australia
Frank Juric, Luke Casserly, Michael Valkanis, Kevin Muscat, Peter Tsekenis, Ante Moric, Sean Cranney, Ross Aloisi, Gabriel Mendez, Bradley Hassell (Joe Spiteri 62), Adrian Cervinski.
Goals: Cervinski 71 Valkanis 88
Referee: Martin Clark (Scotland)
Attendance: 2,601
Coaches: Ivan Golac (Dundee United), Eddie Thomson (Australia)
Played: Tuesday August 2 1994 Venue: Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld, Scotland
Clyde FC (Scotland)
(Lineup & Goalscorer Not Known)
1 - 1 Australia
Clint Bolton, Michael Valkanis, Kevin Muscat, Luke Casserly, Peter Tsekenis, Ross Aloisi, Sean Cranney (Bradley Hassell 70), Ante Moric, Gabriel Mendez, Adrian Cervinski (Goran Lozanovski 83), Joe Spiteri.
Goal: Aloisi 51
Coach: Eddie Thomson (Australia)
Played: Monday August 8 1994 Venue: Olympic Training Centre, Papendal, Arnhem, Netherlands
United States Olympic Team
(Lineup & Goalscorer Not Known)
Goal: 75
1 - 1 Australia
Frank Juric, Kevin Muscat, Michael Valkanis, Peter Tsekenis, Luke Casserly (Vinko Buljubasic 65), Ross Aloisi, Ante Moric, Sean Cranney (Goran Lozanovski 46), Gabriel Mendez, Adrian Cervinski (Bradley Hassell 69), Joe Spiteri.
Goal: Muscat 59 pen
Coach: Eddie Thomson (Australia)
Played: Wednesday August 10 1994 Venue: Rotterdam, Netherlands
FC Dordrecht 90 (Netherlands)
(Lineup & Goalscorers Not Known)
2 - 2 Australia
Clint Bolton, Vinko Buljubasic, Kevin Muscat, Michael Valkanis, Ross Aloisi, Ante Moric (Luke Casserly 46), Goran Lozanovski (Joe Spiteri 76), Gabriel Mendez, Sasha Dimovski (Peter Tsekenis 70), Bradley Hassell, Adrian Cervinski.
Goals: Markovski 32 Mori 60 Vidmar 75
Coach: Eddie Thomson (Australia)

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