Australia Under 23 National Team "Olyroos" - 2003 Match Results

Written by Greg Stock

Sources: Doug Butcher and Thomas Esamie

The Olyroos held two European training camps in 2003 and played a couple of friendlys. The first against the Spanish Under 21 team in April and the second against Turkey Under 21 in September.

Played: Tuesday April 29 2003 Venue: Estadio Francisco Artes Carrasco, Lorca, Spain
Spain Under 21
Victor Valdes Arribas (Jose Manuel Reina Paez 46), Oscar Minambres Pascual (Juan Alberto Andrew Alvarado 71), Asier del Horno Cosgaya (Antonio Lopez Guerrero 55), Pablo Ibanez Tebar, Daniel Tortolero Nunez (Daniel Jarque Gonzalez 46), Arturo Garcia Munoz, Joseba Arriaga Dosantos, Mikel Arteta Amatriain (Miguel Angel Garcia Perez-Roidan 64), Javier Garcia Portillo (Ruben Gonzalez Rocha 46), Jorge Larena Avelianeda Roig (David Villa Sanchez 46), Albert Riera Ortega.
Goal: Dosantos 65
1 - 0 Australia
Brad Jones, David Tarka, Ljubo Milicevic, Iain Fyfe, Gareth Edds (Brett Holman 57), Wayne Srhoj, Luke Wilkshire (Alex Brosque 82), Ahmad Elrich, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Nick Carle (Richard Garcia 33), Scott McDonald (Josh Kennedy 57 (Carl Valeri 85)).
Attendance: 6,000
Coaches: Jose Armando Ufarte Ventoso (Spain), Frank Farina (Australia)

Played: Wednesday September 10 2003 Venue: BJK Inonu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey Under 21
Lineup Included; Hanefi Erdogdu.
Goal: McKain 37 Own Goal, Erdogdu 75
2 - 1 Australia
Brad Jones, Patrick Kisnorbo, Ljubo Milicevic, Jonathan McKain, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Ahmad Elrich, Luke Wilkshire, Wayne Srhoj (Carl Valeri 73), Alex Brosque (Scott McDonald 73), Richard Garcia (Scott Tunbridge 61), Brett Holman.
Caution: Kisnorbo 63
Goal: Wilkshire 54
Attendance: 10,000
Coach: Frank Farina (Australia)

Last updated: 21 January 2021