Australia Under 23 National Team "Olyroos" - 2006 Match Results

Written by Greg Stock

Sources: Doug Butcher, John Punshon and Thomas Esamie

Played: Wednesday March 22 2006 Venue: Canberra
Capital Football All Stars
Lineup Included; Matt Valeri.
Goal: Valeri 45
1 - 2 Australia
Lineup Included; Mark Bridge.
Goals: Bridge 65, 88
Coach: Graham Arnold (Australia)

Played: Thursday March 23 2006 Venue: Canberra
Australian Institute of Sport
Tando Velaphi, Peter Eleftherakis, Matthew Spiranovic, Jimmy Downey, Troy Hearfield, Greg King, Chris Grossman, Christopher Nunes, Nikita Rukavytsya, Steven O'Dor, Bruce Djite.
0 - 0 Australia
Danny Vukovic, Mark Milligan, Jacob Timpano, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Kristian Sarkies, Billy Celeski, Stuart Musaliak, Ruben Zadkovich, Spase Dilevski, Nick Ward, Jobe Wheelhouse.
Coach: Graham Arnold (Australia)

The Olyroos were invited to participate in the VTV T&T Cup (Spring Cup) in Vietnam and played matches against the Under 23 teams of Iran, Vietnam and Uzbekistan.

Played: Sunday April 16 2006 Venue: My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
Iran
Alireza Haghighi, Jalal Hosseini, Sheys Rezael, Mohsen Arzani, Jalal Akbari Kelishadi, Mesoud Solelmani Shojeel, Behshad Yevarzadeh Abrandjani, Maziar Zare, Andranik Teymourian Samerani, Mohammad Gholamin Noveirsari, Ehsan Khorsandi; Sub: Sheys Rozeal Khonekder.
0 - 0 Australia
Daniel Vuovic, Mark Milligan, Jacob Timpano, Adrian Leijer, David Micevski (Nick Ward 58), Stuart Musialik, Spase Dilevski (Jordan Simpson 70), Vince Lia (Tyler Simpson 85), Kristian Sarkies, Ruben Zadkovich, Dez Giraldi.
Cautions: Timpano 32, Ward 76
Coaches: Ren e' Sim Oes (Vietnam), Graham Arnold (Australia)

Played: Tuesday April 18 2006 Venue: My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam
Lineup Included; Bui Doan Quang Huy, Nguyen Hoang Thuong (Le Hong Minh), Nguyen Vu Phong, Phan Thanh Binh.
0 - 0 Australia
Daniel Vukovic, Mark Milligan, Jacob Timpano, Adrian Leijer, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Vince Lia (Jordan Simpson 70), Ruben Zadkovich, Stuart Musialik, Kristian Sarkies (Spase Dilevski 86), Nick Ward (David Micevski 61), Dez Giraldi (Mark Bridge 54).
Caution: Lia 67
Attendance: 20,000
Coaches: Alfred Riedl (Vietnam), Graham Arnold (Australia)

Played: Thursday April 20 2006 Venue: My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam
Uzbekistan
(Lineup Not Known)
0 - 1 Australia
Daniel Vukovic, Mark Milligan, Adrian Leijer, Jacob Timpano, Ruben Zadkovich, Spase Dilevski (Nikolai Topor-Stanley 54), Stuart Musialik, David Micevski (Tyler Simpson 66), Nick Ward (Jordan Simpson 61), Kristian Sarkies, Dez Giraldi (Mark Bridge 74).
Cautions: Zadkovich 42, Milligan 60
Goal: Topor-Stanley 75
Coach: Graham Arnold (Australia)

Last updated: 2 February 2021