Written by Thomas Esamie and Greg Stock. Thanks to Kevin Christopher for the use of his personal material and to John Punshon for the cross-referencing. For more details see credits.
| The Hungarian club side Ferencvaros visited Australia in 1974 and played two matches against the Australian side. As this was the World Cup finals year for Australia, coach Rale Rasic used these matches in Adelaide and Sydney to prepare his players. | ||||
| Played : February 6 1974 | Venue : Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia | |||
| Australia Jim Fraser (Jim Milisavljevic), Doug Utjenesovic, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer (Adrian Alston), Col Curran, Ray Richards, Jim Mackay, Jim Rooney (John Warren), Ray Baartz, Atti Abonyi, Branko Buljevic Goal : Eipel 29og |
1 | - | 2 | Ferencvaros (HUN) Istvan Geczi, Gyoso Martos, Viczko (Ferenc Eipel 19), Peter Vepi, Istvan Juhasz, Laszlo Balint, Istvan Szoke, Laszlo Branikovits, Janus Mate, Lajos Ku, Istvan Magyar Goals : Janos Mate 3, 83 |
| Referee : Don Campbell (Australia) Attendance : 12,454 Coaches : Rale Rasic (Australia), Jeno Dalnoki (Ferencvaros) | ||||
| Played : February 10 1974 | Venue : Sydney, Australia | |||
| Australia Jim Fraser (Jim Milisavljevic), Doug Utjesenovic, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Col Curran, Ray Richards (Atti Abonyi 57), John Warren (Jim Mackay), Ray Baartz, Jim Rooney, Ernie Campbell (Max Tolson 70), Adrian Alston (Branko Buljevic) |
0 | - | 0 | Ferencvaros (HUN) Istvan Geczki, Gyoso Martos, Mucha, Peter Vepi, Istvan Juhasz, Laszlo Balint, Istvan Szoke, Laszlo Branikovits, Janus Mate, Lajos Ku, Istvan Magyar (Ferenc Eipel) |
| Referee : Tony Boskovic (Australia)
Attendance : 13,945 Coaches : Rale Rasic (Australia) Jeno Dalnoki (Ferencvaros) | ||||
| Match Report by Lou Gautier Match Report by Keith Gilmour | ||||
| An Auckland XI side visited Australia for a tour and played one match against the Australian national side. This match provided Australian coach Rale Rasic an oppurtunity to play an additional match as preparation for the World Cup finals in Germany. | ||||
| Played March 20 1974 | Venue : Sydney Sports Ground, Australia | |||
| Australia Jack Reilly (Jim Milisavljevic), Doug Utjesenovic, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Col Curran, Jim Rooney, Jim MAckay (Ray Pocock), Dave Harding, Jim Mackay, Ray Baartz, Atti Abonyi, Peter Ollerton, Atti Abonyi |
0 | - | 0 | Auckland XI Praven Jeram, Tony Sibley, Brian Armstrong, Brian Turner, John Houghton, Nigel Ashurst (John Legg), Vivian Hope-Eadst (Dave Taylor), Dennis Tindall, Bill De Graaf, Earl Thomas (Adrian Elrick), Ron Armstrong |
| Referee : Tony Boskovic (Australia)
Attendance : 2,557 Coach : Rale Rasic (Australia) Jim Armstrong (Auckland XI) | ||||
| Australia left for the World Cup finals and played a number of internationals and club sides as warm up matches. Australia played friendly internationals against Indonesia and Israel (see A archive) as well as three club sides in Europe. These matches are listed below. | ||||
| Played : June 4 1974 | Venue : Zurich, Switzerland | |||
| St. Gallen (SUI) (Lineup incomplete) Karl Hutter, Petter Guggi, Rolf Blatter Goal : Blatter 82 |
1 | - | 4 | Australia Alan Maher, Doug Utjesenovic, Peter Wilson, John Watkiss, Harry Williams, Ray Richards, Jim Mackay, Jim Rooney, John Warren, Atti Abonyi, Ernie Campbell Goals : Alston 69, 77, 78, Guggi 66og |
| Attendance : 4,000 Coach : Rale Rasic (Australia) | ||||
| Played : June 6 1974 | Venue : Brugg Stadium, Berne, Switzerland | |||
| Young Boys (SUI) (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 2 | Australia Jack Reilly (Jim Milisavljevic), Doug Utjenesovic, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Harry Williams, Ray Richards, Jim Rooney, Jim Mackay, John Warren (Ernie Campbell), Adrian Alston (Peter Ollerton), Branko Buljevic (Atti Abonyi) Goals : Richards, Abonyi |
| Attendance : 4,000 Coach : Rale Rasic (Australia) | ||||
| Played : June 8 1974 | Venue : Neuchatel Stadium, Brugg, Switzerland | |||
| Neuchatel Xamax (SUI) (Lineup unavailable) |
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- | 1 | Australia Jack Reilly, Doug Utjesenovic, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Col Curran, Ray Richards, Jim Rooney, Jim Mackay, John Warren (Ernie Campbell), Adrian Alston, Branko Buljevic (Atti Abonyi) Goal : Richards 62 |
| Attendance : 3,400 Coach : Rale Rasic (Australia) | ||||