Sources: Soccer World, Soccer Action and Daily Newspapers.

Friendly Matches
Sunday January 30 1977 Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) Attendance: 16,228
AUSTRALIA Todd Clarke, George Harris, Peter Wilson, Col Bennett, Harry Williams, Gary Byrne, Jimmy Rooney (Dave Harding 65), Agenor Muniz, John Kosmina, Peter Ollerton, Atti Abonyi Coach: Jim Shoulder Goal: Abonyi 70	1	-	3	Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia) Aleksandar Stojanovic (Bosko Kajganic 60), Nikola Jovanovic, Branko Radovic, Vladislav Bogicevic, Mile Novkovic, Dusan Nikolic, Slavoljub Muslin, Petar Baralic (Zlatko Krmpotic 85), Dusan Lukic, Dusan Savic (Milan Calasan 70), Srboljub Stamenkovic (Milan Babic 87) Coach: Gojko Zec Goals: Bogicevic 29, 52, Savic 34
Yugoslavian First Division club side Red Star Belgrade toured Australia in January and February 1977 playing three games against the Australian national team. The matches providing good preperation for the Socceroos ahead of their World Cup Qualifiers.
Wednesday February 2 1977 Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia Referee: Tim Davies (Australia) Attendance: 8,252
AUSTRALIA Todd Clarke, George Harris, Peter Wilson, Col Bennett, Harry Williams, Gary Byrne, Agenor Muniz (Dave Harding 72), Jimmy Rooney, John Kosmina, Peter Ollerton, Atti Abonyi Coach: Jim Shoulder Goal: Harding 89	1	-	3	Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia) Bosko Kajganic (Aleksandar Stojanovic 46), Nikola Jovanovic, Milan Babic, Slavoljub Muslin, Branko Radovic, Vladislav Bogicevic, Dusan Lukic (Danilo Mandic 86), Dusan Nikolic (Dusko Adjer 83), Dusan Savic (Zlatko Krmpotic 86), Petar Baralic, Srboljub Stamenkovic (Milan Calasan 46) Coach: Gojko Zec Goals: Jovanovic 37, Calasan 70, 72
Saturday February 5 1977 Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia Referee: Jim Dixon (Australia) Attendance: 14,200
AUSTRALIA Todd Clarke, George Harris, Peter Wilson, Col Bennett, Harry Williams, Gary Byrne, Atti Abonyi, Agenor Muniz (Gary Marocchi 67), Jimmy Rooney (John Nyskohus 67), John Kosmina, Peter Ollerton Coach: Jim Shoulder Goal: Kosmina 57	1	-	3	Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia) Bosko Kajganic, Nikola Jovanovic, Slavoljub Muslin, Branko Radovic, Milan Babic, Vladislav Bogicevic, Petar Baralic, Dusan Nikolic, Dusan Lukic, Dusan Savic, Srboljub Stamenkovic (Zlatko Krmpotic 81) Coach: Gojko Zec Goals: Jovanovic 30, Bogicevic 49, Lukic 87
Sunday June 5 1977 Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
AUSTRALIA Terry Eaton, George Harris, Col Bennett, Peter Wilson, Jim Tansey, Dave Harding (Peter Stone 70), Gary Byrne, Jimmy Rooney, John Kosmina, Peter Ollerton, Atti Abonyi (John Nyskohus 70) Coach: Jim Shoulder	0	-	5	Middlesborough (England) Patrick Cuff, John Craggs, Ian Bailey, Graeme Souness, Stuart Boam (c), Alan Ramage, Tony McAndrew, David Mills, John Hickton (Alf Wood 73), Willie Maddren, David Armstrong (Walsh 73) Coach: Jim Greenhaigh Goals: McAndrew 10, Hickton 30, 70, Souness 52, Maddren 88
English First Division club side Middlesborough toured Australia and played one match against the Australian side in Sydney. Middlesborough Squad Match Day Programme
Sunday June 12 1977 Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia Referee: David Yelland (Australia) Attendance: 10,000
AUSTRALIA Allan Maher, George Harris, Peter Wilson, Col Bennett, Jim Tansey, Murray Barnes, Dave Harding, Jimmy Rooney (Gary Marocchi 70), John Kosmina, Peter Ollerton, John Nyskohus Coach: Jim Shoulder Goals: Barnes 20, Harding 27 pen	2	-	1	Bobby Charlton's All Stars (England) Alex Stepney, Christopher Lawler, Tony Dunne, Tommy Smith, Jack Charlton (Ralph Coates 71), Jack Hurst, Ian Callaghan, Alan Ball, Bobby Charlton, Brian Kidd, Peter Lorimer Coach: Bobby Charlton Goal: Ball 78
Bobby Charlton's English "All Star" side played an exhibition match against the Australian side.
Wednesday July 20 1977 Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) Attendance: 11,000
AUSTRALIA Alan Maher, George Harris, Col Bennett, Peter Wilson, Harry Williams, Jimmy Rooney, Dave Harding, Murray Barnes (Peter Stone 76), John Nyskohus (Peter Sharne 72), Peter Ollerton, John Kosmina Coach: Jim Shoulder Goals: Kosmina 22, Nyskohus 61, Ollerton 70	3	-	1	Arsenal (England) Jimmy Rimmer, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Richie Powling (John Matthews 12 (David O'Leary 50)), Willie Young, Liam Brady, Alan Hudson, Malcolm MacDonald, Frank Stapleton, George Armstrong, David Price Coach: Terry Neill Goal: Armstrong 60
A tournament containing Australia and three club sides from overseas occurred in June 1977. The tournament was called "World of Soccer" and the clubs competing were Arsenal (England), Glasgow Celtic (Scotland) and Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia). The prize money on offer was $75,000 with the series providing high quality preperation for the Socceroos World Cup Qualifying campaign. Match Day Programme
Tuesday July 26 1977 Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia) Attendance: 12,742
AUSTRALIA Alan Maher, George Harris, Peter Wilson, Col Bennett, Harry Williams, Gary Byrne, Jimmy Rooney (Peter Stone 73), Murray Barnes, Atti Abonyi, Peter Ollerton, John Kosmina Coach: Jim Shoulder Goals: Barnes, Ollerton	2	-	3	Celtic (Scotland) Peter Latchford, Danny McGrain (Jack Keay 86), Tommy Burns, Pat Stanton, Roddie MacDonald, Roy Aitken, Paul Wilson, Alfie Conn, Ronald Glavin, Johannes Eodvaldsson, Johnny Doyle Coach: Jock Stein Goals: Eodvaldsson 3, 30, Glavin
Match Day Programme
Thursday July 28 1977 Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia Referee: Stewart Mellings (Australia) Attendance: 10,100
AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, George Harris, Peter Wilson, Col Bennett, Harry Williams, Dave Harding, Murray Barnes, Jimmy Rooney, John Kosmina, Peter Ollerton (Peter Sharne 72), John Nyskohus Coach: Jim Shoulder Goals: Kosmina 27, Harding 61	2	-	3	Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia) Alexsander Stojanovic, Nikola Jovanovic, Zoran Jelikic, Slavoljub Muslin, Mile Novkovic (Milos Sestic 46), Dusan Nikolic, Vladislav Bogicevic, Sead Susic (Bosko Lukic 84), Vladimir Petrovic, Zoran Filipovic, Dusan Savic Coach: Gojko Zec Goals: Savic 42, Sestic 65, Filipovic 70
Match Day Programme
Sunday October 9 1977 Perry Park, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Australia Referee: Dave Nugent (Australia) Attendance: 7,000
AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly (Terry Eaton), Col Curran, Peter Wilson, Col Bennett (George Harris), Harry Williams, Peter Stone, Gary Marocchi, Dave Harding, Murray Barnes, Adrian Alston, John Nyskohus Coach: Jim Shoulder Goals: Alston, Harding pen, Barnes, Nyskohus	4	-	4	Queensland Phil Dando, George Potter, Jim Hermiston, John Wilkinson, Alan Niven, Iain Fagan, Eddie Spearritt (Boze Runje), John Patterson, Barry Kelso (Ron Millman), Alan Marley, Geoff Morris Coach: Gojko Zec Goals: Kelso, Spearritt, Marley, Morris
The Socceroos played a match against the Queensland representative team in preperation for their World Cup Qualifiers in Kuwait and Iran. The game was played as a curtain raiser to the NSL Cup Final.

Last updated: 10 December 2021.