Written by Greg Stock. I would appreciate any correction of errors detected. Thanks to John Punshon for the cross-referencing of material. Amendments to Red Star games by Misha Miladinovic For more details see credits.
| Following the success of the World Series tournament the previous year, the ASF decided to conduct another World Series club tournament in 1985 and invited Vasco De Gama, Tottenham Hotspur and Italians Udinese. The series was conducted in a round robin format with all teams meeting each other and the two leaders playing off in the final. Australias first assignment was against Tottenham Hotpur in Melbourne. | ||||
| Played : May 29 1985 | Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia | |||
| Australia Terry Greedy, Charlie Yankos, Gerry Gomez, David Ratcliffe, Steve O'Connor, Graham Jennings, Joe Watson, Oscar Crino (Jimmy Patikas 72), Ken Murphy, Marshall Soper (Rod Brown 62), John Kosmina Goal : Soper 32 |
1 | - | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) Ray Clemence, Thomas, Roberts, Miller (Culverhouse 77'), Bowen, Hazard (Crook 77'), Gary Mabbut, Osvaldo Ardiles, Dick, Leworthy, Falco |
| Attendance : 20,503 Coaches : Frank Arok (Australia), Peter Shreeves (Tottenham Hotspur) | ||||
| Australias next opponent was Vasco De Gama. | ||||
| Played : June 1 1985 | Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia | |||
| Australia Terry Greedy, Gerry Gomez, Steve O'Connor, Charlie Yankos, Graham Jennings, Jimmy Patikas, Oscar Crino, Zarko Odzakov, Ken Murphy (Frank Farina 74), Marshall Soper, John Kosmina |
0 | - | 1 | Vasco De Gama (BRA) Acacio, Donato, Nene, Nei (Milton Mendes 74), Ivan, Vitor, Gilberto, Claudio Jose, Mauricinho, Roberto Dinamite, Romulo (Romerio 67) Goal : Dinamite 17 |
| Attendance : 14,003 (double header) Coaches : Frank Arok (Australia), Edu (Vasco de Gama) | ||||
| Australias next opponent was Udinese in Adelaide. A win in the game guarenteed Australia a spot in the final and they made no mistake against their more fancied opponents. | ||||
| Played June 5 1985 | Venue : Football Park, Adelaide, Australia | |||
| Australia Jeff Olver, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, David Ratcliffe, Graham Jennings, Zarko Odzakov, Oscar Crino (Mike Petersen 78), Joe Watson (Jimmy Patikas 72), Ken Murphy (Rod Brown 72), John Kosmina, Marshall Soper Goals : Crino 58, Petersen 82 |
2 | - | 1 | Udinese (ITA) Brini, Galparoli, Cattaneo, Susic, De Agostini, Papais (Dominissini 65'), Miano, Gerdin, Criscimanni, Robertunho (Marcelo 46'), Carnevale Goal : Miano 68 |
| Attendance : 7,000 (double header) Coaches : Frank Arok (Australia), Luis Vinicio (Udinese) | ||||
| Australia thus qualified to play second place getter Vasco De Gama in the final. The 2-1 result saw Australia win the World Series Trophy in front of a very disappointing MCG crowd. | ||||
| Played : May 9 1985 | Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia | |||
| Australia Terry Greedy, Charlie Yankos, Steve O'Connor, David Ratcliffe, Graham Jennings, Zarko Odzakov, Joe Watson (Jimmy Patikas 66), Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy (Rod Brown 75), John Kosmina, Marshall Soper Goals : Kosmina 31, 86 |
2 | - | 1 | Vasco De Gama (BRA) Acacio, Donato, Nei, Nene, Ivan, Claudio Jose (Geovani 65), Vitor (sent off 89), Gilberto, Mauricinho, Roberto Dinamite, Romulo |
| Referee : Chris Bambridge (Australia) Cautions : Ken Murphy, Graham Jennings (Australia) Vitor, Donato, Romulo, Gilberto, Nene (Vasco De Gama) Attendance : 10,451 (double header) Coaches : Frank Arok (Australia), Edu (Vasco De Gama) | ||||
| The Yugoslavian club side Red Star Belgrade made a tour of Australia and played four games against Australia. With the 1985 World Cup qualifiers later that year these matches proved invaluable for coach Frank Arok and his charges. | ||||
| Played : July 31 1985 | Venue : Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Australia Terry Greedy, Charlie Yankos, David Ratcliffe, Steve O'Connor (Graham Arnold 74), Graham Jennings, Zarko Odzakov, Joe Watson (Jimmy Patikas 74), Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Marshall Soper, Rod Brown |
0 | - | 2 | Red Star Belgrade (YUG) Zivan Ljukovcan, Zlatko Krmpotic, Slavko Radovanovic, Dragan Miletovic, Zoran Dimitrijevic, Bosko Djurovski, Zarko Djurovic, Marko Elsner, Jovica Nikolic (Milan Ivanovic 46), Milan Jankovic (Miralem Zjajo 88), Milko Djurovski Goals : Ivanovic 69, Djurovic 73 |
| Referee : Stewart Mellings (Australia) Cautions : David Ratcliffe, Ken Murphy (Australia), Marko Elsner, Zlatko Krmpotic, Zoran Dimitrijevic (Red Star) Attendance : 7,000 Coaches : Frank Arok (Australia), Gojko Zec (Red Star Belgrade) | ||||
| Played : August 4 1985 | Venue : St George Stadium, Sydney, Australia | |||
| Australia Jeff Olver, Charlie Yankos, David Ratcliffe, Steve O'Connor, Graham Jennings (Ian Gray 46), Zarko Odzakov (Tom McCulloch 85), Joe Watson, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Marshall Soper, Graham Arnold (Jimmy Patikas 80) Goals : Crino 1, Odzakov 19, Soper 44, Arnold 56 |
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- | 1 | Red Star Belgrade (YUG) Zivan Ljukovcan, Zlatko Krmpotic, Dragan Miletovic (Milan Ivanovic 65), Slavko Radovanovic, Zoran Dimitrijevic, Zarko Djurovic (Jovica Nikolic 65), Bosko Djurovski, Marko Elsner, Milan Jankovic (Mitar Mrkela 46), Husref Musemic, Milko Djurovski Goal : Musemic 34 |
| Referee : Richard Lorenc (Australia) Cautions : Charlie Yankos (Australia) Milko Djurovski, Drago Miletovic, Slavko Radovanovic (Red Star Belgrade) Attendance : 7,544 Coaches : Frank Arok (Australia), Gojko Zec (Red Star Belgrade) | ||||
| Played August 9 1985 | Venue : Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia | |||
| Australia Jeff Olver, Graham Honeyman, David Ratcliffe, Robbie Dunn (David Mitchell 54), Graham Jennings, Zarko Odzakov, Joe Watson, Oscar Crino, Ken Murpht (Mike Petersen 66), Marshall Soper (Rod Brown 30), Graham Arnold Goal : Arnold 10 |
1 | - | 4 | Red Star Belgrade (YUG) Zivan Ljukovcan, Zlatko Krmpotic, Slavko Radovanovic, Dragan Miletovic, Zoran Dimitrijevic, Bosko Djurovski, Marko Elsner (Milan Ivanovic 46), Jovica Nikolic, Mitar Mrkela, Milko Djurovski, Husref Musemic (Milan Jankovic 46) Goals : M Djurovski 16, B Djurovski 51, 60, Mrkela 72 |
| Referee : Don Campbell (Australia) Attendance : 3,000 Coaches : Frank Arok (Australia), Gojko Zec (Red Star Belgrade) | ||||
| Played : August 11 1985 | Venue : Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Australia Terry Greedy, Charlie Yankos, David Ratcliffe, Steve O'Connor, Ian Gray, Zarko Odvakov, Joe Watson (Tom McCulloch 50), Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy (Mike Petersen), Jimmy Patikas, David Mitchell (Graham Arnold 76) Goals : Mitchell 10, Yankos 66pk, Patikas 68, Arnold 89 |
4 | - | 0 | Red Star Belgrade (YUG) Zivan Ljukovcan, Zlatko Krmpotic, Dragan Miletovic, Slavko Radovanovic, Milan Ivanovic, Jovica Nikolic, Bosko Djurovski, Zarko Djurovic (Miralem Zjajo 46), Milan Jankovic (Zlatko Krdzevic 46), Milko Djurovski, Husref Musemic (Marko Elsner 57) |
| Referee : Stewart Mellings (Australia) Cautions : Steve O'Connor, Ken Murphy (Australia) Drago Miletovic, Milan Ivanovic (Red Star Belgrade) Attendance : 5,500 Coaches : Frank Arok (Australia), Gojko Zec (Red Star Belgrade) | ||||
| Dez Marton the former St George Budapest striker was honored by the soccer fraternity with a testimonial match at St George Stadium. The Dez Marton squad of past and present players took on the Socceroos in an exhibtion match played over three 30 minute segments to give all of the Marton squad the oppurtunity to take to the field. The Socceroos who were in camp for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers used this game as a training run. This match was an exhibition game and does not count as any kind of Socceroo appearance. | ||||
| Played : September 11 1985 | Venue : St George Stadium, Sydney, Australia | |||
| Dez Marton Squad Tilsed, Skeen, Koczka, Mike O'Shea, Robert O'Shea, John O'Shea, Stone, Pedro Ricoy, Robbie Slater, Cotton, Dez Marton, Petkovski, Ralph Meier, Robert Wheatley, Tony Henderson, Vliastra, Hristovski, Howard Tredinnick, Mark Jankovics, Pat Brodnik |
0 | - | 2 | Australian XI Jeff Olver (Mike Gibson), Charlie Yankos, Ian Gray (Tom McCulloch), Robbie Dunn, David Ratcliffe, Graham Jennings, Zarko Odzakov, Ken Murphy, Oscar Crino (Joe Watson), David Mitchell (Jimmy Patikas), Graham Arnold (Frank Farina) Goals : Mitchell, McCulloch |
| Attendance : 672 Coaches : Dez Marton (Dez Marton Squad), Frank Arok (Australia) | ||||
| Australia played a second 'training' match against a Victorian All Stars team in Melbourne. The Victorian All Stars side was selected by members of the soccer press and coached by John Gardiner while the proceeds went to charity. The game was a spiteful affair while the restless crowd at Middle Park booed and jeered the Socceroos during the encounter. This match is treated as a training run and does not count as any kind of Socceroo appearance. | ||||
| Played : September 15 1985 | Venue : Middle Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Victorian All-Stars Yakka Banovic (Philip Trianedes 79), Bobby Russell (Peter Lewis 57), Gary McDowell, Steve Blair, Eddie Campbell (Zoran Ilioski 65), Josip Biskic (Chris Taylor 79), John Dowie (sent off 20), Paul Wade, Sean Lane, Charlie Egan, Doug Brown (sent off 56) Goals : Lane 60pk, McDowell 64 |
2 | - | 3 | Australia Terry Greedy, Charlie Yankos (sent off 56), Zarko Odzakov, Steve O'Connor (Robbie Dunn 41), David Ratcliffe, Graham Jennings, Joe Watson (Mike Petersen 57), Ken Murphy (Frank Farina 72), Oscar Crino, David Mitchell (Jimmy Patikas 51), John Kosmina Goals : Kosmina 13pk, 20, Farina 85 |
| Referee Chris Bambridge (Australia) Send Offs : John Dowie 20' Doug Brown 56' (Victorian All-Stars) Charlie Yankos 56' (Australia) Attendance : 2,000 Coaches : John Gardiner (Victorian All-Stars), Frank Arok (Australia) | ||||
| The Chinese national side toured Australia in late September to play for the Ampol Cup in Brisbane on September 27 (see A archive). During this tour an Australian B side played two games against the Chinese side to allow the Socceroo squad some valuable match practise ahead of World Cup qualifiers in October. These games are recognised as Socceroo B appearances. | ||||
| Played : Spetember 23 1985 | Venue : Seiffert Oval, Canberra, Australia | |||
| Australia B Yakka Banovic (Tony Franken 46), Ian Gray (Paul Carter 85), Robbie Dunn, Gary McDowell, Tom McCulloch, Frank Farina, Richard Miranda (Grant Lee 70), Mike Petersen, Paul Wade, Graham Arnold (Chris Kalantzis 53), Jimmy Patikas Goals : Petersen 50, Wade 72 |
2 | - | 0 | China (Lineup unavailable) |
| Referee : Richard Lorenc Attendance : 3,000 Coaches : John Margaritis (Australia), Nian Weisi (China) | ||||
| The second of the B matches games against China was played two days later in Sydney. | ||||
| Played : September 25 1985 | Venue : St George Stadium, Sydney, Australia | |||
| Australia B Yakka Banovic (Mike Gikson 46), Ian Gray, Robbie Dunn, Gary McDowell, Tom McCulloch, Frank Farina (Grant Lee 71), Mike Petersen, Richard Miranda, Paul Wade (Chris Kalantzis 53), Jimmy Patikas (Sean Lane 70), Graham Arnold Goal : Arnold 76 |
1 | - | 1 | China Jianping, Dong Ding, Hong Xiang, Xiu Guan, Sheng, Wang Jun, Chen Dong, Ma Lin, Hulliang, Huagun, Wu Quinli Goal : Ma Lin 28 |
| Referee : Garry Power (Australia) Attendance : 1,530 Coach : John Margaritis (Australia), Nian Weisi (China) | ||||