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| The Czechoslovakian national squad toured Australia in early 1991 playing two friendly games against the Socceroos. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : January 30 1991 | Venue : Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Australia Robert Zabica, Mehmet Durakovic, Andrew Bernal (Paul Trimboli 76), Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Alan Davidson, Paul Wade, Brank Milosevic, Aurelio Vidmar (Andrew Zinni 55), Warren Spink, Alistair Edwards |
0 | - | 1 | Czechoslovakia Petr Kouba, Alois Grussmann (Pavel Hapal 69), Dusan Tittel, Jaroslav Silhavy, Bartolomej Jurasko, Jiri Nemec, Ondrej Kristofik, Karel Kula (Petr Holota 81), Ladislav Pecko (Gunter Bittengel 84), Pavel Kuka (Roman Sedlacek 78), Roman Kukleta Goal : Kristofik 44 |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia),
Milan Macala (CSSR) Referee : Christopher Bambridge (Australia) Crowd : 6854 | ||||
| The second game was played in Sydney. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 6 1991 | Venue : Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia | |||
| Australia Robert Zabica, Ned Zelic (Tony Vidmar 61), Andrew Bernal, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Alan Davidson (Warren Spink 65), Paul Wade, Branko Milosevic, Aurelio Vidmar (Andrew Zinni 60), David Lowe (Paul Okon 72), Alistair Edwards |
0 | - | 2 | Czechoslovakia Petr Kouba, Pavel Hapal, Dusan Tittel, Jaroslav Silhavy, Michal Hipp, Jiri Nemec, Ondrej Kristofik (Alois Grussmann 82), Karel Kula (Bartolomej Jurasko 80), Ladislav Pecko (Pavel Kuka 65), Roman Kukleta, Roman Sedlacek (Gunter Bittengel 46) Goals : Kula 59, Grussmann 87 |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia),
Milan Macala (CSSR) Referee : John McConnell (Australia) Crowd : 8221 | ||||
| The Trans Tasman trophy was up for grabs when Australia took on New Zealand over two legs in May. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : May 12 1991 | Venue : QEII Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand | |||
| New Zealand Clint Gosling, Michael Ridenton, Rodger Gray, Ceri Evans, Anthony Ferris, Alan Carville (Thomas Edge 85), Danny Halligan, Michael McGarry, Robert Ironside, Noel Barkley (Brian Roberts 55), Declan Edge |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Robert Zabica, Mehmet Durakovic, Andrew Marth, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Andrew Callanan, Paul Wade, Branko Milosevic (Aytek Genc 75'), Aurelio Vidmar (Ian Gray 68'), Paul Trimboli (David Lowe 65'), Greg Brown Goal : Milosevic 44 |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia),
Ian Marshall (New Zealand) Referee : Gary Fleet (New Zealand) Crowd : 8000 | ||||
| The second leg was played in Adelaide. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : May 15 1991 | Venue : Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia | |||
| Australia Robert Zabica, Ian Gray, Andrew Marth, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Andrew Callanan, Paul Wade, Mike Petersen, Aurelio Vidmar, David Lowe, Greg Brown Goals : Petersen 46, A Vidmar 50 |
2 | - | 1 | New Zealand Clint Gosling, Michael Ridenton, Rodger Gray, Lightbown (Jorgensen), Ceri Evans, Robert Ironside, Michael McGarry, Danny Halligan (Anthony Ferris), Declan Edge, Brian Roberts, Thomas Edge Goal : Roberts 75 |
| Referee : B Monteverde (Australia) Crowd : 6500 Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| On June 1 Australia played a one off game against the touring English side. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 1 1991 | Venue : Sydney Football Stadium, Australia | |||
| Australia Robert Zabica, Ian Gray, Mehmet Durakovic, Ned Zelic, Alex Tobin, Tony Vidmar, Paul Wade, Mike Petersen, Aurelio Vidmar, Graham Arnold, Ernie Tapai (Greg Brown 72') |
0 | - | 1 | England Christopher Woods, Gary Parker, Desmond Walker, Mark Wright, Stuart Pearce, Geoff Thomas, David Batty, David Platt, Nigel Clough, Gary Lineker (Dennis Wise 81), David Hirst (John Salako 46) Goal : Gray 40og |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia),
Graham Taylor (England) Referee : Barry Tasker (New Zealand) Crowd : 35742 | ||||
| In June, Australia participated in the prestigous President's Cup in South Korea. Playing a number of 'B' sides in the preliminary matches (see B archive), the Socceroos qualified to meet the host nation in the final. Unfortunately it was South Korea who won the match after the game went to penalties with the score locked 0-0 at full-time with 4-3. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 14 1991 | Venue : Tongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea | |||
| South Korea Choi In-Young, Soo Gu, Choi Hang Kee, J.Park, Yoon Deuk-Do, Y.Lee, M.Cho, Choi Sun Ho, H.Kim, Kim Joo Sung, Ko Jung-Woon. |
0 | - | 0 | Australia Robert Zabica, Milan Blagojevic, Mehmet Durakovic, Ned Zelic, Alex Tobin, Andrew Marth, Paul Wade, Mike Petersen (Ernie Tapai 105'), Aurelio Vidmar, Graham Arnold, Greg Brown (Branko Milosevic 76') |
| Referee : Witaya Wongsmarn (Thailand) Crowd : 16,000 Coaches : Jae Wook Koh (South Korea) and Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||