Socceroo 1992 B Matches

Socceroo B Matches for 1992

Written by Greg Stock, Frank Scicluna and Jean-Michel Cazal. For more details see credits.


Australia participated in the 1992 Presidents Cup in Indonesia. Their first round match was against the Thailand youth side.
Played : August 10 1992 Venue : Jakarta, Indonesia
Thailand Youth
(Lineup unavailable)
0 - 1 Australia
Anthony Franken, Andrew Bernal, Mehmet Durakovic (Ian Gray 82'), Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Darren Stewart, Ernie Tapai, Mike Petersen, Greg Brown (Abbas Saad 77'), Alistair Edwards
Goal : Brown
Coach : Vic Fernandez (Australian Caretaker Coach)


Australias third preliminary match in the Presidents Cup tournament was against the South Korea youth side. There is some conjecture that this was the full senior side, since there is some doubt the match is listed as a 'B' game.
Played : August 13 1992 Venue : Jakarta, Indonesia
South Korea Youth
(Lineup unavailable)
Goal : Ko J 9
1 - 0 Australia
Anthony Franken, Andrew Bernal, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Greg Brown, Ernie Tapai (Ian Gray 70'), Mike Petersen (sent off 75'), Mike Grbevski, Alastair Edwards
Coach : Vic Fernandez (Australian Caretaker Coach)


The Australian side held a week long training camp in Europe during November. The squad played a couple of club sides for some much needed match practise ahead of more World Cup qualifiers in the new year.
Played : November 11 1992 Venue : Enschede, Netherlands
FC Twente (HOL)
(Lineup unavailable)
0 - 0 Australia
Mark Bosnich, Milan Blagojevic, Dominic Longo, Ned Zelic (Paul Okon 46'), Shaun Murphy, Tony Vidmar, Robbie Slater, Vlado Bozinovski, David Mitchell, Graham Arnold, Frank Farina
Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia)


Played : November 14 1992 Venue : Ekeren, Belgium
Germinal Ekeren (BEL)
(Lineup unavailable)
Goal : (Scorer unavailable)
1 - 2 Australia
Jason Kearton, Milan Blagojevic, Dominic Longo, Ned Zelic, Shaun Murphy, Tony Vidmar, Robbie Slater, Vlado Bozinoski, Paul Okon, Graham Arnold, Brad Maloney
Goals : Bozinoski, Okon
Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia)