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| The Australian squad held a European based training camp in February to get the overseas and local based players together in preparation for World Cup qualifiers later in the year. During this camp the Socceroos played three games against local club sides. | ||||
| Played : February 11 | Venue : Papendaal, Netherlands | |||
| Vitesse Arnhem (NET) (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Bob Catlin, Andrew Marth, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Dominic Longo, Ernie Tapai (Robbie Slater), Paul Wade (c), Steve Corica, Graham Arnold, Jason van Blerk (Paul Okon) Goal : Arnold |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Played : February 13 | Venue : Dortmund, Germany | |||
| Borussia Dortmund (GER) Stefan Klos, Ned Zelic, Kutowski, Schmidt, Reuter, Rummenigge, Michael Zorc, Matthias Sammer, Poschner, Flemming Povlsen, Stephane Chapuisat subs used :Schulz, Lusch, Mill, De Beer (GK), Karl, Sippel, Rene Tretschok Goals : Schmidt 11, Mill 47, 87 |
3 | - | 0 | Australia Robert Zabica, Andrew Marth, Mehmet Durakovic, Paul Okon, Alex Tobin, Dominic Longo, Robbie Slater, Paul Wade (c) (Milan Ivanovic), Steve Corica (Ernie Tapai), Graham Arnold, Lou Hristodoulou |
| Referee : Kasper (Germany) Crowd : 4200 Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Ottmar Hitzfeld (Dortmund) | ||||
| Played February 16 | Venue : Deventer, Holland | |||
| Go Ahead Eagles (HOL) (Lineup unavailable) Goals : (Scorers unavailable) |
3 | - | 0 | Australia Robert Zabica, Andrew Marth, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Milan Blagojevic (Robbie Slater), Ernie Tapai, Paul Wade (c), Vlado Bozinoski, David Mitchell, Jason van Blerk |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| The famous Italian club AC Milan toured Australia in June 1993 playing two games in two days against the Socceroos in Sydney and Melbourne. Mark Bosnich had a brilliant game in goal, beaten only by a far post tap in from his own defender. | ||||
| Played : June 16 | Venue : Sydney Football Stadium, Australia | |||
| Australia Mark Bosnich, Tony Vidmar (Matthew Bingley 81), Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Jason Polak, Milan Blagojevic, Paul Wade (c), Paul Trimboli (Warren Spink 46), Damian Mori, Stan Lazaridis |
0 | - | 1 | AC Milan (ITA) Sebastiano Rossi, Mauro Tassotti (Stefano Eranio 46), Stefano Navo (Alessandro Costacurta 53), Demetrio Albertini, Filippo Galli, Frano Baresi, Roberto Donadoni, Zvonimir Boban (Alberigo Evani 84), Jean-Pierre Papin, Fernando de Napoli, Daniele Massaro (Gianluigi Lentini 46) Goals : Vidmar 18og |
| Referee : Richard Lorenc (Australia) Crowd : 37991 Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Fabio Capello (AC Milan) | ||||
| Played : June 17 | Venue : Princess Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Australia Robert Zabica, Tony Vidmar, Mehmet Durakovic (Alex Tobin 72), Milan Ivanovic, Matthew Bingley, Jason Polak (Branko Milosevic 74), Milan Blagojevic (Damian Mori 63), Paul Wade (c), Paul Trimboli (Warren Spink 63), Aytek Genc, Stan Lazaridis |
0 | - | 2 | AC Milan (ITA) Sebastiano Rossi (Mario Ielpo 46), Stefano Eranio, Alessandro Costacurta, Demetrio Albertini (Fernando de Napoli 72), Filippo Galli, Frano Baresi (Mauro Tassotti 46), Gianluigi Lentini, Alberigo Evani, Jean-Pierre Papin (Roberto Donadoni 55), Zvonimir Boban, Marco Simone Goals : Simone 53, Lentini 63 |
| Referee : John Fraser (Australia) Crowd : 23251 Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Fabio Capello (AC Milan) | ||||
| The Socceroos next World Cup opponents were Canada in Canada, so coach Eddie Thomson assembled a squad for a week long camp in preparation for these games in Europe. While training there the squad played three friendly games against local club sides. | ||||
| Played : July 16 | Venue : Bersenberg, Germany | |||
| FC Duisberg (GER) (Lineup unavailable) Goal : (Scorer unavailable) |
1 | - | 1 | Australia Robert Zabica, Tony Vidmar, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Jason Polak, Milan Blagojevic, Paul Wade (c), Carl Veart (Steve Corica 40'), Graham Arnold, Stan Lazaridis Goal : Arnold |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Played : July 18 | Venue : Zelham, Netherlands | |||
| DeGrafschaap (NET) (Lineup unavailable) Goal : (Scorer unavailable) |
1 | - | 0 | Australia Robert Zabica, Tony Vidmar, Mehmet Durakovic (Carl Veart 82), Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Jason Polak, Milan Blagojevic, Paul Wade (c), Steve Corica, David Mitchell, Jason van Blerk (Stan Lazaridis 70) |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| The final friendly game was played against NEC Nijmegen of the Netherlands. Following this match Australia embarked for Canada and the away leg of their world cup qualifiers. | ||||
| Played : July 21 | Venue : Nijmegen, Netherlands | |||
| NEC Nijmegen (NET) (Lineup unavailable) |
0 |
- | 1 | Australia Robert Zabica, Milan Blagojevic (Tony Vidmar 46), Mehmet Durakovic (Jason Polak 46), Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Okon, Stan Lazaridis, Paul Wade (c), Steve Corica, Carl Veart (David Mitchell 32), Jason van Blerk Goal : Corica |
| Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| On the way to playing their away leg against Argentina in Buenos Aires, the Socceroos played two friendly games in Chile. The first of these was against club side Colo Colo in Santiago. | ||||
| Played : November 4 1993 | Venue : Estadio Monumental, Santiago, Chile | |||
| Colo Colo (CHI) Jose Moron, Gabriel Mendoza (Freddy Ferragut 79), Javier Baena, George Biehl, Eduardo Vilches (Fernando Vergara 65'), Miguel Ramirez, Eduardo Hurtado (Marco Etcheverry 46), Jorge Contreras (Patricio Yanez 46), Juan Castillo (Juan Carlos Alegra 86), Pedro Reyes, Leonel Herrera Goals : Castillo 32, Durakovic 49og, Etcheverry 58pk |
3 | - | 2 | Australia Robert Zabica, Milan Blagojevic, Mehmet Durakovic, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Paul Wade (c), Steve Corica, Jason Polak, Carl Veart, Tony Vidmar, Stan Lazaridis Goals : Veart 54, 67 |
| Referee : Enrique Marin (Chile) Coaches : Mirko Jozic (Colo Colo), Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| The second friendly game was against the youth side of club Universidad Catolica in Santiago, Chile. | ||||
| Played : November 11 | Venue : Estadio San Carlos, Santiago, Chile | |||
| Universidad Catolica Youth
(CHI) Patricio Toledo, Max Miller, Ivan Parra, Daniel Lopez, Marcelo Caro, Felipe Zamorano, Jose Maria Atria, Eddie Pena, Alex Santelices (Mario Salinas 59'), Ricardo Robles, Sebastian Rozental (Teodoro Picart 69') Goal : Marcelo 74' |
1 | - | 0 | Australia Robert Zabica (Mark Schwarzer 46'), Tony Vidmar (Kevin Muscat 85'), Dominic Longo, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Corica (Carl Veart 46'), Jason Polak (Milan Blagojevic 46'), Graham Arnold, Jason van Blerk (sent off 67'), Stan Lazaridis |
| Cautions : van Blerk, Durakovic,
Lazaridis (Australia) Coaches : Ignacio Prieto (Universidad Catolica Youth), Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||