Written by Thomas Esamie, Greg Stock, Jean-Michel Cazal and Frank Scicluna. For more details see credits.
| In February 1995 the Colombian national side played a series of two internationals in Australia. The first match was played in Brisbane. This match was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 8 1995 | Venue : Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia | |||
| Australia Zeljko Kalac, Tony Vidmar, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Tony Popovic, Paul Wade, Damian Mori, Jason Polak, Stan Lazaridis, Steve Corica (Gabriel Mendez 63), John Markovski (Danny Tiatto 78) |
0 | - | 0 | Colombia Rene Higuita, Wilmer Cabrera (Hector Botero 77), Jorge Bermudez, Arley Dinas, Jose F. Santa, Bonner Mosquera, Luis Quinones (Victor Pacheco 59), Herman Gaviria, Oscar Pareja, John Jaime Gomez, Hamilton Ricard (Alonso Alcibar 61) |
| Referee : John Fraser (Australia) Linesmen : Rob Eedy, Ted Kearney (Australia) Crowd : 13212 Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Hernan Dario Gomez (Colombia) | ||||
| The second game was played at the Sydney Football Stadium. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 11 1995 | Venue : Sydney Football Stadium, Australia | |||
| Australia Zeljko Kalac, Tony Vidmar, Jason Polak, Milan Ivanovic, Tony Popovic, Alex Tobin (c), Damian Mori (John Markovski 62'), Warren Spink, Steve Horvat (Gabriel Mendez 72'), Steve Corica, Stan Lazaridis |
0 | - | 1 | Colombia Rene Higuita (Oscar Cordoba 46'), Jose Fernando Santa, Alex Fernandez, Jorge Bermudez, Hector Maria Botero, John Jaime Gomez, Victor Danilo Pancheco, Herman Gaviria, Bonner Mosquera, Arley Betancourth (Luis Quinones 65'), Hamilton Ricard Goal : Ricard 66' |
| Referee : Eugene Brazzale (Australia) Linesmen : John Bowler, Alex Spiroski (Australia) Cautions : Polak 70' Mosquera 10' Betancourth 43' Pancheco 75' Crowd : 15000 Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Hernan Dario Gomez (Colombia) | ||||
| Australia played a one-off friendly match against Japan in Sydney four days after the Colombia game. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : February 15 1995 | Venue : Sydney Football Stadium, Australia | |||
| Australia Zeljko Kalac, Tony Vidmar, Jason Polak, Steve Horvat, Tony Popovic, Alex Tobin (c), John Markovski (Danny Tiatto 69'), Warren Spink, Gabriel Mendez (Damian Mori 59'), Steve Corica, Stan Lazaridis Goals : Markovski 6' Corica 41' |
2 | - | 1 | Japan Shigetatsu Matsunaga (Noboyuki Kojima 61), Hiroshige Yanagimoto, Tetsuji Hashiratani, Masami Ihara, Tadashi Nakamura (Akira Narahashi 46), Kenta Hasegawa (Toshiya Fujita 77), Motohiro Yamaguchi, Masayiko Maezono, Hajime Moriyasu (Hisashi Kurosaki 77), Masahiro Fukuda (Tsuyoshi Kitazawa 46), Yoshiyuki Hasegawa Goal : Hasegawa 16 |
| Referee : Richard Lorenc (Australia) Linesmen : Gordon Dunster, Stewart Lockrey (Australia) Attendance : 4,541 Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Takeshi Okada and Shu Kamo (Japan) | ||||
| The Ghanaian national side toured Australia in June 1995 playing three friendly games. The first of these was in Sydney and marked the final international of striker Frank Farina. Given the captaincy armband in his final appearance, Farina was given a standing ovation by the SFS crowd as he left the field for the final time in the 78th minute. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 18 1995 | Venue : Sydney Football Stadium, Australia | |||
| Australia Zeljko Kalac, Tony Vidmar (Jason Polak 46'), Paul Okon, Milan Ivanovic, Tony Popovic, Alex Tobin, Frank Farina (c) (John Markovski 78'), Paul Wade, Graham Arnold, Steve Corica, Jason van Blerk Goals : T Vidmar 5' Arnold 37' |
2 | - | 1 | Ghana Ben Kluvi (Simon Addo 64'), Stephen Baidoo, Kasula Da Costa, Afo Dodoo, Joe Addo, Mohammed Gargo, Ebenezer Hagan, Mallam Yahya, Sam Johnson, Samuel Ablade Kumah, Whitle Goal : Kumah 82' |
| Referee : Simon Micallef (Australia) Linesmen : John Bowdler, Gordon Dunster (Australia) Attendance : 18,446 CoachesEddie Thomson (Australia), Ismael Kurtz (Ghana) | ||||
| The second match against Ghana was played in Adelaide. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 21 1995 | Venue : Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia | |||
| Australia Zeljko Kalac, Craig Moore, Jason Polak (Steve Horvat 74'), Milan Ivanovic, Ned Zelic (Paul Wade 70'), Alex Tobin (c), John Markovski (Tony Popovic 61'), Carl Veart, Aurelio Vidmar, Steve Corica, Stan Lazaridis Goal : Veart 19' |
1 | - | 0 | Ghana Simon Addo, Stephen Baidoo, Kasula Da Costa, Afo Dodoo, Joe Addo, Mohammed Gargo, Ebenezer Hagan, Mallam Yahya, Sam Johnson, Samuel Ablade Kuma, Whitle |
| Referee : Gerry Connelly (Australia) Linesmen : Michael Parry, Sam Hasic (Australia) Attendance : 7,000 Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Ismael Kurtz (Ghana) | ||||
| The final match of the three game tour was played in Perth. It was the first international match hosted in Perth for many years. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 24 1995 | Venue : WACA Ground, Perth, Australia | |||
| Australia Zeljko Kalac, Milan Ivanovic, Jason Polak, Ned Zelic, Tony Popovic, Alex Tobin, John Markovski (Joe Spiteri 70'), Carl Veart, Paul Wade (c), Graham Arnold, Stan Lazaridis |
0 | - | 1 | Ghana Simon Addo, Sam Johnson, Kasula Da Costa, Afo Dodoo, Joe Addo, Mohammed Gargo, Felix Aboagye, Mallam Yahya, Augustine Ahinful, Samuel Ablade Kumah, Ebenezer Hagan Goal : Yahya 32' |
| Referee : Eddie Lennie (Australia) Linesmen : Colin Dickson, Nial Stock (Australia) Attendance : 11,634 Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Ismael Kurtz (Ghana) | ||||
| Australia were invited to play in a one off friendly match against Argentina in Buenos Aires. The match was designed to be the first game at the new Quilmes Stadium for the Argentinian national side. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 30 1995 | Venue : Estadio Centenario, Quilmes, Argentina | |||
| Argentina Cristante, Zanetti, R Ayala, Carceres, Jose Chamot, Diego Simeone, Astrada, Gallardo (Ariel Ortega 77'), Berti, Gabriel Batistuta, Abel Balbo Goals : Balbo 7' Batistuta 89' |
2 | - | 0 | Australia Zeljko Kalac, Steve Horvat, Jason Polak (Kevin Muscat 56'), Milan Ivanovic, Ned Zelic, Alex Tobin, John Markovski (Joe Spiteri 68'), Steve Corica, Paul Wade (c) (Andrew Marth 63'), Jason van Blerk, Stan Lazaridis |
| Referee : U Aquino (Paraguay) Attendance : 20,000 Coaches : Daniel Passarella (Argentina), Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| Match Report by Thomas Esamie | ||||
| The Trans Tasman trophy and the Ocenia Cup were up for grans when Australia played New Zealand over two legs in November 1995. The first of these matches was played in Christchurch. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : November 10 1995 | Venue : Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch, New Zealand | |||
| New Zealand Jason Batty, Chris Zoricich, Rodger Gray, Andy Rennie, Alun Evans, Michael McGarry (Heremai Ngata 62'), Chris Jackson, Stu Jacobs, Simon Elliot, Darren McClennan (Mark Elrick 70'), Vaughan Coveny (Thomas Edge 85') |
0 | - | 0 | Australia Frank Juric, Milan Blagojevic, Jason Polak (Sean Cranney 70'), Milan Ivanovic, Tony Popovic, Alex Tobin (c), Danny Tiatto (John Markovski 70'), Damian Mori (Matthew Bingley 85'), Warren Spink (Paul Trimboli 72'), Andrew Marth, Robbie Hooker |
| Referee : Barry Tasker (New Zealand) Crowd : 8000 Cautions : Jacobs 7' Jackson 70' Marth 48' Coaches : Bobby Clark (New Zealand), Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| The second leg of the series was held in Newcastle. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : November 15 1995 | Venue : Breakers Stadium, Newcastle, Australia | |||
| Australia Jason Petkovic, Milan Blagojevic (Jason Polak 60'), Matthew Bingley, Milan Ivanovic, Tony Popovic, Alex Tobin, Damian Mori (Sean Cranney 73'), Paul Wade (c), Joe Spiteri (Warren Spink 80'), Paul Trimboli (John Markovski 64'), Robbie Hooker Goals : Mori 33' Wade 45'pk Spiteri 51' |
3 | - | 0 | New Zealand Jason Batty, Andy Rennie, Rodger Gray, Stu Jacobs, Darren McClennan, Chris Jackson, Simon Elliot (Michael McGarry 57'), Vaughan Coveny, Alun Evans, Thomas Edge, Alan Stroud (Chris Zoricich) |
| Referee : Simon Micallef (Australia) Linesmen : Stewart Lockrey, John Cameron (Australia) Crowd : 8858 Cautions : Evans, Gray Coaches : Eddie Thomson (Australia), Bobby Clark (New Zealand) | ||||
| Match Report by Thomas Esamie | ||||