1997 Australia national soccer team season

1997 season

← 1996

1998 →

The Australia national soccer team results in 1997.

Record

Type	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
Friendly matches	6	6	0	0	11	2
World Cup Qualifiers	8	6	2	0	34	5
Confederations Cup	5	2	1	2	4	8
Total	19	14	3	2	49	15

Goal scorers

Player	Goals
Aurelio Vidmar	8
John Aloisi	7
Damian Mori	6
Matthew Bingley	4
Paul Trimboli	3
Ernie Tapai	3
Harry Kewell	3
Graham Arnold	3
Mark Viduka	2
Craig Foster	2
Ned Zelic	2
Alistair Edwards	1
Robbie Hooker	1
Kevin Muscat	1
Mark Bosnich	1
Robert Slater	1
Own goals	1

Match results

Friendly matches

18 January 1997 Friendly match	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	Melbourne, Australia
	Bingley 24'	Report		Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 10,496 Referee: Eugene Brazzale

22 January 1997 Friendly match	Australia	2–1	South Korea	Brisbane, Australia
	Bingley 36' Edwards 72'	Report	76' Seok Ju	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 15,161 Referee: Simon Micallef

25 January 1997 Friendly match	Australia	1–0	Norway	Sydney, Australia
	Hooker 72'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 17,429 Referee: Eddie Lennie

12 March 1997 Friendly match	Macedonia	0–1	Australia	Skopje, Macedonia
		Report	89' A. Vidmar	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Slavko Radulovic

2 April 1997 Friendly match	Hungary	1–3	Australia	Budapest, Hungary
	Klausz 31'	Report	4', 90' A. Vidmar 90' Muscat	Stadium: Nepstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hermann Albrecht

1 October 1997 Friendly match	Tunisia	0–3	Australia	Tunis, Tunisia
		Report	1' A. Vidmar 23' Viduka 76' Bingley	Stadium: El Menzah Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Abderrahmane Ben Betka

World Cup qualifiers

11 June 1997 Second round	Australia	13–0	Solomon Islands	Sydney, Australia
	Mori 2', 15', 37', 55', 82' Aloisi 34', 54', 83', 88', 89' Foster 69' Tapai 80' Bosnich 90' (pen.)			Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Bruce Grimshaw

13 June 1997 Second round	Australia	5–0	Tahiti	Sydney, Australia
	A. Vidmar 17' Trimboli 43', 45' Arnold 46' Bingley 66'	Report		Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 2,869 Referee: Brian Precious

17 June 1997 Second round	Australia	6–2	Solomon Islands	Sydney, Australia
	Slater 16' Arnold 17' Kaierea 39' (og) Tapai 47', 51' A. Vidmar 77' (pen.)	Report	63' Peli 70' Suri	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 2,122 Referee: Brian Precious

19 June 1997 Second round	Australia	2–0	Tahiti	Sydney, Australia
	Zelic 10' Trimboli 89'	Report		Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 2,918 Referee: Bruce Grimshaw

28 June 1997 Final round	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report	18' Aloisi 42' A. Vidmar 66' Foster	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Okada Masayoshi

6 July 1997 Final round	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Zelic 6' Arnold 42'	Report		Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 14,045 Referee: Jamal Al Sharif

22 November 1997 AFC–OFC play-off	Iran	1–1	Australia	Tehran, Iran
	Azizi 40'	Report	19' Kewell	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 128,000 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

29 November 1997 AFC–OFC play-off	Australia	2–2	Iran	Melbourne, Australia
	Kewell 32' A. Vidmar 48'	Report	71' Bagheri 75' Azizi	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 98,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl

Confederations Cup

12 December 1997 Group stage	Australia	3–1	Mexico	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Viduka 45' Aloisi 60' Mori 90'	Report	81' (pen.) Hernández	Stadium: King Fahd Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert

14 December 1997 Group stage	Australia	0–0	Brazil	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
		Report		Stadium: King Fahd Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau

16 December 1997 Group stage	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Australia	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Al-Khilaiwi 40'	Report		Stadium: King Fahd Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Javier Castrilli

19 December 1997 Semi-final	Australia	1–0	Uruguay	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Kewell 90+2'	Report		Stadium: King Fahd Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov

21 December 1997 Final	Brazil	6–0	Australia	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Ronaldo 15', 28', 59' Romário 38', 53', 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: King Fahd Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert

References

Australian National Football Team Results 1997

Season results for Australia national soccer teams

Men's Senior	1922–59 1960–79 1980–89 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Women's Senior	1975-79 1980-89 1991-97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, January 21, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.