Australia national soccer team results (1950–1979)

This is a list of the Australia national soccer team results from 1950 to 1979.

Australia national soccer team results

1950s

1950
11 June 1950 Friendly Southern Rhodesia  0–5  Australia Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Report Johns  6', ?'
Parsons  51'
Hulme  ?', ?'		 Stadium: Old Harrarians
Attendance: 5,000
17 June 1950 Friendly Southern Rhodesia  1–4  Australia Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia
Badenhorst  ?' Report Johns  ?'
Sanders  ?', ?'
Hulme  ?'		 Stadium: Queen's Ground
Attendance: 6,000
24 June 1950 Friendly South Africa  3–2  Australia Durban, South Africa
Claasens  14', 82'
Botha  69'		 Report Nunn  38'
Hulme ?'		 Stadium: Kingsmead
Attendance: 20,000
1 July 1950 Friendly South Africa  2–1  Australia Johannesburg, South Africa
Claasens  33', 46' Report Nunn  70' (pen.) Stadium: Ellis Park Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
8 July 1950 Friendly South Africa  1–2  Australia Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Claasens  54' Report Parsons  64', 70' Stadium: St George's Park
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: A Finlay (South Africa)
23 July 1950 Friendly South Africa  0–2  Australia Cape Town, South Africa
Report Nunn  49', 71' Stadium: Hartleyvale Stadium
Attendance: 12,000

1954
14 August 1954 Friendly Australia  1–2  New Zealand Melbourne, Australia
Robertson  75' Report King  5'
Steele  7'		 Stadium: Melbourne Showgrounds
Referee: G Gatt (Australia)
28 August 1954 Friendly Australia  4–1  New Zealand Brisbane, Australia
Robertson  ?'
Stewart  ?', ?'
Lennard  ?'		 Report Ted Smith  ?' Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: V Robertson (Australia)
4 September 1954 Friendly Australia  4–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Murphy  ?'
Nunn  ?', ?'
Stewart  ?'		 Report Steele  ?' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 5,798
Referee: Dick Thorpe (Australia)

1955
3 September 1955 Friendly Australia  0–3  South Africa Brisbane, Australia
Report Palmer  2'
Paton  ?'
Hughes  88'		 Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground
Attendance: 5,640
Referee: Bill Malcolm (Australia)
10 September 1955 Friendly Australia  0–2  South Africa Melbourne, Australia
Report Palmer  84'
Hughes  86'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
17 September 1955 Friendly Australia  0–8  South Africa Adelaide, Australia
Report Rufus  ?', ?'
Hughes  ?', ?'
Paton  ?', ?'
Jacques  ?'
Palmer  ?'		 Stadium: Kensington Oval
24 September 1955 Friendly Australia  0–6  South Africa Sydney, Australia
Report Hughes  ?', ?'
Patton  ?'
Palmer  ?'
Le Roux  ?'
Wilson ?' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
1 October 1955 Friendly Australia  1–4  South Africa Newcastle, Australia
Vairy  39' Report Hughes  ?', ?', ?'
Le Roux  ?'		 Stadium: Newcastle Sports Ground
Attendance: 2,907
Referee: G Muir (Australia)

1956
27 November 1956 1956 Summer Olympics First Round Australia  2–0  Japan Melbourne, Australia
McMillan  26' (pen.)
Loughran  61'		 Report Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 3,568
Referee: R Lund (New Zealand)
1 December 1956 1956 Summer Olympics Semi-final Australia  2–4  India Melbourne, Australia
Morrow  17'  41' Report D'Souza  9'  33'  50'
Kittu  80'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
12 December 1956 Friendly Australia  1–7  India Sydney, Australia
Vogler  ?' Report Banerjee ?', ?'
D'Souza  ?', ?'
Kittu  ?', ?'
Banerjee ?'		 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ron Wright (Australia)

1958
16 August 1958 Friendly New Zealand  2–3  Australia Wellington, New Zealand
Aird  30' (pen.)
Hume  ?'		 Report Loughrin  14'
Nunn  44'
Adair  70'		 Stadium: Basin Reserve
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: M Swain (New Zealand)
23 August 1958 Friendly New Zealand  2–2  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Steel  11', 46' Report Aird  42' (o.g.)
Vogler  ?'		 Stadium: Carlaw Park
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: R Lund (New Zealand)

1960s

1965
21 November 1965 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round North Korea  6–1  Australia Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Pak Doo-ik 15'
Pak Seung-zin  54', 80'
Han Bong-zin  65', 88'
Im Seung-hwi  58'		 Report Scheinflug  70' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Olympique
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Nice (Malaysia)
24 November 1965 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round North Korea  3–1  Australia Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Kim Seung-il  18', 75'
Pak Seung-zin  53'		 Report Scheinflug  15' Stadium: Stade Olympique
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: de Silva (Singapore)
26 November 1965 Friendly Cambodia  0–0  Australia Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Report Stadium: Stade Olympique
29 November 1965 Friendly Hong Kong  1–0  Australia Wan Chai, Hong Kong
McLaren  22' Report Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
3 December 1965 Friendly Taiwan  1–3  Australia Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Cheung Chi Wai  50' (pen.) Report Blue  5', 7', 58' Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 13,800
Referee: Fred Prattlett (Hong Kong)
7 December 1965 Friendly Malaysia  0–3  Australia Ipoh, Malaysia
Report Todd  54'
Johnson  65'
Scheinflug  84' (pen.)		 Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 300
8 December 1965 Friendly Malaysia  0–1  Australia Ipoh, Malaysia
Report Aird  42' (o.g.)
Peason  ?'		 Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 1,000

1967
28 May 1967 Friendly Australia  0–1  Scotland Sydney, Australia
Report Ferguson  ?' Stadium: Sydney Showground
Attendance: 34,792
Referee: W Hosie (South Australia)
31 May 1967 Friendly Australia  1–2  Scotland Adelaide, Australia
Baartz  ?' Report Townsend  30'
Morgan  ?'		 Stadium: Norwood Oval
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: D Maitland (Victoria)
3 June 1967 Friendly Australia  0–2  Scotland Melbourne, Australia
Report Ferguson  ?', ?' Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Tony Boskovic (NSW)
5 November 1967 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup Australia  5–3  New Zealand Saigon, South Vietnam
Abonyi  ?', ?', ?'
Warren  ?'
Baartz  ?'		 Report Mears  ?'
Nemeth  ?'
Shaw  ?'		 Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hong Duk Yong (Korea Republic)
7 November 1967 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup South Vietnam  0–1  Australia Saigon, South Vietnam
Report Warren  35' Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
11 November 1967 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup Australia  5–1  Singapore Saigon, South Vietnam
Abonyi  ?', ?', ?'
Warren  ?'
Baartz  53'		 Report ?  ?' (pen.) Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
12 November 1967 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup Malaysia  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Australia Saigon, South Vietnam
Report Baartz  117' Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
14 November 1967 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup South Korea  2–3  Australia Saigon, South Vietnam
Lee Young Kewn  1'
Huh Yoon-jung  ?'		 Report Vojtek  36'
Abonyi  ?'
Warren  ?'		 Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
17 November 1967 Friendly Indonesia  0–2  Australia Jakarta, Indonesia
Report Baartz  37'
Abonyi  43'		 Stadium: Bung Karno Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
21 November 1967 Friendly Singapore  1–6  Australia Singapore
?  ?' Report Abonyi  ?', ?'
Westwater  ?'
Micic  ?'
McColl  ?'
Vojtek  ?'		 Attendance: 4,000
26 November 1967 Friendly Malaysia  0–4  Australia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Report Vojtek  ?', ?'
McColl  ?'
Abonyi  ?'		 Attendance: 500

1968
30 March 1968 Friendly Australia  2–2  Japan Sydney, Australia
McColl  46'
Blue  83'		 Report
Report		 Kamamoto  18', 65' Attendance: 8,646
31 March 1968 Friendly Australia  3–1  Japan Melbourne, Australia
Scheinflug  35'
Vojtek  42'
Baartz  88'		 Report
Report		 Y. Kuwahara  32' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 9,974
4 April 1968 Friendly Australia  1–3  Japan Adelaide, Australia
McColl  70' Report
Report		 Sugiyama  80'
Kamamoto  84', 88'		 Attendance: 6,127

1969
20 July 1969 Friendly Australia  1–0  Greece Sydney, Australia
Abonyi  60' (pen.) Report Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 30,155
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
23 July 1969 Friendly Australia  2–2  Greece Brisbane, Australia
Vojtek  48'
Baartz  62'		 Report Dedes  19', 46'
Kritikopoulos 		Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Attendance: 10,037
Referee: Harold Parsons (Australia)
27 July 1969 Friendly Australia  0–2  Greece Melbourne, Australia
Report Dedes  22'
Papaioannou  55'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 24,416
Referee: Vince Dobinson (Australia)
10 October 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round Japan  1–3  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Watanabe  11' Report McColl  5'
Ogi  68' (o.g.)
Baartz  69'		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: P Nice (Malaysia)
14 October 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round South Korea  1–2  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Lee Lee Woo  45' Report Watkiss  37'
McColl  82'		 Attendance: 25,000
Referee: G Suppiah (Singapore)
16 October 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round Japan  1–1  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Miyamoto  4' Report McColl  39'
20 October 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round South Korea  1–1  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Park Soo Il  29' Report Baartz  58' Attendance: 25,000
23 November 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Second Round Rhodesia  1–1  Australia Laurenco Marques, Mozambique
Chalmers  63' Report McColl  68' Stadium: Estádio Salazar
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Saldanha Antonio Ribeiro (Portugal)
27 November 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Second Round Rhodesia  0–0  Australia Laurenco Marques, Mozambique
Report Stadium: Estádio Salazar
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Saldanha Antonio Ribeiro (Portugal)
29 November 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Second Round Rhodesia  1–3  Australia Laurenco Marques, Mozambique
Chalmers  49' Report Rutherford  12'
Tigere  22' (o.g.)
Warren  56'		 Stadium: Estádio Salazar
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Saldanha Antonio Ribeiro (Portugal)
4 December 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Israel  1–0  Australia Ramat Gan, Israel
Zeman  16' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
14 December 1969 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  1–1  Israel Sydney, Australia
Watkiss  88' Report Spiegler  78' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

1970s

1970
10 November 1970 Friendly Israel  0–1  Australia Ramat-Gan, Israel
Report Richards  50' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
17 November 1970 Friendly Greece  1–3  Australia Athens, Greece
Eleftherakis  22' Report Alston  11'
Mackay  23'
Blue  77'		 Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nikos Yannopoulos (Greece)
2 December 1970 Friendly Mexico  3–0  Australia Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
Valdivia  40', 80'
Raúl Gómez  55'		 Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abel Aguilar (Mexico)

1971
11 November 1971 Friendly Australia  2–2  Israel Brisbane, Australia
Tolson  19'
Alston  72'		 Report Calderon  11'
Spiegler  63'		 Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 5,040
Referee: Vince Dobinson (Australia)
14 November 1971 Friendly Australia  1–0  Israel Sydney, Australia
Ainslie  12' Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,282
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
21 November 1971 Friendly Australia  1–3  Israel Melbourne, Australia
Baartz  87' Report Rosen  15'
Shaharabani  46', 84'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 9,639
Referee: Roger Lamb (Australia)

1972
7 October 1972 Friendly Indonesia  1–4  Australia Jakarta, Indonesia
Kadir  83' (pen.) Report Buljevic  52', 88'
Tolson  60'
Baartz  78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Senayan Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Achmad Karim (Indonesia)
9 October 1972 Friendly Australia  3–1  New Zealand Jakarta, Indonesia
Abonyi  26'
Baartz  54'
Warren  76'		 Report Vest  7' Stadium: Senayan Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kosasih Kartadiredja (Indonesia)
15 October 1972 Friendly South Vietnam  0–1  Australia Saigon, South Vietnam
Report Buljevic  35' Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium
Attendance: 23,000
22 October 1972 Friendly South Korea  1–1  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Lee Chan Man  ?' Report Tolson  12' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kim Ju Won (Korea Republic)
24 October 1972 Friendly South Korea  0–2  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Report Baartz  12'
Armstrong  42'		 Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Mang Myung Sup (Korea Republic)
29 October 1972 Friendly Philippines  0–6  Australia Manila, Philippines
Report Abonyi  29' (pen.)
Buljevic 52'
Butler  64'
Warren  66'
Utesenovic  75'
Richards  ?'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Julian Esguarra (Philippines)

1973
14 February 1973 Friendly Australia  2–2  Bulgaria Sydney, Australia
Buljevic  59'
Tolson  72' (pen.)		 Report Vasilev  31'
Mihaylov  44'		 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 14,163
Referee: Roger Lamb (Australia)
16 February 1973 Friendly Australia  1–3  Bulgaria Adelaide, Australia
Baartz  29' Report Bogomilov  22'
Pritargov  27'
Mihaylov  81'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 8,576
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
18 February 1973 Friendly Australia  0–2  Bulgaria Melbourne, Australia
Report Pritargov  22'
Dermendzhiev  57'		 Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 9,204
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
4 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) New Zealand  1–1  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Turner  57' Report Campbell  85' Stadium: Newmarket Ground
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Tak Luk (Hong Kong)
11 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) Australia  3–1  Iraq Sydney, Australia
Richards  49'
Alston  80', 85'		 Report Nuri  90' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 28,514
Referee: Govindsamy Suppiah (Singapore)
13 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) Australia  2–1  Indonesia Sydney, Australia
Campbell  22'
Alston  42'		 Report Iswadi  36' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 12,763
Referee: Dau Van Dzu (South Vietnam)
16 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) Australia  3–3  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Utjesenovic  11'
Baartz  19'
Buljevic  26'		 Report Vest  10'
Tindall  50'
Hogg  86' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 14,071
Referee: K Mahendron Malaysia
18 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) Australia  0–0  Iraq Melbourne, Australia
Report Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 10,684
Referee: Masatoshi Nagashima (Japan)
24 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Group 2) Australia  6–0  Indonesia Sydney, Australia
Mackay  3', 40'
Abonyi  23', 54'
Richards  72'
Baartz  78'		 Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 12,390
Referee: Masatoshi Nagashima (Japan)
18 August 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Final) Australia  3–0  Iran Sydney, Australia
Alston  43'
Abonyi  46'
Wilson  85'		 Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 30,881
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
24 August 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Zone B (Final) Iran  2–0  Australia Tehran, Iran
Ghelichkhani  14' (pen.), 31' Report Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Pavel Kasakov (Soviet Union)
28 October 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  0–0  South Korea Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 32,005
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
11 November 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round South Korea  2–2  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Kim Jae-han  15'
Koe Jae Wook  30'		 Report Buljevic  31'
Baartz  47'		 Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Arie Van Gemert (Netherlands)
13 November 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round South Korea  0–1  Australia Hong Kong
Report Mackay  70' Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Arie Van Gemert (Netherlands)

1974
25 April 1974 Friendly Australia  0–0  Uruguay Melbourne, Australia
Report Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 20,283
Referee: Peter Ramplay (Australia)
27 April 1974 Friendly Australia  2–0  Uruguay Sydney, Australia
Baartz  59'
Ollerton  84'		 Report Garisto  76' Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 25,708
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
21 May 1974 Friendly Australia  2–1  Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
Wilson  77'
Curran  80'		 Report Waskito  89' Stadium: Senayan Stadium
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Juremi (Indonesia)
28 May 1974 Friendly Israel  2–1  Australia Tel Aviv, Israel
Feygenbaum  58', 88' Report Mackay  89' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
14 June 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 1 East Germany  2–0  Australia Hamburg, West Germany
Curran (o.g.)  58'
Streich  72';		 Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
18 June 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 1 West Germany  3–0  Australia Hamburg, West Germany
Overath  12'
Cullmann  34'
Müller  53'		 Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel (Egypt)
22 June 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 1 Australia  0–0  Chile West Berlin, West Germany
  Richards  37'  83'[1][2] Report   Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 14,681
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)


1975
6 August Friendly Australia  1–0  China PR Melbourne, Australia
 Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stuart Mellings (Australia)
16 November 1975 Friendly Australia  0–0  Soviet Union Perth, Australia
Report Stadium: Perry Lakes Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
20 November 1975 Friendly Australia  0–3  Soviet Union Adelaide, Australia
Report Shepel  29'
Yevryuzhikhin  39'
Gershkovich  57'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 8,135
Referee: Brian Green (Australia)
23 November 1975 Friendly Australia  1–2  Soviet Union Melbourne, Australia
Campbell  35' Report Yakubik  71'
Kozlov  78'		 Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Stuart Mellings (Australia)
26 November 1975 Friendly Australia  0–0  Soviet Union Brisbane, Australia
Report Yakubik  36' Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Attendance: 6,845
Referee: Des Miles (Australia)
30 November 1975 Friendly Australia  2–3  Soviet Union Sydney, Australia
Ollerton  21'
Barnes  43'		 Report Gershkovich  43'
Yakubik  47'
Gavrilov  ?'		 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
3 December 1975 Friendly Australia  1–1  Soviet Union Newcastle, Australia
Ollerton  ?' Report Gutzayev  ?' Stadium: Newcastle Showground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

1976
29 February 1976 Friendly Australia  1–0  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Harding  79' Report Stadium: Newmarket Park
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
2 March 1976 Friendly Australia  3–1  New Zealand Melbourne, Australia
Barnes  ?'
Ollerton  ?'
Abonyi  ?'		 Report Taylor  ?' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Referee: Stuart Mellings (Australia)
11 August 1976 Friendly Australia  0–1  Hong Kong Canberra, Australia
Report Tang Hung Chong  12' Stadium: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
18 August 1976 Friendly Australia  2–0  Hong Kong Gosford, Australia
Abonyi  12'
Harding  27'		 Report Stadium: Graham Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
20 October 1976 Friendly Australia  1 – 1  Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
Abonyi  5' Report Rizal  83'
22 October 1976 Friendly Australia  1–0  Singapore Singapore
Ollerton  48' Report Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Lee (Singapore)
24 October 1976 Friendly Australia  2–0  Hong Kong Hong Kong
Abonyi  35' (pen.)
Nyskohus  44'		 Report Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
29 October 1976 Friendly China PR  0–2  Australia Canton, China
Report Ollerton  ?', ?' Stadium: Yui Siu Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
3 November 1976 Friendly Australia  1 – 1  Israel Ramat Gan, Israel
Wilson  56' Report Damti  42' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rene Mathieu (Switzerland)

1977
12 February 1977 Friendly Australia  1 – 1  Israel Melbourne, Australia
Ollerton  58' Report Damti  10' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Barry Harwood (Australia)
16 February 1977 Friendly Australia  1–1  Israel Sydney, Australia
Muniz  59' Report Schweitzer  72' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Des Miles (Australia)
13 March 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round (Group 5) Australia  3–0  Taiwan Ba, Fiji
Rooney  8', 46'
Abonyi  16'		 Report Attendance: 8,000
Referee: P Watana (Thailand)
19 March 1977 Friendly Australia  0–1  Fiji Suva, Fiji
Report Okete  75' Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Bob Khan (Fiji)
16 March 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round (Group 5) Australia  2 – 1  Taiwan Ba, Fiji
Kosmina  35'
Abonyi  58'		 Report Fang Shin-sing  29' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: G Vijit (Thailand)
27 March 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round (Group 5) Australia  3 – 1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Ollerton  60', 85'
Kosmina  72'		 Report Nelson  4' Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Referee: Cham Tam Sun (Hong Kong)
30 March 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round (Group 5) Australia  1 – 1  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Ollerton  18' Report Nelson  ?' Stadium: Newmarket Park
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong)
10 July 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  3 – 0  Hong Kong Adelaide, Australia
Kosmina  27', 84'
Barnes  46'		 Report Attendance: 11,000
Referee: W Hungerbuehler (Switzerland)
14 August 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  0 – 1  Iran Melbourne, Australia
Report Rowshan  68' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Franz Wohrer (Austria)
28 August 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  2 – 1  South Korea Sydney, Australia
Kosmina  63', 75' Report Cha Bum-kun  23' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
16 October 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  1 – 2  Kuwait Sydney, Australia
Rooney  40' Report Kamil  41' (pen.)
Aziz  49'		 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
23 October 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  0 – 0  South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Report Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
30 October 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  5–2  Hong Kong Hong Kong
Ollerton  18', 21', 27'
Abonyi  59' (pen.)
Bennett  86'		 Report Tang Hung Cheong  66'
Chung Chor Wai  80'		 Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
13 November 1977 Friendly Australia  2–0  Singapore Singapore
Ollerton  ?'
Abonyi  ?'		 Report Stadium: Singapore Stadium
19 November 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  0–1  Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
Report Faisal Al-Dakhil  51' Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
25 November 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Final Round Australia  0–1  Iran Tehran, Iran
Report Jahani  44' Stadium: Ayramehr Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

1978
11 June 1978 Friendly Australia  1–2  Greece Melbourne, Australia
Cole  63' Report Ifandidis  63', 77' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
14 June 1978 Friendly Australia  0–1  Greece Adelaide, Australia
Report Ifandidis  71' Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 9,502
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
18 June 1978 Friendly Australia  1–1  Greece Sydney, Australia
Barnes  77' (pen.) Report Karavitis  12' Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: David Yelland (Australia)

1979
13 June 1979 Friendly New Zealand  1–0  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Ormond  58' Report Stadium: Newmarket Park
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Tom Delahunty (New Zealand)
27 November 1979 Friendly Taiwan  0–2  Australia Taipei, Taiwan
Report Cumming  43'
Cole  74'		 Attendance: 2,000

References
    1. While the official match reports show Richards as having been booked twice (in the 37th and 83rd minutes), the referee showed Richards cards on four occasions. He was shown the red card several minutes after being shown his third yellow card. Refer to next reference.
    2. "World Cup countdown No.28: Zinedine Zidane gets 28th red card of 2006 finals". news.com.au. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
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