1995–96 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1995–96
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	Marconi Fairfield
NSL Championship	Melbourne Knights
NSL Cup	South Melbourne

The 1995–96 season was the 27th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 113th overall.

National teams

Men's senior

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

10 February 1996	Australia	1–4	Japan	Wollongong, Australia
	Awaritefe 87'	Report	Yamaguchi 35' Takagi 60', 85' Moriasu 89'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 8,396 Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)

14 February 1996	Australia	3–0	Japan	Melbourne, Australia
	Mori 15' Spiteri 70' Bingley 74'	Report		Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 4,397

25 February 1996	Australia	0–2	Sweden	Brisbane, Australia
		Report	Andersson 86', 87'	Stadium: Lang Park Referee: Eugene Brazzale (Australia)

28 February 1996	Australia	0–0	Sweden	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 13,905 Referee: Eddie Lennie (Australia)

27 March 1996	Scotland	1–0	Australia	Glasgow, Scotland
	McCoist 53'	Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 20,608

24 April 1996	Chile	3–0	Australia	Antofagasta, Chile
	Zamorano 52', 82' Valencia 62'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Regional Attendance: 30,000

1996 OFC Nations Cup

10 November 1995 Semi-finals 1st Leg	New Zealand	0–0	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Park Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Barry Tasker (New Zealand)

15 November 1995 Semi-finals 2nd Leg	Australia	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	New Zealand	Newcastle, Australia
	Mori 33' Wade 45' (pen.) Spiteri 51'	Report		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 8,858 Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

Women's senior

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

24 March 1996	Australia	3–0	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand
	Salisbury ?' Peters ?' Boyd ?'	Report		Stadium: Ken Maunder Park

25 March 1996	South Korea	0–1	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report	Casagrande 67'	Stadium: Ken Maunder Park

29 March 1996	Australia	1–2	South Korea	Auckland, New Zealand
	Boyd 4'	Report	Sung-mi 10' Yun-hee 56'	Stadium: Ken Maunder Park

30 March 1996	New Zealand	0–2	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report	Hughes 6' Boyd 55'	Stadium: Ken Maunder Park

1995 Women's U.S. Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States (C, H)	3	3	0	15	3	+12	9
2	Norway	3	2	1	15	3	+12	6
3	Australia	3	1	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	3	24	−21	0

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

29 July 1995	Norway	2–0	Australia	Massachusetts, United States
	Medalen 20' Pettersen 56'	Report		Stadium: Foley Stadium

3 August 1995	United States	4–2	Australia	New Jersey, United States
	Lilly 14' Hamm 24', 84' Akers 35'	Report	Iannotta 23' Casagrande 34'	Stadium: Rutgers Soccer Stadium

3 August 1995	Australia	3–2	Chinese Taipei	Richmond, United States
	Tann ?' (pen.) Casagrande ?' Pentecost ?', ?'	Report	?', ?'	Stadium: Richmond Stadium

Men's under-23

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

19 May 1996	United States	0–2	Australia	Indianapolis, United States
		Report	Viduka 53', 59'	Attendance: 2,211 Referee: Ted Covaciu (United States)

1996 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (C, H)	8	6	0	2	48	4	+44	18	Advance to play-off
2	New Zealand	8	6	0	2	28	9	+19	18
3	Fiji	8	3	1	4	12	21	−9	10
4	Solomon Islands	8	2	2	4	6	22	−16	8
5	Vanuatu	8	1	1	6	5	43	−38	4

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

13 January 1996	Australia	9–1	Vanuatu	Adelaide, Australia
	Mendez 28', 47' (pen.) Spiteri 30', 45', 65' Tiatto 51' Viduka 62', 83' Tome 72'	Report	Mermer 66'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: ^[1] Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

17 January 1996	Solomon Islands	2–0^[a]	Australia	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Muscat 23' Mendez 27' (pen.) Aloisi 47' Tiatto 88'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Kaltatak Kalokis (Vanuatu)

19 January 1996	Australia	10–0	Fiji	Adelaide, Australia
	Viduka 29', 76' Aloisi 32' Mendez 50' (pen.), 64' Lozanovski 63', 65' Milicic 71' Tome 81', 83'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

21 January 1996	New Zealand	0–5	Australia	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Spiteri 1', 16', 55' Lozanovski 20' Viduka 57'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

25 January 1996	Vanuatu	0–12	Australia	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Bilokapic 2', 56' Milicic 6', 31' Bacak 21', 39', 44' Lozanovski 29', 79', 88' Tome 61' Tiatto 72'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

27 January 1996	Australia	7–0	Solomon Islands	Adelaide, Australia
	Moore 14' Spiteri 30', 48' Mendez 40' (pen.), 90' Viduka 42' Casserly 51'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium

29 January 1996	Fiji	0–5	Australia	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Aloisi 3' Viduka 58' Tiatto 69' Lozanovski 80' Tome 89'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Massino Ravieno (Tahiti)

31 January 1996	Australia	0–1	New Zealand	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Elliott 55'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Massino Ravieno (Tahiti)

1996 Summer Olympics qualification

Inter-continental play-off

26 May 1996	Canada	2–2	Australia	Edmonton, Canada
	Xausa 21', 88'	Report	Viduka 53', 59'	Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 13,049 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

2 June 1996	Australia	5–0 (7–2 agg.)	Canada	Sydney, Australia
	Foxe 16' Lozanovski 58' Viduka 82' Agostino 85' Muscat 87'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 25,809 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Men's under-17

Results and fixtures

1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Qatar	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: RSSSF

4 August 1995	Australia	2–2	Spain	Riobamba, Ecuador
14:15	Allsopp 16', 73'	Report	Duarte 55' (pen.) Mista 73'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

6 August 1995	Nigeria	2–0	Australia	Riobamba, Ecuador
12:00	Anyamkyegh 59' Obiorah 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Roger Zambrano (Ecuador)

9 August 1995	Qatar	0–3	Australia	Riobamba, Ecuador
12:00		Report	Kewell 43' (pen.) Allsopp 48', 56'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

Knockout stage

13 August 1995 Quarter-finals	Brazil	3–1	Australia	Portoviejo, Ecuador
14:00	Rodrigo 14' Kléber 65' Antônio 75'	Report	Allsopp 32'	Stadium: Estadio Reales Tamarindos Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Antonio Maruffo (Mexico)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Marconi Fairfield	33	17	9	7	58	35	+23	60	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Melbourne Knights (C)	33	17	8	8	50	28	+22	59
3	UTS Olympic	33	17	8	8	55	41	+14	59
4	Brisbane Strikers	33	17	6	10	54	35	+19	57
5	Adelaide City	33	15	9	9	65	40	+25	54
6	Sydney United	33	14	12	7	47	33	+14	54
7	West Adelaide	33	16	5	12	49	43	+6	53
8	South Melbourne	33	14	4	15	50	56	−6	46
9	Canberra Cosmos	33	8	11	14	48	61	−13	35
10	Morwell Falcons	33	9	8	16	35	65	−30	35
11	Wollongong City	33	5	5	23	31	63	−32	20
12	Newcastle Breakers	33	4	5	24	35	77	−42	17

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

NSL Cup

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Final

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27 January 1996

South Melbourne	3–1	Newcastle Breakers
Coveny 22', 74' Panopoulos 35' (pen.)	Report	Hickman 49'

Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Simon Micallef

Notes

^ Australia won the match 4–0, but were penalised for fielding an ineligible player. Solomon Islands were awarded a 2–0 win on 23 January.

References

^ "Olyroo Matches for 1996". ozfootball.net.
^ "1995-96 Season A-League Table". OzFootball.
^ Esamie, Thomas. "1995/6 Johnnie Walker Cup Results 1st Round". OzFootball.
^ Esamie, Thomas. "1995/6 Johnnie Walker Cup Results". OzFootball.

External links

Football Australia official website

[2] Australia won the match 4–0, but were penalised for fielding an ineligible player. Solomon Islands were awarded a 2–0 win on 23 January.

[1] "Olyroo Matches for 1996". ozfootball.net.

[3] "1995-96 Season A-League Table". OzFootball.

[4] Esamie, Thomas. "1995/6 Johnnie Walker Cup Results 1st Round". OzFootball.

[5] Esamie, Thomas. "1995/6 Johnnie Walker Cup Results". OzFootball.

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