Australia men's national soccer team results (1950–1979)

This article provides details of international soccer games played by the Australia men's national soccer team from 1959 to 1979.

1950s

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1950

11 June International Friendly	Southern Rhodesia	0–5	Australia	Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
		Report	Johns 6', ?' Hulme 34', 77' Parsons 46'	Stadium: Old Hararians Ground Attendance: 5,000

17 June International Friendly	Southern Rhodesia	1–4	Australia	Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia
15:45	Badenhorst 67'	Report	Johns 25' Hulme 42' Sanders 65'	Stadium: Queens Sports Club Attendance: 6,000

24 June International Friendly	South Africa	3–2	Australia	Durban, South Africa
	Claassens 15', 82' Botha 69'	Report	Nunn 38' Hulme 80'	Stadium: Kingsmead Cricket Ground Attendance: 20,000 Referee: J. Edgar (South Africa)

1 July International Friendly	South Africa	2–1	Australia	Johannesburg, South Africa
	Claassens 39', 48'	Report	Nunn 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Ellis Park Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Rautenbach (South Africa)

8 July International Friendly	South Africa	1–2	Australia	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
	Claassens 54'	Report	Parsons 66', 70'	Stadium: Crusader Ground Attendance: 8,000 Referee: A.S. Finlay (South Africa)

22 July International Friendly	South Africa	0–2	Australia	Cape Town, South Africa
		Report	Nunn 49', 71'	Stadium: Hartleyvale Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stanley Krantz (South Africa)

1954

14 August International Friendly	Australia	1–2	New Zealand	Melbourne, Australia
14:45 UTC+10	Robertson 75'	Report	King 5' Steele Jr. 7'	Stadium: Melbourne Showgrounds Referee: George Gatt (Australia)

28 August International Friendly	Australia	4–1	New Zealand	Brisbane, Australia
15:15	Robertson 19' Stewart 30', 88' Lennard 50'	Report	Smith 52'	Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground Attendance: 6,400 Referee: V. Robertson (Australia)

4 September International Friendly	Australia	4–1	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
15:00	Stewart ?' Nunn ?', ?' Murray ?'	Report	Steele Jr. ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 5,798 Referee: Dick Thorpe (Australia)

1955

3 September International Friendly	Australia	0–3	South Africa	Brisbane, Australia
15:00		Report	Palmer 2' Paton ?' Hughes 88'	Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground Attendance: 5,642 Referee: Bill Malcolm (Australia)

10 September International Friendly	Australia	0–2	South Africa	Melbourne, Australia
		Report	Palmer 84' Hughes 86'	Stadium: Melbourne Showgrounds Attendance: 1,809 Referee: W. Curren (Australia)

17 September International Friendly	Australia	0–8	South Africa	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Rufus ?', ?' Hughes ?', ?' Paton ?' Jacques ?' Palmer ?' Fourle ?'	Stadium: Kensington Oval Attendance: 3,088 Referee: Joe Harvey (Australia)

24 September International Friendly	Australia	0–6	South Africa	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Hughes ?', ?' Paton ?' Palmer ?' Le Roux ?' Wilson 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 5,431 Referee: Ron Wright (Australia)

1 October International Friendly	Australia	1–4	South Africa	Newcastle, Australia
	Vairy 39'	Report	Hughes ?', ?', ?' Le Roux 9'	Stadium: Newcastle Sports Ground Attendance: 2,907 Referee: Gordon Muir (Australia)

1956

27 November 1956 Summer Olympics First round	Australia	2–0	Japan	Melbourne, Australia
15:30 UTC+11	McMillan 26' (pen.) Loughran 61'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 3,568 Referee: Reginald Lund (New Zealand)

1 December 1956 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals	Australia	2–4	India	Melbourne, Australia
13:30 UTC+11	Morrow 17', 41'	Report	D'Souza 9', 33', 50' Kittu 80'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 12,000 Referee: C.H. Wensveen (Indonesia)

12 December International Friendly	Australia	1–7	India	Sydney, Australia
	Vogler ?'	Report	P.K. Banerjee ?', ?' D'Souza 25', ?' Kittu ?', ?' S. Banerjee ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Herbert Imlay (Australia)

1958

16 August International Friendly	New Zealand	2–3	Australia	Wellington, New Zealand
	Aird 30' (pen.) Hume ?'	Report	Nunn 11', 44' Adair 65'	Stadium: Basin Reserve Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Maurice Swain (New Zealand)

23 August International Friendly	New Zealand	2–2	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Steele Jr. 11', 46'	Report	Aird 41' (o.g.) Vogler 51'	Stadium: Carlaw Park Attendance: 8,500 Referee: R. Lund (New Zealand)

1960s

1965

21 November 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification	North Korea	6–1	Australia	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
	Doo-ik 15' Seung-Zin 54', 80' Seung-hwi 58' Bong-zin 65', 88'	Report	Scheinflug 70' (pen.)	Stadium: National Olympic Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)

24 November 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification	Australia	1–3	North Korea	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
	Scheinflug 15'	Report	Kim Seung-Il 18', 75' Seung-zin 53'	Stadium: National Olympic Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Gregory Anthony de Silva (Singapore)

26 November International Friendly	Cambodia	0–0	Australia	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
		Report		Stadium: National Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alng Kim Ean (Cambodia)

29 November International Friendly	Hong Kong	1–0	Australia	Hong Kong, China
	McLaren 22'	Report		Stadium: Government Stadium Attendance: 8,780 Referee: Len Ken-Chie (Hong Kong)

7 December International Friendly	Malaysia	0–1	Australia	Ipoh, Malaysia
		Report	Pearson 17'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Boswell (Malaysia)

8 December International Friendly	Malaysia	0–3	Australia	Ipoh, Malaysia
		Report	Todd 54' Johnston 65' Scheinflug 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 300

1967

28 May International Friendly	Australia	0–1	Scotland	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Ferguson 31'	Stadium: Royal Agricultural Showground Attendance: 34,792 Referee: Bill Hosie (Australia)
Note: The match was originally not considered as an international A match by the Scottish Football Association, but later was reclassified.^[1]

31 May International Friendly	Australia	1–2	Scotland	Adelaide, Australia
	Baartz 34'	Report	Townsend 25' Morgan 68'	Stadium: Norwood Oval Attendance: 10,315 Referee: Des Maitland (Australia)
Note: The match was originally not considered as an international A match by the Scottish Football Association, but later was reclassified.^[1]

3 June International Friendly	Australia	0–2	Scotland	Melbourne, Australia
		Report	Ferguson 61', 82'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 22,138 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
Note: The match was originally not considered as an international A match by the Scottish Football Association, but later was reclassified.^[1]

5 November 1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup Group A	Australia	5–3	New Zealand	Saigon, South Vietnam
	Baartz 7' Warren 13' Abonyi 51', 75', 84' (pen.)	Report	Mears ?' Nemeth ?' Shaw ?'	Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hong Duk-yong (South Korea)

7 November 1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup Group A	South Vietnam	0–1	Australia	Saigon, South Vietnam
		Report	Warren 35'	Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Referee: N.F. Nice (Malaysia)

11 November 1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup Group A	Australia	5–1	Singapore	Saigon, South Vietnam
	Westwater 19' Abonyi 27', 36', 39' Baartz 53'	Report	Yeo ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 10,000

12 November 1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup Semi-finals	Australia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Malaysia	Saigon, South Vietnam
	Baartz 101'	Report		Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 30,000

14 November 1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup Final	Australia	3–2	South Korea	Saigon, South Vietnam
	Vojtek 36' Warren 52' Abonyi 84'	Report	Yong-kun 1' Yoon-chung 85'	Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 30,000

17 November International Friendly	Indonesia	0–2	Australia	Jakarta, Indonesia
		Report	Baartz 37' Abonyi 43'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 20,000

21 November International Friendly	Singapore	1–6	Australia	Kallang, Singapore
	Awang 69'	Report	Abonyi 26', 62', 82' Westwater 55' Vojtek 59' McColl 60'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 4,000

27 November International Friendly	Malaysia	0–4	Australia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		Report	McColl 4' Vojtek 28', 47' Abonyi ?'	Stadium: Stadium Merdeka Attendance: 500

1968

30 March International Friendly	Australia	2–2	Japan	Sydney, Australia
	McColl 47' Blue 84'	Report	Kamamoto 18', 65'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 8,646 Referee: Vince Dobinson (Australia

31 March International Friendly	Australia	3–1	Japan	Melbourne, Australia
	Scheinflug 33' Vojtek 42' Baartz 89'	Report	Kuwahara 31'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 9,974 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia

4 April International Friendly	Australia	1–3	Japan	Adelaide, Australia
	McColl 70'	Report	Sugiyama 82' Kamamoto 85', 89'	Stadium: Norwood Oval Attendance: 6,127 Referee: Des Maitland (Australia

1969

19 July International Friendly	Australia	1–0	Greece	Sydney, Australia
	Abonyi 60' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 24,129 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

23 July International Friendly	Australia	2–2	Greece	Brisbane, Australia
	Vojtek 48' Baartz 62'	Report	Dedes 19', 46'	Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground Attendance: 8,649 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

27 July International Friendly	Australia	0–2	Greece	Melbourne, Australia
		Report	Dedes 22' Papaioannou 55'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 24,416 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

10 October 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'	Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)

14 October 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification First round	Australia	2–1	South Korea	Seoul, South Korea
	Watkiss 39' McColl 82'	Report	Yi-woo 45'	Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: George Suppiah (Singapore)

16 October 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification First round	Australia	1–1	Japan	Seoul, South Korea
	McColl 39'	Report	Miyamoto 4'	Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: George Suppiah (Singapore)

20 October 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification First round	South Korea	1–1	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
	Park Soo-il 29'	Report	Baartz 58'	Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)

23 November 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Second round	Rhodesia	1–1	Australia	Laurenco Marques, Mozambique
	Chalmers 63'	Report	McColl 68'	Stadium: Salazar Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: António Saldanha Ribeiro (Portugal)

27 November 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Second round	Australia	0–0	Rhodesia	Laurenco Marques, Mozambique
		Report		Stadium: Salazar Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: António Saldanha Ribeiro (Portugal)

29 November 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Second round	Australia	3–1	Rhodesia	Laurenco Marques, Mozambique
	Rutherford 12' Tigere 22' (o.g.) Warren 56'	Report	Chalmers 49'	Stadium: Salazar Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: António Saldanha Ribeiro (Portugal)

4 December 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Final round	Israel	1–0	Australia	Ramat Gan, Israel
	Spiegler 18'	Report		Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 41,899 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

14 December 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Final round	Australia	1–1	Israel	Sydney, Australia
	Watkiss 88'	Report	Spiegler 78'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 29,737 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

1970s

1970

4 November International Friendly	Iran	1–2	Australia	Tehran, Iran
		Report	Richards 8' Alston 48'	Stadium: Amjadiah Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Daud Nasiri (Iran)

10 November International Friendly	Israel	0–1	Australia	Ramat Gan, Israel
		Report	Richards 50'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)

17 November International Friendly	Greece	1–3	Australia	Athens, Greece
	Eleftherakis 22'	Report	Alston 11' Mackay 23' Blues 77'	Stadium: Panathinaikos Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nikolaos Giannopoulos (Greece)

2 December International Friendly	Mexico	3–0	Australia	Mexico City, Mexico
	Valdivia 40', 80' Gomez 55'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Abel Aguilar (Mexico)

1971

11 November International Friendly	Australia	2–2	Israel	Brisbane, Australia
	Tolson 19' Alston 72'	Report	Kalderon 11' Spiegler 63'	Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 5,062 Referee: Vince Dobinson (Australia)

14 November International Friendly	Australia	1–0	Israel	Sydney, Australia
	Ainslie 12'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 11,282 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

21 November International Friendly	Australia	1–3	Israel	Melbourne, Australia
	Baartz 87'	Report	Rosen 15' Shaharabani 46', 84'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 9,421 Referee: Roger Lamb (Australia)

1972

7 October International Friendly	Indonesia	1–4	Australia	Jakarta, Indonesia
	Kadir 83' (pen.)	Report	Buljevic 52', 88' Tolson 60' Baartz 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Senayan Stadium Attendance: 11,258 Referee: Achmad Karim (Indonesia)

9 October International Friendly	New Zealand	1–3	Australia	Jakarta, Indonesia
	Vest 7'	Report	Abonyi 26' Baartz 54' Warren 76'	Stadium: Senayan Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kosasih Kartadiredja (Indonesia)

15 October International Friendly	South Vietnam	0–1	Australia	Saigon, South Vietnam
		Report	Buljevic ?'	Stadium: Cong Hoa Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Kosasih Kartadiredja (South Vietnam)

22 October International Friendly	South Korea	1–1	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
	Cha-man 65'	Report	Tolson 12'	Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kim Ju-won (South Korea)

24 October International Friendly	South Korea	0–2	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
		Report	Baartz 12' Armstrong 42'	Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Mang Myung-sup (South Korea)

29 October International Friendly	Philippines	0–6	Australia	Manila, Philippines
		Report	Abonyi 29' (pen.) Buljevic 52' Butler 64' Warren 66' Utjesenovic 75' Richards 83'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Julian Esguarra (Philippines)

1973

14 February International Friendly	Australia	2–2	Bulgaria	Sydney, Australia
	Buljevic 56' Tolson 72' (pen.)	Report	Vasilev 31' Mikhaylov 44'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,648 Referee: Roger Lamb (Australia)

16 February International Friendly	Australia	1–3	Bulgaria	Adelaide, Australia
	Baartz 29'	Report	Bogomilov 22' Pritargov 27' Mikhaylov 81'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 8,576 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

18 February International Friendly	Australia	0–2	Bulgaria	Melbourne, Australia
		Report	Pritargov 22' Dermendjiev 57'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 9,204 Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)

4 March 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Group B1	New Zealand	1–1	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Turner 57'	Report	Campbell 85'	Stadium: Newmarket Ground Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lak Tat-sun (Hong Kong)

11 March 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Group B1	Australia	3–1	Iraq	Sydney, Australia
	Richards 49' Alston 80', 85'	Report	Nouri 90'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 23,762 Referee: Govindsamy Suppiah (Singapore)

13 March 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Group B1	Australia	2–1	Indonesia	Sydney, Australia
	Campbell 22' Alston 42'	Report	Iswadi 36'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 23,762 Referee: Dau Van Dzu (South Vietnam)

16 March 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Group B1	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 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Group B1	Australia	0–0	Iraq	Melbourne, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 10,684 Referee: Masatoshi Nagashima (Japan)

24 March 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Group B1	Australia	6–0	Indonesia	Sydney, Australia
	Mackay 3', 40' Abonyi 23', 45' Richards 72' Baartz 78'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 10,684 Referee: Masatoshi Nagashima (Japan)

18 August 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Group B Final	Australia	3–0	Iran	Sydney, Australia
	Alston 43' Abonyi 46' Wilson 85'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 28,881 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

24 August 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Group B Final	Iran	2–0	Australia	Tehran, Iran
	Ghelichkhani 14' (pen.), 32'	Report		Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium Attendance: 128,000 Referee: Pavel Kasakov (Soviet Union)

28 October 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)

10 November 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Final round	South Korea	2–2	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
	Jae-han 15' Jae-wook 27'	Report	Buljevic 29' Baartz 48'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands)

13 November 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Final round play-off

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