1990–91 in Australian soccer

The 1990–91 season was the 22nd season of national competitive association football in Australia and 108th overall.

Soccer in Australia

Season	1990–91
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	Melbourne Croatia
NSL Championship	South Melbourne
NSL Cup	Melita Eagles

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

South Korea v Australia

6 September 1990	South Korea	1–0	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
	Byung-joo 17'	Report		Stadium: Tongdaemun Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kil Ki-Chul (South Korea)

South Korea v Australia

9 September 1990	South Korea	1–0	Australia	Pusan, South Korea
	Byung-joo 17'	Report		Stadium: Kudok Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Choi Kil-Soo (South Korea)

Australia v Czechoslovakia

30 January 1991	Australia	0–1	Czechoslovakia	Melbourne, Australia
		Report	Krištofík 44'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 6,854 Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)

Australia v Czechoslovakia

6 February 1991	Australia	0–2	Czechoslovakia	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Kula 59' Grussmann 87'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 8,221 Referee: John McConnell (Australia)

Australia v England

1 June 1991	Australia	0–1	England	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Gray 40' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 35,742 Referee: Barry Tasker (New Zealand

1990 Indonesian Independence Cup

Indonesia v Australia

25 August 1990 Final	Indonesia	0–3	Australia	Jakarta, Indonesia
		Report	Wade 55', 76' Zinni 63'	Stadium: Senayan Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: N. Yasunori (Japan)

1991 Trans-Tasman Cup

Main article: Trans-Tasman Cup § 1991

New Zealand v Australia

12 May 1991	New Zealand	0–1	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
		Report	Milosevic 44'	Stadium: QEII Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand)

Australia v New Zealand

15 May 1991	Australia	2–1	New Zealand	Adelaide, Australia
	Petersen 46' Vidmar 50'	Report	Roberts 75'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Bill Monteverde (Australia)

1991 President's Cup International Football Tournament

Main article: 1991 President's Cup International Football Tournament

South Korea v Australia

14 June 1991 Semi-finals	South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
		Report		Stadium: Tongdaemun Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Witaya Wongsmarn (Thailand)
	Penalties
	Wade Arnold Blagojevic Milosevic Vidmar		Seok-ju Dae-shik Deok-yeo Jeong-woon Kang-hee

Australia women's national soccer team

Main article: Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1991 OFC Women's Championship

Main article: 1991 OFC Women's Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand (C)	4	3	0	1	28	1	+27	6	Qualification for 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	Australia (H)	4	3	0	1	21	1	+20	6
3	Papua New Guinea	4	0	0	4	0	47	−47	0

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

New Zealand v Australia

20 May 1991	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Sydney, Australia
	Sharpe 66'	Report		Stadium: Marconi Stadium

Australia v Papua New Guinea

21 May 1991	Australia	12–0	Papua New Guinea	Sydney, Australia
	Hughes ?', ?', ?', ?' Iannotta ?', ?' Wass ?', ?' Gegenhuber ?' Tann ?' Bartlett ?' (unknown) ?'	Report		Stadium: Marconi Stadium

New Zealand v Australia

24 May 1991	New Zealand	0–1	Australia	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Dodd 8'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium

Australia v Papua New Guinea

25 May 1991	Australia	8–0	Papua New Guinea	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Vinson ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Hughes ?', ?'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

Main article: 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

Group C

Main article: 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship § Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Soviet Union	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	4
3	Egypt	3	1	0	2	6	2	+4	2
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Source: RSSSF

Trinidad and Tobago v Australia

15 June 1991	Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	Australia	Braga, Portugal
19:30		Report	Okon 52' Seal 76'	Stadium: Estádio Primeiro de Maio Attendance: 1,720 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)

Australia v Soviet Union

18 June 1991	Australia	1–0	Soviet Union	Braga, Portugal
21:30	Maloney 21'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Primeiro de Maio Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Australia v Egypt

20 June 1991	Australia	1–0	Egypt	Guimarães, Portugal
17:00	Trajanovski 43'	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)

Knockout stage

Main article: 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship § Knockout stage

Australia v Syria

23 June 1991 Quarter-finals	Australia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Syria	Braga, Portugal
17:00	Seal 20'	Report	Mando 56'	Stadium: Estádio Primeiro de Maio Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)
	Penalties
	Seal Okon Kindtner Muscat Babic Stanton		F. Mando Khalifa Ghaeb Abdul Razak Ramadan Sibai

Portugal v Australia

26 June 1991 Semi-finals	Portugal	1–0	Australia	Lisbon, Portugal
21:30	Costa 31'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 112,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Australia v Soviet Union

29 June 1991 Third place play-off	Australia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Soviet Union	Porto, Portugal
21:30	Seal 87'	Report	Scherbakov 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
	Penalties
	Seal Okon Corica Babic Popovic Stanton		Pokhlebayev Bushmanov Babalaryan Mamchur Scherbakov Minko

1990 OFC U-20 Championship

Main article: 1990 OFC U-20 Championship

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	22	0	+22	8	Advance to Inter-continental play-off
2	New Zealand	4	2	0	2	5	9	−4	4
3	Vanuatu	4	2	0	2	4	10	−6	4
4	Tahiti	4	1	1	2	3	10	−7	3
5	Fiji (H)	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Australia v Vanuatu

1 September 1990	Australia	6–0	Vanuatu	Ba, Fiji
	Trajanovski 6', 63' Okon 42' Seal 72', 82' Corica 77'	Report		Stadium: Govind Park

Australia v Tahiti

3 September 1990	Australia	7–0	Tahiti	Nadi, Fiji
	Bingley 14', 69' Trajanovski 23', 89' (unknown) ?' (o.g.) Corica 34', 43'	Report

Fiji v Australia

6 September 1990	Fiji	0–3	Australia	Lautoka, Fiji
		Report	Trajanovski 33' Kindtner 38' Okon 50'	Stadium: Churchill Park

Australia v New Zealand

8 September 1990	Australia	6–0	New Zealand	Ba, Fiji
	Trajanovski 12' Seal 41', 48', 77' Maloney 69', 73'	Report		Stadium: Govind Park

Inter-continental qualification

Main article: 1990 OFC U-20 Championship § Inter-continental qualification

Australia v Israel

6 March 1991	Australia	0–1	Israel	Sydney, Australia
		Report

Israel v Australia

9 March 1991	Israel	1–2 (2–2 agg.)	Australia	Sydney, Australia
	(unknown) ?'	Report	Seal ?' Trajanovski ?'

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1991 OFC U-17 Championship

Main article: 1991 OFC U-17 Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	3	1	0	15	4	+11	7	Qualification for 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship
2	New Zealand (H)	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	5
3	Fiji	4	0	0	4	4	21	−17	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Australia v Fiji

11 January 1991	Australia	6–1	Fiji	Napier, New Zealand
	Kalogeracos 2', 11', 22' Carbone 17' (pen.) Campagna ?' Kiratzoglou ?'	Report	Samusamuvodre ?'	Stadium: Park Island

New Zealand v Australia

13 January 1991	New Zealand	1–1	Australia	Napier, New Zealand
	Kingi 18'	Report	Kalogeracos 15'	Stadium: Park Island

Australia v Fiji

11 January 1991	Australia	7–2	Fiji	Napier, New Zealand
	Campagna 1' Kiratzoglou 2', 18', 70' Healey 19', 23' Usalj 90'	Report	Pillay 38' Yakub 67'	Stadium: Park Island

New Zealand v Australia

13 January 1991	New Zealand	0–1	Australia	Napier, New Zealand
		Report	Campagna 70'	Stadium: Park Island

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1990–91 National Soccer League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melbourne Croatia	26	15	7	4	55	39	+16	37	Qualification for the Finals series
2	South Melbourne (C)	26	14	6	6	45	33	+12	34
3	Adelaide City	26	12	9	5	40	24	+16	33
4	Marconi Fairfield	26	14	3	9	48	33	+15	31
5	Parramatta Eagles	26	10	9	7	38	31	+7	29
6	Sydney Olympic	26	8	13	5	31	25	+6	29
7	Sydney Croatia	26	8	10	8	27	33	−6	26
8	Preston Makedonia	26	8	9	9	26	27	−1	25
9	Wollongong City	26	8	8	10	32	34	−2	24
10	St George-Budapest (R)	26	6	10	10	34	41	−7	22	Relegation to the NSW Division 1
11	APIA Leichhardt	26	7	7	12	27	28	−1	21
12	Heidelberg United	26	6	9	11	26	37	−11	21
13	Sunshine George Cross (R)	26	7	3	16	39	53	−14	17	Relegation to the Victorian Premier League
14	Wollongong Macedonia (R)	26	3	9	14	23	53	−30	15	Relegation to the NSW Division 1

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; (R) Relegated

NSL Cup

Main article: 1990–91 NSL Cup

Final

Main article: 1991 NSL Cup final

7 April 1991

Melita Eagles	1–0	Preston Makedonia
Brown 89'	Report

Marconi Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 6,749

Referee: Tom McRoe

External links

• Football Australia official website