1994–95 in Australian soccer

The 1994–95 season was the 26th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 112th overall.

Soccer in Australia

Season	1994–95
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	Melbourne Knights
NSL Championship	Melbourne Knights
NSL Cup	Melbourne Knights
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

National teams

Men's senior

Main article: Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Kuwait  v  Australia

24 September 1994	Kuwait	0–0	Australia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		Report

Japan  v  Australia

29 September 1994	Japan	0–0	Australia	Tokyo, Japan
		Report		Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 44,253

Australia  v  Colombia

8 February 1995	Australia	0–0	Colombia	Brisbane, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 13,212 Referee: John Fraser (Australia)

Australia  v  Colombia

11 February 1995	Australia	0–1	Colombia	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Ricard 66'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eugene Brazzale (Australia)

Australia  v  Japan

15 February 1995	Australia	2–1	Japan	Sydney, Australia
	Markovski 6' Corica 41'	Report	Hasegawa 16'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 4,541 Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)

Australia  v  Ghana

18 June 1995	Australia	2–1	Ghana	Sydney, Australia
	T. Vidmar 5' Arnold 37'	Report	Kumah 82'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 18,446 Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

Australia  v  Ghana

21 June 1995	Australia	1–0	Ghana	Adelaide, Australia
	Veart 19'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Gerry Connelly (Australia)

Australia  v  Ghana

24 June 1995	Australia	0–1	Ghana	Perth, Australia
		Report	Yahya 32'	Stadium: WACA Ground Attendance: 11,634 Referee: Eddie Lennie (Australia)

Argentina  v  Australia

30 June 1995	Argentina	2–0	Australia	Quilmes, Argentina
	Balbo 7' Batistuta 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 11,634 Referee: Eddie Lennie (Australia)

Women's senior

Main article: Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Russia  v  Australia

27 August 1994	Russia	0–3	Australia	Samara, Russia
		Report	Foreman ?' Hughes ?' Wainwright ?'

Japan  v  Australia

27 September 1994	Japan	2–2	Australia	Tokyo, Japan
		Report	Tann ?' Hughes 41'	Stadium: Japan National Stadium

United States  v  Australia

20 January 1995	United States	5–0	Australia	Phoenix, United States
	Akers-Stahl ?', ?' (unknown) ?', ?', ?'	Report

United States  v  Australia

23 January 1995	United States	4–1	Australia	Phoenix, United States
	(unknown) ?', ?', ?', ?'	Report	Hughes 22'

Canada  v  Australia

11 May 1995	Canada	3–0	Australia	Vancouver, Canada
	(unknown) ?', ?', ?'	Report

Canada  v  Australia

13 May 1995	Canada	0–3	Australia	Vancouver, Canada
		Report	Salisbury 10' Forman 39' Ianotta 76'

Scotland  v  Australia

17 May 1995	Scotland	0–0	Australia	Kilmarnock, Scotland
		Report		Stadium: Rugby Park

Sweden  v  Australia

27 May 1995	Sweden	5–0	Australia	Helsingborg, Sweden
	(unknown) ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'	Report		Stadium: Rugby Park

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	China	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Denmark  v  Australia

6 June 1995	Denmark	5–0	Australia	Västerås, Sweden
	Krogh 12', 48' Nielsen 25' Jensen 37' Hansen 86'	Report		Stadium: Arosvallen Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)

China  v  Australia

8 June 1995	China	4–2	Australia	Västerås, Sweden
	Yang 23' Guihong 54', 78' Ailing 90+3'	Report	Iannotta 25' Hughes 89'	Stadium: Arosvallen Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)

United States  v  Australia

10 June 1995	United States	4–1	Australia	Helsingborg, Sweden
	Foudy 69' Fawcett 72' Overbeck 90+2' (pen.) Keller 90+4'	Report	Casagrande 54'	Stadium: Olympia Attendance: 1,105 Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand

1994 OFC Women's Championship

Main article: 1994 OFC Women's Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (C)	4	3	0	1	13	2	+11	9	Qualification for 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	New Zealand	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	9
3	Papua New Guinea (H)	4	0	0	4	0	19	−19	0

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

New Zealand  v  Australia

14 October 1994	New Zealand	2–1	Australia	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
	Sharpe ?', ?'	Report	Forman ?'

Australia  v  Papua New Guinea

15 October 1994	Australia	9–0	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
	Pumpa ?', ?' Salisbury ?', ?' Casagrande ?' Hughes ?' Forman ?'	Report

Australia  v  New Zealand

18 October 1994	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
	Murray ?'	Report

Papua New Guinea  v  Australia

19 October 1994	Papua New Guinea	0–4	Australia	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
		Report	Salisbury ?' Casagrande ?' Hughes ?' ? ?' (o.g.)

1995 Trans-Tasman Cup

Australia  v  New Zealand

17 March 1995	Australia	4–0	New Zealand	Canberra, Australia
	Revell ?' Lembryk ?' Tann ?' (pen.) Iannotta ?'	Report		Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport

Australia  v  New Zealand

19 March 1995	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Canberra, Australia
	Tann 15' (pen.) Clayton 65'	Report		Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport

1995 Havelange Trophy

First round

Australia  v  Argentina

10 April 1995	Australia	7–0	Argentina	Uberlândia, Brazil
	Watson ?', ?' Hughes ?', ?' Salisbury ?' Iannotta ?' Clayton ?'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Parque do Sabiá Attendance: 15,000

Brazil  v  Australia

13 April 1995	Brazil	3–0	Australia	Uberlândia, Brazil
	(unknown) 17', 29', 78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Parque do Sabiá Attendance: 20,000

Final

Brazil  v  Australia

16 April 1995	Brazil	2–3	Australia	Uberlândia, Brazil
	(unknown) 10', ?'	Report	Watson 1' Lembryk 25' Casagrande 27'	Stadium: Estádio Parque do Sabiá

Men's under-20

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

Results and fixtures

1995 FIFA World Youth Championship

Main article: 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship

Group D

Main article: 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship § Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Germany	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Source: RSSSF

Australia  v  Costa Rica

13 April 1995	Australia	2–0	Costa Rica	Doha, Qatar
19:45 AST	Viduka 51' Enes 74' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Al-Ahly Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

Australia  v  Cameroon

16 April 1995	Australia	2–3	Cameroon	Doha, Qatar
19:45 AST	Viduka 11', 72'	Report	Ntamag 52', 90' Ndiefi 67'	Stadium: Al-Ahly Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Australia  v  Germany

20 April 1995	Australia	1–1	Germany	Doha, Qatar
19:45 AST	Viduka 54'	Report	Rath 23'	Stadium: Khalifa Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

Knockout stage

Main article: 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship § Knockout stage

Portugal  v  Australia

23 April 1995 Quarter-finals	Portugal	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Australia	Doha, Qatar
20:15 AST	Agostinho 66', 100'	Report	Felipe 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Al-Ahly Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

1994 OFC U-20 Championship

Main article: 1994 OFC U-20 Championship

Group A

Main article: 1994 OFC U-20 Championship § Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Solomon Islands	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
3	Tahiti	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Fiji	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: RSSSF

Australia  v  Tahiti

24 September 1994	Australia	5–0	Tahiti	Fiji
		Report

Australia  v  Solomon Islands

26 September 1994	Australia	5–0	Solomon Islands	Fiji
		Report

Australia  v  Fiji

28 September 1994	Australia	7–0	Fiji	Fiji
		Report

Knockout stage

Main article: 1994 OFC U-20 Championship § Knockout stage

Australia  v  Vanuatu

1 October 1994 Semi-finals	Australia	11–0	Vanuatu	Fiji
		Report

Australia  v  New Zealand

1 October 1994 Final	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	Fiji
		Report

Men's under-17

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

Results and fixtures

1995 OFC U-17 Championship

Main article: 1995 OFC U-17 Championship

Group A

Main article: 1995 OFC U-17 Championship § Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3	Advance to knockout stage
2	Fiji	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0

Source: RSSSF

Australia  v  Fiji

22 May 1995	Australia	4–0	Fiji	Vanuatu
		Report

Knockout stage

Main article: 1995 OFC U-17 Championship § Knockout stage

Australia  v  Vanuatu

24 May 1995 Semi-finals	Australia	6–0	Vanuatu	Vanuatu
		Report

Australia  v  New Zealand

26 May 1995 Final	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	Vanuatu
		Report

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1994–95 National Soccer League

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Knights (C)	24	16	2	2	4	56	25	+31	70	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Adelaide City	24	16	1	3	4	41	20	+21	69
3	Sydney United	24	15	3	2	4	34	19	+15	68
4	Morwell Falcons	24	8	4	7	5	41	37	+4	47
5	West Adelaide	24	8	5	3	8	28	32	−4	45
6	South Melbourne	24	9	3	2	10	42	36	+6	44
7	Brisbane Strikers	24	8	3	3	10	34	32	+2	41
8	Wollongong City	24	8	2	2	12	39	46	−7	38
9	Sydney Olympic	24	8	1	3	12	27	34	−7	37
10	Marconi Fairfield	24	6	4	3	11	34	43	−9	35
11	Melbourne SC	24	6	4	2	12	20	37	−17	34
12	Parramatta Eagles	24	7	2	1	14	25	34	−9	33
13	Heidelberg United	24	6	1	2	15	27	53	−26	28

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

NSL Cup

Main article: 1994–95 NSL Cup

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Final

Main article: 1994 NSL Cup final

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Melbourne Knights	6–0	Heidelberg United
Spiteri 30', 70' Horvat 51' Biskic 80' Viduka 86', 87'	Report

16 October 1994

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Eugene Brazzale