1992–93 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1992–93
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	South Melbourne
NSL Championship	Marconi Fairfield
NSL Cup	Heidelberg United

The 1992–93 season was the 24th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 110th overall.

National teams

Men's senior

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

5 July 1992	Australia	1–0	Croatia	Melbourne, Australia
	Marth 62'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 11,000 Referee: John Fraser (Australia)

8 July 1992	Australia	3–1	Croatia	Adelaide, Australia
	Tapai 10' Spink 14' van Blerk 80'	Report	Weber 31'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Tom McRoe (Australia)

12 July 1992	Australia	0–0	Croatia	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 12,735 Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

15 April 1993	Kuwait	0–1	Australia	Woodlands, Singapore
		Report	Trimboli 10'	Stadium: Woodlands Stadium

15 April 1993	Kuwait	3–1	Australia	Woodlands, Singapore
	Ashour 57' Habashi 60', 79'	Report	Wade 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Woodlands Stadium

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	8	Advance to Second round	—	2–0	6–1
2	Tahiti	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	3		0–3	—	4–2
3	Solomon Islands	4	0	1	3	5	13	−8	1		1–2	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

4 September 1992	Solomon Islands	1–2	Australia	Honiara, Solomon Islands
	Vato 83'	Report	Veart 8' McCulloch 86'	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand)

11 September 1992	Tahiti	0–3	Australia	Papeete, French Polynesia
		Report	Mori 2' Veart 44' Wade 59'	Stadium: Stade Olympique Territorial Attendance: 3,185 Referee: Lennox Sharp (New Zealand)

20 September 1992	Australia	2–0	Tahiti	Brisbane, Australia
	Veart 11' Duraković 75'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Referee: Kaltatak Kalokis (Vanuatu)

26 September 1992	Australia	6–1	Solomon Islands	Newcastle, Australia
	Tobin 5' Gray 55' Wade 60' Veart 83' Brown 84' Duraković 87'	Report		Stadium: Austral Park Referee: Kaltatak Kalokis (Vanuatu)

Second round

30 May 1993	New Zealand	0–1	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report	Arnold 55'	Attendance: 10,952 Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

6 June 1993	Australia	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	New Zealand	Melbourne, Australia
	Veart 1' Vidmar 3' Zelic 49'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Referee: Jacobs Ullenberg (Sweden)

1992 Indonesia Independence Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea U-19	4	4	0	0	5	1	+4	8	Advance to Final
2	Malaysia	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	5	Advance to Final
3	Australia	4	2	0	2	4	2	+2	4
4	Indonesia	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	3
5	Thailand Olympic	4	0	0	4	2	9	−7	0

Source: RSSSF

11 August 1992	Malaysia	1–0	Australia	Jakarta, Indonesia
	Ravindran 70'	Report		Stadium: Senayan Main Stadium

14 August 1992	Indonesia	0–3	Australia	Jakarta, Indonesia
		Report	Edwards 63' Gray 71' Wade 84'	Stadium: Senayan Main Stadium

Men's under-23

Results and fixtures

1992 Summer Olympics

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	Mexico	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Denmark	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

Source: RSSSF

26 July 1992	Ghana	3–1	Australia	Sabadell, Spain
	Gargo 12' Ayew 83', 89'	Report	Vidmar 90+1'	Stadium: Nova Creu Alta Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

28 July 1992	Mexico	1–1	Australia	Barcelona, Spain
	Castañeda 63'	Report	Arambasic 20'	Stadium: Sarrià Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)

30 July 1992	Denmark	0–3	Australia	Zaragoza, Spain
		Report	Markovski 32' Mori 60' Vidmar 75'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

Knockout stage

2 August 1992 Quarter-finals	Sweden	1–2	Australia	Barcelona, Spain
		Report	Markovski 32' Mori 60' Vidmar 75'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

5 August 1992 Semi-finals	Poland	6–1	Australia	Barcelona, Spain
	Kowalczyk 27', 88' Juskowiak 43', 52', 78' Murphy 67' (o.g.)	Report	Veart 35'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

7 August 1992 Bronze medal match	Australia	0–1	Ghana	Barcelona, Spain
		Report	Asare 19'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Men's under-20

Results and fixtures

1993 FIFA World Youth Championship

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	1	6	4	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia (H)	3	2	1	5	4	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Cameroon	3	1	2	4	5	−1	2
4	Colombia	3	1	2	5	7	−2	2

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

5 March 1993	Australia	2–1	Colombia	Sydney, Australia
20:30 AEDT	Milicic 39' Muscat 78'	Report	Zambrano 35'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 31,883 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

8 March 1993	Australia	3–1	Russia	Sydney, Australia
20:30 AEDT	Magomedov 12' (o.g.) Milicic 69' Agostino 81'	Report	Chudin 18'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 18,982 Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

11 March 1993	Australia	0–2	Cameroon	Sydney, Australia
20:30 AEDT		Report	Tchoutang 44' Embé 90'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 27,581 Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazi)

Knockout stage

13 March 1993 Quarter-finals	Uruguay	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Australia	Brisbane, Australia
18:15 AEST	Sena Lamela 21'	Report	Agostino 59' Carbone 99'	Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

17 March 1993 Semi-finals	Australia	0–2	Brazil	Melbourne, Australia
18:30 AEDT		Report	Marcelinho 77' Catê 89'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

20 March 1993 Third place play-off	England	2–1	Australia	Sydney, Australia
16:30 AEDT	Unsworth 39' Joachim 85'	Report	Milicic 52'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 40,015 Referee: Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo (Malaysia)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Melbourne	26	18	4	4	51	23	+28	58	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	17	2	7	57	31	+26	53
3	Adelaide City	26	12	5	9	37	34	+3	41
4	Wollongong City	26	11	6	9	33	27	+6	39
5	West Adelaide	26	12	3	11	43	39	+4	39
6	Parramatta Eagles	26	11	6	9	39	41	−2	39
7	Sydney CSC	26	12	3	11	36	41	−5	39
8	Newcastle Breakers	26	10	8	8	38	29	+9	38
9	Sydney Olympic	26	10	4	12	36	31	+5	34
10	Melbourne Croatia	26	10	4	12	38	39	−1	34
11	Heidelberg United	26	7	9	10	30	40	−10	30
12	Morwell Falcons	26	7	7	12	29	43	−14	28
13	Preston Makedonia (R)	26	6	4	16	28	45	−17	18^[a]	Relegation to the Victorian Premier League
14	Brisbane United	26	5	3	18	32	64	−32	18

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
Notes:

^ Preston Makedonia deducted 4 points for crowd disturbances.

NSL Cup

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Final

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18 April 1993

Heidelberg United	2–1	Parramatta Eagles
Scott 3' Souris 87' (o.g.)	Report	Reda 80'

Marconi Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 2,596

Referee: Rob Davies

References

^ Howe, Andrew; Stock, Greg. "1992-93 Season Final Table". OzFootball.
^ Stock, Greg. "1992/3 National League Cup Results". OzFootball.
^ "Heidelberg grabs Cup victory". The Canberra Times. Vol. 67, no. 21, 188. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 April 1993. p. 27. Retrieved 4 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Football Australia official website

[table_hth_PRE0.34936472370725-2] Preston Makedonia deducted 4 points for crowd disturbances.

[1] Howe, Andrew; Stock, Greg. "1992-93 Season Final Table". OzFootball.

[3] Stock, Greg. "1992/3 National League Cup Results". OzFootball.

[4] "Heidelberg grabs Cup victory". The Canberra Times. Vol. 67, no. 21, 188. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 April 1993. p. 27. Retrieved 4 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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