1988 in Australian soccer

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Soccer in Australia
Season1988
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership Wollongong City
NSL Championship Marconi Fairfield
NSL Cup APIA Leichhardt
  1987 Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1989  

The 1988 season was the 19th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 105th overall.

Contents

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
First round
26 November 1988 Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg1–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Nadi, Fiji
  • Madigi Soccerball shade.svg66'
Report Stadium: Prince Charles Park
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand
3 December 1988 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg5–1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Newcastle, Australia
Report
Stadium: Macquarie Field
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand
1988 Summer Olympics
Group D
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 330091+86
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 32012314
3Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 31024402
4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 30031870
Source: FIFA
18 September 1988 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–0Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Gwangju, South Korea
Report Stadium: Gwangju Mudeung Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)
20 September 1988 Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Seoul, South Korea
Report Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany)
22 September 1988 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–0Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Seoul, South Korea
Report Stadium: Dongdaemun Stadium
Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)
Knockout stage
25 September 1988 QF Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg3–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Pusan, South Korea
Report Stadium: Kooduk Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
First round
26 February 1988 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–0Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei Canberra, Australia
Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Second round
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (H)6420124+810Qualification for 1988 Summer Olympics
2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 6411173+149
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (H)62135725
4Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 6006323200
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
6 March 1988 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Melbourne, Australia
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 9,518
Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)
9 March 1988 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–2Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei Adelaide, Australia
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 9,518
13 March 1988 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Report
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)
23 March 1988 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg1–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Wellington, New Zealand
Report
Stadium: Athletic Park
Referee: Georges Sandoz (Switzerland)
27 March 1988 Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg0–3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Report
Stadium: Eden Park
1988 Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
Group stage
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 321051+45Advance to Final
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (H)320172+54
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 30213632Advance to Third place play-off
4Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 30123961
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
7 July 1988 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0–1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Melbourne, Australia
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 11,214
Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)
9 July 1988 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–0Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Referee: Bill Monteverde (Australia)
14 July 1988 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg4–1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Sydney, Australia
Report
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Referee: Gary Power (Australia)
Final
17 July 1988 Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg2–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 28,161
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
1988 Trans-Tasman Cup
12 October 1988 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg1–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Dunedin, New Zealand
Report Stadium: Caledonian Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lennox Sharp (New Zealand)
16 October 1988 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–0Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Bendigo, Australia
Report Stadium: Queen Elizabeth Oval
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1988 OFC U-20 Championship
Group 2
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2200111+104Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 21014842
3Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 20022860
Source: RSSSF
5 September 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg5–0Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Suva, Fiji
Report
6 September 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg6–1Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei Suva, Fiji
Report
Knockout stage
8 September 1989 Semi-finals Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg4–2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Suva, Fiji
Report
10 September 1989 Final Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–0Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Suva, Fiji
Report

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Wollongong City 2613854432+1234Qualification for the Finals series
2 Sydney Croatia 2615473830+834
3 South Melbourne 2613853629+734
4 Marconi Fairfield (C)2612864626+2032
5 Sydney Olympic 269982822+627
6 Adelaide City 2610793635+127
7 Sunshine George Cross 26115103839127
8 St George-Budapest 26106104135+626
9 Melbourne Croatia 2696112833524
10 Footscray JUST 2679103432+223
11 APIA Leichhardt 2687112835723
12 Preston Makedonia 2651292935622
13 Brunswick Juventus (R)26751431431219Relegation to the Victorian State League
14 Brisbane Lions (R)26441828593112Relegation to the Brisbane Premier League
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

NSL Cup

[2]

Final

[3]

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References

  1. Stock, Greg. "1988 National Soccer League Final Table". OzFootball.
  2. Stock, Greg. "1988 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. Gauter, Lou (17 August 1988). "Apia wins Cup on a shootout". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 9, no. 350. p. 4.