2002 Australia national soccer team season

This page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2002.

Australia

2002 season
Manager	Frank Farina
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Summary

Australia's only games in 2002 was when competing in the 2002 OFC Nations Cup in New Zealand. Other than Scott Chipperfield, Australia sent a squad made up of NSL based players. ^[1] They won their group matches against Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji without conceding a goal. In the semi-final Tahiti scored in the 38th minute and it wasn't until the 88th minute that Mehmet Duraković scored Australia's equaliser to take the game to extra-time. In the 96th minute Damian Mori scored the golden-goal winner for Australia to send them through to the final against the hosts New Zealand. New Zealand won the final 1–0 to secure their third OFC Nations Cup title and qualification to the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup as representatives of Oceania.

Record

Type	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
OFC Nations Cup	5	4	0	1	23	2
Total	5	4	0	1	23	2

Match results

Oceania Nations Cup

Vanuatu   v   Australia

6 July 2002 Group Stage	Vanuatu	0–2	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
			69' Mori 85' Despotovski	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Charles Ariiotima

New Caledonia   v   Australia

8 July 2002 Group Stage	New Caledonia	0–11	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
			3', pen 55', 75', 77' Despotovski 14' Horvat 21', 35' Chipperfield 34' Mori 82' Costanzo 86' Porter 90+1' Trimboli	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Derek Rugg

Fiji   v   Australia

10 July 2002 Group Stage	Fiji	0–8	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
			5' Milicic 8', 13', 44', 53' Porter 36' Juric 47' Trimboli 89' De Amicis	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Joakim Sosongan

Tahiti   v   Australia

12 July 2002 Semi Final	Tahiti	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Zaveroni 38'	Report	88' Durakovic 96' Mori	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Derek Rugg

New Zealand   v   Australia

14 July 2002 Final	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Nelsen 78'			Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Charles Ariiotima

Goal scorers

Player	Goals
Despotovski	5
Porter	5
Mori	3
Chipperfield	2
Trimboli	2
Horvat	1
De Amicis	1
Durakovic	1
Costanzo	1
Juric	1
Milicic	1

References

1. "Socceroo 2002 Matches".