1967 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia

Season	1967
Men's soccer
Australia Cup	Melbourne Hungaria
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The 1967 season was the sixth season of national competitive association football in Australia and 84th overall.

National teams

Australia national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Australia hosted a three-match test series against Scotland.^[1] There was much criticism of the Scottish squad after a number of their best players had elected to stay behind because of their clubs commitments in Europe. The matches were recognised as A international matches for Australia, but not for Scotland.^[2]

Australia  v  Scotland

28 May 1967	Australia	0–1	Scotland	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Ferguson 31'	Stadium: Royal Agricultural Ground Attendance: 34,792 Referee: Bill Hosie (Australia)

Australia  v  Scotland

31 May 1967	Australia	1–2	Scotland	Adelaide, Australia
	Baartz ?'	Report	Townsend 25' Morgan ?'	Stadium: Norwood Oval Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Dave Maitland (Australia)

Australia  v  Scotland

3 June 1967	Australia	0–2	Scotland	Melbourne, Australia
		Report	Ferguson 61', 82'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 22,138 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup

The national team was invited to play in the 1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup hosted in South Vietnam. They began against their rivals' New Zealand with the result being a 5–3 win. They had then won against host South Vietnam 1–0 by a goal from Johnny Warren. Australia finished their group stage by winning 5–1 against Singapore. After they won the semi-final in extra time, they won the Final against South Korea 3–2.

Group A

Australia  v  New Zealand

5 November 1967	Australia	5–3	New Zealand	Saigon, South Vietnam
	Baartz 7' Warren 13' Abonyi 51', 75', 84' (pen.)	Report	Mears ?' Nemeth ?' Shaw ?'	Stadium: Cộng Hòa Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hong Deok-young (South Korea)

South Vietnam  v  Australia

7 November 1967	South Vietnam	0–1	Australia	Saigon, South Vietnam
		Report	Warren 35'	Stadium: Cộng Hòa Stadium Referee: N.F. Nice (Malaysia)

Australia  v  Singapore

11 November 1967	Australia	5–1	Singapore	Saigon, South Vietnam
	Westwater 19' Abonyi 27', 36', 39' Baartz 53'	Report	Yeo ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Cộng Hòa Stadium Attendance: 10,000

Knockout stage

Australia  v  Malaysia

12 November 1967	Australia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Malaysia	Saigon, South Vietnam
	Baartz 101'	Report		Stadium: Cộng Hòa Stadium Attendance: 30,000

Australia  v  South Korea

14 November 1967	Australia	3–2	South Korea	Saigon, South Vietnam
	Vojtek 36' Warren 52' Abonyi 84'	Report	Yong-kun 1' Yoon-jung 85'	Stadium: Cộng Hòa Stadium Attendance: 30,000

Australia national under-23 soccer team

Friendlies

New Caledonia  v  Australia

6 November 1967	New Caledonia	2–1	Australia	Noumea, New Caledonia
	Benebig 35' Nippy 37'	Report	Patterson 89'	Stadium: Stade Numa-Daly Magenta Attendance: 2,000[3] Referee: Arthur Williams (New Zealand)

New Zealand  v  Australia

10 November 1967	New Zealand	1–3	Australia	Noumea, New Caledonia
	Breslin ?'	Report	Armytage ?' Manuel ?' Patterson ?'	Stadium: Stade Numa-Daly Magenta

Cup competitions

Australia Cup

The competition began on 8 October 1967. Sixteen clubs had entered the competition with the final two clubs Melbourne Hungaria and APIA Leichhardt qualifying for the Final.^[4] Melbourne won the final 4–3 in extra time with a hat-trick from Attila Abonyi and a goal from Frank Stoffels.

Final

29 October 1968 (1968-10-29)

Melbourne Hungaria	4–3 (a.e.t.)	APIA Leichhardt
Abonyi 19', 53', 95' Stoffels 74'	Report	Shanks 24' (o.g.) Giacometti 69' Watkiss 83'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 11,185

Referee: Vince Dobinson

References

External links

• Football Australia official website