1993–94 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1993–94
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	Melbourne Knights
NSL Championship	Adelaide City
NSL Cup	Melita Eagles

The 1993–94 season was the 25th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 111th overall.

National teams

Men's senior

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

24 September 1993	South Korea	1–1	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
	Jung-won 35'	Report	Mori 85'

26 September 1993	South Korea	1–0	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
	Moon-sik 75'	Report

8 June 1994	Australia	1–0	South Africa	Adelaide, Australia
	A. Vidmar 11'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 10,203 Referee: Gerry Connolly (Australia)

12 June 1994	Australia	1–0	South Africa	Sydney, Australia
	Polak 38'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 17,769 Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification

Inter-confederation play-offs

First round

31 July 1993 1st Leg	Canada	2–1	Australia	Edmonton, Canada
20:30 CTZ	Watson 50' Mobilio 57'	Report	Dasovic 44' (o.g.)	Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 27,775 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

15 August 1993 2nd Leg	Australia	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (4–1 p)	Canada	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST	Farina 45' Durakovic 77'	Report	Hooper 54'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 25,982 Referee: Shinichiro Obata (Japan)
	Penalties
	Wade A. Vidmar Tobin Farina		Mitchell Bunbury Sweeney

Second round

31 October 1993 1st Leg	Australia	1–1	Argentina	Sydney, Australia
22:10 AEDT	A. Vidmar 42'		Balbo 37'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 43,697 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

17 November 1993 2nd Leg	Argentina	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Australia	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:15 UTC−3	Tobin 59' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 59,768 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

1994 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	France	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
2	Australia	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Japan	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

22 May 1994	Japan	1–1	Australia	Hiroshima, Japan
	Asano 10'	Report	A. Vidmar 67'	Stadium: Big Arch Stadium Attendance: 27,350 Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

26 May 1994	Australia	0–1	France	Kobe, Japan
		Report	Cantona 43'	Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium Attendance: 16,743 Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

Women's senior

Results and fixtures

1994 Gold Coast Invitional Tournament

24 April 1994	Australia	1–2	Russia	Gold Coast, Australia
	Salisbury ?'	Report	Savina 10' Merzlikina 75'

24 April 1994	Australia	1–1	Russia	Gold Coast, Australia
	Murray ?'	Report	Grigorieva 61'

Men's under-17

1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

Source: RSSSF

22 August 1993	Australia	2–2	Argentina	Nagoya, Japan
17:00 JST	Naglieri 6' Ristevski 27'	Report	Grande 34' Biagini 57'	Stadium: Mizuho Rugby Stadium Attendance: 7,952 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

24 August 1993	Australia	5–0	Canada	Nagoya, Japan
17:00 JST	Carter 5', 12' Bilokavic 48', 55' Bosevski 68'	Report		Stadium: Mizuho Rugby Stadium Attendance: 6,810 Referee: Sandor Piller (Hungary)

26 August 1993	Australia	0–2	Nigeria	Gifu, Japan
17:00 JST		Report	Kanu 51' Oruma 68'	Stadium: Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium Attendance: 5,732 Referee: Salvador Imperatore (Chile)

Knockout stage

29 August 1993 Quarter-finals	Ghana	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Australia	Kobe, Japan
19:00 JST	D. Addo 92'	Report		Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Knights	26	16	5	5	59	24	+35	53	Qualification for the Finals series
2	South Melbourne	26	13	8	5	39	20	+19	47
3	Sydney United	26	13	7	6	31	29	+2	46
4	Marconi Fairfield	26	11	9	6	52	33	+19	42
5	Adelaide City (C)	26	11	8	7	48	27	+21	41
6	Sydney Olympic	26	11	8	7	40	37	+3	41
7	Morwell Falcons	26	11	7	8	31	30	+1	40
8	Brisbane Strikers	26	10	6	10	28	25	+3	36
9	West Adelaide	26	10	5	11	41	34	+7	35
10	Parramatta Eagles	26	8	9	9	27	29	−2	33
11	Wollongong City	26	6	9	11	24	32	−8	27
12	Newcastle Breakers	26	5	8	13	30	47	−17	23
13	Brunswick Pumas	26	5	4	17	22	57	−35	19
14	Heidelberg United	26	3	5	18	19	67	−48	14

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

NSL Cup

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Final

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17 October 1993

Parramatta Eagles	2–0	Sydney United
Kupresak 42' (o.g.) Renaud 85'	Report

Marconi Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 4,156

Referee: Eugene Brazzale

References

^ "1993-94 Season Final Table". OzFootball.
^ Stock, Greg. "1993/94 National League Cup Results". OzFootball.
^ "Spiteri leads Parramatta to Cup glory". The Canberra Times. Vol. 68, no. 21, 370. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 October 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Football Australia official website

[1] "1993-94 Season Final Table". OzFootball.

[2] Stock, Greg. "1993/94 National League Cup Results". OzFootball.

[3] "Spiteri leads Parramatta to Cup glory". The Canberra Times. Vol. 68, no. 21, 370. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 October 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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