1989 in Australian soccer

Season1989

The 1989 season was the 20th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 106th overall.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	5	Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs	—	1–1	1–0
2	Australia	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	4		1–1	—	4–1
3	New Zealand	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	3		2–2	2–0	—

12 March 1989	Australia	4–1	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Crino 16' Arnold 42', 56' Yankos 78' (pen.)	Report	Dunford 70'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 13,621 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

19 March 1989	Israel	1–1	Australia	Ramat Gan, Israel
	Ohana 66' (pen.)	Report	Yankos 72'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Manfred Neumer (Germany)

2 April 1989	New Zealand	2–0	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Dunford 19' Wright 80'	Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 3,340 Referee: Bin Singah (Singapore)

16 April 1989	Australia	1–1	Israel	Sydney, Australia
	Trimboli 88'	Report	Ohana 40'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 40,320 Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Australia men's national soccer team

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	10	0	+10	8	Advance to Final
2	Chinese Taipei	4	3	0	1	14	3	+11	6	Advance to Final
3	Australia (H)	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1	3	Advance to Third place play-off
4	Australia B	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4	3	Advance to Third place play-off
5	Papua New Guinea	4	0	0	4	1	19	−18	0

26 March 1989	Australia	0–2	New Zealand	Brisbane, Australia
		Report	Henderson HT+6' Nye ?'	Stadium: Perry Park

28 March 1989	Australia	6–0	Papua New Guinea	Brisbane, Australia
	Riddington ?', ?', ?' Vinson ?', ?' Priestley ?'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park

31 March 1989	Australia	1–4	Chinese Taipei	Brisbane, Australia
	Riddington HT+24'	Report	Yu-Chuan HT+7', HT+13', HT+16' Chun-Mei FT-1' (pen.)	Stadium: Perry Park

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Germany	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	United States	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	3
4	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

10 June 1989	East Germany	1–0	Australia	Aberdeen, Scotland
14:00	Manke 51'	Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)

12 June 1989	Australia	1–3	Brazil	Aberdeen, Scotland
20:15	Corica 50'	Report	Carlos 11', 34' Marcio 36'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: David Brummitt (Canada)

14 June 1989	Australia	2–2	United States	Aberdeen, Scotland
20:15	Pangallo 71' Suzor 73'	Report	Wood 6' Haskins 70'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Kil Ki-Chul (South Korea)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	4	4	0	35	1	+34	8	Qualification for 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2	New Zealand	4	3	1	18	5	+13	6
3	Chinese Taipei	4	2	2	23	5	+18	4
4	Fiji	4	1	3	9	23	−14	2
5	Vanuatu	4	0	4	0	51	−51	0

21 January 1989	Australia	2–0	Chinese Taipei	Australia
		Report

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	16	6	4	62	24	+38	38	Qualification for the Finals series
2	St George-Budapest	26	12	8	6	33	24	+9	32
3	Sydney Olympic	26	11	9	6	37	26	+11	31
4	Melbourne Croatia	26	13	5	8	44	35	+9	31
5	Preston Makedonia	26	11	8	7	31	24	+7	30
6	Adelaide City	26	10	8	8	29	24	+5	28
7	Sydney Croatia	26	10	8	8	25	25	0	28
8	South Melbourne	26	9	8	9	44	37	+7	26
9	Wollongong City	26	8	7	11	22	29	−7	23
10	APIA Leichhardt	26	7	9	10	27	35	−8	23
11	Sunshine George Cross	26	7	5	14	25	38	−13	19
12	Blacktown City	26	5	9	12	28	50	−22	19
13	Melbourne JUST (R)	26	5	8	13	24	37	−13	18	Relegation to the Victorian State League
14	Heidelberg United (R)	26	7	4	15	22	45	−23	18	Relegation to the Victorian State League

24 January 1989	Australia	24–0	Vanuatu	Australia
		Report

25 January 1989	Australia	4–0	Fiji	Australia
		Report

29 January 1989	Australia	5–1	New Zealand	Australia
		Report