Soccer: | yes |
Country: | Australia |
Season: | 1967 |
Domestic: | Australia Cup |
Dchampions: | Melbourne Hungaria |
Prevseason: | 1966 |
Nextseason: | 1968 |
Flagicon: | yes |
The 1967 season was the sixth season of national competitive association football in Australia and 84th overall.
See main article: Australia men's national soccer team.
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]
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.
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See main article: 1967 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.[3] Melbourne won the final 4–3 in extra time with a hat-trick from Attila Abonyi and a goal from Frank Stoffels.