Young Socceroos stun Brazil to head into top 16

COURTESY RELAY ASA: The Young Socceroos have scored a historic 3-2 win over Brazil at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates. The win guarantees Australian top spot in Group C and the Young Socceroos now progress to the knockout round of 16 where they will play a yet to be…

Frankfurt – At its meeting in Frankfurt today – Thursday, 4 December – the FIFA executive ratified ticket prices for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Chaired by President Joseph S. Blatter, the Executive Committee acceded to the proposal put forward by the Ticketing Sub-Committee presided over by vice-president, David Will. The executive decided that, in…

COURTESY FIFA – Frankfurt/Zurich: At its meeting in Frankfurt today under the chairmanship of FIFA senior vice-president Julio Grondona (deputising for the indisposed Lennart Johansson), the Organising Committee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup ratified the procedure for the preliminary draw for the 2006 FIFA World Cup to be held on 5 December. The match…

OFC Auckland: The Oceania Football Confederation will be well represented in an exclusive group of guest draw assistants for the preliminary draw for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany on 5 December 2003 commencing at 1705hrs (local time), / 0505hrs (NZT)/ 0205hrs (AEST). Oceania’s Player of the last Century and 1982 World Cup…

ASA: The Young Socceroos have scored a hard-fought 2-1 win over Canada and in the process taken a giant step towards a berth in the knockout round of 16 at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A goal early in each half to Alex Brosque and substitute Matt McKay…

COURTESY FIFA: The events building up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup GermanyTM will get underway in Frankfurt am Main during the first week of December, with the highlight of a packed programme being the Preliminary Draw at Frankfurt Festival Hall on 5 December. Prior to this great gathering of the football family, meetings of…

OFC Auckland: Football Association coaching instructor, Alan Gillett, has arrived in Auckland, New Zealand for the OFC Senior License Coaching Course which opens tomorrow, Friday 2 December at the OFC Academy in Ericsson Stadium. The course, which will run till 12 December, is the first of many other courses that will take place over the…

ASA RELEASE: Australia has commenced their 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship campaign with a 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A disappointing first half display saw the Australians behind at the interval following a 24th minute goal for the Czechs. However the Young Socceroos came out in the second half…

OFC: The Oceania Football Confederation announced today that it will combine the OFC Nations Cup with the 2006 OFC World Cup Qualifying preliminary competition starting in early 2004. The acting OFC president, Tautulu Roebeck, explained that the OFC has been working together with FIFA for the past months in devising the new format which will…

Latest FIFA ranking Ranking as of 19 November 2003 Rank: Team: Pts Rank: Oct03 Change Oct03 78 Australia 510 74 -4 82 New Zealand 496 76 -6 132 Tahiti 354 127 -5 146 Fiji 291 144 -2 154 Solomon Islands 251 152 -2 157 Vanuatu 227 157 0 172 Papua New Guinea174 170 -2 176…