Merlion Cup 1984


Singapore, 14-28 October

Group A

NETHERLANDS AMATEUR   3  3  0  0 10- 3  6
AUSTRALIA U23         3  2  0  1  5- 6  4
Singapore             3  1  0  2  6- 4  2
Indonesia             3  0  0  3  2-10  0

Note: it is not clear what standard of team represented Indonesia. The lineups
      suggest that it was a B or youth team, though a couple of players did appear
      in Indonesia's World Cup qualifiers in 1985.

14/10/1984 Singapore         1-2 Netherlands Amateur  (opening match)
             [Kuniuraman Kannan 25' / J. Neuteboom 44', C. Reglero 80']
             [Singapore: David Lee, Thambiah Pathmanathan, Malek Awab, Arj Mani, Shafik Norhalis,
                         Hashim Hosni, Rajagopal Suriamurthy, Peng Kee Tay (Razali Rashid 71'),
                         Saad Razali, Lim Tang Boon, Kuniuraman Kannan]
             [Netherlands: A. de Kleine, J. de Kroon, N. Hoogwerf, J. Manuputty,
                           Marius Mathorst (Rene Meulendijks 69'), J. Neuteboom,
                           T. Norbart (Peter de Jongste 81'), C. Reglero, P. Scheepers,
                           R. Versteeg, Peter Willemsee]

14/10/1984 Australia U23     2-1 Indonesia
             [Warren Spink, Frank Farina / Sain Irmis]
             [Australia: Tony Franken, Robbie Hooker, Andy Bernal, Ray Vlietstra,
                         Howard Tredinnick, Sean Ingham (Alex Bundalo 70'), John Mihailidis,
                         Ralph Maier, John Panagis (Andrew Koczka 70'), Warren Spink,
                         Frank Farina]
             [Indonesia: Hermansyah, Patar Tambunan, Marzuki Nyakmad (Kamaluddin 63'),
                         Frans Sinatra, Budi Awan, Danni Bulung, Abdul Khamid (Agil Alhabsy 46'),
                         Azhary Ranghuti, Ali Ridwan Mas, Sain Irmis, Noah Meriem]

16/10/1984 Netherlands Amat. 3-0 Indonesia
             [N. Hoogwerf x2, P. Scheepers]
             [Netherlands: A. de Kleine, J. de Kroon, N. Hoogwerf, J. Manuputty,
                           Rene Meulendijks, J. Neuteboom (Marius Mathorst 82'), T. Norbart,
                           C. Reglero (F. Prins 82'), P. Scheepers, R. Versteeg, Peter Willemsee]
             [Indonesia: Hermansyah, Kamaluddin, Frans Sinatra, Budi Awan,
                         Danni Bulung (Maryanto 71'), Isman Jasulmei, Sugianto,
                         Ali Ridwan Mas, Azhary Rangkuti, Sain Irmis, Noah Meriem]

19/10/1984 Singapore         0-1 Australia U23
             [Andy Bernal]
             [Singapore: David Lee, Thambiah Pathmanathan, Malek Awab, Arj Mani, Shafik Norhalis,
                         Hashim Hosni, Rajagopal Suriamurthy, Peng Kee Tay (Darimosuvito Tokijan 53'),
                         Razali Saad, Lim Tang Boom, Kuniuraman Kannan (Razali Rashid 88')]
             [Australia: Tony Franken, Robbie Hooker, Andy Bernal, Ray Vlietstra,
                         Howard Tredinnick, Alex Bundalo (David Sharpe 75'), John Mihailidis,
                         Ralph Maier, John Panagis, Warren Spink (Sean Ingham 75'), Frank Farina]

22/10/1984 Netherlands Amat. 5-2 Australia U23
             [F. Prins x2, A. de Kleine, P. Scheepers, C. Reglero / John Panagis, Andy Bernal pen]
             [Netherlands: Peter de Jongste, A. de Kleine, N. Hoogwerf (Abe Knoop 84'),
                           J. Manuputty, Rene Meulendijks, J. Neuteboom (Oege Boonstra 84'),
                           F. Prins, C. Reglero, P. Scheepers, R. Versteeg, Peter Willemsee]
             [Australia: Paul Jones, John Gregson, Andy Bernal, Aki Kotzamichalis, Andrew Koczka,
                         Alex Bundalo, Theo Stamatelopoulos (Ralph Maier 76'), David Sharpe,
                         John Panagis, Sean Ingham, Warren Spink (Frank Farina 76')]

22/10/1984 Singapore         5-1 Indonesia
             [Kuniuraman Kannan x3, Darimosuvito Tokijan x2 / Sain Irmis]
             [Singapore: Yakob Hashim, Thambiah Pathmanathan, Malek Awab, Marzuki Elias,
                         Shafik Norhalis, Hashim Hosni, Razali Rashid (Peng Kee Tay 63'),
                         Darimosuvito Tokijan, Saad Razali, Lim Tang Boon (Rashin Musanaib 79'),
                         Kuniuraman Kannan]
             [Indonesia: Hermansyah, Patar Tambunan, Marzuki Nyakmad, Frans Sinatra,
                         Budi Awan, Danni Bulung, Ali Ridwan Mas (Agil Alhabsy 59'), Abdul Khamid,
                         Azhary Rangkuti, Sain Irmis, Noah Meriem]

Group B

IRAQ             3  3  0  0  7- 1  6
SOUTH KOREA U21  3  1  1  1  5- 6  3
Argentina U23    3  1  1  1  3- 4  3
Chile U23        3  0  0  3  2- 6  0

Note: some sources (including the AFA website) report the Argentina and/or Chile teams as U20,
      but some of the players in each squad were aged 22+.

15-10-1984 Iraq              2-0 Argentina U23
             [Ahmed Radhi, Hussein Saeed]
             [Argentina: Angel Comizzo, Nestor Lorenzo, Jorge Theiler, Pedro Monzon,
                         Flavio Spotorno, Hugo Lamadrid (Daniel Ramirez 80'), Guillermo Afonso,
                         Sergio Bufarini, Guillermo Hoyos, Gerardo Martino, Juan Daniel Sen]

16-10-1984 South Korea U21   3-1 Chile U23
             [Lee Kyung-Nam, Kim Joon-Hyun, Choi Kwang-Ji / Sergio Marchant]
             [South Korea: Lee Moon-Young, Kim Pan-Keun, Yoo Byung-Ok, Jang Jung, Kim Sam-Soo,
                           Choi Jin-Han, Lee Kyung-Nam (Choi Kwang-Ji 46'), Koo Sang-Bum,
                           Kim Joon-Hyun, Kim Jong-Boo (Yoo Dong-Kwan), Shin Yeon-Ho]
             [Chile: Patricio Toledo, Leonel Barrientos, Eduardo Calquin, Jorge Pellicer,
                     Leonel Sanchez, Jorge Munoz, David Elgueda, Wilson Miranda,
                     Sergio Marchant, Juan Gutierrez, Ivo Basay (Luis Zambrano 64')]

18-10-1984 Iraq              3-0 South Korea U21
             [Hussein Saeed, Natiq Hashim, Ali Hussein]
             [South Korea: Lee Moon-Young, Kim Pan-Keun, Yoo Byung-Ok, Jang Jung,
                           Choi Jin-Han (Kim Sam-Soo 25'), Choi Kwang-Ji, Koo Sang-Bum,
                           Kim Jong-Hwan, Yoo Dong-Kwan, Kim Jong-Boo, Shin Yeon-Ho]

18-10-1984 Argentina U23     1-0 Chile U23
             [Carlos Candia 83']
             [Riot police came on to the pitch to stop players fighting]
             [Argentina: Angel Comizzo, Nestor Lorenzo, Jorge Theiler, Pedro Monzon,
                         Flavio Spotorno, Hugo Lamadrid (Carlos Mayor), Guillermo Afonso,
                         Sergio Bufarini (Carlos Candia 73'), Guillermo Hoyos, Gerardo Martino,
                         Daniel Ramirez]
             [Chile: Marcelo Ramirez, Luis Silva, Jorge Pellicer, Leonel Sanchez,
                     Jorge Munoz, Jaime Pizarro, David Elgueda (Wilson Miranda 61'),
                     Mario Lepe, Sergio Marchant, Luis Zambrano (Juan Gutierrez 73'), Ivo Basay]

20-10-1984 Iraq              2-1 Chile U23
             [Karim Saddam x2 / Sergio Marchant pen]
             [Chile: Marcelo Ramirez, Eduardo Calquin (Leonel Barrientos 58'),
                     Rodrigo Astudillo (Luis Silva 63'), Jorge Pellicer, Jaime Pizarro,
                     Leonel Sanchez, Jorge Munoz, Mario Lepe, Sergio Marchant, Ivo Basay,
                     Luis Zambrano]

21-10-1984 South Korea U21   2-2 Argentina U23
             [Kim Jong-Boo 49', Choi Jin-Han 51' / Adrian Pasceri 42' 72']
             [South Korea: Lee Moon-Young, Kim Pan-Keun, Kang Tae-Sik, Yoo Byung-Ok,
                           Jang Jung, Choi Jin-Han, Kim Joon-Hyun, Chung Dong-Buk, Kim Sam-Soo
                           (Yoo Dong-Kwan 72'), Kim Jong-Boo, Lee Kyung-Nam (Choi Kwang-Ji),
             [Argentina: Angel Comizzo, Nestor Lorenzo, Jorge Theiler, Carlos Mayor,
                         Fabio Spotorno, Hugo Lamadrid (Marcelo Asteggiano 67'),
                         Gerardo Martino, Guillermo Hoyos, Juan Daniel Sen (Sergio Bufarini 61'),
                         Adrian Pasceri, Carlos Candia]
             [Ref: Stuart Mellings (Australia)]

Semifinals

25-10-1984 South Korea U21   3-1 Netherlands Amateur
             [Choi Jin-Han, Lee Kyung-Nam, Shin Yeon-Ho / Oege Boonstra]
             [South Korea: Kim Dong-Hoon, Kim Pan-Keun, Kang Tae-Sik, Yoo Byung-Ok,
                           Jang Jung, Choi Jin-Han, Kim Jong-Hwan (Lee Kyung-Nam 28'
                           (Chung Dong-Bok 67')), Kim Jong-Kon, Kim Jong-Boo, Choi Kwang-Ji,
                           Shin Yeon-Ho]
             [Netherlands: A. de Kleine, J. de Kroon, N. Hoogwerf, J. Manuputty (F. Prins 46'),
                           Rene Meulendijks, J. Neuteboom (Oege Boonstra 51'), T. Norbart,
                           C. Reglero, P. Scheepers, R. Versteeg, Peter Willemsee]

26-10-1984 Iraq              1-1 Australia U23     (AET, 9-8 pen)
             [Hussein Saeed / Frank Farina]
             [Australia: Tony Franken, Robbie Hooker, Andy Bernal, Ray Vlietstra,
                         Howard Tredinnick, David Sharpe (John Gregson 83'), John Mihailidis,
                         Ralph Maier, John Panagis, Sean Ingham (Warren Spink 101'), Frank Farina]

Third Place Match
28-10-1984 Netherlands Amat. 3-0 Australia U23
             [Rene Meulendijks, A. de Kleine, C. Reglero]
             [Netherlands: Oege Boonstra (Marius Mathorst 67'), Peter de Jongste,
                           A. de Kleine, J. Manuputty, Rene Meulendijks, T. Norbart, F. Prins,
                           C. Reglero, P. Scheepers, R. Versteeg, Peter Willemsee (Jacob Ree 80')]
             [Australia: Tony Franken, Robbie Hooker, Aki Kotzamichalis, Ray Vlietstra,
                         Howard Tredinnick, Ralph Maier, John Mihailidis, Theo Stamatelopoulos
                         (John Gregson 65'), Andrew Koczka (Sean Ingham 74'), Warren Spink,
                         Frank Farina]

Final
28-10-1984 Iraq              2-1 South Korea U21
             [Hussein Saeed, Wamidh Munir / Kim Jong-Boo.  Att: 30000]
             [The Korean goal-scorer is also reported as Kim Jong-Hwan]
             [Iraq: Fattah Nassif, Adnan Dirjal, Kazem Mutashar, Khalil Mohammed Allawi,
                    Jamal Ali, Basil Kourkis, Karim Mohammed Allawi (Karim Saddam),
                    Ali Hussein, Wamidh Munir, Ahmed Radhi (Hamid Rashid), Hussein Saeed]
             [South Korea: Kim Dong-Hoon, Kim Pan-Keun, Yoo Byung-Ok, Jang Jung, Choi Jin-Han,
                           Kim Jong-Hwan (Kim Sam-Soo 46'), Kim Jong-Kon, Lee Kyung-Nam
                           (Choi Kwang-Ji), Koo Sang-Bum, Kim Jong-Boo, Shin Yeon-Ho]


Australia U23 squad
Note: the Australian squad was largely composed of youth players in preparation for the
      1985 U20 World Cup qualifiers, supplemented by 5 older players who were in the squads
      for the U20 World Cups of 1983 or 1981.
1981 U20 World Cup player:
  Howard Tredinnick (Melita Eagles)
1983 U20 World Cup players:
  Frank Farina (Canberra Arrows)
  Tony Franken (Canberra Arrows)
  Ralph Maier (Newcastle Rosebud)
  Ray Vlietstra (Wollongong)
1985 U20 World Cup players:
  Alex Bundalo (Wollongong)
  John Gregson (Melita Eagles)
  Robbie Hooker (AIS = Australian Institute of Sport)
  Sean Ingham (AIS)
  Paul Jones (AIS)
  Andrew Koczka (St George Budapest)
  Loukas 'Aki' Kotzamichalis (Springvale City)
  John Panagis (West Adelaide Hellas)
  David Sharpe (AIS)
  Warren Spink (AIS)
Other players (U20):
  Andy Bernal (AIS)
  John Mihailidis (Canberra Arrows)
  Theo Stamatelopoulos (West Adelaide)



Overview

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About this document

Sources: The Times, The Age (Melbourne), United Press International, www.niiis.com, Australian Soccer Federation Annual Report 1985, Asociacion del Futbol Argentino website.

Thanks to Perry Menexis

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Authors: Neil Morrison and Mark Cruickshank
Last updated: 6 Nov 2009

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