Celebrating Western Australia's Football Heritage

State Teams (Men's)

2000-2009

The early part of the decade was relatively busy for the State men’s team with fixtures against Red Star Belgrade, South Australia, Perth Glory and Iraq, amongst others.

Senior representative football then entered a five-year hiatus, from which the State team emerged by defeating Perth Glory for the first time. A rare trip to Indonesia and home and away meetings with South Australia followed.

David Onoforo celebrate scoring for Western Australia vs South Australia
Western Australia celebrate scoring against South Australia in 2009

6 November 2000

Western Australia 4 (Sandy Robertson 11, 84, Antonio Naglieri 36, own goal 37)
Malaysia Under-23 0

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Alan Dunlop, Troy Bernard, Steve MacDonald, Jamie Kuzmanovich, Paul Cooke, Craig Surtees, Scott Devine (Todd Howarth 63), Antonio Naglieri (Todd Harnwell 64), Sandy Robertson, Kevin Correia (John Mirco 59), Trim Morgan (Louis Parkinson 84)

Malaysia Under-23: Mohd Syamsuri Mustafa, Irwan Fadli Idrus, Mohd Nizam Jamil, Mohd Mazuki, Rajini a/l Kahendran (Nazril Ezwan 84), Indra Putra Mahayuddin, Mohd Shawal Johadi, Azralan Azmi (Mohd Hairul Nizam 63), Fared Shah Hasan, Norhafiz Zamani, Saiful Sabto

Coaches: Paul Wormley (Western Australia)
Referee: Alan Dix

Venue: Litis Stadium, Mount Hawthorn
Attendance: 150

28 January 2001

Western Australia 0
Red Star Belgrade 2 (Mihajlo Pjanovic 4, Dragan Stevanovic 90)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Corey Hugo, Troy Bernard, Aaron Cole, Scott Broadley, Craig Surtees, Paul Cooke, Doug Ithier, Sandy Robertson (Jamie Kuzmanovich 78), Steve White, Trim Morgan, Louis Parkinson (Kevin Correia 78)

Red Star Belgrade: Aleksander Kocic (Dejan Pesic 46), Jovan Markoski (Vladimir Matijasevic 46), Petar Djenic (Nenad Lalatovic 46), Goran Bunjevcevic (Stevo Glogovac 46), Ivan Gvozdenovic (Mirko Bunjevcevic 46), Dejan Ilic (Naned Miljkovic 46), Leo Lerinc (Marjan Markovic 46), Blaze Georgioski (Branko Boskovic 46), Milenko Acimovic (Goran Drulic 46), Ivan Vukomanovic (Vladislav Mirkovic 46), Mihajlo Pjanovic (Dragan Stevanovic 46)

Coaches: Paul Wormley (Western Australia)
Referee: Eddie Lennie

Venue: Litis Stadium, Mount Hawthorn
Attendance: 3,500

29 Feburary 2001

Western Australia 2 (Sandy Robertson 61, Steve White 66)
Sarawak 1 (Safri Amit 80)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia (squad): Corey Hugo, Troy Bernard, Aaron Cole, Scott Broadley, Steve MacDonald, Doug Ithier, Todd Howarth, Paul Cooke, Craig Surtees, Jamie Kuzmanovich, Todd Harnwell, Steve White, Sandy Robertson, Kevin Correia, Louis Parkinson, Trim Morgan

Sarawak (incomplete): Mazlan Wahid, Ramos Sari, Ramles Sari, Safri Amit

Coaches: Paul Wormley (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Litis Stadium, Mount Hawthorn
Attendance:

9 March 2002

South Australia 0
Western Australia 0

Status: Friendly

South Australia (incomplete): Michael Pirone, Michael Brooks, Sam Barbaro, George Tsonis, Bill Misailidis, Aaron Westervelt, Frank Sergi

Western Australia (squad): Corey Hugo, Troy Bernard, Aaron Cole, Adrian Sutton, Ivan Zuvela, Todd Howarth, Daniel Trim, Dale Wingell, Lucas Gobbi, Dale McCulloch, Antonio Naglieri, Michael Garcia, Robyn Dyers, Ryan Jeans, Andres Oliveira

Coaches: Robbie Dunn (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 1,000

2002 West Australian State squad
2002 State team

10 November 2002

Western Australia 2 (Andres Oliviera 82, Todd Howarth 84)
Perth Glory 3 (Antonio Naglieri 13, 22, Bobby Despotovski 90)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Corey Hugo (Oliver Taseski 79), Dino Djulbic, Troy Bernard (Stuart Banks 79), Dean Johnson, Miki Vujacic (Rob Giorgi 63), Scott Campbell (Robbie Gaspar 63), James Afkos, Todd Howarth, Carl Medica (Stuart Montgomery 79), Andres Oliveira, Branimir Mikulic (Ryan Newhill 79)

Perth Glory: Jason Petkovic (Tony Franken 46), Ben Blake, Mohammad Mouhouti, Jamie Coyne, Michael Garcia, Todd Harnwell, Nick Ward (Peter Lord 55), Anthony Danze, Antonio Naglieri, Bobby Despotovski, Adrian Caceres

Coaches: Gary Marocchi (Western Australia), Mich d’Avray (Perth Glory)
Referee:

Venue: Perth Oval, Perth
Attendance: 1,100

9 February 2003

Western Australia 0
Perth Glory 4 (Anthony Danze 8, 77, Brad Hassell 46, David Tarka 90)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Corey Hugo, Troy Bernard, Doug Ithier, Shaun Kilkelly, Todd Howarth, Todd Harnwell, James Afkos, Carl Medica (Rob Giorgi 51), Stuart Montgomery (Scott Campbell 51), Andreas Oliviera, Branimir Mikulic (Ryan Newhill 51)

Perth Glory: Vince Matassa, Mohammad Mouhouti, Shane Pryce, Jamie Harnwell (David Tarka 40), Mark Byrnes, Jamie Coyne, Simon Colosimo, Anthony Danze, Adrian Caceres, Bobby Despotovski (Nick Mrdja 40), Brad Hassel)

Coaches: Gary Marocchi (Western Australia), Mich d’Avray (Perth Glory)
Referee: Stephen Muldoon

Venue: Litis Stadium, Mount Hawthorn
Attendance: 1,100

2003 West Australian State team
2003 State team

16 November 2003

Western Australia 0
Iraq 1

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Neil Young, Leon Russell, Aaron Cole, Adrian Sutton (c), Jamie Kuzmanovich (Craig Surtees), Dale McCulloch (Shaun Kilkelly), Keith Brown, Robbie Slater, Todd Howarth, Andy Mason (Daniel Trim), Nick Ward (Adam Bunce)

Iraq (squad): Rafid Badraddin, Haidar Jabar, Saeed Muhsin, Nashat Akram, Abbas Hassan, Qusai Munir, Jassim Swadi, Mohanad Mohammed Ali, Haidar Abdul-Kadir, Emad Aoda, Ahmed Manajid, Odai Talib, Haitham Khadim Tahir, Nassir Talaa, Basim Abbas, Qusai Hashim, Younis Mahmoud, Saad Nassir, Salih Sadir, Haidar Obaid

Coaches: Paul Simmons (Western Australia), Bernd Stange (Iraq)
Referee: Eddie Lennie

Venue: Arena Joondalup, Joondalup
Attendance: 2,800

22 November 2003

Western Australia 0
Iraq 4 (Jassim Swadi, Mohannad Mohammed Ali 37, Ahmed Manajid, Nasser Talaa 89)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia (squad): Corey Hugo, Neil Young, Leon Russell, Craig Surtees, Adrian Sutton (c), Anthony Jones, Aaron Cole, Shaun Kilkelly, Jamie Kuzmanovich, Jeff Bright, John Higgins, Todd Howarth, Scott Bulloch, Glen Thomas, Dale McCulloch, Keith Brown, Daniel Trim, Adam Bunce, Kevin Coreira, Andy Mason

Iraq (squad): Rafid Badraddin, Haidar Jabar, Saeed Muhsin, Nashat Akram, Abbas Hassan, Qusai Munir, Jassim Swadi, Mohanad Mohammed Ali, Haidar Abdul-Kadir, Emad Aoda, Ahmed Manajid, Odai Talib, Haitham Khadim Tahir, Nassir Talaa, Basim Abbas, Qusai Hashim, Younis Mahmoud, Saad Nassir, Salih Sadir, Haidar Obaid

Coaches: Paul Simmons (Western Australia), Bernd Stange (Iraq)
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Venue: Collingwood Park, Albany
Attendance: 1,500

19 June 2008

Western Australia 3 (Scott Bulloch 25, 65, Andrija Jukic 74)
Perth Glory 2 (Anthony Skorich 54, Brent Griffiths 73)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Neil Young, Jeff Bright, Keith Brown, Andy Brown, Scott Bulloch, John Migas, Dean Evans, Marc Anthony, Johnny Mirco (Paul Harvey 58), Andrija Jukic, Ian McMurray

Perth Glory: Aleks Vrteski, Dino Djulbic, Mark Lee, David Tarka (Brent Griffiths 52), Hayden Foxe, Josip Magdic, James Downey, James Robinson, Jamie Coyne (Adriano Pellegrino 30), Eugene Dadi, Jamie Harnwell (Anthony Skorich 45)

Coaches: Robbie Dunn (Western Australia)
Referee: Stephen Gregory

Venue: Litis Stadium, Mount Hawthorn
Attendance: 600

25 June 2008

East Java Under-23 2 (Wahyu Gunawan 58, Jaya Teguh Angga 90)
Western Australia 0

Status: Friendly

East Java Under-23 (squad): Heri Prasetyo, Wahyu Gunawan, Beny Wahyudi, Munhar, Ari Noviga, Juan Revi, Andik Vermansyah, Rendi Irwan, Dede Hugo, Hendro Siswanto, Harmoko, Juni Irawan, Sunaji, Roni Nurdiansyah, Saikhu, Feri Ariawan, Yandri Nirahua, Jaya Teguh Angga, Andul Rochim, Agung Dwi

Western Australia: Neil Young, Dean Evans, Keith Brown, John Migas, Jeff Bright, Marc Anthony (Garin Colins), Andy Brown, Scott Bulloch, Andrija Jukic (Tommy Amphlett), Johny Mirco (Paul Harvey), Ian McMurray

Coaches: Robbie Dunn (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Gelora Deltras Sidoargo Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia
Attendance:

2008 West Australian State team
2008 State team

11 October 2008

South Australia 3 (Chad Bugeja 19, Ivan Karlovic 36, Fred Agius 58)
Western Australia 0

Status: Friendly

South Australia: Ben Moore (Daniel Godley 68), Richie Alagich, Kristian Rees, Michael D’Aloisio, Ivan Karlovic, Aaron Goulding (Kim Stavrides 68), Simon Catanzaro (Michael Lastella 81), Chad Bugeja (Mimi Saric 73), Fred Aguis, Scott Tunbridge

Western Australia: Neil Young (Gareth Deeg 79), Danny Cain, Ante Kovacevic, Shaun Kilkelly (Daryl Platten 71), Jeff Bright, John Migas (Craig Young 67), Andy Brown, Marc Anthony, David Micevski (Ian McMurray 45), Antonio Naglieri, Phil O’Callaghan (Brad Scott 67)

Coaches: Robbie Dunn (Western Australia)
Referee: Regis Queffelc

Venue: Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide
Attendance:

7 March 2009

Western Australia 4 (Antonio Naglieri 34, Keith Brown 48, David Onoforo 51, 57)
South Australia 2 (Michael Matricianni 68, Chad Bugeja 86)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Neil Young (Phil Straker 81), John Migas, Danny Cain (Michael Pugliese 84), Ryan Townsend, Keith Brown (c) (Jason Colli 74), Antonio Naglieri, Marc Anthony, David Micevski, Todd Howarth (Adam Bachiller 73), David Onoforo, Todd Harnwell (Phil O’Callaghan 60)

South Australia: Daniel Godley (Ben Moore 71), David Menechella, Paul Pezos, Michael D’Aloisio, Michael Pirone (Chad Bugrja 45), Adam van Dommele, Louis Brain (Ricardo da Silva 65), Simon Catanzaro (Jim Starvides 72), Scott Tunbridge (Steven Grelli 74), Michael Matricianni, Mimi Saric

Coaches: Robbie Dunn (Western Australia)
Referee: Steven Gregory

Venue: Perth Oval, Perth
Attendance: “small”

2009 West Australian State squad
2009 State team