The 1988 Australian Bicentennial Gold Cup was a one-off association football tournament to celebrate the bincentennial of first settlement at Port Jackson by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788. It was contested by 1988 AFC Asian Cup winners Saudi Arabia, 1986 FIFA World Cup winners Argentina, world number one-ranked side Brazil and host nation Australia.
The tournament was particularly notable for Australian fans for a remarkable extreme-long range goal scored by Charlie Yankos in Australia's unexpected 4–1 win over then World Champions Argentina. Brazil were eventual winners, beating Australia 2–0 in the final. Argentina took out 3rd place beating Saudi Arabia 2–0 in the third place match.
Participants Argentina Australia Brazil Saudi Arabia
Format Teams played each other once in a round robin group stage. Each team was awarded 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. The top two teams from the group played in a final and the bottom two teams played in a 3rd place match.
Summary
Group stage
Third place play-off
Final
GK 1 Jeff Olver RB 2 Wally Savor CB 15 Charlie YankosCB 21Robbie DunnLB 3 Graham JenningsRM 4 Paul Wade CM 12 Alan Davidson(c)CM 6 Frank Farina LM 19Oscar Crino CF 17Graham Arnold CF 10Scott Ollerenshaw Substitutions:MF 5 Vlado Bozinovski FW 7Robbie Slater Manager:Frank Arok GK 1 Cláudio TaffarelRB 13 JorginhoCB 3 Aloisio CB 14 Ricardo GomesLB 6 Nelsinho RM 8Andrade CM 5ValdoLM 10 GeovaniRF 7 MüllerCF 9 Edmar (c) LF 11Romario Substitutions:DF 2 WinckManager:Carlos Alberto Silva
Awards
Statistics
Goalscorers
See also 1988 in Brazilian football
References
External links Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup on the RSSSF