1968 in Australian soccer

{{short description|7th season of national competitive soccer in Australia}}

{{Infobox football country season

| country = Australia

| season = 1968

| domestic = Australia Cup

| dchampions = Sydney Hakoah

| prevseason = 1967

| nextseason = 1969

| flagicon = yes

| soccer = yes

}}

The 1968 season was the seventh season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 85th overall.

National teams

=Australia national soccer team=

==Results and fixtures==

===Friendlies===

{{football box collapsible

| date = 30 March 1968

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}

| score = 2–2

| report = http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1968A.html

| team2 = {{fb|JPN}}

| goals1 =

McColl {{goal|47}}
Blue {{goal|84}}

| goals2 =

Kamamoto {{goal|18||65}}

| stadium = Sydney Sports Ground

| location = Sydney, Australia

| attendance = 12,646{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1968A.html|title=Socceroo Internationals for 1968|last=Esamie|first=Thomas|accessdate=21 February 2021|website=ozfootball.net}}

| referee =

| result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

| date = 31 March 1968

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}

| score = 3–1

| report = http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1968A.html

| team2 = {{fb|JPN}}

| goals1 =

Scheinflug {{goal|33}}
Vojtek {{goal|42}}
Baartz {{goal|89}}

| goals2 =

Kuwahara {{goal|31}}

| stadium = Olympic Park Stadium

| location = Melbourne, Australia

| attendance = 9,974

| referee =

| result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

| date = 4 April 1968

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}

| score = 1–3

| report = http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1968A.html

| team2 = {{fb|JPN}}

| goals1 =

McColl {{goal|70}}

| goals2 =

Sugiyama {{goal|82}}
Kamamoto {{goal|85||89}}

| stadium = Norwood Oval

| location = Adelaide, Australia

| attendance = 6,127

| referee =

| result = L

}}

Cup competitions

=Australia Cup=

The competition began on 29 March 1968. Nineteen clubs had entered the competition with the final two clubs Sydney Hakoah and Melbourne Hakoah qualifying for the Final.{{cite web|url=http://www.elitetograssroots.net/qbst/1_australia_cup/ac1968.htm|title=Australia Cup 1968 – Results|date=23 November 2016|author=Andrew Robinson}} Sydney Hakoah won 6–1 on aggregate over Melbourne Hakoah.