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OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 1

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIATM

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUPTM

CONTENTS Media information 3 2018 FIFA World Cup match schedule 5 Host cities 7 Match officials 8 2018 FIFA World Cup country profiles 9 FIFA World Cup history 41 Head-to-head 43 Australia’s squad 47 Player profiles 48 Coach profiles 71 Australian national team history 72 2018 FIFA World Cup diary 108

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AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM / 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA KEY DATES AEST 20 May Pre-tournament camp in Antalya, Turkey, commences 1 June Warm-up friendly: Australia v Czech Republic (St Polten, ) 13:00 local 1 June 21:00 2 June Final 23-player squad announced 9 June Warm-up friendly: Australia v (Budapest, Hungary) 17:30 local 10 June 01:30 14 June–15 July 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia 15 June – 16 July 14 June 2018 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony Russia v , opening match () 18:00 local 15 June 01:00 16 June Australia v , Group C match (Kazan) 13:00 local 16 June 20:00 21 June Australia v , Group C match (Samara) 16:00 local 21 June 22:00 26 June Australia v Peru, Group C match () 17:00 local 27 June 00:00 28 June First round ends 29 June 30 June–3 July Round of 16 kick-offs between 17:00 and 21:00 local 1 July 00:00 – 4 July 04:00 6–7 July Quarter finals kick-offs between 17:00 and 21:00 local 6 July 00:00 – 7 July 04:00 10–11 July Semi finals (St Petersburg, Moscow) 21:00 local 10–11 July 04:00 14 July Third-place play-off (St Petersburg) 17:00 local 15 July 00:00 15 July Final (Moscow) 18:00 local 16 July 01:00

TIME ZONES: WITHIN RUSSIA TIME DIFFERENCES 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia host cities are in four time zones: RUSSIA (Moscow) – AUSTRALIA Kazan, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Saint 7 hours behind AEST (NSW, Vic, Qld, Tas, ACT) Petersburg, , Sochi and Volgograd are on UTC+3; 6.5 hours behind ACST (SA, NT) Kalingrad is UTC+2; Samara is UTC+3; Ekaterinburg is UTC+5. 5 hours behind AWST (WA)

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP OVERVIEW GROUP STAGE eight groups of four teams, round robin format, top two from each group progress (48 matches) Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Russia Iran Australia Germany Colombia Egypt Morocco Denmark Costa Rica England Saudi Arabia Portugal France Iceland Korea Republic Panama Poland Peru Sweden Tunisia Senegal KNOCKOUT STAGES winners progress to next stage, losers eliminated (16 matches) Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals FINAL rd (8 matches) → (4 matches) → (2 matches) → and 3 -place play-off

SELECTED TECHNICAL RULES Article 32 Group stage The ranking of each team in each group shall be determined as follows: Article 31: Format – final competition a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches; The final competition shall be played in a group b) goal difference in all group matches; stage, followed by three knockout stages, the c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches. play-off for third place and the final. If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, Articles 33–36: Knock-out stages their rankings shall be determined as follows: In the knockout stages, if, after 90 minutes, the d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the match ends in a draw, extra time of two periods teams concerned; of 15 minutes each will be played. If the score is e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams; level after extra time, penalty kicks will be taken f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams; to determine the winner in accordance with the g) greater number of points obtained in fair play conduct of the teams; procedure described in the Laws of the Game. h) drawing of lots by FIFA. See the full 2018 FIFA World Cup regulations on www..com/worldcup/organisation/documents

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FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA MEDIA TEAM 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA

JOHN KENT ADAM MARK Head of Communications and Corporate Affairs Media and Communications Manager [email protected] [email protected] FFA Chairman, CEO & corporate communications/requests FFA point of contact for Australian media Issues management & crisis communications Media Manager for Training Base (Stadium Trudovye Rezervy, Kazan) BEN O'NEILL Media accreditation & training site access Team Media Officer [email protected] BEN COONAN Socceroos team media activities Socceroos TV unit Socceroos matchday media camera operator and producer Socceroos media & coaching staff interview requests [email protected] Socceroos TV & FFA website production TRISTAN FURNEY Near daily TV distribution & Social Media and Fan Engagement Management pool camera for selected events [email protected] FFA social media & fan engagement

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA ON-LINE COVERAGE

www.fifa.com/worldcup Follow the Australian national team the official website of the via the official Socceroos social channels 2018 FIFA World Cup Facebook: www.facebook.com/Socceroos www.socceroos.com.au Instagram: www.instagram.com/Socceroos the official website of the Socceroos Twitter: twitter.com/Socceroos

HOW TO WATCH TO THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP Australian football fans have the GROUP STAGE chance to watch every Socceroos SBS and Optus Sport will screen each of the Socceroos' game at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Group C matches live and in HD. Russia live and free on SBS and live KNOCKOUT STAGES on Optus Sport. SBS and Optus Sport will also broadcast every knockout Optus Sport will show all 64 games, match involving the Socceroos. Full times and broadcasting while SBS will screen 25 games in high details will be confirmed should Australia advance definition including the tournament to the Round of 16 and beyond.Optus Sport will also show opener, semi-finals and final. every other match of the knockout stages. Tune in live on SBS or stream via website (theworldgame.sbs.com.au) or the 2018 FIFA World Cup app Go to the Optus web site to find out how to watch live on Optus Sport on TV, mobile, table console or computer.

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Local time AEST* Venue # 14 Jun 6 pm 15 Jun 1 am RUSSIA SAUDI ARABIA Moscow (L) 1

15 Jun 5 pm 15 Jun 10 pm EGYPT URUGUAY Ekaterinburg 2 19 Jun 9 pm 20 Jun 4 am RUSSIA EGYPT 17 20 Jun 6 pm 21 Jun 1 am URUGUAY SAUDI ARABIA Rostov-on-Don 18 Group A Group 25 Jun 6 pm 26 Jun 12 am URUGUAY RUSSIA Samara 33 25 Jun 5 pm 26 Jun 12 am SAUDI ARABIA EGYPT Volgograd 34 15 Jun 6 pm 16 Jun 1 am MOROCCO IRAN Saint Petersburg 4

15 Jun 9 pm 16 Jun 4 am PORTUGAL SPAIN Sochi 3 20 Jun 3 pm 20 Jun 10 pm PORTUGAL MOROCCO Moscow (L) 19 20 Jun 9 pm 21 Jun 4 am IRAN SPAIN Kazan 20 Group B Group 25 Jun 9 pm 26 Jun 4 am IRAN PORTUGAL Saransk 35 25 Jun 8 pm 26 Jun 4 am SPAIN MOROCCO Kaliningrad 36 16 Jun 1 pm 16 Jun 8 pm FRANCE AUSTRALIA Kazan 5

16 Jun 7 pm 17 Jun 2 am PERU DENMARK Saransk 6 21 Jun 4 pm 21 Jun 10 pm DENMARK AUSTRALIA Samara 22 21 Jun 8 pm 22 Jun 1 am FRANCE PERU Ekaterinburg 21 Group C Group 26 Jun 5 pm 27 Jun 12 am DENMARK FRANCE Moscow (L) 37 26 Jun 5 pm 27 Jun 12 am AUSTRALIA PERU Sochi 38 16 Jun 4 pm 16 Jun 11 pm ARGENTINA ICELAND Moscow (S) 7

16 Jun 9 pm 17 Jun 5 am CROATIA NIGERIA Kaliningrad 8 21 Jun 9 pm 22 Jun 4 am ARGENTINA CROATIA Nizhny Novgorod 23 22 Jun 6 pm 23 Jun 1 am NIGERIA ICELAND Volgograd 24

Group D Group 26 Jun 9 pm 27 Jun 4 am NIGERIA ARGENTINA Saint Petersburg 39 26 Jun 9 pm 27 Jun 4 am ICELAND CROATIA Rostov-on-Don 40 17 Jun 4 pm 17 Jun 10 pm COSTA RICA SERBIA Samara 10

17 Jun 9 pm 18 Jun 4 am BRAZIL SWITZERLAND Rostov-on-Don 9 22 Jun 3 pm 22 Jun 10 pm BRAZIL COSTA RICA Saint Petersburg 25 22 Jun 8 pm 23 Jun 4 am SERBIA SWITZERLAND Kaliningrad 26 Group E Group 27 Jun 9 pm 28 Jun 4 am SERBIA BRAZIL Moscow (S) 41 27 Jun 9 pm 28 Jun 4 am SWITZERLAND COSTA RICA Nizhny Novgorod 42 17 Jun 6 pm 18 Jun 1 am GERMANY MEXICO Moscow (L) 11

18 Jun 3 pm 18 Jun 10 pm SWEDEN KOREA REPUBLIC Nizhny Novgorod 12 23 Jun 6 pm 24 Jun 1 am KOREA REPUBLIC MEXICO Rostov-on-Don 28 23 Jun 9 pm 24 Jun 4 am GERMANY SWEDEN Sochi 27 Group F Group 27 Jun 5 pm 28 Jun 12 am KOREA REPUBLIC GERMANY Kazan 43 27 Jun 7 pm 28 Jun 12 am MEXICO SWEDEN Ekaterinburg 44 18 Jun 6 pm 19 Jun 1 am BELGIUM PANAMA Sochi 13

18 Jun 9 pm 19 Jun 4 am TUNISIA ENGLAND Volgograd 14 23 Jun 3 pm 23 Jun 10 pm BELGIUM TUNISIA Moscow (S) 29 24 Jun 3 pm 24 Jun 10 pm ENGLAND PANAMA Nizhny Novgorod 30 Group G Group 28 Jun 8 pm 29 Jun 4 am ENGLAND BELGIUM Kaliningrad 45 28 Jun 9 pm 29 Jun 4 am PANAMA TUNISIA Saransk 46 19 Jun 3 pm 19 Jun 10 pm COLOMBIA JAPAN Saransk 16

19 Jun 6 pm 20 Jun 1 am POLAND SENEGAL Moscow (S) 15 24 Jun 8 pm 25 Jun 1 am JAPAN SENEGAL Ekaterinburg 32 24 Jun 9 pm 25 Jun 4 am POLAND COLOMBIA Kazan 31

Group H Group 28 Jun 5 pm 29 Jun 12 am JAPAN POLAND Volgograd 47 28 Jun 6 pm 29 Jun 12 am SENEGAL COLOMBIA Samara 48

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Group A w d l f a pts Group E w d l f a pts Russia Brazil Saudi Arabia Switzerland Egypt Costa Rica Uruguay Serbia Group B w d l f a pts Group F w d l f a pts Portugal Germany Spain Mexico Morocco Sweden Iran Korea Republic Group C w d l f a pts Group G w d l f a pts France Belgium Australia Panama Peru Tunisia Denmark England Group D w d l f a pts Group H w d l f a pts Argentina Poland Iceland Senegal Croatia Colombia Nigeria Japan

KNOCK-OUT STAGE ROUND OF 16 30 Jun 5 pm 01 Jul 12 am WINNER A RUNNER-UP B Kazan Round of 16 – 1 50 30 Jun 9 pm 01 Jul 4 am WINNER C RUNNER-UP D Sochi Round of 16 – 2 49 01 Jul 5 pm 02 Jul 12 am WINNER B RUNNER-UP A Moscow (L) Round of 16 – 3 51 01 Jul 9 pm 02 Jul 4 am WINNER D RUNNER-UP C Nizhny Novgorod Round of 16 – 4 52 02 Jul 6 pm 03 Jul 12 am WINNER E RUNNER-UP F Samara Round of 16 – 5 53 02 Jul 9 pm 03 Jul 4 am WINNER G RUNNER-UP H Rostov-on-Don Round of 16 – 6 54 03 Jul 5 pm 04 Jul 12 am WINNER F RUNNER-UP E Saint Petersburg Round of 16 – 7 55 03 Jul 9 pm 04 Jul 4 am WINNER H RUNNER-UP G Moscow (S) Round of 16 – 8 56 QUARTER FINALS 06 Jul 5 pm 07 Jul 12 am WINNER OF 16 – 1 WINNER OF 16 – 2 Nizhny Novgorod Quarter final 1 57 06 Jul 9 pm 07 Jul 4 am WINNER OF 16 – 5 WINNER OF 16 – 6 Kazan Quarter final 2 58 07 Jul 5 pm 08 Jul 12 am WINNER OF 16 – 3 WINNER OF 16 – 4 Samara Quarter final 3 60 07 Jul 9 pm 08 Jul 4 am WINNER OF 16 – 7 WINNER OF 16 – 8 Sochi Quarter final 4 59 SEMI FINALS 10 Jul 5 pm 11 Jul 4 am WINNER QUARTER 1 WINNER QUARTER 2 Saint Petersburg Semi final 1 61 11 Jul 5 pm 12 Jul 4 am WINNER QUARTER 3 WINNER QUARTER 4 Moscow (L) Semi final 2 62 FOR 3RD PLACE 14 Jul 5 pm 15 Jul 12 am LOSER SEMI 1 LOSER SEMI 2 Saint Petersburg For third place 63 FINAL 15 Jul 4 pm 16 Jul 1 am WINNER SEMI 1 WINNER SEMI 2 Moscow (L) Final 64 Local time AEST* Venue # *AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time. SA and NT subtract 30 minutes. WA subtract 2 hours. Moscow (L) = Moscow Lunhniki Stadium. Moscow (S) = Moscow Spartak Stadium.

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Ekaterinburg Moscow Samara EKATERINBURG ARENA SPARTAK STADIUM SAMARA ARENA Established: 1953 Established: 2014 New stadium Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 45,000 Club: FC Ural Club: Spartak Moscow Club: Krylya Sovetov Population: 1.46 million Population: 12.4 million Population: 1.17 million

Kaliningrad Nizhny Novgorod Saransk KALINGRAD STADIUM NIZHNY NOVGOROD STADIUM New stadium New stadium New stadium Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 44,000 Club: Baltika Kaliningrad Club: Olimpiec Nizhny Novgorod Club: FC Mordovia Population: 470 thousand Population: 1.26 million Population: 315 thousand

Kazan Rostov-On-Don Sochi KAZAN ARENA ROSTOV ARENA FISHT STADIUM Established: 2013 New stadium Established: 2014 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 48,000 Club: Rubin Kazan Club: FC Rostov Home team: Russia Population: 1.23 million Population: 1.13 million Population: 412 thousand

Moscow Saint Petersburg Volgograd LUZHNINK STADIUM SAINT PETERSBURG STADIUM VOLGOGRAD ARENA Established: 1956 New stadium New stadium Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 45,000 Home team: Russia Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg Club: FC Rotor Population: 12.4 million Population: 5.28 million Population: 1.02 million

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REFEREES () 37 (Poland) 37 (Slovakia) 42 (United States) 40 Julio Bascuñan () 40 Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (Spain) 41 (Germany) 42 Milorad Mazic (Serbia) 45 Enrique Caceres (Paraguay) 44 Mohammed Abdulla Mohammed (UAE) 39 Cüneyt Cakir (Turkey) 41 Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica) 32 (New Zealand) 39 Nestor Pitana (Argentina) 42 Andres Cunha (Uruguay) 41 (Panama) 39 Cesar Arturo Ramos Palazuelos (Mexico) 34 (Senegal) 45 (Brazil) 43 (Iran) 40 (Italy) 44 Bakary Papa Gassama (Gambia) 39 Wilmar Roldan (Colombia) 38 Mark W. Geiger (United States) 43 (Japan) 41 Ghead Grisha (Egypt) 42 Nawaf Abdulla Shukralla (Bahrain) 41 Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) 39 (Zambia) 39 () 40 () 41 Sergey Karasev (Russia) 39 Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia) 37 Bjorn Kuipers () 45 Clement Turpin (France) 36 ASSISTANT Yaser Khalil Abdulla Tulefat (Bahrain) 43 Tikhon Kalugin (Russia) 43 REFEREES Redouane Achik (Morocco) 46 Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) 39 Waleed Ahmed (Sudan) 44 Simon Lount (New Zealand) 36 Taleb Al Marri () 29 Stefan Lupp (Germany) 39 Mohamed Alhammadi (UAE) 33 Hernan Maidana (Argentina) 46 Hasan Almahri (UAE) 40 Tevita Makasini (Tongas) 41 Frank Anderson (United States) 42 Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) 40 Carlos Astroza (Chile) 41 Juan Carlos Mora Araya (Costa Rica) 28 Anton Averianov (Russia) 45 Tarik Ongun (Turkey) 45 Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) 39 Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) 32 Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) 46 Abduxamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) 42 Mark Borsch (Germany) 41 Milovan Ristic (Serbia) 44 Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia) 38 Corey Rockwell (United States) 44 Djibril Camara (Senegal) 34 Toru Sagara (Japan) 41 Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay) 35 Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan) 38 Pau Cebrian Devis (Spain) 39 El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal) 39 Nicolas Danos (France) 37 Christian Schiemann (Chile) 41 Emerson De Carvalho (Brazil) 45 Zakhele Thusi Siwela (Saudi Arabia) 35 Cristian De La Cruz (Colombia) 39 Reza Sokhandan (Iran) 44 Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) 45 Pawel Sokolnicki (Poland) 38 Roberto Diaz Perez (Spain) 42 Nicolas Taran (Uruguay) 37 Dalibor Djurdjevic (Serbia) 45 Mauro Tonolini (Italy) 45 Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola) 35 Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) 47 Bahattin Duran (Turkey) 42 Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil) 42 Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay) 46 Sander Van Roekel (Netherlands) 44 Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) 36 Gabriel (Panama) 45 Joe Fletcher (Canada) 41 Robert Vukan (Slovenia) 41 Cyril Gringore (France) 45 Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) 39 Alexander Guzman (Colombia) 33 Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) 41 Miguel Angel Hernandez (Mexico) 40 Juan Zorrilla (Paraguay) 42 Anouar Hmila (Tunisia) 43 Juan Zumba (Slovakia) 35 VIDEO ASSISTANT Abdulrahman Al Jassim (Qatar) 30 (Italy) 42 REFEREES Bastian Dankert (Germany) 38 Wilton Sampaio (Brazil) 36 Artur Dias Soares (Portugal) 38 Paolo Valeri (Italy) 40 Pawel Gil (Poland) 41 Gery Vargas (Bolivia) 37 Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) 38 Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) 42 Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins (Portugal) 38 (Germany) 37 Makkelie (Netherlands) 35 Age as at 14-Jun-18 shown

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ARGENTINA Group D Argentine Republic DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 45 million Australian residents born in Argentina Population growth rate (annual): 0.9% Population count (2016 census): 13300 Life expectancy: 77 years 0.2 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $19000 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 2.7 3.7 71.4 22.2 Main language: Spanish Median age: 48.9 years Association founded: 1893 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 5 Sex ratio: 91.2 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 5 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 4.8 63.5 31.6 Continental titles (most recent): 14 (1993) National league ranking (IFFHS): 7 Australian citizenship rate: 78.8 per cent Main localities of residence: Bossley Park (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Manly (NSW), Endeavour Hills (Vic) Participations: 17 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Winners (1978, 1986) 13-06-17 W 6–0 Friendly 01-09-17 Uruguay D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 6-0 v Peru (1978), Serbia (2006) 06-09-17 Venezuela D 1–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 1-6 v Czechoslovakia (1958) 06-10-17 Peru D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CONMEBOL third 11-10-17 Ecuador W 3–1 World Cup Qualifier Australia's record against Argentina (men's) 11-11-17 Russia W 1–0 Friendly Team P W D L 15-11-17 Nigeria L 2–4 Friendly Senior 7 1 1 5 24-03-18 Italy W 2–0 Friendly Under-23 3 1 0 2 28-03-18 Spain L 1–6 Friendly Under-20 6 2 2 2 30-05-18 Haiti W 4–0 Friendly Under-17 7 2 2 3 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 9 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, Country 1 Nahuel Guzman GK 10-02-86 / 32y 192cm / 90kg Tigres, Mexico 2 Gabriel Mercado DF 18-03-87 / 31y 181cm / 81kg Sevilla, Spain 3 Nicolas Tagliafico DF 31-08-92 / 25y 169cm / 65kg Ajax, Netherlands 4 DF 20-09-86 / 31y 181cm / 73kg Torino, Italy 5 Lucas Biglia MF 30-01-86 / 32y 175cm / 73kg AC Milan, Italy 6 Federico Fazio DF 17-03-87 / 31y 199cm / 85kg Roma, Italy 7 Ever Banega MF 29-06-88 / 29y 175cm / 73kg Sevilla, Spain 8 Marcos Acuna DF 28-10-91 / 26y 172cm / 77kg Sporting, Portugal 9 Gonzalo Higuain FW 10-12-87 / 30y 184cm / 75kg Juventus, Italy 10 Lionel Messi FW 24-06-87 / 30y 170cm / 72kg , Spain 11 Angel Di Maria MF 14-02-88 / 30y 178cm / 75kg Paris Saint-Germain, France 12 Franco Armani GK 16-10-86 / 31y 189cm / 85kg River Plate, Argentina 13 Maximiliano Meza MF 15-12-92 / 25y 180cm / 76kg Independiente, Argentina 14 Javier Mascherano DF 08-06-84 / 34y 174cm / 73kg Hebei Fortune, China 15 Manuel Lanzini MF 15-02-93 / 25y 167cm / 66kg West Ham United, England 16 Marcos Rojo DF 20-03-90 / 28y 189cm / 82kg Manchester United, England 17 Nicolas Otamendi DF 12-02-88 / 30y 181cm / 81kg Manchester City, England 18 Eduardo Salvio DF 13-07-90 / 27y 167cm / 69kg Benfica, Portugal 19 Sergio Aguero FW 02-06-88 / 30y 172cm / 74kg Manchester City, England 20 Giovani Lo Celso MF 09-04-96 / 22y 177cm / 75kg Paris Saint-Germain, France 21 Paulo Dybala FW 15-11-93 / 24y 177cm / 73kg Juventus, Italy 22 Cristian Pavon MF 21-01-96 / 22y 169cm / 65kg , Argentina 23 Wilfredo Caballero GK 28-09-81 / 36y 186cm / 80kg Chelsea, England COACH: Jorge Sampaoli (Argentinian), age 58 years Coach of Argentina since 2017 Age as at 14-Jun-18 OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 9 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP COUNTRY PROFILES

AUSTRALIA Group C Commonwealth of Australia DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 25 million Australian residents born in Australia Population growth rate (annual): 1.6% Population count (2016 census): 15615500 Life expectancy: 83 years 72 per cent of Australia's total population GDP per person: $73000 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 24.2 14.1 48.2 13.5 Main language: English Median age: 35.2 years Association founded: 1961 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 36 Sex ratio: 98.2 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 48 Australian citizenship rate: 99.4 per cent Continental titles (most recent): 5 (2015) FORM GUIDE National league ranking (IFFHS): 74 31-08-17 Japan L 0–2 World Cup Qualifier 05-09-17 Thailand W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD 05-10-17 Syria D 1–1 World Cup Qualifier Participations: 5 (1974, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) 10-10-17 Syria W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier Best placing: Round of 16 (2006) 11-11-17 Honduras D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 3-1 v Japan (2006) 15-11-17 Honduras W 3–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 0-4 v Germany (2010) 24-03-18 Norway L 1–4 Friendly Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CONCACAF v AFC 28-03-18 Colombia D 0–0 Friendly play-off winners (v Honduras) 01-06-18 Czech Republic W 4–0 Friendly 10-06-18 Hungary W 2–1 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 13

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 GK 08-04-92 / 26y 184cm / 82kg Brighton & Hove Albion, England 2 Milos Degenek DF 28-04-94 / 24y 187cm / 85kg F Marinos, Japan 3 DF 05-04-88 / 30y 179cm / 71kg Millwall, England 4 FW 06-12-79 / 38y 180cm / 76kg Uncontracted 5 DF 04-08-85 / 32y 178cm / 78kg Al Ahli, Saudi Arabia 6 DF 08-12-89 / 28y 190cm / 83kg Suwon Bluewings, Korea Republic 7 FW 04-02-91 / 27y 181cm / 84kg Hertha Berlin, Germany 8 MF 25-09-92 / 25y 176cm / 76kg Queens Park Rangers, England 9 FW 22-07-91 / 26y 190cm / 80kg Luzern, Switzerland 10 FW 05-10-88 / 29y 180cm / 66kg Bochum, Germany 11 FW 17-12-92 / 25y 178cm / 85kg Urawa Reds, Japan 12 GK 19-03-82 / 36y 193cm / 87kg Rotterdam, Netherlands 13 MF 15-09-90 / 27y 173cm / 72kg Huddersfield Town, England 14 FW 29-07-93 / 24y 178cm / 72kg Hibernian, Scotland 15 MF 03-08-84 / 33y 188cm / 78kg Aston Villa, England 16 DF 16-12-90 / 27y 170cm / 63kg Bursaspor, Turkey 17 FW 04-01-99 / 19y 171cm / 73kg City, Australia 18 GK 27-03-85 / 33y 187cm / 94kg Genk, Belgium 19 Joshua Risdon DF 27-07-92 / 25y 169cm / 70kg WS Wanderers, Australia 20 DF 05-01-92 / 26y 183cm / 76kg Grasshopper Club, Switzerland 21 Dimitrios Petratos FW 10-11-92 / 25y 176cm / 72kg Newcastle Jets, Australia 22 MF 07-03-93 / 25y 180cm / 77kg Hull City, England 23 MF 16-12-92 / 25y 189cm / 88kg Celtic, Scotland COACH: (Dutch), age 66 years Coach of Australia since January 2018 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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BELGIUM Group G Kingdom of Belgium DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 11 million Australian residents born in Belgium Population growth rate (annual): 0.6% Population count (2016 census): 6400 Life expectancy: 81 years 0.1 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $57100 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 7.4 6.9 61.0 24.7 Main language: French, Dutch, German Median age: 49.2 years Sex ratio: 97.7 males per 100 females Association founded: 1895 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 3 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 27.2 29.1 43.7 Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 30 Continental titles (most recent): – Australian citizenship rate: 63.9 per cent National league ranking (IFFHS): 26 Main localities of residence: Manly (NSW), Mosman (NSW), Brighton (Vic) FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD FORM GUIDE Participations: 13 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970, 01-09-17 Gibraltar W 9–0 World Cup Qualifier 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018) 04-09-17 W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier Best placing: Fourth (1986) 08-10-17 Bosnia W 4–3 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 3-0 v El Salvador (1970) 11-10-17 Cyprus W 4–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 0-3 v USA (1930), Poland (1982) 11-11-17 Mexico D 3–3 Friendly Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA Group H winners 15-11-17 Japan W 1–0 Friendly 28-03-18 Saudi Arabia W 4–0 Friendly Australia's record against Belgium (men's) 03-06-18 Portugal D 0–0 Friendly Team P W D L 07-06-18 Egypt W 3–0 Friendly Senior 1 0 0 1 12-06-18 Costa Rica W 4–1 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 10 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Thibaut Courtois GK 11-05-92 / 26y 199cm / 91kg Chelsea, England 2 Toby Alderweireld DF 02-03-89 / 29y 186cm / 81kg Tottenham Hotspur, England 3 Thomas Vermaelen DF 14-11-85 / 32y 183cm / 80kg Barcelona, Spain 4 Vincent Kompany DF 10-04-86 / 32y 190cm / 85kg Manchester City, England 5 Jan Vertonghen DF 24-04-87 / 31y 189cm / 86kg Tottenham Hotspur, England 6 Axel Witsel MF 12-01-89 / 29y 186cm / 73kg Tianjin Quanjian, China 7 Kevin De Bruyne MF 28-06-91 / 26y 181cm / 70kg Manchester City, England 8 Marouane Fellaini MF 22-11-87 / 30y 194cm / 85kg Manchester United, England 9 FW 13-05-93 / 25y 190cm / 94kg Manchester United, England 10 Eden Hazard FW 07-01-91 / 27y 173cm / 74kg Chelsea, England 11 Yannick Carrasco MF 04-09-93 / 24y 180cm / 67kg Dalian Yifang, China 12 Simon Mignolet GK 06-03-88 / 30y 193cm / 87kg Liverpool, England 13 Koen Casteels GK 25-06-92 / 25y 197cm / 86kg Wolfsburg, Germany 14 Dries Mertens FW 06-05-87 / 31y 169cm / 61kg Napoli, Italy 15 Thomas Meunier DF 12-09-91 / 26y 190cm / 88kg Paris Saint-Germain, France 16 Thorgan Hazard MF 29-03-93 / 25y 174cm / 70kg Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany 17 Youri Tielemans MF 07-05-97 / 21y 176cm / 72kg Monaco, France 18 Adnan Januzaj FW 05-02-95 / 23y 180cm / 75kg Real Sociedad, Spain 19 Moussa Dembele MF 16-07-87 / 30y 185cm / 82kg Tottenham Hotspur, England 20 Dedryck Boyata DF 28-11-90 / 27y 188cm / 84kg Celtic, Scotland 21 Michy Batshuayi FW 02-10-93 / 24y 185cm / 78kg , Germany 22 Nacer Chadli MF 02-08-89 / 28y 187cm / 85kg West Bromwich Albion, England 23 Leander Dendoncker DF 15-04-95 / 23y 188cm / 76kg Anderlecht, Belgium COACH: Roberto Martinez (Spanish), age 44 years Coach of Belgium since 2016 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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BRAZIL Group E Federative Republic of Brazil DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 211 million Australian residents born in Brazil Population growth rate (annual): 0.8% Population count (2016 census): 27600 Life expectancy: 76 years 0.4 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $13000 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 4.1 12.1 81.5 2.3 Main language: Portugese Median age: 33.9 years Association founded: 1914 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 2 Sex ratio: 87.5 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 3 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 1.1 10.9 88.0 Continental titles (most recent): 8 (2007) National league ranking (IFFHS): 3 Australian citizenship rate: 32.3 per cent Main localities of residence: Dee Why (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Surfers Paradise (Qld), Maroubra (NSW) Participations: 21 (1930– 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 01-09-17 Ecuador W 2–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 7-1 v Sweden (1950) 06-09-17 Colombia D 1–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 1-7 v Germany (2014) 06-10-17 Bolivia D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CONMEBOL winners 11-10-17 Chile W 3–0 World Cup Qualifier 10-11-17 Japan W 3–1 Friendly Australia's record against Brazil (men's) 15-11-17 England D 0–0 Friendly Team P W D L 24-03-18 Russia W 3–0 Friendly Senior 9 1 1 7 28-03-18 Germany W 1–0 Friendly Under-23 4 3 1 0 03-06-18 Croatia W 2–0 Friendly Under-20 12 2 4 6 10-06-18 Austria W 3–0 Friendly Under-17 9 1 1 7 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 10 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Alisson GK 02-10-92 / 25y 193cm / 91kg Roma, Italy 2 Silva Thiago DF 22-09-84 / 33y 183cm / 79kg Paris Saint-Germain, France 3 Miranda DF 07-09-84 / 33y 186cm / 78kg Internazionale, Italy 4 Geromel Pedro DF 21-09-85 / 32y 190cm / 84kg Grêmio, Brazil 5 Casemiro MF 23-02-92 / 26y 185cm / 84kg Real Madrid, Spain 6 Luis Filipe DF 09-08-85 / 32y 182cm / 73kg Atletico Madrid, Spain 7 Costa Douglas FW 14-09-90 / 27y 182cm / 70kg Juventus, Italy 8 Augusto Renato MF 08-02-88 / 30y 186cm / 86kg Beijing Guoan, China 9 Jesus Gabriel FW 03-04-97 / 21y 175cm / 73kg Manchester City, England 10 Neymar FW 05-02-92 / 26y 175cm / 68kg Paris Saint-Germain, France 11 Coutinho Philippe MF 12-06-92 / 26y 172cm / 68kg Barcelona, Spain 12 Marcelo DF 12-05-88 / 30y 174cm / 80kg Real Madrid, Spain 13 Marquinhos DF 14-05-94 / 24y 183cm / 75kg Paris Saint-Germain, France 14 Danilo DF 15-07-91 / 26y 184cm / 78kg Manchester City, England 15 Paulinho MF 25-07-88 / 29y 181cm / 81kg Barcelona, Spain 16 Cassio GK 06-06-87 / 31y 195cm / 92kg Corinthians, Brazil 17 Fernandinho MF 04-05-85 / 33y 179cm / 67kg Manchester City, England 18 Fred MF 05-03-93 / 25y 169cm / 64kg Shakhtar Donetsk, 19 Willian MF 09-08-88 / 29y 175cm / 77kg Chelsea, England 20 Firmino Roberto FW 02-10-91 / 26y 181cm / 76kg Liverpool, England 21 Taison FW 13-01-88 / 30y 172cm / 64kg Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine 22 Fagner DF 11-06-89 / 29y 168cm / 67kg Corinthians, Brazil 23 Ederson GK 17-08-93 / 24y 188cm / 86kg Manchester City, England COACH: Tite (Brazilian), age 57 years Coach of Brazil since 2016 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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COLOMBIA Group H Republic of Colombia DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 49 million Australian residents born in Colombia Population growth rate (annual): 0.8% Population count (2016 census): 19000 Life expectancy: 75 years 0.3 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $8200 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 3.3 12.0 80.9 3.8 Main language: Spanish Median age: 34.4 years Association founded: 1924 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 16 Sex ratio: 84.7 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 20 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 0.5 15.4 84.1 Continental titles (most recent): 1 (2001) National league ranking (IFFHS): 6 Australian citizenship rate: 40.8 per cent Main localities of residence: Melbourne CBD (Vic), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Spring Hill (Qld), Southbank (Vic) Participations: 6 (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Quarter-finalist (2014) 14-06-17 Cameroon W 4–0 Friendly Biggest win: 4-1 v Japan (2014) 01-09-17 Venezuela D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 0-5 v (1962) 06-09-17 Brazil D 1–1 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CONMEBOL fourth 06-10-17 Paraguay L 1–2 World Cup Qualifier 11-10-17 Peru D 1–1 World Cup Qualifier Australia's record against Colombia (men's) 10-11-17 Korea Republic L 1–2 Friendly Team P W D L 14-11-17 China PR W 4–0 Friendly Senior 4 0 2 2 24-03-18 France W 3–2 Friendly Under-20 4 1 1 2 28-03-18 Australia D 0–0 Friendly 02-06-18 Egypt D 0–0 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 10 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 David Ospina GK 31-08-88 / 29y 183cm / 80kg Arsenal, England 2 Cristian Zapata DF 30-09-86 / 31y 187cm / 82kg AC Milan, Italy 3 Oscar Murillo DF 18-04-88 / 30y 184cm / 80kg Pachuca, Mexico 4 Santiago Arias DF 13-01-92 / 26y 177cm / 71kg PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands 5 Wilmar Barrios MF 16-10-93 / 24y 178cm / 74kg Boca Juniors, Argentina 6 Carlos Sanchez MF 06-02-86 / 32y 182cm / 82kg Espanyol, Spain 7 FW 08-09-86 / 31y 181cm / 77kg Villarreal, Spain 8 Abel Aguilar MF 06-01-85 / 33y 185cm / 82kg Deportivo Cali, Colombia 9 Radamel Falcao FW 10-02-86 / 32y 177cm / 72kg Monaco, France 10 James Rodriguez MF 12-07-91 / 26y 180cm / 75kg Bayern München, Germany 11 Juan Cuadrado MF 26-05-88 / 30y 179cm / 72kg Juventus, Italy 12 Camilo Vargas GK 09-03-89 / 29y 185cm / 80kg Deportivo Cali, Colombia 13 Yerry Mina DF 23-09-94 / 23y 194cm / 95kg Barcelona, Spain 14 Luis Muriel FW 16-04-91 / 27y 178cm / 79kg Sevilla, Spain 15 Mateus Uribe MF 21-03-91 / 27y 182cm / 71kg Club América, Mexico 16 Jefferson Lerma MF 25-10-94 / 23y 179cm / 70kg Levante, Spain 17 Johan Mojica DF 21-08-92 / 25y 185cm / 66kg Girona, Spain 18 Frank Fabra DF 22-02-91 / 27y 172cm / 72kg Boca Juniors, Argentina 19 Miguel Borja FW 26-01-93 / 25y 183cm / 74kg Palmeiras, Brazil 20 Juan Quintero MF 18-01-93 / 25y 169cm / 64kg River Plate, Argentina 21 Jose Izquierdo FW 07-07-92 / 25y 171cm / 73kg Brighton & Hove Albion, England 22 Jose Cuadrado GK 01-06-85 / 33y 180cm / 80kg Once Caldas, Colombia 23 Davinson Sanchez DF 12-06-96 / 22y 187cm / 81kg Tottenham Hotspur, England COACH: Jose Pekerman (Argentinian), age 68 years Coach of Colombia since 2012 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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COSTA RICA Group E Republic of Costa Rica DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 5 million Australian residents born in Costa Rica Population growth rate (annual): 1% Population count (2016 census): 400 Life expectancy: 80 years 0.01 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $15300 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 6.5 8.9 77.2 7.5 Main language: Spanish Median age: 37.1 years Association founded: 1941 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 23 Sex ratio: 95.4 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 44 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 6.1 47.1 46.8 Continental titles (most recent): 3 (1989) National league ranking (IFFHS): 54 Australian citizenship rate: 70.2 per cent Main localities of residence: Mosman (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Southport (Qld), Werribee (Vic) Participations: 5 (1990, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Quarter-finalist (2014) 06-09-17 Mexico D 1–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 3-1 v Uruguay (2014) 08-10-17 Honduras D 1–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 0-3 v Ecuador (2006) 11-10-17 Panama L 1–2 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CONCACAF runners-up 12-11-17 Spain L 0–5 Friendly 15-11-17 Hungary L 0–1 Friendly Australia's record against Costa Rica (men's) 24-03-18 Scotland W 1–0 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Tunisia L 0–1 Friendly Senior 1 1 0 0 04-06-18 Northern Ireland W 3–0 Friendly Under-23 1 1 0 0 08-06-18 England L 0–2 Friendly Under-20 6 4 0 2 12-06-18 Belgium L 1–4 Friendly Under-17 2 0 1 1 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 17 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Keylor Navas GK 15-12-86 / 31y 185cm / 80kg Real Madrid, Spain 2 Johnny Acosta DF 21-07-83 / 34y 176cm / 75kg Rionegro Águilas, Colombia 3 Giancarlo Gonzalez DF 08-02-88 / 30y 186cm / 78kg Bologna, Italy 4 Ian Smith DF 06-03-98 / 20y 177cm / 68kg Norrkoping, Sweden 5 Celso Borges MF 27-05-88 / 30y 187cm / 79kg Deportivo La Coruña, Spain 6 Oscar Duarte DF 03-06-89 / 29y 186cm / 81kg Espanyol, Spain 7 Christian Bolanos MF 17-05-84 / 34y 178cm / 67kg Deportivo Saprissa, Costa Rica 8 Bryan Oviedo DF 18-02-90 / 28y 172cm / 70kg Sunderland, England 9 Daniel Colindres MF 10-01-85 / 33y 180cm / 75kg Deportivo Saprissa, Costa Rica 10 Bryan Ruiz MF 18-08-85 / 32y 187cm / 73kg Sporting, Portugal 11 Johan Venegas FW 27-11-88 / 29y 183cm / 76kg Deportivo Saprissa, Costa Rica 12 Joel Campbell FW 26-06-92 / 25y 178cm / 71kg Real Betis, Spain 13 Rodney Wallace MF 17-06-88 / 29y 180cm / 70kg New York City, United States 14 Randall Azofeifa MF 30-12-84 / 33y 182cm / 83kg Herediano, Costa Rica 15 Francisco Calvo DF 08-07-92 / 25y 180cm / 78kg Minnesota United, United States 16 Cristian Gamboa DF 24-10-89 / 28y 175cm / 67kg Celtic, Scotland 17 Yeltsin Tejeda MF 17-03-92 / 26y 179cm / 67kg Lausanne-Sport, Switzerland 18 Patrick Pemberton GK 24-04-82 / 36y 178cm / 72kg Alajuelense, Costa Rica 19 Kendall Waston DF 01-01-88 / 30y 196cm / 87kg Vancouver Whitecaps, Canada 20 David Guzman MF 18-02-90 / 28y 176cm / 78kg , United States 21 Marcos Urena FW 05-03-90 / 28y 181cm / 70kg Los Angeles, United States 22 Ronald Matarrita DF 09-07-94 / 23y 175cm / 70kg New York City, United States 23 Leonel Moreira GK 02-04-90 / 28y 179cm / 70kg Herediano, Costa Rica COACH: Oscar Ramirez (Costa Rican), age 53 years Coach of Costa Rica since 2015 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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CROATIA Group D Republic of Croatia DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 4.2 million Australian residents born in Croatia Population growth rate (annual): -0.6% Population count (2016 census): 43700 Life expectancy: 78 years 0.7 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $17200 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 0.4 1.8 48.1 49.7 Main language: Croatian Median age: 65.9 years Association founded: 1912 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 20 Sex ratio: 97.1 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 21 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 46.2 43.8 10.0 Continental titles (most recent): – National league ranking (IFFHS): 19 Australian citizenship rate: 96 per cent Main localities of residence: Liverpool (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD St Albans (Vic), Spearwood (WA) Participations: 5 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Third (1998) 03-09-17 W 1–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 4-0 v Cameroon (2014) 06-09-17 Turkey L 0–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 1-3 v Brazil, Mexico (2014) 07-10-17 Finland D 1–1 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA 2nd round winners 10-10-17 Ukraine W 2–0 World Cup Qualifier 10-11-17 Greece W 4–1 World Cup Qualifier Australia's record against Croatia (men's) 13-11-17 Greece D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Team P W D L 24-03-18 Peru L 0–2 Friendly Senior 6 2 2 2 28-03-18 Mexico W 1–0 Friendly Under-23 1 1 0 0 03-06-18 Brazil L 0–2 Friendly Under-17 1 1 0 0 09-06-18 Senegal W 2–1 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 10 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Dominik Livakovic GK 09-01-95 / 23y 188cm / 82kg Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia 2 Sime Vrsaljko DF 10-01-92 / 26y 181cm / 76kg Atletico Madrid, Spain 3 Ivan Strinic DF 17-07-87 / 30y 186cm / 78kg Sampdoria, Italy 4 Ivan Perisic FW 02-02-89 / 29y 186cm / 81kg Internazionale, Italy 5 Vedran Corluka DF 05-02-86 / 32y 192cm / 84kg Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia 6 DF 05-07-89 / 28y 188cm / 84kg Liverpool, England 7 Ivan Rakitic MF 10-03-88 / 30y 184cm / 78kg Barcelona, Spain 8 Mateo Kovacic MF 06-05-94 / 24y 178cm / 78kg Real Madrid, Spain 9 Andrej Kramaric FW 19-06-91 / 26y 177cm / 73kg Hoffenheim, Germany 10 Luka Modric MF 09-09-85 / 32y 172cm / 66kg Real Madrid, Spain 11 Marcelo Brozovic MF 16-11-92 / 25y 181cm / 68kg Internazionale, Italy 12 Lovre Kalinic GK 03-04-90 / 28y 201cm / 96kg Gent, Belgium 13 Tin Jedvaj DF 28-11-95 / 22y 184cm / 81kg Bayer Leverkusen, Germany 14 Filip Bradaric MF 11-01-92 / 26y 186cm / 78kg Rijeka, Croatia 15 Duje Caleta-Car DF 17-09-96 / 21y 192cm / 89kg Red Bull Salzburg, Austria 16 Nikola Kalinic FW 05-01-88 / 30y 187cm / 81kg AC Milan, Italy 17 Mario Mandzukic FW 21-05-86 / 32y 190cm / 85kg Juventus, Italy 18 Ante Rebic FW 21-09-93 / 24y 185cm / 78kg , Germany 19 Milan Badelj MF 25-02-89 / 29y 186cm / 76kg Fiorentina, Italy 20 FW 06-05-95 / 23y 186cm / 83kg Schalke, Germany 21 Domagoj Vida DF 29-04-89 / 29y 184cm / 76kg Besiktas, Turkey 22 Josip Pivaric DF 30-01-89 / 29y 176cm / 69kg Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine 23 Danijel Subasic GK 27-10-84 / 33y 191cm / 84kg Monaco, France COACH: Zlatko Dalic (Croatian), age 51 years Coach of Croatia since 2017 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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DENMARK Group C Kingdom of Denmark DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 5.8 million Australian residents born in Denmark Population growth rate (annual): 0.4% Population count (2016 census): 8800 Life expectancy: 81 years 0.1 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $73900 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 4.4 5.1 56.1 34.4 Main language: Danish Median age: 56.1 years Association founded: 1889 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 12 Sex ratio: 104.8 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 20 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 28.9 46.6 24.5 Continental titles (most recent): 1 (1992) National league ranking (IFFHS): 15 Australian citizenship rate: 54.3 per cent Main localities of residence: Mosman (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Camira (Qld), Buderim (Qld) Participations: 5 (1986, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Quarter-finalist (1998) 06-10-17 Montenegro L 0–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 6-1 v Uruguay (1986) 09-10-17 Romania D 1–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 1-5 v Spain (1986) 12-11-17 Ireland D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA 2nd round winners 15-11-17 Ireland W 5–1 World Cup Qualifier 12-01-18 Sweden W 1–0 Friendly Australia's record against Denmark (men's) 15-01-18 Jordan W 3–2 Friendly Team P W D L 23-03-18 Panama L 0–1 Friendly Senior 3 1 0 2 28-03-18 Chile D 0–0 Friendly Under-23 2 1 0 1 03-06-18 Sweden D 0–0 Friendly Under-17 1 0 1 0 10-06-18 Mexico W 2–0 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 12 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Kasper Schmeichel GK 05-11-86 / 31y 190cm / 92kg Leicester City, England 2 Michael Krohn-Dehli MF 06-06-83 / 35y 171cm / 69kg Deportivo La Coruña, Spain 3 Jannik Vestergaard DF 03-08-92 / 25y 200cm / 98kgBorussia Mönchengladbach, Germany 4 Simon Kjaer DF 26-03-89 / 29y 191cm / 84kg Sevilla, Spain 5 Jonas Knudsen DF 16-09-92 / 25y 187cm / 82kg Ipswich Town, England 6 Andreas Christensen DF 10-04-96 / 22y 192cm / 85kg Chelsea, England 7 William Kvist MF 24-02-85 / 33y 185cm / 80kg Kobenhavn, Denmark 8 Thomas Delaney MF 03-09-91 / 26y 180cm / 78kg Werder Bremen, Germany 9 Nicolai Jorgensen FW 15-01-91 / 27y 194cm / 86kg Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands 10 Christian Eriksen MF 14-02-92 / 26y 181cm / 76kg Tottenham Hotspur, England 11 Martin Braithwaite FW 05-06-91 / 27y 180cm / 73kg Girondins Bordeaux, France 12 Kasper Dolberg FW 06-10-97 / 20y 187cm / 85kg Ajax, Netherlands 13 Mathias Jorgensen DF 23-04-90 / 28y 191cm / 85kg Huddersfield Town, England 14 Henrik Dalsgaard DF 27-07-89 / 28y 190cm / 81kg Brentford, England 15 Viktor Fischer FW 09-06-94 / 24y 181cm / 80kg Kobenhavn, Denmark 16 Jonas Lossl GK 01-02-89 / 29y 195cm / 90kg Huddersfield Town, England 17 Jens Stryger Larsen DF 21-02-91 / 27y 182cm / 82kg Udinese, Italy 18 Lukas Lerager MF 12-07-93 / 24y 186cm / 85kg Girondins Bordeaux, France 19 Lasse Schone MF 27-05-86 / 32y 178cm / 80kg Ajax, Netherlands 20 Yussuf Yurary Poulsen FW 15-06-94 / 23y 193cm / 84kg Leipzig, Germany 21 Andreas Cornelius FW 16-03-93 / 25y 195cm / 91kg Atalanta, Italy 22 Frederik Ronnow GK 04-08-92 / 25y 190cm / 85kg Brondby, Denmark 23 Pione Sisto FW 04-02-95 / 23y 173cm / 69kg Celta Vigo, Spain COACH: Age Hareide (Norweigan), age 64 years Coach of Denmark since 2016 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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EGYPT Group A Arab Republic of Egypt DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 99 million Australian residents born in Egypt Population growth rate (annual): 1.9% Population count (2016 census): 39800 Life expectancy: 72 years 0.6 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $3300 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 8.0 4.9 52.7 34.4 Main language: Arabic Median age: 57.5 years Association founded: 1921 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 45 Sex ratio: 106.8 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 34 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 29.1 35.8 35.0 Continental titles (most recent): 7 (2010) National league ranking (IFFHS): 32 Australian citizenship rate: 83.4 per cent Main localities of residence: Bankstown (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Bexley (NSW), Rowville (VIC) Participations: 3 (1934, 1990, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: First round (1934), Group stage (1990) 18-08-17 Morocco L 1–3 African Cup Biggest win: 1-1 v Netherlands (1990) 31-08-17 Uganda L 0–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 2-4 v Hungary (1934) 06-09-17 Uganda W 1–0 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CAF Group E winners 09-10-17 Congo W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier 13-11-17 D 1–1 World Cup Qualifier Australia's record against Egypt (men's) 24-03-18 Portugal L 1–2 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Greece L 0–1 Friendly Senior 2 0 1 1 26-05-18 D 1–1 Friendly Under-23 1 1 0 0 02-06-18 Colombia D 0–0 Friendly Under-20 4 1 1 2 07-06-18 Belgium L 0–3 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 11 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 El-Hadary Essam GK 15-01-73 / 45y 190cm / 90kg Al Taawoun, Saudi Arabia 2 Gabr Ali DF 01-01-89 / 29y 191cm / 88kg West Bromwich Albion, England 3 Elmohamady Ahmed DF 09-09-87 / 30y 183cm / 76kg Aston Villa, England 4 Gaber Omar MF 30-01-92 / 26y 175cm / 71kg Los Angeles, United States 5 Morsy Sam MF 10-09-91 / 26y 173cm / 75kg Wigan Athletic, England 6 Hegazy Ahmed DF 25-01-91 / 27y 194cm / 95kg West Bromwich Albion, England 7 Fathi Ahmed DF 10-11-84 / 33y 176cm / 76kg Al Ahly, Egypt 8 Hamed Tarek MF 24-10-88 / 29y 169cm / 67kg Zamalek, Egypt 9 Mohsen Marwan FW 26-02-89 / 29y 185cm / 81kg Al Ahly, Egypt 10 Salah Mohamed FW 15-06-92 / 25y 175cm / 71kg Liverpool, England 11 Kahraba FW 13-04-94 / 24y 182cm / 76kg Al-Ittihad, Saudi Arabia 12 Ashraf Ayman DF 09-04-91 / 27y 176cm / 73kg Al Ahly, Egypt 13 Abdelshafy Mohamed DF 01-07-85 / 32y 171cm / 72kg Al Fateh, Saudi Arabia 14 Sobhy Ramadan FW 23-01-97 / 21y 183cm / 77kg Stoke City, England 15 Hamdy Mahmoud DF 01-06-95 / 23y 173cm / 72kg Zamalek, Egypt 16 Ekramy Sherif GK 10-07-83 / 34y 193cm / 93kg Al Ahly, Egypt 17 Elneny Mohamed MF 11-07-92 / 25y 181cm / 74kg Arsenal, England 18 Shikabala FW 05-03-86 / 32y 183cm / 80kg Al Raed, Saudi Arabia 19 Said Abdalla MF 13-07-85 / 32y 176cm / 75kg Kuopion, Finland 20 Saad Samir DF 01-04-89 / 29y 183cm / 82kg Al Ahly, Egypt 21 Trezeguet MF 01-10-94 / 23y 181cm / 77kg Kasimpasa, Turkey 22 Warda Amr FW 17-09-93 / 24y 179cm / 77kg Atromitos, Greece 23 El-Shenawy Mohamed GK 18-12-88 / 29y 191cm / 86kg Al Ahly, Egypt COACH: Hector Cuper (Argentinian), age 62 years Coach of Egypt since 2015 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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ENGLAND Group G England DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 67 million Australian residents born in England Population growth rate (annual): 0.6% Population count (2016 census): 907600 Life expectancy: 81 years 14.8 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $66200 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 5.0 5.2 56.7 33.1 Main language: English Median age: 56.6 years Association founded: 1863 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 12 Sex ratio: 101.8 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 10 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 32.8 37.2 30.0 Continental titles (most recent): – National league ranking (IFFHS): 2 Australian citizenship rate: 71 per cent Main localities of residence: Baldivis (WA), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Mosman (NSW), Secret Harbour (WA) Participations: 15 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, FORM GUIDE 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) 02-09-17 Malta W 4–0 World Cup Qualifier Best placing: Winners (1966) 05-09-17 Slovakia W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 3-0 v Paraguay, Poland (1986), Denmark (2002) 06-10-17 Slovenia W 1–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 1-4 v Germany (2010) 09-10-17 Lithuania W 1–0 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA Group F winners 11-11-17 Germany D 0–0 Friendly 15-11-17 Brazil D 0–0 Friendly Australia's record against England (men's) 24-03-18 Netherlands W 1–0 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Italy D 1–1 Friendly Senior 7 1 2 4 03-06-18 Nigeria W 2–1 Friendly Under-20 3 0 1 2 08-06-18 Costa Rica W 2–0 Friendly Under-17 2 0 0 2 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 11 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Jordan Pickford GK 07-03-94 / 24y 185cm / 72kg Everton, England 2 Kyle Walker DF 28-05-90 / 28y 178cm / 83kg Manchester City, England 3 Danny Rose DF 02-07-90 / 27y 173cm / 76kg Tottenham Hotspur, England 4 Eric Dier MF 15-01-94 / 24y 188cm / 90kg Tottenham Hotspur, England 5 John Stones DF 28-05-94 / 24y 188cm / 72kg Manchester City, England 6 Harry Maguire DF 05-03-93 / 25y 193cm / 98kg Leicester City, England 7 Jesse Lingard MF 15-12-92 / 25y 175cm / 60kg Manchester United, England 8 Jordan Henderson MF 17-06-90 / 27y 183cm / 82kg Liverpool, England 9 Harry Kane FW 28-07-93 / 24y 188cm / 98kg Tottenham Hotspur, England 10 Raheem Sterling FW 08-12-94 / 23y 170cm / 70kg Manchester City, England 11 Jamie Vardy FW 11-01-87 / 31y 178cm / 80kg Leicester City, England 12 Kieran Trippier DF 19-09-90 / 27y 178cm / 72kg Tottenham Hotspur, England 13 Jack Butland GK 10-03-93 / 25y 196cm / 96kg Stoke City, England 14 Danny Welbeck FW 26-11-90 / 27y 184cm / 78kg Arsenal, England 15 Gary Cahill DF 19-12-85 / 32y 191cm / 85kg Chelsea, England 16 Phil Jones DF 21-02-92 / 26y 182cm / 72kg Manchester United, England 17 DF 21-11-89 / 28y 174cm / 78kg Manchester City, England 18 Ashley Young DF 09-07-85 / 32y 175cm / 78kg Manchester United, England 19 Marcus Rashford FW 31-10-97 / 20y 180cm / 78kg Manchester United, England 20 Dele Alli MF 11-04-96 / 22y 188cm / 76kg Tottenham Hotspur, England 21 Ruben Loftus-Cheek MF 23-01-96 / 22y 190cm / 73kg Chelsea, England 22 Trent Alexander-Arnold DF 07-10-98 / 19y 175cm / 70kg Liverpool, England 23 Nick Pope GK 19-04-92 / 26y 191cm / 76kg Burnley, England COACH: Gareth Southgate (English), age 47 years Coach of England since 2016 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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FRANCE Group C French Republic DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 65 million Australian residents born in France Population growth rate (annual): 0.4% Population count (2016 census): 31100 Life expectancy: 83 years 0.5 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $52200 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 5.9 9.7 69.5 14.9 Main language: French Median age: 39.3 years Association founded: 1919 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 7 Sex ratio: 105.6 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 8 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 12.1 28.2 59.8 Continental titles (most recent): 2 (2000) National league ranking (IFFHS): 5 Australian citizenship rate: 54.2 per cent Main localities of residence: Maroubra (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Surry Hills (NSW), Manly (NSW) Participations: 15 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, FORM GUIDE 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) 04-09-17 Luxembourg D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Best placing: Winners (1998) 08-10-17 Bulgaria W 1–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 7-3 v Paraguay (1958) 11-10-17 Belarus W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 2-5 v Brazil (1958), Switzerland (2014) 11-11-17 Wales W 2–0 Friendly Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA Group A winners 15-11-17 Germany D 2–2 Friendly 24-03-18 Colombia L 2–3 Friendly Australia's record against France (men's) 28-03-18 Russia W 3–1 Friendly Team P W D L 29-05-18 Ireland W 2–0 Friendly Senior 4 1 1 2 02-06-18 Italy W 3–1 Friendly Under-23 1 0 0 1 10-06-18 United States D 1–1 Friendly Under-17 2 0 0 2 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 12 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Hugo Lloris GK 26-12-86 / 31y 188cm / 82kg Tottenham Hotspur, England 2 Benjamin Pavard DF 28-03-96 / 22y 186cm / 76kg Stuttgart, Germany 3 Presnel Kimpembe DF 13-08-95 / 22y 182cm / 78kg Paris Saint-Germain, France 4 Raphael Varane DF 25-04-93 / 25y 191cm / 79kg Real Madrid, Spain 5 Samuel Umtiti DF 14-11-93 / 24y 183cm / 84kg Barcelona, Spain 6 MF 15-03-93 / 25y 191cm / 86kg Manchester United, England 7 Antoine Griezmann FW 21-03-91 / 27y 174cm / 72kg Atletico Madrid, Spain 8 Thomas Lemar FW 12-11-95 / 22y 172cm / 65kg Monaco, France 9 Olivier Giroud FW 30-09-86 / 31y 193cm / 91kg Chelsea, England 10 Kylian Mbappe FW 20-12-98 / 19y 178cm / 78kg Paris Saint-Germain, France 11 Ousmane Dembele FW 15-05-97 / 21y 178cm / 70kg Barcelona, Spain 12 Corentin Tolisso MF 03-08-94 / 23y 180cm / 82kg Bayern München, Germany 13 Ngolo Kante MF 29-03-91 / 27y 168cm / 70kg Chelsea, England 14 Blaise Matuidi MF 09-04-87 / 31y 180cm / 74kg Juventus, Italy 15 Steven Nzonzi MF 15-12-88 / 29y 197cm / 87kg Sevilla, Spain 16 Steve Mandanda GK 28-03-85 / 33y 187cm / 88kg Olympique Marseille, France 17 Adil Rami DF 27-12-85 / 32y 190cm / 90kg Olympique Marseille, France 18 Nabil Fekir FW 18-07-93 / 24y 173cm / 76kg Olympique Lyon, France 19 Djibril Sidibe DF 29-07-92 / 25y 184cm / 81kg Monaco, France 20 Florian Thauvin FW 26-01-93 / 25y 180cm / 76kg Olympique Marseille, France 21 Lucas Hernandez DF 14-02-96 / 22y 183cm / 76kg Atletico Madrid, Spain 22 Benjamin Mendy DF 17-07-94 / 23y 183cm / 84kg Manchester City, England 23 Alphonse Areola GK 27-02-93 / 25y 195cm / 95kg Paris Saint-Germain, France COACH: Didier Deschamps (French), age 49 years Coach of France since 2012 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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GERMANY Group F Federal Republic of Germany DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 82 million Australian residents born in Germany Population growth rate (annual): 0.2% Population count (2016 census): 102600 Life expectancy: 81 years 1.7 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $58400 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 2.0 4.3 42.8 50.9 Main language: German Median age: 66.5 years Association founded: 1900 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 1 Sex ratio: 88.9 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 5 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 51.7 25.5 22.8 Continental titles (most recent): 3* (1996) National league ranking (IFFHS): 8 Australian citizenship rate: 69.8 per cent Main localities of residence: St Albans (VIC), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD* Frankston (VIC), Randwick (NSW) Participations: 19 (1934, 1938, 1954–2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014) 02-09-17 Czech Republic W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 8-0 v Saudi Arabia (2002) 05-09-17 Norway W 6–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 3-8 v Hungary (1954) 06-10-17 Northern Ireland W 3–1 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA Group C winners 09-10-17 Azerbaijan W 5–1 World Cup Qualifier 11-11-17 England D 0–0 Friendly Australia's record against Germany (men's) 15-11-17 France D 2–2 Friendly Team P W D L 24-03-18 Spain D 1–1 Friendly Senior 5 1 1 3 28-03-18 Brazil L 0–1 Friendly Under-20 2 1 1 0 03-06-18 Austria L 1–2 Friendly Under-17 3 1 1 1 09-06-18 Saudi Arabia W 2–1 Friendly * Record for West Germany incorporated No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 15 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Manuel Neuer GK 27-03-86 / 32y 193cm / 93kg Bayern München, Germany 2 Marvin Plattenhardt DF 26-01-92 / 26y 181cm / 76kg Hertha Berlin, Germany 3 Jonas Hector DF 27-05-90 / 28y 185cm / 75kg FC Köln, Germany 4 Matthias Ginter DF 19-01-94 / 24y 189cm / 85kg Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany 5 Mats Hummels DF 16-12-88 / 29y 192cm / 90kg Bayern München, Germany 6 Sami Khedira DF 04-04-87 / 31y 189cm / 81kg Juventus, Italy 7 Julian Draxler MF 20-09-93 / 24y 185cm / 74kg Paris Saint-Germain, France 8 Toni Kroos MF 04-01-90 / 28y 182cm / 78kg Real Madrid, Spain 9 Timo Werner FW 06-03-96 / 22y 181cm / 75kg Leipzig, Germany 10 Mesut Oezil MF 15-10-88 / 29y 180cm / 70kg Arsenal, England 11 Marco Reus FW 31-05-89 / 29y 180cm / 67kg Borussia Dortmund, Germany 12 GK 08-07-90 / 27y 189cm / 88kg Paris Saint-Germain, France 13 Thomas Mueller MF 13-09-89 / 28y 186cm / 75kg Bayern München, Germany 14 Leon Goretzka MF 06-02-95 / 23y 189cm / 76kg Schalke, Germany 15 Niklas Suele DF 03-09-95 / 22y 195cm / 89kg Bayern München, Germany 16 Antonio Ruediger DF 03-03-93 / 25y 191cm / 85kg Chelsea, England 17 Jerome Boateng DF 03-09-88 / 29y 192cm / 90kg Bayern München, Germany 18 Joshua Kimmich DF 08-02-95 / 23y 176cm / 72kg Bayern München, Germany 19 Sebastian Rudy MF 28-02-90 / 28y 179cm / 74kg Bayern München, Germany 20 Julian Brandt MF 02-05-96 / 22y 183cm / 82kg Bayer Leverkusen, Germany 21 Ilkay Guendogan MF 24-10-90 / 27y 180cm / 79kg Manchester City, England 22 Marc-Andre Ter Stegen GK 30-04-92 / 26y 187cm / 85kg Barcelona, Spain 23 Mario Gomez FW 10-07-85 / 32y 189cm / 82kg Stuttgart, Germany COACH: Joachim Loew (German), age 58 years Coach of Germany since 2006 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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ICELAND Group D Iceland DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 338 thousand Australian residents born in Iceland Population growth rate (annual): 0.8% Population count (2016 census): 500 Life expectancy: 83 years 0.01 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $92100 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 5.6 6.4 74.2 13.8 Main language: Icelandic Median age: 44.5 years Association founded: 1947 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 22 Sex ratio: 106.4 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 65 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 17.6 38.0 44.4 Continental titles (most recent): – National league ranking (IFFHS): 79 Australian citizenship rate: 62.7 per cent Main localities of residence: Bonogin (Qld), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Randwick (NSW), Mudgeeraba (Qld) Participations: 1 (2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: – 07-10-17 Turkey W 3–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: – 10-10-17 Kosovo W 2–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: – 09-11-17 Czech Republic L 1–2 Friendly Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA Group I winners 15-11-17 Qatar D 1–1 Friendly 11-01-18 Indonesia W 6–0 Friendly Australia's record against Iceland (men's) 14-01-18 Indonesia W 4–1 Friendly No previous encounters 24-03-18 Mexico L 0–3 Friendly 28-03-18 Peru L 1–3 Friendly 03-06-18 Norway L 2–3 Friendly 08-06-18 Ghana D 2–2 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 12 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Hannes Halldorsson GK 27-04-84 / 34y 193cm / 88kg Randers, Denmark 2 Birkir Saevarsson DF 11-11-84 / 33y 186cm / 75kg Valur Reykjavik, Iceland 3 Samuel Fridjonsson MF 22-02-96 / 22y 185cm / 78kg Valerenga, Norway 4 Albert Gudmundsson MF 15-06-97 / 20y 177cm / 80kg PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands 5 Sverrir Ingason DF 05-08-93 / 24y 188cm / 80kg Rostov, Russia 6 Ragnar Sigurdsson DF 19-06-86 / 31y 187cm / 86kg Rostov, Russia 7 Johann Gudmundsson MF 27-10-90 / 27y 179cm / 77kg Burnley, England 8 Birkir Bjarnason MF 27-05-88 / 30y 183cm / 77kg Aston Villa, England 9 Bjorn Sigurdarson FW 26-02-91 / 27y 187cm / 85kg Rostov, Russia 10 Gylfi Sigurdsson MF 08-09-89 / 28y 186cm / 82kg Everton, England 11 Alfred Finnbogason FW 01-02-89 / 29y 185cm / 79kg Augsburg, Germany 12 Frederik Schram GK 19-01-95 / 23y 198cm / 92kg Roskilde, Denmark 13 Runar Runarsson GK 18-02-95 / 23y 186cm / 76kg Nordsjaelland, Denmark 14 Kari Arnason DF 13-10-82 / 35y 191cm / 82kg Aberdeen, Scotland 15 Holmar Eyjolfsson DF 06-08-90 / 27y 188cm / 81kg Levski Sofia, Bulgaria 16 Olafur Skulason MF 01-04-83 / 35y 184cm / 79kg Karabukspor, Turkey 17 Aron Gunnarsson MF 22-04-89 / 29y 181cm / 86kg Cardiff City, Wales 18 Hordur Magnusson DF 11-02-93 / 25y 191cm / 85kg Bristol City, England 19 Rurik Gislason MF 25-02-88 / 30y 184cm / 78kg Sandhausen, Germany 20 Emil Hallfredsson MF 29-06-84 / 33y 186cm / 86kg Udinese, Italy 21 Arnor Traustason MF 30-04-93 / 25y 183cm / 73kg Malmö, Sweden 22 Jon Bodvarsson FW 25-05-92 / 26y 189cm / 89kg Reading, England 23 Ari Skulason DF 14-05-87 / 31y 170cm / 63kg Lokeren, Belgium COACH: Heimir Hallgrimsson (Icelandic), age 51 years Coach of Iceland since 2014 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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IRAN Group B Islamic Republic of Iran DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 82 million Australian residents born in Iran Population growth rate (annual): 1% Population count (2016 census): 58100 Life expectancy: 76 years 0.9 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $6900 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 8.7 9.8 74.2 7.4 Main language: Arabic Median age: 36.8 years Association founded: 1920 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 37 Sex ratio: 119.3 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 45 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 0.7 24.7 74.6 Continental titles (most recent): 3 (1976) National league ranking (IFFHS): 46 Australian citizenship rate: 51 per cent Main localities of residence: Merrylands (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Doncaster East (Vic), Dandenong (Vic) Participations: 5 (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014) 06-10-17 Togo W 2–0 Friendly Biggest win: 2-1 v USA (1998) 11-10-17 Russia D 1–1 Friendly Biggest loss: 0-3 v Netherlands (1978) 10-11-17 Panama W 2–1 Friendly Qualified for 2018 FWC as: AFC Group A winners 14-11-17 Venezuela W 1–0 Friendly 17-03-18 Sierra Leone W 4–0 Friendly Australia's record against Iran (men's) 24-03-18 Tunisia L 0–1 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Algeria W 2–1 Friendly Senior 7 2 2 3 20-05-18 Uzbekistan W 1–0 Friendly Under-23 5 2 3 0 29-05-18 Turkey L 1–2 Friendly Under-20 3 2 0 1 09-06-18 Lithuania W 1–0 Friendly Under-17 1 0 0 1 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 12 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Ali Beiranvand GK 21-09-92 / 25y 194cm / 85kg Persepolis, Iran 2 MF 10-09-94 / 23y 185cm / 71kg Saipa Alborz, Iran 3 Ehsan Haji Safi DF 25-02-90 / 28y 178cm / 75kg Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece 4 Roozbeh Cheshmi DF 24-07-93 / 24y 192cm / 80kg Esteghlal , Iran 5 DF 29-09-93 / 24y 178cm / 69kg Akhmat Grozny, Russia 6 MF 01-10-96 / 21y 190cm / 82kg Amkar Perm, Russia 7 MF 09-06-84 / 34y 187cm / 79kg AEK Athens, Greece 8 DF 19-04-92 / 26y 187cm / 83kg Al Sadd, Qatar 9 MF 16-09-87 / 30y 178cm / 75kg Esteghlal Tehran, Iran 10 FW 03-04-90 / 28y 187cm / 80kg Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece 11 MF 02-04-88 / 30y 179cm / 71kg Persepolis, Iran 12 Rashid Mazaheri GK 18-05-89 / 29y 192cm / 84kg Zob Ahan Isfahan, Iran 13 Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh DF 11-05-91 / 27y 186cm / 80kg Padideh, Iran 14 FW 06-09-93 / 24y 177cm / 79kg Östersund, Sweden 15 DF 06-09-83 / 34y 185cm / 77kg Esteghlal Tehran, Iran 16 FW 20-09-87 / 30y 180cm / 79kg Heerenveen, Netherlands 17 FW 18-07-92 / 25y 187cm / 80kg Al Gharafa, Qatar 18 FW 11-08-93 / 24y 180cm / 77kg AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands 19 DF 20-06-96 / 21y 183cm / 78kg Esteghlal Tehran, Iran 20 FW 01-01-95 / 23y 186cm / 80kg Rubin Kazan, Russia 21 FW 05-07-86 / 31y 181cm / 78kg Nottingham Forest, England 22 Amir Abedzadeh GK 26-04-93 / 25y 186cm / 80kg Maritimo, Portugal 23 DF 21-03-90 / 28y 185cm / 75kg Oostende, Belgium COACH: (Portugese), age 65 years Coach of Iran since 2011 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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JAPAN Group H State of Japan DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 127 million Australian residents born in Japan Population growth rate (annual): -0.2% Population count (2016 census): 42400 Life expectancy: 84 years 0.7 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $50400 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 9.3 11.2 72.7 6.7 Main language: Japanese Median age: 39.5 years Association founded: 1921 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 61 Sex ratio: 46.3 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 35 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 2.5 30.3 67.2 Continental titles (most recent): 4 (2011) National league ranking (IFFHS): 31 Australian citizenship rate: 18 per cent Main localities of residence: Chatswood (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Southport (Qld), Surfers Paradise (Qld) Participations: 6 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Round of 16 (2002, 2010) 10-11-17 Brazil L 1–3 Friendly Biggest win: 3-1 v Denmark (2010) 15-11-17 Belgium L 0–1 Friendly Biggest loss: 1-4 v Brazil (2006), Colombia (2014) 09-12-17 Korea DPR W 1–0 East Asian Champ. Qualified for 2018 FWC as: AFC Group B winners 12-12-17 China PR W 2–1 East Asian Champ. 16-12-17 Korea Republic L 1–4 East Asian Champ. Australia's record against Japan (men's) 23-03-18 Mali D 1–1 Friendly Team P W D L 27-03-18 Ukraine L 1–2 Friendly Senior 25 7 9 9 30-05-18 Ghana L 0–2 Friendly Under-23 9 6 0 3 09-06-18 Switzerland L 0–2 Friendly Under-20 16 5 3 8 12-06-18 Paraguay W 4–2 Friendly Under-17 13 4 4 5 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 14 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Eiji Kawashima GK 20-03-83 / 35y 185cm / 74kg Metz, France 2 Naomichi Ueda DF 24-10-94 / 23y 186cm / 79kg Kashima Antlers, Japan 3 Gen Shoji DF 11-12-92 / 25y 182cm / 74kg Kashima Antlers, Japan 4 Keisuke Honda MF 13-06-86 / 32y 182cm / 74kg Pachuca, Mexico 5 Yuto Nagatomo DF 12-09-86 / 31y 170cm / 68kg Galatasaray, Turkey 6 Wataru Endo DF 09-02-93 / 25y 178cm / 75kg Urawa Reds, Japan 7 Gaku Shibasaki MF 28-05-92 / 26y 175cm / 64kg Getafe, Spain 8 Genki Haraguchi MF 09-05-91 / 27y 178cm / 68kg Fortuna Düsseldorf, Germany 9 Shinji Okazaki FW 16-04-86 / 32y 174cm / 70kg Leicester City, England 10 Shinji Kagawa MF 17-03-89 / 29y 175cm / 68kg Borussia Dortmund, Germany 11 Takashi Usami MF 06-05-92 / 26y 178cm / 72kg Fortuna Düsseldorf, Germany 12 Masaaki Higashiguchi GK 12-05-86 / 32y 184cm / 78kg Gamba Osaka, Japan 13 Yoshinori Muto FW 15-07-92 / 25y 179cm / 72kg Mainz, Germany 14 Takashi Inui MF 02-06-88 / 30y 169cm / 59kg Eibar, Spain 15 Yuya Osako FW 18-05-90 / 28y 182cm / 71kg FC Köln, Germany 16 Hotaru Yamaguchi MF 06-10-90 / 27y 173cm / 72kg , Japan 17 MF 18-01-84 / 34y 180cm / 72kg Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany 18 Ryota Oshima MF 23-01-93 / 25y 168cm / 64kg Kawasaki Frontale, Japan 19 Hiroki Sakai DF 12-04-90 / 28y 183cm / 70kg Olympique Marseille, France 20 Tomoaki Makino DF 11-05-87 / 31y 182cm / 77kg Urawa Reds, Japan 21 Gotoku Sakai DF 14-03-91 / 27y 176cm / 74kg Hamburger, Germany 22 Maya Yoshida DF 24-08-88 / 29y 189cm / 78kg Southampton, England 23 Kosuke Nakamura GK 27-02-95 / 23y 184cm / 72kg Kashiwa Reysol, Japan COACH: Akira Nishino (Japanese), age 63 years Coach of Japan since April 2018 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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KOREA REPUBLIC Group F Republic of Korea DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 51 million Australian residents born in Korea Republic Population growth rate (annual): 0.4% Population count (2016 census): 98800 Life expectancy: 82 years 1.6 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $39200 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 6.7 15.1 72.8 5.3 Main language: Korean Median age: 35.8 years Association founded: 1933 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 57 Sex ratio: 88.3 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 40 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 0.1 26.0 73.9 Continental titles (most recent): 2 (1960) National league ranking (IFFHS): 28 Australian citizenship rate: 39.1 per cent Main localities of residence: Lidcombe (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Strathfield (NSW), Epping (NSW) Participations: 10 (1954, 1986–2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Fourth (2002) 16-12-17 Japan W 4–1 East Asian Champ. Biggest win: 2-0 v Poland (2002), Greece (2010) 27-01-18 Moldova W 1–0 Friendly Biggest loss: 0-9 v Hungary (1954) 30-01-18 Jamaica D 2–2 Friendly Qualified for 2018 FWC as: AFC Group A runners-up 04-02-18 Latvia W 1–0 Friendly Australia's record against Korea Republic (men's) 25-03-18 Northern Ireland L 1–2 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Poland L 2–3 Friendly Senior 28 11 10 7 28-05-18 Honduras W 2–0 Friendly Under-23 13 2 1 10 01-06-18 Bosnia L 1–3 Friendly Under-20 17 4 6 7 07-06-18 Bolivia D 0–0 Friendly Under-17 2 1 0 1 11-06-18 Senegal L 0–2 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 19 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Seunggyu Kim GK 30-09-90 / 27y 187cm / 80kg Vissel Kobe, Japan 2 Yong Lee DF 24-12-86 / 31y 180cm / 74kg Jeonbuk Hyundai, Korea Republic 3 Seunghyun Jung DF 03-04-94 / 24y 188cm / 74kg Sagan Tosu, Japan 4 Bansuk Oh DF 20-05-88 / 30y 189cm / 79kg Jeju United, Korea Republic 5 Youngsun Yun DF 04-10-88 / 29y 185cm / 78kg Seongnam, Korea Republic 6 Jooho Park DF 16-01-87 / 31y 174cm / 71kg Ulsan Hyundai, Korea Republic 7 Heungmin Son FW 08-07-92 / 25y 183cm / 76kg Tottenham Hotspur, England 8 Sejong Ju MF 30-10-90 / 27y 176cm / 70kg Asan Mugunghwa, Korea Republic 9 Shinwook Kim FW 14-04-88 / 30y 197cm / 97kg Jeonbuk Hyundai, Korea Republic 10 Seungwoo Lee MF 06-01-98 / 20y 170cm / 63kg Hellas Verona, Italy 11 Heechan Hwang FW 26-01-96 / 22y 177cm / 77kg Red Bull Salzburg, Austria 12 Minwoo Kim DF 25-02-90 / 28y 172cm / 69kg Sangju Sangmu, Korea Republic 13 Jacheol Koo MF 27-02-89 / 29y 182cm / 73kg Augsburg, Germany 14 Chul Hong DF 17-09-90 / 27y 176cm / 67kg Sangju Sangmu, Korea Republic 15 Wooyoung Jung MF 14-12-89 / 28y 186cm / 78kg Vissel Kobe, Japan 16 Sungyueng Ki MF 24-01-89 / 29y 186cm / 75kg Swansea City, Wales 17 Jaesung Lee MF 10-08-92 / 25y 180cm / 70kg Jeonbuk Hyundai, Korea Republic 18 Seonmin Moon MF 09-06-92 / 26y 172cm / 68kg Incheon United, Korea Republic 19 Younggwon Kim DF 27-02-90 / 28y 184cm / 74kg Guangzhou Evergrande, China 20 Hyunsoo Jang DF 28-09-91 / 26y 187cm / 77kg Tokyo, Japan 21 Jinhyeon Kim GK 06-07-87 / 30y 193cm / 82kg Cerezo Osaka, Japan 22 Yohan Go DF 10-03-88 / 30y 170cm / 65kg Seoul, Korea Republic 23 Hyeonwoo Jo GK 25-09-91 / 26y 189cm / 75kg Daegu, Korea Republic COACH: Tae Yong Shin (Korean), age 49 years Coach of Korea Republic since 2017 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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MEXICO Group F United Mexican States DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 131 million Australian residents born in Mexico Population growth rate (annual): 1.2% Population count (2016 census): 4900 Life expectancy: 77 years 0.1 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $12200 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 7.8 9.6 78.8 3.8 Main language: Spanish Median age: 35.6 years Association founded: 1927 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 15 Sex ratio: 91.6 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 14 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 0.8 15.1 84.1 Continental titles (most recent): 10 (2015) National league ranking (IFFHS): 20 Australian citizenship rate: 46 per cent Main localities of residence: Melbourne CBD (Vic), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Southbank (Vic), South Yarra (Vic) Participations: 16 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994–2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Quarter-finalist (1970, 1986) 07-10-17 Trinidad/Tobago W 3–1 World Cup Qualifier 11-10-17 Honduras L 2–3 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 4-0 v El Salvador (1970) 11-11-17 Belgium D 3–3 Friendly Biggest loss: 0-6 v West Germany (1978) 14-11-17 Poland W 1–0 Friendly Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CONCACAF winners 01-02-18 Bosnia W 1–0 Friendly Australia's record against Mexico (men's) 24-03-18 Iceland W 3–0 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Croatia L 0–1 Friendly Senior 5 2 2 1 29-05-18 Wales D 0–0 Friendly Under-23 2 0 2 0 03-06-18 Scotland W 1–0 Friendly Under-20 7 2 3 2 10-06-18 Denmark L 0–2 Friendly Under-17 3 1 1 1 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 24 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Jose Corona GK 26-01-81 / 37y 182cm / 80kg , Mexico 2 Hugo Ayala DF 31-03-87 / 31y 188cm / 82kg Tigres, Mexico 3 Carlos Salcedo DF 29-09-93 / 24y 189cm / 83kg Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany 4 Rafael Marquez DF 13-02-79 / 39y 184cm / 77kg Atlas, Mexico 5 Diego Reyes DF 19-09-92 / 25y 190cm / 77kg Porto, Portugal 6 Jonathan Dos Santos MF 26-04-90 / 28y 173cm / 69kg LA Galaxy, United States 7 Miguel Layun MF 25-06-88 / 29y 180cm / 72kg Sevilla, Spain 8 Marco Fabian FW 21-07-89 / 28y 171cm / 70kg Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany 9 Raul Jimenez FW 05-05-91 / 27y 188cm / 79kg Benfica, Portugal 10 Giovani Dos Santos MF 11-05-89 / 29y 178cm / 70kg LA Galaxy, United States 11 Carlos Vela FW 01-03-89 / 29y 178cm / 78kg Los Angeles, United States 12 Alfredo Talavera GK 18-09-82 / 35y 188cm / 84kg Deportivo Toluca, Mexico 13 Guillermo Ochoa GK 13-07-85 / 32y 185cm / 76kg Standard Liège, Belgium 14 Javier Hernandez FW 01-06-88 / 30y 175cm / 71kg West Ham United, England 15 Hector Moreno DF 17-01-88 / 30y 182cm / 82kg Real Sociedad, Spain 16 Hector Herrera DF 19-04-90 / 28y 180cm / 79kg Porto, Portugal 17 Jesus Corona MF 06-01-93 / 25y 174cm / 69kg Porto, Portugal 18 Andres Guardado MF 28-09-86 / 31y 167cm / 63kg Real Betis, Spain 19 Oribe Peralta FW 12-01-84 / 34y 178cm / 72kg Club América, Mexico 20 MF 11-02-90 / 28y 166cm / 59kg Tigres, Mexico 21 Edson Alvarez FW 24-10-97 / 20y 186cm / 72kg Club América, Mexico 22 Hirving Lozano FW 30-07-95 / 22y 176cm / 66kg PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands 23 Jesus Gallardo MF 15-08-94 / 23y 177cm / 74kg Pumas, Mexico COACH: Juan Carlos Osorio (Colombian), age 57 years Coach of Mexico since 2015 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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MOROCCO Group B Kingdom of Morocco DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 36 million Australian residents born in Morocco Population growth rate (annual): 1.3% Population count (2016 census): 1900 Life expectancy: 76 years 0.03 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $4100 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 1.7 3.3 76.9 18 Main language: Arabic Median age: 49.4 years Association founded: 1955 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 41 Sex ratio: 119.7 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 45 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 11.2 40.0 48.8 Continental titles (most recent): 1 (1976) National league ranking (IFFHS): 44 Australian citizenship rate: 70.8 per cent Main localities of residence: Lakemba (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Punchbowl (NSW), Point Cook (Vic) Participations: 5 (1970, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Round of 16 (1986) 18-01-18 Guinea W 3–1 African Cup Biggest win: 3-0 v Scotland (1998) 22-01-18 Sudan D 0–0 African Cup Biggest loss: 0-3 v Peru (1970), v Brazil (1998) 28-01-18 Namibia W 2–0 African Cup Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CAF Group C winners 01-02-18 Libya W 3–1 African Cup 05-02-18 Nigeria W 4–0 African Cup Australia's record against Morocco (men's) 24-03-18 Serbia W 2–1 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Uzbekistan W 2–0 Friendly Senior 1 1 0 0 01-06-18 Ukraine D 0–0 Friendly Under-20 1 0 1 0 05-06-18 Slovakia W 2–1 Friendly 10-06-18 Estonia W 3–1 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 16 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Yassine Bounou GK 05-04-91 / 27y 190cm / 77kg Girona, Spain 2 DF 04-11-98 / 19y 179cm / 65kg Real Madrid, Spain 3 Hamza Mendyl DF 21-10-97 / 20y 179cm / 70kg Lille, France 4 Manuel Da Costa DF 06-05-86 / 32y 187cm / 78kg Istanbul Basaksehir, Turkey 5 Mehdi Benatia DF 17-04-87 / 31y 188cm / 88kg Juventus, Italy 6 Romain Saiss DF 26-03-90 / 28y 190cm / 76kg Wolverhampton Wanderers, England 7 Hakim Ziyach MF 19-03-93 / 25y 180cm / 70kg Ajax, Netherlands 8 Karim El Ahmadi MF 27-01-85 / 33y 179cm / 78kg Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands 9 Ayoub El Kaabi FW 25-06-93 / 24y 182cm / 72kg Berkane, Morocco 10 Younes Belhanda MF 25-02-90 / 28y 174cm / 75kg Galatasaray, Turkey 11 Faycal Fajr MF 01-08-88 / 29y 178cm / 72kg Getafe, Spain 12 Monir El Kajoui GK 10-05-89 / 29y 190cm / 88kg Numancia, Spain 13 Khalid Boutaib FW 24-04-87 / 31y 190cm / 80kg Yeni Malatyaspor, Turkey 14 Mbark Boussoufa MF 15-08-84 / 33y 167cm / 59kg Al Jazira, 15 Youssef Ait Bennasser MF 07-07-96 / 21y 184cm / 75kg Caen, France 16 Noureddine Amrabat MF 31-03-87 / 31y 178cm / 77kg Leganés, Spain 17 Nabil Dirar DF 25-02-86 / 32y 187cm / 82kg Fenerbahce, Turkey 18 Amine Harit MF 18-06-97 / 20y 179cm / 66kg Schalke, Germany 19 Youssef En Nesyri FW 01-06-97 / 21y 188cm / 75kg Malaga, Spain 20 Aziz Bouhaddouz FW 30-03-87 / 31y 188cm / 80kg St Pauli, Germany 21 Sofyan Amrabat MF 21-08-96 / 21y 183cm / 77kg Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands 22 Ahmed Tagnaouti GK 05-04-96 / 22y 186cm / 70kg Tanger, Morocco 23 Mehdi Carcela MF 01-07-89 / 28y 176cm / 67kg Standard Liège, Belgium COACH: Herve Renard (French), age 49 years Coach of Morocco since 2016 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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NIGERIA Group D Federal Republic of Nigeria DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 196 million Australian residents born in Nigeria Population growth rate (annual): 2.6% Population count (2016 census): 8500 Life expectancy: 54 years 0.1 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $2600 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 10.3 10.0 78.4 1.4 Main language: English Median age: 35.9 years Association founded: 1945 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 48 Sex ratio: 146.7 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 38 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 2.1 13.0 84.9 Continental titles (most recent): 3 (2013) National league ranking (IFFHS): 63 Australian citizenship rate: 44.9 per cent Main localities of residence: Canning Vale (WA), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Liverpool (NSW), Point Cook (Vic) Participations: 6 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Round of 16 (1994, 1998, 2014) 20-01-18 Libya W 1–0 African Cup Biggest win: 3-0 v Bulgaria (1994) 24-01-18 Equatorial Guinea W 3–1 African Cup Biggest loss: 1-4 v Denmark (1998) 29-01-18 Angola W 2–1 African Cup Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CAF Group B winners 01-02-18 Sudan W 1–0 African Cup 05-02-18 Morocco L 0–4 African Cup Australia's record against Nigeria (men's) 24-03-18 Poland W 1–0 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Serbia L 0–2 Friendly Senior 2 2 0 0 29-05-18 Congo DR D 1–1 Friendly Under-23 3 1 0 2 03-06-18 England L 1–2 Friendly Under-20 1 0 0 1 06-06-18 Czech Republic L 0–1 Friendly Under-17 6 0 0 6 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 18 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 GK 16-10-88 / 29y 181cm / 80kg Enyimba, Nigeria 2 Bryan Idowu DF 18-05-92 / 26y 179cm / 75kg Amkar Perm, Russia 3 Elderson Echiejile DF 20-01-88 / 30y 185cm / 82kg Cercle Brugge, Belgium 4 Onyinye Ndidi MF 16-12-96 / 21y 184cm / 73kg Leicester City, England 5 William Ekong DF 01-09-93 / 24y 191cm / 85kg Bursaspor, Turkey 6 DF 28-06-88 / 29y 190cm / 89kg Mainz, Germany 7 FW 14-10-92 / 25y 173cm / 65kg CSKA Moscow, Russia 8 Oghenekaro Etebo MF 09-11-95 / 22y 174cm / 74kg Las Palmas, Spain 9 FW 16-06-89 / 28y 188cm / 83kg Changchun Yatai, China 10 MF 22-04-87 / 31y 188cm / 82kg Tianjin Teda, China 11 FW 12-12-90 / 27y 177cm / 75kg Chelsea, England 12 Abdullahi Shehu DF 12-03-93 / 25y 182cm / 75kg Bursaspor, Turkey 13 FW 07-05-92 / 26y 197cm / 89kg Crotone, Italy 14 FW 10-03-96 / 22y 183cm / 80kg Leicester City, England 15 MF 22-05-91 / 27y 177cm / 77kg Torino, Italy 16 GK 08-03-86 / 32y 187cm / 94kg Chippa United, Saudi Arabia 17 MF 25-12-92 / 25y 172cm / 74kg Trabzonspor, Turkey 18 FW 03-05-96 / 22y 185cm / 86kg Arsenal, England 19 MF 20-04-88 / 30y 191cm / 90kg Hapoel Be`er Sheva, Israel 20 DF 01-01-97 / 21y 192cm / 76kg Nantes, France 21 DF 16-12-95 / 22y 187cm / 74kg Den Haag, Netherlands 22 DF 17-10-93 / 24y 185cm / 82kg Kasimpasa, Turkey 23 GK 28-10-98 / 19y 196cm / 91kg Deportivo La Coruña, Spain COACH: (German), age 64 years Coach of Nigeria since 2016 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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PANAMA Group G Republic of Panama DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 4.2 million Australian residents born in Panama Population growth rate (annual): 1.6% Population count (2016 census): 200 Life expectancy: 78 years 0.003 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $19800 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 7.9 5.1 70.8 16.3 Main language: Spanish Median age: 43.6 years Association founded: 1937 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 55 Sex ratio: 84 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 89 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 7.8 41.3 51.0 Continental titles (most recent): – National league ranking (IFFHS): >90 Australian citizenship rate: 63.4 per cent Main localities of residence: Smithfield (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Golden Grove (SA), Lane Cove North (NSW) Participations: 1 (2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: – 07-10-17 United States L 0–4 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: – 11-10-17 Costa Rica W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: – 25-10-17 Grenada W 5–0 Friendly Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CONCACAF third place 10-11-17 Iran L 1–2 Friendly 15-11-17 Wales D 1–1 Friendly Australia's record against Panama (men's) 23-03-18 Denmark L 0–1 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Switzerland L 0–6 Friendly Under-20 1 0 0 1 18-04-18 Trinidad/Tobago W 1–0 Friendly 30-05-18 Northern Ireland D 0–0 Friendly 07-06-18 Norway L 0–1 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 17 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 GK 26-09-81 / 36y 183cm / 70kg Dinamo Bucharest, Romania 2 Michael Murillo DF 11-02-96 / 22y 183cm / 78kg , United States 3 DF 01-03-92 / 26y 183cm / 92kg San Jose Earthquakes, United States 4 Fidel Escobar DF 09-01-95 / 23y 182cm / 82kg New York Red Bulls, United States 5 Roman Torres DF 20-03-86 / 32y 188cm / 99kg Seattle Sounders, United States 6 Gabriel Gomez MF 29-05-84 / 34y 183cm / 82kg Atlético Bucaramanga, Colombia 7 Blas Perez FW 13-03-81 / 37y 187cm / 83kg Municipal, Guatemala 8 Edgar Barcenas MF 23-10-93 / 24y 175cm / 72kg Cafetaleros de Tapachula, Mexico 9 FW 31-10-88 / 29y 180cm / 77kg Huachipato, Chile 10 Ismael Diaz FW 12-05-97 / 21y 181cm / 72kg Deportivo La Coruña, Spain 11 MF 26-11-87 / 30y 173cm / 72kg Club Universidad de Chile, Chile 12 Jose Calderon GK 14-08-85 / 32y 187cm / 87kg Chorrillo, Panama 13 DF 14-02-85 / 33y 182cm / 78kg Houston Dynamo, United States 14 Valentin Pimentel MF 30-05-91 / 27y 189cm / 80kg Plaza Amador, Panama 15 Eric Davis DF 31-03-91 / 27y 180cm / 81kg Dunajska Streda, Slovakia 16 FW 13-12-93 / 24y 183cm / 82kg Alajuelense, Costa Rica 17 DF 07-09-88 / 29y 178cm / 75kg Olimpia, Honduras 18 FW 28-03-82 / 36y 183cm / 87kg Sport Boys, Peru 19 Alberto Quintero MF 18-12-87 / 30y 165cm / 62kg Universitario Lima, Peru 20 Anibal Godoy MF 10-02-90 / 28y 183cm / 82kg San Jose Earthquakes, United States 21 Jose Luis Rodriguez MF 19-06-98 / 19y 180cm / 77kg Gent, Belgium 22 Alex Rodriguez GK 05-08-90 / 27y 197cm / 83kg San Francisco, Panama 23 DF 24-02-81 / 37y 185cm / 87kg Municipal, Guatemala COACH: Hernan Dario Gomez (Colombian), age 62 years Coach of Panama since 2014 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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PERU Group C Republic of Peru DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 33 million Australian residents born in Peru Population growth rate (annual): 1.2% Population count (2016 census): 9600 Life expectancy: 75 years 0.2 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $8900 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 3.6 6.3 76.6 13.5 Main language: Spanish Median age: 43.9 years Association founded: 1922 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 11 Sex ratio: 75.6 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 53 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 1.3 48.0 50.7 Continental titles (most recent): 2 (1975) National league ranking (IFFHS): 59 Australian citizenship rate: 73 per cent Main localities of residence: Hornsby (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Ashfield (NSW), Dee Why (NSW) Participations: 5 (1930, 1970, 1978, 1982, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Quarter-finalist (1970) 06-09-17 Ecuador W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 4-1 v Iran (1978) 06-10-17 Argentina D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 0-6 v Argentina (1978) 11-10-17 Colombia D 1–1 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: OFC v CONMEBOL 11-11-17 New Zealand D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier play-off winners (v New Zealand) 16-11-17 New Zealand W 2–0 World Cup Qualifier 24-03-18 Croatia W 2–0 Friendly Australia's record against Peru (men's) 28-03-18 Iceland W 3–1 Friendly Team P W D L 30-05-18 Scotland W 2–0 Friendly Under-17 2 0 2 0 04-06-18 Saudi Arabia W 3–0 Friendly 10-06-18 Sweden D 0–0 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 12 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Pedro Gallese GK 23-02-90 / 28y 189cm / 79kg Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, Mexico 2 Alberto Rodriguez DF 31-03-84 / 34y 179cm / 78kg Atletico Junior, Colombia 3 Aldo Corzo DF 20-05-89 / 29y 172cm / 75kg Universitario Lima, Peru 4 Anderson Santamaria DF 10-01-92 / 26y 183cm / 84kg Puebla, Mexico 5 Miguel Araujo DF 24-10-94 / 23y 178cm / 77kg Alianza Lima, Peru 6 Miguel Trauco DF 25-08-92 / 25y 169cm / 74kg Flamengo, Brazil 7 Paolo Hurtado MF 27-07-90 / 27y 174cm / 66kg Vitoria Guimaraes, Portugal 8 Christian Cueva MF 23-11-91 / 26y 169cm / 69kg Sao Paulo, Brazil 9 Paolo Guerrero FW 01-01-84 / 34y 185cm / 88kg Flamengo, Brazil 10 Jefferson Farfan FW 26-10-84 / 33y 177cm / 85kg Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia 11 Raul Ruidiaz FW 25-07-90 / 27y 169cm / 67kg Monarcas Morelia, Mexico 12 Carlos Caceda GK 27-09-91 / 26y 184cm / 78kg Deportivo Municipal, Peru 13 Renato Tapia MF 28-07-95 / 22y 185cm / 85kg Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands 14 Andy Polo MF 29-09-94 / 23y 174cm / 71kg Portland Timbers, United States 15 Christian Ramos DF 04-11-88 / 29y 182cm / 72kg Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, Mexico 16 Wilder Cartagena MF 23-09-94 / 23y 179cm / 76kg Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, Mexico 17 Luis Advincula DF 02-03-90 / 28y 178cm / 80kg Lobos, Mexico 18 Andre Carrillo FW 14-06-91 / 27y 182cm / 77kg Watford, England 19 Yoshimar Yotun MF 07-04-90 / 28y 172cm / 69kg Orlando City, United States 20 Edison Flores FW 14-05-94 / 24y 170cm / 72kg Aalborg, Denmark 21 Jose Carvallo GK 01-03-86 / 32y 182cm / 84kg Universidad Técnica Cajamarca, Peru 22 Nilson Loyola DF 26-10-94 / 23y 179cm / 68kg Melgar, Peru 23 Pedro Aquino MF 13-04-95 / 23y 174cm / 71kg Lobos, Mexico COACH: Ricardo Gareca (Argentinian), age 60 years Coach of Peru since 2015 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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POLAND Group H Republic of Poland DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 38 million Australian residents born in Poland Population growth rate (annual): -0.2% Population count (2016 census): 45400 Life expectancy: 78 years 0.7 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $18100 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 1.1 1.8 60.7 36.4 Main language: Polish Median age: 60.7 years Association founded: 1919 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 8 Sex ratio: 75.1 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 37 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 23.3 57.8 18.9 Continental titles (most recent): – National league ranking (IFFHS): 35 Australian citizenship rate: 87.3 per cent Main localities of residence: Caulfield North (Vic), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Endeavour Hills (Vic), Caulfield South (Vic) Participations: 8 (1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2002, FORM GUIDE 2006, 2018) 02-09-17 Denmark L 0–4 World Cup Qualifier Best placing: Third (1974, 1982) 05-09-17 Kazakhstan W 3–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 7-0 v Haiti (1974) 06-10-17 Armenia W 6–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 0-4 v Brazil (1986), Portugal (2002) 09-10-17 Montenegro W 4–2 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA Group E winners 11-11-17 Uruguay D 0–0 Friendly 14-11-17 Mexico L 0–1 Friendly Australia's record against Poland (men's) 24-03-18 Nigeria L 0–1 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Korea Republic W 3–2 Friendly Senior 1 1 0 0 09-06-18 Chile D 2–2 Friendly Under-23 1 0 0 1 13-06-18 Lithuania W 4–0 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 10 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Wojciech Szczesny GK 18-04-90 / 28y 195cm / 84kg Juventus, Italy 2 Michal Pazdan DF 21-09-87 / 30y 181cm / 78kg Legia Warsaw, Poland 3 Artur Jedrzejczyk DF 04-11-87 / 30y 189cm / 78kg Legia Warsaw, Poland 4 DF 21-04-86 / 32y 184cm / 81kg Ferrara, Italy 5 DF 12-04-96 / 22y 189cm / 77kg Southampton, England 6 Jacek Goralski MF 21-09-92 / 25y 172cm / 66kg Ludogorets Razgrad, Bulgaria 7 FW 28-02-94 / 24y 186cm / 81kg Napoli, Italy 8 MF 02-02-95 / 23y 176cm / 73kg Sampdoria, Italy 9 FW 21-08-88 / 29y 185cm / 79kg Bayern München, Germany 10 MF 29-01-90 / 28y 186cm / 83kg West Bromwich Albion, England 11 MF 08-06-88 / 30y 180cm / 78kg Hull City, England 12 Bartosz Bialkowski GK 06-07-87 / 30y 194cm / 83kg Ipswich Town, England 13 MF 19-08-89 / 28y 173cm / 75kg Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia 14 Lukasz Teodorczyk FW 03-06-91 / 27y 185cm / 78kg Anderlecht, Belgium 15 DF 03-02-88 / 30y 190cm / 80kg Monaco, France 16 Jakub Blaszczykowski MF 14-12-85 / 32y 175cm / 71kg Wolfsburg, Germany 17 Slawomir Peszko MF 19-02-85 / 33y 173cm / 68kg Lechia Gdansk, Poland 18 Bartosz Bereszynski DF 12-07-92 / 25y 182cm / 72kg Sampdoria, Italy 19 Piotr Zielinski MF 20-05-94 / 24y 177cm / 64kg Napoli, Italy 20 Lukasz Piszczek DF 03-06-85 / 33y 184cm / 79kg Borussia Dortmund, Germany 21 Rafal Kurzawa MF 29-01-93 / 25y 182cm / 73kg Gornik Zabrze, Poland 22 Lukasz Fabianski GK 18-04-85 / 33y 190cm / 83kg Swansea City, Wales 23 Dawid Kownacki FW 14-03-97 / 21y 185cm / 75kg Sampdoria, Italy COACH: Adam Nawalka (Polish), age 60 years Coach of Poland since 2013 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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PORTUGAL Group B Portuguese Republic DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 10 million Australian residents born in Portugal Population growth rate (annual): -0.4% Population count (2016 census): 15800 Life expectancy: 82 years 0.3 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $27700 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 2.4 2.2 67.1 28.4 Main language: Portugese Median age: 56.1 years Association founded: 1914 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 4 Sex ratio: 102.3 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 11 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 14.9 68.6 16.5 Continental titles (most recent): 1 (2016) National league ranking (IFFHS): 16 Australian citizenship rate: 77.6 per cent Main localities of residence: Earlwood (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Marrickville (NSW), Spearwood (WA) Participations: 7 (1966, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, FORM GUIDE 2018) 04-09-17 Hungary W 1–0 World Cup Qualifier Best placing: Third (1966) 08-10-17 Andorra W 2–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 7-0 v Korea DPR (2010) 11-10-17 Switzerland W 2–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 0-4 v Germany (2014) 11-11-17 Saudi Arabia W 3–0 Friendly Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA Group B winners 15-11-17 United States D 1–1 Friendly 24-03-18 Egypt W 2–1 Friendly Australia's record against Portugal (men's) 27-03-18 Netherlands L 0–3 Friendly Team P W D L 29-05-18 Tunisia D 2–2 Friendly Under-20 4 0 0 4 03-06-18 Belgium D 0–0 Friendly Under-17 1 0 0 1 08-06-18 Algeria W 3–0 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 16 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Patricio Rui GK 15-02-88 / 30y 189cm / 84kg Sporting, Portugal 2 Alves Bruno DF 27-11-81 / 36y 187cm / 83kg Rangers, Scotland 3 Pepe DF 26-02-83 / 35y 188cm / 81kg Besiktas, Turkey 4 Fernandes Manuel MF 05-02-86 / 32y 174cm / 69kg Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia 5 Guerreiro Raphael DF 22-12-93 / 24y 170cm / 64kg Borussia Dortmund, Germany 6 Fonte Jose DF 22-12-83 / 34y 191cm / 84kg Dalian Yifang, China 7 Ronaldo Cristiano FW 05-02-85 / 33y 185cm / 80kg Real Madrid, Spain 8 Moutinho Joao MF 08-09-86 / 31y 170cm / 61kg Monaco, France 9 Silva Andre FW 06-11-95 / 22y 184cm / 78kg AC Milan, Italy 10 Mario Joao MF 19-01-93 / 25y 179cm / 73kg West Ham United, England 11 Silva Bernardo MF 10-08-94 / 23y 173cm / 65kg Manchester City, England 12 Lopes Anthony GK 01-10-90 / 27y 184cm / 81kg Olympique Lyon, France 13 Dias Ruben DF 14-05-97 / 21y 187cm / 83kg Benfica, Portugal 14 William MF 07-04-92 / 26y 190cm / 80kg Sporting, Portugal 15 Ricardo DF 06-10-93 / 24y 174cm / 70kg Porto, Portugal 16 Fernandes Bruno MF 08-09-94 / 23y 183cm / 64kg Sporting, Portugal 17 Guedes Goncalo FW 29-11-96 / 21y 179cm / 72kg Valencia, Spain 18 Martins Gelson FW 11-05-95 / 23y 173cm / 63kg Sporting, Portugal 19 Rui Mario DF 27-05-91 / 27y 168cm / 67kg Napoli, Italy 20 Quaresma Ricardo FW 26-09-83 / 34y 175cm / 73kg Besiktas, Turkey 21 Cedric DF 31-08-91 / 26y 172cm / 67kg Southampton, England 22 Beto GK 01-05-82 / 36y 183cm / 79kg Goztepe, Turkey 23 Silva Adrien MF 15-03-89 / 29y 176cm / 72kg Leicester City, England COACH: Fernando Santos (Portugese), age 63 years Coach of Portugal since 2014 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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RUSSIA Group A Russian Federation DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 144 million Australian residents born in Russia Population growth rate (annual): 0% Population count (2016 census): 20400 Life expectancy: 71 years 0.3 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $13900 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 6.5 8.5 67.5 17.5 Main language: Russian Median age: 41.4 years Association founded: 1912 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 70 Sex ratio: 58.7 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 23 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 5.1 33.5 61.4 Continental titles (most recent): 1 (1960)* National league ranking (IFFHS): 10 Australian citizenship rate: 69.2 per cent Main localities of residence: Bentleigh East (Vic), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD* Maroubra (NSW), Waterloo (NSW) Participations: 11 (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, FORM GUIDE 1986, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2014, 2018) 22-06-17 Portugal L 0–1 Confederations Cup Best placing: Fourth (1966) 25-06-17 Mexico L 1–2 Confederations Cup Biggest win: 6-0 v Hungary (1986) 08-10-17 Korea Republic W 4–2 Friendly Biggest loss: 0-2 (several games) 11-10-17 Iran D 1–1 Friendly Qualified for 2018 FWC as: host 11-11-17 Argentina L 0–1 Friendly 15-11-17 Spain D 3–3 Friendly Australia's record against Russia (men's) 24-03-18 Brazil L 0–3 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 France L 1–3 Friendly Senior 7 0 3 4 31-05-18 Austria L 0–1 Friendly Under-20 5 2 2 1 06-06-18 Turkey D 1–1 Friendly * Record for incorporated No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 11 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 GK 08-04-86 / 32y 185cm / 83kg CSKA Moscow, Russia 2 Mario Fernandes DF 19-09-90 / 27y 187cm / 79kg CSKA Moscow, Russia 3 DF 29-07-93 / 24y 190cm / 82kg Spartak Moscow, Russia 4 Sergey Ignashevich DF 14-07-79 / 38y 186cm / 84kg CSKA Moscow, Russia 5 Andrey Semenov DF 24-03-89 / 29y 191cm / 87kg Akhmat Grozny, Russia 6 MF 26-12-90 / 27y 173cm / 68kg Villarreal, Spain 7 Daler Kuziaev MF 15-01-93 / 25y 182cm / 74kg Zenit St Petersburg, Russia 8 Iury Gazinsky MF 20-07-89 / 28y 180cm / 75kg Krasnodar, Russia 9 MF 17-06-90 / 27y 178cm / 73kg CSKA Moscow, Russia 10 Fedor Smolov FW 09-02-90 / 28y 185cm / 79kg Krasnodar, Russia 11 MF 11-02-94 / 24y 185cm / 77kg Spartak Moscow, Russia 12 Andrei Lunev GK 13-11-91 / 26y 189cm / 80kg Zenit St Petersburg, Russia 13 Fedor Kudriashov DF 05-04-87 / 31y 187cm / 78kg Rubin Kazan, Russia 14 DF 22-05-87 / 31y 184cm / 80kg Rubin Kazan, Russia 15 Alexey Miranchuk MF 17-10-95 / 22y 185cm / 77kg Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia 16 MF 17-10-95 / 22y 182cm / 67kg Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia 17 Aleksandr Golovin MF 30-05-96 / 22y 178cm / 70kg CSKA Moscow, Russia 18 Yury Zhirkov MF 20-08-83 / 34y 180cm / 76kg Zenit St Petersburg, Russia 19 Alexander Samedov MF 19-07-84 / 33y 178cm / 74kg Spartak Moscow, Russia 20 GK 19-10-83 / 34y 190cm / 81kg Club Brugge, Belgium 21 Aleksandr Erokhin MF 13-10-89 / 28y 191cm / 79kg Zenit St Petersburg, Russia 22 FW 22-08-88 / 29y 196cm / 90kg Arsenal Tula, Russia 23 DF 08-08-88 / 29y 179cm / 72kg Zenit St Petersburg, Russia COACH: (Russian), age 54 years Coach of Russia since 2016 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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SAUDI ARABIA Group A Kingdom of Saudi Arabia DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 34 million Australian residents born in Saudi Arabia Population growth rate (annual): 1.9% Population count (2016 census): 12600 Life expectancy: 75 years 0.2 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $27700 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 26.5 22.1 51.2 0.2 Main language: Arabic Median age: 26.4 years Association founded: 1956 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 67 Sex ratio: 125.3 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 54 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 0.3 9.3 90.4 Continental titles (most recent): 3 (1996) National league ranking (IFFHS): 29 Australian citizenship rate: 25.5 per cent Main localities of residence: Reservoir (Vic), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Kelvin Grove (Qld), Clayton South (Vic) Participations: 5 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Round of 16 (1994) 29-12-17 Oman L 0–2 Gulf Cup Biggest win: 2-1 v Morocco (1994) 27-02-18 Moldova W 3–0 Friendly Biggest loss: 0-8 v Germany (2002) 01-03-18 Iraq L 1–3 Friendly Qualified for 2018 FWC as: AFC Group B runners-up 24-03-18 Ukraine D 1–1 Friendly 28-03-18 Belgium L 0–4 Friendly Australia's record against Saudi Arabia (men's) 10-05-18 Algeria W 2–0 Friendly Team P W D L 16-05-18 Greece W 2–0 Friendly Senior 8 5 2 1 29-05-18 Italy L 1–2 Friendly Under-23 5 2 0 3 04-06-18 Peru L 0–3 Friendly Under-20 5 3 1 1 09-06-18 Germany L 1–2 Friendly Under-17 3 2 1 0 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 17 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Abdullah Al-Muaiouf GK 23-01-87 / 31y 178cm / 98kg Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia 2 Mansour Al-Harbi DF 19-10-87 / 30y 173cm / 68kg Al Ahli, Saudi Arabia 3 Osama Hawsawi DF 31-03-84 / 34y 188cm / 83kg Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia 4 Ali Al-Bulayhi DF 21-11-89 / 28y 182cm / 83kg Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia 5 Omar Othman DF 27-09-85 / 32y 185cm / 76kg Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia 6 Mohammed Al-Burayk DF 15-09-92 / 25y 173cm / 61kg Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia 7 Salman Al-Faraj MF 01-08-89 / 28y 179cm / 63kg Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia 8 Yahia Al-Shehri MF 26-06-90 / 27y 165cm / 63kg Leganés, Spain 9 Hatan Bahbir MF 16-07-92 / 25y 170cm / 66kg Al Shabab, Saudi Arabia 10 Mohammed Al-Sahlawi FW 10-01-87 / 31y 179cm / 75kg Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia 11 Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri MF 13-03-86 / 32y 177cm / 73kg Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia 12 Mohamed Kanno MF 22-09-94 / 23y 192cm / 73kg Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia 13 Yasir Al-Shahrani DF 25-05-92 / 26y 170cm / 63kg Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia 14 Abdullah Otayf MF 03-08-92 / 25y 177cm / 66kg Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia 15 Abdullah Al-Khaibari MF 16-08-96 / 21y 175cm / 66kg Al Shabab, Saudi Arabia 16 Hussain Al-Moqahwi MF 24-03-88 / 30y 174cm / 76kg Al Ahli, Saudi Arabia 17 Taiseer Al-Jassam MF 25-07-84 / 33y 169cm / 69kg Al Ahli, Saudi Arabia 18 Salem Al-Dawsari MF 19-08-91 / 26y 174cm / 68kg Villarreal, Spain 19 Fahad Al-Muwallad FW 14-09-94 / 23y 168cm / 65kg Levante, Spain 20 Muhannad Asiri FW 14-10-86 / 31y 185cm / 79kg Al Ahli, Saudi Arabia 21 Yasser Al-Mosailem GK 27-02-84 / 34y 186cm / 88kg Al Ahli, Saudi Arabia 22 Mohammed Al-Owais GK 10-10-91 / 26y 187cm / 79kg Al Ahli, Saudi Arabia 23 Motaz Hawsawi DF 17-02-92 / 26y 180cm / 79kg Al Ahli, Saudi Arabia COACH: Juan Antonio Pizzi (Spanish), age 50 years Coach of Saudi Arabia since 2017 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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SENEGAL Group H Republic of Senegal DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 16 million Australian residents born in Senegal Population growth rate (annual): 2.8% Population count (2016 census): 400 Life expectancy: 68 years 0.01 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $1400 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 7.6 15.2 67.2 10.0 Main language: French Median age: 45.8 years Association founded: 1960 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 27 Sex ratio: 129.8 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 54 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 3.7 47.7 48.6 Continental titles (most recent): – National league ranking (IFFHS): >90 Australian citizenship rate: 84 per cent Main localities of residence: Bankstown (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Banksia Grove (WA), Punchbowl (NSW) Participations: 2 (2002, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Quarter-finalist (2002) 03-09-17 Burkina Faso D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 2-1 v Sweden (2002) 06-09-17 Burkina Faso D 2–2 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 0-1 v Turkey (2002) 08-10-17 Cape Verde Is. W 2–0 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CAF Group D winners 11-11-17 South W 2–0 World Cup Qualifier 15-11-17 W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier Australia's record against Senegal (men's) 24-03-18 Uzbekistan D 1–1 Friendly No previous encounters 28-03-18 Bosnia D 0–0 Friendly 01-06-18 Luxembourg D 0–0 Friendly 09-06-18 Croatia L 1–2 Friendly 11-06-18 Korea Republic W 2–0 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 14 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Abdoulaye Diallo GK 30-03-92 / 26y 189cm / 79kg Stade Rennais, France 2 DF 15-06-89 / 28y 173cm / 69kg Valenciennes, France 3 DF 20-06-91 / 26y 195cm / 89kg Napoli, Italy 4 DF 22-11-89 / 28y 192cm / 85kg Anderlecht, Belgium 5 Idrissa Gana Gueye MF 26-09-89 / 28y 174cm / 64kg Everton, England 6 Salif Sane MF 25-08-90 / 27y 196cm / 84kg Hannover, Germany 7 FW 19-01-86 / 32y 180cm / 75kg Bursaspor, Turkey 8 Cheikhou Kouyate MF 21-12-89 / 28y 189cm / 75kg West Ham United, England 9 Mame Diouf FW 16-12-87 / 30y 185cm / 81kg Stoke City, England 10 Sadio Mane FW 10-04-92 / 26y 175cm / 69kg Liverpool, England 11 Cheikh Ndoye MF 29-03-86 / 32y 192cm / 90kg Birmingham City, England 12 DF 05-03-93 / 25y 174cm / 71kg Girondins Bordeaux, France 13 Alfred Ndiaye MF 06-03-90 / 28y 186cm / 80kg Wolverhampton Wanderers, England 14 Moussa Konate FW 03-04-93 / 25y 180cm / 78kg Amiens, France 15 FW 24-12-89 / 28y 184cm / 79kg Stade Rennais, France 16 Khadim Ndiaye GK 05-04-85 / 33y 185cm / 80kg Horoya AC, Guinea 17 Pape Alioune Ndiaye MF 27-10-90 / 27y 181cm / 74kg Stoke City, England 18 Ismaila Sarr FW 25-02-98 / 20y 175cm / 70kg Stade Rennais, France 19 Mbaye Niang FW 19-12-94 / 23y 184cm / 74kg Torino, Italy 20 Keita Balde FW 08-03-95 / 23y 181cm / 77kg Monaco, France 21 DF 20-10-89 / 28y 181cm / 74kg Adanaspor, Turkey 22 Moussa Wague DF 04-10-98 / 19y 177cm / 70kg Eupen, Belgium 23 GK 05-09-93 / 24y 196cm / 80kg Ferrara, Italy COACH: Aliou Cisse (Senegalese), age 42 years Coach of Senegal since 2015 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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SERBIA Group E Republic of Serbia DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 8.8 million Australian residents born in Serbia Population growth rate (annual): -0.3% Population count (2016 census): 20200 Life expectancy: 75 years 0.3 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $7700 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 1.8 6.6 62.4 29.2 Main language: Serbian Median age: 55.2 years Association founded: 1919 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 34 Sex ratio: 93.5 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 33* Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 15.7 61.9 22.5 Continental titles (most recent): – National league ranking (IFFHS): 38 Australian citizenship rate: 90.9 per cent Main localities of residence: Liverpool (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD* St Albans (Vic), Endeavour Hills (Vic) Participations: 12 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, FORM GUIDE 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2018) 03-09-17 Moldova W 3–0 World Cup Qualifier Best placing: Fourth (1930, 1962)* 06-09-17 Ireland W 1–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 9-0 v Zaire (1974) 07-10-17 Austria L 2–3 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 0-6 v Argentina (2006) 10-10-17 Georgia W 1–0 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA Group D winners 10-11-17 China PR W 2–0 Friendly 14-11-17 Korea Republic D 1–1 Friendly Australia's record against Serbia (men's) 24-03-18 Morocco L 1–2 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Nigeria W 2–0 Friendly Senior 2 1 1 0 05-06-18 Chile L 0–1 Friendly Under-23 1 0 1 0 10-06-18 Bolivia W 5–1 Friendly * Record for Yugoslavia and Serbia/Montenegro incorporated No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 10 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Vladimir Stojkovic GK 28-07-83 / 34y 195cm / 92kg Partizan, Serbia 2 Antonio Rukavina DF 26-01-84 / 34y 177cm / 71kg Villarreal, Spain 3 Dusko Tosic DF 19-01-85 / 33y 185cm / 79kg Besiktas, Turkey 4 Luka Milivojevic MF 07-04-91 / 27y 186cm / 80kg Crystal Palace, England 5 Uros Spajic DF 13-02-93 / 25y 188cm / 82kg Anderlecht, Belgium 6 Branislav Ivanovic DF 22-02-84 / 34y 185cm / 89kg Zenit St Petersburg, Russia 7 Andrija Zivkovic MF 11-07-96 / 21y 169cm / 68kg Benfica, Portugal 8 Aleksandar Prijovic FW 21-04-90 / 28y 191cm / 88kg PAOK Salonika, Greece 9 Aleksandar Mitrovic FW 16-09-94 / 23y 189cm / 82kg Fulham, England 10 Dusan Tadic MF 20-11-88 / 29y 181cm / 76kg Southampton, England 11 DF 10-11-85 / 32y 187cm / 83kg Roma, Italy 12 Predrag Rajkovic GK 31-10-95 / 22y 191cm / 85kg Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Israel 13 Milos Veljkovic DF 26-09-95 / 22y 188cm / 77kg Werder Bremen, Germany 14 Milan Rodic DF 02-04-91 / 27y 185cm / 69kg Crvena Zvezda, Serbia 15 Nikola Milenkovic DF 12-10-97 / 20y 195cm / 90kg Fiorentina, Italy 16 Marko Grujic MF 13-04-96 / 22y 190cm / 82kg Cardiff City, Wales 17 Filip Kostic MF 01-11-92 / 25y 184cm / 82kg Hamburger, Germany 18 Nemanja Radonjic FW 15-02-96 / 22y 185cm / 76kg Crvena Zvezda, Serbia 19 Luka Jovic FW 23-12-97 / 20y 181cm / 75kg Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany 20 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic MF 27-02-95 / 23y 192cm / 76kg Lazio, Italy 21 Nemanja Matic MF 01-08-88 / 29y 194cm / 86kg Manchester United, England 22 Adem Ljajic MF 29-09-91 / 26y 182cm / 74kg Torino, Italy 23 Marko Dmitrovic GK 24-01-92 / 26y 194cm / 90kg Eibar, Spain COACH: Mladen Krstajic (Serbian), age 44 years Coach of Serbia since 2017 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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SPAIN Group B Kingdom of Spain DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 46 million Australian residents born in Spain Population growth rate (annual): 0% Population count (2016 census): 15400 Life expectancy: 83 years 0.3 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $37200 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 5.9 4.1 58.8 31.1 Main language: Spanish Median age: 53.4 years Association founded: 1913 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 10 Sex ratio: 99.4 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 5 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 30.5 33.8 35.7 Continental titles (most recent): 3 (2012) National league ranking (IFFHS): 1 Australian citizenship rate: 63 per cent Main localities of residence: Surry Hills (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Bondi Beach (NSW), Randwick (NSW) Participations: 15 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Winners (2010) 03-09-17 Italy W 3–0 World Cup Qualifier 06-09-17 Liechtenstein W 8–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 6-1 v Bulgaria (1998) 07-10-17 Albania W 3–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 1-6 v Brazil (1950) 10-10-17 Israel W 1–0 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA Group G winners 12-11-17 Costa Rica W 5–0 Friendly Australia's record against Spain (men's) 15-11-17 Russia D 3–3 Friendly Team P W D L 24-03-18 Germany D 1–1 Friendly Senior 1 0 0 1 28-03-18 Argentina W 6–1 Friendly Under-23 2 0 0 2 04-06-18 Switzerland D 1–1 Friendly Under-20 1 0 0 1 10-06-18 Tunisia L 0–1 Friendly Under-17 1 0 1 0 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 10 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 GK 07-11-90 / 27y 190cm / 71kg Manchester United, England 2 Dani Carvajal DF 11-01-92 / 26y 173cm / 73kg Real Madrid, Spain 3 Gerard Pique DF 02-02-87 / 31y 194cm / 85kg Barcelona, Spain 4 Nacho DF 18-01-90 / 28y 179cm / 77kg Real Madrid, Spain 5 Sergio Busquets MF 16-07-88 / 29y 189cm / 78kg Barcelona, Spain 6 Andres Iniesta MF 11-05-84 / 34y 171cm / 68kg Barcelona, Spain 7 Saul MF 21-11-94 / 23y 183cm / 76kg Atletico Madrid, Spain 8 Koke MF 08-01-92 / 26y 176cm / 73kg Atletico Madrid, Spain 9 Rodrigo FW 06-03-91 / 27y 182cm / 72kg Valencia, Spain 10 Thiago MF 11-04-91 / 27y 174cm / 70kg Bayern München, Germany 11 Lucas Vazquez FW 01-07-91 / 26y 173cm / 70kg Real Madrid, Spain 12 Alvaro Odriozola DF 14-12-95 / 22y 178cm / 67kg Real Sociedad, Spain 13 Kepa Arrizabalaga GK 03-10-94 / 23y 189cm / 84kg Athletic Bilbao, Spain 14 Cesar Azpilicueta DF 28-08-89 / 28y 178cm / 78kg Chelsea, England 15 Sergio Ramos DF 30-03-86 / 32y 183cm / 75kg Real Madrid, Spain 16 Nacho Monreal DF 26-02-86 / 32y 179cm / 72kg Arsenal, England 17 Iago Aspas FW 01-08-87 / 30y 176cm / 67kg Celta Vigo, Spain 18 Jordi Alba DF 21-03-89 / 29y 170cm / 68kg Barcelona, Spain 19 Diego Costa FW 07-10-88 / 29y 185cm / 86kg Atletico Madrid, Spain 20 Marco Asensio MF 21-01-96 / 22y 182cm / 76kg Real Madrid, Spain 21 David Silva FW 08-01-86 / 32y 170cm / 67kg Manchester City, England 22 Isco MF 21-04-92 / 26y 176cm / 74kg Real Madrid, Spain 23 Pepe Reina GK 31-08-82 / 35y 188cm / 92kg Napoli, Italy COACH: Julen Lopetegui (Spanish), age 51 years Coach of Spain since 2016 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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SWEDEN Group F Kingdom of Sweden DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 10 million Australian residents born in Sweden Population growth rate (annual): 0.7% Population count (2016 census): 9600 Life expectancy: 83 years 0.2 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $69700 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 7.7 11.9 65.4 15 Main language: Swedish Median age: 42 years Association founded: 1904 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 24 Sex ratio: 72.6 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 22 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 10.9 36.8 52.4 Continental titles (most recent): – National league ranking (IFFHS): 37 Australian citizenship rate: 55 per cent Main localities of residence: Manly (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Bondi Beach (NSW), Coogee (NSW) Participations: 12 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, FORM GUIDE 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2018) 08-10-17 Luxembourg W 8–0 World Cup Qualifier Best placing: Runners-up (1958) 11-10-17 Netherlands L 0–2 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 8-0 v Cuba (1938) 11-11-17 Italy W 1–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 1-7 v Brazil (1950) 14-11-17 Italy D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA 2nd round winners 08-01-18 Estonia D 1–1 Friendly 12-01-18 Denmark W 1–0 Friendly Australia's record against Sweden (men's) 25-03-18 Chile L 1–2 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Romania L 0–1 Friendly Senior 5 2 2 1 03-06-18 Denmark D 0–0 Friendly Under-23 1 1 0 0 10-06-18 Peru D 0–0 Friendly Under-20 1 0 1 0 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 13 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Robin Olsen GK 08-01-90 / 28y 198cm / 89kg Kobenhavn, Denmark 2 Mikael Lustig DF 13-12-86 / 31y 189cm / 77kg Celtic, Scotland 3 Victor Lindelof DF 17-07-94 / 23y 187cm / 81kg Manchester United, England 4 Andreas Granqvist DF 16-04-85 / 33y 192cm / 84kg Krasnodar, Russia 5 Martin Olsson DF 17-05-88 / 30y 177cm / 81kg Swansea City, Wales 6 Ludwig Augustinsson DF 21-04-94 / 24y 181cm / 76kg Werder Bremen, Germany 7 Sebastian Larsson MF 06-06-85 / 33y 178cm / 70kg Hull City, England 8 Albin Ekdal MF 28-07-89 / 28y 186cm / 75kg Hamburger, Germany 9 Marcus Berg FW 17-08-86 / 31y 183cm / 76kg Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 10 Emil Forsberg MF 23-10-91 / 26y 179cm / 78kg Leipzig, Germany 11 John Guidetti FW 15-04-92 / 26y 185cm / 79kg Deportivo Alavés, Spain 12 Karl-Johan Johnsson GK 28-01-90 / 28y 187cm / 83kg Guingamp, France 13 Gustav Svensson MF 07-02-87 / 31y 183cm / 77kg Seattle Sounders, United States 14 Filip Helander DF 22-04-93 / 25y 192cm / 83kg Bologna, Italy 15 Oscar Hiljemark MF 28-06-92 / 25y 184cm / 73kg Genoa, Italy 16 Emil Krafth DF 02-08-94 / 23y 181cm / 72kg Bologna, Italy 17 Viktor Claesson MF 02-01-92 / 26y 183cm / 79kg Krasnodar, Russia 18 Pontus Jansson DF 13-02-91 / 27y 194cm / 89kg Leeds United, England 19 Marcus Rohden MF 11-05-91 / 27y 182cm / 76kg Crotone, Italy 20 FW 03-07-86 / 31y 192cm / 78kg Toulouse, France 21 Jimmy Durmaz MF 22-03-89 / 29y 180cm / 69kg Toulouse, France 22 Isaac Kiese Thelin FW 24-06-92 / 25y 189cm / 83kg Waasland-Beveren, Belgium 23 Kristoffer Nordfeldt GK 23-06-89 / 28y 190cm / 85kg Swansea City, Wales COACH: Janne Andersson (Swedish), age 55 years Coach of Sweden since 2016 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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SWITZERLAND Group E Swiss Confederation DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 8.5 million Australian residents born in Switzerland Population growth rate (annual): 0.8% Population count (2016 census): 12100 Life expectancy: 84 years 0.2 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $105600 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 8.0 7.3 58.8 25.8 Main language: French, German, Romansh, Italian Median age: 52 years Sex ratio: 105.2 males per 100 females Association founded: 1895 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 6 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 18.3 47.3 34.4 Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 31 Continental titles (most recent): – Australian citizenship rate: 78.2 per cent National league ranking (IFFHS): 21 Main localities of residence: Maroubra (NSW), Randwick (NSW), Mosman (NSW) FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD FORM GUIDE Participations: 11 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) 01-09-17 Andorra W 3–0 World Cup Qualifier 04-09-17 Latvia W 3–0 World Cup Qualifier Best placing: Quarter-finalist (1934, 1938, 1954) 08-10-17 Hungary W 5–2 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 5-2 v France (2014) 11-10-17 Portugal L 0–2 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 0-5 v West Germany (1966) 10-11-17 Northern Ireland W 1–0 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: UEFA 2nd round winners 13-11-17 Northern Ireland D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier 24-03-18 Greece W 1–0 Friendly Australia's record against Switzerland (men's) 28-03-18 Panama W 6–0 Friendly Team P W D L 04-06-18 Spain D 1–1 Friendly Senior 1 0 1 0 09-06-18 Japan W 2–0 Friendly Under-23 1 0 1 0 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 10 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 Yann Sommer GK 17-12-88 / 29y 183cm / 81kg Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany 2 Stephan Lichtsteiner DF 16-01-84 / 34y 181cm / 77kg Juventus, Italy 3 Francois Moubandje DF 21-06-90 / 27y 180cm / 76kg Toulouse, France 4 Nico Elvedi DF 30-09-96 / 21y 187cm / 77kg Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany 5 Manuel Akanji DF 19-07-95 / 22y 186cm / 85kg Borussia Dortmund, Germany 6 Michael Lang DF 08-02-91 / 27y 185cm / 78kg Basel, Switzerland 7 Breel Embolo FW 14-02-97 / 21y 184cm / 86kg Schalke, Germany 8 Remo Freuler MF 15-04-92 / 26y 181cm / 75kg Atalanta, Italy 9 Haris Seferovic FW 22-02-92 / 26y 186cm / 88kg Benfica, Portugal 10 Granit Xhaka MF 27-09-92 / 25y 183cm / 82kg Arsenal, England 11 Valon Behrami MF 19-04-85 / 33y 184cm / 78kg Udinese, Italy 12 Yvon Mvogo GK 06-06-94 / 24y 186cm / 84kg Leipzig, Germany 13 Ricardo Rodriguez DF 25-08-92 / 25y 180cm / 79kg AC Milan, Italy 14 MF 17-08-91 / 26y 182cm / 79kg Hoffenheim, Germany 15 Blerim Dzemaili MF 12-04-86 / 32y 180cm / 77kg Bologna, Italy 16 Gelson Fernandes MF 02-09-86 / 31y 180cm / 72kg Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany 17 Denis Zakaria MF 20-11-96 / 21y 189cm / 77kg Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany 18 Mario Gavranovic FW 24-11-89 / 28y 175cm / 75kg Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia 19 Josip Drmic FW 08-08-92 / 25y 184cm / 78kg Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany 20 Johan Djourou DF 18-01-87 / 31y 192cm / 90kg Antalyaspor, Turkey 21 Roman Buerki GK 14-11-90 / 27y 188cm / 83kg Borussia Dortmund, Germany 22 Fabian Schaer DF 20-12-91 / 26y 186cm / 83kg Deportivo La Coruña, Spain 23 Xherdan Shaqiri MF 10-10-91 / 26y 165cm / 78kg Stoke City, England COACH: Vladimir Petkovic (Swiss), age 54 years Coach of Switzerland since 2014 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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TUNISIA Group G Tunisian Republic DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 12 million Australian residents born in Tunisia Population growth rate (annual): 1.1% Population count (2016 census): 600 Life expectancy: 76 years 0.01 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $4600 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 1.5 1.9 60.9 35.8 Main language: Arabic Median age: 58.2 years Association founded: 1957 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 21 Sex ratio: 118.6 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 36 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 21.2 39.0 39.8 Continental titles (most recent): 1 (2004) National league ranking (IFFHS): 24 Australian citizenship rate: 71.4 per cent Main localities of residence: Lakemba (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Greenacre (NSW), Essendon (Vic) Participations: 5 (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018) FORM GUIDE Best placing: Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006) 12-06-17 Egypt W 1–0 African Cup Qual. Biggest win: 3-1 v Mexico (1978) 02-09-17 Congo DR W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 0-2 v England (1998), Japan, Russia (2002) 06-09-17 Congo DR D 2–2 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CAF Group A winners 08-10-17 Guinea W 4–1 World Cup Qualifier 12-11-17 Libya D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Australia's record against Tunisia (men's) 24-03-18 Iran W 1–0 Friendly Team P W D L 28-03-18 Costa Rica W 1–0 Friendly Senior 2 1 0 1 29-05-18 Portugal D 2–2 Friendly Under-23 4 1 2 1 02-06-18 Turkey D 2–2 Friendly 10-06-18 Spain W 1–0 Friendly No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 9 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 GK 01-07-89 / 28y 192cm / 85kg Al Shabab, Saudi Arabia 2 DF 31-03-89 / 29y 189cm / 87kg Kasimpasa, Turkey 3 Yohan Ben Alouane DF 28-03-87 / 31y 185cm / 75kg Leicester City, England 4 DF 02-07-93 / 24y 183cm / 70kg Sfaxien, Tunisia 5 DF 28-01-92 / 26y 185cm / 76kg Dijon, France 6 DF 19-01-90 / 28y 187cm / 77kg Étoile du Sahel, Tunisia 7 Saifeddine Khaoui FW 27-04-95 / 23y 180cm / 76kg Troyes, France 8 FW 23-06-91 / 26y 189cm / 80kg Al Ittifaq, Saudi Arabia 9 MF 18-09-90 / 27y 178cm / 70kg , Tunisia 10 FW 08-02-91 / 27y 182cm / 76kg Stade Rennais, France 11 DF 19-06-95 / 22y 186cm / 75kg Gent, Belgium 12 Ali Maaloul DF 01-01-90 / 28y 170cm / 72kg Al Ahly, Egypt 13 MF 18-03-92 / 26y 186cm / 80kg Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia 14 Mohamed Ben Amor MF 03-05-92 / 26y 180cm / 75kg Al Ahli, Saudi Arabia 15 Ahmed Khalil FW 21-12-94 / 23y 187cm / 75kg , Tunisia 16 GK 14-09-84 / 33y 182cm / 84kg Al Batin, Saudi Arabia 17 MF 10-05-95 / 23y 185cm / 69kg Montpellier, France 18 FW 25-06-97 / 20y 176cm / 71kg Nice, France 19 FW 14-10-86 / 31y 185cm / 72kg Club Africain, Tunisia 20 Ghaylen Chaaleli FW 28-02-94 / 24y 179cm / 70kg Tunis, Tunisia 21 Hamdi Naguez DF 28-10-92 / 25y 186cm / 75kg Zamalek, Egypt 22 GK 05-03-95 / 23y 186cm / 70kg Chateauroux, France 23 Naim Sliti FW 27-07-92 / 25y 173cm / 65kg Dijon, France COACH: Nabil Maaloul (Tunisian), age 55 years Coach of Tunisia since 2017 Age as at 14-Jun-18

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URUGUAY Group A Oriental Republic of Uruguay DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Population: 3.5 million Australian residents born in Uruguay Population growth rate (annual): 0.4% Population count (2016 census): 9000 Life expectancy: 78 years 0.1 per cent of overseas-born population GDP per person: $21900 Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+ per cent distribution 0.7 1.7 59.2 38.4 Main language: Spanish Median age: 60 years Association founded: 1900 FIFA ranking (June 2018): 14 Sex ratio: 89.3 males per 100 females Average FIFA ranking (1993–): 23 Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000 per cent distribution 3.4 88.7 7.9 Continental titles (most recent): 14 (2011) National league ranking (IFFHS): 49 Australian citizenship rate: 93.4 per cent Main localities of residence: Bossley Park (NSW), FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD Fairfield (NSW), Liverpool (NSW) Participations: 13 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, FORM GUIDE 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018) 08-06-17 Italy L 0–3 Friendly Best placing: Winners (1930, 1950) 01-09-17 Argentina D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Biggest win: 8-0 v Bolivia (1950) 06-09-17 Paraguay W 2–1 World Cup Qualifier Biggest loss: 1-6 v Denmark (1986) 06-10-17 Venezuela D 0–0 World Cup Qualifier Qualified for 2018 FWC as: CONMEBOL runners-up 11-10-17 Bolivia W 4–2 World Cup Qualifier 11-11-17 Poland D 0–0 Friendly Australia's record against Uruguay (men's) 15-11-17 Austria L 1–2 Friendly Team P W D L 23-03-18 Czech Republic W 2–0 China Cup Senior 9 4 1 4 26-03-18 Wales W 1–0 China Cup Under-20 8 2 2 4 08-06-18 Uzbekistan W 3–0 Friendly Under-17 7 2 3 2 No. of games played 14-06-17 to 14-06-18: 9 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD # Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height / Weight Club, country 1 GK 16-06-86 / 31y 190cm / 74kg Galatasaray, Turkey 2 Jose Gimenez DF 20-01-95 / 23y 185cm / 77kg Atletico Madrid, Spain 3 Diego Godin DF 16-02-86 / 32y 185cm / 73kg Atletico Madrid, Spain 4 DF 24-03-93 / 25y 173cm / 70kg Penarol, Uruguay 5 Carlos Sanchez MF 02-12-84 / 33y 171cm / 74kg Monterrey, Mexico 6 MF 25-06-97 / 20y 187cm / 73kg Juventus, Italy 7 Cristian Rodriguez MF 30-09-85 / 32y 178cm / 79kg Penarol, Uruguay 8 Nahitan Nandez MF 28-12-95 / 22y 171cm / 61kg Boca Juniors, Argentina 9 Luis Suarez FW 24-01-87 / 31y 182cm / 85kg Barcelona, Spain 10 FW 01-06-94 / 24y 172cm / 64kg Cruzeiro, Brazil 11 FW 12-10-86 / 31y 186cm / 78kg Girona, Spain 12 Martin Campana GK 29-05-89 / 29y 184cm / 79kg Independiente, Argentina 13 Gaston Silva DF 05-03-94 / 24y 185cm / 74kg Independiente, Argentina 14 MF 11-02-96 / 22y 168cm / 61kg Sampdoria, Italy 15 Matias Vecino MF 24-08-91 / 26y 189cm / 80kg Internazionale, Italy 16 Maximiliano Pereira DF 08-06-84 / 34y 173cm / 73kg Porto, Portugal 17 MF 07-02-93 / 25y 178cm / 66kg Genoa, Italy 18 Maximiliano Gomez FW 14-08-96 / 21y 186cm / 85kg Celta Vigo, Spain 19 Sebastian Coates DF 07-10-90 / 27y 196cm / 89kg Sporting, Portugal 20 FW 19-03-90 / 28y 172cm / 66kg Monterrey, Mexico 21 FW 14-02-87 / 31y 188cm / 78kg Paris Saint-Germain, France 22 Martin Caceres DF 07-04-87 / 31y 178cm / 75kg Lazio, Italy 23 Martin Silva GK 25-03-83 / 35y 187cm / 82kg Vasco da Gama, Brazil COACH: Oscar Tabarez (Uruguayan), age 71 years Coach of Uruguay since 2006 Age as at 14-Jun-18

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 40 FIFA WORLD CUP HISTORY The world's first international football match was After unsuccessfully attempting to qualify for the 1966 played in in 1872 between Scotland and and 1970 finals, Australia qualified for its first FIFA England. The first international tournament, the British World Cup in 1974. Losses to host nation and eventual Home Championship, took place in 1884. 1974 Champions West Germany, and strong As football began to increase in popularity in other neighbours East Germany, were followed by a parts of the world, it was held as a demonstration scoreless draw with Chile, allowing the Aussies to sport at the 1900 and 1904 Olympics. At the 1908 return home with a respectable record. Olympics – four years after FIFA was founded – It was Argentina's turn to celebrate in 1978, as the football became an official competition. Great Britain South Americans hosted and won the FIFA World Cup. won the first gold medal. The Netherlands were the FIFA World Cup final losers In 1914, FIFA agreed to recognise the Olympic for the second successive tournament. tournament as an official world football championship. In 1982 the tournament expanded to 24 teams, with This paved the way for the world's first Spain hosting and Italy winning its second FIFA World intercontinental football competition, at the 1920 Cup final. West Germany lost its second FIFA World Cup Olympics, won by Belgium. Uruguay won the next two final in a row in Mexico in 1986, when Olympic tournaments in 1924 and 1928. inspired Argentina to its second World Cup triumph in Due to the success of the Olympic tournaments, FIFA eight years. The West Germans gained revenge at Italia decided to stage and organise its own world '90, with the 1-0 win over Argentina in the final being championship. FIFA named Uruguay – the winners of the last match played by West Germany, as the unified the previous two football world championships – as German team competed from 1994. the host country of the inaugural FIFA World Cup The first FIFA World Cup played outside of or tournament in 1930. Uruguay defeated Argentina in South America took place in 1994 when the USA hosted. the final to be the first nation to win the World Cup. Brazil won the first FIFA World Cup final to go to penalties. Due to the difficulties in travelling before World War 2, In 1998 the FIFA World Cup finals increased to 32 only a small number of nations outside of the host participants, and it was France who became the first continent took part in the first three FIFA World Cups team since Argentina twenty years earlier to take out a 1930, 1934 and 1938. FIFA World Cup final for the first time. Following World War 2, the FIFA World Cup resumed It took until 2002 for the FIFA World Cup's two most in Brazil in 1950, where Uruguay won it again by successful teams to play each other for the first time in a defeating the host nation in front of 200,000 people finals match, Brazil defeating Germany 2-0 in the final of at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium. the tournament held jointly by Japan and . Returning to Europe, the 1954 tournament in Australia returned to the FIFA World Cup in Germany in Switzerland was the first to feature 16 teams, and with 2006, the Socceroos qualifying for the Round of 16 only 140 goals scored in 26 games, it holds the record for to be undone at that stage by eventual Champions Italy. most average goals per game (5.4). In 2010 the FIFA World Cup went to Africa for the first Brazil commenced a long phase of FIFA World Cup time, where Australia failed to make the group stage in dominance in 1958, easily defeating host nation Sweden South Africa after finishing third on goal difference. in the final. World Cup championship success for Brazil A young and relatively inexperienced Socceroos' squad continued in 1962 (held in Chile) and 1970 (Mexico). came back from 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil with no Meanwhile the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England points but with a passable performance to look back on. witnessed a spectacular success for the host nation, a The FIFA World Cup is hosted by the world's largest Geoff Hurst hat-trick helping the English to a 4-2 final country Russia in 2018, the 21st edition of the win over West Germany at Wembly. tournament. Qatar will be the host country in 2022.

FIFA WORLD CUP PARTICIPANTS by confederation 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 Europe 4 12 12 6 12 12 10 10 9 9 10 14 14 14 13 15 15 14 13 13 14 South America 7 2 1 5 2 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 Other America 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 Africa – 1 – – – – – – 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 6 5 5 Asia – – 1 – 1 – – 1 1 – 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 Oceania – – – – – – – – – 1 – 1 – – – – – 1 1 – –

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 41 FIFA WORLD CUP HISTORY FIFA WORLD CUPS 1930–2014 Edition Host Final Teams Games Goals Goals/game 1930 Uruguay Uruguay 4-2 Argentina 13 18 70 3.9 1934 Italy Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia (AET) 16 17 70 4.1 1938 France Italy 4-2 Hungary 15 18 84 4.7 1950 Brazil Uruguay 2-1 Brazil (title-decider) 13 22 88 4.0 1954 Switzerland West Germany 3-2 Hungary 16 26 140 5.4 1958 Sweden Brazil 5-2 Sweden 16 35 126 3.6 1962 Chile Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia 16 32 89 2.8 1966 England England 4-2 West Germany (AET) 16 32 89 2.8 1970 Mexico Brazil 4-1 Italy 16 32 95 3.0 1974 West Germany West Germany 2-1 Netherlands 16 38 97 2.6 1978 Argentina Argentina 3-1 Netherlands (AET) 16 38 102 2.7 1982 Spain Italy 3-1 West Germany 24 52 146 2.8 1986 Mexico Argentina 3-2 West Germany 24 52 132 2.5 1990 Italy West Germany 1-0 Argentina 24 52 115 2.2 1994 United States Brazil 0(3p)-0(2p) Italy (AET) 24 52 141 2.7 1998 France France 3-0 Brazil 32 64 171 2.7 2002 Korea/Japan Brazil 2-0 Germany 32 64 161 2.5 2006 Germany Italy 1(5p)-1(3p) France 32 64 147 2.3 2010 South Africa Spain 1-0 Netherlands 32 64 145 2.3 2014 Brazil Germany 1-0 Argentina (AET) 32 64 171 2.7 ALL GAMES 836 2379 2.8

FIFA World Cup winners 1930–2014 Biggest winning margin: 9 Brazil 5 Hungary W9-0 v Korea Republic 1954 Italy 4 Yugoslavia W9-0 v Zaire 1974 (West) Germany 4 Hungary W10-1 v El Salvador 1982 Argentina 2 Most goals scored in a match (team): 10 Uruguay 2 Hungary W10-1 v El Salvador 1982 England 1 France 1 Most goals scored in a match: 12 Spain 1 Austria 7-5 Switzerland 1954

FIFA World Cup runners-up 1930–2014 Most tournaments played: 5 (West) Germany 4 Antonio Carbajal (Mexico 1950–1966) Netherlands 3 Lothar Matthäus (Germany 1982–1998) Argentina 3 Most championships: 3 Brazil 2 Pelé (Brazil 1958, 1962, 1970) Czechoslovakia 2 Hungary 2 Youngest player: 17y 41d Italy 2 Norman Whiteside (N.Ireland v Yugoslavia 1982) France 1 Oldest player: 43y 3d Sweden 1 Faryd Monragon (Colombia v Japan 2014) Most FIFA World Cup appearances 1930–2018 Most goals scored, overall: 16 Brazil 21 Miroslav Klose (Germany 2002–2014) (West) Germany 19 Italy 18 Most goals scored, one tournament: 13 Argentina 17 Just Fontaine (France 1958) Mexico 16 Most goals scored in a match: 5 Most matches played: 106 Oleg Salenko (Russia W6-1 v Cameroon 1994) (West) Germany (1930–2014) Goalkeeper most clean sheets: 10 Most goals scored: 221 Peter Shilton (England 1982–1990) Brazil (1930–2014) Fabien Barthez (France 1998–2006)

Most goals scored in one tournament: 27 Longest time without conceding: 517 mins Hungary (1954) Walter Zenga (Italy 1990)

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 42 HEAD-TO-HEAD AUSTRALIA’S HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD against other 2018 FIFA World Cup teams Opponent Date Match type Venue Result ARGENTINA 14-07-88 Bicentennial Cup , Australia W 4–1 18-06-92 Friendly Buenos Aires, Argentina L 0–2 31-10-93 World Cup Qualifier Sydney, Australia D 1–1 17-11-93 World Cup Qualifier Buenos Aires, Argentina L 0–1 30-06-95 Friendly Buenos Aires, Argentina L 0–2 18-06-05 Confederations Cup Nuremberg, Germany L 2–4 11-09-07 Friendly Melbourne, Australia L 0–1 Overall record: P7. W1–D1–L5 BELGIUM 04-09-14 Friendly Liege, Belgium L 0–2 Overall record: P1. W0–D0–L1 BRAZIL 07-07-88 Bicentennial Cup Melbourne, Australia L 0–1 17-07-88 Bicentennial Cup Sydney, Australia L 0–2 20-09-88 Seoul, Korea Republic L 0–3 14-12-97 Confederations Cup , Saudi Arabia D 0–0 21-12-97 Confederations Cup - final Riyadh, Saudi Arabia L 0–6 09-06-01 Confederations Cup - for 3rd place Ulsan, Korea Republic W 1–0 18-06-06 World Cup Munich, Germany L 0–2 07-09-13 Friendly Brasilia, Brazil L 0–6 13-06-17 Friendly Melbourne, Australia L 0–4 Overall record: P9. W1–D1–L7 COLOMBIA 08-02-95 Friendly , Australia D 0–0 11-02-95 Friendly Sydney, Australia L 0–1 28-02-01 Friendly , Colombia L 2–3 27-03-18 Friendly London, England D 0–0 Overall record: P4. W0–D2–L2 COSTA RICA 19-11-13 Friendly Sydney, Australia W 1–0 Overall record: P1. W1–D0–L0 CROATIA 05-07-92 Friendly Melbourne, Australia W 1–0 08-07-92 Friendly , Australia W 3–1 12-07-92 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 0–0 06-06-98 Friendly Zagreb, Croatia L 0–7 22-06-06 World Cup Stuttgart, Germany D 2–2 06-06-14 Friendly Salvador, Brazil L 0–1 Overall record: P6. W2–D2–L2 DENMARK 06-02-07 Friendly London, England L 1–3 01-06-10 Friendly Johannesburg, South Africa W 1–0 02-06-12 Friendly , Denmark L 0–2 Overall record: P3. W1–D0–L2 EGYPT 19-06-87 Presidents Cup Seoul, Korea Republic D 0–0 17-11-10 Friendly Cairo, Egypt L 0–3 Overall record: P2. W0–D1–L1 ENGLAND 31-05-80 Friendly Sydney, Australia L 1–2 12-06-83 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 0–0 15-06-83 Friendly Brisbane, Australia L 0–1 19-06-83 Friendly Melbourne, Australia D 1–1 01-06-91 Friendly Sydney, Australia L 0–1 12-02-03 Friendly London, England W 3–1 27-05-16 Friendly Sunderland, England L 1–2 Overall record: P7. W1–D2–L4

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 43 HEAD-TO-HEAD FRANCE 26-05-94 Kobe, Japan L 0–1 01-06-01 Confederations Cup Daegu, Korea Republic W 1–0 11-11-01 Friendly Melbourne, Australia D 1–1 11-10-13 Friendly Paris, France L 0–6 Overall record: P4. W1–D1–L2 GERMANY 18-06-74 FIFA World Cup (as West Germany) Hamburg, Germany L 0–3 15-06-05 Confederations Cup Frankfurt, Germany L 3–4 13-06-10 World Cup Durban, South Africa L 0–4 29-03-11 Friendly Monchengladbach, Germany W 2–1 25-03-15 Friendly Kaiserslautern, Germany D 2–2 19-06-17 Confederations Cup Sochi, Russia L 2–3 Overall record: P6. W1–D1–L4 ICELAND No previous encounters IRAN 04-11-70 Friendly Tehran, Iran W 2–1 18-08-73 World Cup Qualifier Sydney, Australia W 3–0 24-08-73 World Cup Qualifier Tehran, Iran L 0–2 14-08-77 World Cup Qualifier Melbourne, Australia L 0–1 25-11-77 World Cup Qualifier Tehran, Iran L 0–1 22-11-97 World Cup Qualifier Tehran, Iran D 1–1 29-11-97 World Cup Qualifier Melbourne, Australia D 2–2 Overall record: P7. W2–D2–L3 JAPAN 27-11-56 Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia W 2–0 30-03-68 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 2–2 31-03-68 Friendly Melbourne, Australia W 3–1 04-04-68 Friendly Adelaide, Australia L 1–3 10-10-69 World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic W 3–1 16-10-69 World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic D 1–1 22-05-94 Kirin Cup Hiroshima, Japan D 1–1 27-09-94 Friendly Tokyo, Japan D 0–0 15-02-95 Friendly Sydney, Australia W 2–1 10-02-96 Friendly Wollongong, Australia L 1–4 14-02-96 Friendly Melbourne, Australia W 3–0 15-02-98 Optus World Series Adelaide, Australia L 0–3 07-06-01 Confederations Cup - semi final Yokohama, Japan L 0–1 15-08-01 AFC-OFC Cup Shizuoka, Japan L 0–3 12-06-06 World Cup Kaiserslautern, Germany W 3–1 21-07-07 Asian Cup - quarter final Hanoi, Vietnam D 1–1 11-02-09 World Cup Qualifier Yokohama, Japan D 0–0 17-06-09 World Cup Qualifier Melbourne, Australia W 2–1 29-01-11 Asian Cup - final , Qatar L 0–1 12-06-12 World Cup Qualifier Brisbane, Australia D 1–1 04-06-13 World Cup Qualifier Saitama, Japan D 1–1 25-07-13 East Asian Cup Hwaseong, Korea Republic L 2–3 18-11-14 Friendly Osaka, Japan L 1–2 11-10-16 World Cup Qualifier Melbourne, Australia D 1–1 31-08-17 World Cup Qualifier Saitama, Japan L 0–2 Overall record: P25. W7–D9–L9

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 44 HEAD-TO-HEAD KOREA REPUBLIC 14-11-67 Vietnam National Day tournament Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam W 3–2 14-10-69 World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic W 2–1 20-10-69 World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic D 1–1 22-10-72 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic D 1–1 24-10-72 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic W 2–0 28-10-73 World Cup Qualifier Sydney, Australia D 0–0 10-11-73 World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic D 2–2 13-11-73 World Cup Qualifier , Hong Kong W 1–0 27-08-77 World Cup Qualifier Sydney, Australia W 2–1 23-10-77 World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic D 0–0 17-10-82 Merlion Cup Singapore, Singapore W 3–2 15-12-83 Merlion Cup Singapore, Singapore W 3–1 21-06-87 Presidents Cup Seoul, Korea Republic D 1–1 06-09-90 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic L 0–1 09-09-90 Friendly Busan, Korea Republic L 0–1 14-06-91 Presidents Cup Seoul, Korea Republic D 0–0 24-09-93 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic D 1–1 26-09-93 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic L 0–1 22-01-97 Optus World Series Brisbane, Australia W 2–1 11-02-98 Optus World Series Sydney, Australia W 1–0 07-10-00 LG Cup Dubai, United Arab Emirates L 2–4 03-06-01 Confederations Cup Suwon, Korea Republic L 0–1 05-09-09 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic L 1–3 14-01-11 Asian Cup Doha, Qatar D 1–1 14-11-12 Friendly Hwaseong, Korea Republic W 2–1 20-07-13 East Asian Cup Seoul, Korea Republic D 0–0 17-01-15 Asian Cup Brisbane, Australia L 0–1 31-01-15 Asian Cup - final Sydney, Australia W 2–1 Overall record: P28. W11–D10–L7 MEXICO 01-12-70 Friendly , Mexico L 0–3 24-08-80 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 2–2 26-08-80 Friendly Melbourne, Australia D 1–1 12-12-97 Confederations Cup Riyadh, Saudi Arabia W 3–1 30-05-01 Confederations Cup Suwon, Korea Republic W 2–0 Overall record: P5. W2–D2–L1 MOROCCO 09-06-87 Presidents Cup Kangnung, Korea Republic W 1–0 Overall record: P1. W1–D0–L0 NIGERIA 22-09-88 Olympic Games Seoul, Korea Republic W 1–0 17-11-07 Friendly London, England W 1–0 Overall record: P2. W2–D0–L0 PANAMA No previous encounters PERU No previous encounters POLAND 07-09-10 Friendly Krakow, Poland W 2–1 Overall record: P1. W1–D0–L0 PORTUGAL No previous encounters

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 45 HEAD-TO-HEAD RUSSIA 16-11-75 Friendly , Australia D 0–0 (all matches as 20-11-75 Friendly Adelaide, Australia L 0–3 Soviet Union) 23-11-75 Friendly Melbourne, Australia L 1–2 26-11-75 Friendly Brisbane, Australia D 0–0 30-11-75 Friendly Sydney, Australia L 2–3 03-12-75 Friendly Newcastle, Australia D 1–1 25-09-88 Olympic Games - quarter final Busan, Korea Republic L 0–3 Overall record: 7. W0–D3–L4 SAUDI ARABIA 09-07-88 Bicentennial Cup Sydney, Australia W 3–0 09-10-96 Friendly Riyadh, Saudi Arabia D 0–0 16-12-97 Confederations Cup Riyadh, Saudi Arabia L 0–1 06-09-11 World Cup Qualifier Dammam, Saudi Arabia W 3–1 29-02-12 World Cup Qualifier Melbourne, Australia W 4–2 08-09-14 Friendly London, England W 3–2 06-10-16 World Cup Qualifier Jeddah, Saudi Arabia D 2–2 08-06-17 World Cup Qualifier Adelaide, Australia W 3–2 Overall record: P8. W5–D2–L1 SENEGAL No previous encounters SERBIA 23-06-10 World Cup Nelspruit, South Africa W 2–1 07-06-11 Friendly Melbourne, Australia D 0–0 Overall record: P2. W1–D1–L0 SPAIN 23-06-14 World Cup Curitiba, Brazil L 0–3 Overall record: P1. W0–D0–L1 SWITZERLAND 03-09-10 Friendly St Gallen, Switzerland D 0–0 Overall record: P1. W0–D1–L0 SWEDEN 26-01-92 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 0–0 29-01-92 Friendly Adelaide, Australia W 1–0 02-02-92 Friendly Melbourne, Australia W 1–0 25-02-96 Friendly Brisbane, Australia L 0–2 28-02-96 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 0–0 Overall record: P5. W2–D2–L1 TUNISIA 01-10-97 Friendly Tunis, Tunisia W 3–0 21-06-05 Confederations Cup Leipzig, Germany L 0–2 Overall record: P2. W1–D0–L1 URUGUAY 25-04-74 Friendly Melbourne, Australia D 0–0 27-04-74 Friendly Sydney, Australia W 2–0 21-06-92 Friendly , Uruguay L 0–2 19-12-97 Confederations Cup - semi final Riyadh, Saudi Arabia W 1–0 20-11-01 World Cup Qualifier Melbourne, Australia W 1–0 25-11-01 World Cup Qualifier Montevideo, Uruguay L 0–3 12-11-05 World Cup Qualifier Montevideo, Uruguay L 0–1 16-11-05 World Cup Qualifier Sydney, Australia W 1–0 02-06-07 Friendly Sydney, Australia L 1–2 Overall record: P9. W4–D1–L4

Head to head record at 14 June 2018

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 46 AUSTRALIA’S SQUAD 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA – AUSTRALIA’S 23-PLAYER SQUAD Name Age Pos Club Country Caps Daniel ARZANI 19 FOR Melbourne City FC Australia 2 Aziz BEHICH 27 DEF Bursaspor Turkey 23 Tim CAHILL 38 FOR Uncontracted . 106 Milos DEGENEK 24 DEF Yokohama F Marinos Japan 18 Jackson IRVINE 25 MID Hull City AFC England 19 Mile JEDINAK 33 MID Aston Villa FC England 76 Brad JONES 36 GK Feyenoord Rotterdam Netherlands 6 Tomi JURIC 26 FOR FC Luzern Switzerland 35 Matthew JURMAN 28 DEF Korea Republic 4 Robbie KRUSE 29 FOR VfL Bochum Germany 64 Mathew LECKIE 27 FOR Hertha BSC Germany 53 Massimo LUONGO 25 MID Queens Park Rangers FC England 36 Jamie MACLAREN 24 FOR Hibernian FC Scotland 6 James MEREDITH 30 DEF Millwall FC England 2 Mark MILLIGAN 32 DEF Al Ahli SC Saudi Arabia 68 Aaron MOOY 27 MID Huddersfield Town AFC England 34 Andrew NABBOUT 25 FOR Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 4 25 FOR Newcastle Jets Australia 2 25 DEF Western Sydney Wanderers FC Australia 8 Tom ROGIC 25 MID Celtic FC Scotland 37 Mathew RYAN 26 GK Brighton & Hove Albion FC England 44 Trent SAINSBURY 26 DEF Grasshopper Club Zurich Switzerland 35 Daniel VUKOVIC 33 GK KRC Genk Belgium 1 Age and Caps (appearances in A international matches) at 14 June 2018

Other players part of Australia's provisional 2018 FIFA World Cup squad 25 MID Sydney FC Australia 5 21 DEF Racing Club de Lens France 4 28 FOR AEK Larnaca Cyprus 5 Fran KARACIC 22 DEF NK Lokomotiva Croatia – 29 GK Japan 8 30 FOR Maccabi Haifa FC Israel 18 Aleksandar SUSNJAR 22 DEF FK Mlada Boleslav Czech Republic 1 29 FOR Melbourne Victory Australia 37 25 DEF Bristol City FC England 22

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 47 PLAYER PROFILES Daniel Arzani (17)

Born: 04-Jan-99, Iran

Height/Weight: 171cm/73kg

Position: Forward

Australian national team: 2 appearances (1 goal) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2018 CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY (1 gl)

Other Australian representative honours: U-17 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign qualifiers U-20 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign

Junior clubs: Coogee, Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)

Senior club career: Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2016/17 Melbourne City FC Australia 1 6 0 4th 2017/18 Melbourne City FC Australia 1 18 2 3rd

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 48 PLAYER PROFILES Aziz Behich (16)

Born: 16-Dec-90, Melbourne

Height/Weight: 170cm/63kg

Position: Defender

Australian national team: 23 appearances (2 goals) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2012 KOREA REPUBLIC, HONG KONG, KOREA DPR, GUAM, CHINESE TAIPEI (2 gls) 2014 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, QATAR, JAPAN 2015 KUWAIT, KOREA REPUBLIC, MACEDONIA, KYRGYZSTAN 2017 SAUDI ARABIA, BRAZIL , GERMANY, CHILE, SYRIA, HONDURAS, HONDURAS 2018 NORWAY, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY

Other Australian representative honours: U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers

Junior clubs: Meadow Park, Green Gully (Melbourne)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2008 Green Gully Australia (Vic) State 2008/09 Melbourne Victory Australia Youth 2009 Green Gully Australia (Vic) State 2009/10 Melbourne Victory Australia Youth 2010 Hume City Australia (Vic) State 2010/11 Melbourne City FC Australia 1 27 0 8th 2011/12 Melbourne City FC Australia 1 24 1 6th 2012/13 Melbourne City FC Australia 1 14 0 9th Bursaspor Turkey 1 1 0 4th 2013/14 Melbourne City FC Australia 1 24 1 10th 2014/15 Bursaspor Turkey 1 29 0 6th 2015/16 Bursaspor Turkey 1 26 1 11th 2016/17 Bursaspor Turkey 1 32 0 14th 2017/18 Bursaspor Turkey 1 31 5 13th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 49 PLAYER PROFILES Tim Cahill (4)

Born: 6-Dec-79, Sydney Ht/Wt: 180cm/76kg Position: Forward Australian national team: 107 appearances (51 goals) 106 A internationals (50 goals) / 1 non-A international (1 goal) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2004 STH AFRICA, TAHITI (2 gls), (3 gls), SOLOMONS (1 gl), NORWAY (1 gl) 2005 IRAQ, NEW ZEALAND, GERMANY, ARGENTINA, TUNISIA, SOLOMON ISLANDS (1 gl), SOLOMON ISLANDS, JAMAICA, URUGUAY 2006 Kloetinge (1 gl), NETHERLANDS (1 gl), LIECHTENSTEIN, JAPAN (2 gls), BRAZIL, CROATIA, ITALY, PARAGUAY, BAHRAIN 2007 DENMARK, OMAN (1 gl), IRAQ, THAILAND, JAPAN 2008 QATAR (1 gl), QATAR (1 gl), BAHRAIN 2009 JAPAN, QATAR, JAPAN(2 gls), IRELAND(2 gls), NETH., OMAN(1 gl), OMAN 2010 NEW ZEALAND, DENMARK, USA (1 gl), GERMANY, SERBIA (1 gl), SWITZERLAND, POLAND, PARAGUAY, EGYPT 2011 INDIA (2 gls), KOREA REPUBLIC, BAHRAIN, IRAQ, UZBEKISTAN, JAPAN, WALES (1 gl), THAILAND, SAUDI ARABIA 2012 DENMARK, JAPAN, LEBANON (1 gl), JORDAN, IRAQ (1 gl) 2013 OMAN (1 gl), JAPAN, JORDAN (1 gl), IRAQ, FRANCE, COSTA RICA (1 gl) 2014 ECUADOR (2 gls), SOUTH AFRICA© (1 gl), CROATIA, CHILE (1 gl), NETHERLANDS (1 gl), BELGIUM, SAUDI ARABIA (1 gl), UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, QATAR, JAPAN (1 gl) 2015 KUWAIT (1 gl), OMAN©, KOREA REPUBLIC, CHINA (2 gls), UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KOREA REPUBLIC, KYRGYZSTAN, BANGLADESH, TAJIKISTAN© (2 gls), JORDAN, KYRGYZSTAN (1 gl), BANGLADESH (3 gls) 2016 JORDAN© (2 gls), GREECE, GREECE©, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (1 gl), SAUDI ARABIA, JAPAN 2017 IRAQ, UAE, BRAZIL©, GERMANY, CAMEROON, CHILE©, JAPAN, THAILAND©, SYRIA© (2 gls), HONDURAS 2018 COLOMBIA, HUNGARY Other Australian representative honours: 2004 Olympic Games (Athens) Junior clubs: Balmain Police Boys Club, Marrickville Red Devils, Plumpton/Oakhurst (Sydney) Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 1996 Belmore Hercules Australia (NSW) State 1997 Sydney United Australia (NSW) State 1997/98 Millwall England 3 1 0 18th 1998/99 Millwall England 3 36 6 10th 1999/00 Millwall England 3 45 12 5th 2000/01 Millwall England 3 41 9 1st 2001/02 Millwall England 2 43 13 4th 2002/03 Millwall England 2 11 3 9th 2003/04 Millwall England 2 40 9 10th 2004/05 Everton England 1 33 11 4th 2005/06 Everton England 1 32 6 11th 2006/07 Everton England 1 18 5 6th 2007/08 Everton England 1 18 7 5th 2008/09 Everton England 1 30 8 5th 2009/10 Everton England 1 33 8 8th 2010/11 Everton England 1 27 9 7th 2011/12 Everton England 1 35 2 7th 2012 New York Red Bulls United States 1 14 1 3rd 2013 New York Red Bulls United States 1 29 12 1st 2014 New York Red Bulls United States 1 28 3 4th 2015 Shenhua China 1 28 11 6th 2016 Hangzhou Greentown China 1 17 4 15th 2016/17 Melbourne City Australia 1 22 11 4th 2017/18 Melbourne City FC Australia 1 6 0 3rd 2017/18 Millwall England 2 10 0 8th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 50 PLAYER PROFILES Milos Degenek (2)

Born: 28-Apr-94, Knin, Croatia

Height/Weight: 187cm/85kg

Position: Defender

Australian national team: 18 appearances All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2016 ENGLAND, GREECE, GREECE, IRAQ, THAILAND 2017 IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, BRAZIL, GERMANY, CAMEROON, THAILAND, SYRIA, SYRIA, HONDURAS 2018 NORWAY, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC

Other Australian representative honours: U-17 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign qualifiers U-23 2016 Olympic Games campaign

Other international honours: Serbia under-19

Junior club: Bonnyrigg White Eagles (Sydney)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2010 Australian Institute of Sport 2011 Australian Institute of Sport 2012/13 VfB Stuttgart Germany 3 0 0 2013/14 VfB Stuttgart Germany 3 9 0 2014/15 VfB Stuttgart Germany 3 0 0 2015/16 1860 Munich Germany 2 25 1 15th 2016/17 1860 Munich Germany 2 8 0 16th 2017 Yokohama F Marinos Japan 2 25 0 5th 2018* Yokohama F Marinos Japan 1 12 2 13th * At 14 June 2018

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 51 PLAYER PROFILES Jackson Irvine (22)

Born: 7-Mar-93, Melbourne

Height/Weight: 180cm/77kg

Position:

Australian national team: 19 appearances (2 goals) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2013 CANADA 2015 BANGLADESH 2016 ENGLAND, GREECE, IRAQ, SAUDI ARABIA, THAILAND 2017 IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (1 gl), SAUDI ARABIA, BRAZIL, CAMEROON, CHILE, JAPAN, HONDURAS 2018 NORWAY (1 gl), COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY

Other Australian representative honours: U-20 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Turkey) U-23 2016 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers

Other international honours: Scotland under-19

Junior clubs: Knox City, Endeavour United, Richmond (Melbourne)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2008 Richmond Australia (Vic) State 2009 Frankston Pines Australia (Vic) State 2009/10 Melbourne Victory Australia Youth 2010/11 Celtic Scotland 1 0 0 2nd 2011/12 Celtic Scotland 1 0 0 1st 2012/13 Celtic Scotland 1 1 0 1st 2013/14 Kilmarnock Scotland 1 27 1 9th 2014/15 Ross County Scotland 1 28 2 9th 2015/16 Ross County Scotland 1 36 2 6th 2016/17 Burton Albion England 2 42 10 20th 2017/18 Burton Albion England 2 3 1 23rd Hull City England 2 34 2 18th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 52 PLAYER PROFILES Mile Jedinak (15)

Born: 3-Aug-84, Sydney Height/Weight: 188cm/78kg Position: Midfielder Australian national team: 76 appearances (18 goals) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2008 SINGAPORE, GHANA, CHINA 2009 UZBEKISTAN, BAHRAIN, IRELAND, NETHERLANDS, OMAN 2010 KUWAIT, NEW ZEALAND, DENMARK, GERMANY, SLOVENIA, SWITZERLAND, POLAND, PARAGUAY, EGYPT 2011 UAE, INDIA, KOREA REPUBLIC (1 gl), BAHRAIN (1 gl), IRAQ, UZBEKISTAN, JAPAN, GERMANY, SERBIA, WALES, SAUDI ARABIA, MALAYSIA, OMAN (1 gl), OMAN, THAILAND 2012 DENMARK, SCOTLAND, LEBANON, JORDAN, IRAQ 2013 OMAN, BRAZIL, FRANCE, CANADA, COSTA RICA 2014 ECUADOR© (1 gl), CROATIA©, CHILE©, NETHERLANDS© (1 gl), SPAIN©, BELGIUM©, SAUDI ARABIA© (1 gl), UAE©, QATAR©, JAPAN© 2015 KUWAIT (1 gl), CHINA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KOREA REPUBLIC, GERMANY (1 gl), MACEDONIA, KYRGYZSTAN (1 gl), KYRGYZSTAN (1 gl), BANGLADESH (1 gl) 2016 TAJIKISTAN (1 gl), ENGLAND, GREECE, IRAQ, SAUDI ARABIA, JAPAN (1 gl), THAILAND (2 gls) 2017 IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, HONDURAS©, HONDURAS© (3 gls) 2018 NORWAY©, COLOMBIA©, HUNGARY Other Australian representative honours: U-20 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup (United Arab Emirates) Junior club: Sydney United Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2000/01 Sydney United Australia 1 3 0 10th 2001/02 Sydney United Australia 1 7 1 11th 2002/03 Sydney United Australia 1 18 2 8th 2003/04 Varteks Varazdin Croatia 1 5th 2004/05 Sydney United Australia (NSW) State 2005/06 Sydney United Australia (NSW) State 2006 Sydney United Australia (NSW) State 2006/07 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 8 0 6th 2007/08 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 22 2 1st 2008/09 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 15 6 4th Genclerbirligi Turkey 1 15 1 14th 2009/10 Genclerbirligi Turkey 1 2 0 10th Antalyaspor Turkey 1 28 5 9th 2010/11 Genclerbirligi Turkey 1 21 3 14th 2011/12 Crystal Palace England 2 31 1 17th 2012/13 Crystal Palace England 2 44 3 5th 2013/14 Crystal Palace England 1 38 1 11th 2014/15 Crystal Palace England 1 24 5 10th 2015/16 Crystal Palace England 1 27 0 15th 2016/17 Aston Villa England 2 33 0 13th 2017/18 Aston Villa England 2 28 2 4th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 53 PLAYER PROFILES Brad Jones (12)

Born: 19-Mar-82, Perth

Height/Weight: 193cm/87kg

Position: Goalkeeper

Australian national team: 6 appearances All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2007 URUGUAY 2010 NEW ZEALAND 2011 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2014 ECUADOR 2018 COLOMBIA, HUNGARY Other Australian representative honours: U-20 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign U-23 2004 Olympic Games campaign Junior clubs: Bayswater (Perth) Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 1999/00 Middlesbrough England 1 0 0 12th 2000/01 Middlesbrough England 1 0 0 14th 2001/02 Middlesbrough England 1 0 0 12th 2002/03 Shelbourne (loan) Ireland 1 2 0 2nd Stockport County (loan) England 3 1 0 14th 2003/04 Rotherham United (loan) England 2 1 0 17th Blackpool (loan) England 3 5 0 14th Middlesbrough England 1 1 0 11th 2004/05 Blackpool (loan) England 3 12 0 16th Middlesbrough England 1 5 0 7th 2005/06 Middlesbrough England 1 9 0 14th 2006/07 Sheffield Wednesday (loan) England 2 15 0 9th Middlesbrough England 1 2 0 14th 2007/08 Middlesbrough England 1 1 0 13th 2008/09 Middlesbrough England 1 16 0 19th 2009/10 Middlesbrough England 2 24 0 11th 2010/11 Derby County (loan) England 2 7 0 19th 2011/12 Liverpool England 1 1 0 8th 2012/13 Liverpool England 1 7 0 7th 2013/14 Liverpool England 1 0 0 2nd 2014/15 Liverpool England 1 3 0 6th 2015/16 NEC Nijmegen Netherlands 1 17 0 10th Bradford City England 3 3 0 5th 2016/17 Feyenoord Netherlands 1 32 0 1st 2017/18 Feyenoord Netherlands 1 31 0 4th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 54 PLAYER PROFILES Tomi Juric (9)

Born: 22-Jul-91, Sydney

Height/Weight: 190cm/805kg

Position: Forward

Australian national team: 35 appearances (8 goals) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2013 KOREA REPUBLIC, JAPAN (1 gl), CHINA 2014 BELGIUM, SAUDI ARABIA 2015 KUWAIT, OMAN (1 gl), KOREA REPUBLIC, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KOREA REPUBLIC, GERMANY, MACEDONIA, KYRGYZSTAN, JORDAN, KYRGYZSTAN 2016 ENGLAND, IRAQ (1 gl), UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA (1 gl), JAPAN 2017 IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA (2 gls) , GERMANY (1 gl), CAMEROON, CHILE, JAPAN, THAILAND (1 gl), SYRIA, SYRIA, HONDURAS, HONDURAS 2018 NORWAY, COLOMBIA, HUNGARY

Junior clubs: Hurstville Zagreb, Sydney United

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2010/11 Croatia Sesvete Croatia 2 11th 2011/12 Lokomotiva Zagreb Croatia 1 14 3 7th 2012/13 Inker Zapresic Croatia 1 12 0 10th Adelaide United Australia 1 7 2 4th 2013/14 Western Sydney Wanderers FC Australia 1 20 8 2nd 2014/15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC Australia 1 14 4 9th 2015/16 Roda JC Kerkrade Netherlands 1 17 4 14th 2016/17 Luzern Switzerland 1 30 8 5th 2017/18 Luzern Switzerland 1 27 7 3rd

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 55 PLAYER PROFILES Matthew Jurman (6)

Born: 08-Dec-89, Wollongong

Height/Weight: 190cm/85kg

Position: Defender

Australian national team: 4 appearances (0 goals) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2017 SYRIA, SYRIA, HONDURAS, HONDURAS

Other Australian representative honours: U-20 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Egypt) U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers

Junior clubs: Dapto, Wollongong Wolves (Illawarra), Parramatta Eagles (Sydney)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2007/08 Sydney FC Australia 1 1 0 3rd 2008/09 Sydney FC Australia 1 6 0 5th 2009/10 Sydney FC Australia 1 7 0 1st 2010/11 Sydney FC Australia 1 8 0 9th 2011/12 Brisbane Roar FC Australia 1 19 0 2nd 2012/13 Brisbane Roar FC Australia 1 15 0 5th 2013/14 Sydney FC Australia 1 21 1 5th 2014/15 Sydney FC Australia 1 17 1 2th 2015/16 Sydney FC Australia 1 25 0 7th 2016/17 Sydney FC Australia 1 11 0 1st 2017 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Korea Republic 1 25 2 4th 2018* Suwon Samsung Bluewings Korea Republic 1 4 0 2nd * At 14 June 2018

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 56 PLAYER PROFILES Robbie Kruse (10)

Born: 05-Oct-88, Brisbane

Height/Weight: 180cm/66kg

Position: Forward

Australian national team: 64 appearances (5 goals) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2011 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, BAHRAIN, UZBEKISTAN (1 gl), JAPAN, GERMANY, NEW ZEALAND, SERBIA, WALES (1 gl), THAILAND, SAUDI ARABIA, MALAYSIA, OMAN, OMAN, THAILAND 2012 DENMARK, OMAN, JAPAN, SCOTLAND, LEBANON, JORDAN, IRAQ 2013 ROMANIA, OMAN, JAPAN, JORDAN (1 gl), IRAQ, BRAZIL, FRANCE, COSTA RICA 2014 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, QATAR, JAPAN 2015 KUWAIT, OMAN (1 gl), KOREA REPUBLIC, CHINA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KOREA REPUBLIC 2016 TAJIKISTAN, JORDAN, ENGLAND, GREECE, GREECE, IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, JAPAN, THAILAND 2017 IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, BRAZIL, GERMANY, CAMEROON, CHILE, JAPAN, THAILAND, SYRIA (1 gl), SYRIA, HONDURAS 2018 NORWAY, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY

Other Australian representative honours: U-17 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Peru) U-20 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign

Junior club: Albany Creek (Brisbane)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2006 Australian Institute of Sport 2007/08 Brisbane Roar FC Australia 1 17 4 4th 2008/09 Brisbane Roar FC Australia 1 4 0 3rd 2009/10 Brisbane Roar FC Australia 1 5 0 9th Melbourne Victory Australia 1 20 5 2nd 2010/11 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 19 11 5th 2011/12 Fortuna Dusseldorf Germany 2 11 0 3rd 2012/13 Fortuna Dusseldorf Germany 1 30 4 17th 2013/14 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1 15 2 4th 2014/15 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1 4 0 4th 2015/16 VfB Stuttgart (loan) Germany 1 3 0 17th Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1 9 0 3rd 2016/17 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1 0 0 12th 2017 Liaoning China 1 4 0 16th 2017/18 VfL Bochum Germany 2 30 7 6th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 57 PLAYER PROFILES Mathew Leckie (7)

Born: 4-Feb-91, Melbourne

Height/Weight: 181cm/84kg

Position: Forward

Australian national team: 53 appearances (8 goals) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2012 KOREA REPUBLIC 2013 ROMANIA, FRANCE, CANADA (1 gl), COSTA RICA 2014 ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA, CROATIA, CHILE, NETHERLANDS, SPAIN, BELGIUM, SAUDI ARABIA, UAE, QATAR, JAPAN 2015 KUWAIT, OMAN, KOREA REPUBLIC, CHINA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KOREA REPUBLIC, GERMANY, MACEDONIA, KYRGYZSTAN, BANGLADESH (1 gl), TAJIKISTAN, JORDAN 2016 TAJIKISTAN, JORDAN, GREECE (1 gl), GREECE, IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, JAPAN, THAILAND 2017 IRAQ (1 gl), UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (1 gl), SAUDI ARABIA, BRAZIL, GERMANY, CAMEROON, CHILE, JAPAN, THAILAND (1 gl), SYRIA, SYRIA, HONDURAS 2018 NORWAY, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC (2 gls), HUNGARY

Other Australian representative honours: U-20 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign

Junior club: Bulleen (Melbourne)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2007 Bulleen Australia (Vic) State 2008 Bulleen Australia (Vic) State 2009 Bulleen Australia (Vic) State 2009/10 Adelaide United Australia 1 20 3 10th 2010/11 Adelaide United Australia 1 15 5 3rd 2011/12 Borussia Moenchengladbach Germany 1 9 0 4th 2012/13 FSV Frankfurt Germany 2 28 4 4th 2013/14 FSV Frankfurt Germany 2 31 10 13th 2014/15 Ingolstadt Germany 2 32 7 1st 2015/16 Inglostadt Germany 1 32 3 11th 2016/17 Inglostadt Germany 1 30 0 17th 2017/18 Hertha Berlin Germany 1 26 5 10th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 58 PLAYER PROFILES Massimo Luongo (8)

Born: 25-Sep-92, Sydney

Height/Weight: 176cm/76kg

Position: Midfielder

Australian national team: 37 appearances (5 goals) 36 A internationals (5 goals) / 1 non-A international All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2014 ECUADOR, Parana Clube, BELGIUM, SAUDI ARABIA, UAE, JAPAN 2015 KUWAIT (1 gl), OMAN, KOREA REPUBLIC, CHINA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KOREA REPUBLIC (1 gl), MACEDONIA, BANGLADESH, TAJIKISTAN, JORDAN, KYRGYZSTAN, BANGLADESH 2016 TAJIKISTAN (1 gl), JORDAN (1 gl), ENGLAND, IRAQ (1 gl), UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, JAPAN 2017 IRAQ, SAUDI ARABIA, BRAZIL, GERMANY, CHILE, JAPAN, SYRIA, HONDURAS 2018 NORWAY, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY

Other Australian representative honours: U-20 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign squad

Junior club: Apia Leichhardt (Sydney)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2010/11 Tottenham Hotspur England 1 0 0 5th 2011/12 Tottenham Hotspur England 1 0 0 4th 2012/13 Ipswich Town (loan) England 2 9 0 14th Swindon Town (loan) England 3 9 2 6th 2013/14 Swindon Town England 3 44 6 8th 2014/15 Swindon Town England 3 34 6 4th 2015/16 Queens Park Rangers England 2 30 0 12th 2016/17 Queens Park Rangers England 2 35 1 18th 2017/18 Queens Park Rangers England 2 39 6 16th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 59 PLAYER PROFILES Jamie Maclaren (14)

Born: 29-Jul-93, Melbourne

Height/Weight: 178cm/72kg

Position: Forward

Australian national team: 6 appearances All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2016 ENGLAND, THAILAND 2017 BRAZIL, CHILE, THAILAND 2018 CZECH REPUBLIC

Other Australian representative honours: U-20 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Turkey) U-23 2016 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers

Other international honours: Scotland under-19

Junior clubs: Sunbury United, Green Gully (Melbourne)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2009/10 Blackburn Rovers England 1 0 0 10th 2010/11 Blackburn Rovers England 1 0 0 15th 2011/12 Blackburn Rovers England 1 0 0 19th 2012/13 Blackburn Rovers England 2 0 0 17th 2013/14 Perth Glory Australia 1 18 2 8th 2014/15 Perth Glory Australia 1 20 9 3rd 2015/16 Brisbane Roar FC Australia 1 25 20 3rd 2016/17 Brisbane Roar FC Australia 1 28 20 3rd 2017/18 Darmstadt Germany 2 7 0 10th Hibernian (loan) Scotland 1 15 8 4th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 60 PLAYER PROFILES James Meredith (3)

Born: 04-Apr-88, Albury

Height/Weight: 179cm/71kg

Position: Defender

Australian national team: 2 appearances All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2015 KYRGYZSTAN, BANGLADESH

Junior club: played at youth level in Melbourne

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2004/05 Derby County England 2 0 0 4th 2005/06 Derby County England 2 0 0 20th 2006/07 Derby County England 2 0 0 3rd Chesterfield (loan) England 3 1 0 21st 2007 Sligo Rovers Ireland 1 4 0 6th 2007/08 Shrewsbury Town England 4 3 0 18th 2008/09 Telford United(loan) England 6 40 0 4th 2009/10 York City England 5 46 0 5th 2010/11 York City England 5 45 1 8th 2011/12 York City England 5 46 2 4th 2012/13 Bradford City England 4 35 1 7th 2013/14 Bradford City England 3 26 0 11th 2014/15 Bradford City England 3 40 0 7th 2015/16 Bradford City England 3 44 1 5th 2016/17 Bradford City England 3 44 2 5th 2017/18 Millwall England 2 46 0 8th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 61 PLAYER PROFILES Mark Milligan (5)

Born: 4-Aug-85, Sydney Height/Weight: 178cm/78kg Position: Defender Australian national team: 69 appearances (6 goals) 68 A internationals (6 goals) / 1 non-A international All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2006 VV Kloetinge, LIECHTENSTEIN, KUWAIT, PARAGUAY 2007 THAILAND, JAPAN 2008 SOUTH AFRICA 2009 BAHRAIN, KOREA REPUBLIC 2010 INDONESIA (1 gl), NEW ZEALAND 2011 NEW ZEALAND, SAUDI ARABIA 2012 SAUDI ARABIA, DENMARK, JAPAN, HONG KONG, KOREA DPR, GUAM (1 gl) 2013 ROMANIA, JAPAN, JORDAN, IRAQ, KOREA REPUBLIC©, JAPAN©, BRAZIL, COSTA RICA 2014 ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA, CROATIA, CHILE, BELGIUM, SAUDI ARABIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2015 OMAN (1 gl), KOREA REPUBLIC©, CHINA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KOREA REPUBLIC, GERMANY, KYRGYZSTAN, BANGLADESH©, TAJIKISTAN (1 gl), JORDAN©, KYRGYZSTAN 2016 TAJIKISTAN (1 gl), JORDAN, ENGLAND, GREECE, GREECE, IRAQ, UAE ©, SAUDI ARABIA, THAILAND 2017 IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, BRAZIL, GERMANY©, CAMEROON© (1 gl), CHILE, JAPAN©, THAILAND, SYRIA©, SYRIA, HONDURAS 2018 NORWAY, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY Other Australian representative honours: U-20 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers, 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Netherlands) U-23 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) Junior clubs: Birrong, Parramatta Eagles (Sydney) Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2002 Australian Institute of Sport 2002/03 Northern Spirit Australia 1 2 0 6th 2003/04 Northern Spirit Australia 1 14 1 7th 2004/05 Blacktown City Australia (NSW) State 2005/06 Sydney FC Australia 1 10 0 2nd 2006/07 Sydney FC Australia 1 17 1 3rd 2007/08 Sydney FC Australia 1 15 0 3rd 2008/09 Newcastle Jets Australia 1 11 1 8th 2009 Shanghai Shenhua China 1 21 0 6th 2010 JEF United Japan 2 15 0 4th 2011 JEF United Japan 2 29 1 6th 2011/12 Melbourne Victory (loan) Australia 1 10 1 8th 2012 JEF United Japan 2 9 2 5th 2012/13 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 22 9 3rd 2013/14 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 21 3 4th 2014/15 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 20 1 1st 2015/16 Baniyas United Arab Emirates 1 21 3 9th 2016/17 Baniyas United Arab Emirates 1 22 2 14th 2017/18 Al Ahli Saudi Arabia 1 8 0 2nd

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 62 PLAYER PROFILES Aaron Mooy (13)

Born: 15-Sep-90, Sydney

Height/Weight: 173cm/72kg

Position: Midfielder

Australian national team: 34 appearances (5 goals) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2012 GUAM (1 gl), CHINESE TAIPEI (1 gl) 2013 CHINA (1 gl) 2014 JAPAN 2015 GERMANY, MACEDONIA, BANGLADESH (1 gl), TAJIKISTAN, JORDAN, KYRGYZSTAN, BANGLADESH 2016 TAJIKISTAN, JORDAN (1 gl), ENGLAND, GREECE, GREECE, IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, JAPAN, THAILAND 2017 IRAQ, SAUDI ARABIA, BRAZIL , GERMANY, CAMEROON, THAILAND, SYRIA, SYRIA, HONDURAS, HONDURAS 2018 NORWAY, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY

Other Australian representative honours: U-17 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign qualifiers U-20 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Egypt) U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers

Junior clubs: Carlingford, Hajduk Wanderers, Northern Spirit (Sydney)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2008/09 Bolton Wanderers England 1 0 0 13th 2009/10 Bolton Wanderers England 1 0 0 14th 2010/11 St Mirren Scotland 1 13 0 11th 2011/12 St Mirren Scotland 1 8 1 8th 2012/13 Western Sydney Wanderers FC Australia 1 23 1 1st 2013/14 Western Sydney Wanderers FC Australia 1 26 3 2nd 2014/15 Melbourne City Australia 1 27 7 6th 2015/16 Melbourne City Australia 1 26 11 4th 2016/17 Huddersfield Town England 2 49 4 5th 2017/18 Huddersfield Town England 1 36 4 16th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 63 PLAYER PROFILES Andrew Nabbout (11)

Born: 17-Dec-92, Melbourne

Height/Weight: 178cm/85kg

Position: Forward

Australian national team: 4 appearances (1 goal) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2018 NORWAY, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC (1 gl), HUNGARY

Junior clubs: Brunswick City, Green Gully (Melbourne)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2010 Sunshine George Cross Australia (Vic) State 2011 Sunshine George Cross Australia (Vic) State 2011 Heidelberg Australia (Vic) State 2012 Heidelberg Australia (Vic) State 2012 Moreland Australia (Vic) State 2012/13 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 21 4 3rdh 2013/14 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 14 1 4th 2014/15 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 5 0 1st 2016 Negeri Sembilan Malaysia 1 10 5 4th 2016/17 Newcastle Jets Australia 1 24 8 10th 2017/18 Newcastle Jets Australia 1 22 10 2nd 2018* Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 1 6 0 14th *At 14 June 2018

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 64 PLAYER PROFILES Dimitri Petratos (21)

Born: 10-Nov-92, Sydney

Height/Weight: 176cm/72kg

Position: Forward

Australian national team: 2 appearances All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2018 NORWAY, CZECH REPUBLIC

Other Australian representative honours: U-17 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup 1qualifiers U-20 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Colombia) U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers

Junior club: Penrith Nepean (Sydney)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2010/11 Sydney FC Australia 1 16 3 9th 2011/12 Sydney FC Australia 1 13 2 5th 2012/13 Sydney FC Australia 1 1 0 7th 2013 Kelantan Malaysia 1 10 0 4th 2013/14 Brisbane Roar FC Australia 1 27 5 1st 2014/15 Brisbane Roar FC Australia 1 24 1 7th 2015/16 Brisbane Roar FC Australia 1 29 7 3rd 2016/17 Brisbane Roar FC Australia 1 14 2 3rd 2017 Ulsan Hyundai Korea Republic 1 4 0 4th 2017/18 Newcastle Jets Australia 1 26 10 2nd

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 65 PLAYER PROFILES Joshua Risdon (19)

Born: 27-Jul-92, Bunbury

Height/Weight: 169cm/70kg

Position: Defender

Australian national team: 8 appearances All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2015 BANGLADESH 2016 JORDAN, ENGLAND 2017 SYRIA, HONDURAS 2018 COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY

Junior club: Bunbury United, ECU Joondalup (Perth)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2010/11 Perth Glory Australia 1 6 0 10th 2011/12 Perth Glory Australia 1 24 0 3rd 2012/13 Perth Glory Australia 1 26 1 6th 2013/14 Perth Glory Australia 1 12 0 8th 2014/15 Perth Glory Australia 1 25 1 3th 2015/16 Perth Glory Australia 1 23 0 5th 2016/17 Perth Glory Australia 1 26 0 5th 2017/18 Western Sydney Wanderes FC Australia 1 18 0 7th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 66 PLAYER PROFILES Tom Rogic (23)

Born: 16-Dec-92,

Height/Weight: 189cm/88kg

Position: Midfielder

Australian national team: 38 appearances (7 goals) 37 A internationals (7 goals) / 1 non-A international All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2012 KOREA REPUBLIC, HONG KONG, KOREA DPR, GUAM 2013 JORDAN, IRAQ, BRAZIL, COSTA RICA 2014 ECUADOR, Parana Clube 2015 BANGLADESH (2 gls), TAJIKISTAN, JORDAN, KYRGYZSTAN 2016 TAJIKISTAN (2 gls), JORDAN (1 gl), ENGLAND, GREECE, GREECE, IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, JAPAN, THAILAND 2017 SAUDI ARABIA (1 gl), BRAZIL , GERMANY (1 gl), CAMEROON, JAPAN, THAILAND, SYRIA, SYRIA, HONDURAS, HONDURAS 2018 NORWAY, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY

Other Australian representative honours: U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers

Junior clubs: Tuggeranong (Canberra)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2009 Australian National University Australia (ACT) State 2010 Australian National University Australia (ACT) State 2011 Belconnen Australia (ACT) State 2011/12 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 12 2 1st 2012/13 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 11 3 2nd Celtic Scotland 1 8 0 1st 2013/14 Celtic Scotland 1 3 0 1st Melbourne Victory Australia 1 8 0 4th 2014/15 Celtic Scotland 1 0 0 1st 2015/16 Celtic Scotland 1 30 8 1st 2016/17 Celtic Scotland 1 22 7 1st 2017/18 Celtic Scotland 1 23 5 1st

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 67 PLAYER PROFILES Mathew Ryan (1)

Born: 8-Apr-92, Sydney

Height/Weight: 184cm/82kg

Position: Goalkeeper

Australian national team: 44 appearances All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2012 KOREA DPR, CHINESE TAIPEI 2013 CANADA, COSTA RICA 2014 ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA, CROATIA, CHILE, NETHERLANDS, SPAIN, BELGIUM, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, JAPAN 2015 KUWAIT, OMAN, KOREA REPUBLIC, CHINA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KOREA REPUBLIC, GERMANY, KYRGYZSTAN 2016 TAJIKISTAN, JORDAN, ENGLAND, GREECE, IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, JAPAN, THAILAND 2017 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, GERMANY, CAMEROON, CHILE, JAPAN, THAILAND, SYRIA, SYRIA, HONDURAS, HONDURAS 2018 NORWAY, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY

Other Australian representative honours: U-20 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup train-on squad U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers

Junior club: Plumpton/Oakhurst, Blacktown City (Sydney)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2009 Blacktown City Australia (NSW) State 2009/10 Central Coast Mariners Australia Youth 2010/11 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 31 0 2nd 2011/12 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 24 0 1st 2012/13 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 25 0 2nd 2013/14 Club Brugge Belgium 1 40 0 3rd 2014/15 Club Brugge Belgium 1 37 0 2nd 2015/16 Valencia Spain 1 8 0 12th 2016/17 Valencia Spain 1 2 0 12th Genk Belgium 1 17 0 8th 2017/18 Brighton & Hove Albion England 1 38 0 15th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 68 PLAYER PROFILES Trent Sainsbury (20)

Born: 5-Jan-92, Perth

Height/Weight: 183cm/76kg

Position: Defender

Australian national team: 35 appearances (3 goals) All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2014 BELGIUM, SAUDI ARABIA, UAE, JAPAN 2015 KUWAIT, OMAN, KOREA REPUBLIC, CHINA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (1 gl), KOREA REPUBLIC, MACEDONIA, KYRGYZSTAN 2016 TAJIKISTAN, JORDAN, GREECE, GREECE (1 gl), IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA (1 gl), JAPAN, THAILAND 2017 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA, BRAZIL, GERMANY, CAMEROON, CHILE, JAPAN, THAILAND, SYRIA, SYRIA, HONDURAS, HONDURAS 2018 CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY

Other Australian representative honours: U-17 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign qualifiers U-20 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign, 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Colombia)

Junior clubs: Armadale, Westminster (Perth)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2008/09 Perth Glory Australia Youth 2009 Australian Institute of Sport 2010/11 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 9 0 2nd 2011/12 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 9 0 1st 2012/13 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 26 0 2nd 2013/14 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 16 1 3rd Zwolle Netherlands 1 1 0 11th 2014/15 Zwolle Netherlands 1 17 0 6th 2015/16 Zwolle Netherlands 1 9 1 8th 2016 Jiangsu Suning China 1 29 2 2nd 2016/17 Italy 1 1 0 7th 2017 Jiangsu Suning China 1 5 0 12th 2017/18 Grasshopper Zurich Switzerland 1 9 0 9th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 69 PLAYER PROFILES Danny Vukovic (18)

Born: 27-Mar-85, Sydney

Height/Weight: 187cm/94kg

Position: Goalkeeper

Australian national team: 1 appearance All games and goals [at 14-Jun-18]: 2018 COLOMBIA

Other Australian representative honours: U-20 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Netherlands) U-23 2008 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers

Junior clubs: St Clair, Nepean, Bonnyrigg (Sydney)

Senior club career: Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position 2002/03 Parramatta Power Australia 1 5 0 3rd 2003/04 Parramatta Power Australia 1 0 0 2nd 2005/06 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 20 0 3rd 2006/07 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 20 0 6th 2007/08 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 20 0 1st 2008/09 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 18 0 4th 2009/10 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 26 0 8th 2010/11 Wellington Phoenix Australia 1 17 1 6th 2011/12 Perth Glory Australia 1 31 0 3rd 2012/13 Perth Glory Australia 1 28 0 6th 2013/14 Perth Glory Australia 1 21 0 8th 2014/15 Perth Glory Australia 1 26 0 3rd 2015/16 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 23 0 6th 2016/17 Sydney FC Australia 1 28 0 1st 2017/18 Genk Belgium 1 38 0 5th

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 70 COACH PROFILES Bert van Marwijk HEAD COACH Born: 19-May-52, Deventer (Dutch)

Playing career 1970–1975 (Netherlands) 1975–1978 AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) 1978–1986 MVV Maastricht (Netherlands) 1986–1987 Fortuna Sittard (Netherlands) 1987–1988 Assent (Netherlands)

Coaching career 1998–2000 Fortuna Sittard (Netherlands) 2000–2004 Feyenoord (Netherlands) 2004–2006 Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 2007–2008 Feyenoord (Netherlands) 2008–2012 Netherlands national team 2013–2014 HSV Hamburg (Germany) 2015–2017 Saudi Arabia national team 2018 Australia national team

Mark van Bommel ASSISTANT COACH Born: 22-Apr-77, Limburg (Dutch)

Ante Milicic ASSISTANT COACH Born: 4-Apr-74, Sydney

Tony Franken ASSISTANT COACH Born: 11-Jan-65, Perth

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 71 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY The early years – pre-Federation Australia's first full international matches played after Australia's first official international matches were Federation were also its first attempt at qualifying for a played as part of a tour to New Zealand in 1922. While FIFA World Cup. Following a number of withdrawals the two losses and a draw in the three-match series from Asian countries it turned out that Australia, against the New Zealand national side did not make for Oceania's only entrant, merely had to play-off against a good start, it was nevertheless a historic phase in North (DPR) Korea for the right to be at the 1966 FIFA Australia's football history. World Cup. An under-prepared Australian side was convincingly beaten by North Korea over the two legs – Australia’s first international win came a year later, a North Korean side which went on to reach the when New Zealand made a return trip to Australia. quarter finals at England '66. Over the next four decades, Australia's opponents were The qualifying process for the 1970 FIFA World Cup was mostly from the Commonwealth. In addition to many a truly marathon campaign. Australia finished first in an home and away matches against the Kiwis, teams from initial tournament in South Korea (Korea Republic), Canada, India, England and South Africa occasionally which was followed by a three match series against toured Down Under, while the Australians ventured Rhodesia, played in the space of six days in 'neutral' abroad to places such as the Dutch East Indies (now Mozambique. Following the eventual victory over the Indonesia), Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and South Africa. Africans was a home and away final qualification tie With limited budgets and scant resources for football against Israel. Inspired by captain , the in Australia at the time, there was little opportunity for end result was the closest of losses over the two legs. professionalism, with virtually all players having to Australia’s next World Cup campaign however proved balance their footballing careers with full-time work much more successful and after another rigorous first and family life. And in an era where passenger air phase of qualifying, the Peter Wilson-led Aussies met travel was in its infancy and transport by sea and South Korea for a place in the 1974 finals. After both the railway was the norm, national team tours were very home and away legs ended in draws, a deciding game long - sometimes lasting for months. took place in Hong Kong where ’s long In those days, a commitment to the Australian national range strike became part of Australian sporting folklore. team was a major devotion to the cause. It was an Australia won the play-off 1-0, ensuring the county’s first involvement at a completely different level to today, participation in a FIFA World Cup finals tournament. and set a lasting foundation that seems yet to be fully The World Cup was a totally different experience for appreciated by the bulk of today's football community. Australia’s part-timers, up against fullly professional Highlights of the first 40 years of the Australian national players from nations where the sport was like a religion. team include huge victories over arch-rivals New Coached by , Australia’s first two 1974 World Zealand in 1936, a successful tour of southern Africa in Cup matches were against East Germany (a 2-0 loss) and 1950, and the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games - where hosts and eventual winners West Germany (a 3-0 loss). the Aussies won their opening match against Japan. The aftermath of the Second World War saw wave 1974 FIFA WORLD CUP GDR FRG CHI after wave of migrants come to Australia with many West Germany L0-2 L0-3 D0-0 bringing their passion for football to these shores. Attila Abonyi      Scores of 'ethnic-based' teams made their way onto Branko Buljevic    the scene, together with regular visits from high-profile  European sides. The effects of this influx of 'new    Australians' is evident in successive generations, with Jim Mackay    the bulk of Australia’s top players in the decade before Peter Ollerton   and after the turn of the 21st century having family    roots from the post World War II European migrants. Ray Richards    The late 1950s saw some controversial administrative    changes to football in this country, and for a variety of Manfred Schaefer    reasons Australia ceased to be officially recognised by Doug Utjesenovic    FIFA, the game's worldwide governing body, in 1959. As Johnny Warren  a result, Australia was banned from playing international Harry Williams  Peter Wilson (c)    football. In 1963 the dispute with FIFA was resolved, and  started  substitute Australia became a fully fledged member of the world’s governing body – a Federation in its own right. Post-Federation – and a world title to aim for

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 72 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY Despite the defeats, the Socceroos earned the respect Australia drew the first (home) leg, but ultimately lost of the football world – East Germany were the only the play-off by one goal, an unlucky own goal in Buenos team to defeat Champions West Germany at the cup. Aires highlighting the Socceroo curse. Australia gained its first World Cup point with a tight 0- Another clearly dominant performance by Australia in 0 draw in its final 1974 match, against Chile. the Oceania stages meant 'only' having to defeat the 32 years of FIFA World Cup wilderness fourth-placed Asian team to qualify for the 1998 FIFA However, after reaching the FIFA World Cup for the first World Cup. Inspired by a goal from 19 year old Harry time, qualification proved to be one nightmare after Kewell, a Australia drew the first leg against Iran 1-1 another over the following three decades, with internal away. And at 2-0 up with 20 minutes to go in the challenges affecting preparation, arduous qualifying second leg, the Socceroos were surely on their way to paths and pure bad luck resulting in failure after failure. the World Cup. But then, in what must be the most demoralising 20 minutes in Australian sporting history, At the national level, Australia went through some Iran showed up the Aussie curse to draw and take out unsettled years after the glory of 1974. While the the tie on away goals. Despite not losing a match in the Socceroos (barely) took out the Oceania sub-group of the 1998 campaign, Australia missed out yet again. 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying phase, fourth place in the subsequent Asian phase – where only first-placed Iran The Socceroos bounced back with a stellar would qualify – made West Germany seem so long ago. performance at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, played immediately following the Iran games. With In 1982, a home loss to New Zealand early in the wins over Mexico and Uruguay, Australia reached the Asia/Oceania group campaign effectively ended final where, following ’s early send-off, Australia's chances. Zone winners New Zealand defeat beckoned against a rampaging Brazilian side. eventually qualified for their first FIFA World Cup. Australia returned to the Confederations Cup in 2001, The first phase of the attempt to reach the 1986 FIFA defeating reigning world champions France and World Cup saw Australia take out the Oceania group, perennial favourites Brazil on their way to finishing which included Israel. It was then a play-off against third in the prestigious intercontinental tournament. UEFA Group Seven runners-up Scotland. After the first leg in Glasgow ended 2-0 to the Scots, a fighting and These impressive results gave Australia confidence for attacking display by the Socceroos in the return fixture the final leg of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying somehow ended 0-0. Australia had failed again. campaign. Earlier in the process, the Socceroos had broken the world record for the biggest victory in a With at the helm, the Australian football World Cup match with a 31-0 win over American team matured throughout the mid to late 1980s, a Samoa. After then easily accounting for New Zealand, period which included draws against European Australia was left with a difficult play-off against powerhouses England and Czechoslovakia, and a Uruguay. The curse of the Socceroos appeared to have stunning 4-1 win over reigning world champions lifted with victory in the first (home) leg; but the Argentina in 1988. This year also saw the national team second leg was a different story, where the Socceroos qualify for the Olympic Games (the last Olympics with were eventually overwhelmed by the Uruguayans. no age restrictions for male football teams) where a 1- 0 win over Yugoslavia made the world take notice. Australia failed to qualify for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, losing to New Zealand in the Oceania The 1990 FIFA World Cup campaign therefore started Nations Cup final. Combined with financial woes and with renewed optimism. However it was perhaps an administrative difficulties faced by the national body, the over-confident Australian team which lost the away leg stark reality of seven consecutive unsuccessful World Cup against New Zealand, which ultimately led to second campaigns and a slowly decaying domestic league, place in the Oceania/Israel group. Group winners Israel Australian football was in the doldrums. progressed to the next stage. A new era By now a host of Australian players were plying their trade overseas, some rather successfully, and many Out of the blue, a comprehensive 3-1 away win over believed this would eventually take Australian football to 'mother England' in early 2003 marked an on-field another level. The 1994 World Cup campaign saw turning point for the Australian national team. Australia face two long-distance play-offs to get through, Success in the 2004 OFC Oceania Nations Cup ensured after winning all their Oceania qualifiers. The Socceroos qualification for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, a successfully negotiated Canada – albeit only after final Oceania FIFA World Cup play-off against the penalties – which led to a final qualifying confrontation Solomon Islands, and a looming FIFA World Cup against Argentina. With the comeback of Diego qualifying showdown against the fifth-placed South Maradona it seemed the whole world was watching as American side.

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 73 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY After easily accounting for the Solomons in the final Oceania play-off, Australia was confronted by its 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP JPN BRA CRO ITA nemesis from 2001, Uruguay, in its final 2006 FIFA World Germany W3-1 L0-2 D2-2 L0-1 Cup qualifying play-off match. Under coach Guus     Hiddink, a gritty first-leg away performance by the     Socceroos ended with just a one-goal margin to the Tim Cahill     Uruguayans. The final 15 minutes of the Montevideo leg     seemed to sway the tie in Australia's favour, with the     resolute Australian defence repelling wave after wave of    unrelenting Uruguayan attack. At one-nil down after the      first leg, Australia's attacking prowess came to the fore Josh Kennedy   in Sydney, although the scoreboard would ultimately    record just one goal – a somewhat flukey one by Marco     Bresciano – for the Aussies, with no reply eventually     sending the tie to penalties. The final hero was Mark  Schwarzer, with two telling saves ensuring an    unforgettable victory and qualification for Germany    2006. The images of John Aloisi slamming home the final Mark Viduka (c)    shoot-out goal – and the celebrations – will live in the   hearts of Australian football fans for a long time.  started  substitute # goals Germany 2006 The emotional roller-coaster ride of Germany 2006 After 95,000 fans packed into the MCG to farewell the continued as Australia matched it with the Italians right Socceroos in a 1-0 win over European Champions up until just seconds before the end of their Round of Greece, the 2006 FIFA World Cup odyssey began. 16 match, the match locked at nil-all. However a Australia had formidable group opponents Japan, Brazil controversial penalty was then awarded to Italy and Croatia in the way of a second round berth. following Grosso’s tumble in the box, resulting in a At 1-0 down with just eight minutes to go against Japan successful conversion by Totti. The 1-0 loss sent the in its first 2006 World Cup match, Australia’s progress Australians home in a state of shock. already looked unlikely. But when Tim Cahill drilled in a While the last-gasp contentious penalty seemed to be loose ball to score Australia’s first ever World Cup the cruellest way to end the World Cup dream, the finals goal, followed shortly after by his second, the Australian players, coaching staff and fans could depart agony transformed into ecstasy – which turned into Germany with their heads held high. After such a long complete exhilaration when John Aloisi netted the absence, the Australian national side had matched it sealing goal in the dying seconds to make it 3-1. with the best of the world, in the world’s most revered Brazil proved to be a tough opponent, however the football tournament, and were ultimately knocked-out Australians matched it with the pre-tournament by the slimmest of margins against the team which favourites and the half-time score of 0-0 was well- would go on to take out the 2006 FIFA World Cup final. deserved after Australia’s best half of the tournament. Asia calling A well-worked Brazil goal just after the break proved to Meanwhile, Australia transferred from the Oceania to the be the key moment of the match, and despite Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in January 2006. The continued pressure from the Australians, a brief loss in move to Asia was a vital step in the development of the concentration by the Socceroo defence in the dying code in Australia at all levels, providing more meaningful moments allowed the Brazilians to score again. qualifying series for each of the national teams, and With Brazil’s 2-0 win almost guaranteeing the South tougher international club opposition. Americans’ progression, the last group stage match The men’s senior team's first test in Asia was between Australia and Croatia was to decide the qualification for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. Qualifying for remaining Group F top two spot. And it was another the region's premier tournament proved to be a pulsating contest with Australia having to come from relatively easy affair. However the cup itself was not. behind – twice – to tie the match 2-2 and emphatically Australia only scraped into the quarter-final stage, qualify for the next stage, Craig Moore and Harry Kewell where Japan knocked the Socceroos out on penalties. the goalscoring heroes. The result saw World Cup fever sweep through Australia as the pulsating Croatia match showed the drama only provided by the real football.

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 74 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY Australia finished on top in the first-stage qualifying With new coach , and a relatively phase for the 2010 World Cup, and ended up inexperienced squad, Australia lost each of its three World comfortably finishing in the top two of its final 2010 Cup group matches in Brazil. An inspired fightback against qualifying group phase to go directly to South Africa. Chile, an undeserved loss to the Dutch, and a back-to-earth defeat to defending champions and number 1 ranked Spain After the highs of the 2006 World Cup, and the relative made for an eventful finals tournament for the young ease of qualification, expectations were high for Australians, providing plenty of hope for the future. Australia leading into the 2010 World Cup. 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP CHI NED ESP However Australia was thoroughly outclassed in its Brazil L1-3 L2-3 L0-3 opening game 4-0 by Germany. And despite finishing   the group stage with the same number of points as it Mark Bresciano    did four years earlier, with a draw against Ghana and Tim Cahill   win over Serbia, Australia failed to progress.    2010 FIFA WORLD CUP GER GHA SER  South Africa L0-4 D1-1 W2-1       Mile Jedinak (c)    Mark Bresciano    Mathew Leckie    Tim Cahill    Ryan McGowan    David Carney    Matt McKay   Scott Chipperfield    Mark Milligan  Jason Culina       Brett Emerton    Mathew Ryan          Vince Grella         James Troisi   Mile Jedinak       Josh Kennedy     started  substitute # goals Harry Kewell    After slipping to its worst FIFA ranking in over 20 years, Craig Moore    hosting the AFC Asian Cup in early 2015 provided the Lucas Neill (c)    Socceroos the ideal ammunition to redeem some Nikita Rukavytsya    recently-lost pride. Despite a slip-up to South Korea in the Mark Schwarzer    group stage, Australia reached, and travelled fairly    comfortably through the knock-out phase until an epic Luke Wilkshire    decider in Sydney. James Troisi shot high into the net in  started  substitute # goals extra time to secure a 2-1 final win for the Socceroos. Meanwhile Australia had had a bumpy ride on the way to qualifying for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Despite Another eventful World Cup qualifying was to follow. finishing first in its qualifying group, only three points Australia finished clear on top in its first phase of qualifying separated the top three teams in the group. (ensuring qualificaton for the 2019 Asian Cup), however the final group stage was to prove the most challenging since Australia easily made it through the group stage of the joinig Asia. Despite just one loss in its six-team group, four 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar. The quarter-final against draws resulted in a third-placing behind Japan and Saudi reigning Asian champions Iraq was only decided with a Arabia, and a play-off against the third-placed team from Harry Kewell goal in the dying minutes of extra time. the other third round Asian group, Syria. The second leg The Socceroos then turned it on in a 6-0 defeat of went to extra time where the Socceroos scraped through Uzbekistan in the semi final, followed by another 120 3-2, Tim Cahill the hero of the second home leg. A final minute marathon in the final, a 0-1 loss to Japan. home-and-away confrontation against Honduras was much Australia cruised through its first stage of qualifying for easier than the Syria tie, the 3-1 win on aggregate the 2014 World Cup, a 1-0 loss away to Oman the only indicating the relative strength of the Asian zone while also stumbling block along the way. The second stage started being coach Ange Postecoglou's last matches in charge. however with Australia gaining just two points from its Meanwhile there was a 2018 FIFA World Cup familiarisation opening three games. Ultimately, and after two gripping session for Australia with a respectable performance at the 1-1 games against Japan, the Socceroos finished in clear 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia. In January 2018, expert second place ensuring direct qualification to their fourth Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk came on board with a clear World Cup finals. objective to guide the Socceroos to a solid World Cup run.

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 75 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY RESULTS – A internationals(a) Pre-Federation 17-06-22 New Zealand (in Dunedin) Friendly (three match series) L 1–3 24-06-22 New Zealand (Wellington) Friendly (three match series) D 1–1 08-07-22 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly (three match series) L 1–3 09-06-23 New Zealand (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) W 2–1 16-06-23 New Zealand (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) L 2–3 30-06-23 New Zealand (Newcastle) Friendly (three match series) L 1–4 07-06-24 Canada (Brisbane) Friendly (six match series) W 3–2 14-06-24 Canada (Sydney) Friendly (six match series) L 0–1 23-06-24 Canada (Sydney) Friendly (six match series) W 4–1 28-06-24 Canada (Newcastle) Friendly (six match series) D 0–0 12-07-24 Canada (Adelaide) Friendly (six match series) L 1–4 26-07-24 Canada (Sydney) Friendly (six match series) W 1–0 05-06-33 New Zealand (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) W 4–2 17-06-33 New Zealand (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 6–4 24-06-33 New Zealand (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 4–2 04-07-36 New Zealand (Dunedin) Friendly (three match series) W 7–1 11-07-36 New Zealand (Wellington) Friendly (three match series) W 10–0 18-07-36 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly (three match series) W 4–1 03-09-38 India (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) W 5–3 10-09-38 India (Brisbane) Friendly (five match series) D 4–4 17-09-38 India (Newcastle) Friendly (five match series) L 1–4 24-09-38 India (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) W 5–4 01-10-38 India (Melbourne) Friendly (five match series) W 3–1 10-05-47 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) L 1–2 24-05-47 South Africa (Brisbane) Friendly (five match series) L 2–4 31-05-47 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) D 3–3 07-06-47 South Africa (Newcastle) Friendly (five match series) W 5–1 14-06-47 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) L 1–2 14-08-48 New Zealand (Wellington) Friendly (four match series) W 6–0 28-08-48 New Zealand (Christchurch) Friendly (four match series) W 7–0 04-09-48 New Zealand (Wellington) Friendly (four match series) W 4–0 11-09-48 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly (four match series) W 8–1 14-06-50 Zimbabwe (Salisbury) Friendly (two match series) W 5–0 17-06-50 Zimbabwe (Bulawayo) Friendly (two match series) W 4–1 24-06-50 South Africa (Durban) Friendly (four match series) L 2–3 01-07-50 South Africa (Johannesburg) Friendly (four match series) L 1–2 08-07-50 South Africa (Port Elizabeth) Friendly (four match series) W 2–1 23-07-50 South Africa (Capetown) Friendly (four match series) W 2–0 14-08-54 New Zealand (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 1–2 28-08-54 New Zealand (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) W 4–1 04-09-54 New Zealand (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 4–1 03-09-55 South Africa (Brisbane) Friendly (five match series) L 0–3 10-09-55 South Africa (Melbourne) Friendly (five match series) L 0–2 17-09-55 South Africa (Adelaide) Friendly (five match series) L 0–8 24-09-55 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) L 0–6 01-10-55 South Africa (Newcastle) Friendly (five match series) L 1–4 27-11-56 Japan (Melbourne) Olympic Games W 2–0 01-12-56 India (Melbourne) Olympic Games L 2–4 12-12-56 India (Sydney) Friendly L 1–7 16-08-58 New Zealand (Wellington) Friendly (two match series) W 3–2 23-08-58 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly (two match series) D 2–2

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 76 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY Post-Federation 1966 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 21-11-65 Korea DPR (Phnom Penh) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg L 1–6 24-11-65 Korea DPR (Phnom Penh) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg L 1–3 1970 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 26-11-65 Cambodia (Phnom Penh) Friendly (South East Asian tour) D 0–0 29-11-65 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Friendly (South East Asian tour) L 0–1 03-12-65 Chinese Taipei (Hong Kong) Friendly (South East Asian tour) W 3–1 07-12-65 Malaysia (Ipoh) Friendly (South East Asian tour) W 1–0 08-12-65 Malaysia (Ipoh) Friendly (South East Asian tour) W 3–0 28-05-67 Scotland (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) L 0–1 31-05-67 Scotland (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 1–2 04-06-67 Scotland (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 0–2 05-11-67 New Zealand (Ho Chi Minh City) Friendly (Vietnam National Day tournament) W 5–3 07-11-67 South Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) Friendly (Vietnam National Day tournament) W 1–0 11-11-67 Singapore (Ho Chi Minh City) Friendly (Vietnam National Day tournament) W 5–1 12-11-67 Malaysia (Ho Chi Minh City) Friendly (Vietnam National Day tourn. - semi) W 1–0 14-11-67 Korea Republic (Ho Chi Minh City) Friendly (Vietnam National Day tourn. - final) W 3–2 17-11-67 Indonesia (Jakarta) Friendly W 2–0 21-11-67 Singapore (Singapore) Friendly W 6–1 26-11-67 Malaysia () Friendly W 4–0 30-03-68 Japan (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 2–2 31-03-68 Japan (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) W 3–1 04-04-68 Japan (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 1–3 20-07-69 Greece (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0 23-07-69 Greece (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) D 2–2 26-07-69 Greece (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 0–2 10-10-69 Japan (Seoul) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 3–1 14-10-69 Korea Republic (Seoul) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–1 16-10-69 Japan (Seoul) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1 20-10-69 Korea Republic (Seoul) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1 23-11-69 Zimbabwe (Laurenco Marques) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg D 1–1 27-11-69 Zimbabwe (Laurenco Marques) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg D 0–0 29-11-69 Zimbabwe (Laurenco Marques) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off decider W 3–1 04-12-69 Israel (Tel Aviv) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg L 0–1 14-12-69 Israel (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg D 1–1 1974 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 04-11-70 Iran (Tehran) Friendly (world tour) W 2–1 10-11-70 Israel (Tel Aviv) Friendly (world tour) W 1–0 17-11-70 Greece (Athens) Friendly (world tour) W 3–1 01-12-70 Mexico (Mexico City) Friendly (world tour) L 0–3 11-11-71 Israel (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) D 2–2 14-11-71 Israel (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0 21-11-71 Israel (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 1–3 07-10-72 Indonesia (Jakarta) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 4–1 09-10-72 New Zealand (Jakarta) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 3–1 15-10-72 South Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 1–0 22-10-72 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly (East Asia tour) D 1–1 24-10-72 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 2–0 29-10-72 Philippines (Manila) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 6–0 14-02-73 Bulgaria (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 2–2 16-02-73 Bulgaria (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 1–3 18-02-73 Bulgaria (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 0–2

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 77 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY 04-03-73 New Zealand (Auckland) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1 11-03-73 Iraq (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 3–1 13-03-73 Indonesia (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–1 16-03-73 New Zealand (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 3–3 18-03-73 Iraq (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 0–0 24-03-73 Indonesia (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 6–0 18-08-73 Iran (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg W 3–0 24-08-73 Iran (Tehran) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg L 0–2 28-10-73 Korea Republic (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg D 0–0 10-11-73 Korea Republic (Seoul) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg D 2–2 13-11-73 Korea Republic (Hong Kong) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off decider W 1–0 25-04-74 Uruguay (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) D 0–0 27-04-74 Uruguay (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) W 2–0 21-05-74 Indonesia (Jakarta) Friendly (pre-World Cup tour) W 2–1 28-05-74 Israel (Tel Aviv) Friendly (pre-World Cup tour) L 1–2 14-06-74 East Germany (Hamburg) FIFA World Cup - group stage L 0–2 18-06-74 West Germany (Hamburg) FIFA World Cup - group stage L 0–3 22-06-74 Chile (Berlin) FIFA World Cup - group stage D 0–0 1978 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 06-08-75 China (Melbourne) Friendly W 1–0 16-11-75 Soviet Union (Perth) Friendly (six match series) D 0–0 20-11-75 Soviet Union (Adelaide) Friendly (six match series) L 0–3 23-11-75 Soviet Union (Melbourne) Friendly (six match series) L 1–2 26-11-75 Soviet Union (Brisbane) Friendly (six match series) D 0–0 30-11-75 Soviet Union (Sydney) Friendly (six match series) L 2–3 03-12-75 Soviet Union (Newcastle) Friendly (six match series) D 1–1 29-02-76 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly (two match series) W 1–0 02-03-76 New Zealand (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) W 3–1 11-08-76 Hong Kong (Canberra) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1 18-08-76 Hong Kong (Gosford) Friendly (two match series) W 2–0 20-10-76 Indonesia (Jakarta) Friendly (world tour) D 1–1 22-10-76 Singapore (Singapore) Friendly (world tour) W 1–0 24-10-76 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Friendly (world tour) W 2–0 29-10-76 China (Guangzhou) Friendly (world tour) W 2–0 03-11-76 Israel (Tel Aviv) Friendly (world tour) D 1–1 12-02-77 Israel (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) D 1–1 16-02-77 Israel (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) D 1–1 13-03-77 Chinese Taipei (Ba) FIFA World Cup Qual - 1st group stage W 3–0 16-03-77 Chinese Taipei (Ba) FIFA World Cup Qual - 1st group stage W 2–1 19-03-77 Fiji (Suva) Friendly L 0–1 27-03-77 New Zealand (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage W 3–1 30-03-77 New Zealand (Auckland) FIFA World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage D 1–1 10-07-77 Hong Kong (Adelaide) FIFA World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage W 3–0 14-08-77 Iran (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage L 0–1 28-08-77 Korea Republic (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage W 2–1 16-10-77 Kuwait (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage L 1–2 23-10-77 Korea Republic (Seoul) FIFA World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage D 0–0 30-10-77 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) FIFA World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage W 5–2 13-11-77 Singapore (Singapore) Friendly W 2–0 19-11-77 Kuwait () FIFA World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage L 0–1 25-11-77 Iran (Tehran) FIFA World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage L 0–1

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 78 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY 1982 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 11-06-78 Greece (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 1–2 14-06-78 Greece (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 0–1 18-06-78 Greece (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 1–1 13-06-79 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly L 0–1 27-11-79 Chinese Taipei (Taipei) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 2–0 27-01-80 Czechoslovakia (Canberra) Friendly (three match series) L 0–4 03-02-80 Czechoslovakia (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) L 0–5 09-02-80 Czechoslovakia (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) D 2–2 26-02-80 Papua New Guinea (Noumea) Oceania Nations Cup W 11–2 31-05-80 England (Sydney) Friendly L 1–2 11-06-80 Northern Ireland (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) L 1–2 15-06-80 Northern Ireland (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) D 1–1 18-06-80 Northern Ireland (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 1–2 24-08-80 Mexico (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) D 2–2 26-08-80 Mexico (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) D 1–1 11-11-80 Greece (Athens) Friendly (world tour) D 3–3 02-12-80 Israel (Tel Aviv) Friendly (world tour) W 1–0 05-12-80 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Friendly (world tour) L 0–1 07-12-80 Indonesia (Jakarta) Friendly (world tour) D 1–1 25-04-81 New Zealand (Auckland) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 3–3 16-05-81 New Zealand (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage L 0–2 20-05-81 Indonesia (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–0 10-06-81 Chinese Taipei (Adelaide) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 3–2 26-07-81 Fiji (Suva) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 4–1 14-08-81 Fiji (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 10–0 30-08-81 Indonesia (Jakarta) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage L 0–1 06-09-81 Chinese Taipei (Taipei) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 0–0 1986 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 06-10-82 Thailand (Singapore) Merlion Cup W 4–0 11-10-82 Indonesia (Singapore) Merlion Cup W 2–0 14-10-82 Malaysia (Singapore) Merlion Cup - semi W 5–0 17-10-82 Korea Republic (Singapore) Merlion Cup - final W 3–2 22-02-83 New Zealand (Auckland) Trans-Tasman Trophy L 1–2 27-02-83 New Zealand (Melbourne) Trans-Tasman Trophy L 0–2 12-06-83 England (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 0–0 15-06-83 England (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) L 0–1 19-06-83 England (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) D 1–1 04-12-83 China (Singapore) Merlion Cup L 1–2 10-12-83 Thailand (Singapore) Merlion Cup W 2–0 15-12-83 Korea Republic (Singapore) Merlion Cup - semi W 3–1 18-12-83 Singapore (Singapore) Merlion Cup - final W 4–2 03-11-84 China (Beijing) Ampol Cup L 2–3 21-09-85 New Zealand (Auckland) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 0–0 27-09-85 China (Brisbane) Ampol Cup W 3–0 08-10-85 Israel (Tel Aviv) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–1 20-10-85 Israel (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1 23-10-85 Chinese Taipei (Adelaide) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 7–0 27-10-85 Chinese Taipei (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 8–0 03-11-85 New Zealand (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–0 20-11-85 Scotland (Glasgow) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg L 0–2 04-12-85 Scotland (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg D 0–0

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 79 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY 1990 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 03-08-86 Czechoslovakia (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) D 1–1 06-08-86 Czechoslovakia (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 0–1 10-08-86 Czechoslovakia (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) L 0–3 25-10-86 New Zealand (Auckland) Trans-Tasman Trophy D 1–1 02-11-86 New Zealand (Sydney) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 2–1 23-11-86 China (Guangzhou) Ampol Cup W 2–0 09-06-87 Morocco (Kangnung) President's Cup - group stage W 1–0 19-06-87 Egypt (Seoul) President's Cup - semi final D 0–0 wop 4–3 21-06-87 Korea Republic (Seoul) President's Cup - final D 1–1 lop 4–5 02-09-87 New Zealand (Melbourne) Trans-Tasman Trophy D 1–1 09-09-87 New Zealand (Wellington) Trans-Tasman Trophy L 0–1 15-11-87 Chinese Taipei (Taipei) Olympic Games Qualifier W 3–0 26-02-88 Chinese Taipei (Canberra) Olympic Games Qualifier W 3–0 06-03-88 Israel (Melbourne) Olympic Games Qualifier W 2–0 09-03-88 Chinese Taipei (Adelaide) Olympic Games Qualifier W 3–2 13-03-88 New Zealand (Sydney) Olympic Games Qualifier W 3–1 20-03-88 Israel (Christchurch) Olympic Games Qualifier D 0–0 23-03-88 New Zealand (Wellington) Olympic Games Qualifier D 1–1 27-03-88 Chinese Taipei (Auckland) Olympic Games Qualifier W 3–0 07-07-88 Brazil (Melbourne) Bicentennial Gold Cup L 0–1 09-07-88 Saudi Arabia (Sydney) Bicentennial Gold Cup W 3–0 14-07-88 Argentina (Sydney) Bicentennial Gold Cup W 4–1 17-07-88 Brazil (Sydney) Bicentennial Gold Cup - final L 0–2 18-09-88 Yugoslavia (Gwangju) Olympic Games - group stage W 1–0 20-09-88 Brazil (Seoul) Olympic Games - group stage L 0–3 22-09-88 Nigeria (Seoul) Olympic Games - group stage W 1–0 25-09-88 Soviet Union (Pusan) Olympic Games - quarter final L 0–3 12-10-88 New Zealand (Dunedin) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 2–1 16-10-88 New Zealand (Bendigo) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 2–0 26-11-88 Fiji (Nadi) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg L 0–1 03-12-88 Fiji (Newcastle) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg W 5–1 12-03-89 New Zealand (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 4–1 19-03-89 Israel (Tel Aviv) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1 02-04-89 New Zealand (Auckland) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage L 0–2 16-04-89 Israel (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1 1994 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 25-08-90 Indonesia (Jakarta) Independence Cup - final W 3–0 06-09-90 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1 09-09-90 Korea Republic (Pusan) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1 30-01-91 Czechoslovakia (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1 06-02-91 Czechoslovakia (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) L 0–2 12-05-91 New Zealand (Christchurch) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 1–0 15-05-91 New Zealand (Adelaide) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 2–1 01-06-91 England (Sydney) Friendly L 0–1 14-06-91 Korea Republic (Seoul) President's Cup - semi final D 0–0 lop 3–4 26-01-92 Sweden (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 0–0 29-01-92 Sweden (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0 02-02-92 Sweden (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0 13-06-92 United States (Orlando) Friendly (Americas tour) W 1–0 18-06-92 Argentina (Buenos Aires) Friendly (Americas tour) L 0–2 21-06-92 Uruguay (Montevideo) Friendly (Americas tour) L 0–2 05-07-92 Croatia (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0 08-07-92 Croatia (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) W 3–1 12-07-92 Croatia (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 0–0 11-08-92 Malaysia (Jakarta) Independence Cup L 0–1 14-08-92 Indonesia (Jakarta) Independence Cup W 3–0

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 80 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY 04-09-92 Solomon Islands (Honiara) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–1 11-09-92 Tahiti (Papeete) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 3–0 20-09-92 Tahiti (Brisbane) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–0 26-09-92 Solomon Islands (Newcastle) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 6–1 15-04-93 Kuwait (Singapore) Friendly (two match series) W 1–0 19-04-93 Kuwait (Singapore) Friendly (two match series) L 1–3 30-05-93 New Zealand (Auckland) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg W 1–0 06-06-93 New Zealand (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg W 3–0 31-07-93 Canada (Edmonton) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg L 1–2 15-08-93 Canada (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg W 2–1 wop 4–1 24-09-93 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly (two match series) D 1–1 26-09-93 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1 31-10-93 Argentina (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg D 1–1 17-11-93 Argentina (Buenos Aires) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg L 0–1 1998 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 22-05-94 Japan (Hiroshima) Kirin Cup D 1–1 26-05-94 France (Kobe) Kirin Cup L 0–1 08-06-94 South Africa (Adelaide) Friendly (two match series) W 1–0 12-06-94 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) W 1–0 24-09-94 Kuwait (Kuala Lumpur) Friendly D 0–0 27-09-94 Japan (Tokyo) Friendly D 0–0 08-02-95 Colombia (Brisbane) Friendly (two match series) D 0–0 11-02-95 Colombia (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1 15-02-95 Japan (Sydney) Friendly W 2–1 18-06-95 Ghana (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 2–1 21-06-95 Ghana (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0 24-06-95 Ghana (Perth) Friendly (three match series) L 0–1 30-06-95 Argentina (Buenos Aires) Friendly L 0–2 10-11-95 New Zealand (Christchurch) Trans-Tasman Trophy D 0–0 15-11-95 New Zealand (Newcastle) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 3–0 10-02-96 Japan (Wollongong) Friendly (two match series) L 1–4 14-02-96 Japan (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) W 3–0 25-02-96 Sweden (Brisbane) Friendly (two match series) L 0–2 28-02-96 Sweden (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) D 0–0 27-03-96 Scotland (Glasgow) Friendly L 0–1 23-04-96 Chile (Antofagasta) Friendly L 0–3 14-09-96 Ghana (Durban) Simba Cup W 2–0 18-09-96 South Africa (Johannesburg) Simba Cup L 0–2 21-09-96 Kenya (Pretoria) Simba Cup W 4–0 09-10-96 Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) Friendly D 0–0 26-10-96 Tahiti (Papeete) FIFA Confederations Cup Qualifier 1st leg W 6–0 01-11-96 Tahiti (Canberra) FIFA Confederations Cup Qualifier 2nd leg W 5–0 18-01-97 New Zealand (Melbourne) Optus World Series W 1–0 22-01-97 Korea Republic (Brisbane) Optus World Series W 2–1 25-01-97 Norway (Sydney) Optus World Series W 1–0 12-03-97 Macedonia (Skopje) Friendly W 1–0 02-04-97 Hungary (Budapest) Friendly W 3–1 11-06-97 Solomon Islands (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 13–0 13-06-97 Tahiti (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 5–0 17-06-97 Solomon Islands (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 6–2 19-06-97 Tahiti (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–0 28-06-97 New Zealand (Auckland) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg W 3–0 06-07-97 New Zealand (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg W 2–0 01-10-97 Tunisia (Tunis) Friendly W 3–0 22-11-97 Iran (Tehran) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg D 1–1 29-11-97 Iran (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg D 2–2

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 81 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY 2002 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 12-12-97 Mexico (Riyadh) FIFA Confederations Cup - group stage W 3–1 14-12-97 Brazil (Riyadh) FIFA Confederations Cup - group stage D 0–0 16-12-97 Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) FIFA Confederations Cup - group stage L 0–1 19-12-97 Uruguay (Riyadh) FIFA Confederations Cup - semi final W 1–0 21-12-97 Brazil (Riyadh) FIFA Confederations Cup - final L 0–6 07-02-98 Chile (Melbourne) Optus World Series L 0–1 11-02-98 Korea Republic (Sydney) Optus World Series W 1–0 15-02-98 Japan (Adelaide) Optus World Series L 0–3 06-06-98 Croatia (Zagreb) Friendly L 0–7 25-09-98 Fiji (Brisbane) OFC Nations Cup - group stage W 3–1 28-09-98 (Brisbane) OFC Nations Cup - group stage W 16–0 02-10-98 Tahiti (Brisbane) OFC Nations Cup - semi final W 4–1 04-10-98 New Zealand (Brisbane) OFC Nations Cup - final L 0–1 06-11-98 United States (San Jose) Friendly D 0–0 09-02-00 Chile (Valparaiso) Friendly (Four Nation Tournament) L 1–2 12-02-00 Slovakia (Valparaiso) Friendly (Four Nation Tournament) D 0–0 15-02-00 Bulgaria (Valparaiso) Friendly (Four Nation Tournament) D 1–1 23-02-00 Hungary (Budapest) Friendly W 3–0 29-03-00 Czech Republic (Teplice) Friendly L 1–3 09-06-00 Paraguay (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 0–0 12-06-00 Paraguay (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) D 0–0 15-06-00 Paraguay (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) W 2–1 19-06-00 Cook Islands (Papeete) OFC Nations Cup - group stage W 17–0 23-06-00 Solomon Islands (Papeete) OFC Nations Cup - group stage W 6–0 25-06-00 Vanuatu (Papeete) OFC Nations Cup - semi final W 1–0 28-06-00 New Zealand (Papeete) OFC Nations Cup - final W 2–0 04-10-00 Kuwait (Dubai) LG Cup W 1–0 07-10-00 Korea Republic (Dubai) LG Cup L 2–4 15-11-00 Scotland (Glasgow) Friendly W 2–0 28-02-01 Colombia (Bogota) Friendly L 2–3 09-04-01 Tonga () FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 22–0 11-04-01 American Samoa (Coffs Harbour) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 31–0 14-04-01 Fiji (Coffs Harbour) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–0 16-04-01 Samoa (Coffs Harbour) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 11–0 30-05-01 Mexico (Suwon) FIFA Confederations Cup - group stage W 2–0 01-06-01 France (Daegu) FIFA Confederations Cup - group stage W 1–0 03-06-01 Korea Republic (Suwon) FIFA Confederations Cup - group stage L 0–1 07-06-01 Japan (Yokohama) FIFA Confederations Cup - semi final L 0–1 09-06-01 Brazil (Ulsan) FIFA Confederations Cup - for 3rd place W 1–0 20-06-01 New Zealand (Wellington) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg W 2–0 24-06-01 New Zealand (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg W 4–1 15-08-01 Japan (Shizuoka) AFC/OFC Cup L 0–3 11-11-01 France (Melbourne) Friendly D 1–1 20-11-01 Uruguay (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg W 1–0 26-11-01 Uruguay (Montevideo) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg L 0–3

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 82 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 06-07-02 Vanuatu (Auckland) OFC Nations Cup - group stage W 2–0 08-07-02 New Caledonia (Auckland) OFC Nations Cup - group stage W 11–0 10-07-02 Fiji (Auckland) OFC Nations Cup - group stage W 8–0 12-07-02 Tahiti (Auckland) OFC Nations Cup - semi final W 2–1 14-07-02 New Zealand (Auckland) OFC Nations Cup - final L 0–1 12-02-03 England (London) Friendly W 3–1 19-08-03 Ireland (Dublin) Friendly L 1–2 07-09-03 Jamaica (Reading) Friendly W 2–1 18-02-04 Venezuela (Caracas) Friendly D 1–1 30-03-04 South Africa (London) Friendly W 1–0 21-05-04 Turkey (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) L 1–3 24-05-04 Turkey (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1 29-05-04 New Zealand (Adelaide) OFC Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup Qualifier W 1–0 31-05-04 Tahiti (Adelaide) OFC Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup Qualifier W 9–0 02-06-04 Fiji (Adelaide) OFC Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup Qualifier W 6–1 04-06-04 Vanuatu (Adelaide) OFC Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup Qualifier W 3–0 06-06-04 Solomon Islands (Adelaide) OFC Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup Qualifier D 2–2 09-10-04 Solomon Islands (Honiara) OFC Nations Cup final 1st leg W 5–1 12-10-04 Solomon Islands (Sydney) OFC Nations Cup final 2nd leg W 6–0 16-11-04 Norway (London) Friendly D 2–2 09-02-05 South Africa (Durban) Friendly D 1–1 26-03-05 Iraq (Sydney) Friendly W 2–1 29-03-05 Indonesia (Perth) Friendly W 3–0 09-06-05 New Zealand (London) Friendly W 1–0 15-06-05 Germany (Frankfurt) FIFA Confederations Cup - group stage L 3–4 18-06-05 Argentina (Nuremberg) FIFA Confederations Cup - group stage L 2–4 21-06-05 Tunisia (Leipzig) FIFA Confederations Cup - group stage L 0–2 03-09-05 Solomon Islands (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg W 7–0 06-09-05 Solomon Islands (Honiara) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg W 2–1 09-10-05 Jamaica (London) Friendly W 5–0 12-11-05 Uruguay (Montevideo) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg L 0–1 16-11-05 Uruguay (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg W 1–0 wop 4–2 22-02-06 Bahrain (Manama) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 3–1 25-05-06 Greece (Melbourne) Friendly W 1–0 04-06-06 Netherlands (Rotterdam) Friendly (pre-World Cup camp) D 1–1 07-06-06 Liechtenstein (Ulm) Friendly (pre-World Cup camp) W 3–1 12-06-06 Japan (Kaiserslautern) FIFA World Cup - group stage W 3–1 18-06-06 Brazil (Munich) FIFA World Cup - group stage L 0–2 22-06-06 Croatia (Stuttgart) FIFA World Cup - group stage D 2–2 26-06-06 Italy (Kaiserslautern) FIFA World Cup - round of 16 L 0–1

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 83 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 16-08-06 Kuwait (Sydney) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 2–0 06-09-06 Kuwait (Kuwait City) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier L 0–2 07-10-06 Paraguay (Brisbane) Friendly D 1–1 11-10-06 Bahrain (Sydney) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 2–0 14-11-06 Ghana (London) Friendly D 1–1 06-02-07 Denmark (London) Friendly L 1–3 24-03-07 China (Guangzhou) Friendly W 2–0 02-06-07 Uruguay (Sydney) Friendly L 1–2 30-06-07 Singapore (Singapore) Friendly W 3–0 08-07-07 Oman (Bangkok) AFC Asian Cup - group stage D 1–1 13-07-07 Iraq (Bangkok) AFC Asian Cup - group stage L 1–3 16-07-07 Thailand (Bangkok) AFC Asian Cup - group stage W 4–0 21-07-07 Japan (Hanoi) AFC Asian Cup - quarter final D 1–1 lop 3–4 11-09-07 Argentina (Melbourne) Friendly L 0–1 17-11-07 Nigeria (London) Friendly W 1–0 06-02-08 Qatar (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 3–0 22-03-08 Singapore (Singapore) Friendly D 0–0 26-03-08 China (Kunming) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 D 0–0 23-05-08 Ghana (Sydney) Friendly W 1–0 01-06-08 Iraq (Brisbane) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 1–0 07-06-08 Iraq (Dubai) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 L 0–1 14-06-08 Qatar (Doha) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 3–1 22-06-08 China (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 L 0–1 19-08-08 South Africa (London) Friendly D 2–2 06-09-08 Netherlands (Eindhoven) Friendly W 2–1 10-09-08 Uzbekistan () FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 W 1–0 15-10-08 Qatar (Brisbane) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 W 4–0 19-11-08 Bahrain (Manama) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 W 1–0 28-01-09 Indonesia (Jakarta) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier D 0–0 11-02-09 Japan (Yokohama) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 D 0–0 05-03-09 Kuwait (Canberra) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier L 0–1 01-04-09 Uzbekistan (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 W 2–0 06-06-09 Qatar (Doha) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 D 0–0 10-06-09 Bahrain (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 W 2–0 17-06-09 Japan (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 W 2–1 12-08-09 Ireland (Limerick) Friendly W 3–0 05-09-09 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly L 1–3 10-10-09 Netherlands (Sydney) Friendly D 0–0 14-10-09 Oman (Melbourne) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 1–0 14-11-09 Oman (Muscat) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 2–1 06-01-10 Kuwait (Kuwait City) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier D 2–2 03-03-10 Indonesia (Brisbane) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 1–0 24-05-10 New Zealand (Melbourne) Friendly W 2–1 01-06-10 Denmark (Johannesburg) Friendly W 1–0 05-06-10 United States (Johannesburg) Friendly L 1–3 13-06-10 Germany (Durban) FIFA World Cup - group stage L 0–4 19-06-10 Ghana (Rustenburg) FIFA World Cup - group stage D 1–1 23-06-10 Serbia (Nelspruit) FIFA World Cup - group stage W 2–1

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 84 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 11-08-10 Slovenia (Ljubljana) Friendly L 0–2 03-09-10 Switzerland (St Gallen) Friendly D 0–0 07-09-10 Poland (Krakow) Friendly W 2–1 09-10-10 Paraguay (Sydney) Friendly W 1–0 17-11-10 Egypt (Cairo) Friendly L 0–3 05-01-11 United Arab Emirates (Al Ain City) Friendly D 0–0 10-01-11 India (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - group stage W 4–0 14-01-11 Korea Republic (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - group stage D 1–1 18-01-11 Bahrain (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - group stage W 1–0 22-01-11 Iraq (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - quarter final W 1–0 25-01-11 Uzbekistan (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - semi final W 6–0 29-01-11 Japan (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - final L 0–1 29-03-11 Germany (Monchengladbach) Friendly W 2–1 05-06-11 New Zealand (Adelaide) Friendly W 3–0 07-06-11 Serbia (Melbourne) Friendly D 0–0 10-08-11 Wales (Cardiff) Friendly W 2–1 02-09-11 Thailand (Brisbane) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 2–1 06-09-11 Saudi Arabia (Dammam) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 3–1 07-10-11 Malaysia (Canberra) Friendly W 5–0 11-10-11 Oman (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 3–0 11-11-11 Oman (Muscat) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 L 0–1 15-11-11 Thailand (Bangkok) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 1–0 29-02-12 Saudi Arabia (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 4–2 02-06-12 Denmark (Copenhagen) Friendly L 0–2 08-06-12 Oman (Muscat) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 D 0–0 12-06-12 Japan (Brisbane) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 D 1–1 15-08-12 Scotland (Edinburgh) Friendly L 1–3 06-09-12 Lebanon (Beirut) Friendly W 3–0 11-09-12 Jordan (Amman) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 L 1–2 16-10-12 Iraq (Doha) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 W 2–1 14-11-12 Korea Republic (Hwaseong) Friendly W 2–1 03-12-12 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary W 1–0 05-12-12 Korea DPR (Hong Kong) EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary D 1–1 07-12-12 Guam (Hong Kong) EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary W 9–0 09-12-12 Chinese Taipei (Hong Kong) EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary W 8–0 06-02-13 Romania (Malaga) Friendly L 2–3 26-03-13 Oman (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 D 2–2 04-06-13 Japan (Saitama) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 D 1–1 11-06-13 Jordan (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 W 4–0 18-06-13 Iraq (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 4 W 1–0 20-07-13 Korea Republic (Seoul) EAFF East Asian Cup Final Round D 0–0 25-07-13 Japan (Hwaseong) EAFF East Asian Cup Final Round L 2–3 28-07-13 China (Seoul) EAFF East Asian Cup Final Round L 3–4 07-09-13 Brazil (Brasilia) Friendly L 0–6 11-10-13 France (Paris) Friendly L 0–6 15-10-13 Canada (London) Friendly W 3–0 19-11-13 Costa Rica (Sydney) Friendly W 1–0 05-03-14 Ecuador (London) Friendly L 3–4 26-05-14 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly D 1–1 06-06-14 Croatia (Salvador) Friendly L 0–1 13-06-14 Chile (Cuiaba) FIFA World Cup - group stage L 1–3 18-06-14 Netherlands (Porto Alegre) FIFA World Cup - group stage L 2–3 23-06-14 Spain (Curitiba) FIFA World Cup - group stage L 0–3

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 85 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN 04-09-14 Belgium (Liege) Friendly L 0–2 08-09-14 Saudi Arabia (London) Friendly W 3–2 10-10-14 United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) Friendly D 0–0 14-10-14 Qatar (Doha) Friendly L 0–1 18-11-14 Japan (Osaka) Friendly L 1–2 09-01-15 Kuwait (Melbourne) AFC Asian Cup - group stage W 4–1 13-01-15 Oman (Sydney) AFC Asian Cup - group stage W 4–0 17-01-15 Korea Republic (Brisbane) AFC Asian Cup - group stage L 0–1 22-01-15 China (Brisbane) AFC Asian Cup - quarter final W 2–0 27-01-15 United Arab Emirates (Newcastle) AFC Asian Cup - semi final W 2–0 31-01-15 Korea Republic (Sydney) AFC Asian Cup - final W 2–1 25-03-15 Germany (Kaiserslautern) Friendly D 2–2 30-03-15 Macedonia (Skopje) Friendly D 0–0 16-06-15 Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 2 W 2–1 03-09-15 Bangladesh (Perth) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 2 W 5–0 08-09-15 Tajikistan (Dushanbe) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 2 W 3–0 08-10-15 Jordan (Amman) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 2 L 0–2 12-11-15 Kyrgyzstan (Canberra) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 2 W 3–0 17-11-15 Bangladesh (Dhaka) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 2 W 4–0 24-03-16 Tajikistan (Adelaide) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 2 W 7–0 29-03-16 Jordan (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 2 W 5–1 27-05-16 England (Sunderland) Friendly L 1–2 04-06-16 Greece (Sydney) Friendly W 1–0 07-06-16 Greece (Melbourne) Friendly L 1–2 01-09-16 Iraq (Perth) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 2–0 06-09-16 United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 1–0 06-10-16 Saudi Arabia (Jeddah) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 D 2–2 11-10-16 Japan (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 D 1–1 15-11-16 Thailand (Bangkok) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 D 2–2 23-03-17 Iraq (Tehran) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 D 1–1 28-03-17 United Arab Emirates (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 2–0 08-06-17 Saudi Arabia (Adelaide) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 3–2 13-06-17 Brazil (Melbourne) Friendly L 0–4 19-06-17 Germany (Sochi) FIFA Confederations Cup L 2–3 22-06-17 Cameroon (St Petersburg) FIFA Confederations Cup D 1–1 25-06-17 Chile (Moscow) FIFA Confederations Cup D 1–1 31-08-17 Japan (Saitama) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 L 0–2 05-09-17 Thailand (Melbourne) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - round 3 W 2–1 05-10-17 Syria (Malacca) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg D 1–1 10-10-17 Syria (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg W 2–1 10-11-17 Honduras (San Pedro Sula) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg D 0–0 15-11-17 Honduras (Sydney) FIFA World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg W 3–1 23-03-18 Norway (Oslo) Friendly L 1–4 27-03-18 Colombia (London) Friendly D 0–0 01-06-18 Czech Republic (St Polten) Friendly W 4–0 09-06-18 Hungary (Budapest) Friendly W 2–1

'Friendly' matches include tournament and other series matches. Existing countries generally listed under current name. Abbreviations: AFC=Asian Football Confederation. EAFF=East Asian Football Federation. OFC=Oceania Football Confederation. (a) An A international is a match played between FIFA-affiliated nations with no major restriction (eg. age) affecting either team’s player selection. OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 86 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY

SUMMARY by opponent (A internationals) Opponent P W D L First meeting American Samoa 1 1 0 0 11-04-2001 (W31-0) Argentina 7 1 1 5 14-07-1988 (W4-1) Bahrain 5 5 0 0 22-02-2006 (W3-1) Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 03-09-2015 (W5-0) Belgium 1 0 0 1 04-09-2014 (L0-2) Brazil 9 1 1 7 07-07-1988 (L0-1) Bulgaria 4 0 2 2 14-02-1973 (D2-2) Cambodia 1 0 1 0 26-11-1965 (D0-0) Cameroon 1 0 1 0 22-06-2017 (D1-1) Canada 9 5 1 3 07-06-1924 (W3-2) Chile 6 0 2 4 22-06-1974 (D0-0) China 11 6 1 4 06-08-1975 (W1-0) Chinese Taipei 13 12 1 0 03-12-1965 (W3-1) Colombia 4 0 2 2 08-02-1995 (D0-0) Cook Islands 2 2 0 0 28-09-1998 (W16-0) Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 19-11-2013 (W1-0) Croatia 6 2 2 2 05-07-1992 (W1-0) Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 29-03-2000 (L1-3) Czechoslovakia 8 0 2 6 27-01-1980 (L0-4) Denmark 3 1 0 2 06-02-2007 (L1-3) Ecuador 1 0 0 1 05-03-2014 (L3-4) Egypt 2 0 1 1 19-06-1987 (D0-0) England 7 1 2 4 31-05-1980 (L1-2) Fiji 9 7 0 2 19-03-1977 (L0-1) France 4 1 1 2 26-05-1994 (L0-1) Germany 5 1 1 3 15-06-2005 (L3-4) Germany, East 1 0 0 1 14-06-1974 (L0-2) Germany, West 1 0 0 1 18-06-1974 (L0-3) Ghana 7 4 2 1 18-06-1995 (W2-1) Greece 11 4 3 4 20-07-1969 (W1-0) Guam 1 1 0 0 07-12-2012 (W9-0) Honduras 2 1 1 0 10-11-2017 (D0-0) Hong Kong 8 5 0 3 29-11-1965 (L0-1) Hungary 3 3 0 0 02-04-1997 (W3-1) India 8 4 1 3 03-09-1938 (W5-3) Indonesia 15 11 3 1 17-11-1967 (W2-0) Iran 7 2 2 3 04-11-1970 (W2-1) Iraq 11 7 2 2 11-03-1973 (W3-1) Ireland 2 1 0 1 19-08-2003 (L1-2) Israel 17 5 9 3 04-12-1969 (L0-1) Italy 1 0 0 1 26-06-2006 (L0-1) Jamaica 2 2 0 0 07-09-2003 (W2-1) Japan 25 7 9 9 27-11-1956 (W2-0) Jordan 4 2 0 2 11-09-2012 (L1-2) Kenya 1 1 0 0 21-09-1996 (W4-0) Korea DPR (North) 3 0 1 2 21-11-1965 (L1-6) Korea Republic (South) 28 11 10 7 14-11-1967 (W3-2) Kuwait 11 4 2 5 16-10-1977 (L1-2) Kyrgyzstan 2 2 0 0 16-06-2015 (W2-1) Lebanon 1 1 0 0 06-09-2012 (W3-0)

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Opponent P W D L First meeting Liechtenstein 1 1 0 0 07-06-2006 (W3-1) Macedonia 2 1 1 0 12-03-1997 (W1-0) Malaysia 7 6 0 1 07-12-1965 (W1-0) Mexico 5 2 2 1 01-12-1970 (L0-3) Morocco 1 1 0 0 09-06-1987 (W1-0) Netherlands 4 1 2 1 04-06-2006 (D1-1) New Caledonia 1 1 0 0 08-07-2002 (W11-0) New Zealand 64 40 11 13 17-06-1922 (L1-3) Nigeria 2 2 0 0 22-09-1988 (W1-0) Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 11-06-1980 (L1-2) Norway 3 1 1 1 25-01-1997 (W1-0) Oman 8 4 3 1 08-07-2007 (D1-1) Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 0 26-02-1980 (W11-2) Paraguay 5 2 3 0 09-06-2000 (D0-0) Philippines 1 1 0 0 29-10-1972 (W6-0) Poland 1 1 0 0 07-09-2008 (W2-1) Qatar 5 3 1 1 06-02-2008 (W3-0) Romania 1 0 0 1 06-02-2013 (L2–3) Samoa 1 1 0 0 16-04-2001 (W11-0) Saudi Arabia 8 5 2 1 09-07-1988 (W3-0) Scotland 8 1 1 6 28-05-1967 (L0-1) Serbia 2 1 1 0 23-06-2010 (W2-1) Singapore 7 6 1 0 11-11-1967 (W5-1) Slovakia 1 0 1 0 12-02-2000 (D0-0) Slovenia 1 0 0 1 11-08-2010 (L0-2) Solomon Islands 10 9 1 0 04-09-1992 (W2-1) South Africa 21 6 4 11 10-05-1947 (L1-2) South Vietnam 2 2 0 0 07-11-1967 (W1-0) Soviet Union 7 0 3 4 16-11-1975 (D0-0) Spain 1 0 0 1 23-06-2014 (L0-3) Sweden 5 2 2 1 26-01-1992 (D0-0) Switzerland 1 0 1 0 03-09-2010 (D0-0) Syria 2 1 1 0 05-10-2017 (D1-1) Tahiti 9 9 0 0 11-09-1992 (W3-0) Tajikistan 2 2 0 0 08-09-2015 (W3-0) Thailand 7 6 1 0 06-10-1982 (W4-0) Tonga 1 1 0 0 09-04-2001 (W22-0) Tunisia 2 1 0 1 01-10-1997 (W3-0) Turkey 2 0 0 2 21-05-2004 (L1-3) United Arab Emirates 5 3 2 0 05-01-2011 (D0-0) United States 3 1 1 1 13-06-1992 (W1-0) Uruguay 9 4 1 4 25-04-1974 (D0-0) Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 10-09-2008 (W1-0) Vanuatu 3 3 0 0 25-06-2000 (W1-0) Venezuela 1 0 1 0 18-02-2004 (D1-1) Wales 1 1 0 0 10-08-2011 (W2-1) Yugoslavia 1 1 0 0 18-09-1988 (W1-0) Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) 5 3 2 0 14-06-1950 (W5-0) All opponents 542 268 118 156 Total goals for: 1065; total goals against: 602. As at 14 June 2018

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SUMMARY by region of opponent Region (Confederation) P W D L Asia (AFC) 213 124 44 45 Europe (UEFA) 121 31 36 54 Oceania (OFC) 102 75 12 15 Africa (CAF) 42 18 10 14 South America (CONMEBOL) 42 8 11 23 Other America (CONCACAF) 22 12 5 5 All 542 268 118 156 Opponent categorised under current or last-joined confederation

SUMMARY by venue – Australia/Other Venue P W D L Australia 235 126 46 63 Other country 307 142 72 93 All 542 268 118 156

SUMMARY by venue – region Venue (Confederation) P W D L Asia (AFC) 384 200 84 100 Europe (UEFA) 64 24 15 25 Oceania (OFC) 52 33 10 9 Africa (CAF) 20 10 4 6 South America (CONMEBOL) 17 0 3 14 Other America (CONCACAF) 5 1 2 2 All 542 268 118 156 Venue categorised based on current region

SUMMARY by FIFA World Cup campaign A INTERNATIONALS…………………. ALL INTERNATIONALS………..……… FIFA World Cup campaign P W D L P W D L 1966 2 0 0 2 7 0 2 5 1970 31 16 8 7 35 18 9 8 1974 34 16 10 8 60 29 17 14 1978 32 14 9 9 63 21 16 26 1982 27 7 9 11 47 19 12 16 1986 23 12 5 6 62 26 16 20 1990 35 17 9 9 47 24 13 10 1994 34 17 5 12 58 29 8 21 1998 41 23 9 9 42 24 9 9 2002 45 24 7 14 50 25 8 17 2006 40 24 6 10 41 25 6 10 2010 48 24 13 11 48 24 13 11 2014 53 25 11 17 54 26 11 17 2018 45 22 12 11 45 22 12 11 All 491 242 112 135 660 313 152 195 Includes matches against international opponents from 1963 (Federation) only. Each World Cup campaign is deemed to end at the final qualifying match of the campaign, or final World Cup match. All internationals includes matches against other international opposition eg. club teams, age-restricted national teams and national teams not affiliated with FIFA at the time.

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TEAM RECORDS

BIGGEST WINS W31-0 v American Samoa (in Coffs Harbour) 11-04-2001 (world record for a senior international match) W22-0 v Tonga (Coffs Harbour) 09-04-2001 W17-0 v Cook Islands (Papeete) 19-06-2000 W16-0 v Cook Islands (Brisbane) 28-09-1998 W13-0 v Solomon Islands (Sydney) 11-06-1997

BIGGEST LOSSES L0-17 v English FA (Sydney) 30-06-1951 (non-A international) L1-13 v English FA (Adelaide) 23-06-1951 (non-A international) L0-9 v Heart of Midlothian (Perth) 13-06-1959 (non-A international) L1-9 v Heart of Midlothian (Melbourne) 30-05-1959 (non-A international) L0-8 v South Africa (Adelaide) 17-09-1955

RECORD STREAKS (A internationals) Winning 14 matches 26-10-1996 to 01-10-1997 Undefeated 20 matches 21-09-1996 to 14-12-1997 Drawing 4 matches 16-10-1969 to 27-11-1969, 06-10-2016 to 23-03-2017 Winless 7 matches 31-05-1980 to 11-11-1980 Losing 5 matches 03-09-1955 to 01-10-1955 No goals conceded (matches) 6 matches 09-04-2001 to 01-06-2001, 17-11-2007 to 01-06-2008 No goals scored (matches) 4 matches 03-09-1955 to 24-09-1955, 06-09-1990 to 06-02-1991, 24-09-1994 to 11-02-1995, 25-02-1996 to 23-04-1996 No goals conceded (minutes) 608 minutes 11-09-2007 to 07-06-2008 No goals scored (minutes) 422 minutes 14-02-1996 to 14-09-1996

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OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 90 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY PLAYERS international appearances and goals APPEARANCES (GOALS) CAREER SPAN Joshua Brillante 5 (0) 5 (0) 2013–2014 A games All games All games George Bristow 1 (0) 4 (0) 1924–1927 Attila Abonyi 61 (25) 89 (36) 1967–1977 Cec Brittain 2 (1) 2 (1) 1938 Stan Ackerley 27 (0) 30 (0) 1965–1969 21 (5) 21 (5) 2004–2013 3 (1) 13 (1) 1954–1959 George Brown 2 (1) 10 (15) 1922 18 (7) 20 (9) 1996–2005 Greg Brown 12 (1) 16 (3) 1991–1992 Glenn Ahearn 2 (0) 3 (0) 1981 Rod Brown 2 (0) 7 (0) 1985–1987 Alan Ainslie 4 (1) 4 (1) 1971–1976 Leigh Broxham 1 (0) 1 (0) 2008 Danny Allsopp 3 (0) 3 (0) 2007–2009 Mark Brusasco 1 (0) 3 (0) 1980 Cliff Almond 3 (0) 17 (1) 1953–1958 Ray Bryant 4 (1) 17 (3) 1936–1941 John Aloisi 55 (27) 57 (29) 1997–2008 Branko Buljevic 22 (7) 30 (11) 1972–1975 3 (0) 5 (0) 1994–1999 11 (0) 13 (0) 1999–2010 Adrian Alston 39 (7) 62 (17) 1969–1977 24 (3) 24 (3) 2007–2016 2 (0) 2 (0) 2017 Ron Burns 1 (0) 1 (0) 1955 Dean Anastasiadis 1 (0) 1 (0) 2002 Mosie Burton 1 (0) 1 (0) 1923 John Anderson 5 (0) 8 (1) 1965 Terry Butler 2 (1) 4 (1) 1972–1975 3 (0) 3 (0) 2012 36 (1) 59 (1) 1975–1983 Walter Ardone 1 (0) 1 (0) 1996 Tim Cahill 106 (50) 107 (51) 2004–2018 Jim Armstrong 3 (1) 4 (2) 1970–1972 Steve Calderan 3 (0) 5 (0) 1981–1989 56 (19) 85 (34) 1985–1997 Andrew Callanan 2 (0) 5 (0) 1990–1991 George Arthur 3 (0) 3 (0) 1956 Alec Cameron 6 (6) 46 (45) 1927–1936 Bob Austin 1 (0) 1 (0) 1923 Ernie Campbell 15 (3) 25 (3) 1971–1976 3 (1) 3 (1) 1993–1996 Jim Campbell 4 (1) 7 (1) 1980–1983 Daniel Arzani 2 (1) 2 (1) 2018 Jim Cant 6 (1) 14 (3) 1983–1984 48 (18) 59 (21) 1967–1974 4 (1) 4 (1) 2000 Eli Babalj 2 (2) 2 (2) 2012 13 (0) 13 (0) 2004–2012 Mark Babic 8 (0) 8 (0) 1997–1998 David Carney 48 (6) 48 (6) 2006–2013 Yakka Banovic 2 (0) 8 (0) 1980–1985 George Cartwright 10 (0) 21 (0) 1922–1925 Fabian Barbiero 1 (0) 1 (0) 2009 8 (0) 8 (0) 1997–2001 32 (6) 52 (9) 1975–1981 Alvin Ceccoli 6 (1) 6 (1) 1998–2006 Michael Beauchamp 22 (1) 23 (1) 2006–2010 Billy Celeski 1 (0) 1 (0) 2009 Aziz Behich 23 (2) 23 (2) 2012–2018 Scott Chipperfield 68 (12) 68 (12) 1998–2010 Richard Bell 2 (0) 8 (2) 1976 George Christopoulos 10 (1) 13 (1) 1978–1983 Col Bennett 32 (1) 56 (1) 1975–1978 21 (0) 37 (0) 1975–1978 Andrew Bernal 13 (0) 21 (0) 1989–1996 Nathan Coe 3 (0) 3 (0) 2011 Arno Bertogna 4 (1) 13 (1) 1979–1980 Gary Cole 19 (17) 40 (21) 1975–1984 Bob Bignall 8 (0) 24 (1) 1949–1957 Shannon Cole 1 (0) 1 (0) 2010 Paul Bilokapic 2 (0) 2 (0) 1998 26 (3) 28 (3) 1998–2010 14 (5) 16 (5) 1993–1997 Rene Colusso 1 (0) 2 (0) 1975 1 (0) 2 (0) 2013–2014 Norman Conquest 11 (0) 23 (0) 1947–1951 Milan Blagojevic 19 (0) 31 (0) 1991–2002 Billy Cook 7 (0) 9 (0) 1965–1967 13 (0) 24 (1) 1980–1984 Bill Coolahan 3 (1) 12 (1) 1937–1941 Con Blatsis 2 (0) 2 (0) 2000–2001 Dave Coote 2 (0) 5 (0) 1947–1949 Roy Blitz 6 (0) 9 (1) 1965–1968 32 (5) 41 (6) 1993–2006 Archie Blue 10 (4) 12 (4) 1965–1968 Robert Cornthwaite 8 (3) 8 (3) 2009–2013 George Blues 4 (1) 16 (3) 1970–1971 27 (0) 33 (0) 1967–1973 13 (2) 25 (7) 1979–1981 6 (1) 6 (1) 2001–2002 4 (0) 4 (0) 2000–2006 Ante Covic 2 (0) 3 (0) 2006–2008 Dave Bone 1 (0) 1 (0) 1954 Chris Coyne 7 (0) 7 (0) 2008–2009 17 (1) 22 (1) 1990–2000 John Coyne 4 (0) 9 (0) 1979–1980 Stan Bourke 3 (0) 15 (1) 1923–1927 Sean Cranney 3 (0) 3 (0) 1995–1996 Con Boutsianis 4 (4) 4 (4) 2001 Oscar Crino 39 (6) 70 (12) 1981–1989 Raphael Bove 1 (0) 1 (0) 1998 9 (0) 13 (0) 1979–1983 Peter Boyle 1 (0) 1 (0) 1980 Roy Crowhurst 7 (2) 21 (8) 1933–1941 Oliver Bozanic 7 (0) 8 (1) 2013–2015 Jason Culina 58 (1) 58 (1) 2005–2011 Vic Bozanic 1 (1) 4 (2) 1980 Dave Cumberford 3 (0) 10 (1) 1922 Vlado Bozinovski 7 (1) 10 (2) 1988–1993 Jock Cumberford 3 (0) 12 (3) 1922 Wilfred Bratton 1 (1) 8 (3) 1922 Tommy Cumming 4 (1) 12 (2) 1979–1980 Mark Bresciano 84 (13) 84 (13) 2001–2015 Duncan Cummings 2 (1) 4 (1) 1975–1976 2 (0) 2 (0) 2008 Jim Cunningham 8 (6) 17 (17) 1947–1948

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 91 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY APPEARANCES (GOALS) CAREER SPAN Alex Gersbach 4 (0) 4 (0) 2016–2017 A games All games All games John Giacometti 3 (0) 4 (0) 1966–1967 Michael Curcija 2 (0) 3 (0) 1999–2000 Sebastian Giampaolo 2 (0) 2 (0) 1978–1981 Colin Curran 22 (1) 35 (1) 1970–1979 Apostolos Giannou 5 (0) 5 (0) 2016 William Dane 2 (0) 12 (4) 1922 7 (0) 15 (0) 1922–1933 5 (8) 12 (14) 1941–1953 Lex Gibb 8 (0) 19 (0) 1938–1951 Alan Davidson 51 (2) 76 (3) 1980–1991 Mike Gibson 1 (0) 7 (0) 1985–1989 Ian Davidson 1 (0) 2 (0) 1933–1937 Ron Giles 3 (0) 3 (0) 1965–1967 Jason Davidson 22 (1) 22 (1) 2012–2015 Jack Gilmour 2 (1) 3 (3) 1923–1924 John Davies 3 (0) 5 (0) 1976–1979 Rudolfo Gnavi 1 (0) 1 (0) 1975 Fausto De Amicis 13 (2) 13 (2) 1998–2002 Curtis Good 1 (0) 1 (0) 2014 Ted De Lyster 2 (0) 4 (0) 1967 3 (0) 3 (0) 2013–2016 Jean–Paul De Marigny 2 (0) 5 (0) 1987–1990 Eric Gorring 1 (2) 7 (6) 1933 Albert DePaoli 1 (0) 4 (1) 1955 14 (3) 35 (6) 1984–1992 Luke DeVere 1 (0) 1 (0) 2015 Mike Grbevski 3 (0) 4 (0) 1992 Milos Degenek 18 (0) 18 (0) 2016–2018 Terry Greedy 16 (0) 36 (0) 1983–1985 Paul Degney 1 (0) 4 (0) 1979–1980 Vince Grella 46 (0) 49 (0) 1999–2010 Mike Denton 4 (0) 14 (6) 1970 Adam Griffiths 2 (0) 2 (0) 2008 4 (5) 4 (5) 2002 3 (1) 3 (1) 2005–2008 9 (0) 9 (0) 2008–2010 5 (0) 5 (0) 2006–2008 2 (0) 2 (0) 2012 Glenn Gwynne 2 (0) 2 (0) 1998 Travis Dodd 2 (1) 2 (1) 2006 Ben Halloran 6 (0) 7 (0) 2014 James Donaldson 3 (1) 19 (4) 1931–1939 Troy Halpin 6 (1) 6 (1) 1998 John Doyle 1 (0) 7 (2) 1970 George Haniotis 1 (0) 1 (0) 1988 Peter Doyle 4 (0) 12 (1) 1922–1923 Jim Harden 3 (0) 10 (2) 1936 Ted Drain 2 (0) 4 (0) 1947–1955 David Harding 23 (2) 47 (11) 1974–1977 Angus Drennan 3 (0) 16 (0) 1948–1953 George Harris 28 (0) 48 (0) 1971–1978 Cec Drummond 14 (0) 45 (0) 1947–1951 Gary Hasler 2 (0) 2 (0) 1992 Mitchell Duke 4 (2) 4 (2) 2013 Alec Heaney 4 (0) 6 (0) 1947–1951 Alec Duncan 2 (0) 9 (1) 1948–1955 Lou Hearne 3 (0) 5 (0) 1953–1954 25 (2) 36 (3) 1985–1988 2 (1) 2 (1) 2009–2010 44 (4) 64 (6) 1990–2002 Andy Henderson 2 (0) 4 (1) 1923–1924 19 (3) 22 (5) 1991–1997 Bill Henderson 6 (0) 16 (0) 1953–1956 Bill Edwards 1 (1) 1 (1) 1933 27 (2) 50 (6) 1979–1984 Jack Edwards 1 (0) 3 (0) 1924–1927 Alf Henwood 2 (0) 4 (0) 1933–1939 2 (0) 19 (5) 1982–1984 Steve Herczeg 2 (0) 2 (0) 1965 Ahmad Elrich 17 (5) 17 (5) 2004–2006 Chris Herd 3 (0) 3 (0) 2014 Tarek Elrich 3 (0) 3 (0) 2015 Clem Higgins 1 (0) 4 (1) 1955 Brett Emerton 95 (20) 100 (21) 1998–2012 Jock Hodge 4 (0) 14 (7) 1948–1951 Robert Enes 7 (0) 7 (0) 1996–1997 Bobby Hogg 13 (0) 17 (0) 1972–1973 Ian Evans 1 (0) 1 (0) 1938 Steve Hogg 4 (0) 11 (0) 1980–1981 Jack Evans 11 (0) 40 (1) 1933–1941 15 (0) 16 (0) 2008–2014 37 (10) 67 (14) 1984–1995 Brett Holman 63 (9) 63 (9) 2006–2013 William Faulkner 1 (0) 3 (0) 1924–1925 Robert Hooker 20 (2) 23 (2) 1990–1998 16 (0) 16 (0) 2010–2016 Matthew Horsley 1 (0) 1 (0) 2000 2 (0) 3 (0) 1991–1997 31 (1) 32 (1) 1994–2002 Allen Fisher 3 (0) 13 (1) 1922–1923 Ken Hough 4 (0) 9 (0) 1948 Alec Forrest 3 (0) 12 (5) 1936–1939 1 (0) 1 (0) 2017 29 (9) 29 (9) 1996–2000 Jack Hughes 6 (10) 20 (20) 1933–1941 11 (2) 15 (2) 1998–2003 Pat Hughes 9 (0) 13 (0) 1965–1967 Ivan Franjic 20 (0) 20 (0) 2012–2015 Ron Hughes 8 (6) 19 (10) 1947–1949 Tony Franken 2 (0) 14 (0) 1984–1992 Eric Hulme 6 (4) 20 (8) 1949–1951 Jim Fraser 8 (0) 10 (0) 1973–1974 7 (0) 9 (1) 1986–1988 Peter Fuzes 2 (0) 2 (0) 1967 1 (3) 4 (5) 1980 8 (0) 9 (0) 2009–2014 Bernie Ibini 2 (0) 2 (0) 2014 Frank Gallen 4 (0) 7 (0) 1924–1925 6 (0) 6 (0) 2015–2016 Richard Garcia 17 (2) 17 (2) 2008–2012 Ray Ilott 4 (0) 6 (0) 1975–1976 Alan Garside 1 (0) 5 (3) 1953–1957 Sauro Iozzelli 1 (0) 2 (0) 1975–1978 Cliff Gedge 3 (0) 3 (0) 1923 Jackson Irvine 19 (2) 19 (2) 2013–2018 Aytek Genc 3 (1) 4 (1) 1991–1997 Sandy Irvine 2 (0) 6 (1) 1970 Jason Geria 1 (0) 1 (0) 2016 Milan Ivanovic 59 (0) 71 (0) 1991–1998

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 92 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY APPEARANCES (GOALS) CAREER SPAN Stuart Lovell 2 (0) 2 (0) 2000 A games All games All games David Lowe 3 (0) 4 (0) 1986–1991 11 (0) 32 (1) 1949–1955 Goran Lozanovski 9 (0) 9 (0) 1996–1998 4 (0) 4 (0) 2009–2012 Massimo Luongo 36 (5) 37 (5) 2014–2018 Mark Jankovics 16 (0) 34 (2) 1976–1983 Jim Mackay 31 (5) 52 (5) 1970–1975 Mile Jedinak 76 (18) 76 (18) 2008–2018 Alf Mackey 1 (0) 5 (0) 1936–1938 44 (0) 78 (0) 1983–1989 Jamie Maclaren 6 (0) 6 (0) 2016–2017 Allan Johns 10 (6) 36 (23) 1948–1955 5 (2) 5 (2) 2004–2009 Richard Johnson 1 (0) 3 (0) 1999–2000 Allan Maher 22 (0) 40 (0) 1974–1981 Ian Johnston 3 (1) 3 (1) 1965 Bill Mahoney 1 (0) 10 (0) 1950–1957 Brad Jones 6 (0) 6 (0) 2007–2018 6 (2) 9 (2) 1992–2000 David Jones 5 (0) 7 (0) 1975–1980 Gary Manuel 4 (0) 6 (1) 1969–1975 4 (1) 4 (1) 2002 John Markovski 18 (1) 20 (1) 1990–1998 2 (0) 2 (0) 1995–1996 Alan Marnoch 14 (0) 14 (0) 1967–1969 Tomi Juric 35 (8) 35 (8) 2013–2018 Gary Marocchi 11 (0) 18 (0) 1975–1978 Matthew Jurman 4 (0) 4 (0) 2017 1 (1) 1 (1) 2012 Zeljko Kalac 54 (0) 57 (0) 1992–2006 Ray Marshall 2 (0) 3 (0) 1947–1955 Chris Kalantzis 7 (1) 15 (1) 1985–1987 13 (0) 54 (8) 1947–1959 Kris Kalifatidis 1 (0) 1 (0) 1978 16 (1) 21 (1) 1991–2000 John Karaspyros 1 (0) 1 (0) 1978 Aub Mascord 1 (0) 1 (0) 1938 Peter Katholos 14 (2) 22 (3) 1981–1984 6 (5) 17 (13) 1923–1927 3 (0) 7 (4) 1980–1981 Jack Mather 1 (0) 14 (0) 1953–1959 20 (0) 22 (0) 1967–1971 Bill Maunder 9 (6) 18 (13) 1922–1925 Ross Kelly 1 (0) 1 (0) 1968 Henry Maunder 1 (0) 1 (0) 1924 Ernest Kemp 3 (1) 5 (1) 1947–1951 Steve Maxwell 3 (0) 4 (0) 1986–1992 Matthew Kemp 1 (0) 1 (0) 2010 Jim McCabe 2 (0) 13 (0) 1957–1959 36 (17) 37 (20) 2006–2014 Arthur McCartney 1 (0) 1 (0) 1955 Harry Kewell 58 (17) 60 (19) 1996–2012 Tommy McColl 19 (8) 20 (9) 1967–1969 15 (0) 16 (0) 2006–2012 Tom McCulloch 14 (1) 36 (5) 1984–1992 Lorenz Kindtner 1 (0) 1 (0) 1996 John McDonald 1 (0) 2 (0) 1972 18 (1) 18 (1) 2002–2009 Scott McDonald 26 (0) 26 (0) 2006–2012 Colin Kitching 3 (0) 6 (1) 1955–1959 Garry McDowall 16 (0) 25 (2) 1985–1988 Redvis Kitching 1 (1) 3 (1) 1938–1939 Dylan McGowan 1 (0) 1 (0) 2017 Andrew Koczka 5 (0) 7 (1) 1988–1989 Ryan McGowan 20 (0) 21 (0) 2012–2017 Steve Kokoska 1 (0) 1 (0) 1978 Brent McGrath 1 (0) 1 (0) 2011 60 (25) 100 (42) 1976–1988 Frank McIver 1 (0) 6 (1) 1931–1938 Mark Koussas 2 (0) 3 (1) 1981 Jon McKain 16 (0) 16 (0) 2004–2011 Eddie Krncevic 20 (4) 35 (17) 1979–1989 Matt McKay 59 (2) 60 (2) 2006–2016 Tony Krslovic 1 (0) 3 (0) 1990 Hamilton McMeechan 6 (0) 7 (0) 1965–1968 Robbie Kruse 64 (5) 64 (5) 2011–2018 Graham McMillan 3 (1) 13 (3) 1956–1959 George Kulcsar 3 (0) 3 (0) 1996–1997 Jimmy McNabb 10 (0) 29 (1) 1933–1939 Frank Laidlaw 1 (0) 1 (0) 1933 Roy McNaughton 2 (0) 11 (0) 1924–1927 Arch Lambert 1 (0) 2 (0) 1924–1925 Gary Meier 1 (0) 1 (0) 1978 Mitchell Langerak 8 (0) 8 (0) 2013–2017 1 (0) 2 (0) 1986 Peter Laumets 1 (0) 1 (0) 1978 Gabriel Mendez 9 (0) 10 (0) 1994–2000 Bob Lawrie 10 (1) 43 (4) 1939–1953 James Meredith 2 (0) 2 (0) 2015 Stephen Laybutt 15 (1) 18 (1) 1999–2004 Mike Micevski 1 (0) 6 (0) 1975 60 (0) 72 (0) 1993–2006 Frank Micic 6 (1) 9 (1) 1964–1971 Charlie Leabeater 2 (0) 3 (0) 1923–1924 Robert Middleby 5 (0) 5 (0) 2002 Ken Learmonth 1 (0) 7 (2) 1955–1959 6 (0) 6 (0) 2005–2006 Mathew Leckie 53 (8) 53 (8) 2012–2018 6 (5) 6 (5) 2002–2005 Grant Lee 2 (0) 5 (0) 1981–1985 Scott Miller 2 (0) 2 (0) 2001 1 (0) 1 (0) 2008 Frank Millier–Smith 2 (0) 4 (0) 1923–1924 Jack Lennard 6 (1) 17 (3) 1953–1959 Mark Milligan 68 (6) 69 (6) 2006–2018 Percy Lennard 3 (2) 13 (6) 1923–1925 Branko Milosevic 11 (1) 15 (1) 1990–1993 John Little 1 (0) 2 (0) 1981 David Mitchell 29 (11) 44 (15) 1981–1993 Ray Lloyd 5 (0) 7 (0) 1967–1969 William Mitchell 3 (0) 3 (0) 1923 8 (0) 13 (0) 1992–1998 Craig Moore 52 (3) 54 (3) 1995–2010 3 (0) 13 (0) 1951–1964 Aaron Mooy 34 (5) 34 (5) 2012–2018 8 (2) 28 (13) 1955–1959 Bill Morgan 1 (0) 9 (0) 1933–1941 James Love 1 (0) 2 (0) 1923 45 (29) 49 (29) 1992–2002

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 93 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY APPEARANCES (GOALS) CAREER SPAN 6 (0) 7 (0) 1999–2008 A games All games All games Dimitri Petratos 2 (0) 2 (0) 2018 5 (2) 25 (18) 1956–1967 2 (1) 2 (1) 2001–2006 Danny Moulis 1 (1) 4 (3) 1980 4 (0) 11 (0) 1955–1959 Nik Mrdja 1 (0) 1 (0) 2007 Josip Picioane 1 (0) 3 (0) 1978–1979 Mildo Mueller 1 (0) 1 (0) 1955 Ralph Piercy 2 (0) 5 (0) 1955–1957 Jim Muir 5 (0) 6 (0) 1980 28 (2) 37 (2) 1988–1996 Daniel Mullen 1 (0) 1 (0) 2009 6 (0) 6 (0) 2002–2009 Kevin Mullen 3 (0) 8 (0) 1976–1980 Tony Popovic 58 (8) 61 (9) 1994–2006 Agenor Muniz 20 (1) 41 (2) 1975–1979 4 (5) 4 (5) 2002 Harry Murdoch 2 (0) 14 (0) 1957–1958 Ange Postecoglou 4 (0) 4 (0) 1986–1988 Bill Murphy 2 (1) 5 (4) 1954–1955 Billy Price 3 (6) 12 (15) 1933–1937 Ken Murphy 15 (1) 40 (2) 1983–1986 Ivo Prskalo 14 (1) 27 (1) 1979–1980 18 (3) 20 (3) 1992–2001 Con Purser 1 (0) 2 (0) 1955–1957 Bert Murray 1 (0) 11 (1) 1925–1937 Alf Quill 2 (2) 8 (8) 1933–1941 Robert Murray 2 (0) 2 (0) 1947 George Raitt 1 (0) 3 (0) 1924–1925 46 (10) 51 (10) 1993–2006 Fred Ramsay 1 (0) 2 (0) 1924 Andrew Nabbout 4 (1) 4 (1) 2018 Peter Raskopoulos 14 (0) 35 (2) 1980–1989 Lucas Neill 96 (1) 96 (1) 1996–2013 21 (1) 49 (3) 1982–1986 Cyril Nichols 2 (0) 8 (1) 1950 Paul Reid 2 (0) 2 (0) 2009 5 (0) 5 (0) 2009–2014 Jack Reilly 15 (0) 35 (0) 1970–1977 Alan Niven 8 (0) 8 (0) 1981–1983 Billy Rice 5 (0) 7 (0) 1965–1969 41 (0) 41 (0) 2002–2013 Harry Rice 1 (0) 1 (0) 1954 Eric Nunn 1 (0) 1 (0) 1924 Ray Richards 31 (5) 60 (10) 1967–1975 Gordon Nunn 11 (7) 52 (56) 1948–1958 Joshua Risdon 8 (0) 8 (0) 2015–2018 George Nuttall 1 (0) 4 (0) 1965–1967 Mendo Ristovski 2 (0) 2 (0) 1976–1978 Bogdan Nyskohus 3 (0) 5 (0) 1972 Nick Rizzo 1 (0) 1 (0) 1998 John Nyskohus 25 (1) 48 (3) 1975–1980 John Roberts 1 (0) 4 (0) 1965 Charlie O`Connor 3 (0) 41 (1) 1925–1933 Harry Robertson 9 (2) 36 (12) 1949–1957 Phil O`Connor 21 (5) 35 (6) 1976–1984 Mark Robertson 1 (0) 1 (0) 2001 Steve O`Connor 15 (0) 42 (3) 1979–1985 Sid Robinson 2 (0) 4 (0) 1923–1925 Kevin O`Neill 12 (0) 57 (1) 1949–1959 Jim Robison 1 (0) 6 (0) 1923–1925 John O`Shea 2 (0) 17 (0) 1978–1984 John Roche 4 (0) 11 (0) 1970 Tommy Oar 28 (2) 28 (2) 2010–2015 George Roe 1 (0) 2 (0) 1923–1924 Zarko Odzakov 13 (3) 20 (4) 1985–1987 Bill Rogers 2 (0) 4 (0) 1972–1981 Sasa Ognenovski 22 (1) 22 (1) 2010–2013 Tomas Rogic 37 (7) 38 (7) 2012–2018 28 (0) 37 (1) 1990–2003 Roger Romanowicz 6 (0) 10 (0) 1967–1972 Tommy Oliver 4 (0) 8 (0) 1923–1924 Jimmy Rooney 57 (3) 102 (7) 1971–1980 14 (2) 18 (2) 1987–1989 Billy Rorke 8 (0) 9 (0) 1965–1967 Peter Ollerton 31 (15) 56 (20) 1974–1977 Aku Roth 1 (0) 1 (0) 1938 Jeff Olver 37 (0) 51 (0) 1984–1989 Nikita Rukavytsya 18 (1) 18 (1) 2009–2018 Johnny Orr 1 (0) 7 (2) 1923–1927 Norm Rule 1 (0) 11 (0) 1958–1959 Jimmy Osborne 7 (0) 24 (2) 1933–1941 John Russell 1 (0) 4 (0) 1975 William Owen 3 (0) 4 (0) 1923–1927 Willie Rutherford 6 (1) 6 (1) 1969 Erik Paartalu 2 (0) 2 (0) 2013 Mathew Ryan 44 (0) 44 (0) 2012–2018 Bill Paddock 1 (0) 1 (0) 1955 4 (0) 6 (0) 1990–1998 Connor Pain 1 (0) 1 (0) 2013 Trent Sainsbury 35 (3) 35 (3) 2014–2018 Joe Palatsides 1 (0) 1 (0) 1988 Cliff Sander 8 (0) 21 (1) 1950–1959 Jock Parkes 6 (0) 12 (0) 1933–1939 George Sanders 4 (2) 21 (4) 1949–1950 Tom Parry 1 (0) 2 (0) 1937–1938 Frank Sands 1 (0) 2 (0) 1953–1954 7 (15) 26 (49) 1948–1951 Kristian Sarkies 2 (0) 3 (0) 2006–2008 Jim Patikas 10 (2) 27 (4) 1981–1988 Adam Sarota 3 (0) 3 (0) 2011–2012 Jamie Paton 2 (0) 4 (0) 1980 Wally Savor 23 (0) 38 (0) 1984–1989 Jim Pearson 5 (1) 8 (1) 1965 Manfred Schaefer 49 (0) 73 (1) 1967–1974 Johnny Peebles 1 (0) 1 (0) 1923 Les Scheinflug 6 (4) 12 (4) 1959–1968 3 (0) 9 (0) 1969–1970 Mark Schwarzer 109 (0) 110 (0) 1993–2013 Steve Perry 13 (0) 25 (0) 1978–1981 Theo Selemidis 7 (1) 17 (1) 1980–1984 Phil Peters 1 (0) 1 (0) 1955 Joe Senkalski 2 (0) 2 (0) 1978–1980 32 (1) 50 (3) 1985–1992 Peter Sharne 23 (8) 40 (10) 1977–1981 Eric Petie 1 (0) 1 (0) 1938 Vic Sharp 2 (0) 4 (0) 1936 Jason Petkovic 15 (0) 16 (0) 1995–2002 Clarence Shenton 3 (0) 11 (0) 1922

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 94 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY APPEARANCES (GOALS) CAREER SPAN Cliff Van Blerk 2 (0) 3 (0) 1965–1967 A games All games All games Jason Van Blerk 27 (1) 33 (1) 1990–2000 Nigel Shepherd 9 (0) 12 (0) 1965–1967 Gary Van Egmond 9 (0) 15 (0) 1988–1990 Henry Sherringham 2 (0) 3 (0) 1924–1925 Rodrigo Vargas 2 (0) 2 (0) 2009 Matt Simon 2 (0) 2 (0) 2009 18 (7) 23 (9) 1992–2000 51 (9) 53 (9) 1997–2007 Lou Vella 2 (0) 10 (3) 1957–1958 28 (1) 37 (1) 1984–1997 44 (17) 53 (18) 1988–2001 Geoff Sleight 2 (0) 2 (0) 1965 76 (3) 91 (3) 1991–2006 George Slifkas 1 (0) 1 (0) 1993 Dario Vidosic 23 (2) 24 (2) 2009–2014 Brad Smith 19 (0) 19 (0) 2014–2017 Mark Viduka 43 (11) 45 (11) 1994–2007 Frank Smith 2 (0) 3 (0) 1933 6 (0) 6 (0) 2004–2005 George Smith 6 (16) 26 (66) 1933–1939 Charlie Villani 1 (0) 5 (0) 1987 Jack Smith 1 (0) 4 (0) 1950 Brian Vogler 3 (2) 13 (9) 1956–1959 Matt Smith 3 (0) 3 (0) 2012 Billy Vojtek 30 (6) 44 (13) 1967–1973 Ted Smith 2 (0) 2 (0) 1956 Danny Vukovic 1 (0) 1 (0) 2018 Marshall Soper 5 (0) 29 (4) 1983–1986 84 (10) 115 (11) 1985–1996 1 (0) 3 (1) 1980–1981 Danny Walsh 7 (0) 8 (0) 1966–1969 Warren Spink 30 (6) 38 (9) 1988–1997 Dave Ward 6 (1) 13 (5) 1922–1924 Matthew Spiranovic 35 (0) 35 (0) 2008–2017 Alwyn Warren 4 (0) 9 (0) 1955–1958 8 (2) 8 (2) 1995–1998 Johnny Warren 42 (6) 62 (10) 1965–1974 Harry Spurway 4 (0) 12 (0) 1923–1927 John Watkiss 23 (2) 31 (4) 1965–1974 Tony Spyridakos 2 (0) 5 (0) 1990 17 (2) 41 (2) 1979–1986 Shane Stefanutto 3 (0) 3 (0) 2007–2009 Kasey Wehrman 12 (0) 14 (0) 1998–2006 Mile Sterjovski 43 (8) 43 (8) 2000–2010 Bob Wemyss 2 (0) 14 (0) 1957–1959 John Stevenson 1 (0) 2 (0) 1978–1979 Doug Wendt 1 (0) 5 (0) 1953–1955 Charlie Stewart 5 (3) 12 (4) 1947–1957 Alan Westwater 14 (2) 16 (3) 1967–1968 Darren Stewart 3 (0) 4 (0) 1992 Robert Wheatley 5 (0) 9 (0) 1981–1990 Pete Stone 1 (0) 3 (0) 1956–1959 Alf White 1 (0) 10 (10) 1936–1947 Peter Stone 11 (0) 16 (0) 1976–1978 Jack White 3 (0) 3 (0) 1923–1924 Gilbert Storey 5 (0) 12 (0) 1923–1925 Harold Whitelaw 1 (0) 2 (0) 1937–1938 Les Suchanek 1 (0) 2 (0) 1954 Malcolm Wild 2 (0) 14 (1) 1950–1955 Aleksandar Susnjar 1 (0) 1 (0) 2018 Gary Wilkins 2 (0) 4 (0) 1967 Adam Taggart 7 (3) 8 (4) 2012–2014 Alex Wilkinson 16 (0) 16 (0) 2014–2015 Mark Talajic 1 (0) 1 (0) 1992 Jim Wilkinson 7 (3) 27 (15) 1933–1941 Kimon Taliadoros 4 (0) 9 (2) 1990–1993 Luke Wilkshire 80 (8) 81 (8) 2004–2014 20 (0) 44 (0) 1975–1981 Cecil Williams 2 (0) 3 (0) 1924 Ernie Tapai 37 (6) 52 (6) 1986–1998 David Williams 2 (0) 2 (0) 2008–2010 David Tarka 2 (0) 2 (0) 2004 Harry Williams 20 (0) 43 (1) 1970–1977 1 (0) 1 (0) 1933 Rhys Williams 14 (0) 14 (0) 2009–2013 Tom Tennant 1 (0) 1 (0) 1933 Bill Wilson 8 (0) 25 (0) 1947–1955 Sid Thomas 2 (0) 8 (2) 1955 Lindsay Wilson 2 (0) 2 (0) 2001 54 (28) 55 (28) 2001–2013 Peter Wilson 65 (3) 117 (3) 1970–1979 Matt Thompson 4 (0) 4 (0) 2009–2010 Greg Woodhouse 11 (0) 24 (0) 1979–1981 Tom Thompson 8 (0) 42 (23) 1922–1928 Brett Woods 1 (0) 2 (0) 1981 13 (0) 13 (0) 2005–2013 Bailey Wright 22 (1) 23 (1) 2014–2018 Danny Tiatto 23 (1) 27 (1) 1995–2005 Max Wynn 6 (0) 9 (1) 1938–1947 87 (2) 113 (3) 1988–1999 Dennis Yaager 2 (0) 11 (0) 1970 Dave Todd 6 (1) 6 (1) 1965 49 (7) 86 (11) 1983–1990 Max Tolson 16 (4) 19 (4) 1971–1974 Bob Young 6 (0) 24 (1) 1950–1957 Nikolai Topor–Stanley 4 (0) 4 (0) 2008–2014 John Yzendoorn 13 (1) 18 (1) 1979–1981 Kris Trajanovski 16 (10) 16 (10) 1996–1998 Robert Zabica 27 (0) 42 (0) 1990–1994 Robert Trajkovski 3 (0) 3 (0) 1997–1998 Ruben Zadkovich 3 (0) 3 (0) 2008–2013 Howard Tredinnick 1 (0) 2 (0) 1981 Clayton Zane 14 (6) 16 (6) 1999–2001 Peter Tredinnick 3 (0) 6 (0) 1979–1983 30 (20) 30 (20) 1997–2005 39 (14) 46 (16) 1988–2002 33 (3) 40 (5) 1991–1999 James Troisi 37 (5) 38 (5) 2008–2018 David Zeman 3 (0) 3 (0) 1969 Bryan Turner 1 (0) 1 (0) 1971 Andrew Zinni 10 (3) 17 (6) 1986–1991 Doug Utjesenovic 36 (2) 62 (2) 1972–1976 10 (0) 10 (0) 2009–2013 Ken Vairy 1 (1) 1 (1) 1955 At 14 June 2018 Carl Valeri 52 (1) 52 (1) 2007–2014 Statistics exclude games played against domestic opposition (eg. state Mike Valkanis 1 (0) 1 (0) 2006 teams) and training games. Dick Van Alphen 9 (0) 10 (0) 1967–1968 List includes players who played A international games only. OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 95 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY CAPTAINS players who commenced at least one A international match as captain # Captain First starting captaincy Total 1 Alex Gibb 17-06-22 v New Zealand (in Dunedin) 6 2 Judy Masters 07-06-24 v Canada (Brisbane) 5 3 Bill Maunder 28-06-24 v Canada (Newcastle) 1 4 George Smith 05-06-33 v New Zealand (Brisbane) 3 5 Alec Cameron 04-07-36 v New Zealand (Dunedin) 3 6 Bill Coolahan 03-09-38 v India (Sydney) 3 7 Jack Evans 10-09-38 v India (Brisbane) 1 8 James Osborne 24-09-38 v India (Sydney) 1 9 Alec Heaney 10-05-47 v South Africa (Sydney) 2 10 Reg Date 24-05-47 v South Africa (Brisbane) 3 11 Cec Drummond 14-08-48 v New Zealand (Wellington) 4 12 Bob Lawrie 14-06-50 v Zimbabwe (Salisbury) 6 13 Tom Jack 14-08-54 v New Zealand (Melbourne) 2 14 Kevin O'Neill 28-08-54 v New Zealand (Brisbane) 3 15 Joe Marston 03-09-55 v South Africa (Brisbane) 4 16 Bob Bignall 24-09-55 v South Africa (Sydney) 4 17 Les Scheinflug 21-11-65 v Korea DPR (Phnom Penh) 3 18 Pat Hughes 26-11-65 v Cambodia (Phnom Penh) 7 19 Johnny Warren 05-11-67 v New Zealand (Guangzhou) 24 20 Stan Ackerley 31-03-68 v Japan (Melbourne) 3 21 Peter Wilson 11-11-71 v Israel (Brisbane) 61 22 Jimmy Rooney 24-10-76 v Hong Kong (Hong Kong) 9 23 Gary Marocchi 11-06-78 v Greece (Melbourne) 2 24 Murray Barnes 18-06-78 v Greece (Sydney) 9 25 Eddie Krncevic 26-02-80 v Papua New Guinea (Noumea) 1 26 Tony Henderson 11-06-80 v Northern Ireland (Sydney) 5 27 Peter Raskopoulos 30-08-81 v Indonesia (Jakarta) 2 28 John Kosmina 06-10-82 v Thailand (Singapore) 25 29 David Ratcliffe 23-10-85 v Chinese Taipei (Adelaide) 1 30 Joe Watson 10-08-86 v Czechoslovakia (Sydney) 1 31 Charlie Yankos 25-10-86 v New Zealand (Auckland) 30 32 Alan Davidson 12-10-88 v New Zealand (Dunedin) 1 33 Paul Wade 25-08-90 v Indonesia (Jakarta) 46 34 Graham Arnold 06-06-93 v New Zealand (Melbourne) 5 35 Alex Tobin 11-02-95 v Colombia (Sydney) 30 36 Frank Farina 18-06-95 v Ghana (Sydney) 1 37 Aurelio Vidmar 21-06-95 v Ghana (Adelaide) 7 38 Paul Okon 09-10-96 v Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) 24 39 Milan Ivanovic 15-02-98 v Japan (Adelaide) 1 40 Craig Foster 15-02-00 v Bulgaria (Valparaiso) 1 41 Zeljko Kalac 04-10-00 v Kuwait (Dubai) 2 42 Kevin Muscat 09-04-01 v Tonga (Coffs Harbour) 5 43 Tony Vidmar 09-06-01 v Brazil (Seoul) 6 44 Steve Horvat 15-08-01 v Japan (Shizouka) 5 45 Mehmet Durakovic 12-07-02 v Tahiti (Auckland) 1 46 Craig Moore 18-02-04 v Venezuela (Caracas) 13 47 Mark Schwarzer 21-05-04 v Turkey (Sydney) 10 48 Josip Skoko 06-06-04 v Solomon Islands (Adelaide) 3 49 Mark Viduka 03-08-05 v Solomon Islands (Sydney) 17 50 Lucas Neill 07-10-06 v Paraguay (Brisbane) 61 51 Vince Grella 14-11-06 v Ghana (London) 1 52 Brett Emerton 06-02-07 v Denmark (London) 5 53 Harry Kewell 22-03-08 v Singapore (Singapore) 6 54 Jason Culina 03-03-10 v Indonesia (Brisbane) 1 55 Matt McKay 07-12-12 v Guam (Hong Kong) 2 56 Mark Milligan 20-07-13 v Korea Republic (Seoul) 10 57 Mile Jedinak 05-03-14 v Ecuador (London) 33 58 Tim Cahill 26-05-14 v South Africa (Sydney) 9 59 Trent Sainsbury 01-06-18 v Czech Republic (St Polten) 2 Starting captains only. At 14 June 2018. OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 96 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY PLAYER RECORDS TOP TEN APPEARANCES – A internationals TOP TEN APPEARANCES – all internationals 109 Mark Schwarzer (1993–2013) 117 Peter Wilson (1970–1979) 106 Tim Cahill (2004–2018) 115 Paul Wade (1985–1996) 96 Lucas Neill (1996–2013) 113 Alex Tobin (1988–1999) 95 Brett Emerton (1998–2012) 110 Mark Schwarzer (1993–2013) 87 Alex Tobin (1988–1998) 107 Tim Cahill (2004–2018) 84 Mark Bresciano (2001–2015) 102 Jimmy Rooney (1971–1980) 84 Paul Wade (1986–1996) 100 Brett Emerton (1998–2012) 80 Luke Wilkshire (2004–2014) 100 John Kosmina (1976–1988) 76 Tony Vidmar (1991–2006) 96 Lucas Neill (1996–2013) 75 Mile Jedinak (2008–2018) 91 Tony Vidmar (1991–2006)

TOP TEN GOALSCORERS – A internationals TOP TEN GOALSCORERS – all internationals 50 Tim Cahill (2004–2016) 66 George Smith (1933–1939) 29 Damian Mori (1992–2002) 56 Gordon Nunn (1948–1958) 28 Archie Thompson (2001–2012) 51 Tim Cahill (2004–2016) 27 John Aloisi (1997–2007) 49 Frank Parsons (1948–1951) 25 Attila Abonyi (1967–1977) 45 Alec Cameron (1927–1936) 25 John Kosmina (1977–1988) 42 John Kosmina (1976–1988) 20 Brett Emerton (1999–2012) 36 Attila Abonyi (1967–1977) 20 David Zdrilic (2000–2005) 34 Graham Arnold (1985–1997) 19 Graham Arnold (1985–1997) 29 John Aloisi (1997–2007) 18 Ray Baartz (1967–1974) 29 Damian Mori (1992–2002) 18 Mile Jedinak (2011–2017)

TOP FIVE CLEAN SHEETS – A internationals TOP FIVE CLEAN SHEETS – all internationals 44 Mark Schwarzer (1994–2013) 44 Mark Schwarzer (1994–2013) 24 Zeljko Kalac (1994–2006) 24 Zeljko Kalac (1994–2006) 13 Jeff Olver (1985–1988) 17 Jeff Olver (1984–1988) 13 Mathew Ryan (2012–2018) 17 Robert Zabica (1990–1993) 12 Robert Zabica (1990–1993) 13 Mathew Ryan (2012–2018) A clean sheet is attained when a goalkeeper plays an entire match without conceding a goal

MOST GOALS IN A MATCH 13 Archie Thompson 11-04-2001 v American Samoa (Coffs Harbour) W31-0 FIFA World Cup Qualifier 8 David Zdrilic 11-04-2001 v American Samoa (Coffs Harbour) W31-0 FIFA World Cup Qualifier 7 George Smith 29-07-1936 v Wairarapa (Masterton, NZ) W13-2 Friendly 7 Gary Cole 14-08-1981 v Fiji (Melbourne) W10-0 FIFA World Cup Qualifier 6 Frank Parsons 11-09-1948 v New Zealand (Auckland) W8-1 Friendly 6 John Aloisi 09-04-2001 v Tonga (Coffs Harbour) W22-0 FIFA World Cup Qualifier

Statistics at 14 June 2018

A internationals are matches played between FIFA-affiliated nations with no major restriction (eg. age) affecting either team’s player selection. All internationals include matches against other international opposition eg. club teams, age-restricted national teams, and national teams not affiliated with FIFA at the time.

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 97 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY PLAYER RECORDS LONGEST CAREERS Span First game Last game 20y 038d Mark Schwarzer 31-07-1993 v Canada (in Edmonton) L1-2 07-09-2013 v Brazil (Brasilia) L0-6 17y 041d Lucas Neill 09-10-1996 v Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) D0-0 19-11-2013 v Costa Rica (Sydney) W1-0 16y 046d Harry Kewell 23-04-1996 v Chile (Antofagasta) L0-3 08-06-2012 v Oman (Muscat) D0-0 15y 243d Tony Vidmar 06-02-1991 v Czechoslovakia (Sydney) L0-2 07-10-2006 v Paraguay (Brisbane) D1-1 14y 363d Craig Moore 21-06-1995 v Ghana (Adelaide) W1-0 19-06-2010 v Ghana (Rustenburg) D1-1 14y 305d Brett Emerton 07-02-1998 v Chile (Melbourne) L0-1 09-12-2012 v Chinese Taipei (Hong Kong) W8-0 14y 071d Tim Cahill 30-03-2004 v South Africa (London) W1-0 09-06-2018 v Hungary (Budapest) W2-1 14y 057d Zeljko Kalac 11-08-1992 v Malaysia (Jakarta) L0-1 07-10-2006 v Paraguay (Brisbane) D1-1 13y 235d Mark Bresciano 01-06-2001 v France (Daegu) W1-0 22-01-2015 v China (Brisbane) W2-0 13y 221d Paul Trimboli 03-12-1988 v Fiji (Newcastle) W5-1 12-07-2002 v Tahiti (Auckland) W2-1 YOUNGEST PLAYERS – A internationals 17y 139d Duncan Cummings 06-08-1975 v China (Melbourne) W1-0 17y 182d George Christopoulos 11-06-1978 v Greece (Melbourne) L1-2 17y 214d Harry Kewell 23-04-1996 v Chile (Antofagasta) L0-3 17y 284d Paul Kay 26-02-1980 v Papua New Guinea (Noumea) W11-2 17y 316d Jim Patikas 30-08-1981 v Indonesia (Jakarta) L0-1 Duncan Cummings was 17 years and 86 days old when he played in a non-A international game for Australia against Myanmar in Jakarta on 14 June 1975 (L1-2), Australia's youngest player in all internationals OLDEST PLAYERS – A internationals 40y 336d Mark Schwarzer 07-09-2013 v Brazil (Brasilia) L0-6 38y 185d Tim Cahill 09-06-2018 v Hungary (Budapest) W2-1 37y 056d Milan Ivanovic 15-02-1998 v Japan (Adelaide) L0-3 36y 274d Mehmet Durakovic 14-07-2002 v New Zealand (Auckland) L0-1 36y 095d Tony Vidmar 07-10-2006 v Paraguay (Brisbane) D1-1 Andy Herd was 44 years and 302 days old when he played his one and only non-A international game for Australia against South Africa in Adelaide on 26 April 1947 (L2-3), Australia's oldest player in all internationals

OLDEST DEBUTANTS – A internationals since 1963 33y 000d Danny Vukovic 27-03-2018 v Colombia (London) D0-0 32y 032d Dean Anastasiadis 08-07-2002 v New Caledonia (Auckland) W11-0 31y 358d Mike Valkanis 16-08-2006 v Kuwait (Sydney) W2-0 31y 329d Ivo Prskalo 27-11-1979 v Chinese Taipei (Taipei City) W2-0 31y 283d Bill Rogers 25-04-1981 v New Zealand (Auckland) D3-3

YOUNGEST GOALSCORERS – A internationals 17y 139d Duncan Cummings 06-08-1975 v China (Melbourne) W1-0 18y 166d Ian Johnston 08-12-1965 v Malaysia (Ipoh) W3-0 18y 200d Ian Hunter 26-02-1980 v Papua New Guinea (Noumea) W11-2 19y 061d Harry Kewell 22-11-1997 v Iran (Tehran) D1-1 19y 062d David Mitchell 14-08-1981 v Fiji (Melbourne) W10-0 OLDEST GOALSCORERS – A internationals 37y 308d Tim Cahill 10-10-2017 v Syria (Sydney) W2-1 36y 272d Mehmet Durakovic 12-07-2002 v Tahiti (Auckland) W2-1 36y 114d Tim Cahill 29-03-2016 v Jordan (Sydney) W5-1 35y 094d Lucas Neill 11-06-2013 v Jordan (Melbourne) W4-0 34y 100d Tony Vidmar 12-10-2004 v Solomon Islands (Sydney) W6-0 At 14 June 2018

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 98 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY In 2006, Football Federation Australia established a formal ‘Caps’ system for the men’s national team, whereby each player who takes part in an official A international match for Australia is awarded a numbered Cap, based generally on chronological order of first appearance.

Cap Player Debut A international 56 J Parkes " 1 A Gibb 17-06-22 v New Zealand 57 G Smith " 2 G Cartwright " 58 I Davidson 17-06-33 v New Zealand 3 D Cumberford " 59 J Hughes " 4 J Cumberford " 60 F Smith " 5 W Dane " 61 T Tennant " 6 P Doyle " 62 B Edwards 24-06-33 v New Zealand 7 A Fisher " 63 F Laidlaw " 8 B Maunder " 64 J Osborne " 9 C Shenton " 65 J Taylor " 10 T Thompson " 66 R Bryant 04-07-36 v New Zealand 11 D Ward " 67 A Forrest " 12 W Bratten 24-06-22 v New Zealand 68 J Harden " 13 G Brown " 69 B Price " 14 M Burton 09-06-23 v New Zealand 70 V Sharp " 15 C Gedge " 71 J Wilkinson " 16 P Lennard " 72 B Coolahan 03-09-38 v India 17 J Love " 73 A Henwood " 18 W Mitchell " 74 A Quill " 19 S Robinson " 75 M Wynn " 20 J White " 76 C Brittain 10-09-38 v India 21 J Gilmour 16-06-23 v New Zealand 77 L Gibb " 22 J Peebles " 78 F Kitching " 23 R Austin 30-06-23 v New Zealand 79 T Parry " 24 J Masters " 80 E Petie " 25 W Owen " 81 H Whitelaw 17-09-38 v India 26 G Storey " 82 A Mascord 24-09-38 v India 27 J Edwards 07-06-24 v Canada 83 I Evans 01-10-38 v India 28 F Gallen " 84 A Mackey " 29 A Henderson " 85 F McIver " 30 F Millier-Smith " 86 B Morgan " 31 E Nunn " 87 A Roth " 32 T Oliver " 88 A White " 33 H Sherringham " 89 N Conquest 10-05-47 v South Africa 34 S Bourke 14-06-24 v Canada 90 D Coote " 35 W Faulkner " 91 J Cunningham " 36 J Robison " 92 R Date " 37 H Spurway " 93 T Drain " 38 C Leabeater 23-06-24 v Canada 94 C Drummond " 39 R McNaughton " 95 A Heaney " 40 H Maunder 28-06-24 v Canada 96 R Marshall " 41 G Roe " 97 J Marston " 42 C Williams " 98 C Stewart " 43 G Bristow 12-07-24 v Canada 99 R Hughes 24-05-47 v South Africa 44 J Orr " 100 B Wilson " 45 G Raitt " 101 E Kemp 31-05-47 v South Africa 46 F Ramsay " 102 R Murray 07-06-47 v South Africa 47 A Lambert 26-07-24 v Canada 103 J Hodge 14-08-48 v New Zealand 48 A Cameron 05-06-33 v New Zealand 104 K Hough " 49 R Crowhurst " 105 A Johns " 50 J Donaldson " 106 B Lawrie " 51 J Evans " 107 F Parsons " 52 E Gorring " 108 A Drennan 28-08-48 v New Zealand 53 J McNabb " 109 A Duncan 04-09-48 v New Zealand 54 B Murray " 110 G Nunn " 55 C O'Connor "

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 99 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY Cap Player Debut A international 169 J Roberts 21-11-65 v Korea DPR 111 E Hulme 14-06-50 v Zimbabwe 170 L Scheinflug " 112 T Jack " 171 N Shepherd " 113 K O'Neill " 172 G Sleight " 114 H Robertson " 173 D Todd " 115 G Sanders " 174 J Watkiss " 116 J Smith " 175 R Blitz 24-11-65 v Korea DPR 117 B Young " 176 B Cook " 118 C Nichols 17-06-50 v Zimbabwe 177 S Herczeg " 119 R Adair 14-08-54 v New Zealand 178 J Pearson " 120 D Bone " 179 B Rorke " 121 L Hearne " 180 R Giles 26-11-65 v Cambodia 122 J Mather " 181 I Johnston " 123 H Rice " 182 H McMeechan " 124 F Sands " 183 J Warren " 125 L Suchanek " 184 R Baartz 28-05-67 v Scotland 126 M Wild " 185 P Fuzes " 127 B Bignall 28-08-54 v New Zealand 186 A Marnoch " 128 B Henderson " 187 G Nuttall " 129 J Lennard " 188 A Westwater " 130 C Sander " 189 J Giacometti " 131 B Murphy 04-09-54 v New Zealand 190 C Van Blerk 31-05-67 v Scotland 132 C Higgins 03-09-55 v South Africa 191 A Abonyi 04-06-67 v Scotland 133 C Kitching " 192 G Keith 05-11-67 v New Zealand 134 F Loughran " 193 T McColl " 135 C Almond 10-09-55 v South Africa 194 F Micic " 136 K Learmonth " 195 R Romanowicz " 137 R Piercy " 196 D Van Alphen " 138 S Thomas " 197 B Vojtek " 139 A McCartney " 198 M Schaefer " 140 A DePaoli 17-09-55 v South Africa 199 R Richards " 141 B Mahoney " 200 R Corry 11-11-67 v Singapore 142 C Purser " 201 G Wilkins " 143 R Burns 24-09-55 v South Africa 202 T De Lyster 17-11-67 v Indonesia 144 R Lord " 203 R Lloyd 21-11-67 v Singapore 145 M Mueller " 204 R Kelly 04-04-68 v Japan 146 P Peters " 205 A Alston 20-07-69 v Greece 206 D Walsh " 147 D Wendt " 207 J Perin 10-10-69 v Japan 148 A Garside 01-10-55 v South Africa 208 G Manuel " 149 B Paddock " 209 D Zeman 20-10-69 v Korea Republic 150 J Pettigrew " 210 W Rutherford " 151 K Vairy " 211 G Blues 04-11-70 v Iran 152 A Warren " 212 M Denton " 153 G Arthur 27-11-56 v Japan 213 J Mackay " 154 G McMillan " 214 J Reilly " 155 B Morrow " 215 J Roche " 156 T Smith " 216 P Wilson " 157 P Stone 12-12-56 v India 217 D Yaager " 158 B Vogler " 218 C Curran " 159 J McCabe 16-08-58 v New Zealand 219 J Doyle 10-11-70 v Israel 160 H Murdoch " 220 S Irvine " 161 L Vella " 221 A Ainslie 11-11-71 v Israel 162 B Wemyss " 222 G Harris " 163 N Rule 23-08-58 v New Zealand 223 J Rooney " 164 S Ackerley 21-11-65 v Korea DPR 224 M Tolson " 165 J Anderson " 225 E Campbell 21-11-71 v Israel 166 A Blue " 226 B Turner " 167 P Hughes " 227 B Buljevic 07-10-72 v Indonesia 168 B Rice " 228 B Hogg "

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 100 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY Cap Player Debut A international 291 J Yzendoorn 09-02-80 v Czechoslovakia 229 J Armstrong 09-10-72 v New Zealand 292 A Davidson " 230 T Butler " 293 Y Banovic 26-02-80 v Papua New Guinea 231 J McDonald " 294 V Bozanic " 232 B Nyskohus " 295 S Hogg " 233 D Utjesenovic " 296 P Kay " 234 J Fraser 18-02-73 v Bulgaria 297 D Moulis " 235 P Ollerton 25-04-74 v Uruguay 298 I Hunter " 236 D Harding 27-04-74 v Uruguay 299 M Brusasco " 237 H Williams 21-05-74 v Indonesia 300 J Muir 31-05-80 v England 238 M Barnes 06-08-75 v China 301 T Selemidis " 239 C Bennett " 302 J Paton 05-12-80 v Hong Kong 240 T Clarke " 303 J Spanos 07-12-80 v Indonesia 241 R Colusso " 304 S Blair 25-04-81 v New Zealand 242 M Micevski " 305 B Rogers " 243 A Muniz " 306 P Katholos 20-05-81 v Indonesia 244 D Cummings " 307 D Mitchell 10-06-81 v Chinese Taipei 245 G Byrne " 308 R Wheatley " 246 R Ilott 16-11-75 v Soviet Union 309 A Niven 26-07-81 v Fiji 247 J Nyskohus " 310 G Ahearn 30-08-81 v Indonesia 248 R Gnavi 20-11-75 v Soviet Union 311 O Crino " 249 J Tansey 23-11-75 v Soviet Union 312 M Koussas " 250 J Russell 30-11-75 v Soviet Union 313 G Lee " 251 A Maher 03-12-75 v Soviet Union 314 J Patikas " 252 M Jankovics 29-02-76 v New Zealand 315 P Raskopoulos " 253 R Bell 11-08-76 v Hong Kong 316 B Woods " 254 J Davies " 317 J Little " 255 K Mullen " 318 H Tredinnick 06-09-81 v Chinese Taipei 256 P O'Connor " 319 D Ratcliffe 06-10-82 v Thailand 257 M Ristovski " 320 C Egan " 258 P Stone " 321 M Soper 22-02-83 v New Zealand 259 J Kosmina 18-08-76 v Hong Kong 322 J Cant 12-06-83 v England 260 G Marocchi 20-10-76 v Indonesia 323 T Greedy " 261 P Sharne 14-08-77 v Iran 324 G Jennings " 262 D Jones 13-11-77 v Singapore 325 C Yankos " 263 G Cole 11-06-78 v Greece 326 K Murphy 15-06-83 v England 264 K Kalifatidis " 327 P Tredinnick 04-12-83 v China 265 P Laumets " 328 W Savor 03-11-84 v China 266 J Picioane " 329 F Farina " 267 J Stevenson " 330 I Gray " 268 G Christopoulos " 331 Z Odzakov 21-09-85 v New Zealand 269 S Kokoska " 332 R Dunn " 270 S Giampaolo 18-06-78 v Greece 333 J Olver 27-09-85 v China 271 S Iozzelli " 334 G Arnold 23-10-85 v Chinese Taipei 272 J O'Shea " 335 T McCulloch 27-10-85 v Chinese Taipei 273 S Perry " 336 A Postecoglou 03-08-86 v Czechoslovakia 274 J Senkalski " 337 P Wade " 275 J Karaspyros " 338 C Kalantzis " 276 G Meier " 339 S Maxwell 06-08-86 v Czechoslovakia 277 P Degney 13-06-79 v New Zealand 340 G McDowall " 278 T Henderson " 341 S Melta " 279 E Krncevic " 342 A Hunter " 280 S O'Connor " 343 A Zinni 25-10-86 v New Zealand 281 J Watson " 344 C Villani 09-06-87 v Morocco 282 G Woodhouse " 345 R Brown 02-09-87 v New Zealand 283 A Bertogna 27-11-79 v Chinese Taipei 346 S Ollerenshaw 15-11-87 v Chinese Taipei 284 K Boden " 347 J De Marigny " 285 T Cumming " 348 M Petersen 26-02-88 v Chinese Taipei 286 I Prskalo " 349 M Gibson 09-03-88 v Chinese Taipei 287 M Crook " 350 A Koczka " 288 J Coyne " 351 A Tobin " 289 P Boyle 27-01-80 v Czechoslovakia 352 V Bozinovski 07-07-88 v Brazil 290 J Campbell " 353 R Slater " OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 101 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY Cap Player Debut A international 415 H Kewell 23-04-96 v Chile 354 G van Egmond 20-09-88 v Brazil 416 G Kulcsar " 355 W Spink 12-10-88 v New Zealand 417 W Ardone " 356 J Palatsides 26-11-88 v Fiji 418 P Agostino " 357 J Polak 03-12-88 v Fiji 419 C Foster 14-09-96 v Ghana 358 P Trimboli " 420 K Trajanovski 21-09-96 v Kenya 359 G Haniotis " 421 L Neill 09-10-96 v Saudi Arabia 360 S Calderan 12-03-89 v New Zealand 422 L Kindtner " 361 A Bernal 25-08-90 v Indonesia 423 R Enes 26-10-96 v Tahiti 362 M Durakovic " 424 M Babic 18-01-97 v New Zealand 363 T Spyridakos " 425 D Zdrilic " 364 K Taliadoros " 426 L Casserly " 365 E Tapai " 427 R Trajkovski 22-01-97 v Korea Republic 366 R Zabica " 428 J Aloisi 12-03-97 v Makedonia 367 J Van Blerk " 429 J Skoko " 368 T Krslovic " 430 P Bilokapic 07-02-98 v Chile 369 B Milosevic 06-09-90 v Korea Republic 431 F De Amicis " 370 R Hooker 09-09-90 v Korea Republic 432 T Halpin " 371 A Edwards 30-01-91 v Czechoslovakia 433 B Emerton " 372 M Ivanovic " 434 N Rizzo 06-06-98 v Croatia 373 A Vidmar " 435 A Ceccoli 25-09-98 v Fiji 374 D Lowe 06-02-91 v Czechoslovakia 436 S Colosimo " 375 N Zelic " 437 B Maloney " 376 T Vidmar " 438 K Wehrman " 377 P Okon " 439 S Chipperfield " 378 G Brown 12-05-91 v New Zealand 440 G Gwynne 28-09-98 v Cook Islands 379 A Callanan " 441 H Foxe 06-11-98 v United States 380 A Marth " 442 R Bove " 381 A Genc " 443 S Murphy 09-02-00 v Chile 382 M Blagojevic 14-06-91 v Korea Republic 444 S Laybutt " 383 J Filan 21-06-92 v Uruguay 445 P Cardozo 12-02-00 v Slovakia 384 D Stewart 08-07-92 v Croatia 446 M Horsley 15-02-00 v Bulgaria 385 M Grbevski " 447 C Zane 29-03-00 v Czech Republic 386 Z Kalac 11-08-92 v Malaysia 448 R Johnson " 387 A Saad " 449 C Bolton 12-06-00 v Paraguay 388 T Franken 14-08-92 v Indonesia 450 M Curcija 04-10-00 v Kuwait 389 M Talajic " 451 S Lovell " 390 D Mori 04-09-92 v Solomon Islands 452 C Blatsis 07-10-00 v Korea Republic 391 C Veart " 453 M Sterjovski 15-11-00 v Scotland 392 G Hasler 11-09-92 v Tahiti 454 J Burns " 393 S Corica 15-04-93 v Kuwait 455 M Petkovic 28-02-01 v Colombia 394 S Lazaridis " 456 A Thompson " 395 M Bosnich 30-05-93 v New Zealand 457 S Miller " 396 D Longo " 458 A Costanzo " 397 M Schwarzer 31-07-93 v Canada 459 L Wilson 09-04-01 v Tonga 398 F Awaritefe 24-09-93 v Korea Republic 460 C Boutsianis " 399 M Bingley 26-09-93 v Korea Republic 461 M Bresciano 01-06-01 v France 400 G Slifkas " 462 M Robertson 15-08-01 v Japan 401 J Markovski 26-05-94 v France 463 S Petrovski " 402 M Viduka 08-06-94 v South Africa 464 P Kisnorbo 06-07-02 v Vanuatu 403 S Horvat 12-06-94 v South Africa 465 A Milicic " 404 R Aloisi 24-09-94 v Kuwait 466 J North " 405 G Mendez " 467 T Pondeljak " 406 K Muscat " 468 B Despotovski " 407 T Popovic 08-02-95 v Colombia 469 R Middleby " 408 D Tiatto " 470 D Anastasiadis 08-07-02 v New Caledonia 409 C Moore 21-06-95 v Ghana 471 A Juric " 410 J Spiteri 24-06-95 v Ghana 472 J Porter " 411 F Juric 10-11-95 v New Zealand 473 V Grella 12-02-03 v England 412 S Cranney " 474 A Elrich 18-02-04 v Venezuela 413 J Petkovic 15-11-95 v New Zealand 475 N Carle " 414 G Lozanovski 10-02-96 v Japan 476 T Cahill 30-03-04 v South Africa

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 102 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY Cap Player Debut A international 537 S Cole 03-03-10 v Indonesia 477 M Vieri 21-05-04 v Turkey 538 T Oar " 478 A Madaschi 29-05-04 v New Zealand 539 A Federici 24-05-10 v New Zealand 479 A Brosque 02-06-04 v Fiji 540 S Ognenovski 17-11-10 v Egypt 480 D Tarka 04-06-04 v Vanuatu 541 N Coe 05-01-11 v United Arab Emirates 481 L Wilkshire 09-10-04 v Solomon Islands 542 R Kruse " 482 J McKain " 543 B McGrath 29-03-11 v Germany 483 J Culina 09-02-05 v South Africa 544 A Sarota 10-08-11 v Wales 484 L Milicevic 29-03-05 v Indonesia 545 J Davidson 15-08-12 v Scotland 485 M Thwaite 09-10-05 v Jamaica 546 R McGowan " 486 J Griffiths " 547 A Behich 14-11-12 v Korea Republic 487 M Beauchamp 22-02-06 v Bahrain 548 T Rogic " 488 A Covic " 549 E Babalj " 489 S McDonald " 550 M Leckie " 490 B Holman " 551 I Franjic 03-12-12 v Hong Kong 491 D Carney " 552 M Smith " 492 J Kennedy 07-06-06 v Liechtenstein 553 A Taggart " 493 N Kilkenny " 554 T Antonis " 494 M Milligan " 555 M Ryan 05-12-12 v Korea DPR 495 K Sarkies " 556 D Djulbic 07-12-12 v Guam 496 T Dodd 16-08-06 v Kuwait 557 M Marrone " 497 M Valkanis " 558 A Mooy " 498 M McKay " 559 M Duke 20-07-13 v Korea Republic 499 R Griffiths 06-09-06 v Kuwait 560 E Paartalu " 500 C Valeri 24-03-07 v China 561 T Juric " 501 S Stefanutto " 562 C Goodwin 25-07-13 v Japan 502 B Jones 02-06-07 v Uruguay 563 M Birighitti 28-07-13 v China 503 D Allsopp " 564 J Brillante " 504 N Burns 30-06-07 v Singapore 565 C Pain " 505 N Mrdja 11-09-07 v Argentina 566 M Langerak 11-10-13 v France 506 M Bridge 22-03-08 v Singapore 567 O Bozanic 15-10-13 v Canada 507 A Griffiths " 568 J Irvine " 508 J Holland " 569 C Good 05-03-14 v Ecuador 509 M Jedinak " 570 A Wilkinson " 510 N Topor-Stanley " 571 M Luongo " 511 J Troisi " 572 B Halloran 26-05-14 v South Africa 512 B Djite " 573 C Herd 05-09-14 v Belgium 513 A Leijer " 574 T Sainsbury " 514 L Broxham " 575 B Smith " 515 M Spiranovic 23-05-08 v Ghana 576 B Wright 08-09-14 v Saudi Arabia 516 C Coyne 07-06-08 v Iraq 577 B Ibini 10-10-14 v United Arab Emirates 517 R Zadkovich 22-06-08 v China 578 L De Vere 25-03-15 v Germany 518 D Williams " 579 T Elrich 30-03-15 v Macedonia 519 R Garcia 19-08-08 v South Africa 580 C Ikonomidis " 520 E Galekovic 29-01-09 v Indonesia 581 J Meredith 12-11-15 v Kyrgystan 521 D Heffernan " 582 J Risdon 17-11-15 v Bangladesh 522 S Jamieson " 583 A Giannou 24-03-16 v Tajikistan 523 P Reid " 584 J Maclaren 27-05-16 v England 524 M Thompson " 585 M Degenek " 525 R Vargas " 586 J Geria 04-06-16 v Greece 526 M Simon " 587 A Gersbach " 527 B Celeski " 588 M Amini 28-03-17 v United Arab Emirates 528 M Zullo " 589 A Hrustic 13-06-17 v Brazil 529 D Mullen 05-03-09 v Kuwait 590 D McGowan " 530 M Nichols " 591 M Jurman 05-10-17 v Syria 531 F Barbiero " 592 A Nabbout 23-03-18 v Norway 532 R Cornthwaite " 593 D Petratos " 533 R Williams 17-06-09 v Japan 594 A Susnjar " 534 D Vidosic " 595 D Vukovic 27-03-18 v Colombia 535 N Rukavytsya 12-08-09 v Ireland 596 D Arzani 01-06-18 v Czech Republic 536 M Kemp 06-01-10 v Kuwait At 14 June 2018

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 103 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY COACHES – national team coaches since Federation (1963) COACHING A INTERNATIONALS...... ALL INTERNATIONALS...... SPAN Games W D L Games W D L Graham Arnold 2006–2007 15 6 4 5 15 6 4 5 Frank Arok 1983–1990 48 22 14 12 89 41 22 26 2007 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2010 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1996–1999 7 5 1 1 10 6 1 3 Tony Boggi 1975 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 2 Frank Farina 1999–2005 58 34 9 15 60 34 10 16 Vic Fernandez 1992 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 2 Brian Green 1975–1976 8 2 3 3 9 2 4 3 1979–1981 18 3 7 8 36 14 10 12 2005–2006 12 7 2 3 13 8 2 3 Tiko Jelisavcic 1965 7 3 1 3 10 4 3 3 Jim Kelly 1964 . 2 0 0 2 John Margaritis 1985 . 2 2 0 0 Joe Marston 1966 . 1 0 1 0 Eddie McGeough 1965 . 1 0 0 1 2010–2013 44 23 10 11 44 23 10 11 Ange Postecoglou 2013–2017 49 22 12 15 50 23 12 15 Rale Rasic 1970–1974 33 16 10 7 57 27 17 13 Les Scheinflug 1974–1994 19 13 1 5 23 16 1 6 Jim Shoulder 1976–1978 26 11 7 8 47 16 10 21 1984–1996 55 23 12 20 84 34 21 29 Bert van Marwijk 2018 4 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 1997–1998 23 15 3 5 23 15 3 5 Joe Venglos 1967 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 2008–2010 33 18 9 6 33 18 9 6 Aurelio Vidmar 2013 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Joe Vlasits 1967–1970 23 13 7 3 27 17 7 3 Eric Worthington 1975 . 4 0 2 2 At 14 June 2018

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 104 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY LINE-UPS FOR RECENT GAMES – line-ups for all games played since the 2014 FIFA World Cup 2014 2015 2016

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Belgium Arabia Saudi UAE Qatar Japan Kuwait Oman RepKorea China UAE RepKorea Germany Macedonia Kyrgyzstan Bangladesh Tajikistan Jordan Kyrgyzstan Bangladesh Tajikistan Jordan England Greece Greece Aziz Behich  Oliver Bozanic  Mark Bresciano  Joshua Brillante  Nathan Burns  Tim Cahill  Jason Davidson  Milos Degenek  Luke DeVere  Tarek Elrich  Adam Federici  Ivan Franjic  Jason Geria  Alex Gersbach  Apostolos Giannou  Craig Goodwin  Ben Halloran  Chris Herd  James Holland  Bernie Ibini  Chris Ikonomidis  Jackson Irvine  Mile Jedinak  Tomi Juric  Robbie Kruse  Mitchell Langerak  Mathew Leckie  Massimo Luongo  Jamie Maclaren  Ryan McGowan  Matt McKay  James Meredith  Mark Milligan  Aaron Mooy  Mitch Nichols  Tommy Oar  Joshua Risdon  Tomas Rogic  Mathew Ryan  Trent Sainsbury  Brad Smith  Matthew Spiranovic  Nikolai Topor-Stanley  James Troisi  Carl Valeri  Alex Wilkinson  Bailey Wright  OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 105 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY LINE-UPS FOR RECENT GAMES – line-ups for all games played since the 2014 FIFA World Cup 2016 2017 2018

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Iraq UAE ArabiaSaudi Japan Thailand Iraq UAE ArabiaSaudi Brazil Germany Cameroon Chile Japan Thailand Syria Syria Honduras Honduras Norway Colombia CzechRepublic Hungary Mustafa Amini  Daniel Arzani  Aziz Behich  Nathan Burns  Tim Cahill  Milos Degenek  Alex Gersbach  Apostolos Giannou  Ajdin Hrustic  Jackson Irvine  Mile Jedinak  Brad Jones  Tomi Juric  Matthew Jurman  Robbie Kruse  Mitchell Langerak  Mathew Leckie  Massimo Luongo  Jamie Maclaren  Dylan McGowan  Ryan McGowan  Mark Milligan  Aaron Mooy  Andrew Nabbout  Dimitri Petratos  Joshua Risdon  Tomas Rogic  Nikita Rukavytsya  Mathew Ryan  Trent Sainsbury  Brad Smith  Matthew Spiranovic  Aleksandar Susnjar  James Troisi  Danny Vukovic  Bailey Wright 

 starting appearance.  substitute appearance. # = goals scored. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers shaded. * = AFC Asian Cup. ** = FIFA Confederations Cup. All other games friendlies. 2018 FIFA World Cup squad players bolded.

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 106 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY RECENT GAMES – final AFC qualifying group round and play-offs for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Australia finished first in its AFC Second Round group (played June 2015–March 2016) and qualified for AFC Third Round. AFC final group stage (Third Round) AUSTRALIA 2 (Massimo Luongo 58', Tomi Juric 65') IRAQ 0 (01-Sep-16, Perth) Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Aaron Mooy, Mark Milligan, Mile Jedinak, Massimo Luongo (Jackson Irvine 78'), Milos Degenek, Mathew Leckie (Apostolos Giannou 85'), Tom Rogic, Tomi Juric (Robbie Kruse 65'). UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0 AUSTRALIA 1 (Tim Cahill 75') (06-Sep-16, Abu Dhabi) Mathew Ryan, Matthew Spiranovic, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Ryan McGowan, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Mathew Leckie, Tom Rogic (Massimo Luongo 63'), Robbie Kruse (Nathan Burns 89'), Tomi Juric (Tim Cahill 70'). SAUDI ARABIA 2 AUSTRALIA 2 (Trent Sainsbury 45', Tomi Juric 71') (06-Oct-16, Jeddah) Mathew Ryan, Matthew Spiranovic, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Mile Jedinak, Mathew Leckie (Massimo Luongo 61'), Tom Rogic (Jackson Irvine 85'), Robbie Kruse, Tomi Juric (Tim Cahill 85'). AUSTRALIA 1 (Mile Jedinak 52'pen) JAPAN 1 (11-Oct-16, Melbourne) Mathew Ryan, Matthew Spiranovic, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Ryan McGowan, Mile Jedinak, Massimo Luongo, Apostolos Giannou (Robbie Kruse 59'), Aaron Mooy (Mathew Leckie 82'), Tom Rogic, Tomi Juric (Tim Cahill 69'). THAILAND 2 AUSTRALIA 2 (Mile Jedinak 8'pen, 65'pen) (15-Nov-16, Bangkok) Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Matthew Spiranovic (Jackson Irvine 78'), Aaron Mooy, Mile Jedinak, Milos Degenek, Mathew Leckie (Nathan Burns 59'), Tom Rogic, Robbie Kruse, Jamie Maclaren (Mark Milligan 59'). IRAQ 1 AUSTRALIA 1 (Mathew Leckie 40') (23-Mar-17, Tehran) Mitchell Langerak, Bailey Wright, Aaron Mooy, Mark Milligan, Mile Jedinak, Massimo Luongo, Jackson Irvine (James Troisi 82'), Milos Degenek, Mathew Leckie, Robbie Kruse (Brad Smith 62'), Tomi Juric (Tim Cahill 72'). AUSTRALIA 2 (Jackson Irvine 7', Mathew Leckie 78') UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0 (28-Mar-17, Sydney) Mathew Ryan, Bailey Wright, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Mark Milligan, Milos Degenek, Mile Jedinak (Mustafa Amini 89'), Jackson Irvine (Robbie Kruse 82'), Mathew Leckie, James Troisi, Tomi Juric (Tim Cahill 71'). AUSTRALIA 3 (Tomi Juric 7', 36', Tom Rogic 64') SAUDI ARABIA 2 (08-Jun-17, Adelaide) Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith (Aziz Behich 46'), Ryan McGowan, Aaron Mooy, Mile Jedinak, Mathew Leckie, Milos Degenek, Jackson Irvine (Robbie Kruse 63'), Tom Rogic, Tomi Juric (Massimo Luongo 85'). JAPAN 2 AUSTRALIA 0 (31-Aug-17, Saitama) Mathew Ryan, Matthew Spiranovic, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Massimo Luongo, Mathew Leckie, Mark Milligan, Jackson Irvine (Mustafa Amini 86'), Tom Rogic (Tim Cahill 70'), James Troisi (Tomi Juric 61'), Robbie Kruse. AUSTRALIA 2 (Tomi Juric 69', Mathew Leckie 86') THAILAND 1 (05-Sep-17, Melbourne) Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Bailey Wright (Jamie Maclaren 71'), Milos Degenek, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Alex Gersbach (James Troisi 67'), Tim Cahill (Robbie Kruse 57'), Mathew Leckie, Tom Rogic, Tomi Juric. Australia finished third in AFC Third Round Group B and qualified for the play-off against AFC Group A third-placed Syria.

AFC play-off (Fourth Round) SYRIA 1 AUSTRALIA 1 (Robbie Kruse 40') (05-Oct-17, Malacca) Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Matthew Jurman, Joshua Risdon (Nikita Rukavytsya 63'), Aaron Mooy, Mathew Leckie, Milos Degenek, Aziz Behich, Mark Milligan, Robbie Kruse (Massimo Luongo 69'), Tomi Juric (Tom Rogic 83'). AUSTRALIA 2 (Tim Cahill 13', 23') SYRIA 1 (10-Oct-17, Sydney) Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith (Aaron Mooy 11'), Matthew Jurman, Tim Cahill, Mathew Leckie, Milos Degenek, Mark Milligan, Tom Rogic (Tomi Juric 606'), James Troisi (Nikita Rukavytsya 73'), Robbie Kruse. Australia won 3-2 on aggregate and, as AFC fifth-placed team, qualified for the inter-continental play-off against CONCACAF fourth-placed Honduras.

CONCACAF–AFC play-off HONDURAS 0 AUSTRALIA 0 (10-Nov-17, San Pedro Sula) Mathew Ryan, Bailey Wright, Trent Sainsbury, Matthew Jurman, Aziz Behich, Joshua Risdon (Milos Degenek 80'), Aaron Mooy, Mile Jedinak, Jackson Irvine (Tom Rogic 73'), Massimo Luongo, Tomi Juric (Nikita Rukavytsya 85'). AUSTRALIA 3 (Mile Jedinak 54', 72'pen, 86'pen) HONDURAS 1 (15-Nov-17, Sydney) Mathew Ryan, Bailey Wright, Trent Sainsbury, Matthew Jurman, Aziz Behich, Mark Milligan (James Troisi 88'), aron Mooy, Mile Jedinak, Mathew Leckie, Tim Cahill (Tomi Juric 66'), Tomas Rogic (Robbie Kruse 77'). Australia won 3-1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 107 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP DIARY AEST OVERNIGHT TIMES: dates & times on this page in NSW/Vic/Qld/TAS/ACT time; SA/NT subtract 30 mins; WA subtract 2 hrs. Group Stage 27–28 Jun 14–15 Jun Korea Republic v Germany (Group F) 00:00 Russia v Saudi Arabia (Group A) 01:00 Mexico v Sweden (Group F) 00:00 Serbia v Brazil (Group E) 04:00 15–16 Jun Switzerland v Costa Rica (Group E) 04:00 Egypt v Uruguay (Group A) 22:00 28–29 Jun Morocco v Iran (Group B) 01:00 Japan v Poland (Group H) 00:00 Portugal v Spain (Group B) 04:00 Senegal v Colombia (Group H) 00:00 16–17 Jun England v Belgium (Group G) 04:00 France v Australia (Group C) 20:00 Panama v Tunisia (Group G) 04:00 Argentina v Iceland (Group D) 23:00 Peru v Denmark (Group C) 02:00 Round of Sixteen Croatia v Nigeria (Group D) 05:00 30 Jun–1 Jul 17–18 Jun Winner C v Runner-up D (R of 16 - 1) 00:00 Costa Rica v Serbia (Group E) 22:00 Winner A v Runner-up B (R of 16 - 2) 04:00 Germany v Mexico (Group F) 01:00 1–2 Jul Brazil v Switzerland (Group E) 04:00 Winner B v Runner-up A (R of 16 - 3) 00:00 18–19 Jun Winner D v Runner-up C (R of 16 - 4) 04:00 Sweden v Korea Republic (Group F) 22:00 2–3 Jul Belgium v Panama (Group G) 01:00 Winner E v Runner-up F (R of 16 - 5) 00:00 Tunisia v England (Group G) 04:00 Winner G v Runner-up H (R of 16 - 6) 04:00 19–20 Jun 3–4 Jul Colombia v Japan (Group H) 22:00 Winner F v Runner-up E (R of 16 - 7) 00:00 Poland v Senegal (Group H) 01:00 Winner H v Runner-up G (R of 16 - 8) 04:00 Russia v Egypt (Group A) 04:00 20–21 Jun 4–5 Jul Rest day Portugal v Morocco (Group B) 22:00 5–6 Jul Rest day Uruguay v Saudi Arabia (Group A) 01:00 Iran v Spain (Group B) 04:00 Quarter Finals 21–22 Jun 6–7 Jul Denmark v Australia (Group C) 22:00 Rnd of 16 - 2 v Rnd of 16 - 1 (QF1) 00:00 France v Peru (Group C) 01:00 Rnd of 16 - 5 v Rnd of 16 - 6 (QF2) 04:00 Argentina v Croatia (Group D) 04:00 7–8 Jul 22–23 Jun Rnd of 16 - 7 v Rnd of 16 - 8 (QF3) 00:00 Brazil v Costa Rica (Group E) 22:00 Rnd of 16 - 3 v Rnd of 16 - 4 (QF4) 04:00 Nigeria v Iceland (Group D) 01:00 8–9 Jul Rest day Serbia v Switzerland (Group E) 04:00 23–24 Jun 9–10 Jul Rest day Belgium v Tunisia (Group G) 22:00 Korea Republic v Mexico (Group F) 01:00 Semi Finals Germany v Sweden (Group F) 04:00 10–11 Jul 24–25 Jun QF1 winner v QF2 winner (SF1) 04:00 England v Panama (Group G) 22:00 11–12 Jul Japan v Senegal (Group H) 01:00 QF4 winner v QF3 winner (SF2) 04:00 Poland v Colombia (Group H) 04:00 12–13 Jul Rest day 25–26 Jun Saudi Arabia v Egypt (Group A) 00:00 13–14 Jul Rest day Uruguay v Russia (Group A) 00:00 Iran v Portugal (Group B) 04:00 Play-off for third place Spain v Morocco (Group B) 04:00 14–15 Jul 26–27 Jun SF1 loser v SF2 loser 00:00 Australia v Peru (Group C) 00:00 Denmark v France (Group C) 00:00 Final Iceland v Croatia (Group D) 04:00 15–16 Jul Nigeria v Argentina (Group D) 04:00 SF1 winner v SF2 winner 01:00

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