OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA 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 Copyright Football Federation Australia 2018. All rights reserved. No portion of this product may be reproduced electronically, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of Football Federation Australia. OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUPTM A publication of Football Federation Australia Content and layout by Andrew Howe Publication designed to print two pages to a sheet OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 2 MEDIA INFORMATION 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, Austria) 13:00 local 1 June 21:00 2 June Final 23-player squad announced 9 June Warm-up friendly: Australia v Hungary (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 Saudi Arabia, opening match (Moscow) 18:00 local 15 June 01:00 16 June Australia v France, Group C match (Kazan) 13:00 local 16 June 20:00 21 June Australia v Denmark, Group C match (Samara) 16:00 local 21 June 22:00 26 June Australia v Peru, Group C match (Sochi) 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, Saransk, 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 Argentina Brazil Germany Belgium Colombia Egypt Morocco Denmark Croatia Costa Rica Mexico England Japan Saudi Arabia Portugal France Iceland Serbia Korea Republic Panama Poland Uruguay Spain Peru Nigeria Switzerland 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.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/documents OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 3 MEDIA INFORMATION 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 The World Game 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. OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 4 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP MATCH SCHEDULE GROUP STAGE 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 Saint Petersburg 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 NIGERIA Kaliningrad 8 16 Jun 9 pm 17 Jun 5 am CROATIA CROATIA Nizhny Novgorod 23 21 Jun 9 pm 22 Jun 4 am ARGENTINA ICELAND Volgograd 24 22 Jun 6 pm 23 Jun 1 am NIGERIA Group D Group ARGENTINA Saint Petersburg 39 26 Jun 9 pm 27 Jun 4 am NIGERIA CROATIA Rostov-on-Don 40 26 Jun 9 pm 27 Jun 4 am ICELAND 17 Jun 4 pm 17 Jun 10 pm COSTA RICA SERBIA Samara 10 SWITZERLAND Rostov-on-Don 9 17 Jun 9 pm 18 Jun 4 am BRAZIL COSTA RICA Saint Petersburg 25 22 Jun 3 pm 22 Jun 10 pm BRAZIL SWITZERLAND Kaliningrad 26 22 Jun 8 pm 23 Jun 4 am SERBIA Group E Group BRAZIL Moscow (S) 41 27 Jun 9 pm 28 Jun 4 am SERBIA COSTA RICA Nizhny Novgorod 42 27 Jun 9 pm 28 Jun 4 am SWITZERLAND MEXICO Moscow (L) 11 17 Jun 6 pm 18 Jun 1 am GERMANY KOREA REPUBLIC Nizhny Novgorod 12 18 Jun 3 pm 18 Jun 10 pm SWEDEN MEXICO Rostov-on-Don 28 23 Jun 6 pm 24 Jun 1 am KOREA REPUBLIC SWEDEN Sochi 27 23 Jun 9 pm 24 Jun 4 am GERMANY Group F Group GERMANY Kazan 43 27 Jun 5 pm 28 Jun 12 am KOREA REPUBLIC SWEDEN Ekaterinburg 44 27 Jun 7 pm 28 Jun 12 am MEXICO PANAMA Sochi 13 18 Jun 6 pm 19 Jun 1 am BELGIUM ENGLAND Volgograd 14 18 Jun 9 pm 19 Jun 4 am TUNISIA TUNISIA Moscow (S) 29 23 Jun 3 pm 23 Jun 10 pm BELGIUM PANAMA Nizhny Novgorod 30 24 Jun 3 pm 24 Jun 10 pm ENGLAND 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