OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 0
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong><br />
Commonwealth of Australia<br />
Population: 23 million<br />
Main language: English<br />
Life expectancy: 82 years<br />
GDP per person: $44500<br />
Capital city: Canberra<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1961<br />
No. footballers / registered: 970,728 / 435,728<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 62<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 14 (Sep-09)<br />
Continental titles: 4 times Oceania Cup winners<br />
(1980, 1995, 2000, 2004)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 4 (1974, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Round of sixteen 2006<br />
Biggest win: 3-1 v Japan (2006)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-4 v Germany (1974)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: AFC Group B runners-up<br />
Group B<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Australia<br />
Population count (2011 census): 15017800<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 24.2 14.7 49.2 11.9<br />
Median age: 33.7 years<br />
Sex ratio: 97.5 males per 100 females<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 99.6 per cent<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
20-07-13 Korea Republic D 0-0 Seoul<br />
25-07-13 Japan L 2-3 Hwaseong<br />
28-07-13 China PR L 3-4 Seoul<br />
07-09-13 Brazil L 0-6 Brasilia<br />
11-10-13 France L 0-6 Paris<br />
15-10-13 Canada W 3-0 London<br />
19-11-13 Costa Rica W 1-0 Sydney<br />
05-03-14 Ecuador L 3-4 London<br />
26-05-14 South Africa D 1-1 Sydney<br />
06-06-14 Croatia L 0-1 Salvador<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 11<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong><br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Maty RYAN GK 08-04-92 / 22 181cm 6 (0) Club Brugge, Belgium<br />
2 Ivan FRANJIC DF 10-09-87 / 26 180cm 8 (0) Brisbane Roar, Australia<br />
3 Jason DAVIDSON DF 29-06-91 / 22 179cm 6 (0) Heracles Almelo, Netherlands<br />
4 Tim CAHILL FW 06-12-79 / 34 180cm 68 (32) New York Red Bulls, USA<br />
5 Mark MILLIGAN MF 04-08-85 / 28 178cm 28 (2) Melbourne Victory, Australia<br />
6 Matthew SPIRANOVIC DF 27-06-88 / 25 188cm 17 (0) Western Sydney Wanderers, Australia<br />
7 Mathew LECKIE FW 04-02-91 / 23 181cm 7 (1) Frankfurt, Germany<br />
8 Bailey WRIGHT DF 28-07-92 / 21 184cm 0 (0) Preston North End, England<br />
9 Adam TAGGART FW 02-06-93 / 21 172cm 4 (3) Newcastle Jets, Australia<br />
10 Ben HALLORAN FW 14-06-92 / 21 180cm 1 (0) Fortuna Duesseldorf, Germany<br />
11 Tommy OAR MF 10-12-91 / 22 170cm 14 (1) Utrecht, Netherlands<br />
12 Mitch LANGERAK GK 22-08-88 / 25 191cm 3 (0) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
13 Oliver BOZANIC MF 08-01-89 / 25 167cm 3 (0) Luzern, Switzerland<br />
14 James TROISI MF 03-07-88 / 25 177cm 10 (1) Melbourne Victory, Australia<br />
15 Mile JEDINAK MF 03-08-84 / 29 188cm 43 (4) Crystal Palace, England<br />
16 James HOLLAND MF 15-05-89 / 25 180cm 13 (0) Austria Wien, Austria<br />
17 Matt McKAY MF 11-01-83 / 31 174cm 46 (1) Brisbane Roar, Australia<br />
18 Eugene GALEKOVIC GK 12-06-81 / 33 186cm 8 (0) Adelaide United, Australia<br />
19 Ryan McGOWAN DF 15-08-89 / 24 185cm 9 (0) Shandong Luneng, China<br />
20 Dario VIDOSIC MF 08-04-87 / 27 185cm 22 (2) Sion, Switzerland<br />
21 Massimo LUONGO MF 25-09-92 / 21 176cm 1 (0) Swindon Town, England<br />
22 Alex WILKINSON DF 13-08-84 / 29 183cm 2 (0) Jeonbuk Motors, Korea Republic<br />
23 Mark BRESCIANO MF 11-02-80 / 34 182cm 73 (13) Al Gharafa, Qatar<br />
COACH: Ange Postecoglou (Australia) age 48 years<br />
Coach of Australia since 2013<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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