{"id":354777,"date":"2026-03-30T06:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/354777\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T06:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:39:11","slug":"starting-line-ups-named-for-fifa-series-match-between-new-zealand-and-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/354777\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting line-ups named for FIFA Series match between New Zealand and Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goalkeeper Alex Paulsen will start for the All Whites in Monday\u2019s FIFA Series match against Chile at Auckland\u2019s Eden Park.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Darren Bazeley has also included midfielder Joe Bell in his starting line-up, and given Kosta Barbarouses the job of leading the front line.<\/p>\n<p>The match \u2014 part of the four-nation FIFA Series \u2014 will be streamed by TVNZ+ and FIFA+ (see links below).<\/p>\n<p>It will also be broadcast on free-to-air channel TVNZ 2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoffootballnz.com\/2026\/03\/30\/man-on-a-mission-why-chiles-interim-coach-has-given-debuts-to-13-players\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Man on a mission: why Chile\u2019s interim coach has given debuts to 13 players<\/a>\u00a0&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoffootballnz.com\/2026\/03\/29\/new-zealands-opponents-chile-10-things-you-might-want-to-know\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: New Zealand\u2019s opponents Chile: 10 things you might want to know<\/a>\u00a0&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774852750_854_New-Zealand-flag-300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\"\/><\/p>\n<p>12. Alex Paulsen<br \/>2. Tim Payne<br \/>4. Tyler Bindon<br \/>6. Joe Bell<br \/>8. Marko Stamenic (captain)<br \/>9. Jesse Randall<br \/>11. Eli Just<br \/>16. Finn Surman<br \/>17. Kosta Barbarouses<br \/>19. Ben Old<br \/>20. Callum McCowatt<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes <\/p>\n<p>Lachlan Bayliss<br \/>Andre de Jung<br \/>Callan Elliot<br \/>James McGarry<br \/>Logan Rogerson<br \/>Alex Rufer<br \/>Ryan Thomas<br \/>Bill Tuiluma<br \/>Ben Waine<br \/>Max Crocombe(gk)<br \/>Michael Woud (gk)<\/p>\n<p>Head coach<br \/>Darren Bazeley<\/p>\n<p>Chile<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774852750_752_Chile-flag-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\"\/><\/p>\n<p>12 Lawrence Vigouroux (gk)<br \/>21 Ian Garguez<br \/>3 Guillermo Marip\u00e1n<br \/>4 Igor Lichnovsky<br \/>17 Gabriel Suazo (captain)<br \/>6 Vicente Pizarro<br \/>8 Felipe Lovola<br \/>26 Felipe Faundez<br \/>20 Javier Altamirano<br \/>11 Dario Osorio<br \/>22 Ben Brereton<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Gillier (gk)<br \/>23 Sebasti\u00e1n Mella (gk)<br \/>5 Iv\u00e1n Rom\u00e1n<br \/>7 Lautaro Mill\u00e1n Alexander Aravena<br \/>10 Lucas Cepeda Benjam\u00edn Kuscevic<br \/>14 Ignacio Saavedra<br \/>15 Benjamin Chandia<br \/>16 Gonzalo Tapia<br \/>18 Rodrigo Echeverr\u00eda<br \/>19 Maximiliano Guti\u00e9rrez<br \/>24 Diego Ulloa<br \/>25 Felipe Ogaz<\/p>\n<p>Head coach<br \/>Nicol\u00e1s C\u00f3rdova.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA Series fixtures<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774852750_466_FOF-weekday-Monday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"53\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Game to be played on Monday March 30, 2026<\/p>\n<p># Current FIFA world rankings<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand\u00a0(#85)\u00a0v Chile\u00a0(#55)<br \/>Eden Park, Auckland, 7pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plus.fifa.com\/en\/content\/new-zealand-vs-chile\/7c19cd12-1802-4120-bc08-fc40af9d8b30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36556 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774852751_357_Stream-watch-here-on-FIFA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"33\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvnz.co.nz\/sport\/football\/international-friendlies\/new-zealand-v-chile-fifa-series-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-66209 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774852751_252_Stream-TVNZ.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"37\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This story was first published on March 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 17.5px; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoffootballnz.com\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More football stories<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Goalkeeper Alex Paulsen will start for the All Whites in Monday\u2019s FIFA Series match against Chile at Auckland\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2965,25291,185907,111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-354777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-all-whites","9":"tag-chile","10":"tag-fifa-series","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}