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AFC Asian Cup 2023™ hosting rights bid update

Football Australia maintains its strong interest in bidding for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup™ 2026 and will submit a formal and comprehensive bid to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) within the required timeline later this year.

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Three Australian Match Officials Selected for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022™

Australia will have a strong presence of match officials at this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022™ after three representatives were named to FIFA’s list of match officials for the tournament. 14 women referees, 28 women assistant referees, three support refe

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk joins Football Australia Legacy ’23 Ambassadors

Football Australia is pleased to welcome Queensland Premier The Hon.

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AFC U20 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022™ Qualifiers Update

Football Australia has advised the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that it will be withdrawing from the AFC U20 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022™ Qualifiers scheduled to be held in Basra, Iraq from 10 – 18 September. The final decision was made after careful consideration based up

National Youth Championships 2022 - Coffs Harbour

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National Youth Championships 2022 Draw Released

The Draw for this year’s National Youth Championships was released by Football Australia today, which will see 58 teams featuring Australia’s best youth footballers converging on Coffs Harbour this September. CLICK HERE to view the Girls Draw (Days 1 – 3) CLICK HERE

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Football Australia extends James Johnson contract until 2024

The Board of Football Australia today confirmed that the contract of their internationally respected Chief Executive Officer, James Johnson, has been extended until the end of 2024. James Johnson joined Football Australia in January 2020 on a three-year contract. Since being

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Football Australia announces match officials panels for 2022/23 A-Leagues

The Football Australia Referees Committee have finalised the match official panels for the upcoming 2022/23 A-Leagues seasons. All officials from the 2021/22 A-Leagues seasons have been offered and accepted positions on the panel, with ten new faces promoted for 2022/23 includ

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Football Australia adopts new FIFA and domestic loan provisions for professional players

Football Australia today confirmed that they have adopted the recently implemented FIFA loan provisions and specific domestic loan provisions for professional players in Australia. At international level, FIFA has recently implemented a series of new loan provisions, including

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Vale Peter Stone

Football Australia is saddened to hear of the passing of Socceroo cap #258, Peter Stone. Stone was born in Brisbane on September 30, 1954, before his family moved to Newcastle when he was nine years old. During the early 1960's , Peter played his junior football for Kotar

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Melbourne to host blockbuster as CommBank Matildas welcome Olympic silver medallists Sweden

Australia and Sweden will continue their strong rivalry in November when the CommBank Matildas host the reigning Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medallists at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on Saturday, 12 November 2022, as part of the Seven Consulting International Series. Nov

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National Dispute Resolution Chamber - Corey Brown

Football Australia acknowledges the statements in respect to Corey Brown issued by Brisbane Roar FC and Professional Footballers Australia on Thursday 18 August 2022. Football Australia confirms that it has received an application from Mr Brown to have a legal dispute arising

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Meet your CommBank Matildas at open training session in Brisbane

We would like to invite you to our open training session at QSAC on Sunday the 4th of September, following our return to Brisbane against Canada on Saturday afternoon. It is the first time the CommBank Matildas have been in Brisbane in over three years, and we want to give you

Australia pose for a team photo during a Group A match between Australia and Spain as part of FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022 at Alejandro Morera Soto on August 16, 2022 in Alajuela, Costa Rica. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

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Nash: "We end our campaign here, but we aren’t done yet."

The Young Matildas ended their FIFA U-20 World Cup journey in Costa Rica with a fighting performance against European champions, Spain. After the game, Hana Lowry and Jessika Nash admitted that they were disappointed to lose the match 3-0, but were incredibly prou

Asun Martinez and Sarah Hunter battle for the ball at the U20 Women's World Cup

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Clinical Spain down Young Matildas at U20 Women's World Cup

The Young Matildas' run at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup has come to an end following a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Spain in Costa Rica. The current European champions at this age level were clinical in front of goal with Julia Gabarro’s hat trick enough to send Spain t

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Football Sporting Schools participation numbers soar

Australian schools have shown there is huge excitement and interest in football amongst students, with football being the overall number one chosen sport in the Sporting Schools program for Term 2 across the country. On a national scale, this is the first time football has bee