Thirty-four (34) ambitious Australian footballers will assemble in the nation’s capital today as the next generation of the Joeys – Australia’s U-17 men’s national football team – commence or continue their national team journeys.
The young footballers will spend the next five days training at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) under National Teams staff, including Trevor Morgan and Tony Vidmar, with each player aiming to put his best foot forward ahead of Australia’s participation at the upcoming AFF U-16 Youth Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia.
FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ tickets to go on sale from 6 October 2022, giving fans an unmissable chance to secure their spot at the biggest women's sporting event in the world on Aussie soil.
Visa pre-sale begins October 6 at 03:00 CET / 12:00 Sydney / 14:00 Auckland time to October 12 at 15:00 CET / 00:00 Sydney / 02:00 Auckland time (October 13 in Sydney and Auckland)
Fans wanting to buy tickets will do so via the FIFA ticket portal and will need to create FIFA ticketing account to purchase tickets, this can be done ahead of time here.
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Australia’s best young football talent will be showcased across two action-packed weeks when the 2026 CommBank Emerging Matildas and Emerging Socceroos Championships kicks off next week.In an exciting change for the nation’s premier youth football event, the Championships will be held in April for the first time, moving from their traditional mid-year timeslot to deliver fans, families and selectors an early look at Australia’s next generation of stars.The festival of football begins with the CommBank Emerging Matildas Championships from April 10–15, welcoming Under 15 and Under 16 girls’…
Sporting greats Susie O’Neill, Patrick Rafter, Jana Pittman, Kurt Fearnley, Steve Bradbury and Cheryl Salisbury will guide the exceptional group of emerging athletes accepted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame’s 2025 Scholarship and Mentoring Program.The Olympic gold medallists, world number ones and trailblazers will work individually with the six Tier 1 Scholarship holders in the program, which is backed by the Australian Sports Commission, incorporating the Australian Institute of Sport.The Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship and Mentoring Program provides invaluable financial and…
Persistent rain at C.eX International Stadium has caused delays to tournament fixturing.
The grass pitches on Fields 1 and 2 at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium have been ruled unplayable due to continuing heavy rain.
Play was delayed during Wednesday’s 2:25pm matches and a decision made by tournament managers to move the remaining day three matches, from Fields 1 and 2 to synthetic pitches.
Delays have had a knock-on effect to the tournament schedule and new fixturing, for Fields 1 and 2, have been released by Football Australia.
Some remaining matches scheduled on Fields 1, 2 and 4…
After the CommBank Emerging Matildas Championships concluded this week, the CommBank Emerging Socceroos Championships kick off this weekend, providing a platform for Australia’s most promising young footballers to showcase their talent in front of national team technical staff.A cornerstone of Football Australia’s national talent identification pathway, the tournament runs over seven days and brings together teams from all nine State and Territory Member Federations, alongside invitational sides including the Charles Perkins XI and Japan Football Academy.…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a clinic for female footballers delivered by the CommBank Young Matildas players and coaching staff in Hanoi on June 4, 2023.
Led by Head Coach Leah Blayney and captain Jessika Nash, the CommBank Young Matildas put on a session for young female players from Hanoi University, Hanoi FC and the United Nations International School with the support of UNICEF staff. The clinic was conducted the day after the U20 Women’s National Team recorded a 5-0 win over Lebanon in their opening…
Thursday, 14 October 2021 marks World Sight Day – an international day of awareness to focus attention on the global issue of eye health and showcase athletes who are blind or are partially sighted.
In Australia, there are an estimated 1.3 million people with vision loss. Of these, 57,000 people are classified as blind.
Australian Blind Football (ABF) is an initiative of Blind Sports Australia. Working alongside Football Australia and Member Federations to be the recognised national pathway for people who are blind or partially sighted to play football in Australia.
The Subway Socceroos will face Lebanon at CommBank Stadium in Sydney as their journey towards FIFA World Cup 2026™ continues, with the Second Round Qualifier scheduled for Thursday, 21 March 2024 (8.00pm AEDT).Tickets for this all-important match start from $20 Child, $25 Concession, $30 Adult, and $80 Family, with a Football Account Pre-Sale at 3.00pm AEDT on Wednesday, 6 December 2023 and General Public On-Sale at 3:00pm AEDT on Friday, 8 December 2023 via Ticketek.
The March FIFA Men’s International Window will see the resumption of the…
Australia U-23 men’s national football team secured a place in the men’s football competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Saturday evening, defeating Uzbekistan 1-0 at Bangkok’s iconic Rajamangala Stadium.
The win over the White Wolves not only ensured that Australia will return to the Olympic Games in men’s football for the first time since Beijing 2008, it also meant that the green and gold finished a commendable third at the AFC U-23 Championship Thailand 2020 – their best ever finish at the 16-nation biannual tournament.
Football Federation Australia (FFA) is deeply saddened to have learned of the passing of former Australia national team coach Pim Verbeek, who has died at the age of 63.
Verbeek, who guided the Socceroos at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, was most recently the Head Coach of Oman’s national football team at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Verbeek managed Oman in a friendly against Australia in late December 2018.
In total, Verbeek managed the Socceroos in 33 matches between 2008 and 2010 after being appointed in late 2007. He helped Australia secure 18 wins…
The preparations of the Matildas and Australia’s U-23 men’s national football team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have received a boost, with confirmation that the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) will be providing high performance funding to both teams to prepare for and compete in Japan.
Following on from Australia and New Zealand’s successful bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ a fortnight ago, the AIS has committed to a continuation of high performance funding for the Matildas until post-Tokyo, and provided a one-off high performance funding grant to support Australia’s U-…
The Australian Football Domestic Match Calendar for 2022/23 (DMC 2022/23) has been released, with Football Australia today outlining the key dates for elite men’s and women’s football competitions, as well as transfer and registration windows, for the period from 7 October 2022 to 7 October 2023.
Designed and implemented to align the game and harmonise Australia with key international football events and activities, the DMC 2022/23 provides clear windows for matches from the Isuzu UTE A-League Men, Liberty A-League Women, Australia Cup, and National Premier Leagues (NPL) to be played,…
The Commonwealth Bank Young Matildas will commence their preparations for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022™ with a two-match international series against the New Zealand Junior Football Ferns in Canberra.
Australia will host New Zealand in the nation’s capital on 6 April and 10 April 2022 with the internationals the first competitive match action for Leah Blayney’s team since the conclusion of the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.
Football Australia’s Chief Executive Officer, James Johnson, said:
“It is exciting for Football Australia to continue to re-launch…
Football Australia’s National Technical Director Trevor Morgan, together with experienced and respected Coach Educator Dr Ron Smith, have embarked on a process to enhance Australia’s Coach Education framework having identified some issues and challenges with the system throughout 2020.
Having spent significant time over the past year gaining feedback from key stakeholders, diving into the data and detail presented in Football Australia’s men’s and women’s Performance Gap reports, and reflecting on the effect that COVID-19 has had on both football and people’s lives, Morgan and…
The CommBank Young Socceroos have been defeated 4-1 by Argentina in the second group stage game at the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025™.They will now require a win against Cuba in the final group stage game to have a chance of advancing to the Round of 16 as one of four best third-place teams.Daniel Bennie scored Australia's first goal of the tournament to halve the deficit in the second half, but it wasn't enough against a very strong Argentina side.Head Coach Trevor Morgan made three changes to the team that started against Italy in game one. James Overy, Jaylan Pearman and Tiago Quintal replaced…
The grassroots season around Australia may have been postponed but you can keep football in your life with the #PlayAtHomeChallenge.
While it is important to practise social distancing during this time of uncertainty, it has never been more important to be active, connect with each other and keep your skills sharp!
So, if you are missing your weekend football fix out on the parks and pitches of Australia, take your ball and show us your best moves.
Whether it’s in your own back yard, in a quiet field or in a safe place at home, we want you to join our #PlayAtHomeChallenge.
Football Australia is delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew McKenzie to the newly created role of General Manager – High Performance.Having worked in the English Premier League (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Australian Football League (Western Bulldogs) and Melbourne City FC, where he is currently the General Manager – High Performance, McKenzie will be responsible for the development and management of all high performance and national team programs and initiatives to maximise the physical output of the players to deliver long-term on-field success.A leader of people and teams, with a…
Australia’s CommBank Young Socceroos will travel to China for two matches against the Chinese U20 national team as part of the Australia-China Friendship Series.The tour is supported by the Australian Government through the National Foundation of Australia–China Relations (NFACR) and forms part of a broader program of football engagement aimed at strengthening sporting, cultural and people-to-people links between Australia and China.The Australia-China Friendship Series represents the third major football engagement between Australia and China in March 2026, with the AFC…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has wrapped up a week of Asian football diplomacy with a match between the Westfield Young Matildas and the Thailand U19 Women’s National team at Sydney’s Leichardt Oval which saw the hosts run out 2-1 winners.
FFA organised a range football and sports administration activities in partnership with the Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet and the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade as part of the 2018 ‘Australia ASEAN’ Week.
ASEAN Australia Week is a program of academic, educational, sporting and cultural events delivered…
