Day one of the IFCPF Asia-Oceania Championships got underway on Saturday, with three games being played.Read a summary of the results below.
Women: CommBank ParaMatildas 3 - 0 JapanGoalscorers: Georgia Beikoff (1', 49'); Annmarie De Uriarte (45').The opening game was a successful one for the home side, with the CommBank ParaMatildas overcoming a determined Japan 3-0.Georgia Beikoff got scoring underway within the first minute of the game. However, the rest of the half was an even affair, with Japan creating plenty of opportunities. Both goalkeepers…
New Leagues Working Group (NLWG) Reaches in-Principle Agreement on Recommendations for a New Era for Football in Australia
NLWG recognises the immediate need for commercial self-determination for professional Leagues
FFA to receive ongoing yields from Leagues for National Teams and grassroots football
FFA to hold “Good of the Australian Game” rights and governance representation
FFA and APFCA to immediately progress long-form agreements reflecting NLWG recommendations with completion targeted by August
The New Leagues Working Group, the body mandated by the FFA Congress in October 2018…
Football Australia is excited to announce that the Australia Cup will return to Darwin for a second consecutive year, with the Australia Cup 2024 Final Rounds Playoffs scheduled for Tuesday, 23 July and Wednesday, 24 July.After successfully hosting the Australia Cup 2023 Final Rounds Playoffs, Darwin will once again be the scene for two exciting matches that will determine who secures a spot in the Australia Cup 2024 Final Rounds.The Playoffs feature the four clubs that finished 9th to 12th in the Isuzu UTE A-League Men 2023/24 Regular Season.Brisbane Roar FC (9th) will face Perth Glory FC (…
Australia’s best young footballing talent will return to Victoria this July as the 2025 Emerging Socceroos Championships take place at the Home of the Matildas in Melbourne. The tournament – formally known as the National Youth Championships – will take place over six days from 6 – 11 July 2025, showcasing the top Under 15 and Under 16 male footballers from across the country. The Emerging Socceroos Championships are a key event in the Australian football calendar, featuring teams from Football Australia’s nine State and Territory Member Federations competing for the national title…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has today announced that it is moving forward with an independent review of the process by which the national teams are managed, including the decision-making processes and the way in which items are reported to the FFA Board, to ensure each team is operating at the highest of standards.
FFA Chairman, Chris Nikou said “The decision of the Board to replace Alen Stajcic as the Matildas coach is not under review or subject to review. However, the process raised questions for the Board on the manner in which conduct, performance and information are…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) will launch a five-part digital series this week focused on celebrating the rich migrant and multicultural fabric of Australia’s national teams and Australian football at large.
The series, titled ‘Generations of Australians’, will feature current and prominent Socceroos and Westfield Matildas players recognising people in their lives who, through their respective moves to Australia, helped pave the way for the players to be in a position to represent Australia.
The video and editorial series will commence on Thursday, 22 October 2020 with Socceroos…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) Chairman, Chris Nikou, and Chief Executive Officer, James Johnson, today congratulated Australia’s U-23 men’s national football team for securing a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Overnight Australia defeated Uzbekistan 1-0 at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, with Nicholas D’Agostino’s fine strike early in the second half separating the two teams on the scoreboard.
The win ensured that Australia finished third at the AFC U-23 Championship in Thailand – their highest ever finish – and sealed a place in the men’s football competition at…
The CommBank Young Matildas have defeated the Chinese U-20 Women’s National Football Team 1-3 in the first of their two-match international series.Goals were awarded to Daniela Galic, Sasha Grove and Ella O’Grady for Australia at the Auxiliary Field of Xiamen Egret Stadium on Sunday afternoon.The CommBank Young Matildas took the lead early when Daniela Galic won the ball inside the 18-yard box and slotted it past the keeper, making the score 0-1 to Australia after 10 minutes.China’s best chance of the half came in the 25th minute when Lu Jiayu, steadfast in the opposition midfield, took a…
Football Australia is thrilled to announce the extension of its partnership with the electrifying automotive brand, CUPRA. The renewed commitment sees CUPRA solidify its support for Football Australia’s National Teams during one of the most exciting periods for football in Australia.CUPRA first partnered with Football Australia in 2022, coinciding with the automaker’s entry into the Australian market with its range of performance petrol, plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs). This includes the CUPRA Formentor, the Official Vehicle of the Subway Socceroos and CommBank…
Football Australia has selected a 20-player squad for the UEFA Friendship Cup 2025, to be held in Nyon, Switzerland from 30 May – 11 June.The tournament – now in its second year – aims to bring together talented young players from all corners of the globe to form connections across communities, while gaining experience in international football.With all national teams committed to activity in the June Men’s FIFA International Window, Football Australia has opted to commence the new cycle of the U20s program to face the likes of Argentina, France, Japan, Portugal, Senegal, USA and Uruguay…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has sanctioned a Tasmanian registered player for betting on a number of football matches, in breach of the FFA National Code of Conduct.
The breaches included betting on matches involving his own team, as well as matches in other leagues including the National Premier League Tasmania and Victoria.
FFA has issued a sanction of a $5,000 fine payable now and an immediate two (2) match suspension. The sanction also includes a further suspended $5,000 fine and two (2) match suspension, to be triggered immediately in the event of another breach of the Code of…
New South Wales will host Australia’s most promising young female footballers this July when the 2025 Emerging Matildas Championships take place at Valentine Sports Park in Sydney. The tournament – formally known as the National Youth Championships – will run across six days from 15 – 20 July 2025, showcasing the top Under 15 and Under 16 female footballers from across the country. The Emerging Matildas Championships are a key event in the Australian football calendar, featuring teams from Football Australia’s nine State and Territory Member Federations competing for the national…
Some of Australia’s most talented and ambitious men’s footballers will travel to Tajikistan this week as Australia seeks to qualify for next year’s AFC U23 Asian Cup to be held in Uzbekistan.
The squad – currently in camp in Dubai ahead of their transit to Tajikistan – will play Indonesia in two matches in Dushanbe, with the winner over the two fixtures advancing to next year’s AFC U23 Asian Cup.
Originally Australia had been scheduled to play Indonesia, as well as China PR and Brunei Darussalam in Group G of Asian qualifying, however after the latter two nations withdrew from qualifying…
Football Federation Australia today celebrated the pioneers of Australian women’s football by marking the 40th anniversary of the first ‘A’ international football match in Sydney.
On 6 October 1979, the Matildas played New Zealand in their first full international at Seymour Shaw Park in Sydney, in a game that finished 2-2.
Forty years later, members of the first squad gathered today with the current Westfield Matildas at the venue to mark the occasion.
FFA Chairman Chris Nikou said it was time to recognise the contribution our first female national team representatives made to our…
Australian international Jessika Nash has been awarded the 2021 Collette McCallum Medal which celebrates the overall conduct and commitment of a female player representing Australia’s junior teams.
The award, which is a joint Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) and Football Australia (FA) initiative, is presented to a player whose conduct and character aligns with and amplifies the values of Australian football, honouring the contribution of former Young Matilda Collette McCallum.
As Nash prepares to represent Sydney FC in the A-League Women’s Grand Final this Sunday, the 17-year-old…
Chris Beath, one of Australia's most decorated football referees, has announced that this Saturday’s Isuzu UTE A-League Men's Grand Final will be his 234th and final A-League/A-League Men match as a referee, as he hangs up the whistle.
The 38-year-old Queenslander made his A-League refereeing debut on 28 September 2008 in the match between Wellington Phoenix FC and Sydney FC and retires with a record number of A-League/A-League Men matches refereed, and fifth all time in men's national league history.
His 15-year national league career ends with this weekend's decider being his fourth…
CommBank Young Matildas forward Kahli Johnson said that she was honoured and privileged to be selected to represent Australia at the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™.It will be the 20-year-old’s second U20 World Cup after featuring for Leah Blayney’s side in Costa Rica in 2022.“Getting to go to any major tournament to represent your country is amazing, but being able to go to a World Cup, and this being my second, is an incredible feeling, and it’s just great to have that opportunity with this team,” Johnson expressed.She said that she would use her previous experience to guide her…
The CommBank Young Matildas have continued their positive start to the AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup 2026™, defeating India 5-0.The result means that, if Japan defeat or draw with Chinese Taipei tonight, the team will have secured qualification to the quarter-finals.Skye Halmarick scored a hat-trick to go top of the golden boot standings for the tournament, while Danella Butrus added the team's fourth goal in the second half. Daisy Brown scored in stoppage time to add a fifth.Head Coach Alex Epakis made two changes to the side that defeated Chinese Taipei 5-0 on matchday one. Melbourne City…
Further to this morning’s communication, tournament managers have provided a final update on the status of scheduled matches for day four of the 2022 National Youth Championships for Girls on Thursday.
Football Australia and Northern NSW Football have made the regrettable decision to abandon all day four matches due to severe wet weather and subsequent unavailability of pitches.
The grass pitches of Fields 1 and 2 at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium are unplayable due to continuing heavy rain last night and today. The synthetic pitches are also not in a…
Former Socceroo David Williams watched his Charles Perkins XI open the CommBank Emerging Socceroos Championships with a stirring win on Sunday, saying the culture and values they set as a team got them through an anxious final 10 minutes against Victoria White at Valentine Park in Sydney.Williams played more than 200 A-League matches across five different clubs before retiring from Perth Glory last year after an ACL injury ended his career.He has returned as coach of the invitational team, bringing together top First Nations talent for the under-16 and under-15 showpiece of Australia’s best…
