The extraordinary life and career of former Socceroos and National Soccer League (NSL) Head Coach Rale Rasic OAM was celebrated yesterday afternoon throughout a special live stream shared across multiple football platforms.
The stream – taken live by Football Federation Australia (FFA), Socceroos, Football NSW, Football Queensland, Football Victoria, Football South Australia, Football Northern Territory, Northern New South Wales Football, and Western Sydney Wanderers FC on Facebook – has since accumulated nearly 50,000 views.
Football Australia is pleased to announce that six legends of Australian football were inducted into the Football Australia Hall of Fame at the CommBank Matildas’ match in Melbourne on Saturday.
Matildas’ greats Moya Dodd and Collette Gardiner (née McCallum), former Socceroos’ Head Coach Ange Postecoglou, globally revered administrator Brendan Schwab, leading Tasmanian media personality Walter Pless, plus past Socceroo and significant contributor to the Australian game off the pitch, Ted Smith, joined an esteemed list of Australian football personalities in the Football Australia Hall of…
Football Australia today confirmed that respected Performance Director, Paddy Steinfort, has indicated he will depart his role with the Football Australia to pursue consulting opportunities internationally.
Steinfort joined Football Australia just prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and during his time as head of all Australian National Teams has contributed to the most successful period in the history of Football Australia.
His tenure was capped off by back-to-back history-making campaigns at the FIFA World Cup in 2022™ and FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023™ – the legacy of which will be felt…
The sport’s governing body has today announced the establishment of the Football Australia Referee Academy (FARA), a ground-breaking initiative in the Australian football landscape, designed to transform the Match Official pathway and cultivate the development of world-class officials. This pioneering step demonstrates Football Australia’s commitment to raising the bar for officiating excellence and contributing to the overall success of Australian football.
FARA is aligned with Football Australia’s XI Principles, aiming to create an elite environment for nurturing match officials at all…
Representatives from Australia’s U23 men’s national football team had the unique opportunity to visit the Australian Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai on Sunday.
In the Middle East ahead of this month’s AFC U23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 qualifiers in Tajikistan, members of the team had the opportunity to explore the Australian Pavilion – Australia’s physical presence at the World Exposition – which is being hosted in the United Arab Emirates from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022.
At the event, Australia’s national team representatives engaged with local and Australian expat children in a…
The CommBank Young Matildas will play the Chinese U-20 Women’s National Football Team in a two-match international series. Australia will take on China at the Auxiliary Field of Xiamen Egret Stadium on Sunday 3 December and Wednesday 6 December with kick-off at 3pm CST (6pm AEDT) and 1pm CST (4pm AEDT) respectively.How to watch:Both matches against China will be live-streamed on YouTube for fans across Australia.
CommBank Young Matildas Head Coach Leah Blayney said the matches are an opportunity to pit her side against one of the best teams in the…
Football Australia is delighted to announce the renewal of its long-standing partnership with Qantas.
Qantas will continue as the Official Airline of Football Australia’s two senior national teams, the Subway Socceroos, CommBank Matildas, and the Australia Cup for the next three years, following a brief pandemic pause.
The announcement that Australia's national airline will continue its commitment to the growth of Australian football is another commercial milestone in a series of major sponsorship announcements by Football Australia over the last three years. This clearly demonstrates…
The Subway Joeys remain in top spot of their AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023™ Qualifiers Group G following a 10-0 win over Cambodia in Shepparton on Friday night.
An early own goal and strikes from Mitchell Glasson and Max Hately saw Australia out to a 3-0 lead at half time, before they surged with seven goals in the second half to secure another strong victory.
Two days on from a resounding 23-0 victory over Northern Mariana Islands, Brad Maloney's side picked up where they left off with a goal inside five minutes.
Heidelberg United FC (Football Victoria) and Newcastle Jets FC will meet in the 2025 Hahn Australia Cup Final on Saturday, 4 October, with Australian football’s biggest knockout prize set to be decided in front of a national audience live and free on Network 10.It’s only the second time in the modern era of the Hahn Australia Cup that a Member Federation club has reached the Final, with Heidelberg’s fairytale run capturing the imagination of football fans across the country. The semi-professional side has done it the hard way, toppling three Isuzu UTE A-League opponents without conceding a…
Football’s traditional rivalry between New South Wales and Queensland will be reignited this weekend when women’s and men’s representative squads made up of some of the best National Premier Leagues (NPL) players in the country clash at Brisbane’s boutique Perry Park.
At 5:00pm (local time) this Saturday, Queensland, coached by Alex Bundalo, will take on New South Wales, coached by Jason Eager, in the women’s contest.
This fixture will be closely followed by the men’s match at 7:00pm (local time) as New South Wales, mentored by former Socceroo Luke Wilkshire, travel north to…
Football Australia is proud to confirm that the Subway Socceroos have officially qualified directly for the FIFA World Cup 2026 ™ following their decisive 2-1 performance against Saudi Arabia in Jeddah on Wednesday morning (AEST). The result confirms Australia’s place on football’s biggest stage for a sixth consecutive and seventh overall appearance — a remarkable achievement that cements the national team’s standing in world football and continues to build a Forever Golden legacy for the game in Australia.The qualification campaign included a memorable 1-0 victory over Japan in front of…
Football Australia today announced that it has commenced a recruitment process for the appointment of the next Head Coach of the ‘Olyroos’ – Australia’s U-23 men’s national football team.
Following the recent conclusion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Socceroos Head Coach Graham Arnold and his staff will shift their focus solely to the Socceroos’ FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ campaign.
Arnold was appointed to lead the Socceroos through to the conclusion of Australia’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ campaign in March 2018. Five months later, it was confirmed that Arnold and his staff…
The CommBank ParaMatildas will complete their preparations for the 2022 IFCPF Women’s World Cup with a four day camp at Valentine Sports Park in Sydney.
Commencing on 3 May, head coach Kelly Stirton will bring in a 12-player training squad as she looks to narrow down her selections for Australia’s first-ever women’s internationals later this month.
The camp will enable Stirton and her technical team to continue to build cohesion and team chemistry ahead of their first-ever international and World Cup appearance against the Netherlands Futbol Salou in Spain.
The road to the Cup Final begins tonight as the much-anticipated Australia Cup 2024 kicks off around the nation, marking the 10th Anniversary of the prestigious competition in its modern form.Each of the Football Australia’s nine state and territory Member Federations will start their Preliminary Round fixtures over the coming weeks, with teams hailing from community grassroots leagues up to the semi-professional tier of Australian football, the National Premier Leagues (NPL).Since being established by Football Australia in 2014, the country’s largest annual knockout competition has gone from…
Football Australia is saddened to hear of the passing of former Australian women's football administrator Elaine Watson OAM this week, a true matriarch of Australian women's football.
Elaine Watson was a pioneer of women’s football in Australia, beginning her career as a team manager in 1964.
During these early years, Watson was involved as a referee and coach, gaining valuable administrative skills whilst serving in national and state positions of treasurer, finance director, manager and tour leader.
Football Australia is pleased to confirm that the newly revamped 2025 Emerging Matildas Championships and 2025 Emerging Socceroos Championships will take place in Sydney and Melbourne, respectively, in July 2025. Read more: Sydney to host 2025 Emerging Matildas ChampionshipsRead more: Melbourne to host 2025 Emerging Socceroos ChampionshipsFormerly known as the National Youth Championships – Football Australia recently announced a bold evolution of the tournament by introducing a new name, identity and vision. As Australia’s premier annual youth football event, the Championships will…
Head Coach Tony Gustavsson has named a 23-player CommBank Matildas squad to face Canada in a two-match series later this month.In their final internationals for 2023, Australia will take on the world number 10 at Starlight Stadium in Victoria on Friday, 1 December with kick off at 7.30pm PST (2 December at 2.30pm AEDT) before closing out the year at BC Place in Vancouver on Tuesday, 5 December with kick off at 7.00pm PST (6 December at 2.00pm AEDT).The 23-player squad carries over significant experience from the recent Paris 2024™ Asian Qualifiers with 20 members of that squad retained.…
Football Australia tonight confirmed that from the 2022 edition onwards, Australia’s largest national knockout football competition will be played as the ‘Australia Cup’.
The transition from the FFA Cup, which was established in 2014, to the Australia Cup will take place over the coming weeks as the Preliminary Rounds of the 2022 competition get underway in States and Territories across the nation.
The change to the Australia Cup name heralds a new era for a competition that routinely attracts over 700 clubs from all divisions of football across Australia, uniting the grassroots, amateur,…
Day two kicked off with a 15-2 win to Football NSW Sky over a determined South Australia.
Riley Stubing scored a sensational second half goal for the South Australians while teammate Luc Launder added to their tally with a fantastic solo effort from inside his own half.
The New South Wales Sky boys were impressive with early goals to Dan Perenich and CommBank Pararoo Daniel Campbell. Perenich went on to score a hat-trick, while Jack Williams added four goals to his already significant goal tally, with six just in this match.
CommBank Pararoos Tim Blowes and Ben Atkins contributed with one…
Fourteen Commonwealth Bank Pararoos players will depart Sydney for Salou, Spain this evening as the group gears up to represent Australia at the IFCPF World Cup 2022 in Europe over the coming weeks.
Following a series of domestic training and selection camps over the past two months, the CommBank Pararoos coaching staff have settled on Australia’s squad for the upcoming World Cup, which will see the green and gold take on the USA and IR Iran in Group C of the 15-nation tournament.
The squad – which includes three possible World Cup match debutants as well as the team’s iconic 42-year-old…
