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 Australian football community today celebrates four distinguished members of the football family who have been recognised in the January 26 Honours List for their contributions to the sport and their communities.Announced today, Football Tasmania CEO, Tony Pignata, PFA founder and former CEO, Brendan Schwab, former CEO of Soccer Australia, Ian Holmes and former player and football manager, Alen Stajcic were recognised on the January 26 Honours List.Tony Pignata received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Governor General's Australia Day Honours in recognition of his…
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…
Uzbekistan prevail 4-2 in the Futsalroos' second Group C clash for the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Indonesia 2026™The starting five resulted in one change from Miles Downie, with goalscorer Ethan De Melo getting the nod ahead of Jordan Guerreiro. Lynch, Cox and Giovenali started, with Feliech retaining his place in between the sticks after his spirited yet overloaded performance against Japan.From the outset, the Uzbekistan team asked questions. Goalkeeper Abbos Elmurodov caused offensive headaches for the Futsalroos by pushing higher up the court with possession at his feet.Australia fired a quick-…
Football Australia is deeply saddened to hear that Socceroo Cap #188 Alan Westwater, a distinguished former Socceroo, passed away suddenly on Thursday, 27 June, at his home in Denny, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Alan was 78 years old.A celebrated midfielder, Alan's contributions to the sport have left an enduring mark on Australian football. His exceptional skills and dedication are evident in his inclusion in Football Australia's "Team of the Decade" for the period 1963-1970.Born on 26 March, 1946 in Bridge of Allan, Scotland, Alan moved to Australia with his family in 1957. He quickly made his…
Football Australia today announced that it has extended and expanded its partnership with Compeat Nutrition – an innovative company that is revolutionising nutrition centred healthcare in performance sports and the general population – through to August 2022.
The partnership supports Football Australia’s endeavours to provide world class environments and support to Australia’s national team players to help them cope with performance expectations and improve holistically as athletes and people during and after their careers.
As part of the partnership, footballers in each of…
