During Female Football Week 2021, Football Australia will celebrate the remarkable achievements of women throughout our football community while recognising the far-reaching benefits the game has to offer.
This profile provides an insight into the duties and experiences of Westfield Matildas physiotherapist Jaclyn Benz.
Behind every successful sporting team, there is a hard-working set of backroom staff.
Jaclyn Benz is one of those who work behind the scenes to ensure our Matildas are in top condition when they pull on the Green and Gold.
With the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup kicking off in Costa Rica in just under a week, let's breakdown the background of the tournament, the squad and our opponents.
The squad has been finalised following the completion of the CommBank Young Matildas pre-tournament training camp in Mexico City which included a training match against Club Universidad Nacional Femenil and closed door international friendly against the Mexico U20 Women’s National Team.
Australia will open their tournament against hosts Costa Rica at the Estadio Nacional, San…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) and Fox Sports Australia (Fox Sports) tonight confirmed they had reached agreement on a new broadcast deal that will see football broadcast on Fox Sports through to the end of July 2021.
The agreement ensures that the remainder of the Hyundai A-League 2019/20 season will resume on 16 July and be completed as planned.
Australia’s final four FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Round 2 Asian Qualifiers will be shown on Fox Sports, while Socceroos and Westfield Matildas friendly international matches will be aired on the network…
This week FIFA has announced the selection of 47 talented female coaches from 27 member associations, as part of its Coach Education Scholarship programme, designed to increase the number of female coaches working in football.
Three of those selected as part of the international scheme, include Australia's Sharna Naidu, Eilidh Mackay, and Victoria Guzman.
Aligned with FIFA’s 'The Vision 2020-2023', which aims to Accelerate the Growth of women’s football, the overall project seeks to offer talented female coaches and/or players financial…
Football Australia is proud to announce the induction of three extraordinary individuals into the Football Australia Hall of Fame at the CommBank Matildas’ match against New Zealand at Adelaide’s Coopers Stadium on Tuesday evening.One of Australia’s most decorated footballers and the Socceroos’ all-time leading goalscorer, Tim Cahill; a Matildas legend who was a pioneer for Australian women playing abroad turned inspirational mentor to youth development, Sharon Black; and a renowned historian who has dedicated more than four decades to preserving the history of football in Australia, Roy Hay…
Football Australia has confirmed that the Subway Socceroos will face Saudi Arabia at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne on Thursday, 14 November 2024 (kick-off TBC) as part of their Round Three AFC Asian Qualifiers™ – Road To 26 Qualification campaign.The matchup on home soil against Saudi Arabia represents a key step in the Subway Socceroos’ campaign, as they continue their journey towards the FIFA World Cup 2026™ and the prospect of a sixth consecutive appearance at international football’s showpiece event in Canada, Mexico and the United States.Graham Arnold’s side will return…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has determined that Brisbane Roar FC assistant coach, Ross Aloisi, and Football Director, Craig Moore have respectively breached the FFA National Code of Conduct (the Code) by actions that they engaged in immediately after the conclusion of the Hyundai A-League Round 23 match between Brisbane Roar FC and Adelaide United on Sunday, 19 March 2017.
Aloisi and Moore were asked to make a submission to FFA in response to their respective allegations, which both have done.
After consideration of the submissions made by Aloisi and Moore, FFA determined to…
Volunteers from, and people working in, Australia’s grassroots football community are invited to attend a Football Federation Australia (FFA) Webinar on Thursday evening.
From 7:30pm AEST on Thursday night, FFA’s General Manager of Member Federation Relations, Robbie Middleby, will host the webinar with the Chief Executive Officer of Manly Warringah Football Association, David Mason.
The focus of the webinar will be ‘Keeping Australia’s Football Family Connected, Engaged, & Ready for Relaunch’.
Click here to register for the webinar! (first 100 pax)…
CommBank ParaMatildas Head Coach Kelly Stirton has selected an 11-player squad in what shapes as the final audition to make the squad for the 2024 IFCPF World Cup in Salou, Spain. The three-day training camp will take place at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra from Friday, 20 September – Sunday, 22 September and follows the recent National Para Football Championships 2024 held at the same venue.With the women’s World Cup kicking off in November, the talented group hailing from five different Member Federations will be determined to impress the coaching staff with only 10…
The Australia U-23 Representative Team will take on the Philippines tonight (10 August 2025 at 10:30pm AEST) for their second match of the ASEAN Women’s Championship MSIG Serenity Cup™ 2025.Following their first round loss to Myanmar (2-1), Australia will be keen to get their tournament back on track in their second match. The tournament, formerly known as the AFF Women’s Championship, will take place at Viet Tri Stadium in Phu Tho and Lach Tray Stadium in Haiphong, featuring eight participating nations from across Southeast Asia.Australia have been drawn into Group B alongside Myanmar,…
Tomorrow, the Australian Women’s National Futsal Team will begin their campaign to qualify for the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup™ 2025, with the qualifiers taking place in Uzbekistan.Miles Downie – who has been appointed by Football Australia as Head Coach for this qualification campaign – selected the squad following a five-day invitational selection camp held in Western Sydney.Scheduled for 11-19 January 2025, the qualifiers will see Australia compete in Group C alongside host nation Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Philippines, and Kuwait. All matches will be taking place at…
In preparation for their AFC U-23 Asian Cup 2024 Qualifiers in September, the Subway Olyroos will participate in the prestigious Maurice Revello Tournament in Aix-en-Provence, France from 5 June – 18 June 2023.
Joining Australia’s U-23 men’s national team will be eleven other U-23 national teams from across the globe including Bolivia, Costa Rica, France, Ivory Coast, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Togo, and Venezuela.
As a minimum, teams will play four matches, where they have been drawn into three groups, with the top team and the best placed runner-up…
Football Australia is pleased to announce that Queensland’s Casey Reibelt will whistle this Sunday’s 2022- 23 Liberty A-League Women’s Grand Final between Western United FC and Sydney FC at CommBank Stadium in Sydney.
This will be Casey Reibelt's second appointment as the referee for a W-League/A-League Women’s Grand Final, having also presided over the 2013 decider between Melbourne Victory FC and Brisbane Roar FC at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne.
Additionally, Reibelt has also been a Grand Final Additional Assistant Referee (AAR) in both 2019 and 2022, as well as Fourth Official on four…
The CommBank Junior Matildas will host AFC compatriots the Korea Republic in a three-match international series at Kingscliff Soccer Club and Broadbeach United Soccer Club.
Australia will take on the U-15 Women’s National Team from the Korea Republic in three fixtures played on Sunday, 30 October, Wednesday, 2 November and Friday, 4 November 2022.
Football Australia CEO James Johnson welcomed the staging of additional youth national team matches on Australian shores.
“Following the successful men’s Group G AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023™ Qualifiers in Shepperton earlier…
The Matildas were defeated 1-0 by Sweden in a tight Tokyo 2020 Olympics semi-final at Nissan Stadium, Yokohama.
An early goal in the second half from Fridolina Rolfö was enough for the Swedes to win through to their second straight Olympics gold medal match.
Australia made one change to the starting line-up that took on Great Britain in the quarter-final with midfielder Chloe Logarzo coming in for defender Aivi Luik.
It was a closely fought opening 20 minutes from two sides who had seen a lot of each other in the lead-up to the semi-final encounter.
CommBank Junior Matildas Head coach Rae Dower continues to widen the net with April’s Commonwealth Bank Junior Matildas training camp set to welcome 30 promising footballers to South Australia.
• 30 CommBank Junior Matildas hopefuls will descend on South Australia for a five-day Training Camp
• Training Camp will culminate in a ‘Green v Gold’ match on ANZAC Day at the new Football SA, State Centre for Football at Gepp’s Cross
The second Training Camp of 2022, with players from across the nation, including WA based…
Riding high on the World Cup performances of the Subway Socceroos and CommBank Matildas, the popularity of football continues to grow with Football Australia’s school programs ranking as the top sport among schools.
The latest Term 2 Sporting Schools statistics have revealed that football has clinched the top rank among school sports for the second consecutive year, reaffirming the popularity of the sport amongst school age kids.
Term 2 saw 44,954 students across the country undertake a Football Australia program, contributing to a total of 71,609 participants engaging with the world game…
