The country’s brightest young footballing talent have met in Adelaide, the Commonwealth Bank Junior Matildas training camp set to welcome 30 promising footballers to South Australia.
The second Training Camp of 2022, with players from across the nation, including WA based players for the first time in two years, have been called in as the national team selectors continue to cast their eye across the next generation of Australian footballers.
Running from 20 – 26 April, the training camp sees the selection of 2005 and 2006 born players with a mix of new and returning…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) would like to congratulate Ange Postecoglou and his coaching team – Peter Cklamovski, Arthur Papas and Gregory John King – on winning Japan’s J-League.
Postecoglou, who coached Brisbane Roar to two Hyundai A-League Championships, in 2010/11 and 2011/12 and a Premiership in 2010/11, was Australia men’s national team coach between 2013 and 2017 and guided the Caltex Socceroos to AFC Asian Cup glory in 2015.
Postecoglou took over at Yokohama F. Marinos in December 2017, and led them to their fourth J-League title in club’s 47-year history,…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) today acknowledged the Australian Olympic Committee’s (AOC) communications that athletes should prepare for a Tokyo Olympic Games in the northern summer of 2021, due to the evolving COVID-19 situation globally.
The AOC’s advice came after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced a potential postponement of this year’s Games, and changes in the public health landscape both in Australia and internationally.
FFA supports the AOC and IOC to make a final decision in the coming days or weeks regarding the Tokyo Games which ensures…
CommBank Young Matildas Head Coach Alex Epakis has settled on a 32-player squad for a domestic training camp to be held in Sydney from Monday, 23 June to Wednesday, 2 July 2025.The camp forms a crucial part of the team’s preparations for the AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Thailand 2026™ Qualifiers this August, where Australia will face Tajikistan, Palestine, and Chinese Taipei in Group C. All matches will take place at Pamir Stadium in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, with qualification offering a pathway to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Poland 2026™.Members selected for this training camp have been…
Football Australia has sanctioned Melbourne Victory under the National Code of Conduct and Ethics for an incident that occurred at the Isuzu UTE A-League match at AAMI Park in Melbourne, between Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United on Saturday, 8 January 2022.
After considering the Club’s response to the Show Cause Notice, Melbourne Victory has been issued with a $5,000 fine, which will be used by Football Australia to further invest in LGBTQ+ awareness and education initiatives in football.
In reaching the decision, Football Australia considered the following measures undertaken by…
It is with great sadness that Football Australia has learned of the passing of one of the earliest advocates of women’s football in Australia, Joe O’Connor.
O’Connor passed away in his adopted hometown of Perth at the age of 88.
After emigrating to Australia in 1963 with his wife Pat and young son Kirk, O’Connor became one of the driving forces of women’s football in Australia in the 60s and 70s with coaching stints at Sydney Prague, St George Budapest and the NSW Women’s State Team.
Along with Pat, a Football Australia Hall of Fame inductee, O’Connor was a crucial figure in…
The newly revamped 2025 CommBank Emerging Matildas Championships and 2025 CommBank Emerging Socceroos Championships are just around the corner and here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the action.The 2025 CommBank Emerging Socceroos Championships kick off on Sunday 6 July, running until Friday 11 July, and will take place at the Home of the Matildas in Melbourne.This will be closely followed by the 2025 CommBank Emerging Matildas Championships, which get going on Tuesday 15 July and conclude on Sunday 20 July. Valentine Sports Park in Sydney will host the girls’ competition.…
Futsalroos’ Head Coach Miles Downie has selected a 14-player squad to compete in the ASEAN Futsal Championships 2024, Thailand.Set to take place in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Terminal21 Korat from 2-10 November 2024, the Futsalroos have been drawn into Group B alongside Indonesia, Myanmar, and Cambodia.The squad consists of a mix of new and established players with Jonathan Barzel (Football NSW) returning to the national fold for the first time since 2022, while Peter Politis (Football NSW) and Corey Sewell (Football VIC) are in-line to make their debut for the Men’s National Futsal team.The…
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)…
Football Australia has issued a show cause notice under the Football Australia National Code of Conduct and Ethics to the Adelaide United A-League Head Coach, Carl Veart.
The citation relates to comments made in the official post-match media conference following the A-League 2020/21 Match Week 23 fixture between Adelaide United and Sydney FC on Saturday, 29 May 2021.
Veart has an opportunity to provide a submission to Football Australia by 5pm (AEST) on Monday, 7 June 2021. The sanctions applicable for a breach of the Football Australia National Code of Conduct and…
The CommBank Young Matildas opened the PacificAus Four Nations Tournament in the best possible way, defeating the Vanuatu senior national team 9-0 in front of a strong crowd at Viking Park, Canberra.Attacking midfielder Sienna Saveska was the architect in the first half, grabbing two goals and two assists in her 45 minutes, while six other Australians got on the scoresheet – highlighting the genuine team effort from the Young Matildas.
It was a brave effort from Vanuatu who defended stoutly but struggled to maintain possession outside of their defensive…
The FFA Cup 2021 Round of 32 will finally and joyfully get underway this evening when Football Queensland’s Peninsula Power FC take on A-League outfit Brisbane Roar FC at Moreton Daily Stadium in Redcliffe, Queensland.
After 692 days since the last FFA Cup Final, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic nationally, Australia’s largest club-based knockout competition – which commenced earlier this year with over 730 clubs in the running to claim the crown – will continue as a National Premier Leagues (NPL) Queensland outfit goes head-to-head with one of the most successful clubs in the…
Head Coach Kelly Stirton has named a ten-player squad for the CommBank ParaMatildas upcoming international series with Japan.
As the build-up to the 2023 IFCPF Asia-Oceania Championships (Para Asian Cup) gathers momentum, Australia will travel to Osaka, Japan to take on their AFC counterparts in a three-match series scheduled for 2, 3 and 4 September 2023 at J-Green Sakai National Training Centre.
The series marks the CommBank ParaMatildas first internationals for the year as they continue preparations for the inaugural Women’s Para Asian Cup to be held at the Home of the…
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,…
