Football Australia has today issued a further seven bans to spectators as part of the organisation’s ongoing investigation into the unacceptable events that unfolded during the A-League Men’s match between Melbourne City FC and Melbourne Victory FC at AAMI Park on Saturday, 17 December.
Today’s announcement brings the number of bans issued by Football Australia following the Melbourne Derby to 17, with Football Australia continuing to work with Victoria Police on other persons of interest.
This latest round of bans involves people ranging from 19 to 28 years of age, with one life ban and…
Football Australia is saddened to have learned of the passing of former Socceroos Head Coach, Dr Jozef Vengloš at the age of 84.
Vengloš – who held a doctorate in Physical Education – managed Australia’s senior men’s national football team in three ‘A’ internationals throughout 1967, after beginning his coaching career in Sydney with Prague in the mid-1960s.
After coaching in and with Australia, Vengloš went on to manage an array of clubs and national teams in Asia and Europe throughout a long and well-travelled career in the game.
Football Federation Australia (FFA) is saddened to learn of the passing of legendary football broadcaster Les Murray AM who died today after a period of illness.
Murray was inducted into the FFA Hall of Fame in 2003 and was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia in 2006 for his services to Football as a radio and television producer, journalist and presenter, and through national and international football organisations.
Born in Hungary in 1945, Les Murray’s early years were spent following the famous Hungarian team of the 1950s. His playing career was interrupted when his family…
The annual Female Football Week awards recognise players, coaches, administrators and referees at all levels for their contribution to #OurGame.This year’s Referee of the Year is Sunshine Coast local Catalina Stylianou. After competing at national level in swimming and kayaking, she took up both refereeing and playing football four years ago, and hasn’t looked back since.“When I started playing I saw that there was a need for referees, particularly on our female matches,” she recalled.“I had never seen a female referee on our matches. So, when I heard about the opportunity to become a referee…
The first Semi Final of the FFA Cup 2021 will be played at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in Kogarah next Tuesday, 18 January 2022.
Sydney FC, who won through to the Semi Finals for a fourth time courtesy of a 1-0 victory over Brisbane Roar FC last night, will host New South Wales rivals Central Coast Mariners FC in the clash.
The Mariners qualified for the Semi Finals prior to Christmas, securing a dominate 6-0 victory over National Premier Leagues (NPL) New South Wales opposition APIA Leichhardt FC in their Quarter Final encounter.
Tuesday’s Semi Final will kick-off at 7pm AEDT, with the…
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 Australia is saddened to have learned of the passing of respected former FIFA Referee and Soccer Australia Director of Referees, Gary Power.
Power passed away today, Tuesday, 29 December 2020, following a long battle with cancer. He was 69.
Power was an esteemed match official who refereed 172 fixtures in the National Soccer League (NSL) between the 1981 and 1991-92 NSL seasons.
Following his time as an NSL Referee, Power worked for Soccer Australia as Director of Referees for a decade (1992-2002) and was the National Elite Referees Instructor at Football Federation…
Football Australia proudly joined the Hon. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Jakarta as part of his first official bilateral meeting, since his re-election, with the President of Indonesia, H.E. Prabowo Subianto. The visit marked a milestone in Australia’s deepening regional engagement and highlighted the growing cooperation between Football Australia and the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI).Football is Australia's bridge to the world to open trade and diplomatic connections and has long connected our two nations, with the first match between Australia and Indonesia taking place…
Newly appointed Australian U-17 Men’s National Team Head Coach, Brad Maloney, has selected thirty (30) of the country’s best youth footballers for a two-week training camp in Melbourne, as the Joeys prepare for the upcoming AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023™ Qualifiers.
This camp will be Maloney’s first since being appointed Joeys’ Head Coach last month, and will run from Saturday, 17 September through until Friday, 30 September before a 23-player squad is named to represent Australia at the Qualifiers to be contested in Shepparton (VIC) from 5 – 9 October 2022.
Australia will close out the October FIFA Women’s International Window with a trip to Midtjylland to face Denmark at Viborg Stadium on Tuesday, 11 October 2022.
Kicking off at 6.00 pm local time, it will be the second meeting between the two nations in the last 15 months as they ramp up their preparations for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023™ in earnest.
CommBank Matildas head coach Tony Gustavsson was pleased to have secured a second complementary opponent for October.
“Having faced them in my early days with the team, we are all well…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) is pleased to announce that it will host an ASEAN-Australia Football Exchange in the week of the Australian Government’s ASEAN-Australia Special Summit.
Partnering with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the ASEAN-Australia Council (AAC), FFA has designed a program of events as part of the ASEAN-Australia Football Exchange.
Each of the events and initiatives designed and hosted by FFA will showcase the strong relationship between Australia and South-East Asia through football…
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…
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…
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…
