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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…
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- 2 years 7 months ago
The CommBank Young Matildas continue their AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2024™ campaign on Wednesday night (AEDT) when they take on the host nation, Uzbekistan, in their second group stage.Australia currently occupies the second spot on the table in Group A after picking up a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over the Korea Republic in their opening game. Uzbekistan will be looking to pick up their first points of the tournament after they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Chinese Taipei. The top two teams at the end of the group stage will qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Colombia 2024…
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- 2 years 2 months ago
Football Australia confirms that Stefan Kamasz has stepped down from the Board of Football Australia, effective immediately due to personal reasons.
Stefan Kamasz, inducted into the Football Australia Hall of Fame in 2014, has been an outstanding contributor to Australian football for several decades.
He was appointed to the Football Australia Board on 25 November 2020 and was a Member of the Football Australia Referees Committee and the Football Development Committee during his tenure.
Stefan arrived in Australia from England in 1969 to play for Northern NSW club Weston Bears…
Stefan Kamasz, inducted into the Football Australia Hall of Fame in 2014, has been an outstanding contributor to Australian football for several decades.
He was appointed to the Football Australia Board on 25 November 2020 and was a Member of the Football Australia Referees Committee and the Football Development Committee during his tenure.
Stefan arrived in Australia from England in 1969 to play for Northern NSW club Weston Bears…
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- 4 years 2 months ago
Football Australia has today sanctioned Melbourne Knights FC (the Club) under the National Code of Conduct and Ethics (the Code).The determination relates to conduct that occurred at or in relation to the Club’s Australia Cup 2023 Quarter Final against Heidelberg United FC on Thursday, 14 September 2023 (the Match).The Club were issued with a show cause notice and provided an opportunity to respond with respect to both the alleged infringements and, if applicable, the appropriate sanction.Based on the material available, including, but not limited to, a range of relevant matters, including…
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- 2 years 7 months ago
Football Australia can advise that two of the upcoming FFA Cup 2021 Quarter Finals have been locked in for Tuesday 21 December and Wednesday 22 December respectively.
On the Tuesday night, APIA Leichhardt FC will be looking to cause another 'Cupset' when they take on Isuzu UTE A-League Men's club Central Coast Mariners at 7:30pm AEDT at Leichhardt Oval.
APIA reached the Quarters after a scintillating 2-1 win over top-tier side Western Sydney Wanderers on 7 December, becoming the first ever National Premier Leagues club to knock out A-League opposition from the FFA Cup for a second…
On the Tuesday night, APIA Leichhardt FC will be looking to cause another 'Cupset' when they take on Isuzu UTE A-League Men's club Central Coast Mariners at 7:30pm AEDT at Leichhardt Oval.
APIA reached the Quarters after a scintillating 2-1 win over top-tier side Western Sydney Wanderers on 7 December, becoming the first ever National Premier Leagues club to knock out A-League opposition from the FFA Cup for a second…
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- 4 years 5 months ago
Socceroos’ Head Coach Graham Arnold has named his 26-man squad to represent Australia at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.
Goalkeeper Mathew Ryan will captain the side in Qatar at what will be his third FIFA World Cup, with Mathew Leckie the other player in the squad selected to represent Australia at a FIFA World Cup for the third time.
This year’s tournament will be the second FIFA World Cup for Aziz Behich, Milos Degenek, Jackson Irvine, Jamie MacLaren, Aaron Mooy and Bailey Wright, with seventeen players selected in a FIFA World Cup squad for the first time.
Head Coach Graham Arnold said…
Goalkeeper Mathew Ryan will captain the side in Qatar at what will be his third FIFA World Cup, with Mathew Leckie the other player in the squad selected to represent Australia at a FIFA World Cup for the third time.
This year’s tournament will be the second FIFA World Cup for Aziz Behich, Milos Degenek, Jackson Irvine, Jamie MacLaren, Aaron Mooy and Bailey Wright, with seventeen players selected in a FIFA World Cup squad for the first time.
Head Coach Graham Arnold said…
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- 3 years 6 months ago
CommBank Young Matildas head coach Leah Blayney has selected a 23-player squad to travel to the Kyrgyz Republic next month for the first round of the 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers.
Australia’s U-20 Women’s National Team will face Guam and hosts Kyrgyz Republic in Group C of the Round 1 Qualifiers with the group winner progressing to Round 2 in June 2023.
Selection of the squad has followed three training camps and international matches over the past six months that saw 43 different players called up for the start of the new U-20 cycle.
Blayney said that the…
Australia’s U-20 Women’s National Team will face Guam and hosts Kyrgyz Republic in Group C of the Round 1 Qualifiers with the group winner progressing to Round 2 in June 2023.
Selection of the squad has followed three training camps and international matches over the past six months that saw 43 different players called up for the start of the new U-20 cycle.
Blayney said that the…
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- 3 years 2 months ago
With Female Football Week 2022 underway, we continue to celebrate the game changers and barrier breakers of the women's game.
Referee Casey Reibelt is one of those champions, being just the second woman to ever referee a men's A-League match after Kate Jacewicz, but she hopes for the day when this isn't considered a history-making moment and rather, the norm.
It took 15 years for a woman referee to be appointed to an A-League Men's match when Jacewicz took charge of Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets in January of 2020 and now, over two years later…
Referee Casey Reibelt is one of those champions, being just the second woman to ever referee a men's A-League match after Kate Jacewicz, but she hopes for the day when this isn't considered a history-making moment and rather, the norm.
It took 15 years for a woman referee to be appointed to an A-League Men's match when Jacewicz took charge of Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets in January of 2020 and now, over two years later…
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- 4 years ago
The Socceroos’ upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Chinese Taipei will be available for viewing on a number of platforms.
Australia's next match on the journey to the FIFA World Cup 2022 will take place on Tuesday morning at 5am (AEST) and will be available on Fox Sports, Kayo Sports, ABC TV, and the My Football Live App.
Socceroos fans can stream the upcoming qualifier live and free on Kayo Sports through their Freebies account which can be activated by downloading the Kayo Sports app or visiting www.kayosports.com.au/freebies.
READ: How to watch Socceroos' FIFA World Cup Qualifiers…
Australia's next match on the journey to the FIFA World Cup 2022 will take place on Tuesday morning at 5am (AEST) and will be available on Fox Sports, Kayo Sports, ABC TV, and the My Football Live App.
Socceroos fans can stream the upcoming qualifier live and free on Kayo Sports through their Freebies account which can be activated by downloading the Kayo Sports app or visiting www.kayosports.com.au/freebies.
READ: How to watch Socceroos' FIFA World Cup Qualifiers…
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- 4 years 11 months ago
The Caltex Socceroos and Westfield Matildas will play matches in Canberra over the next 18 months after the announcement of a $20 million investment by the ACT Government in Tuesday’s 2019-20 budget.
It will see Canberra get a new ‘Home of Football’, with the facility, to be built at Throsby and be the new headquarters for football in the ACT.
It will feature multiple outdoor fields, indoor futsal courts, office space for Capital Football, and associated amenities.
With the ACT Government investing $20 million to the project, Capital Football will contribute $4.5 million to build the $24.5…
It will see Canberra get a new ‘Home of Football’, with the facility, to be built at Throsby and be the new headquarters for football in the ACT.
It will feature multiple outdoor fields, indoor futsal courts, office space for Capital Football, and associated amenities.
With the ACT Government investing $20 million to the project, Capital Football will contribute $4.5 million to build the $24.5…
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- 6 years 11 months ago
Australia enter their second half of Round 3 FIFA World Cup Qualifying with a trip to United Arab Emirates where they face China on Wednesday morning (AEDT).
Graham Arnold's outfit were held to a scoreless stalemate by group leaders Saudi Arabia on their long-awaited homecoming, and will be eager to return to winning ways against the nation they defeated 3-0 in Doha three months ago.
Once again, the action will be broadcast live and free on Australia's 'Home of Football,' Network Ten.
Kicking off at 2am AEDT, the match will…
Graham Arnold's outfit were held to a scoreless stalemate by group leaders Saudi Arabia on their long-awaited homecoming, and will be eager to return to winning ways against the nation they defeated 3-0 in Doha three months ago.
Once again, the action will be broadcast live and free on Australia's 'Home of Football,' Network Ten.
Kicking off at 2am AEDT, the match will…
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- 4 years 5 months ago
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™ have confirmed that the upcoming edition of Asia’s flagship national team competition will be held from January 12 to February 10, 2024.
Asia’s top 24 nations will compete for the most prestigious prize in Asian football and, as part of efforts to engage with more fans than ever before, the 18th edition of the tournament will maximise the advantage of playing the opening game on a Friday and the final on a weekend.
At the same time, the AFC and LOC have also confirmed that the…
Asia’s top 24 nations will compete for the most prestigious prize in Asian football and, as part of efforts to engage with more fans than ever before, the 18th edition of the tournament will maximise the advantage of playing the opening game on a Friday and the final on a weekend.
At the same time, the AFC and LOC have also confirmed that the…
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- 3 years 1 month ago