Kate Jacewicz has created history today as the first female referee appointed to the Hyundai A-League Referees Panel.
Football Federation Australia (FFA) today released the names of the Match Officials that will control matches during the upcoming Hyundai A-League and Westfield W-League seasons.
Ben Abraham will also join Kate on the Hyundai A-League referees panel for the first time.
Alex King, who has been a Hyundai A-League Referee since 2017, has also been promoted to the position of a full-time referee joining Chris Beath and Shaun Evans.
The CommBank Junior Matildas have fallen 2-0 to Thailand U16 in the first of a two-game series to celebrate ASEAN-Australia Football Week.Prawnapa Wisadchat and Kawinthida Kikuntod were the goalscorers for Thailand, both in the first half, in an impressive performance from the ASEAN U16 finalists.CommBank Junior Matildas Head Coach Mike Cooper selected a young and inexperienced squad for this window, with only six players retained from the team that qualified for the AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup next year. It meant that, for the most part, it was a younger group of Australians taking on a Thai…
The Australian Women’s Futsal National Team have come from behind to qualify for the AFC Futsal Women’s Asian Cup 2025™ after a tense 3-1 victory over home side Uzbekistan.Jessica McLean scored a penalty before a brace to Nikkita Fazzari sealed the result.
The match was a fascinating tactical battle from the beginning. Australia controlled possession and the general flow of play, but Uzbekistan were incredibly dangerous in transition.Lyudmila Karachik – a player that CommBank Matildas fans would be familiar with from the AFC Olympic Qualifiers…
New Futsalroos Head Coach Miles Downie has named a 14-player squad for Australia’s tilt at the forthcoming AFF Futsal Championship 2022 in Thailand.
The squad, which features Australia’s brightest emerging Futsal players, departed Australia bound for Bangkok on Sunday where they will spend a week preparing for their first game of the tournament on April 4.
This week, the Futsalroos are scheduled to take on local Thai futsal clubs, Thonburi University and Thammasat as they prepare to compete at the AFF Futsal Championship.
Australia will play Vietnam, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste in…
Football Australia today announced the CommBank Matildas will play Uzbekistan at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on Wednesday, 28 February 2024 in the AFC Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024™ Asian Qualifiers Round 3 (Asian Qualifiers).Tickets to the crucial clash will go on pre-sale for Football Account holders today, Monday, 18 December at 12:00pm AEDT with the General Public tickets window opening on Wednesday, 20 December from 12.00pm AEDT via Ticketmaster. Prices will start from $20 Junior, $25 Concession, $35 Adult, and $90 Family.February’s FIFA Women’s…
The Futsalroos are hours away from kicking off their AFC Futsal Asian Cup Indonesia 2026™ campaign, facing heavyweights Japan in their first group-stage match.Jakarta, Indonesia hosts the tournament's 18th edition with 16 of Asia’s strongest national teams vying for the accolade of lifting a continental title.How To Watch: Futsalroos at the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Indonesia 2026™Although Futsal World Cup qualification is not rewarded for the winner of this year's edition, Futsalroo Tyler Garner said he’s incredibly excited to be on the continent's biggest futsal stage.“I’m ready to embrace…
The Young Matildas ended their FIFA U-20 World Cup journey in Costa Rica with a fighting performance against European champions, Spain.
After the game, Hana Lowry and Jessika Nash admitted that they were disappointed to lose the match 3-0, but were incredibly proud of themselves and their teammates.
“Our journey has come to an end tonight, but I’m so proud of the girls,” Lowry said. “We gave our all on the pitch and we left nothing out there. Each and every one of us are proud.”
The game was far from a foregone conclusion. The Young Matildas matched and…
Football Australia is proud to add its support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart (Uluru Statement) and stands side by side with First Nations people in calls for a voice and acknowledgment enshrined in the Australian Constitution.
Endorsed in 2017 at the First Nations Constitutional Convention, the Uluru Statement is an invitation to the Australian community to join First Nations people in a movement for a more equitable nation and future – a future where all peoples are valued and heard.
Football Australia CEO, James Johnson, said: “In supporting…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has signed an international media rights deal with IMG.
The multimillion dollar deal gives IMG the right to market the Hyundai A-League, Westfield W-League and Westfield FFA Cup, as well as selected Caltex Socceroos and Westfield Matildas matches, to broadcasters around the world for six years from the 2017/18 season.
The IMG agreement complements FFA’s new domestic broadcast arrangements made with FOX SPORTS, Foxtel and News Corp in December 2016. The final part of FFA’s broadcast rights, a commercial free to air deal the Ten Network, was recently…
With the 2023 FIFA Women's Cup now less than 500 days away from kick-off, many of Australia's players and executives came together to commemorate the milestone, and discuss what it means to host the world's largest female sporting competition.
Amongst those involved in the Sydney Harbour event was Commonwealth Bank Matildas' midfielder Chloe Logarzo, who is on track to return from a serious ACL injury and stake her claim as a member of Tony Gustavsson's squad.
Having been a part of the celebrations that ensued after Australia/New Zealand were…
Football Australia has confirmed that the Subway Socceroos will face Bahrain at Robina Stadium, Gold Coast on Thursday, 5 September 2024 (kick-off TBC) to open their Round Three AFC Asian Qualifiers™ – Road To 26 Qualification campaign.The match marks the first time the Subway Socceroos have played on the Gold Coast, 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 commence the third phase of qualification off the back…
New and familiar faces make up Head Coach Leah Blayney’s 25-player squad selected for the CommBank Matildas training camp and two-match international series with Aotearoa New Zealand later this month.Australia faces a trip to Wellington to tackle fellow FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™ qualifiers on Thursday, 11 July 2024 (12.30pm AEST) at Jerry Collins Stadium and Sunday, 14 July 2024 (12.30pm AEST) in a closed doors match at New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport (NZCIS).Blayney will utilise the international friendlies to ready her charges for their Group A campaign against…
The Socceroos moved through to the third round of World Cup Qualifying this week after a clean sweep of Group B - winning eight games out of eight.
Graham Arnold's side scored 28 goals and conceded just two in the second round, moving one step closer to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
The path now moves onto the third round, with 12 nations being split up into two groups of six. The winners and runners-up in each group (four total) will qualify directly for the World Cup, while the two third-placed teams will advance to a playoff, where they will play to…
Australian footballer Shadeene Evans was recognised as the Northern Territory’s Junior Sportsperson of the Year at the 2020 NT Sports Awards on Sunday.
The NT Sports Awards recognise the outstanding achievements of Territory athletes, coaches, sporting officials and volunteers.
Evans represented the Westfield Young Matildas at the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship in Thailand last year, serving as vice-captain to Karly Roestbakken.
Evans, who hails from NT town of Borroloola, has also been a member of FFA’s Future Matildas training program, and represented…
The CommBank Young Matildas have lost 3-1 to the Chinese U-20 Women’s National Football Team in the final game of their two-match International Series at Auxiliary Field of Xiamen Egret Stadium.The match saw attacking players Milan Hammond and Lara Gooch make their international debut for the CommBank Young Matildas, while Grace Johnston, Zoe Karipidis and Indiana Dos Santos were moved into the starting 11.The opening goal came early in the first half after a Chinese corner found the feet of Zhang Chenxi. Yu Xingyue and Yu Jiaqi combined well up front for the team in red, with both players…
The nineteenth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Football Australia was held in Sydney and via video conference on the afternoon (AEDT) of Wednesday, 23 November in line with the release of Football Australia’s 2022 Annual Review.
Five nominations were received for election to three positions on the Board of Football Australia.
The Nominee Directors listed below fill two positions as Elected Directors of Football Australia for terms of office expiring at the 2025 AGM and one position as Elected Director for a term of office expiring at the 2023 AGM.
Football Australia joins Football South Australia and the entire Australian football community in mourning the passing of Tony Farrugia, a respected and much-loved figure in South Australian football.Tony’s impact on the game was profound and enduring. As former General Manager of the South Australian Soccer Federation, a Life Member of Football South Australia, and a tireless champion for the sport, Tony dedicated decades of service to strengthening football at all levels. He was a key architect of South Australia’s modern competition structure, introducing innovations that brought new…
Subway Young Socceroos Head Coach, Trevor Morgan has selected a 23-man squad for a tour of South America – taking in fixtures against Uruguay and Chile – during the June FIFA Men’s International Window.The tour represents the beginning of a busy period of activity for some of the most promising talent from Australia’s U-20 cohort, featuring players from domestic leagues across the world as well as the Isuzu UTE A-League Men.Miguel Di Pizio (Central Coast Mariners FC) will arrive in camp off the back of whirlwind few months in club football, which was capped off by an A-League Championship win…
