After earning her first call-up to the CommBank Young Matildas earlier this year, Naomi Chinnama has gradually found her feet with the U20 Women’s National Team.
Playing her A-League Women’s football with Melbourne City, Chinnama is emerging as one of the next generations of defenders and believes her recent exposure to international football – and potentially the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022™ – will be an important part of her education.
“This is very new for me,” she said. “My first camp was the New Zealand series camp [in April] and getting used…
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.
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…
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…
Football Australia is saddened to acknowledge the passing of Hall of Fame inductee Ted Simmons OAM.Simmons made a significant contribution to football in Australia as a journalist, storyteller, referee and administrator over a more than 70-year period.A journalist from the 1950s, his work for Australian Associated Press (AAP) gave football extensive coverage in Australian newspapers in an era when there were very few employed specialist football writers.He covered many Socceroos’ FIFA World Cup campaigns including Mexico ‘86, Italy ‘90 and USA ‘94, as well as several FIFA World Cup finals for…
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…
After a season that has been severely interrupted by COVID-19, Football Australia can announce that the ‘last ever’ FFA Cup Final will be broadcast exclusively live on free to air television across the nation on Network 10 on the evening of Saturday, 5 February 2022.
Football Australia, together with broadcast partner 10 ViacomCBS, today confirmed that for the first time in the competition’s history the FFA Cup’s showpiece match will be distributed to households and viewers across the nation in a Saturday primetime slot.
The FFA Cup Final, which will kick-off at 7.45pm AEDT in either…
Football Australia is saddened to hear of the passing of Socceroo cap #258, Peter Stone.
Stone was born in Brisbane on September 30, 1954, before his family moved to Newcastle when he was nine years old.
During the early 1960's , Peter played his junior football for Kotara South and Adamstown Rosebuds, before playing at senior level for Adamastown Rosebuds and a host of Sydney-based clubs.
The midfielder would go on to play at the highest level of Australian football, and enjoyed a stint abroad representing Tottenham Hotspur in 1980.
Australia wrapped up their PacificAus Sport International Futsal Series with an exciting win on Wednesday night, defeating the Solomon Islands 5-3 at The Centre in Dural.
The result marked a second win on the bounce for the Futsalroos, following Monday’s 3-2 victory and a 1-1 stalemate played out between the two nations on Saturday.
In an action-packed first half, Australia burst out of the blocks to a three-goal lead.
Jordan Gurreiro tapped home a well-worked move to open the scoring inside two minutes, before popping up to double the lead after eight.
The Western Sydney Wanderers FC will face Brisbane Roar FC in the Foxtel Y-League 2019 Grand Final at ANZ Stadium on Friday 1 February (Kick-Off 4:20pm (AEDT)).
The Western Sydney Wanderers FC topped the Conference B table in extraordinary circumstances after defeating Sydney FC 2-1 in a match that was abandoned after 87 minutes due to lightning.
Going into the final match of the regular season, Sydney FC and the Western Sydney Wanderers FC were both locked on 15 points with Sydney FC having the advantage of a better goal difference. Based on this fact, a draw would have be enough for…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) is saddened to learn of the death of former Socceroos coach Rudi Gutendorf, who passed away overnight at the age of 93.
The German-born Gutendorf was in charge of the Socceroos between 1979 and 1981, leading the senior men’s national team to the Oceania Cup title in 1980, a competition won with a largely Under 20-based squad.
FFA Chief Executive David Gallop AM paid tribute, saying “We are sad to learn of the passing of Rudi Gutendorf, who was a quite remarkable football coach.”
“His long and illustrious career saw him coach 19 men’s international teams…
The Western Sydney Wanderers FC will face Brisbane Roar FC in the Foxtel Y-League 2019 Grand Final at ANZ Stadium on Friday 1 February (Kick-Off 4:20pm (AEDT)).
The Western Sydney Wanderers FC topped the Conference B table in extraordinary circumstances after defeating Sydney FC 2-1 in a match that was abandoned after 87 minutes due to lightning.
Going into the final match of the regular season, Sydney FC and the Western Sydney Wanderers FC were both locked on 15 points with Sydney FC having the advantage of a better goal difference. Based on this fact, a draw…
