Football Federation Australia (FFA) has today announced a ground-breaking partnership with the ACT Government and Capital Football that will see the Caltex Socceroos and Westfield Matildas play international matches in Canberra and the development of a new ‘Home of Football’ in the nation’s capital.
The whole football community in the ACT will benefit from the deal, reached after extensive discussions between the parties, and FFA Chief Executive David Gallop AM said he was delighted with the outcome.
“This exciting partnership will see the Caltex Socceroos play a FIFA World Cup…
Football Australia is proud to announce the 14-player squad to contest the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup™ Qualifiers 2025 in Uzbekistan.Miles Downie – who has been appointed by Football Australia as Head Coach for this qualification campaign – selected the squad following a five-day invitational selection camp held in Western Sydney.The AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup™ Qualifiers, scheduled for 11-19 January 2025, will see Australia compete in Group C alongside host nation Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Philippines, and Kuwait.The Australia Women’s National Futsal Team will play their…
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…
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…
The Australian Women's National Football Team and Australia’s favourite national team, the CommBank Matildas, have once again showcased their unparalleled appeal by selling out three successive matches in Perth, Western Australia.This impressive feat extends their record to an extraordinary 11 consecutive sell-outs, a streak beginning from the pre-FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ send-off game against France and continuing through the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ itself.Two of these exhilarating matches in Perth (Match Day 1 on 26 October and Match Day 3 on 1 November) are being held at the 20,000…
The Commonwealth Bank Matildas have learned their opponents for the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022™ following the official draw on Thursday, 28 October.
Australia were drawn in Group B for the expanded 12-nation tournament, to be held in India from January 20 to February 6, 2022.
Tony Gustavsson's side will face Thailand, Phillipines and Indonesia in Group B, with the top two teams qualifying directly for the Quarter Finals, and two of the best third-placed teams also reaching the last eight.
Kicking things off for the CommBank Matildas in the group stage is a clash…
Central Coast Mariners FC goalkeeper, Anthony Pavlesic has been named as captain of the Subway Joeys for this week’s AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023™ Qualifiers.
On scholarship with the Mariners, the 16-year-old ‘keeper from Fairfield in western Sydney has been chosen by Australian Under-17 National Team Head Coach Brad Maloney to lead the team in Shepparton (5 – 9 October) after impressing the coaching staff with his leadership qualities.
In becoming captain, Pavlesic follows in the footsteps of current Subway Socceroos’ captain, Mat Ryan, who is also the starting goalkeeper for his…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
