Football Australia and Australian Professional Leagues (APL) staff took part in a six-a-side fundraising tournament in Sydney hosted by LGBTQI+ advocacy organisation Pride Football Australia (PFA) on Saturday.
The event, which coincided with tournaments in Melbourne and Brisbane, was a new adoption of the annual ‘Mardi Gras Football Tournament’, which has been running in the lead up to the Mardi Gras Parade for the last 12 years.
This year’s tournament was a fundraiser for the newest LGBTQI+ inclusive club – the Brisbane Inferno – who join…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) is pleased to announce that it has collaborated with KS Foundation to host a sensory room at this Friday’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Play-Off between Australia and Vietnam.
KS Foundation, the brainchild of Newcastle Jets attacker Kaine Sheppard, has hosted nine sensory rooms in Newcastle for football fans on the spectrum throughout the Hyundai A-League 2019/20 Regular Season, and on Sunday expanded interstate with their first Sensory Room held in partnership with Melbourne City FC at AAMI Park.
Football Australia is saddened to hear news of the passing of Socceroo number 141, Bill Mahoney.
At the age of 19, Bill was included in the Australian squad to tour South Africa in 1950 as back-up goalkeeper to Norman Conquest. He enjoyed a representative career that extended over 8 years and included 14 appearances for Australia, 8 games for NSW, and 7 matches for Northern NSW against touring international sides.
Bill’s A international appearance came against South Africa in Adelaide in September 1955.
Bill played in Northern NSW alongside the likes of Alf Quill and Reg Date. In…
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.
Players and staff departed Australia for the Kyrgyz Republic on 3 March 2023, with the CommBank Young Matildas beginning training ahead of their opening match.
The match can be streamed live and free in Australia below.
2024 AFC U-20 WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP | ROUND 1 QUALIFIERS | GROUP C
Guam v Australia
Date: 7 March 2023
Time: 1:00 am AEDT
Venue: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek
Football Australia today confirmed that Matildas' great Alicia Ferguson (Cap #101) will join the CommBank Matildas’ official staff for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ after being named as Australia’s Head of Delegation.
Ferguson, who debuted for the senior national team as a 15-year-old, represented Australia at two FIFA Women’s World Cups (1999 and 2007) and an Olympic Games (2000) in her 66 appearances for the CommBank Matildas spanning a decade. Her role will be centred on supporting the team and staff both on and off the field during their FIFA World Cup™…
Australia U-23 Women’s National Team will kick off the Four Nations Tournament in Växjö, Sweden, taking on the host nation on Thursday morning AEST (3:00am).Melissa Andreatta’s squad will then take on Germany (1 June) and finish their schedule against Poland (4 June). The opening matches against Sweden and Germany will both be live-streamed in collaboration with the Swedish Football Association and German Football Association.
The opening match against Sweden will be shown via Football Australia's YouTube Channel, thanks to the…
Football Australia today welcomed NSW Government’s announcement to increase the venue capacity of CommBank Stadium to 75% or 22,500 for the Commonwealth Bank Matildas two-match series against Brazil on Saturday 23 and Tuesday 26 October.
This announcement also coincides with New South Wales reaching a double vaccination rate of 70% of all people aged 16 and over in advance of these fixtures, with football now leading the way in NSW’s reopening plans.
Football Australia Chief Executive Officer, James Johnson was delighted with this announcement which will see the Commonwealth Bank Matildas…
Sam Kerr has been awarded the Football Writers’ Association Women’s Footballer of the Year award, rewarded for her standout season at Chelsea.
The Australian was honoured alongside Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, who was named the men's Footballer of the Year.
Kerr's award comes off the back of a remarkable week for the Blues, scoring in both of Chelsea's wins over Spurs and notching her 40th goal in the WSL.
The news of the award comes off the back of a history breaking week for the striker, breaking a Chelsea club record by scoring in seven consecutive matches. Kerr leads the…
CommBank Young Socceroos Head Coach Trevor Morgan today announced a squad of 23 players to attend a World Cup pre-camp ahead of the FIFA U20 World Cup Chile 2025™.The FIFA U20 World Cup Chile 2025™, scheduled from 27 September to 19 October, features 24 teams from across the globe, with the CommBank Young Socceroos sealing their place in the 24th edition of the bi-annual tournament courtesy of their history-making victory at the AFC U20 Asian Cup China 2025™.The squad will be cut to 21 players before Australia begin their FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign against European heavyweights, Italy at…
Football Australia Chair Mr. Chris Nikou was today re-elected on the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Football Federation (AFF) Council for the term of 2022 to 2026.
The AFF consists of the national football associations of Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Nikou was in Siem Reap, Cambodia where the AFF Elections took place during the AFF Ordinary Congress 2022 earlier today.
The AFF Elections held were for the positions of President, four Vice Presidents, five Council Members and…
Australia will learn their group stage opponents for the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup™ China 2025 when the Final Draw ceremony takes place at the Juva Grand Hotel in the host city of Hohhot at 6pm AEDT on Thursday, February 6.Nine teams emerged from the first ever Qualifiers – held last month – to progress to the Finals, where they will be joined by hosts China PR and 2018’s top two, Islamic Republic of Iran and Japan. The third edition of the Continent’s premier women’s national team futsal tournament is slated to take place in May 2025 and the Final Draw will see the cast being split…
The Australian football community today acknowledges the three members of the football family who have been recognised in the January 26 Honours List for their work as community leaders and contributors to the sport.A stalwart in the ACT’s football community, former Capital Football CEO and Director Ivan Slavich AM was awarded a Member (AM) in the general division for his service to business, and to the community through governance and philanthropic endeavours including roles with Soldier On, the Australian War Memorial and Ronald McDonald House Charities.Football administrator …
The rebel Female Football awards will be held on Friday, recognising the incredible contribution by both women and men in football at all levels of the game in Australia.
Here’s all you need to know about the awards, nominations and all the different categories up for grabs at the prestigious ceremony.
BEST OF: Stunning free-kicks of the Westfield W-League 2018/19 Season
VIDEOS: Remember the Westfield W-League 2018/19 season that was
BEST OF: Top long-range stunners of the Westfield W-League 2018/19 Season
Former Hyundai A-League player Andy Brennan wants to be the role model he never had after becoming Australia’s only openly-gay professional footballer.
Brennan, who played five Hyundai A-League matches for the Newcastle Jets across the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons, now runs out for Victorian outfit Green Gully in the National Premier Leagues.
15 YEARS OF HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE: Vote for the best-ever goal
WATCH: McDonald opens his account as Western United FC make it three from three
The 26-year-old came out in an Instagram post back in May, and revealed he feared he…
20 years on from that legacy-defining penalty shootout at Stadium Australia against Uruguay, some of the key protagonists - and one notable member of the crowd that day - regaled each other with their memories of the historic moment.
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns was amongst the 83,000-strong crowd clad in Green and Gold as Mark Schwarzer and Tony Vidmar provided those in attendance and the millions watching at home with a memory they’ll never forget. In celebration of 20 years since Australia secured qualification for the…
The seeding for the highly-anticipated AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™ Final Draw, which will take place on May 11, 2023, 2:00pm local time in Doha, Qatar (9:00 PM AEST), has now been confirmed following the release of the latest FIFA World Ranking.
As with the previous editions of Asia’s crown jewel, Qatar have been allocated the first position in Pot 1 ahead of the draw to be held at the Katara Opera House to ensure that the host nation commences the tournament with the opening match scheduled for January 12, 2024.
Joining the hosts and defending champions in Pot 1 are the teams ranked from…
Football Australia is proud to announce the CommBank Junior Matildas will take centre stage in Gosford this November as part of the inaugural ASEAN-Australia Women’s Football Week 2025, playing a curtain raiser ahead of the CommBank Matildas’ match against New Zealand.The CommBank Junior Matildas will face off against Thailand’s U16 Women’s National Team in a friendly match on 28 November 2025 at polytec Stadium, Gosford. The match will also be broadcast live on Paramount+.This fixture follows an earlier clash between the two sides on 25 November at Wanderers Football Park in Sydney, and…
Head coach Kai Lammert has selected an exciting 18-player strong CommBank Pararoos squad as they open Football Australia’s 2023 calendar of home internationals next month when they take on the United States of America.
It will mark the CommBank Pararoos first international on home soil in three years when they welcome the world number four at Cromer Park, Manly.
Lammert has called up a host of familiar faces with history making veteran captain David Barber, forward Ben Roche and midfielder Connor Marsh headlining the host of experienced names.
Football Australia proudly welcomes the Australian Sports Commission's (ASC) announcement of a historic $385 million investment package, supporting high-performance and participation initiatives through the "Win Well" and "Play Well" funding streams.This funding highlights the critical role sport plays in Australian communities and strengthens pathways from grassroots participation to elite success.Football Australia is pleased to be allocated $6,319,500 over the next 18 months (1 Jan 2025 to 30 June 2026):Win Well funding: $5,379,000Play Well funding: $940,500This represents a 25%…
