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 delighted that Westfield Matildas star Sam Kerr has been nominated for football’s highest individual honour, the Women’s Ballon d’Or for the second consecutive year.
FFA Chairman Chris Nikou said he was thrilled with the nomination.
“Our congratulations to Sam on this fantastic individual honour. Her performances for both the Westfield Matildas and her club teams - including Perth Glory in the Westfield W-League - have been of the highest quality.”
“Australian football is blessed to have a player of her quality both on and off the pitch. She…
The Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports (COMPPS) today announced that David Gallop AM, the CEO of Football Federation Australia, will become the new Chairperson of COMPPS, effective immediately, with James Sutherland stepping down as the current Chairperson following his resignation as CEO of Cricket Australia.
James Sutherland has held the position of Chairperson since COMPPS was formed in 2009, and has been CEO of Cricket Australia since 2001. He will officially vacate his role as CEO of Cricket Australia at their Annual General Meeting later this month.
Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Football Coaches Australia (FCA) in a ground-breaking partnership to enhance coach development.
The agreement will see the organisations collaborate across three key areas, and FFA Chief Executive James Johnson said he was delighted with the partnership.
“Creating world class environments for coach development is a high priority for FFA. Our focus on coach development to the long-term success of Australian football is highlighted by our inclusion of Principle VI within the XI Principles for…
After an electric 3-1 win over host nation Costa Rica, Young Matildas' head coach Leah Blayney spoke to media as the team continue their FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup campaign against Brazil on Sunday.
"The group's pulled up really, really well. We had a good recovery day yesterday and today we're training out of the stadium we're going to play at tomorrow. Everybody's just excited to get back out there and put on that national team jersey," Blayney said at the pre-match press conference.
Football Australia has confirmed the Match Official appointments for Round 20 of the Isuzu UTE A-League 2022/23 season.
Kearney Robinson will officiate his 150th match as an Assistant Video Assistant Referee (AVAR) in the A-League Men’s competition, in the match between Perth Glory and Western Sydney Wanderers.
Robinson's first appointment as an AVAR came in Round 4 of the 2019-20 season, in the match between Perth Glory and Central Coast Mariners, and becomes only the second official to reach 150 matches in the AVAR role after Michael Bailey (233).
Football Australia acknowledges the announcement from FIFA that it will partner with several United Nations agencies to highlight a range of social causes through eight (8) themed armbands at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™️, and that team captains will be given options to choose from these causes.
Equality, diversity and inclusion are essential values for Football Australia. While FIFA’s proposal does not explicitly highlight the LGBTQIA+ community – a community important to Football Australia and the CommBank Matildas which they have supported…
Football Australia is undertaking a new development known as the Foundation of Football course, which is aimed at bringing a new structure to coach education in alignment with international conventions. The origins of this initiative by Football Australia come from the desire to standardise coach education courses in line with the AFC and UEFA conventions. As a part of this endeavour, the previous coaching diploma program will be divided into two parts: the Foundation of Football and the C Licence Part 2. This alignment will simplify the process of recognising coaching qualifications…
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…
A host of representatives from professional and community sport have been recognised at the rebel Female Football awards breakfast on Friday morning.
The ceremony, held annually on International Women’s Day, celebrates achievement in women’s football from national through to grassroots level.
There were awards and nominations up for grabs across the Westfield W-League, Hyundai A-League and member federation categories. Here is a look at all of the winners and nominees...
BEST OF: Stunning free-kicks of the Westfield W-League 2018/19 Season
VIDEOS: Remember…
The story of Australian football is a story about our nation’s migrant history.
First introduced in the late 19th century by Englishman John Walter Fletcher, football (or soccer) soon became a space for migrant communities – many of whom fled war and persecution in their homelands – to gather and celebrate their culture and heritage.
Many of Australia’s oldest football clubs were formed by these immigrant groups: the Greeks of South Melbourne and Sydney Olympic, the Italians of Marconi and Adelaide City, the Croatians of Melbourne Knights, Sydney United and Perth's…
While the CommBank Matildas were entertaining Perth with a dazzling eight-goal performance against the Philippines, on the other side of the country in Melbourne, the CommBank Young Matildas gathered together with their eyes glued to the TV to watch their senior counterparts.Narrowly avoiding their 10pm curfew, the CommBank Young Matildas’ squad were able to watch Sam Kerr and Caitlin Foord’s hat-tricks and Clare Wheeler’s first international goal, serving as the perfect inspiration for the nine-day camp at the newly opened Home of the Matildas.While one day playing for the senior national…
The new FFA Cup Round of 32 format has changed things up in 2021, and one of the results of that was a record number of Member Federation v A-League matches being drawn!
Out of the 16 matches in the Round of 32, eight of those will see a National Premier Leagues club host an A-League club.
The change comes after a move to a Zone format for the 2021 Round of 32, removing fixed A-League v A-League or Member Federation v Member Federation ties.
This has created more unpredictability within the draw, and from the Round of 16, the draw will be completely open nation-wide.…
