Pararoos Head Coach Kai Lammert has selected a 21-player squad ahead of a training camp this month on the NSW Northern Beaches.
The Pararoos – Australia’s national football team for athletes with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury, or symptoms acquired from stroke – will hold their training camp from Friday, 18 June to Wednesday, 23 June, based out of Cromer Park.
The Pararoos hosted Canada at Cromer Park in late 2019, and with the support of the Manly Warringah Football Association will utilise the home of Manly United FC once again as they unite for the third time this year.…
We are proud to celebrate the culture, achievements and history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people during NAIDOC Week 2020 (8-15 November).
The 2020 National NAIDOC Week theme - Always Was. Always Will Be. - recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. We pay respect to the traditional owners of the land on which we play our beloved sport.
We recently talked to Indigenous footballer, James Brown, on his experiences as a player; his indigenous heroes and what NAIDOC Week's 2020 theme - 'Always Was. Always Will be…
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Football Day celebrations were held on Wednesday 26th April at Abbotsford Juniors Football Club (AJFC), a CDSFA-based club.
The event was held at AJFC to reward them for their excellent work in improving participant experience in the Women and Girls space at their club such as delivering specialised programs for female goalkeepers, upskilling training sessions for those new to football and starting their first Over 35’s women’s team.
AJFC are one of the clubs to have been featured in our Club Case Studies document as part of the Game Changer – Club…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced that full time referees Jarred Gillett and Ben Williams will this week depart for a two week professional development trip to Japan, refereeing two J-League matches and one international fixture each.
Gillett and Williams will be joined in Japan by assistant referees David Walsh and George Lakrindis for the international Kirin Cup fixtures featuring Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark and host nation Japan.
The invitation marks the second consecutive year that FFA referees have been appointed to J-League matches.…
The Socceroos’ official Facebook page will showcase another classic match from yesteryear this evening with Australia’s penalty shootout victory over Canada in August 1993 taking centre stage from 7:30pm AEST.
The game, which was a FIFA World Cup Play-Off for USA 1994, saw Australia advance to the final phase of qualifying against Argentina courtesy of a thrilling penalty shootout win.
After being defeated 2-1 by Canada in the first leg played in Edmonton in late July, Australia returned to home soil for the second leg in mid-August, and the game went all the way to penalties…
Football Australia today confirmed that the Socceroos have withdrawn from the CONMEBOL Copa America 2021.
Regrettably, significant changes to Australia’s senior men’s national football team’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ qualification schedule, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have forced Australia to withdraw from the tournament which will be held in Argentina and Colombia in June and July this year.
Football Australia Chief Executive Officer, James Johnson, expressed disappointment that the Socceroos won’t feature at the 47th edition of the Copa America – a tournament that the…
As so many times before, it was a moment away from the public eye that said everything about Matt Simon.In the final seconds of the Mariners’ AFC Cup semifinal second leg victory on April 24, with a history-making place in the final secured, Simon stepped away from the pitch and a few paces down the tunnel at Central Coast Stadium – overcome with emotion at his club’s achievement.His club. The Mariners’ history is studded with key figures who have helped what is arguably the A-League Men’s smallest team achieve remarkable things, but Simon is up there – and his contribution grows by the day.…
The Futsalroos marked their return to the international stage in style, coming away with a 7-4 win over Timor-Leste on Monday.
A second-half surge ensured Australia would kick off their AFF Futsal Championship campaign with three points in Group B.
Watch the highlights in the player above, and tune in below as Australia take to the pitch once again for their second group game against Myanmar, from 2pm AEST on Tuesday, April 5.
CommBank Young Socceroos Head Coach Trevor Morgan has today finalised his squad of 21 players for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025™.The team completed a nine-day pre-camp in Santiago, Chile which included friendly matches against Ukraine and Nigeria and will now switch their full attention to the tournament proper.Australia begin their FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign against European heavyweights, Italy at the Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander in Valparaíso on Sunday, 28 September (Monday, 29 September AEST).The FIFA U20 World Cup Chile 2025™, which scheduled from 27 September to 19 October,…
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%…
On the afternoon of February 7, 2009, Sam Kerr jogged out onto a patchy football field in Canberra to earn her first “A” international cap for Australia in a friendly against Italy.
Ten years later – and against the same opponent – Kerr captained the Westfield Matildas in their opening group game of the 2019 Women’s World Cup.
A lot has changed for Kerr, for the Australian women’s national team, and for women’s football around the world in those ten years. But someone who has been a constant throughout it all – from that modest Canberra crowd to the sold-out…
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…
Football Australia today proudly launches #FootballUnites, a national campaign that highlights the powerful role football plays in bringing communities together. The campaign kicks off with the release of the first in a series of short films that share real stories of belonging, resilience, and connection—told by those who live them—grassroots players, professional athletes, coaches, referees, and community leaders across Australia.Produced in collaboration with multicultural content and marketing agency CulturalPulse, the #FootballUnites series captures the emotional and unifying power of…
Anouk Meereboer may be the first female to lead a senior men's team in the Latrobe Valley Soccer League (LVSL) competition as the Head Coach of Sale United Football Club, but it’s her dedication to be a true advocate of women’s football that was recognised during this year’s Female Football Week as she was awarded Ally of the Year.
Born in the Netherlands, Meereboer quickly became obsessed with football, first as a player, playing the game across the world in South America, North America and Europe before emigrating to Australia over 10 years ago.
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.
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