Sam Kerr becomes the first Australia to lift the illustrious award after a record-breaking season with Chelsea. After being nominated two years in a row, Kerr finally takes the honours.
Kerr's first PFA Award win also makes her the first Australia to win PFA Players' Player of Year. She also becomes the first Australian woman to win an award after Harry Kewell won the PFA Young Player of the Year honour in 2000. Kerr's impressive year for Chelsea also saw her make the PFA Women's Super League (WSL) Team of the Year.
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…
With the Subway Olyroos' AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024TM Qualifiers starting in the early hours of Thursday morning AEST, here is how you can watch the action.
Head Coach Tony Vidmar named his 23-player squad for the two Group I matches in Dushanbe against Laos on Thursday, 7 September at 1:30am AEST and then against hosts Tajikistan on Wednesday, 13 September at 1:30am AEST.
To qualify for the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024TM, Australia will need to finish as group winner or be one of the four best second placed teams among all eleven groups.
A group of the nation’s top sports, the Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports (COMPPS), have come together to help rebuild the communities that have been devastated by the bushfires.
The CEOs from the seven COMPPS members, AFL, Rugby Australia, Cricket Australia, Football Federation Australia, National Rugby League, Netball Australia and Tennis Australia joined Federal Sports Minister Senator Richard Colbeck to announce a long-term recovery plan for the rebuild.
Under the plan, the sports would work together with government and relevant agencies on rebuilding sporting…
The Australia Women’s National Futsal Team will play their final group stage game of the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup™ China 2025 campaign tonight against Chinese Taipei.Australia are still looking for their first points of the tournament after facing defeat to China PR and Uzbekistan, and will be in need of any points they can get to hopefully advance as the best third-place team. The top three teams at the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup™ China 2025 will then qualify for the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup™.
The Futsalroos staged a dramatic comeback but ultimately went down to Afghanistan in heartbreaking fashion with a 5-4 loss in the dying moments in Thailand.Australia trailed 4-1 at half time before staging a remarkable second half comeback scoring three goals in just over a minute to level the score at 4-4. However with the game on a knife edge, Afghanistan found the winner with 12 seconds to play and move above the Futsalroos into first in the NSDF Futsal Championship standings.
Next Match:Malaysia v AustraliaDate: Wednesday, March 27, 2024Time:…
Football Australia welcomes the Federal Government’s investment of $2.7 million over two (2) years to encourage greater participation in football through the delivery of specific women and girls’ diversity and inclusion programs as announced in the 2022 Federal Budget.
As part of Football Australia’s Legacy ’23 Plan – an ambitious strategy to ensure the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ delivers positive and enduring benefits for Australia’s largest sporting community beyond the tournament – the sport’s governing body will utilise this Federal Budget funding to support the…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced that a special Westfield W-League edition of the Dolan Warren Awards will be held virtually this Thursday (23 July 2020) via the Westfield W-League website (www.w-league.com.au) and Westfield W-League official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/thewleague).
Hosted by FOX SPORTS presenter Tara Rushton, the event will begin from 12pm (AEST) with the Julie Dolan Medal winner to be announced at 7:00pm (AEST).
FFA Head of Leagues, Greg O’Rourke, was excited to recognise the outstanding achievements from the Westfield W-League 2019/20…
The Australia U23 squad claimed victory over Myanmar at Lạch Tray Stadium overnight, becoming the 2025 MSIG Serenity Cup / ASEAN Women's champions.Initially defeated 2-1 by Myanmar in their opening match of the tournament, the young Aussie team fought back, collecting wins against Vietnam, Timor-Leste and the Philippines before finally claiming retribution against Myanmar and handing them their only loss of the tournament.The final saw a largely unchanged Starting XI from the side that took on Vietnam in the semi, with the only changes being Georgia Cassidy and Sasha Grove to start, and Grace…
Football Australia has today launched the Our Game Women & Non-Binary Persons in Media Program, to address the underrepresentation of women and non-binary persons in media.
The Leadership & Development Pillar of Legacy ‘23 aims to ensure that the push for gender parity in football is not limited to players. Football Australia recognises that increased women’s participation and leadership across the entire football ecosystem is critical to the future of our game, including media and communications.
Through #OurGame, our vision is to build capacity in women’s leadership, on and off…
Football Australia is pleased to announce that Queensland’s Chris Beath will preside over this Saturday’s 2022-23 Isuzu UTE A-League Men’s Grand Final between Melbourne City FC and Central Coast Mariners FC at CommBank Stadium in Sydney.
Supporting Beath will be Assistant Referees, Anton Shchetinin (QLD) and Ashley Beecham (QLD), along with Fourth Official Adam Kersey (QLD) and Fifth Official Brad Wright (NSW).
This will be Chris Beath’s fourth appointment as the referee for a A-League/A-League Men’s Grand Final, having whistled the 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 season-ending match. It…
The Pararoos’ 2018 IFCPF Asia-Oceania Championship campaign commenced in convincing fashion on Saturday with Kai Lammert’s charges claiming an 11-0 win over Korea Republic at the Kish Island Olympic Stadium in IR Iran.
Needing to finish in the top two of the competition to advance to the 2019 IFCPF World Championship in Spain next year, Australia’s qualifying efforts couldn’t have gotten off to a better start.
READY TO GO: Pararoos squad settled as Championships approach
SYDNEY CAMP: Pararoos set for three-day training camp
The Isuzu UTE A-League Men’s 2023/24 Final Series will feature the debut of a live Video Assistant Referee (VAR) announcement process. This innovation will enable fans to hear the centre referee declare their final decisions and rationale after conducting on-field and any lengthy factual reviews undertaken by VAR.The A-Leagues will become the first league within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to implement this process, where this initiative aims to enhance transparency into the decision-making process undertaken by the match officials.Football Australia CEO, James Johnson…
In just 100 days, the CommBank Pararoos will take to the pitch in Salou, Spain, for their first match in the highly anticipated IFCPF World Cup 2024, set to be held between 6 – 24 November. The CommBank Pararoos, Australia's national male football team for athletes with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury, or symptoms of stroke, have already completed two intensive training camps in Sydney in preparation for the tournament. Boasting a storied history at the IFCPF World Cup, the CommBank Pararoos have made 10 appearances with their recent performances including finishing 12th in…
Football Australia is deeply saddened to have learned of the passing of former Chairman Ian Brusasco AO, AM.
Brusasco, born outside Ingham, North Queensland, on 4 October 1928, was a legendary figure in the Queensland football community, and was one of dominant figures in the formation of the the Queensland Soccer Federation.
In 1968 his progressive efforts earned him life membership of the Australian Soccer Federation (ASF), as well as life membership of the Queensland Soccer Federation.
Brusasco was chairman of the World Cup sub-committee, was tour leader with…
Football Australia has today announced the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) will broadcast the 2023 IFCPF Asia-Oceania Championships.SBS will deliver unrivalled coverage of the Championships with live and free access via SBS On Demand, providing greater visibility of the tournament and its athletes than ever before.From the opening day on 4 November until the final day on 11 November, SBS will broadcast over 45 hours of football during the Men’s and Women’s IFCPF Asia-Oceania Championships played at the “Home of the Matildas” at La Trobe University in Bundoora, Melbourne…
