The draw for the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2022 Qualifiers has been set for early July as the road to Uzbekistan begins.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced that the draw will take place on Friday, 9 July 2021 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The seedings for the Qualifiers have also been revealed, with Australia U23's confirmed as seed 3, jumping eight places following their third-place performance at the previous U23 Championship in 2020.
The Qualifiers are set for 23 to 31 October 2021, and will be split into West (23 teams) and East (20 teams)…
Football Australia is saddened to learn of the passing of Keith Learmonth, Socceroo #136 and one of New South Wales’ most prolific strikers of the 1950s.Learmonth began his football journey with Gwynneville and North Wollongong before making his mark at Corrimal Rangers and Corrimal United. Renowned for his goal-scoring ability, he claimed the 1954 Golden Boot title and played a key role in Corrimal’s 1954 treble-winning season, securing the State Premiership, State Cup, and Sydney Cup.Learmonth earned his place in Australian football history in 1955 when he represented the national team…
In the next instalment of the 'Generations of Australians' series, we look into the life of Awer Mabil and the remarkable women who helped him achieve his dreams. Watch the full feature in the video below.
For many of the Socceroos, there was a special person who made the journey to start a new life in Australia, and for Mabil, that person was his mother.
Mabil’s mother, Agot Dau Atem, not only started her son’s journey to the national team, but she supported his dreams to represent the Green and Gold.
Australia’s preparations for the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup 2026™ Qualifiers will continue with a Sydney-based training camp during the March/April FIFA Women’s International Window.New CommBank Young Matildas’ Head Coach Alex Epakis has called together a 25-player squad for the nine-day assembly to be held at Blacktown Exercise Sports and Technology Hub from 31 March – 8 April.Epakis will take charge for the first since being appointed to lead the U-20 Women’s National Team during the next international cycle which will include the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup 2026™ and the FIFA U-20 Women’s…
The Football Australia Referees Committee have finalised the match official panels for the upcoming 2021/22 A-Leagues Seasons.
Tim Danaskos (NSW), Lachlan Keevers, Jack Morgan (VIC) & Casey Reibelt (QLD) have all been promoted to referees for the A-League Men competition, while Isabella Libri, Bec Mackie (NSW), and Caitlin Williams (VIC) have been promoted for the A-League Women season.
The new A-Leagues 2021/22 season will kick off on November 19 for A-League Men and December 3 for A-League Women.
In addition to the announcement of the panels, over the off-season …
Football Australia has today announced that CommBank Stadium in Sydney will host the much-anticipated Australia Cup 2022 Final between Sydney United 58 FC and Macarthur FC on Saturday, 1 October (7.45pm AEST).
Family and fan-friendly ticket prices have been set for the occasion and will go on pre-sale at 2.00pm AEST on Wednesday, 21 September, with general on-sale at 4.00pm AEST, 21 September via Ticketek.
In qualifying for the Australia Cup 2022 Final, Sydney United 58 FC become the first semi-professional outfit to feature in Australian football’s premier knockout competition in the…
The CommBank Pararoos and ParaMatildas have discovered who they will meet in the group stage of the IFCPF World Cup 2024 following the Draw Ceremony on Wednesday morning.In their 11th appearance at the World Cup, the CommBank Pararoos have been drawn in Group C alongside the USA, Netherlands and Thailand for the men’s tournament to be contested in Salou, Spain from 6 – 24 November, 2024.Just five days later, the CommBank ParaMatildas will make their second World Cup appearance alongside the USA, Denmark, Ireland and Japan for the women’s tournament also to be contested in Salou, Spain from 11…
Football Australia has today confirmed the 20-player Subway Joeys squad that will represent Australia at the 27th International Youth Football in Niigata, Japan.Carl Veart has selected every member of the CommBank Emerging Socceroos Championships Under 16 Team of the Tournament in his first squad as the Subway Joeys Head Coach.The group features Golden Boot winner Orson Conroy, Player of the Tournament Aston Reid, and Goalkeeper of the Tournament Lachlan Allen – underlining the calibre of talent progressing through the National pathway.Among the selected players is Max Court, who…
The Pararoos’ first-ever virtual fundraiser came to a close on Sunday evening with the team powering past its fundraising goal of $25,000 thanks to over 670 generous donations from around the globe.
‘The #UndefeatedChallenge’, held in line with World Cerebral Palsy Day, challenged participants to share and complete a fitness target between October 5 and 11 in support of the Pararoos and their bid to represent Australia at the IFCPF Nations Championships in Spain next year.
After seven days of walking, running, cycling, and wheeling, over $51,000 was raised for the Pararoos –…
The Northern Suburbs Football Association (NSFA) was delighted to announce the remarkable success of its inaugural Thea Slatyer Cup, a girls' high school football tournament held on November 14 and 15, 2023. This two-day high school girls' football tournament, held at the NSFA home of football North Turramurra Recreation Area (NTRA) brought together 650 players, 48 teams, and 29 participating schools from across the Northern Suburbs of Sydney and broader NSW, making it the largest event of its kind in the region. The tournament, named after former CommBank Matildas' player, Thea…
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.
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A late goal from Nattatida Tirapalika has denied the CommBank Junior Matildas a winning end to 2025, with coach Mike Cooper’s side instead forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with Thailand’s U16 side in Gosford on Friday afternoon. After falling to a 2-0 defeat to the Thais in Western Sydney earlier in the week, it took less than three minutes for Alara Turkkan to provide an Australian riposte in the second and final game of a series celebrating ASEAN-Australia Football Week.But as the Thais laid siege to the hosts' penalty area late, they eventually found a breakthrough against their…
