Football Federation Australia (FFA) has congratulated Westfield Matildas captain, Sam Kerr, on her move to Chelsea FC Women in England’s Barclays FA Women’s Super League.
After leading the Westfield Matildas to a 2-nil series result against Chile, the 26 year old Western Australian announced she would be moving to London to join the Blues on a two-and-a half year deal.
FFA Chief Executive David Gallop AM expressed his delight that the Matildas skipper and twice nominated Ballon d’Or star has made the move to one of Europe’s top clubs.
“Sam Kerr is regarded as one of the world’s finest…
Seventeen of Australia’s emerging coaches have converged on Sydney this week to participate in a joint FIFA-Football Australia Coach Educators’ Development Pathway Program.
Football Australia was one of five Member Associations selected by FIFA to run this pilot program, focusing on the development of home-grown coach educators through 150 hours of theory and practical learning linked to the fundamental coach educator’s competence, which will ultimately lead to graduates supporting Football Australia and Member Federations to develop more qualified coaches.
Socceroo and Westfield Matildas greats, international stars, media personalities and a Hollywood actor have all joined the cause as the teams for the Oz Football Aid charity match have been confirmed.
Former Socceroos midfielder Craig Foster and award-winning actor Anthony LaPaglia will captain two star-studded sides for the match which is supporting Australia’s bushfire recovery efforts through Oz Football Aid.
The match is being played this Saturday, January 25 at AAMI Park in Melbourne as a curtain-raiser to the Hyundai A-League match between Melbourne City and Perth Glory.
Westfield Matildas striker Kyah Simon surprised a young group of Indigenous players when she joined their Zoom call to discuss her career and answer some questions from the young footballers.
In celebration of NAIDOC week, FFA teed up a special Zoom call for a lucky few Indigenous players which had a surprise guest with Simon joining the call midway through, much to the shock of all the players.
The young Indigenous footballers got the chance to fire off some questions to Simon who is currently based in the Netherlands with Dutch giants PSV.
Football Australia today joined Greater Shepparton City Council in celebrating the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) decision that the regional Victorian city will host Group G of the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2023™ Qualifiers later this year.
To be staged at the McEwen Reserve within Shepparton Sports City Precinct from 5 – 9 October inclusive, this four-team Group will feature host nation Australia, China PR, Cambodia and Northern Mariana Islands.
This is the first time Australia has hosted a Qualification Group or Qualifiers of any AFC Youth tournament since 2009, which will not only feature…
The CommBank Junior Matildas spent five days in Cairns last week as they continued their preparations for the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup Indonesia 2024™.As part of their time in Cairns, on Saturday, 27 April, twelve members of the team designed and held a community coaching session for girls aged 8 – 13 years old from Cairns First Nations, refugee and migrant communities.Winger Danella Butrus, from Victoria, was one of the players involved.“It just felt really good to see them participate in something like this and inspire them,” she said.“It meant the world to me because I was able to show…
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have begun with a bang for Australian football, with the Matildas defeating New Zealand 2-1 in Tokyo last night, and the Olyroos set to take on Argentina in Sapporo this evening at 8.30pm AEST.
However, while our Matildas and Olyroos may grab most of the attention of football fans, there are several other Australians at Tokyo 2020 that will play a crucial role in both the men’s and women’s football tournaments.
At 5pm local time (6pm AEST) today, Australian match officials Chris Beath (Referee), Anton Shchetinin (Assistant Referee 1), and George Lakrindis (…
The CommBank Socceroos ‘Class of 2005 and 2006’ will be celebrated during the March FIFA Series 2026™ in recognition of the 20-year reunion of the 2005/06 FIFA World Cup campaign.The reunion will take place on Friday 27 March, at Accor Stadium, Sydney – the hallowed ground where the Socceroos defeated Uruguay in a historic penalty shootout in November 2005 to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 32 years. The celebration will coincide with the Socceroos’ clash with Cameroon and feature an on-pitch presentation to mark the occasion.Former CommBank Socceroos Mark…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) today released the schedule of matches for the remainder of the Hyundai A-League 2019/20 season.
The revised regular season schedule will feature 27 matches to be played in 28 days starting Thursday 16 July followed by a 5 game Hyundai A-League 2020 Finals Series, with matches to feature across FOX SPORTS, SKY Sport (NZ), ABC TV, Kayo Sports and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers.
FFA’s Head of Leagues, Greg O’Rourke, is eagerly looking forward to seeing the Hyundai A-League start-up again…
Football Australia is delighted to announce that the world-leading consumer brand, Cadbury, will stay in the game as an Official Partner of the CommBank Matildas for a further four years until 2026.
First teaming up with the CommBank Matildas back in 2020, Cadbury used its partnership to successfully launch the “Get In The Game” campaign, to combat barriers and help women in sport feel seen, appreciated, and supported. The campaign worked to give professional female athletes a bigger platform, highlight role models for younger players – such as CommBank Matildas and Cadbury Ambassador Alanna…
Football West welcomes the announcement today from Prime Minister Scott Morrison that the Coalition will commit $16.25 million towards a State Football Centre should they win this month’s Federal Election.
The Prime Minister made the announcement at Maniana Park in Queens Park, next to the site of the proposed State Football Centre.
"This will become a place, not only where the kids will play on these great fields but for elite training facilities and the administration,” he said.
“And not only the development of the great talents of the future, but to see major international teams coming…
Spain kicked off their Cup of Nations campaign with a 3-0 victory over Jamaica at Industree Group Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
Goals to Maite Oroz, Esther González and Fiamma Iannuzza sealed a comfortable win for the world number seven-ranked nation on the Central Coast.
Claudia Zornoza created the first opportunity of day, taking on a long-range strike that was saved by Rebecca Spencer after 13 minutes.
The midfielder was involved again five minutes later, as her well-struck half-volley cannoned off the crossbar, allowing for Maite Oroz to tap in the opening goal from…
A new-look CommBank Pararoos’ squad will assemble for their first training camp of the year as preparations begin for the IFCPF World Cup, Spain in November. With their first training camp of the year slated to commence on Friday, 1 March, the 24-player squad will delve into an intensive three-day training camp at Valentine Sports Park, Sydney. Thirteen members of the squad possess two or fewer caps for the CommBank Pararoos, with ten players yet to make their debut, heralding the dawn of a new era for the CommBank Pararoos program. The average age of the squad is just 20-…
The CommBank Joeys have defeated India 4-0 in their opening game of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2026™ in Saudi Arabia.The goals were shared amongst the group with Luke Becvinovki, Max Court, Luka Demuth and Henrique Oliveira on the scoresheet for Australia.Head Coach Carl Veart named a starting eleven full of talent for the first game of the all-important tournament. The top eight teams qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2026™, meaning that passage out of the three-team group will secure the Joeys’ place at the showpiece event for the first time since 2019. View this…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) today confirmed that the clubs that finish 10th and 11th in the Hyundai A-League 2019/20 Regular Season will compete in a play-off to reach the FFA Cup 2020 Round of 32.
The play-off will be held in the days prior to commencement of the first matchday of the FFA Cup 2020 Final Rounds, and will add an intriguing element to the competition next year with one Hyundai A-League side missing out on participating in the competition proper for the first time.
Additionally, with the Hyundai A-League expanding to 12 clubs in 2020/21 with the introduction…
Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced Peter Filopoulos has been appointed FFA Head of Marketing, Communications and Corporate Affairs, and will take up his new role on Tuesday, 1 September 2020.
Filopoulos joins FFA from Football Victoria (FV), where he’s spent the past two years as Chief Executive Officer, following three years as CEO at Perth Glory FC. He has held senior roles at Swimming Australia, Etihad Stadium, North Melbourne and Hawthorn Football Clubs, and was part of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games 2000.
Football Australia is now opening up nominations to be submitted for the Hall of Fame class of 2025.READ MORE: Pioneers, leaders and visionaries inducted into Hall of Fame Class of 2024The Football Australia Hall of Fame recognises extraordinary accomplishments over a career by players, coaches, referees, administrators, media and participants who have made a significant contribution to the game in Australia.Last year, Football Australia was proud to announce the induction of four extraordinary individuals into the Football Australia Hall of Fame Class of 2024.A trailblazer for…
